Performers:
McGonigle, Tommy, speech in English A1-10, accordion solo A1-3, 5-7, 9-10, 12, accordion in duet A11;
O'Hara, Aidan, incidental speech in English throughout;
Byrne, Cara, fiddle solo A4, speech in English A4, 8, 10, 14, fiddle in duet A11
Running Order:
1. Untitled [third part of a set], jig / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
2. Untitled [fourth part of a set], march ; Speech [parts of a dance set] / Tommy McGonigle, accordion ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
3. Untitled [last part of a set], reel / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
4. Untitled, polka ; Speech [got the tune from Seamus Grant of Clonmany, Inishowen, very common dance tune in the area] / Cara Byrne, fiddle, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English; Tommy McGonigle, speech in English
5. I have a polka trimmed with blue [=I have a bonnet trimmed with blue], polka ; Speech [lift of tunes, playing for old versus new dancers] / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English
6. [I have a bonnet trimmed with blue], polka / Tommy McGonigle, accordion
7. Untitled [danced for The Marine Four-Step], jig ; speech [descriptions of lancers versus the Marine Four Step] / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English
8. Speech [descriptions of dance nights: refreshments at dances, dances bringing people together, very few halls, singing] / Tommy McGonigle, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Cara Byrne, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
9. Untitled, jig / Cara Byrne, fiddle ; Tommy McGonigle, accordion
10. Untitled, jig ; Speech / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English
11. Untitled set, jigs / Tommy McGonigle, accordion ; Cara Byrne, fiddle
12. Untitled [first part of a set], jig ; Speech [parts of the set] / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English
13. Untitled [second part of a set], polka ; Speech / Tommy McGonigle, accordion
14. Speech [tunes named after musicians instead of the types of tunes, the melodeon, dancers liked rhythmic players, being asked to leave following a dance, never saw the old sets, lancers and polkas danced in Tommy's time during the winter, waltzes and round dances, the big swing] / Cara Byrne, speech in English ; Tommy McGonigle, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]
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