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Thursday, June 29, 2006

Scottish Country Dancing & More

June 28, 2006 SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING AND MORE (SCDM): WEEKLY EMAIL NEWSLETTER http://home.att.net/~diannashipman/SCDM.htm IN THIS ISSUE: SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING AND MORE (SCDM) NEW DANCES FROM FT. WORTH MUSIC NEWS 25th annual Hawaiian Scottish Festival and Highland Games at Kapi'olani Park SCOTTISH CAT SETS WORLD RECORD ROBOTIC PIPER McBLARE CALENDAR PAGE SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING AND MORE: TONIGHT: We had 14 dancers and we danced: Just Enough to Dance, In a Pinch (description below), Justine's Delight, Polka Dots, Buttered Beans, Montgomeries' Rant, Belfast Hornpipe, Barley Bree (twice), Jessie's Hornpipe, Virginia Reel, West's Hornpipe, Laird of Atherton (twice), Deil Amang the Tailors Dianna's Note: I enjoyed English dancing last night at Oxford Hall; there is English Country Dancing most 4th Tuesdays at Oxford Hall. I've updated my English Dancing page at http://home.att.net/~diannashipman/English.html THIS WEEK'S FEATURED DANCER: MARILYN JOHNSON THIS WEEK'S FEATURED MUSICIANS: CONTRABAND MEMBER NEWS: MARILYN JOHNSON attended last Sunday's British American Business Council (BABC) Ascot party and sent a link for photos: http://pensionpro.tripod.com/ascot_babc/ SUSAN HIRTZ has been on the news lately re: safety issues for children; Rafael Enriquez mentioned tonight that he heard her on TV and Radio with safety suggestions re: drowning. A google search resulted in the following: Houston Chronicle article quoting Susan excerpt: This year's 12th victim was a 4-year-old boy, who died Friday in a pond in Santa Fe. Three other children who suffered brain damage from near-drownings this year are now at Texas Children's Hospital, said Susan Hirtz, manager of the Texas Children’s Center for Childhood Injury Prevention. The number of children lost to drowning in the area has increased every year since 2002, according to Hirtz. Keep Your Kids Safe from Drowning HAMISH ROBERTS SELECTED FOR USA U-19 SQUAD PHOTOs on the website: Happy 4th of July! COME DANCE WITH US! July 5 WEDNESDAY D I F F E R E N T L O C A T I O N T H I S W E E K SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING AND MORE 7-10 pm Location: Churchill Room, Black Labrador Pub (website includes map) (Montrose near Richmond) NEW DANCERS WELCOME Families welcome (children must be accompanied by parent/guardian) COST: FREE WITH: FISH & CHIPS & THE ENGLISH SESSION PLAYERS English as well as Scottish, Irish and American Traditional Music, played on Fiddle, Banjo, Concertina and whatever folks bring. Open session, all musicians and singers invited to join in; dancing welcomed! For information, contact Dan Worrall FISH &CHIPS CLICK HERE FOR PLAY LIST NORTHUMBRIAN TUNES #1 SHEET MUSIC (PDF FILE) MISCELLANEOUS TUNES CLICK HERE FOR SESSION SONGS NEW DANCES FROM FT. WORTH THE ODD COUPLE 32R for three persons (triangle) John Shipley 1-4 All set and advance one place to their right. 5-8 All dance LH across back to original places. 9-12 All set and advance one place to their left. 13-16 All dance RH across back to original places. 17-24 1st person dance figure of eight round the other two dancers, passing 3rd person RS to begin. 25-26 1st person, taking hands with the other two dancers, balance in line. 27-28 1st person change places with person on their right, giving RH 29-32 1st person, taking hands with the other two dancers, balance in line and change places with the person on their left, giving LH. IN A PINCH 32R-2 John Shipley 1-8 1C dance ½ figure eight round 2C then lead down center for 4 bars. 9-16 1C cast back to top and dance ½ figure of eight round 2C. 17-28 1C, 2C set and cross, passing partner RS, facing up and down on sidelines, set and change places passing LS, set and cross passing partner RS. 29-32 1C, 2C turn partner RH. MUSIC NEWS Sandy & Grant Dawson announce the end of Celtic Voyage due to schedule conflicts. ENGLISH SESSION HOSTED BY FISH & CHIPS JULY 5 Dan Worrall wrote in part: "The next session, Wednesday, July 5, 7pm, will again feature our Scottish dancer friends; the first of these tune/dance sessions last month was a lot of fun, so plan to be