The Willow Tree and Other Folk Dances
A collection of 26 dances and 52 tunes from Hugh Rippon and Dave Mallinson. There are dance notes with each tune, the tunes include guitar chords.
Hugh Rippon, caller and composer of country dances, became interested in folk dance and song in 1957 shortly after moving to London and in 1960 he joined the full time staff of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Here he acted as Public Relations Officer, Joint Editor of the Society's magazine English Dance and Song and London Area Organiser. During this period he spent much of his time teaching dancing, lecturing, writing articles and starting new morris sides.
As a holder of the coveted EFDSS Gold Badge, Hugh has become one of the most respected and sought-after callers in the country.
Besides his 'calling' activities in most parts of England, Hugh has taught English folk dancing in Holland, Belgium, France and America.
The Willow Tree is probably Hugh's most famous dance and this book includes it along with twenty five of Hugh's favourite dances, including several of his own compositions and others he has collected (and sometimes adapted) over the years, each with a short note of interest in its origin. Hugh's foreword is an additional useful guide to understanding the terms used and, importantly, there are some invaluable notes for beginners and teachers.
Mally's involvement in Folk Music is well-known to all customers of The Music Room and his intended aim for this book was the creation of a highly varied and fascinating cross-section of traditional dance music, tailored to Hugh's dances. Fifty two tunes from the English-speaking world have been painstakingly selected and arranged to fit Hugh's instructions, with the choice of chords being given equal care.
Although at first glance The Willow Tree is primarily a book of dances, it is also a wonderful and wide-ranging source of repertoire for the country dance musician.
THE DANCES
AFTER YOU SIR
AP SHENKIN
AROUND ONE
THE AYLESBURY DUCK
THE BERKSHIRE FOOL
THE BLUE CIRCLE DANCE
BRIDGWATER BAY
CIRCLE 3 & UNDER THE ARCH
EB'S DANCE OR EB'S SQUARE
EVA THREE STEP
FLINT STREET GALLOP
FRED PATE
HASTE TO THE WEDDING HORNPIPE PROMENADE
THE HOTCH-POTCH
THE ITCHINGTON LONG DANCE
JIM'S REEL
LADY GODIVA'S GALLOP
THE LANCASHIRE REEL
MARIAN'S WALTZ
NEIL'S JIG
PUTNEY BRIDGE
SOLDIERS' JOY
TAVISTOCK HORNPIPE
THE WILLOW TREE
WRING OUT THE DISHRAG
THE TUNES
AP SHENKIN
THE BATTERING RAM
THE BELFAST POLKA
BLACKBERRY QUADRILLE
BONNIE DUNDEE
CHARABANC SCHOTTISCHE
CLOW BANK
DUSTY WINDOWSILLS
EAST NEUK OF FIFE
FAR FROM HOME
FARMERS' JAMBOREE
FASTEN THE LEGGIN'
FATHER KELLY'S JIG AN GALLOPE
THE GALWAY
GIRL WITH THE BLUE DRESS ON
THE GLENBEIGH
GRANDFATHER'S TUNE
GREEN MOUNTAIN PETRONELLA
HASTE TO THE WEDDING
THE HILLS OF GLENORCHY
THE HOME RULER
THE HONEYSUCKLE
THE HUMOURS OF GLENDART
I HAVE A BONNET
JOHNNY I DO MISS YOU
JOHNNY MICKEY BARRY'S
JOHN OF PARIS
KATIE BAIRDIE
LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN
LOUIS' WALTZ
MAGGIE MAY
THE MAGIC SLIPPER
MAJOR MACKIE'S
MAPLE LEAF JIG
MARY'S WALTZ
OUT ON THE OCEAN
PADDY O'RAFFERTY
PEG RYAN'S THE PERFECT CURE
PETRONELLA
PIGTOWN FLING
PUTNEY REACH
THE RANTING RAKE
REEL DE TI-JEAN
SAINT LAWRENCE JIG
SHARON SHANNON'S
THE SIEGE OF ENNIS
SIXPENNY MONEY
THE SKYE BOAT
SOME SAY THE DEVIL'S DEAD
UPTON UPON SEVERN STICK DANCE
