|
08 May 04 - 09:18 AM (#1181037) Subject: American independence day From: GUEST,kasmarch Us couple of Brits have to play while the Turkey is carved for celebrating Americans. We've got to play Yankee Doodle but suggestions for what else would be suitable will be gratefully received. |
|
08 May 04 - 09:50 AM (#1181054) Subject: RE: independence day From: Allan C. Turkey is usually reserved for that other American holiday, Thanksgiving. The Fourth of July is normally associated with hot dogs, fried chicken and apple pies. I don't know if you are speaking only of tunes. If you were to play just about anything by Souza, you'd be doing about right. If it is songs, then I suppose "The Battle of New Orleans" might be suitable. The Rifles at Bennington although not well known by most Americans, would be an interesting addition. The Escape of Old John Webb has a catchy tune and would suit the theme also. Hope this helps. |
|
08 May 04 - 10:12 AM (#1181064) Subject: RE: independence day From: GUEST,kasmarch Thanks Allan. It does. I'd better tell the owner of the hotel where they're eating about the turkey! Or perhaps not - he's a big bloke |
|
08 May 04 - 10:58 AM (#1181097) Subject: RE: independence day From: Allan C. BTW, I mentioned "catchy tune" in reference to "The Escape of Old John Webb". The midi in the DT drags MUCH slower than I am used to hearing; but the tune is the same. Sounds great on a banjo. |
|
08 May 04 - 11:15 AM (#1181102) Subject: RE: independence day From: LindsayInWales I do an accordion medley of Marching Through Georgia/Golden Slippers/Alabama/Camptown Races/I Wish I Was In Dixie, which I once played at a party for an American serviceman and his wife who were renewing their wedding vows in front of their chaplain at a gethering in a village pub near the Heyford USAF base in Oxfordshire. It was a grand occasion |
|
08 May 04 - 08:02 PM (#1181434) Subject: RE: independence day From: mack/misophist When Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, the band played "The World Turned Upside Down". |
|
09 May 04 - 05:33 AM (#1181618) Subject: RE: independence day From: Snuffy A very diplomatic choice. The Americans could believe it was "The World Turned Upside Down", while the Brits knew it as "When The King Enjoys His Own Again". |
|
09 May 04 - 08:56 PM (#1181922) Subject: RE: independence day From: McGrath of Harlow Even more complicated than Snuffy indicates, since "When The King Enjoys His Own Again", as a Royalist song from the (English) Civil War, would very likely have been seen as a Jacobite and thus anti-Hanoverian song. (All right, there weren't too many Jacobites left by that time - but the king in question definitely isn't any George.) But an excellent choice for Independence Day. Pop Goes the Weasel was also the tune of the Cornwallis Country Dance. Noone would know it, but it'd give a reason to play the tune, and it's a good one. |