Author Archives: Kris

01 Sep

Elvis Presley\’s Birthday

The day to break out your Elvis songs, your Elvis wigs, your Elvis Las Vegas suits. There are lots of square dancing covers of Elvis hits; here are the ones that I own:

  • A Fool Such As I Blue Ribbon 255
  • It\’s Now Or Never Blue Ribbon 263
  • Hound Dog Silver Sounds 162
  • Blue Christmas Royal 310
  • Stuck on You Silver Sounds 157
  • Blue Suede Shoes Quadrille 913
  • Blue Hawaii Square Fare 102
  • Good Luck Charm Rhythm 161

Then there are the songs about Elvis or that mention Elvis; here are two:

  • Black Velvet Desert Recordings
  • Elvis and Andy ESP 195

Relevant Records

  • A Fool Such As I (Blue Ribbon 255)
  • Elvis and Andy (ESP 195)
  • Good Luck Charm (Rhythm 161)
  • Hound Dog (Silver Sounds 162)
  • Blue Suede Shoes (Quadrille 913)
  • Stuck on You (Silver Sounds 157)
  • Blue Hawaii (Square Fare 102)
  • It’s Now Or Never (Blue Ribbon 263)
  • Blue Christmas (Royal 310)
  • Black Velvet (Desert Recordings)
01 Sep

Bill Monroe\’s Birthday

Bill Monroe is known as the \”father of bluegrass music\”.

Celebrate by playing nothing but bluegrass. Monroe\’s known for singng \”Blue Moon of Kentucky,\” among other songs.

Relevant Records

  • Blue Moon of Kentucky (Red Boot 3078)
01 Sep

Defy Superstition Day

Could break out your magic songs, including Old Black Magic…or maybe something like I Feel Lucky, since this is the day to defy superstition.

Relevant Records

  • Good Luck Charm (Rhythm 161)
  • I Feel Lucky (Red Boot 3033)
  • Lucky Lips (Aussie Tempos 1001)
  • FishermanÕs Luck (Mountain 70)
02 Dec

What’s a Year?

A year? What’s a year? Actually, not quite a year…a mere 322 days…and yes, I’ve been counting.

Well, how about the release of Mac OS X last March, which was preceded by some intensive work to get the manuals ready for our software (see Stone Design’s website) if you want to know what I do “in real life”.

And then there was the summer full of various square dance events…and a certain loss of momentum…and it adds up to 322 days.

Last night, I called a tip at a dance (a not uncommon occurrence). What was different was that I called this tip at a local contra dance put on by FolkMADS to live music. What was the same was that I called a modern western tip rather than a traditional square. I taught two calls (Star Thru and Dive Thru) before I started, and used other calls that I know they know, and just free-wheeled for a while. It was fun, and I got a good response.

I actually have been working on this site…just not yet for public consumption. I’m going to move off of this Manila server and roll my own database driven site using MySql and PHP. I’ve got some of the databases working (under OS X it’s easy to run an Apache/MySql/PHP setup to check everything out before putting it up to the real world) and I’m working on the interface pages.

Today at our local callers association meeting (no URL, no web presence..something we should rectify), Bob Brundage said he occasionally checks the page to see if anything has changed. So I thought I might start posting here occasionally while I’m working on the “new improved” version.

So check back occasionally…there might be something new.

14 Jan

Ouchy Back

My back went out this morning, so I went to the web for ideas on relief and treatment. Even though there are many medical info sites out there, they all have essentially the same article. Sometimes the information is slightly rearranged, but the words are the same:

Even Dr. Koop…same old article. Well, since virtually every site told me to “rest flat on the back for the first 24 hours and be very careful when moving around,” I think I’ll go lie around and watch the playoff football games.