The Portland Megaband: A Beneficial Tradition
80 Musicians in an all-volunteer contra dance orchestra, recorded at the annual
Portland Megaband Contra Dance, March 14, 2009.
© 2009, 14 tracks / 36 tunes / 74:02 total time
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Product #: PMB-02D Price: $15.00 |
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Each year, dancers from all over the Pacific Northwest and points beyond join Portlanders at the Megaband Contra Dance. The dynamism of the Megaband in sync with the feet of hundreds of enthusiastic dancers makes for a supercharged experience for dancers and musicians alike. The music of the three-hour dance has been edited down to one disc, but all the tunes are here, almost all of the original switches between tunes have been preserved, and the planned arrangements are intact. We hope that you can experience (or re-experience) the pleasures of being at the event itself through this recording.
Track List:
- Taggart's Reel #3 / Da Kirk Stack © Roddy Matthews / Merryn's Reel © Ronnie Cooper (5:36)
- Deer Walk / Kentucky One-Step / Lady of the Lake (5:14)
- Le Reel des Menteries © Normand Miron / Marie Sauce ton Pain / The Telephone Tune (5:50)
- The Joy of My Life / Geese in the Bog / Tar Road to Sligo (4:44)
- Teetotaler's Reel / Starr Label Reel / The Pinch of Snuff (5:55)
- Farewell to the Taliban © Keith Murphy / Randy Miller's Reel © Bob McQuillen / Erik's Reel © Susan Songer (6:01)
- A Rose Still Blooms © Todd Silverstein (4:44)
- Vårvindar Friska (1:50)
- Da Shaalds / O'Keefe's Slide / Da Moorit Lamb © Tom Anderson (5:52)
- Miss Monaghan's / My Marianne / The Star of Munster (6:11)
- Wagon Wheel / Crook Brothers / Kitchen Girl (5:25)
- Swords into Ploughshares © David Donaldson / The Green Apple Quickstep © David A. Kaynor / The Battle of Waterloo (5:52)
- Hats Off to Summer © Carl Thor / December March © Dave Goldman / Almost Equinox © Larry Unger (6:38)
- St. Barbara's Waltz © Gordy Euler (4:04)
