Lyrics & Knowledge Personal Pages Record Shop Auction Links Radio & Media Kids Membership Help
The Mudcat Cafesj

Post to this Thread - Printer Friendly - Home
Page: [1] [2]


Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance

In Mudcat MIDIs:
Sand Dance [Wilson Kepple and Betty] (full version)
Sand Dance


AndyG 15 Jun 00 - 05:55 AM
GUEST,Roger the skiffler 15 Jun 00 - 05:44 AM
AndyG 14 Jun 00 - 12:12 PM
GUEST,Roger the skiffler 14 Jun 00 - 11:11 AM
Penny S. 30 Mar 00 - 04:55 PM
GUEST,Roger the skiffler 29 Mar 00 - 02:49 AM
Penny S. 28 Mar 00 - 11:19 AM
GUEST,Micca at work 15 Mar 00 - 07:11 AM
Steve Parkes 15 Mar 00 - 03:14 AM
Liz the Squeak 14 Mar 00 - 07:07 PM
alison 14 Mar 00 - 02:39 AM
Steve Parkes 13 Mar 00 - 08:01 AM
GUEST,Roger the skiffler 10 Mar 00 - 05:45 AM
alison 09 Mar 00 - 04:12 AM
Steve Parkes 09 Mar 00 - 03:40 AM
alison 08 Mar 00 - 07:14 PM
BanjoRay 08 Mar 00 - 06:14 PM
Penny S. 08 Mar 00 - 05:48 PM
GUEST 07 Mar 00 - 08:23 PM
alison 07 Mar 00 - 07:18 PM
Folkbloke 07 Mar 00 - 03:08 PM
GUEST,Roger the skiffler 07 Mar 00 - 02:22 PM
Penny S. 07 Mar 00 - 11:55 AM
alison 07 Mar 00 - 08:08 AM
alison 07 Mar 00 - 07:50 AM
Liz the Squeak 06 Mar 00 - 08:38 PM
Micca 06 Mar 00 - 06:41 PM
Folkbloke 06 Mar 00 - 06:35 PM
Share Thread
more
Lyrics & Knowledge Search [Advanced]
DT  Forum Child
Sort (Forum) by:relevance date
DT Lyrics:













Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: AndyG
Date: 15 Jun 00 - 05:55 AM

erm...
I do believe it's actually Chico's line.

Sadder than Sad eh?

AndyG


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 15 Jun 00 - 05:44 AM

I plead guilty as charged, Andy, & ask for scores of similar offences to be taken into consideration and apply for the application of the sanity clause [insert Groucho joke #2 here!]. I came across the link while looking for something else (honest!).
RtS


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: AndyG
Date: 14 Jun 00 - 12:12 PM

Roger,
You're a saaaad man!

Thanks for the link :)

AndyG


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 14 Jun 00 - 11:11 AM

More information on this famour trio can be found here:
http://www.liverpool.com/decades/pre60s/wilson.html
Click Here
RtS


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: Penny S.
Date: 30 Mar 00 - 04:55 PM

Yup

Penny


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 29 Mar 00 - 02:49 AM

You mean I was actually right??!!!
RtS


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: Penny S.
Date: 28 Mar 00 - 11:19 AM

I have now been able to consult my Dad's collection of 78's, and listen to "In a persian market" by Ketelbey. This has several passages of varying mood, but the opening section is the passage to be found at those links above. The more legato development is not used.

Penny


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: GUEST,Micca at work
Date: 15 Mar 00 - 07:11 AM

I am fairly sure the version of the dance I saw had the tune given in the midi section as the A tune, the old bazaar in cairo as the B tune and was done A1 A2 B A B A, it seems about right, the sand scattering was done to the A tune 1then the dance started with A 2 et seq.


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 15 Mar 00 - 03:14 AM

That was the whosshing noise, Liz!


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 14 Mar 00 - 07:07 PM

How do you do a midi of a bucket of sand then? That was the other important ingredient - nothing makes that sound better than an army boot and a bucket of sand...

LTS


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: alison
Date: 14 Mar 00 - 02:39 AM

Hi Steve

I have added your one to Mudcat MIDIs.... the first half of your tune is the same as the one I posted the other day.

Mine is "sand dance", yours is "sand dance full version".

I don't know what instrument you intended it to play on... but it wouldn't play for me(just whooshing noises).. so I fixed it.....

to save converting MIDI to text.. you can email the MIDIs direct to alan or myself... addresses at the Mudcat MIDIs site... and we'll post them with a link.

slainte

alison


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: Tune Add: SAND DANCE (from Wilson & Keppel)
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 13 Mar 00 - 08:01 AM

OK, try this for size ... I couldn't get find my video, but this is what I can remember - you can make up the left-hand part, decoration and such like, similar to "The old bazaar in Cairo" midi on the midis page, and expand the few bars I've got. It could go a long way (and the longer the better!)

Steve

MIDI file: SANDDNCE.mid

Timebase: 192

Name: SAND DANCE, as danced by Wilson & Keppel
Text: By ?
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Start
0000 1 69 110 0048 0 69 000 0144 1 69 110 0048 0 69 000 0144 1 69 110 0048 0 69 000 0144 1 70 110 0032 0 70 000 0064 1 76 110 0094 0 76 000 0002 1 69 110 0048 0 69 000 0144 1 69 110 0048 0 69 000 0144 1 69 110 0048 0 69 000 0144 1 67 110 0032 0 67 000 0064 1 64 110 0094 0 64 000 0002 1 69 110 0048 0 69 000 0144 1 69 110 0048 0 69 000 0144 1 69 110 0048 0 69 000 0144 1 70 110 0032 0 70 000 0064 1 76 110 0094 0 76 000 0002 1 69 110 0720 0 69 000 0048 1 64 110 0048 0 64 000 0144 1 64 110 0048 0 64 000 0144 1 64 110 0048 0 64 000 0144 1 65 110 0032 0 65 000 0064 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 64 110 0048 0 64 000 0144 1 64 110 0048 0 64 000 0144 1 64 110 0048 0 64 000 0144 1 62 110 0032 0 62 000 0064 1 59 110 0094 0 59 000 0002 1 64 110 0048 0 64 000 0144 1 64 110 0048 0 64 000 0144 1 64 110 0048 0 64 000 0144 1 65 110 0032 0 65 000 0064 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 64 110 0720 0 64 000 0048 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 64 110 0336 0 64 000 0048 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 64 110 0094 0 64 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 64 110 0094 0 64 000 0002 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 62 110 0336 0 62 000 0048 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 64 110 0336 0 64 000 0048 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 64 110 0094 0 64 000 0002 1 60 110 0720 0 60 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here

ABC format:

X:1
T:Sand Dance, as danced by Wilson & Keppel
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:C
A2A2A2^Ae|A2A2A2GE|A2A2A2^Ae|A8|E2E2E2FB|
E2E2E2DB,|E2E2E2FB|E8|c2c2c2AG|AGE2E4|A2A2A2GE|
GED2D4|c2c2c2AG|AGE2E4|D2A2E2DE|C15/2||


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 10 Mar 00 - 05:45 AM

My music librarian colleague confirms that what I hummed to him was Katelbi's "In a Persian Market". I have another friend looking for a book on UK Music Hall acts he owns to see if it mentioned whether this was what they danced to. Watch this space...
RtS


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: alison
Date: 09 Mar 00 - 04:12 AM

if you can do the notes..... send it on over... or play it to me over hearme sometime and I'll do it from this end.

slainte

alison


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 09 Mar 00 - 03:40 AM

O ye of little faith, Roger! Some of us have to work, you know - we can't all spend every waking hour at the 'Cat!

I can confirm that it's not 'In a Prsian market' or 'Monastery garden'. I have actually performed W&K's sand dance, complete with short shift, tea-towel and army boots, along with a mere child of 16 years, who was pressed into service and didn't have a clue what it was all about. Ah, we made our own amusement when I was a lad ... There was a modest tv series on BBC a few years ago called 'Turns' ('Acts', perhaps in American?), comprising ancient film of music hall and variety turns who've long since gone to the great Palladium in the Sky. It was presented by Jimmy Croft, or Jimmy Perry (a tv comedy writing team of note - I can never remeber which is which). I videoed the second series. WK&B were on one night, and we copied the music (don't tell the Music Police!!). Anyway, it was a poor soundtrack, an indifferent video and an abyssmal tape, but the dancing was fun.

