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MITS Presents: Intro. to Folk music for children
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Description
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Item consists of audio recording of Mariposa In the Schools: Introduction to Folk Music for Children workshop hosted by Rick Avery in which the participatory tradition of folk music is emphasized. Bram Morrison teaches the audience a song about a goat using the "lining out" technique. Rick Avery discusses innovative approaches to makeshift instrumentation and explains "cheek music" to the audience, demonstrating how it's done. Chick Roberts shows the audience various approaches to using one's hands for percussion. Sharon Hampson illustrates to the audience how to use the spoons, followed by a demonstration by all the musicians combining all techiques discussed. Rick Avery explains the different ways of using ones voice and singing a cappella. Sharon Hampson singing an "Eskimo" lullaby. Bram Morrison teaches the audience an Iroquois lullaby. Ken Whiteley performs a work song "Long John" (trad.) with the audience clapping and singing along. Sharon Hampson sings a tall tale called "The Frozen Logger" (James Stevens). Rick Avery performs the tall tale "Darby Ram" (trad.) followed by Chick Roberts performing a different version of the same song and then Rick Avery singing yet another version. Ken Whiteley explains that there is no "right way" to sing a song and then the group performs "Groundhog" (trad.) Rick Avery explains how to manipulate instruments to make them sound like other things. They play a fiddle to sound like a train and a banjo to sound like a chicken. Chick Roberts plays the harmonica to sound like a train and then Bram Morrison uses a guitar as a drum and Avery plays a penny whistle. Ken Whiteley performs "Reuben's Train" (trad.). Sharon Hampson sings the Canadian song "The Girls of Ontario" (trad.) and Chick Roberts performs an urban song from the 1890s about draft-dodging with the audience skatting along, titled: "When the War Breaks Out Down in Mexico" (J. Brandon Walsh), and "The Saskatchewan Song" (trad.). Ken Whiteley sings "The Vegetable Song (the Barnyard Dance)" (Martin, Bogan and Armstrong). Rick Avery performs "The Black Fly Song" (Wade Hemsworth), Chick Roberts explains the concept of the "rent party" and selects some children from the audience to play the jug, the washboard, sandpaper, the kazoo, the slide whistle and the shaker. He sings "The Boodelam Shake"?
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Type
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1/4" reel audio tape
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Fonds
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Mariposa Folk Foundation fonds (F0511)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72201
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Title
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The Jugband: An Examination
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Description
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This item consists of an audio recording of The Original Sloth Band (Chris Whiteley, Ken Whiteley, Tom Evans) contextualizing the history of jugbands. Performances include a song "Travelin' Shoes?" by (Noah Lewis), "Where'd You Stay Last Night" (?) "The Sheik of Araby" (Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler, Ted Snyder), "It's Tight Like That" (Tampa Red), "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" (Jimmy McHugh (music), Dorothy Fields (lyrics)) "The Organ Grinder" (Clarence Williams), "Prison Wall Blues" (traditional), "Downtown Blues" (Frank Stokes), "Shout Baby Shout" (?) , "Mama Don't You Give All That Lard Away (Dixieland Jug Blowers) and "She Loves So Good" (Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon).
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Type
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1/4" reel audio tape
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Fonds
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Mariposa Folk Foundation fonds (F0511)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72175
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Title
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Singaround Lovesongs #2
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Description
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Consists of audio recording of musican Michael Cooney host, introduces and explains the Singaround Lovesongs, which are song swaps where a group of musicians get together and pick a subject to sing about and see how many variations on that topic can be sung. The subject is love songs. He introduces the panel.
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Type
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1/4" reel audio tape
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Fonds
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Mariposa Folk Foundation fonds (F0511)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72182
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Title
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Mariposa in the Schools
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Description
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Consists of audio recording of Rich Avery hosting the Mariposa in the Schools (MITS) workshop, (a program teaching children about folk music) beginning by performing "The Village Pump" with children in the audience singing along. Next Chris Whiteley recites a story (accompanied by harmonica) about a fox being chased by hounds, an Lois Lilienstein performs "Aiken Drum" (trad.) with children participating, followed by Chris Whiteley explaining to the children how to play a jug and then performing "The Barnyard Dance" (Martin, Bogan and the Armstrongs) and "Take Your Fingers Off It" (trad.) with children playing makeshift instruments. Also consists of Rich Avery teaching the children to sing "Mary Mac" (trad.) and Lois Lilienstein performing "We're Going to the Zoo" (Tom Paxton) and teaching the children about syncopation, as well as Rich Avery performing an "echo song" with the children called "Green Grass Grew All Around" (William Jerome (lyrics), Harry Von Tilzer (music)) and Lois Lilienstein teaching the children to sing/play "Head and Shoulders, Baby" (?), and ending with Rich Avery and Lois Lilienstein together with the children performing "George Washington Bridge".
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Type
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1/4" reel audio tape
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Fonds
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Mariposa Folk Foundation fonds (F0511)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72161
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Title
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Singaround Lovesongs #2
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Description
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Consists of audio recording of Singaround Love song with performances by Michael Cooney, Owen McBride, Edith Butler, Enoch Kent, Murray McLauchlan. Host Michael Cooney introduces the topic of Singaround Lovesongs to the audince, which are song swaps where a group of musicians get together and pick a subject to sing about and see how many variations on that topic can be sung. Owen McBride performs a song about a river in Ireland called "The Black Water". A French song not titled which originated from France is performed by Edith Butler (about a woman sitting on the steps of palace and a shoe maker) followed by Enoch Kent playing guitar and singing "The Collier Laddie"(Trad) Murray McLauchlan plays a country love song "Remember me" with the guitar and harmonica? Michael Cooney plays a song accompanied by (he learned it in highschool, part of a trio- serenade the girls in the dorms) guitar, known as his favourite serenade song (language?spanish?), the song is not titled. Owen McBride sings "I am a Rover"and incorporates the audience by teaching them the chorus. Edith Butler performes a song from New Brunswick, an Acadian song "Listening to the song of the middle ark I go to sleep?"( played in pervious performance) guitar and vocals. Enoch Kent perfomes "Boggie's Bonnie Bell" with just vocals no musical instruments, Murray McLauglan follows "Masocistic Baby" written by Shel Silverstein. Michael Cooney performes a song with two references, the rose (love and passion) and thyme, which is referred to as an anti love song, "Blooming Heather". Owen McBride follows with a performance on guitar and vocals entitled "Whisky on a Sunday" the song is about old man who used to play for the cinema line ups; audience interaction as they sing along with the chorus Acadian folk song follows perfomed by Edith Butler called "Marie Enson?" in French, with the next song played by Enoch Kent "I Loved a Lass"(Trad) about un-requited love. British folk song written by John Lennon "Run for your life"is perfomed by Murray McLaughlan. Michael Cooney performs an old english love song about hunting, no song title is provided (harmonica? concertina?). Owen McBride follows with a song about a young couple (married for two years and wife dies) no song title is provided. Enoch Kent sings a tradtional Scottish song "Lay ye doon love" with no instruments, just voicals; audience singing the chours, originally by Old Blind Dogs. Murray Mclaughan follows with "Linda won't you take me in" (traditional). Closing with Michael Conney performing "Irene Goodnight" (tradtional) with others singers singing in the background. (ends in the middle of this song).
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Type
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1/4" reel audio tape
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Fonds
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Mariposa Folk Foundation fonds (F0511)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72180