Charlie, That was it! Thanks for digging it up. Some days just blur together, but at least I was in the right week. ;)

Did you hear that rope jumping song? I thought that was wonderful--but when the music was added it competed unfavorably with the voice and the percussion of simple clapping. Other pieces they sampled didn't seem to lose so much of their character, but I would have to listen to the entire recording to form an opinion.

Yes, to put any art form on a shelf to preserve it from change is to kill it off and smacks of exclusivity regarding who may perform it and how. But some changes are better than others and you don't know until you try. Remember what a rage it was to "colorize" old black and white movies a dozen years ago and more? There was quite a protest, and though Turner continued the practice for a while, I don't hear about it happening any more. Perhaps the same thing will happen with these new arrangements--they're a novelty but after a while people will still go back to the originals and bypass the musical equivalent of colorized versions.

SRS