Dances for primary to adult age groups.

CD comes with booklet of words and dance instructions

Review by Sue Buchan

CONTENTS

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Dance
Country

1.

Everyone Take a Partner

Australian

2.

Galopede/oxo Reel

Australian

3.

Brown Jug Polka

Australian

4.

Flying Pleman

Australian

5.

Muffin Man's Jig/Circassian Circle

Australian

6.

Frog Puddles/Nineplns Quadrille

Australian

7.

Lobster Quadrille

Australian

8.

Sellenger's Round

English

9.

Louisiana Saturday Night

American

10.

La Bastringue

French Canadian

11.

Cotton Eyed Joe

American

12.

Doudiebska Polka

Czech

13.

Blacksmith's Apprentice

German

I 4.

Troika

Russian

15.

Tarantelle

Italian

16.

Scissor Dance

Serbian

17.

Kukuvicka

Bulgarian

18.

Carnivalito

Bolivian

19.

Zvarnlara

Greek

20.

Hashual

Israeli

21.

Ve David

Israeli

22.

Nigun Atik

Israeli

Link to Complete List of Dances on Shenanigans Resources

Shenanigans, A New Edition

- Review by Sue Buchan

Virtually all the previously recorded dance material from Shenanigans, one of Australia's most well-known educational troupes is now available on 3 CD's, and as such makes a wonderful and value packed addition to the resources of any music educator.

Shenanigans draw on the richness and diversity of dance traditions present in Australia to create a tapestry of rhythm and timbre played on French bombarde, Greek bouzouki, Hungarian hurdy gurdy, Macedonian bagpipes, Middle Eastern darrabukka, clarinet, piano accordion, and African drums.

Volume 1, contains 21 tracks for preschool and lower primary and includes the popular Shenanigans originals with an Australian flavour such as 'Highway Number One' and 'Koori Dreamtime'. Other traditional folk dances much enjoyed by young children include; 'Indo Eu' and 'Pinon Pinon'.

Volume 2 contains 22 tracks of material for primary aged children onwards and includes dances from a variety of styles and cultures such as the Cajun influenced 'Louisiana Saturday Night', the Serbian 'Scissor Dance' and the old English 'Sellenger's Round'. It also contains all the standards Australian Bush Dances taught in schools.

Volume 3 includes 19 items of material which can be adapted to virtually age group, such as 'Walking to the Left', 'Kolo', the very useful 'Polonaise', and 'Cherkassia'. It also includes three 'backing tracks' which enable participants to improvise their own sections.

A booklet of dance instructions for all dances is included in each CD cover and the instructions are clear and easily followed.

Such a wealth of dance repertoire on CD means an end now to the problem of having to cue tapes. I feel they are one resource that no music educator should be without.

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