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NORTHWEST PRACTICE 1st Saturday of the Month
NANINI Library 7300 N. Shannon Rd Tucson, AZ 85741 10 AM to Noon DATE: Feb 1, 2025
Bring your materials listed below for this practice:
Note if songs not in General folder check out Saturday Folder or under other folders such as Gospel or Holiday. First Hour: Round Robin Call out songs from the Books we use or favorites from commonly played tunes. 2nd Hour: * songs not listed in Saturday folder are in general or other folders Country: I Saw the Light by Hank Williams - First 50 Songs - Eulberg pg. 34 Shenandoah - First 50 Songs - Eulberg pg 79 Red River Valley - First 50 Songs - Eulberg pg 64 I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry by Hank Williams /Sarah Morgan arrgmt. - Saturday folder Celtic: Campbell’s Farewell in D by Joe Collins Foggy Dew. Bush arrgmt. and Guy George duet for pennywhistles Star of the County Down by Linda Collins - Saturday folder On Raglan Road by Larry Conger - Saturday Folder Booth Shot Lincoln by Maylee Samuels Lyrics for vocalists below. PENNY WHISTLE following Second Hour: Road to Lisdoonvarna [Tune Type: Reels ] -- Key of D Southwind, The [Tune Type: Airs and Ballads ] -- Key of G MacPherson's Lament (or, MacPherson's Farewell) Tune Type: Laments, Dirges & Farewells -- Key of G I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry by Hank Williams 1. Hear the lonesome whippoorwill, He sounds too blue to fly. The midnight train is whining low. I’m so lonesome I could cry. 2. I’ve never seen a night so long, when time goes crawling by. The moon just went behind a cloud To hide its face and cry. 4. The silence of a falling star Lights up a purple sky. And as I wonder where you are I’m so lonesome I could cry. The Star of the County Down 1. Near to Bainbridge Town in the County Down One morning last July, Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen And she smiled as she passed me by. Oh she looked so neat from her two white feet to the sheen of her nut brown hair. Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself For to see was I standing there. Chorus: From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay And from Galway to Dublin Town, No maid I’ve seen like the sweet Colleen That I met in the County Down. 2. As she onward sped, sure I shook my head, And I looked with a feelin’ rare, And I said, says I, to a passerby, “Who’s the maid with the nut brown hair?” He smiled at me and with pride says he, “That’s the gem of Ireland’s crown. She’s young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann. She’s the Star of the County Down.” 3. At the Harvest Fair I’ll be surely there And I’ll dress in my Sunday clothes, With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right For a smile from my nut brown Rose. No pipe I’ll smoke, no horse I’ll yoke Till my plough with rust turns brown. Till a smiling bride by my own fireside Sits the star of the County Down. SOUTHWEST PRACTICE 3rd Wednesday of the Month
Mt Zion Lutheran Church Remember to bring Room Donation 4520 W Ajo Hwy Tucson Az 85746 DATE: Feb 19, 2025
First Hour:
Round Robin Call out songs from the Books we use or favorites from commonly played tunes. Second Hour: TBA
Books we use:
Tunes for Two or More Books Vol 1, 2, 3 Zanetti/Lassi Join the Jam Books 1 and 2 Seifert First 50 Songs - S Eulberg Rehearsal Folder (of commonly played Tunes) Candy Girl - J Collins Castles of Dromore - Morgan Coleman's March - L Collins Columbus Stockade Blues Fiddler Has Played the Last Waltz for the Night - Larrabee Foggy Dew - Hallelujah - Cohen / Brodginski John Stinson # 2 June's Lullaby - Larrabee Parting Glass - Armstrong River - Stains Rosen The Beau - S Trump Westphalia Waltz - L Collins Wild Mountain Thyme - Strong |
Up Coming Events / TDE News:Steve Seifert demo of class on 135 or D, F#, A tuning. Good tuning for our group to try out. Check out the video and the Quarantunes demo.
