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2/14/2014: Valerie Young calls while "The Fabulous Glen Echo Open Band" plays at Glen Echo, MD's Spanish Ballroom

TUNES: Tribute to folk legend Bob McQuillen
(0:00 – 3:33) "Scotty O'Neill" (D)
(3:33 – 6:19) "Spring Song" (A)
(6:19 – END) "Dancing Bear" (Em)

BAND: "The Fabulous Glen Echo Open Band" (http://www.openbandonline.com/)

Any musician can join the Open Band at 8pm on the 2nd Friday of every month in the Spanish Ballroom. The Open Band has some of the Washington DC area's best musicians and makes new musicians feel very welcome. Over 30 musicians typically play, making for a very full sound. Musicians (some names missing):

Front Row L-R: Boe Walker & Larry Robinson, (banjos x2), Jim Besser (concertina), Catherine Chapman, Steve Hickman, Rebecca W. & Julia Borland-Ferneborg (fiddles x4), Marc Glickman (piano), Tom Sanford (Bass), Damian Kiska (egg shakers & bones)

Second Row, L-R: Emmy Truckenmiller (fiddle), Rachel Lachow & John Sauer (mandolins x2), Carolyn Ormes, Leslie Barr & Lloyd Lachow (fiddles x3), Peter Maier (banjo), Jim Stahler (whistle), Josh Sanford (mandolin & hammered dulcimer)

Third Row, L-R: Kathleen Davis (fiddle), Liz Donaldson (accordion), Betsy Proch (mandolin), Basil Manns and TBA female (fiddles x2), Bob Boilen (12 string guitar), Tom Milke (guitar), Mike Fallon (Bodhran)

Way in Back: Carl Minkus (xylophone), Greg Ederer (banjo)

INSTRUMENTATION SUMMARY: 28 Musicians - WOW!
● STRINGS: 11-Fiddles; 4-Banjo; 1-Guitars; 1-12 String Guitar; 4-Mandolins; 1-Bass; 1-Hammered Dulcimer (same musician as mandolin)
● WINDS: 1-Tin Whistle;
● KEYBOARDS: 1-Piano; 1-Xylophone, 1-Accordion, 1-Concertina
● PERCUSSION: 1-Egg Shakers & Bones

DANCE: "There is no Way to Peace; Peace is the Way" (Erik Hoffman, Becket, progressing left)

A1 – Ladies Do Si Do (8), Partner Swing (8)
A2 – Gents Allemande Left 1 ½ (8), Neighbor Swing (8)
B1 – Long Lines Forward and Back (8), Ladies Right Elbow Turn 1 1/2 (8)
B2 – Ladies Pick Up Partner in Star Promenade ¾ (8),
..........Gents Link Left Elbows to Star Promenade Partner 3/4 &
..........Butterfly whirl on own side to start (8)

Choreography from: http://www.erikhoffman.com/peace.html. Notes:

The second couple with whom you star promenade is the couple with whom the dance starts again

Notes:
Technical:
This dance is easier than it sounds. It has proved good for mixed level dancers because beginners can get into it, and the flow and unique quality of the dance keeps experienced dancers interested. The consecutive star promenades need a bit of space.

About the origin and title:
The Santa Barbara Country Dance Society has a festival every Memorial Day weekend, the Sprung Floor Dance Festival. It's a nice one! We have one of the best dance floors in the United States. It's unavailable on Saturdays, so we take advantage of it on Sundays. The Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, we dance on it from noon to midnight. This dance was written for the 1992 festival.
It's my thought that we need to start honoring those who make peace, rather than those who make war. The title is a quote from the famous pacifist, A. J. Muste. It's one of those apparently simple thoughts, but it goes to the heart of the matter. So this dance is to memorialize those alive and dead who find peace in their hearts, and spread it through the world.

CAMERA: Canon S95, "HD" quality, auto settings

REMARKS: The Spanish Ballroom is a superb dance venue. Built in 1933 and restored in 2003, the art deco style ballroom has a wonderful 7,700 SF sprung maple floor which can easily handle 6 lines of contradancers.

This was the last (6th) contra dance in the first half. There were 3 lines of dancers before the break and 2 after. Attendance was down due to weather and severe traffic issues.

INFO: For more info about Glen Echo Contras, see:
● http://fridaynightdance.org/
● http://fsgw.org/

IF YOU LIKE THIS VIDEO YOU WILL LIKE THESE LINKS!
More Glen Echo contradance videos:
● http://youtube.com/GreatContraVideos/
Contradance chat and advanced moves:
● https://www.youtube.com/user/contrasyncretist