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River Road

• website ~ riverroadtrad.com/
• facebook ~ facebook.com/riverroadma/
• Instagram ~ instagram.com/riverroadtrad/#

Some people and places that River Road referred to during the conversation: 

• Glen Loper glenloper.com ~ a Maine musician who granted permission for the band to record his tune, Water in the Attic, for this podcast
• Country Dance & Song Society summer camps camp.cdss.org
• Pinewoods Camp pinewoods.org
• Pigtown Fling pigtownfling.com
• Youth Dance Weekend youthdanceweekend.org
• BIDA bidadance.org
• The Valley Flyer amtrak.com/valley-flyer-train

Tunes:

1. Rolling Waves (trad) / Hole in the Hedge (trad) / Lucy Farr’s Barn Dance (trad)
2. Point Roberts (Jesse Ball) / Hiccup (Jesse Ball)
3. The Friendly Clarinetist (Kristen Planeaux)

Break

1. Water in The Attic (Glen Loper) / Starlit Skies (Jesse Ball)
2. The Valley Flyer (Jesse Ball)

Check out the Flying Shoes Radio Hour site more information and other great episodes. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about contra and English country dance. 

Produced by:

Belfast Flying Shoes belfastflyingshoes.org

Country Dance & Song Society cdss.org

Belfast Community Radio WBFY (where the Flying Shoes Radio Hour airs weekly) wbfy.wpengine.com/show/flying-shoes-radio-hour/

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Links:

• Wild Asparagus (Ann Percival, Becky Tracy, David Cantieni, George Marshall) ~ wildasparagus.com/
• George’s dance programs in St. Croix ~ tropicaldancevacation.com
• Ann’s projects as a visual artist ~ annpercival.com/
• Becky’s other projects, including with her husband Keith Murphy ~ blackislemusic.com/ and facebook.com/beckytracykeithmurphy/
• Hear more from the members of Wild Asparagus in another CDSS podcast, Contra Pulse, including these episodes:
  • David Cantieni: episode-7-david-cantieni-part-1/ and episode-8-david-cantieni-part-2/
  • Becky Tracy: episode-39-becky-tracy/
  • George Marshall: episode-13-george-marshall/

During our conversation, the members of Wild Asparagus refer to other artists, including these: 

• Swallowtail, the influential Pioneer Valley MA contra dance band (George Marshall, David Cantieni, Timm Triplett, Ron Grosslein, and Tim Van Egmond)
• John Skelton, a woodwind player in the House Band
• “Jamesie” Brewster, a legendary Caribbean musician. Learn more about Jamesie in this St Croix Source article; in this film about his role in “Scratch” and Quelbe music of St Croix and the US Virgin Islands jamesieproject.com/; and in the Columbia College Archives.

Tunes:

1. Ross’s Reel # 4 / Frenchie’s (both trad)
2. Dick Gossip (trad)
3. Stonetown (John Skelton)
4. Song for Gale (Larry Kaplan; sung by Cindy Kallet and others)

Break

1. Recreational Doctor (Keith Murphy)
2. The Lazy B (David Cantieni)
3. Speed the Plow (trad) / Enjoy Yourself (Carl Sigman & Herb Magidson) from the Wild Asparagus album, “Live at the Guiding Star Grange”, © 2009

Check out the Flying Shoes Radio Hour site more information and other great episodes. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about contra and English country dance. 

Produced by:

Belfast Flying Shoes belfastflyingshoes.org

Country Dance & Song Society cdss.org

Belfast Community Radio WBFY (where the Flying Shoes Radio Hour airs weekly) wbfy.wpengine.com/show/flying-shoes-radio-hour/

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Musician websites & some topics referenced in the show:

Pine Tree Flyers - pinetreeflyers.com/

Katie McNally - katiemcnally.com

Emily Troll - emilytrollmusic.com

Neil Pearlman - neilpearlman.com/

Owen Marshall - owenmarshallmusic.com/home/

Trad Cafe (Neil’s podcast) - tradcafe.org/

Maine Music Compendium (book referenced by Katie) - brickstoremuseum.org/product/maine-musical-compendium-by-paul-wells/

NH Library of Traditional Music & Dance at UNH (resource referenced by Chrissy) - library.unh.edu/find/special/subject/new-hampshire-library-traditional-music-dance

Tunes:

1. Lady of the Lake / Lady Walpole / Lady Ann Montgomery (all trad)
2. Haste to the Wedding / Coleraine (both trad)
3. Vidita (waltz by Katie McNally)

Break

1. Petronella / Green Mountain Petronella / Petronella (all trad)
2. Glise de Sherbrooke (trad)
3. Hull’s Victory / Douglas’s Favorite / Lamplighter’s Hornpipe (trad / either Jack Douglas or trad / trad)

Check out the Flying Shoes Radio Hour site more information and other great episodes. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about contra and English country dance. 

Produced by:

Belfast Flying Shoes belfastflyingshoes.org

Country Dance & Song Society cdss.org

Belfast Community Radio WBFY (where the Flying Shoes Radio Hour airs weekly) wbfy.wpengine.com/show/flying-shoes-radio-hour/