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Paid to eat ice cream Bob McQuillen and New England contra dancing

Title
Paid to eat ice cream [videorecording] : Bob McQuillen and New England contra dancing / Farnum Hill Productions ; produced, videotaped, and edited by David Millstone
Publication
c2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Millstone, David M.
  • McQuillen, Bob.
  • Laufman, Dudley.
  • McLane, Jeremiah.
  • Bauhan, Sarah.
  • Miskoe, Sylvia.
  • Miller, Rodney (Violinist)
  • Farnham Hill Productions.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (70 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
Documentary on New England contra dancing and its music, mainly as seen through the eyes of Bob McQuillen, a dancer, musician, and composer. Most of the discussion focuses on music and musicians (among them Ralph Page, Duke Miller, and Dudley Laufman, as well as McQuillen himself), but examples of contra dancing are seen in archival and contemporary footage.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of David Millstone.
Subject
  • McQuillen, Bob > Interviews
  • Page, Ralph, 1903-
  • Miller, Duke
  • Laufman, Dudley
  • Country-dances (Music) > New England
  • Folk music > New England
  • Folk musicians > New England
Genre/Form
  • Music.
  • Dance.
  • Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  • Video.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewees: Bob McQuillen, with Ada Page, Marianne Taylor, Laura Wilson, Dudley Laufman, Jeremiah McLane, Ernie Spence, Tafi Brown, Jim Kennedy, Peter Barnes, Francis Orzechowski, Sarah Bauhan, Sylvia Miskoe, Deanna Stiles, Mary Desrosiers, Jane Orzechowski, Rodney Miller.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7172
OCLC
  • 50266584
  • NYPY03-F494
Title
Paid to eat ice cream [videorecording] : Bob McQuillen and New England contra dancing / Farnum Hill Productions ; produced, videotaped, and edited by David Millstone
Imprint
c2001.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Performer
Interviewees: Bob McQuillen, with Ada Page, Marianne Taylor, Laura Wilson, Dudley Laufman, Jeremiah McLane, Ernie Spence, Tafi Brown, Jim Kennedy, Peter Barnes, Francis Orzechowski, Sarah Bauhan, Sylvia Miskoe, Deanna Stiles, Mary Desrosiers, Jane Orzechowski, Rodney Miller.
Local Subject
Square, round and contra dancing -- New England.
Folk dancing -- New England.
Added Author
Millstone, David M. Director. Producer. Film editor
McQuillen, Bob. Interviewee. Musician. Composer
Laufman, Dudley. Interviewee
McLane, Jeremiah. Interviewee
Bauhan, Sarah. Interviewee
Miskoe, Sylvia. Interviewee
Miller, Rodney (Violinist) Interviewee
Farnham Hill Productions.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7172
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