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Thread #51031   Message #959118
Posted By: Dani
25-May-03 - 08:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: songs by The Red Clay Ramblers
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Red Clay Ramblers Lyrics
Funny story about WAHOO:

A few years ago, the Red Clay Ramblers were on Prairie Home Companion, Sweet Honey in the Rock were on as well. We went to see the show in Chapel Hill. Part of Sweet Honey's performance is always a sign-language interpreter, an integral part of the music: almost worth the price of admission alone, she is a lovely enhancement of their work. Well, she went on to interpret the rest of the show, including the RCR. When they sang WAHOO, she threw her whole body into a sort of lariat-tossing motion to sign that word, and of course you have to do a few at a time pretty quickly, and it was hilarious. My daughters and I still do that motion whenever we hear that song.

Dani