DESCRIPTION:
06/10/2016: Dugan Murphy calls while "The Fabulous Glen Echo Open Band" plays at Glen Echo, MD's Spanish Ballroom.

CALLER: Dugan Murphy (http://caller.duganmurphy.com/

TUNES:
(0:00 - 2:31) “Reel Eugene” (Bm/D)
(2:31 - 6:16) “Reel des Esquimaux” (G)
(6:16 - END) “Hommage à la Belle Gaspésie (A)

DANCE: “The Baby Rose” (David Kaynor, Duple improper)
A1 – Neighbor Balance & Swing (16)
A2 – Circle Left Three Places (8), Partner Do-si-do (16)
B1 – Partner Balance & Swing (16)
B2 – Ladies Chain (8), Left Hand Star (8)

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:

Front Row L-R: Adrian Mariano & Martin Foreman (fiddles x2), Bruce Henderson (accordion), Boe Walker (banjo), Bill Trautman (harmonica), Robin Wilson (saxophone & flute), Liz Donaldson (accordion), Carl Friedman, Rebecca Weiss, Steve Hickman, & Marc Glickman (fiddles x4), Charlie Pilzer (piano), Ralph Barthine (guitar)

Second Row L-R: Ruth Conley (fiddle), Robert Burleson (guitar), John Sauer (mandolin), Heather Martley (flute), Joanne Murphy (mandolin), Carolyn Ormes (fiddle), Jim Stahler (whistle), Patrick Sullivan (tuba), Betsy Hooper (fiddle), Mark Lynch (banjo)

Third Row, L-R: Barbara Gorin (cello), Susana Blake (guitar), Linda Rowan, Basil Manns, Kathleen Davis, Beth Miller, Suzanne Murray & Phil McQueen (fiddles x6), Bob Boilen (12-string guitar)

Way In Back: Betsy Proch & Virginia Haufler (mandolins x2), Carl Minkus (xylophone), Greg Ederer (banjo)

INSTRUMENTATION SUMMARY: 36 Musicians - WOW!
● STRINGS: 15-Fiddles; 4-Mandolins; 3-Banjos; 3-Guitars; 1-Cello; 1-12-string guitar
● WINDS: 1-Tin Whistle; 1-Harmonica; 1-Flute; 1-Sax/Flute
● Brass: 1-Tuba
● KEYBOARDS: 2-Accordions; 1-Piano; 1-Xylophone
● PERCUSSION: None!

CAMERA: Canon S120, 720p, 30 FPS

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 dance in the first half. There were 4 lines of dancers before and 3 after the break.

MORE INFO ABOUT GLEN ECHO CONTRAS:
● http://fridaynightdance.org/
● http://fsgw.org/

IF YOU LIKE THIS VIDEO, YOU’LL LIKE THESE LINKS!
More Glen Echo contradance videos:
● http://www.youtube.com/user/GreatContraVideos/
Contradance advanced moves:
● http://www.youtube.com/user/contrasyncretist

VIDEO: JS Fischer SOUND: O Starr