Origins: Ebonettes and Double Dutch

Subject: Origins: Ebonettes and Double Dutch
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 17 Dec 06 - 07:04 PM

I'd been looking for this for ages - Malcolm McLaren's song with the New York skipping champions. But are these championships still going? And what happened to the girls involved? They're so lovely and joyous, I hope they're now successful and happy young matrons.

Subject: RE: Origins: Ebonettes and Double Dutch
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 07:48 PM

Er...?

Subject: RE: Origins: Ebonettes and Double Dutch
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 08:27 PM

WOW!

What a beautiful production!

Thanks for sharing it.

Dani

Subject: RE: Origins: Ebonettes and Double Dutch
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 04:02 AM

I love it - but when I came across it again I was curious to know if this was purely an 80s phenomenon or if it's still going in New York (or elsewhere), and what had happened to all those joyous girls.

Subject: RE: Origins: Ebonettes and Double Dutch
From: Scrump
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 07:46 AM

Never seen that before but I enjoyed seeing it. I think Malcolm McLaren has done some interesting stuff (he's mostly know for unleashing the Sex Pistols of course), using different types of music including opera, and African music as in this case. This track was a few years before Paul Simon's Graceland, too - I wonder if PS knew about it?

Subject: RE: Origins: Ebonettes and Double Dutch
From: Dazbo
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 07:54 AM

There's stuff on youtube about skipping with ropes and I saw a film of championships in NY from either 2005 or 6

found it here

Subject: RE: Origins: Ebonettes and Double Dutch
From: Snuffy
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 11:17 AM

A schoolfriend of my daughter used to skip competetively here in England, and may still do so. I will enquire when she returns from college.

Subject: RE: Origins: Ebonettes and Double Dutch
From: jeffp
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 11:40 AM

Google is your friend.

http://www.nationaldoubledutchleague.com/

Subject: RE: Origins: Ebonettes and Double Dutch
From: Snuffy
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 12:03 PM

British Rope Skipping Association

Subject: RE: Origins: Ebonettes and Double Dutch
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 19 Sep 08 - 01:12 PM

Still, what happened to the Ebonettes I wanna know!

Subject: RE: Origins: Ebonettes and Double Dutch
From: Rasener
Date: 19 Sep 08 - 02:47 PM

Managed to drag this up, if it helps at all

http://www.last.fm/music/Ebonettes/_/Wild+Man+Walk

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=47556159

John Smith In Conversation with
Lou Ragland

JRS: I never realised that ! ….What can you remember about the Imperial Wonders ?   

LR: Avon Wells, he was the brother of one of the guys in the Bell Telefunk group. He was the baby of the family, everybody in his family had deep voices, even his sister. But these guys approached Bob Davis and he wanted to produce them for this label, Day-Wood. And I don't know if he had a second label, him and this juvenile court judge were involved with it and they recorded most of their acts at Boddies Recording. But I had gotten to be good friends with Arnie Rosenburg at Agency (Recording) on 24th and Payne, so I suggested if they wanted to get a different and better sound and go to 16 track instead of 8, lets go to Agency Recording. Their track "Zip-A-Dee Do Dah" (A side was "Just A Dream") was recorded and released in 1969. I was paid $300 to produce that.   

JRS: How did you hook up with them ?   

LR: Bob Davis brought them to me. Incidently, they had a sister group, the Ebonettes. Cynthia Woodward (Cindy of Bobby & Cindy on Shaker Records), Sharon Shanks, Debra Chapman and one other.