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Albatross | Help: The Centenary March tune origins (13) | The Centenary March tune origins | 06 Jul 00 |
There's a really lively Irish polka called The Centenary March which I learnt from an excellent squeezebox player called Tony Hall from Norwich. He used to play with Nic Jones and he's the one playing on the Little Pot Stove recording. Tony tells me that the Centenary March is a Northern Irish tune. Does the word march have Orange associations? This brings me to the question are there some "orange" tunes that are avoided in some true Irish sessions? Should non-political musicians be sensitive to those tunes that should or should not be played? By the way on a more light hearted note Tony plays at two speeds: slow and dead slow! |