The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #151253   Message #3529002
Posted By: Ron Davies
22-Jun-13 - 09:31 AM
Thread Name: 'Traditional' songs that are NOT !
Subject: RE: 'Traditional' songs that are NOT !
My favorite (true) story on this topic is when I was asked in all seriousness at Sidmouth whether it was considered sacrilegious to dance to "Askokan Farewell".

Which, as noted earlier, was written for a dance camp.

It appeared the person was relieved when I gave my permssion to dance to that tune.

But it certainly is a striking example of the power of associating music with events---and possibly of not doing research.

I still suspect that very few do dance to it.