Ok - so the 'net police' turned my post into plain text and lost the links!
The18-year list of tunes played by the Glen Echo Open Band is at http://www.fridaynightdance.org/OPEN_BAND_EIGHTEEN_YEAR_LIST_1993-2011.doc The posdcast is at http://www.openbandonline.com/Open_Band/Open_Band_Podcast/Open_Band_Podcast.html The Open Band FAQ is at http://www.fridaynightdance.org/openbandfaq.html Michael Barraclough On Tue, 2012-01-17 at 14:13 -0500, Michael Barraclough wrote: > This is what we say on the (Glen Echo) Friday Night Dancers web-site > about our Open Band, which plays every month on the 2nd Friday in the > month. Band attendance is usually between 30-60 people. Dancer > attendance is usually a little smaller than usual (say 25o instead of > 275) on Open Band nights, in part because some of the dancers are in the > band. My personal view is that the band sounds better (tighter?) when > it is smaller, but it is always dance-able. > > Michael Barraclough > > > > Open Band > > On the second Friday of each month, the "Fabulous Glen Echo Open Band" > provides the music for the dance. Both amateur and professional > musicians are welcome to sit in and are admitted free. One of our Open > Band members, penny-whistler Jim Stahler, has compiled an 18-year list > of tunes played by the Glen Echo Open Band and how many times they were > played. Newer members are encouraged to download the shorter list of > recently played tunes so they can practice the most frequently played > tunes. Both lists are Word .doc files. Here is a podcast that offers the > sets of songs along with the page info in some of the popular books such > as the Portland Collection and Fiddlers Fakebook. For more information > regarding the open band, check out the Open Band FAQ or send email to > Jim Stahler: jstahler at earthlink dot net. If you would like to play or > call for a Friday Night Dance, send email to FND Booking at: > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers
