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Nigel Boullier
Jig/Quadrille Tune - Burney's No.1
Nigel Boullier & Dianna Skillen play Burney's No 1 - a Jig or 6/8 Quadrille Tune.
I learned Burney's No1 from Jackie Donnan and we regularly played it for 1st figure of the Quadrilles. Jackie learned it from his mentor Toye William Savage and they regularly played it at the dances for 1st figure of the Quadrilles in the early/mid 1950s.
See Manuscripts/Davy Carse Part 2 & 5.
Burney's No1Nigel Boullier & Dianna Skillen
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Jig/Quadrille Tune - Burney's No.3
Nigel Boullier & Dianna Skillen play Burney's No 3 - a Jig or 6/8 Quadrille Tune.
I learned Burney's No3 from Jackie Donnan and we regularly played it years for 3rd figure of the Quadrilles. Jackie learned it from his mentor Toye William Savage and they regularly played it at the dances for 3rd figure of the Quadrilles in the early/mid 1950s.
See Manuscripts/Davy Carse Part 2, 5 &7.
Burney's No3 Nigel Boullier & Dianna Skillen
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Polka/Quadrille Tune - The Pretty Maid
Nigel Boullier & Dianna Skillen play The Pretty Maid - a 2/4 Quadrille Tune.
I learned The Pretty Maid from Jackie Donnan and we regularly played it years for 4th figure of the Quadrilles. Jackie learned it from his mentors Toye William Savage and Willie McCloy in the early/mid 1950s. McCloy learned it from his mentor John Simpson and played it at the in the late 1890s.
See Manuscripts/John Simpson Part1.
The Pretty Maid Nigel Boullier & Dianna Skillen
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Jig/Quadrille Tune - The Greba Galop
Nigel Boullier & Dianna Skillen play The Greba Galop - a single jig or 6/8 Quadrille Tune.
I learned The Greba Galop from Jackie Donnan and we regularly played it years for 5th figure of the Quadrilles. The dancers nicknamed 5th figure of the Quadrille ring, swing, chain and galop as a memory aid. The galop steps necessitate the jaunty single jig rhythm.
The Greba Galop Nigel Boullier & Dianna Skillen
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Jig/Quadrille Tune - Maggie McGeag let go O' Ma Leg
Nigel Boullier & Dianna Skillen play Maggie McGeag let go O' Ma Leg or I'll proddle ya with ma horney O! - a jig or 6/8 Quadrille Tune.
I learned this tune from Jackie Donnan and we regularly played it years for 6th (last) figure of the Quadrilles. Jackie learned it from his mentor Toye William Savage and they regularly played it at the dances for the last figure of the Quadrilles in the early/mid 1950s. Both Jackie and Toye William used what they described as a "draggy" style of bowing for this type of tune.
Maggie McGeag let go O' Ma legNigel Boullier & Dianna Skillen
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