[Dixielandjazz] 1st Mardi Gras Gig

[david richoux]

There are two standards for Mardi Gras - if you have any real Mardi Gras
experts in the audience they will thank you!"If Ever I Cease to Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W03LvWoRvY  and this vocal version:
http://www.squidoo.com/mardigrasmusic#module1825200 (the lyrics are a bit
silly: here is more info -
http://blog.nola.com/anguslind/2009/02/if_ever_i_cease_to_love_is_syn.html

In a house, in a square in a quadrant
In a street, in a lane, in a road.

Turn to the left on the right hand
You see there my true love's abode

I go there a courting, And cooing to my love like a dove;
And swearing on my bended knee, If Ever I Cease To Love,
May sheep-heads grow on apple trees, If Ever I Cease To Love.

Chorus:
If Ever I Cease To Love, If Ever I Cease To Love,
May the moon be turn'd to green cream cheese,
If Ever I Cease To Love

She can sing, she can play on the piano,
She can jump, she can dance, she can run.

For she's a wonderful girlie; She's all of the rolled into one.
I adore her beauty, She's like an angel dropped from above;
May the fish get legs and the cows lay eggs'
If Ever I Cease To Love

May all dogs wag their tails in front,
If Ever I Cease To Love

Second Chorus:
If Ever I Cease To Love,If Ever I Cease To Love,
May we all turn into cats and dogs,eason why they couldn't
If Ever I Cease To Love

and
"While We Danced at the Mardi Gras"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oYrlWoJt-Q  ( but it doesn't have to be a
mambo.)

The "Top 40 Mardi Gras Songs" as selected by WWOZ - not all are OKOM, more
in the R&B/Funk/Hot Brass camp,
but no reason why many couldn't be done OKOM style.)
http://www.squidoo.com/mardigrasmusic#module1812797

Dave Richoux



On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Phil Wilking <arnold.wilking at earthlink.net
> wrote:

> Why guess? Ask what style of dancing they want.
>
> "Over the Waves" and "While We Danced At the Mardi Gras" were both written
> in 3/4 but also can be done in 4/4.
>
> And almost anything by Irving Berlin, Harry Warren, Walter Donaldson, the
> ODJB, the Hot 5/7, or the Henderson/DeSylva/Brown team can be done by your
> instrumentation.
>
> As for uniform, since this is a dinner/dance not an afternoon beer party,
> how about dark trousers and matching jackets, shirts, and ties?
>
> Phil Wilking - K5MZF
> www.nolabanjo.com
>
> Those who would exchange freedom for
> security deserve neither freedom nor security.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Larry Zaidan
>
>
> I am booking my first Mardi Gras gig, and I am not sure if there is
> anything
> I should know.
>
> The event is a Mardi Grass dinner dance, and they have requested that we
> play some "dance" tunes in addition to Dixieland tunes.  I am assuming they
> are talking about swing dance tunes.  Any thoughts on what tunes would work
> with clarinet/trumpet/trombone/**tuba/banjo?
>
> We do use the striped vest/straw hat thing for regular gigs.  Is that
> appropriate for Mardi Gras?  If not, what might be a better choice?
>
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