youtu.be/ws7B3xCx4dQ?si=K-_-KPzes0n-u95i UPDATES:
Update from Denise: REVISED 1/6/25
General consensus regarding the 1st Quarter of 2025 (Jan.-Mar.), during our 2-hour gathering “agenda”, we will . . . a. Spend our 1st hour, (10:00 a.m – 11 a.m.), doing a “round robin” jam circle, where each player takes a turn picking out a song selection (from “Books We Use” and commonly played tunes (see “Events & Practices” on TDE website) for the others to play along OR, bring copies of your song selection to share with the group! NOTE: It has been requested that we stay with the books and songs we currently use for a period of time instead of bringing in new songs. **Additional note**: Since we cannot gain entrance into our “1st Sat.” location (Nanini Library) until they open at 10 a.m., we will strive to set up quickly and begin our 1st hour “jam session” between 10:10 a.m.– 10:15 a.m. We are also asking for an extra 1/2 hour for Penny Whistle practice if anyone wishes to play Penny Whistle. At our 3rd Wednesday location (Mt. Zion Lutheran Church), the doors to the Fellowship Hall will already be open. This gives us time to arrive early to set up and begin playing between 10 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. We will also meet afterward our practice time for a 1/2 hour of Penny Whistle if anyone is interested in joining us. b. Spend our 2nd hour, (11:00 a.m. – 12 Noon), playing song selections based on a particular music theme and/or a particular dulcimer artist/arranger. For this 1st Quarter (Jan.- Mar.) the 2nd-hour music theme will be “Cowboys & Celtics”. It was strongly recommended that our song selections come from either our TDE website’s music download pages (Members Only Area!) --and/or -- from the “Books We Use” list on the Events & Practices page. c. Use some particular song selections that may be featured FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY on our website’s “Wednesday Practice” page or, our “Saturday Practice” page. These can be accessed by Members Only! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Facilitating the TDE Gatherings: Denise Parker and Susan Lundquist have agreed to help facilitate the “3rd Wed. at Mt. Zion The 1st Sat. at Nanini Library will be facilitated by Susan Wiggins ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PENNY WHISTLE **FYI**: We have permission from both Mt. Zion Lutheran -and- from Nanini Library (thanks to Anne Magee's phone call) to use their space for our pennywhistle session up to 1 p.m. [ I'm not sure whether our minds & energy may last another whole hour, but we'll give it a try! Here's the pennywhistle book we are currently using: Band In A Box; Pennywhistle Series Vol. 1, Irish Tunes (2007) -- Guy George Each song in this book comes with a Melody page and a Harmony page. Two of the songs come with a Harmony 1 -and- a Harmony 2 page. The songs we are currently working on out of this book: Road to Lisdoonvarna [ Tune Type: Reels ] -- Key of D Southwind, The [ Tune Type: Airs and Ballads ] -- Key of G MacPherson's Lament (or, MacPherson's Farewell) Tune Type: Laments, Dirges & Farewells -- Key of G Suggested “2nd Hour” song selections for 1st Quarter (Jan.-Mar. 2025): “Cowboys & Celtics”. “COWBOYS THEME” --- from Stephen Seifert’s book, “Cowboy Songs” [ BOB will place a few of these to be temporarily added to the “Wednesday Practice” page (or, “Saturday Practice” page) for the songs we are doing that week. The Big Corral, pg. 8 Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie, pg. 14 Git Along, Little Dogies, pg. 26 Goodbye, Old Paint, pg. 28 Night Herding Song pg. 48 Home On The Range, pg. 32 [ requested by Anne Magee ] also in the General folder Red River Valley, pg. 54 [ requested by Anne Magee ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- from the TDE website’s downloadable, Sheet Music Tabs, under GENERAL, unless otherwise indicated: All The Texas Weather Has Gone to New Mexico [Melody] – T. Glazener.pdf Ashokan Farewell – arr. Paul Andry & Mary Walker [TAB ONY] (Anne will bring copies to Practice) -- also found in TDE website: Ashokan Farewell (1 pg.) – J. Unger .pdf AND Ashokan Farewell (Easy Version) – J. Unger .pdf Beyond the Sunset – R. Bush.pdf (sung by Hank Williams), under GOSPEL sheet music tabs [ requested by Anne Magee ] Cold, Cold Heart (Hank Williams) – R. Bush .pdf Cool Water (CGC) – M. Walker .pdf Cowboy Waltz – L. Brockington .pdf Down In The Valley [4 parts] – DAD .pdf Home On The Range – ME 092911 .pdf -- also found in TDE website: Home On The Range – S. Seifert .pdf Shenandoah – arr. R. Zuckerman; rev. M. Walker [Tab only] also in the general tab are score versions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “CELTICS THEME” --- from the TDE website’s downloadable, Sheet Music Tabs, under GENERAL, unless otherwise indicated: Bluebells of Scotland [ Melody ] T. Glazener .pdf Bonny Doon [All Parts] – N. Zanetti.pdf Campbell’s Farewell to Red Gap ( KEY of D ) – J. Collins .pdf AND Campbell’s Farewell to Red Gap ( KEY of A ) – J. Collins .pdf Castles of Dromore – [Easy] – Morgan .pdf AND Castle of Dromore – [Melody] – Morgan .pdf Danny Boy [Londonderry Aire] – K. Beers .pdf (The) Foggy Dew [Chord/Melody] – R. Bush .pdf \ AND (The) Foggy Dew [Chord/Harmony] – R. Bush .pdf (The) Galway Shawl – J. Collins .pdf Gin I Were [ A min. ] – J. Collins .pdf AND Gin I Were [ D min. ] – J. Collins .pdf Girls of Coleraine – J. Collins .pdf Give Me Your Hand [Melody] -- T. Glazener .pdf Harvest Home [Melody] – B. Lassi .pdf AND Harvest Home [Harmony] – B. Lassi .pdf Harvest Home [hornpipe-Melody] – T. Glazener .pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- from Tunes for Two books, Vols. 1, 2, 3 (B. Lassi/N. Zanetti) : All Through The Night -- Vol. 2 , pgs. 48 – 51 [ Melody & Harmony#1; #2; #3 ] The Ashgrove – Vol. 1, pgs. 22-24 [Melody & Harmony; Alternate Harmony ] Bonny Doon -- Vol. 1, pgs. 48 – 53 [ Melody & High Harmony & Low Harmony ] Harvest Home – Vol. 2 , pgs. 36 – 39 [ Melody & Harmony ] Kean O’Hara – Vol. 1, pgs. 40 – 43 [ Melody & Harmony ] Loch Lomond -- Vol. 1, pgs. 26 – 27 [ Melody & Harmony ] Planxty Irwin -- Vol. 2 , pgs. 20 – 23 [ Melody & Harmony ] Southwind --- Vol. 3, pgs. 36 – 39 [ Melody & Harmony ] Suo Gan -- Vol. 2 , pgs. 40 – 41 [ Melody & Harmony NOTE: The above songs are only suggestions and may or may not be used during this time period Our Christmas performances were well accepted by both groups and we were asked if we could come back again later in the year. Here is a photo of our group playing at one of the events.
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