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Rochdale Coconut Dance

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Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on September 16th 2007 by Nicky.B.

This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.

Also known as The Rochdale Coconut Dance.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

English Fiddle Tunes by Pete Cooper

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Its from my town rochdale,i think originally perforned my moris dancers, although their all gone now. Bellowhead play this on their cd although in some books i have found that the second section that i wrote is played first, but this version of the rochdale cocnut dance is writen how bellowhead perform it

# Posted on September 16th 2007 by Nicky.B

RCD

Hi Nicky, I think your CAPS Lock got stuck in the ABC as well as your comment :-) The highest note ought to be c so you should find the tune is all upper case except for those c's. Give me some time and I'll dig out my version.
We sometimes follow it with Speed the Plough (this one - http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1191 ) though not in A

# Posted on September 16th 2007 by spindizzy

Rochdale Coconuts

OK Here's my take on it ... working from your ABC as a start point.... and yes some people play the A & B parts the otherway round, which can lead to the tune going on forever as noone knows where to finish it ... it can get quite mesmerising after half a dozen or so repeats.

# Posted on September 17th 2007 by spindizzy

Thanks for posting this tune - I absolutely LOVE it!

# Posted on September 17th 2007 by mehitabel23

Rochdale Coconut Dance

This is a tune from the Britannia Coconut Dancers of Bacup (coconutters.co.uk). Often played with the Tip Top Polka in Englsih sessions as that is also one of their tunes.

# Posted on September 17th 2007 by ph

Sweet, And you're right, spindizzy: it's hard to stop, once you've gone through it a couple of times. Spinning in small circles...

# Posted on September 21st 2007 by Mario

The Britannia Coco-nut Dancers of Bacup

http://www.coconutters.co.uk/

# Posted on September 21st 2007 by ceolachan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNbGYRSsV8g

# Posted on September 21st 2007 by ceolachan

More of their coconut bashing and garland waving courtesy of U-Tube ~

Britannia Coconutters Bacup outside Marios
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bvMIIxCcFc

Easter Saturday in Bacup 2007 ~ and a bit of camera-obscura ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F7gv3nvJ98

Britannia Coco-Nutters Bacup Market
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XATuRfHWK7c

Bacup Coconutters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxRc_TuV6gg

The Famous Brittannia Coconut Dancers of Bacup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUCnjuSgwcc

Britannia Coconutters at Ellenroad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35GNZF9WB9Y

# Posted on September 21st 2007 by ceolachan

Coconutters

..and if you listen to the grand oompah silver band players in all these clips, you'll find that they DON'T play this tune - these are the Bacup or Britannia Coconutters, the only surviving team and their tune is on JC's tune finder as the Bacup Coconut Dance.
(I don't play that one - so I'd just be doing a cut 'n paste to enter it here - I suspect my boss, a morris melodeon player will know it, so I may put in a version later)
I assume the Rochdale tune belonged to a now extinct group of dancers.
Those (few) still reading :-) may want to check out pulling the Saddleworth Rush Cart, another local fest.

# Posted on September 21st 2007 by spindizzy

"The Tip-Top Polka" ~ ph's recommended pairing and another Coco-nut tune

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on December 2nd 2006 by nicholas.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6450

# Posted on September 21st 2007 by ceolachan

Yeah, I know Spin. I did a long search and listened to a load of things and didn't find this tune amongst them, but I so enjoyed the vids I had to share them somewhere,so 'coconut dancers'. :-/

Be sure to link back here when you submit the Bacup tune. Having played brass in the past, and low brass too, if never Oompah, I enjoyed those clips, good fun, and just had to put those links somewhere... I did an initial transcription but didn't find the tune here. I suppose I could have added it as they gave it but didn't have a name for it...

# Posted on September 21st 2007 by ceolachan

Tiptop polka

Looks like the "Bacup" tune is here as the tip-top polka.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6450
- Ooops cross post, I see you've already got that one.
ps I'm enjoying all the Miuneiras and An Dro's

# Posted on September 21st 2007 by spindizzy

Rochdale morris dancers

Yeah there are definately no morris or coconut dancers in Rochdale anymore, I have looked. And in some recordings of the tune seem to go for ever but it doesn't really seem to get boring!!!!!!! Does anyone know the actual dance to this tune cos I'd be really interested to know what it goes like though its kind of hard to dance and play the fiddle at the same time but I'll have a go. Please could someone get back to me on that???
Oh yeah and sorry about the CAPS,spindizzy :-) !!!!!

# Posted on September 21st 2007 by Nicky.B

"The Tip-Top Polka" / "The Britannia Coco-nut Dance"

Duh! :-/ Yes, I did say I was 'sick' this week didn't I. Well, I'm recovering. I'll add two more transcriptions to the Tip-Top Polka for the entertainment of yourselves and others, D & G... At least I got some sleep last night... ;-)

# Posted on September 22nd 2007 by ceolachan

This piece sounds like a schottische to me, definitely. Just try to dance to it.

# Posted on October 4th 2007 by Mario

Reminds me of that tune I posted recently Hill's Fancy for the Circassian Circle dance.

# Posted on October 4th 2007 by Dow

Yes, Mario, I once danced a Scottische to it! It really works as a Scottische.

But it's a morris tune so there must be a morris dance to go with it...

# Posted on November 12th 2007 by mehitabel23