Thursday, August 2, 2007

Set List for August 4th 2007 Gig

Bambi Suggested Set List for 08/04/07

1) Angeline the Baker(D), St. Anne's Reel(D)

2) Jamie Allen(G), Golden Slippers(D)

3) Road to Lisdoonvarna(D), Out on the Ocean(G)

4) Waterbound(D), Redwing(G)

5) Old Joe Clark(A), Julianne Johnson(D), Old Joe Clark(Amix), Old Joe Clark(A)

6) Tenpenny Bit(Am), The Moon and Seven Stars(D)

7) Arkansas Traveler(D), Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle(D), Whiskey Before Breakfast(D)

8) Oh Susanna(D), Scotland the Brave(G), Oh Susanna(G)

9) Seneca Square Dance(G), Spotted Pony(D)

10) Over the Waterfall(D), Maury's Wedding(G)

11) Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine(D), The Girl I Left Behind Me(G)

12) Star of the County Down(G), Cold Frosty Morn(G)

Waltzes:

Bonnie at Morn

Believe Me if all those Endearing Charms . . .

Polka:

Sean Ryan's Polka

Schottische:

Schottis Fran Idre

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Set List for July 7th Gig

Bambi Suggested Set List for 7/7/07

1) Angeline the Baker(D), St. Anne's Reel(D)

2) Jamie Allen(G), Golden Slippers(D)

3) Road to Lisdoonvarna(D), Out on the Ocean(G)

4) Redwing(G), Yankee Doodle(G)

5) Old Joe Clark(A), Julianne Johnson(D), Old Joe Clark(Amix), Old Joe Clark(A)

6) Tenpenny Bit(Am), The Moon and Seven Stars(D)

7) Arkansas Traveler(D), Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle(D), Whiskey Before Breakfast(D)

8) Oh Susanna(D), Scotland the Brave(G), Oh Susanna(G)

9) Seneca Square Dance(G), Spotted Pony(D)

10) Over the Waterfall(D), Maury's Wedding(G)

11) Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine(D), The Girl I Left Behind Me(G)

12) Star of the County Down(G), Cold Frosty Morn(G)

Waltzes:

The Ashgrove

Bonnie at Morn

Polka:

Sean Ryan's Polka

Schottische:

Schottis Fran Idre

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Believe Me

Hi, everyone! I just got on the blog, which is a considerable step for me considering that I am so hesitant about computer-related activities (or any other technology that is post-1940). I have the music to "Believe Me," if anyone needs it. I can send it by scanning it into the computer as a PDF and e-mailing it. Any takers?

---Gabrielle (Gavrili)

*'Gavrili' is the Greek nickname version of 'Gabrielle' that some Greek friends of mine used to call me sometimes.

Monday, June 4, 2007

New Music on Blog

Hey all! I have added a couple of new songs if anyone is interested in learning them.

Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms
Jump at the Sun
Out on the Ocean (Janis suggests that we put this with Road instead of the dreaded Kesh)

Not trying to overwhelm you, Joe...

Believe me...

Is anyone having any luck finding music to Believe Me.. or shall I start digging. My fiddle teacher, Michelle Feldman, suggested Out on the Ocean to go with Road, instead of Kesh. What do you think? Not an overused tune.

Janis

This and that - upcoming gigs and the like

Hi All!

The gig on Sunday went well, although the turnout for dancers was light. I'm guessing many people didn't realize that the dance had been moved one day. Perhaps July will be better...but it is the 4th of July weekend, sort of. Which brings me to my next subject: upcoming gigs.

We are on the calendar for July 7th and August 4th, so mark yours, and practice, practice, practice! I know I will. Okay, I know I need it more than anyone else, but please don't throw me out of the band just yet! Gabrielle is working with me on learning harmonies, so I will finally be an asset to the band instead of that 'slow-fingered penny whistler (but we have to keep her because she belongs to Neil).'

New pieces: Joe wants us to be ready to play "The Moon and Seven Stars," and "Ten-Penny Bit," so be sure to focus on those. Any chance we can get "Water Mouse" going, Jane? Also, please take a look at "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms." Janis, Neil, Gabrielle and I can already play it. If we can add Joe, Ray, Shelley, Bob, and Jane that ought to be enough, doncha think? We have a very large band, don't we? Some of you may already know it. It is in the nature of a chestnut, IMHO. Bob, you might want to try the Autoharp on this one as it is a very sweet waltz.

Let's all hope that Clarence gets the ac fixed soon!!!

Thursday, May 31, 2007

June 3rd Gig

Hey All! As discussed at the St. Sava gig, we will be meeting at Plaza Arts in Carrollton for our June 3rd gig, at 5:30 p.m. The dance begins at 7:00 and we want some time to warm up and set up so pack your bags, don't forget the new stuff we've been working on and we will all see each other this weekend! Whoo Hoo!

