Flying Shoes Radio Hour

Episode 5 - Trip to Norwich

Episode Summary

This episode, Chrissy sits down with the wonderful Carol Compton and Thal Aylward of Trip to Norwich to talk about the wild paths each of them have taken to playing English country dance and contra and contra music and where they are today. The conversation takes place in between a range of original and traditional tunes played by the duo.

Episode Notes

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Trip to Norwich

• Contact Carol Compton for bookings ~ cacompton2@gmail.com

Some people and places mentioned in the conversation: 

• Country Dance & Song Society (CDSS) - Country Dance & Song Society
• Brattleboro Music Center (BMC) - Brattleboro Music Center
• David Millstone - David Millstone
• Northern Spy, the band from the Norwich VT dance, of which Carol & Thal were both members Northern Spy
• SPUDS, a dance band in Philadelphia - SPUDS
• John Krumm, musician and dance leader - John Krumm
• Star Island, in the Isles of Shoals, where the Star Hampshire Traditional Music & Dance Weekend was held - https://starisland.org/ and https://www.starhampshire.org/index.html

Tunes:

1. Glise de Sherbrooke (trad) / Flop Eared Mule (trad)
2. Cliffs of Moher (trad) / Cat Man Dew (Thal Aylward)
3. Tawyard Hall (Carol Compton)
4. Eddie’s Reel (trad) / Air du Saguenay (trad) / Joys of Quebec (trad) 
5. Emilio’s Rag (Thal Aylward) 
6. Covid Free (Thal Aylward) / Lady of the Lake (trad) / La Grandeuse (trad)