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Music for Dances for Family Bush Dance

2nd December 2023 8.00pm until 11.00pm


1 Pride of Erin"Wild Rover" AB x 2 (16 + 16 =32 bars x 2), "Botany Bay" x 4 (16 bars x 4). "The Wild Colonial Boy" x 2 (32 bars x 2), "The Catalpa" AB x 2 (16 + 16 =32 bars x 2), "The Dying Stockman" x 4 (16 bars x 4) ad lib.
2 Flying Pieman"Flying Pieman" AABB, "Herb's Jig" AABB, "Dingle Regatta" AABC, each tune x 2 (2 x 32 bars) ad lib.
3 Stockyards"A Thousand Miles Away" x 2 (32 bars), "Another Fall Of Rain" x 1 (32 bars), "Eumerella Shore" x 1 (32 bars). Play tunes 1,2,3,2 and 1 (lead to seats).
Short Rest
 
4 Here We Come A Caroling"Here We come A Carolling" played AB (8 + 12 bars) ad lib.
5 Barn Dance progressive"Click Go The Shears" x 2, "Waltzing Matilda" (Buderim) x 4, "Old Bullock Dray" x 4, "Drover's Dream" x 2, = 4 x 32 bars, ad lib.
6.1 Grand March"Charlie Mopps" AB x 2, "Cockies of Bungaree" AB x 2, "Flash Jack" AB x 2, "Drover's Dream" AB x 1, "Wallaby Stew" AB x 2, "Click Go the Shears" AB x 1, "Waltzing Matilda (Buderim)" AABB x 2,"Bullocky-O" AB x 2, "Backblock Shearer" AB x 1, "Old Bullock Dray" AB x 2, "Waltzing Matilda (Mcpherson)" AB (= 11 x 32) ad lib.
6.2 Boughs of Holly"Deck the Halls" AAB (2 x 4 + 8 = 16 bars) ad lib.
Short Rest
 
7 Christmas Hornpipe"Off To California" AABB x 2, "Boys of Bluehill" AABB x 2. 32 bars ad lib.
8 Varsoviana"Babes in the Wood Varsoviana" AABB (2 x 8 + 2 x 8 = 32 bars), "Bill McGlashan's Varsoviana" 32 bars, "Daisy's Waltz of Vienna" AAB (2 x 8 + 16 = 32 bars), ad lib
9 Dashing White Sergeant"Dashing White Sergeant" AAB x 2, "Flowers of Edinburgh" AABB x 2, "Petronella" AABB x 2, ad lib.
10 Ninepins Quadrille"Minstrel's Fancy" ABCC, "Cats In The Village" ABCC, "Dingle Regatta" AABBCC, each tune played once and repeated until stop mid phrase. Ad lib.
Short Rest
 
11 Swing Waltz"Frank Bourke's Old Swing Waltz", "Down at the Old Bull and Bush", "Edelweiss"
12.1 Lancers fig.1Redwing (32 bars), Old Folks at Home (32 bars). Page x 2 = 4 x 32 bars.
12.2 Lancers fig.2Silver Bell (2 * 32 bars), Red River Valley (2 * 32 bars). Page * 2 = 4 x 64 bars.
12.3 Lancers fig.3Garryowen (16 bars x 2), St Patrick's Day (16 bars x 2). Page x 2 = 4 x 32 bars.
12.4 Lancers fig.4Along the Road to Gundagai (48 bars), It's a Long Way to Tipparary (48 bars). Page x 2 = 4 x 48 bars.
12.5 Lancers fig.5Joy to the World 4 bars intro., Jingle Bells 16 bars, Deck the Halls 16 bars x 2, Jingle Bells verse 16 bars x 2, Twelve Days of Christmas AAB = 32 bars, Jingle Bells 16 bars, Good King Wenceslas 16 bars x 2, Jingle Bells 16 bars, Deck the Halls 16 bars.
Short Rest
 
13 Manchester Galop"Manchester Galop" 16 bars x 2, "McGinty's Meal and Ale" 16 bars x 2, "Girls of Ivory" ABB x 2 (8+4+4 x 2), ad lib
14 Willow TreeReels: "Sally Gardens" AABBAB, "Merry Blacksmith" AABBAB, "Miss McLeod's Reel" AABBAB = 48 bars, x 8
15 Circle Waltz"Break o' Day" 32 + 16, "Bush Girl" 32 + 32, ad lib
Extras
 
16 Waltz Country Dance"Tom Whitman's Waltz" (32 + 8), x 2; "Planxty Irwin" (32) plus "Waltz on" (8), x 2; "Spanish Waltz" (32) plus "Waltz on" (8), x 2; "Drink to me Only" AAB (16 + 16) plus "Waltz on" (8), x 2; (= 4 x 40) ad lib.
17 Soldiers Joy (Northumberland)"Soldiers Joy", "Davy Knick-knack", "Staten Island", each tune AABB x 2 (= 32 bars x 2) ad lib.

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