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Thread #57791 Message #910829
Posted By: Peter T.
15-Mar-03 - 03:32 PM
Thread Name: Wimoweh: How To Orchestrate the Crowd?
Subject: Wimoweh: How To Orchestrate the Crowd?
I was at a boring event the other night, and thought on a whim that what the crowd needed was to do "Wimoweh" or something rousing, but I didn't know how to orchestrate it. I have a vague idea. Pete Seeger is the guy, obviously, for getting his crowds to do "Wimoweh", but on the albums I have listened to, the instructions are truncated; and his book is (as far as I recall), not exactly clear on who does what. Anyone here do this with a crowd, or a camp group, or recall being orchestrated? The bare bones: the low male voices sing something like "Way-up-o", and the women (or higher male voices sing "wimoweh", and then after a bit, Seeger goes into the "lion sleeps tonight" tune (I know that that is not the original title, but everyone knows it as that). Is there a fourth alto part? What are the notes for everyone? Anything else one needs to know? yours, Peter T.