Heel and toe polka

Genres / Genres

talk/ambience, dance tune, polka, quadrille

Performers / Performers

Newton Telemaque, Wesley

Baptiste Boland, John

Morris, Joseph

Francois, Hubert

Nom du groupe / Group name

Quadrille group

Disposition / Setting

A wedding

Lieu / Location

Wesley

Langage / Language

Créole Français de Dominique

Session / Session

Wesley 6/62

Date / Date

28/06/1962

Information de référence / Reference information

T1136.0, Track 08 (00:06:00)

Sessions notes / Sessions notes

This session features predominantly instrumental music by a quadrille ensemble. The group can be heard performing for a local wedding, and many of the performances serve as background to the formal proceedings and dances.

Note d'enregistrement / Recording notes

Solo and chorus singing. Vocalists are not identified and are probably members of the ensemble.

Collection / Collection

Caribbean 1962

General information / Information générale

Ce document provient de la collecte réalisée par Alan Lomax dans les Petites Antilles en 1962. Propriété de l'Association for Cultural Equity. Pour toute autre utilisation, contactez l'Association for Cultural Equity (www.culturalequity.org)

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