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Oklahoma City 2007 Gig


As Janis said, we did indeed have fun! I think we sounded pretty darned good and the venue is always a treat. Neil got to see some of the movie and thinks he may have found where you can buy a copy of it on-line. He thought it was quite good from what he saw of it. Gary did manage to make it up, despite some family complications and we also had Neil (obviously), Janis, Shelley, Jane, Gabrielle, me and at one point, Bill of OKC, who joined us with his bohdran. Here are a few of the pictures I took....

Joe in full swing!













Fiddler #1 - Jane - she do look happy!


















Neil ~ wailing away on his sax




Gary with Mike ~ one of our two groupies!








I'll send y'all a link to the rest.

Monday, May 14, 2007

Road Trip

Didn't we have fun? It was GREAT. Today I revisited all the music on the blog & printed the ones that were different from my music so I'll be a bit more in sync. I've also been trying alternative tuning for my fiddle on "Old Joe Clark". THAT is a trip. The fiddle takes on a new life, soundwise.
The dance wasn't quite as exhausting as I thought. Adrenalin helps. Thanks for including me.

Janis

Friday, May 11, 2007

The Final Set List for OKC

Bambi Set List for 5/12/07 Oklahoma City 5/10/07 draft

1. Old Joe Clark (A) Julianne Johnson( D) Old Joe Clark (D) Old Joe Clark (A)
2. Angeline the Baker( D) St Anne's Reel (D)
3. Jamie Allen(G) Golden Slippers( D)
4. Road to Lisdoonvarna (D) Kesh (G) (jigs)
5. Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle (D) Whiskey Before Breakfast( D)
omit the C part
6. Waterbound (D) Redwing (G)
7. Seneca Square Dance (G) Spotted Pony (D)
8. Over the Waterfall (D) Maury's Wedding (G)
9. The Moon and Seven Stars (D) Tenpenny Bit (Am) (jigs)
10. Oh Susanna (D) Scotland the Brave (G) Oh Susanna (G)
11. Star of the County Down (G) Cold Frosty Morn (G)
12. Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (D) The Girl I Left Behind Me (G)
Gary starts with four guitar strokes, pick up notes begin on third (?) stroke

Waltzes, Polka:

The Ashgrove.................at first break Sean Ryan's Polka..........at first break
Bonnie at Morn..............at end of dance
Schottische:
Schottis Fran Idre............at end of dance

For The Ashgrove, we have decided to start out in the key of G with Joe beginning and guitar coming in on the second repitition of the A part. The fiddles will come in on the B part, and on the second time through the singers will begin and sing two verses. As soon as that is done we will switch to the key of D. So it looks like this:

Key of G (twice through)
A1 - Joe
A2 - Joe & guitar
B1 - Joe, guitar, fiddles
B2 - Joe, guitar, fiddles

A1, A2, B1, B2 instruments continue, singers begin on this A1

Key of D ( to end)
A1 - B2 - all instruments, no singing

for
Bonnie at Morn
A1 - Joe only
A2 - fiddles, guitar join
B1 - whistles join

Gary calls “last time” on an A1 so that all but Joe and fiddles drop out after A2 and Joe and fiddles finish B1, B2 by themselves.

Notes for 5/12/07

If we drop a set as the evening ends, my vote would be The Moon and Seven Stars / Tenpenny Bit. We should discuss others’ ideas about this Saturday night.

Joe and I discussed moving Star / Cold Frosty up in the set, but we liked how it sounded so much on Thursday night, maybe we should consider it being our last contra set.

Other tunes:
Arkansas Traveler
Soldier's Joy
John Stenson's # 2
Nail that Catfish to the Tree
Staten Island
Farewell to Whiskey
Flowers of Edinburgh
Cori Mclenon Ashoken Farewell


NOTES FOR LATER

try Sean Ryan’s slow first?
learn Dennis Murphy’s to play after Sean Ryan either as a polka or maybe as a contra set?
On one of our sets that has a strong second tune melody, try having the guitars, bass, dulcimer, and percussion drop out for the last B1 and B2 before a change to the new tune; they rejoin with vigor at the first A1 of the second tune.

Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle (D) Whiskey Before Breakfast( D)
A B C C, then regular two A’s/two B’s throughout

Saturday, April 28, 2007

thanks for posting set list

Bambi's Proposed Set List for Oklahoma Gig

1. Old Joe Clark(A) Julianne Johnson(D) Old Joe Clark(D) Old Joe Clark(A)
  1. Angeline the Baker(D) St Anne's Reel(D)
  1. Jamie Allen(G) Golden Slippers(G)
  1. Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle(D) Whiskey Before Breakfast(D)
  1. Waterbound(D) Redwing(G)
  1. Seneca Square Dance(G) Spotted Pony(D)
  1. Road to Lisdoonvarna(D) Kesh(G)
  1. Over the Waterfall(D) Maury's Wedding(G)
  1. Tenpenny Bit(G) The Moon and Seven Stars(D)
  1. Oh Susanna(D) Scotland the Brave(G) Oh Susanna(G)
  1. Star of the County Down( ) Cold Frosty Morn(G)
  1. Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine(D) The Girl I Left Behind Me(G)

Waltzes: Polka:

The Ashgrove.................at first break Sean Ryan's Polka..........at first break
Bonnie at Morn..............at end of dance

Schottische:

Schottis Fran Idre............at end of dance

Other tunes:

Arkansas Traveler Cori Mclenon
Soldier's Joy Ashoken Farewell
John Stenson's # 2
Nail that Catfish to the Tree
Staten Island
Farewell to Whiskey

Flowers of Edinburgh


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Monday, April 16, 2007

Aha!

So the way you post these things is in the far upper right hand corner. Ok.
Janis, practice was cool on your porch like that. And your daughter even applauded us after one set.
I hope to have a set list worked up by next Sunday, we can go over it and re-do it, then we can post it here.
Gary, we've already decided that you're going to play with us at the June 2nd dance, all that's left is for you to work out the details

Practice at Janice's 4/15

We got together at Janice's house for practice yesterday. Whooo HA!!! What an awesome porch! Janice can have us over anytime, if you ask me. Gorgeous weather and we even got a small audience of one adult, 2 kidlets and a small dog. We did have to compete with some of the environmental noise. Back hoes apparently beep in the key of F# or something...whatever it was, he was NOT in tune with us!

For The Ashgrove, we have decided to start out in the key of G with Joe beginning and Shelly coming in on the second repitition of the A part. The fiddles will come in on the B part, and on the second time through the singers will begin and sing two verses. As soon as that is done we will switch to the key of D. So it looks like this:

Key of G
A1 - Joe
A2 - Joe & Shelly
B1 - Joe, Shelly, Jane and Janice
B2 - Joe, Shelly, Jane and Janice
A1 - B2 - Everyone with singing
Key of D
A1 - B2 - Everyone, no singing

If Gabrielle comes, we can figure out how to add the harp. We are going to meet at our house (Neil & Elaine) on the 22nd from 4:00 - 6:00, and are talking about meeting on the Thursday before our gig for an additional practice since When in Doubt Swing is going on the weekend before...at least I think that's what we agreed on. I was very distracted by our beautiful surroundings.

If anyone remembers anything else that we agreed on, please feel free to chime in!

For those who are singing The Ashgrove, here is a link to the lyrics:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dddxhrbv_103chqnzv

Saturday, April 14, 2007

News From the Windy City - Gary Speaks!

I fly back to Dallas 4/25 to go to the dentist, etc. Cheryl flies in May 2 to go to the dance weekend and flies back on about 5/8. I stick around to visit Dad and Annie, get some stuff done and to go to OK City on 5/12. Beyond that plans are still being formed. I hope/plan to have practice at my house 4/29. I will be in Dallas for two to three weeks.


Thanks for missing me at practice. You have no idea how much I miss playing /visiting with you guys. Things are going well here and I really enjoy getting to be with Cheryl, but you guys are such an enjoyable group and we have such a fun rapport and the music is getting better and better. There are opportunities to play at jams nearby that I know about, but haven't been to yet.


Hope work and job hunting is going well. Tell Neil hi. see ya soon.


It snowed here twice last week, once leaving an inch on the ground. Yikes!


Gary

Monday, April 2, 2007

So this is how it works.

I guess I'm now a blogger. This wasn't hard. Sure enjoyed the last practice & glad to have access to all this music. See you next Sun. Directions later.

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Latest Practice at King's House


We went over the new waltz, and agreed that Shelley should play her wonderful drum with us. Gave the song a definite primitive celtic feel. Gabrielle could not resist joining us (although she was supposed to be napping...however...music was being made!) and brought our glockenspiel in from the music room and did a very credible job with it, considering it was her first time every playing it! Amazingly, considering how small it is, it was easy enough to hear, even over Joe's dulcimer. Gary, you were missed! But Shelley is doing an awesome job with her guitar strumming and picking, and she brought shortbread cookies!

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Bonnie at Morn - Our newest Waltz


This is the latest waltz that we are working on. The resolution on this image is not super, but if you click on the image it will open in a new window and should be very clear and printable. I am working on a file storage system on line where you will be able to click on a link to see a better image. More to come later. It's late.



Let's Start a Blog to Keep in Touch!

I thought, since Gary is moving to Chicago, that we could all stay in touch better if we had a blog. We can let Gary know what's going on with Bambi, what our practices are like, who new members are, and if we get new gigs. Also, Joe can keep Gary apprised of how he's doing with that mandolin of his. It would also be a great place to post new music to play and pictures of the band!