Episode 13 - George Marshall

Contra Pulse

The intro and interstitial music from today's episode is Come along Jody and Congress Reel/Fisherman's Island/Return to Milltown from Wild Asparagus.

See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more contrapulse.cdss.org

And the Country Dance and Song Society for more information about Contra and English country dance across the continent www.cdss.org

See and hear George in action:

• YouTube video of Buddy System and George at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (Hillsdale, NY) in 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mCc55ocWec
• YouTube video of George Marshall with Wild Asparagus at the Guiding Star Grange (Greenfield, MA) in 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-RzSdjufnA
• Wild Asparagus CDs are available here: http://band.wildasparagus.com/music/purchase-music/
• Swallowtail CDs and cassettes are available here: http://www.swallowtail.com/album_order.html

Some dances and events mentioned in this interview:

• The Tamworth, NH contra dance is still happening in non-COVID times: http://tamworthoutingclub.org/dances.html
• Some history: http://tamworthoutingclub.org/a-closer-look-at-outing-club-dances.html
• The contra dance in St. Croix George talked about has evolved into two dance weeks:
• Tropical Dance Vacation: http://www.tropicaldancevacation.com/
• The Rose City Dance-A-Rama: https://www.dancearama.org/
• Cincinnati’s vintage dance academy: http://vintagedance.net/

Some people mentioned in this interview:

• David Cantieni also tells the story of Wild Asparagus’s first tour in his conversation with Julie; check it out here: https://www.cdss.org/contrapulse/podcast/episode-7-david-cantieni-part-1/
• Marianne Taylor’s husband was Conny Taylor; you can read the Folk Arts Center of New England bios of both of them here: http://www.facone.org/about-our-founders.html
• The Square Dance History Project has a series of interviews with Larry Edelman on their website: https://squaredancehistory.org/exhibits/show/brasstown-interviews/larry-edelman---biography
• Richard Powers, the Cincinnati vintage dance teacher, includes some of his thoughts on social dance on his website: http://richardpowers.com/

Some places mentioned in this interview:

• Pinkham Notch, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where George did trail work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkham_Notch
• The barn in Tamworth, NH where George first encountered contra dancing burned down in 2017. The current owners of the property have rebuilt a barn in its footprint: https://www.reservethepreserve.com/the-barn
• A photo from 2017, before the barn burned: https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/conwaydailysun.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b9/fb97dabc-c8c8-11e7-8377-9348a54bdbf2/5a0a28939f9bb.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C900