This is a French Canadian tune often used for easy dances.
This is a French Canadian tune often used for easy dances.
Some polkas from East Anglia.
Some info about the Bulwar's:
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/bulwer.htm
This is from Christopher (melodion player & caller at the last dance). He sent me this video:
and I sent him this asking if it was the notation. He replied with:
"That's it, Kevin,
The first eight bars need to be repeated to fit the dance, otherwise it is very close to what I play. I add a C after the D in the first and fifth bars and a D after the B in the second, fourth, and sixth bars. I play it in 6/8 as a jig."
Which led to this(which was sent to him for vetting):
From Brass Monkey. This is the version with an 8 bar B section. There is is also a version with a 12 bar B , which doesn't work for common dances requiring equal length A & B Parts.
This is the music for the recent(as in last 40 years) dance Ashford Anniversary. The tune is called Ungareska.
Some info here: http://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Prince_William. Heard from Brass Monkey.
Alex suggested this for an English reel that we could play contras or an Irish dance which calls for reels It could be paired with the Fool's Jig.