SJI OLD TIME COMMUNITY TUNES AND DANCES

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See update for June 20-September 1, 2011
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"Community dancing is real people in real time with reel music. In too many towns it is a missing part of real life. You cannot experience this while sitting on your duff.

Get out more often! You know you spend way too much time in front of your computer. You can't record the incredible synergy and spirit that occurs when you combine enthusiastic, connected, happy dancers, hot musicians and fun and easy dance steps. No author can capture just a tiny glimpse of the magic that takes place

-Gary Shapiro

I enjoyed the friendly, smoke-free dance atmosphere that was in stark contrast to the regular bar scene frequented by most of my peers. Here, people didn't worry about getting picked up or trashed, but instead, let down their psychological walls to enjoy some good, clean, old-fashioned fun.

Contra dancing started out as a fun way for me to spend a Saturday night
but has evolved into a sort of religion for me, sharing many of the tenets of Taoism and other religions of the world....that is, an avenue for peace and inspiration, human intimacy and cooperation, and a means of tuning into the spirit of love and ultimate happiness.

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Old Time Community Tunes and Dances
for

San Juan Islanders and their Friends

..SPONSORED BY:

Project NatureConnect
Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, Washington, USA
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SPIRITED OLD TIME COUNTRY TUNES AND BARN/CONTRA DANCES WEEKLY

See update for June 20-September 1, 2011

Commencing December 8, 2008, and, thereafter, every Monday evening from 7:30-9 PM at the Mullis Center (589 Nash Street) in Friday Harbor, (summers at English Camp Visitor Center) there's an informal get together of San Juan Island country-dance musicians and enthusiasts. Folks play, learn and/or participate in Mixers, Squares, Lines, Rounds, Contras, Polka, Waltz, Schottisch, Hambo, Folk Dances.

-Learn, perform or simply enjoy watching and hearing a variety of traditional "Barn Dance" tunes and dances, (as demonstrated at the SJI Farmer's Market and National Park Service Reenactments).

-Strengthen community on the Island through the spirit of America's folk heritage and by dancing with everybody in the hall.

-Benefit from non-commercial friendships and community participation.

CONTACT: Mike Cohen 360-378-6313

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Admission: By donation: 25 cents, more or less.

CONFIRMATION: Check this page weekly for announcements about cancelled evenings, if any, and other updates. They will appear below:

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TUNES

REELS
GALLIPEDE
OH SUSANNA*
BONEPART CROSSING RHINE*
JOLLY BLACKSMITH
SOLDIERS JOY
GOLDEN SLIPPERS
PETRONELLA*
WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST*
LIBERTY
MISSISSIPPI SAWYER
REDWING G
ST. ANNE REEL
RAGTIME ANNIE*
JIMMY ALLEN
SCOTLAND THE BRAVE
OVER THE WATERFALL
BONEPARTS RETREAT
GREEN WILLIS*
COLORED ARISTOCRACY
EIGTH OF JANUARY
STATEN ISLAND
MASON'S APRON
TRAIN ON THE ISLAND
OLD JOE CLARK
EARLY ONE MORNING*
MISTWALD (AUNTY MINNA COOKS)
ROAD TO BOSTON
BILL CHEATHAM
HUNTSMAN'S CHORUS
GOLDEN SLIPPERS
SCULLY'S REEL*

WESTPORT GALS, NEWCASTLE,
BOW BELINDA SHAFTOE,
LA BELLE KATHERINE MUFFIN,
MY LOVE IS BUT A LASSIE YET,
YET SHE LOVES ME STILL,
BONNIE BUNCH OF ROSES,
BILLY AGAIN, MOPATH RANT,
DAVY KNICK KNACK,
NELLIE GREY, NELLIE BLY, SILVER AND GOLD, TOBINS FAVORITE, GREAT HIGH WIND, NEWCASTLE, LILLY BOLERO, JOYS OF QUEBEC,, DALLAS RAG, DUBUQUE, COLRAIN, FISHERS HORNPIPE, EIGTH OF JANUARY, ANGELINA BAKER, GASPE REEL, GROWLEY OLD MAN, ARKANSAS TRAVELLER, BOYS OF BLUE HILL, GIRL I LEFT BEHIND,

WALTZS
WILD COLONIAL BOY
MIDNIGHT ON WATER*
MARGARET'S WALTZ*
NO NAY NEVER
AWAY WALTZ
APRIL
GREAT DIVIDE
CORY IS GONE
GREEN WILLOW
LAKES OF PONCHATRAIN
DUDLEY'S WALTZ
HAMBO

JIGS
OFF SHE GOES
HASTE TO THE WEDDING*
KITTY MCGEE
RALLY ROUND THE FLAG
LARRY O'GAFF*
DUSTY BOB
COCK O' THE NORTH
PORTLAND FANCY

POLKA
MAPLE SUGAR
JENNY LIND POLKA
CHURCH STREET POLKA

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DANCES

MIXERS
2 WAY LINE
SHOO FLY*
HI HO DIDDLY DUM
LA BASTRANGE
OH JOHNNY*
OH SUSANNA*
PIG IN THE PARLOR
BROWN JUG
BINGO
KENTUCKY REEL*
JACK'S FOR FIVE
CHILDGROVE*
GATHERING PEASCODS
SHEPARDS HEY
JOLLY PLOUGHBOY
HASTE TO THE WEDDING*
GALLOPEDE*
O X O*
VIRGINIA REEL
GOING TO BOSTON
WEAVERS POUSETTE
THE DINGLE
ROAD TO THE ISLES

CONTRAS

DO SI DO THREE
DUD'S REEL
LIBERTY
LADY OF THE LAKE
CIRCLE AROUND #40
SMASH THE WINDOWS
WAVE OF LOPEZ
NEWLYWED REEL
HILLSBORO JIG
SWINGING ON A GATE
PATRONELLA*
TEMPEST
SHADRACK'S DELIGHT
FREDRICK
BLARNEY PILGRAM
SACKETTS HARBOR

SQUARES

UPTOWN DOWNTOWN: ...CHINESE BREAKDOWN*
TWO HEAD LADIES*
GRAPEVINE TWIST
HOT TIME IN OLD TOWN
TEXAS STAR
NINE PIN QUADRILLE
TUCKER'S WALTZ
4-HAND DO SI DO
CUMBERLAND SQUARE
DIP AND DIVE
FORWARD UP SIX

Updates:
Dec. 1, 2008. Eight persons played tunes (red asterick* above) in preparation for the Dec 6 Dance at the NPS English Camp Christmas Party 12-3 PM. Childgrove was learned and danced.

Dec. 8, 2008. Eleven persons played tunes, seven dancers did Childgrove, Kentucky Reel, and Patronella.

"If you find you want more first-class things from life its probably because you are missing something major, the supportive and lively well being that is inherent in old time community dancing. "

"I wasn't just having fun, I was actually participating in an ancient ritual that represents all the virtues of the human spirit: love, intimacy, cooperation, compassion, responsibility, piety, and trust. "

"Dance community" has meant many things to me over the quarter-century that I have been involved in dancing. When I first started out, the dance community was a refuge from an uncertain and unhappy college experience; I found joy and movement and music in international folk dance. These things helped alleviate the stress in my life and helped me become more alive and confident.

- Bob Stein

Here were all the basic tenets of the world's great religions being expressed by people of all races, colors, ages, sizes and walks of life who had come together not to preach or get preached to but only to 'do'.

"The only way to truly understand all of this is to experience it yourself. "