Look, now you've pressed one of My buttons. If we dismiss everything which isn't well documented, then we'll have to toss out much of the Inns of court, the...
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Bill Morris
jonbeccamom
Feb 28, 2007 3:06 am
I agree that, if possible, we would prefer to use period dance. My point was that if we _must_ have Korbushka (tune documentable to early 19th century...
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Katriana
calonkat
Feb 28, 2007 3:00 am
Tsire Tuzevo wrote: [...] ... certainly is fun ... Tsire, my line always used to be "well, the Hustle and the Bunny Hop are..." I said that once too often at...
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Christian M. Cepel
bramblethorne
Feb 27, 2007 10:22 pm
I'm not at a loss per se, but as I'm hoping to be useful, I'll ask. Does anyone have anything they'd like notated cleanly and midi for practice exported in the...
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Carol O'Connell
connacarol
Feb 27, 2007 7:36 pm
... Ahem... Your Ladyship, donıt you think you should update your sig line? ;) Congratulations! Conna [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Rowan
cathusrowan
Feb 27, 2007 6:39 pm
And thank you for playing from your audience too. Sitting listening to you all play allowed me to actually sit and relax and not feel guilty for not running...
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Carol O'Connell
connacarol
Feb 27, 2007 3:53 pm
... <giant snip> When Contantia plays the ³Duck Dance² on recorder, it sounds really medieval... ;) Conna [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Tsire Tuzevo
tsire@...
Feb 27, 2007 3:00 pm
CAUTION: Mableth has inadvertently hit one of Tsire's BIG RED BUTTONS OF DANCE DOOM! "Traditional" undocumented vs broadway legend undocumented is, well,...
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Christian M. Cepel
bramblethorne
Feb 27, 2007 12:59 am
We have some cheese and lunchmeat products in the tray of our fridge that I think are Traditional. Ok.... to give this some legitimate content and because I...
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Bill Morris
jonbeccamom
Feb 27, 2007 12:52 am
Any chance of doing the older (Slavic) steps to Korobushka? I realize they're still not documentable, but they fit the music, and they're traditional (i.e....
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Christian M. Cepel
bramblethorne
Feb 26, 2007 7:39 pm
Thanks!!! Let me know if you'd like a copy. Free of charge. Just a little service we like to provide. -- Christian M. Cepel - Thistledowne Productions -...
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Christian M. Cepel
bramblethorne
Feb 26, 2007 7:39 pm
Good advice, and yes, I will be at Bellwode even if I have to move mountains (real mountains, not Missouri mountains) to get there. I hope to very much be...
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Tsire Tuzevo
tsire@...
Feb 26, 2007 6:59 pm
Some notes on Korobushka from the Dance perspective: As much as I despise the popularity of such an out of period thing, I do think the 'Tetris39; music is some...
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Christian M. Cepel
bramblethorne
Feb 26, 2007 5:47 pm
I'd be very willing to reimburse you for your media and shipping and perhaps time. I'm gonna ask locally, but just in case I wanted to ask here as well. I...
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Christian M. Cepel
bramblethorne
Feb 26, 2007 5:44 pm
I haven't heard this played in a long time by a dance ensemble, so I can't remember where they began the tempo at and accelerated from. I like the way it...
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Christian M. Cepel
bramblethorne
Feb 26, 2007 5:33 pm
There are lots of clips of interviews and performances of this duo on YouTube.... Mr Karamazov is quite phenomenal. Sting.... he's getting there. Must be...
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LuAnne Anderson
celticzech
Feb 26, 2007 5:13 pm
No problems there. I'm also a player of the whistle, bodhran, and (though not period) learning the button accordian. To me, the music (and musicians) are...
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Carol O'Connell
connacarol
Feb 26, 2007 4:28 pm
Tonight on Great Performances on PBS (check local listings for time), Sting will be performing some of his pieces from his most recent CD, "Songs from the...
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Carol O'Connell
connacarol
Feb 26, 2007 3:20 pm
Hi LuAnne, and welcome to the list! Sorry for all the music posts lately. The musicians and dancers share this list, because weıre so closely related, so...
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Carol O'Connell
connacarol
Feb 26, 2007 3:08 pm
No, nothing special about the arrangement I picked. It has a simplified melody line, which can sometimes be a Good Thing at Crystal Ball. But frankly, I try to...
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Carol O'Connell
connacarol
Feb 26, 2007 3:01 pm
... I had a terrific time! Thanks for letting me slip in and out as I needed to. Wish I could have spent the entire day there! But it was a nice and relaxed ...
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Christian M. Cepel
bramblethorne
Feb 26, 2007 3:33 am
Fine torture us. We were packing to go when the mail came on Friday and my long belated paycheck was not within. It of course came on Saturday. If we had ...
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Paul A. Byers
mightypav
Feb 26, 2007 2:39 am
I just want to thank everyone who came and played in the music pit with me this weekend at Chieftains. I counted 9 of us! Mistress Conna, you were wonderful...
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Keith McClune
swashbuckler...
Feb 25, 2007 7:33 am
Hi there: ... I think it depends on where you look. Spelling wasn't standardized in period. ... Literally "little nothings" from French. Keith / Guillaume...
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Christian M. Cepel
bramblethorne
Feb 25, 2007 5:15 am
Thanks. I'm still looking and will defer to her when I find her. So, if I was to replace that with Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, fonds. Ital. 476 in the...
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Keith McClune
swashbuckler...
Feb 25, 2007 4:47 am
Hi there: Couple of quick (or not) answers - ... "PnA" is a notation to identify the specific source manuscript, as these dances appear in several similar...
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Christian M. Cepel
bramblethorne
Feb 25, 2007 4:42 am
So.... I've seen it both ways a couple of different times. Which is correct? What does it mean? Someone told me "little nothing". Thanks. -- Christian M....
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Christian M. Cepel
bramblethorne
Feb 25, 2007 4:25 am
Indeed! Yes Indeed! I've been all over that site and not found anything more illuminating in the realms of contact information than a first name. That site...
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Katriana
calonkat
Feb 24, 2007 6:53 am
... No, I think he want Phaedria d'Aurillac (Kristina Eloisa Pereyra) from the West? Mists? who did the Pennsic 23 dance music collection. ...
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Amy & Bill Morris
jonbeccamom
Feb 24, 2007 2:12 am
There's a Lady Phaedra who I believe resides in Deodar? If this is the person you seek I can forward your request to their shire list. Sigrid, Shadowdale ... ...