there! . . . next session's new tunes have a distinctly American slant, as befits the day after the Fourth of July. I'm hoping that most of you know most of these new tunes already, and we can tear into a few of them for the Virginia Reel for the dancers. A new and welcome wrinkle on things is that Dianna Shipman, of the Scottish Dancers, has VERY kindly put our tune list, all the sheet music, and the song lyrics of songs we have done to date in the Session on the website she earlier built for our "Fish and Chips" English band ( http://home.att.net/~ceilidhmusic/FishChips.htm ). Many thanks, Dianna! At that site you should be able to find just about everything we are playing at these sessions, either in sheet music or in easy web links. This week's American reels, for example, are shown on the tune list there with links to Mike Head's ContraDan music site, from where they can be easily printed. Check it out! . . . One more note on those Irish tunes. The music for [Irish tunes] can be found on many sites, one of which is: http://www.norbeck.nu/abc/ . On the song front, thanks Emily for introducing a few new songs...which I didn't remember to note down the names of. Let's try them again next time. And let's try Pleasant and Delightful once more too...there are some great harmonists amongst you all. And Julian has been going over the Watercress Girl...let's not forget that. So much music, so little time! Looking forward to seeing you for some Virginia Reels...... Dan Constant Billy SPECIAL NOTICE! If you haven’t yet purchased your copy of our debut CD, "Let Me In," then your home is surely a wallow of misery. Buy six or seven copies; your family’s contentment- your very peace of mind- is worth it. CDs are available online at CD Baby and in person from Constant Billy at any of our gigs below! You’ll have two FREE chances to catch that Constant Billy sound in July. Saturday July 1, 2006, we’ll be back at the Bayou City Farmers' Market located in the parking lot behind the building at 3000 Richmond at Eastside in Houston. This great urban farmers' market just keeps getting bigger and better with new vendors adding fresh milk, butter and cheese to the offerings of full-flavored, guilt-free coffee, local bee pollen, huge free-range eggs, peaches, head lettuce, mixed greens, strawberries, onions, potatoes, arugula, and grass-fed, hormone-free beef… et cetera, et cetera et cetera. Whether your diet is vegan, vegetarian, carnivore or omnivore you'll find plenty to fill your larder. And while you're enjoying the free samples you can enjoy the finest music on earth for free. What: Bayou City Farmers' Market Where: the parking lot behind the building at 3000 Richmond at Eastside in Houston (click here for map) When: 9-11am Saturday July 1, 2006 How Much: FREE! Saturday July 16, 2006 from 11am-Noon, we will be doing a performance at Unitarian Fellowship of Houston, 1504 Wirt Rd, Houston, 77055-4919 (713) 686-5876. The good people of this congregation regularly schedule excellent music as part of their services, (go to their site to see a list of their very diverse programs) and we're excited to be a part of this tradition. There is no admission for the event. What: Unitarian Fellowship of Houston Where: 1504 Wirt Rd, Houston, 77055-4919 (713) 686-5876. (click here for map) When: 11am-Noon Sunday July 16, 2006 How Much: FREE! Hope to see you at the shows! Emily Standish Bill Galbraith www.constantbilly.com Sarah Dinan McGonigel's Mucky Duck Pub Sunday, July 9, 2006 2425 Norfolk Houston, TX 713/528-5999 7 PM $6 http://www.sarahdinan.com/ 25th annual Hawaiian Scottish Festival and Highland Games at Kapi'olani Park June 24 & 25 [sent in by Josie Travlos & Lynne Gibson] SCOTTISH CAT SETS WORLD RECORD A SCOTTISH cat is set to be crowned the oldest in the world, having barely survived birth. Gloria, 26 - about 97 in human years - has claimed the title after a cat in Texas died aged 37 two years ago. Now the Guinness Book of World Records is to recognise Gloria's claim as the oldest of the cat world. Her owner, Maggie McQuilkin, said: "She's in perfect health. "You would never know what age she was and she is still as active as ever. I don't think she is going anywhere." Gloria started life as a feral cat, born in an abandoned car in her home town