Annotation:Weekender's Two-step (The)

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X:2 T:Box Social Two-Step M:C| L:1/8 C:by Andy Dejarlis S:after Vernon BC O.T. fiddlers; original name was Weekenders Two-Step H:Vivian and Phil Williams went to the Vernon, B.C. fiddle contest -- probably late H:'70's or early '80's, and bought a cassette from the Vernon Old Time fiddlers. H:Listening to the tune on the way back to Seattle, they thought this would make a H:good contra dance march. Vivian doesn't know how the name got changed. H:It definitely isn't the same tune as Basket Social Two-Step (also by DeJarlis). Z:abc's Phil Katz 2020 from Vivian's transcription K:G d2e2f2|"G"g4 G3 A|B4- B2 AB |c2 B2 A2 G2 |F4 D4 | "D"d4 d3 ^c |d4- d2 ^cd |e2 d2 ^c2 d2 |"G"B2 d2 e2 f2 | g4 G3 A|B4- B2 AB |c2 B2 A2 G2 |F4 D4 | "D"d4 d3 ^c |d4- d2 Bc |d2 c2 B2 A2 |"G"G4 F2 G2 || K: D "D"A4 A3 A |B2 A2 F2 A2 |d2 f2 a4- |a2 ef g2 f2 | "A7"e4 e3 f |g2 e2 c2 A2 |"D"d2 d2 c2 B2 |A2 G2 F2 G2 | A4 A3 A |B2 A2 F2 A2 |d2 f2 a4- |a2 ef g2 f2 | "A7"e4 e3 f |g2 e2 c2 A2 |"D"d4 d3 e |"(D7)"d2 |]



WEEKENDER'S TWO-STEP. AKA - "Box Social Two-Step." Canadian, Western Canada; USA (Western/Pacific), Two-Step, G major (1st part), D major (2nd part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by wikipedia:Andy_de_Jarlis (1914-1975), of Woodridge, Manitoba. Vivian and Phil Williams went to the Vernon, B.C. fiddle contest -- probably late '70's or early '80's, and bought a cassette recorded by the Vernon Old Time Fiddlers. Listening to the cassette on the way back to Seattle, they thought this would make a good contra dance march. It's possible that the name of the tune got changed on the cassette when it got confused it with a different tune also by DeJarlis, Basket Social Two-Step. Contra dance musicians in Western Washington learned it as Box Social Two-Step.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Vernon, B.C. Old Time Fiddlers cassette



Recorded sources : - London EB28, Andy DeJarlis and his Early Settlers - "Red River Echoes Volume 2" (1974)

See also listing at :
Hear Andy DeJarlis play this tune at [1]



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