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SMiskoe
May 4, 2006, 7:05 p.m. (Message 45154)
Does anyone have any interesting information about The Gary Strathspey and the tune it is danced to, Jig Time Polka? I am going to teach the tune to a group of musicians and I like to add as much information about it as I can find. Sylvia Miskoe, Concord, N USA
On Thu, 4 May 2006 13:05:47 EDT xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote: > Does anyone have any interesting information about The Gary Strathspey and > the tune it is danced to, Jig Time Polka? I am going to teach the tune to > a > group of musicians and I like to add as much information about it as I can > find. A Google search turned up this thread on the Strathspey server: http://www.strathspey.org/archive/thread?s=4863#4863 -Steve -- Steve Wyrick - Concord, California
> xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote: > > Does anyone have any interesting information about The Gary Strathspey and > > the tune it is danced to, Jig Time Polka? I am going to teach the tune to > > a > > group of musicians and I like to add as much information about it as I can > > find. > I have the original music for it and The Old Barn Jig before me as I write !!. It was first danced on TV (the copyright is dated 1958) and the frontispiece states STV's TOP Scottish Dance Programme. I'm not sure if it was The Kilt is My Delight or The White Heather Club. I rather suspect the latter as the picture is of a TV studio with all the dancers and watchers and they are not formally dressed! Shirt sleeves - I ask you!! Of course it may be rehearsals but there are a couple of sets and TKIMD was more dem style. The tunes were composed by George Keenan and Jimmy Blair, for 'Piano and Piano - Accordian' Published by Mozart Allan 84 Carlton Place Glasgow. Price 2/- (shillings) net! My goodness - I've just noticed the tiny waists on most of the ladies (girls). Still, they walked much more in those days.:~)
> I have the original music for it and The Old Barn Jig before > me as I write !!. > It was first danced on TV (the copyright is dated 1958) and the > frontispiece states STV's TOP Scottish Dance Programme. I'm not > sure if it was The Kilt is My Delight or The White Heather Club. I > rather suspect the latter as the picture is of a TV studio with all the > dancers and watchers and they are not formally dressed! Shirt > sleeves - I ask you!! Of course it may be rehearsals but there are a > couple of sets and TKIMD was more dem style. I suggest it was probably "Jig Time" . Both TWHC ans TKIMD were BBC progs. I'm old enough to remember then all. Alan Cupar Fife
On 5 May 2006 at 7:37, Alan Mair wrote: > I suggest it was probably "Jig Time" . Both TWHC ans TKIMD were BBC progs. > I'm old enough to remember then all. > > Alan Ach, of course! So that's why we didn't get it. I wrote that note at about 1 in the morning and the penny didn't drop that we wouldn't have had STV! Dhurrr.
In a message dated 5/5/2006 3:38:31 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xx.xx writes: instructions for "The Gary Strathspey"? My mistake in spelling. I can never remember if there is one R or 2 and I know Gary Blair spells his name with 1 and the dance refers to him. Sylvia Miskoe Concord, NH USA
I always thought that it was named after the River Garry which flows near Pitlochry. Anyone able to confirm or deny? Seonaid Fife, Scotland xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote: My mistake in spelling. I can never remember if there is one R or 2 and I know Gary Blair spells his name with 1 and the dance refers to him. --------------------------------- 24 FIFA World Cup tickets to be won with Yahoo! Mail. Learn more
This message should be in the Strathspey archives as I believe it was a response to Etienne ozorak....... Dear Gary, I'm curious to know more about this dance. I understand that your father composed the Jigtime Polka. How did it come about being used as the original for the Garry Strathspey? Because the Garry Strathspey was invented for me. This dance was devised at the time of my birth, by a man called Cosh, (only problem was, that he spelt my name wrong!) Thanks for enquiring BTW. As you will probably been aware of, the Jigtime polka was written for a TV show, of the same name on which my father and his band played. But, the tune my father originally wrote for the programme was called "The Bute Polka", and for some reason, he decided to change it. I don't know if I told you or not, but I managed to get three episodes of "Jigtime" onto video. One was from 1957, one from 1958 and one from 1962. There were only the three episodes left in STV's archives, so I count myself lucky! Salut Gary Blair (ecosse) Stella Fogg Richmond, VA
Yes, that's the text of the link to the archives that I posted in my earlier response; it was forwarded to the list from Etienne. -Steve Stella Fogg wrote: > This message should be in the Strathspey archives as I believe it was a > response to Etienne ozorak....... > > Dear Gary, > > I'm curious to know more about this dance. I understand that your father > composed the Jigtime Polka. How did it come about being used as the > original for the Garry Strathspey? > > Because the Garry Strathspey was invented for me. This dance was devised at > the time of my birth, by a man called Cosh, (only problem was, that he spelt > my name wrong!) > Thanks for enquiring > BTW. As you will probably been aware of, the Jigtime polka was written for > a TV show, of the same name on which my father and his band played. But, > the tune my father originally wrote for the programme was called "The Bute > Polka", and for some reason, he decided to change it. I don't know if I > told you or not, but I managed to get three episodes of "Jigtime" onto > video. One was from 1957, one from 1958 and one from 1962. There were only > the three episodes left in STV's archives, so I count myself lucky! > Salut > Gary Blair (ecosse) > > Stella Fogg > Richmond, VA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Seonaid Anderson" <xxxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxx.xxx> > To: "SCD news and discussion" <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> > Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 4:13 AM > Subject: Re: The Gary Strathspey > > >> I always thought that it was named after the River Garry which flows near >> Pitlochry. Anyone able to confirm or deny? >> >> Seonaid >> Fife, Scotland >> >> xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote: >> My mistake in spelling. I can never remember if there is one R or 2 and I >> know Gary Blair spells his name with 1 and the dance refers to him. >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> 24 FIFA World Cup tickets to be won with Yahoo! Mail. Learn more > -- Steve Wyrick -- Concord, California