CHOOSE YOUR PARTNERS: CONTRA DANCE & SQUARE DANCE MUSIC OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

New Hampshire is home to a variety of time-honored music and dance traditions. This 1999 studio recording is a collection of dance tunes played by six New Hampshire groups. Built upon a blend of English, French, and Celtic influences, the music features fiddle, guitar, flute, piano, mandolin, and hammered dulcimer. Some of New Hampshire's renowned dance callers invite you to "choose your partners" and join in New England contra dancing, barn dancing, and singing squares. Produced in collaboration with the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts.

Farewell to Whiskey / Silver and Gold Two Step (medley) Rodney Miller's New England Dance Band 02:36

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Money Musk Old New England 03:27

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The Woman Fiddler / Munster Lass / Rock Valley / Hullichan's Jig (medley) Old New England 03:20

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Larry O' Gaff Two Fiddles 02:47

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Maggie In The Woods Two Fiddles 03:22

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Mouth of the Tobique / Réel des Jeunes Mariés / Réel de Montréal (medley) Northern Spy 04:31

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Lady of the Lake / Fisher's Hornpipe / Red-Haired Boy / Miss Thompson (medley) Northern Spy 06:54

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Rosin the Beau / Waltz for Jane (medley) Rodney Miller's New England Dance Band 04:10

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Golden Slippers Lester Bradley and Friends 04:30

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Crooked Stovepipe Lester Bradley and Friends 03:36

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Shandon Bells / Out on the Ocean / The Lame Duck / Mug of Brown Ale (medley) Lamprey River Band 04:25

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Fireman's Reel / Rising of the Lamprey / Silver Spear / High Reel / Fireman's Reel (medley) Lamprey River Band 05:45

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Neil Vincent's Welcome To Earth / Pig Town Fling / Durang's Hornpipe / Peace River Breakdown (medley) Old New England 03:13

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The Battering Ram / The Concertina Reel / Kiley's Reel (medley) Rodney Miller's New England Dance Band 05:08

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Cat in the Hopper / Coleraine / Shores of Lough Gowna (medley) Rodney Miller's New England Dance Band 05:05


Amelia / Great Memories (medley) Old New England 04:08