Heel and toe polka (part 1)

Audio file

Date recorded: June 28, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Quadrille group; Performer: Newton Telemaque, Wesley; Performer: Morris, Joseph; Performer: Francois, Hubert; Performer: Baptiste Boland, John; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: dance tune, polka, quadrille, talk/ambience

Culture: Caribbean, Dominica

Instruments: accordion, bottle, chac chac, tambourine

Setting: A wedding

Language: Dominican Creole French

Location: Wesley, Saint Andrew Parish, Dominica

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T1136

Track Number: 8

Archive ID: T1136R08

Note: Solo and chorus singing. Vocalists are not identified and are probably members of the ensemble.

Transcript:
Belongs to: Wesley 6/62

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