I can't promise to get a midi of the tune - I'm only at home at weekends - but I'll see what I can do. Don't hold your breath, though.


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: alison
Date: 08 Mar 00 - 07:14 PM

did you listen to the sand dance I put on Mudcat MIDIs? did it sound anything like the one you're thinking of?

slainte

alison


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: BanjoRay
Date: 08 Mar 00 - 06:14 PM

Ketelby wrote "In a Persian Market". For some reason Acker Bilk used to call this "In a Persian Carpet" when he introduced it with his Paramount Jazz Band in the sixties.

Ray


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: Penny S.
Date: 08 Mar 00 - 05:48 PM

Alison, I know it wasn't the monastery, but he wrote a range of "exotic" pieces. And guest, Katelbi sounds right, but doesn't look right. But it's a long time since I saw those 78's of my Dad's.

Penny


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 08:23 PM

Katelbi ?


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: alison
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 07:18 PM

I have the music for "In a Monastery Garden" somewhere... and they definately didn't use it.. it is a slow thing I used to play during the offering in church.

slainte

alison


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: Folkbloke
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 03:08 PM

Mudcat friends strike again. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks all. If you happen to know any publisher details it would be appreciated. In the meantime May blessings be upon your camels, their wives and all you little baby camels. Regards, Adrian, a.k.a. Sheik Mustapha Coffee Break.


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 02:22 PM

Penny, your mention of "In a Monastery Garden" stirred something at the back of this old brain. Wasn't it by the same composer but "In a Persian Market" that they used to dance to? Where's Steve Parkes and AndyG when we need them?[please note my restraint in not using my old WK&B joke last aired a couple of weeks ago!]
RtS


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: Penny S.
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 11:55 AM

I heard a snatch of this on the radio the other week, with references to the composer who wrote such things as "In a monastery garden" and whose name has gone away for the moment.

Penny


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: alison
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 08:08 AM

OK I've done it.... check out sand dance at Mudcat MIDIs.

this is how I remember it from Morecambe and Wise..... not sure what the original was or what it is called....

slainte

alison


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: alison
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 07:50 AM

the MIDI is at Mudcat MIDIs

there was another snippet of tune that Morecambe and Wise always used when they did the sand dance.. I'll try to do a MIDI of what I remember of it... will let you know when it's posted.... meanwhile check out "Old bazarr in Cairo" at the link

slainte

alison


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 06 Mar 00 - 08:38 PM

It was indeed the 'Old Bazaar in Cairo', although 'The Sheik of Araby' is an acceptable alternative, but don't ask me for the music, I can't work the midi dodah thingy yet...

LTS


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: Micca
Date: 06 Mar 00 - 06:41 PM

Hi Folkbloke, I suspect at least in part they used" The old bazaar in Cairo" I seem to remember it cropping up in a film with them doing it and in a repro of there act done on TV, if it wasn't I'm sure it would be "in keeping" with the original feel and spirit, if not the actuality, and therefore an acceptable alternative.


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
From: Folkbloke
Date: 06 Mar 00 - 06:35 PM

I am in desperate need of the music to this old music hall piece. I am putting a show together and have the volunteer dancers but no music. Has anyone here either got a cassette recording of it or the shheet music. Even just the melody line would be great. I don't even know the title. if also anyone knows the original choreography that would be fantastic. Please some-one help.


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate
  Share Thread:
More...


This Thread Is Closed.


Mudcat time: 16 June 4:50 AM EDT

[ Home ]

All original material is copyright © 2022 by the Mudcat Café Music Foundation. All photos, music, images, etc. are copyright © by their rightful owners. Every effort is taken to attribute appropriate copyright to images, content, music, etc. We are not a copyright resource.