[Magdalen] Brightest and Best - The Epiphany, January 6, 2016.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Stomping is more like!  Not that I would, but a lot of the folks seem to
like that.

To each his/her own.  I just thump my knee.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
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On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 2:23 PM, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 9:01 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Lusty singing, for sure, but I've never experienced knee-banging!
> > Susan? Dan?
> >
>
> Knee banging - not really. Steady foot patting - yes. And I have seen a
> couple of the northern singers who like to emphasize an accent with a foot
> stomp - but that is not really a part of the tradition.
>
> d
>
> >
> > > On Jan 8, 2016, at 1:48 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Shape note does lend itself to lusty singing and banging on the knee or
> > > something...
> > >
> > > It's really something.
> > >
> > >
> >
> It has started spreading all over. There are strong groups in England,
> Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Australia, and smaller groups
> in Hungary, Czech Republic, France and Israel. I don't think it could have
> started spreading like this if it wasn't fun to do and be part of. (Just
> remembered - smaller groups have also started in Hong Kong and in Japan -
> though the later is largely Christian Harmony, another of the older oblong
> books).
>
> --
> P. Dan Brittain
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