Music from the Contra Dance

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This is information on the Contra Dance Music that is being played - contracast 8.

1. Chief Sitting Bull/Reel du Printemps
Happy Slappy's Flapjack Hut
Flapjack

Jay Edmunds - fiddle, mandolin,guitar, vocals.
Karen Taylor - fiddle, clawhammer banjo, vocals
Teilhard Frost - washboard, feet, bones, jaw harp, harmonica, vocals
Sam Allison - bass fiddle, harmony vocals

http://flapjack.ca
 
3. Mountain Madness (Alasdair Fraser)/Old Time Wedding Reel/Trip To Windsor (Dan R. MacDonald)
Spin
Spin

Lissa Schneckenburger - fiddle, vocals
Michael Kerry - guitar
Corey DiMario - bass

http://lissafiddle.com
 
5. Kotu
Going Elsewhere
The Clayfoot Strutters

Lee Blackwell - Drums. Precussion
Pete Sutherland - Fiddle, Electric Violin, Piano, Banjo Uke
Jeremiah McLane - Accordian, Piano, Hammond B-3 Organ
Mark Roberts - Banjo, Electric Banjo, Wooden Flute, Whistle, Rubbard
Peter Davis - Electric Gutar, Piano, Alto Sax, Clarinet
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Dave Grant - Bass, Banjo Uke
Walker Blackwell - Congas

http://www.clayfootstrutters.com
2. Paçoca
Between Two Worlds
Mary Lea

Mary Lea - violin, viola
Peter Barnes - piano, flute
Ruthie Dornfeld - violin
Jeremiah McLane - accordion
Bill Tomczak - clarinet, saxophone
Ralph Gordon - bass
Colin McCaffrey - guitar

http://www.sover.net/~marylea
 
4. Steamboat Quickstep-Coleraine.wma
Flod Og Fjora
Spaelimenninir

Jan Danielsson - fiddle
Erling Olsen - fiddle
Sharon Weiss - recorder
Ívar Bærentsen - mandolin, guitar
Kristian Blak - piano, harmonium, sporadic vocals
Charlie Pilzer - bass

http://www.spaelimenninir.com
 
6. The Hundred Pipers/Behind the Bush in the Garden/Bishop Street
In Season
Wild Asparagus

David Cantieni - Oboe, silver flute, soprano recorder, fife, triangle, wood blocks. & clipboard
Ann Percival - Piano, guiro, & bodhran
George Marshall - English concertina, bodhran, bones, triangle, & shakers

http://wildasparagus.com
I want to thank the people that have allowed me to play their music.
 
Thanks to Karen Taylor, Mary Lea, Lissa Schneckenburger, Charlie Pilzner, Pete Sutherland, and George Marshall.

Some Mid-Atlantic Dance Links:

Contradancers.com
Glen Echo Friday Night Dance
FSGW Dances
Roger's Dance Niche
The Dance Gypsy
 
Personal Info:
Name: Robert Cox
Email: contra_music@yahoo.com