Woodwind section, Oct 2024. Photo by Pat McGrath.
Next Open Band: Wednesday, June 11th
Co-led by Kathy Talvitie and Miranda Weinberg. Joanna Reiner Wilkinson will be calling.
Join in! Even if you can only play one tune and want to dance the rest. Musicians of all skill levels are invited to participate.
Program
Open Band tunes are all in the Blue (1), Red (2), or Green (3) Barnes books. You can buy the Barnes books either for ipad or in old fashioned spiral bound paper.
- Jack’s Health -- Barnes 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhKen5MWTZE - Mile of Smiles -- Barnes 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QipBgYbhs4 - Lover’s Luck -- Barnes 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBfp_n3BFBI - Star of Kintra -- Barnes 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz3V42nfW4o (audio only) - Miss DeJersey’s Memorial -- Barnes 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfL6TRmF5lk - Beautyberry -- Barnes 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmN_o3llDz0 - Hambleton’s Round O -- Barnes 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VybVR7bJalQ
- Hazelfern Place -- Barnes 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ91Nphvca0
We will play this a little fast (dotted quarter =103bmp) - Bar a Bar -- Barnes 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LACmeVbkVCU - Shrewsbury Lasses -- Barnes 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqn1MX65PpI - Alice -- Barnes 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee3rGZJeiPQ
We will play this a little bit slower - Well Done Jack -- Barnes 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7TgHs217cM - Nan’s Waltz -- Barnes 1
Please also review dances on the GCD Repertoire List which we ask all GCD musicians to learn.
How Open Band works
Practicing
- Learn the tunes well enough that you can keep one eye on the Open Band leader for cues, and maybe occasionally watch the dancers.
- GCD often holds jam practice sessions that will be announced here and on the GCD musicians' page. You can host a jam too (or just invite a few friends to play together).
- You're welcome to dance for tunes that you'd rather not play.
Setting up
- Bring your music and a music stand. (No mics for the evening, it's all acoustic)
- 7:30 -- Arrive and set up in sections - strings, winds, squeezeboxes.
- 7:45 -- Tuning up, band leader instructions
- 8:00 -- The evening dance starts promptly!
- 10:15 -- Please help clean up the area after the dance.
During & after the Dance
- We are there to provide beautiful and dance-able music for the pleasure of the dancers.
- Listen to each other. Give those taking a solo, duet, or trio round some quiet space so they can be clearly heard.
- Keep an eye on the leader for guidance regarding: entrances, endings, dynamics, designation of what instruments are playing
- 10:15 -- the dance ends. Help with putting everything back in place much appreciated. Open Band is a challenging night for our sound and set-up folks!
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