of Gourock, Inverclyde. Mrs McQuilkin took in Gloria and her brother, Inky, who died some time ago. article: http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=895522006 Dated: 19-Jun-06 ROBOTIC PIPER McBLARE Not a bad piper ... for a robot WHAT looks, acts and sounds like a bagpiper ... but isn't? A robotic piper that plays with your eyes closed makes sounds remarkably similar to the real thing. Take a listen. (posted by Max Triola) http://heritage.scotsman.com/ingenuity.cfm?id=910372006 excerpts from the article: IT IS enough to make traditional Scottish bagpipe aficionados choke on their chanters and mutter darkly that "it could only happen in America". When students of computer science graduated last year from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, they walked on stage to receive their degrees to the skirl of the pipes playing good old-fashioned Scottish tunes. But this was bagpipe music with a difference. There was no piper to "screw the pipes and gart them skirl" as Robert Burns envisioned Auld Nick in his epic poem Tam O'Shanter, no human to "up and gie them a blaw, a blaw", in the words of songwriter Lady Carolina Nairne. Hear for yourself McBlare plays Highland Laddie (mp3). Courtesy: Carnegie Mellon University CALENDAR PAGE details on all items listed below can be found on the webpage at: CURRENT MONTH UPCOMING MONTHS THE COMING WEEK: 29 THURSDAY Celtic Chorus of Houston Churchill Room, Black Labrador Pub (Montrose near Richmond) 7:30-9:30 pm HOUSTON and DISTRICT BRANCH R S C D S SUMMER SOCIAL Thursday, June 29, 2006 7:30 - 9:30 pm Dad's Club - Studio A 1008 Voss Rd. (North of I-10) Cost $5.00 P R O G R A M Circle of Cheer Flowers of Edinburgh Wind on Loch Fyne Wild Geese Alexandria Reel St. John's River Posties Jig Shiffing Bobbins Everyone is welcome. Come join the fun and enjoy an evening of old favorites and some new, soon to be favorites. 30 FRIDAY * JULY 2006 * 1 SATURDAY Constant Billy What: Bayou City Farmers' Market Where: the parking lot behind the building at 3000 Richmond at Eastside in Houston (click here for map) When: 9-11am Saturday July 1, 2006 How Much: FREE! 2 SUNDAY Men of Houston Morris Dancers 3 MONDAY International Folk Dancing for beginners. HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCERS 7:30 - 10:00 pm Oddfellows Hall, 115 E. 14th Street in the Heights. 4 TUESDAY: HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!! Chevy's Freedom Over Texas with Fireworks Presented by Shell Houston's Official July 4th Celebration Tuesday, July 4, 2006 Eleanor Tinsley Park @ Buffalo Bayou 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m Ceilidh jam Poor Michael's The Strand Galveston, TX 409-762-1967 9 PM - midnight All skill levels welcome. Miller Outdoor Theater Salute to Independence Day includes fireworks GALVESTON: CELEBRATE LIBERTY! For information, click here. Deer Park Fourth Fest Kemah Fireworks Sugar Land's Red, White, and Bluefest After a parade kicks things off, festivities include a patriotic pet contest, live music, food, games, jugglers, magicians, fireworks, and more. Located at Oyster Creek Park, 4033 Highway 6 South, in Sugar Land. Fireworks Splash-tacular! Six Flags Splashtown Pearland's Celebration of Freedom Sam Houston Race Park - Independence Day fireworks Celebrate the USA Children's Museum of HoustonStrings n' Things contact Peggy Carter. Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular over Clear Lake Clear Lake Park Baytown July 4th Celebration The Woodlands Red, Hot, and Blue Festival 5 WEDNESDAY SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING AND MORE 7-10 pm Location: Churchill Room, Black Labrador Pub (Montrose near Richmond) FREE NEW DANCERS WELCOME Families welcome (children must be accompanied by parent/guardian) WITH: FISH & CHIPS and the English Session 7-9:30 pm English as well as Scottish, Irish and American Traditional Music, played on Fiddle, Banjo, Concertina and whatever folks bring. Open session, all musicians and singers invited to join in; dancing welcomed! For information, contact Dan Worrall Dianna Dianna L. Shipman diannashipman@att.net Scottish Country Dancing and More Houston, Texas web page: http://home.att.net/~diannashipman phone: 713-522-1212
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