Dance of the Lunatics

[Linda Binder]

Does anyone happen to have this in their mandolin orchestra library?
I'd like to add it to ours (The Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra). Its by Thomas Allen who composed many of our pieces. It's on the CD All the Rage, by the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble.
Brother can you spare a lunatic? :)
-L.

[vkioulaphides]

You can look it up in the minutes from Congressional Hearings. :))

Seriously, Linda... sounds like a heck of a piece! Please spread the word...

Cheers,

Victor

[David Westwick]

Hi Linda:
The Seattle Mandolin Orchestra plays this piece. I sat in with them for a concert last June, and played it. Alas, all I have is the 'cello part. Maybe Paul or Sue (both CAMW folk) can give you a lead. I'm not sure if they hang out here though.

[Linda Binder]

Congressional hearings! Good one, Victor!
Thanks for the lead on the piece David! I'll try to get in touch with someone in Seattle to see if they can send me some Lunatic music!
-Linda

[wundo]

I've got it.
I'll send it tomorrow to you.
MC player(Mt. Horeb WI) from MMO

[John Zimm]

I've got it.
I'll send it tomorrow to you.
MC player(Mt. Horeb WI) from MMO

I bet that is a good song to know, living in the Troll Capital of the World. :)

-John.

[Linda Binder]

Yay!!! Thanks wundo! I should've checked with you first!
--L.

[tango_grass]

Keep a look out for Mrmando(Martin), he's the Seattle Orchestra man. He'll know where to find the piece.

[mrmando]

yes, here in seattle we frequently perform the dance of the lunatics. but i did not know there was a composition by that name.

[Neil Gladd]

You can look it up in the minutes from Congressional Hearings. :))

Victor, you're not far off, as it would certainly be in the Library of Congress, thanks to copyright deposits.

[David Westwick]

Keep a look out for Mrmando(Martin), he's the Seattle Orchestra man. He'll know where to find the piece.

OK, I must be really slow on the uptake. The one and only time that I played in a performance of "Dance of the Lunatics", Mrmando was sitting right beside me.....

[Linda Binder]

Thanks wundo and MrMando! It seems I'm covered now!
Yay Mandolin Cafe!!!....and lunatics everywhere! Now we've got some dancin' music.
L.

[Treble in mind]

Linda, we play it in the Kalamazoo orchestra; neat piece. If the other sources don't work out, leave me mail here and I'll arrange to ship it to you.

[tango_grass]

OK, I must be really slow on the uptake. The one and only time that I played in a performance of "Dance of the Lunatics", Mrmando was sitting right beside me.....

No worries, I've been trying to forget the last time I sat next to him too..:whistling: Kidding!

[violmando]

The Dayton Mandolin Orchestra also plays it, too, but we did it so much SOME of us got tired of it. It also has a companion piece, Dance of the Skeletons, that is not quite as good. Yvonne

[oldrguitar]

hi linda, Art from BMO, sent it as one of our trades, got it from Milwaukee Mands

[barb knysz]

I've got it.
I'll send it tomorrow to you.
MC player(Mt. Horeb WI) from MMO

Hey - Do you have a part for Mandola in treble clef - Universal Notation?
Thanks

[Jim Garber]

It was one the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble's CD All the Rage. For those unfamiliar, you can hear it streamed here (http://new.music.yahoo.com/nashville-mandolin-ensemble/tracks/dance-of-the-lunatics--196301106).



hi linda, Art from BMO, sent it as one of our trades, got it from Milwaukee Mands

Does this mean it went full circle? Someone in Linda's group had it?

[journeybear]

I had to wonder what this piece sounds like, and sure enough, there is this video on youtube - by the Dayton Mandolin Orchestra, no less! :grin:




Brother can you spare a lunatic? :)

Yes, I can. We have enough here to supply the country, if not the world. Have a few - they'll just make more! :))

[wundo]

Here's the Octave (mandola-mandolin)