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The JVC/Smithsonian Folkways video anthology of music and dance of the Americas.

Title: The JVC/Smithsonian Folkways video anthology of music and dance of the Americas. Volume 1, Canada and the United States / [Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.]
Publication: [Montpelier, VT] : [Distributed by Multicultural Media], [1995], [©1995]

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Description

1 videocassette (59 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in. +

Summary

Presents examples of music and dance from North American traditions.

Alternative Title

Canada and the United States

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Credits (note)

Director, Horoaki Ohta ; executive producers, Katsumori Ichikawa & Yuji Ichihashi.

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Contents

Canada: Francophone traditions. Le Brandy -- Le Lancier -- Medley of Scottish strathspeys and reels -- La Contradanse -- My love is but a lassie yet/Jackson\u0027s bottle of brandy -- The Woman of the house -- Mon père a fait bâtir maison (My father built a house ) -- Le Reel de Sainte-Anne -- Ecoutez-moi, je vas vous chanter un p\u0027tit tour qui m\u0027est arrivé -- L\u0027homme à deux femmes (The Man with two wives) -- Stepdancing, reels.
Canada: Native and Anglophone traditions. Inuit Katajjait -- Soldier\u0027s joy -- Anchors away, love -- Mummers\u0027 house visit -- God rest ye merry gentlemen -- Lukey\u0027s boat -- Red river jig.
United States: African American secular traditions. Mama lamma coomma lamma -- Body slapping and flatfoot dance -- Shouting the blues -- C.C. Rider -- Richmond blues -- Freight train -- Something doing -- Save the bones for Henry Jones -- When the saints go marchin\u0027 in -- Meet de boys on de battlefront -- I\u0027m gettin\u0027 tired now -- Crying int he chapel -- Take me out to see junk yard.

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