Sandy's Reel Item Info
- Title:
- Sandy's Reel
- Sound Cloud:
- Description:
- The first time that I heard New England contra dance music was in 1972 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was on an LP recording of The Canterbury Country Dance orchestra from New England. Among the members of that band was Bob McQuillen, the prolific composer and long-time stalwart of the New England music scene. Bob had, at last count, over fourteen hundred tunes to his credit. The reel he plays here with his band, Old New England, was composed for my wife Sandy on May 20, 2006. Bob had met Sandy at Boston College during one of the Gaelic Roots summer schools of music, song, and dance. He had received a special award from Boston College on that occasion, an award well overdue, for his amazing contributions to the world of music. Thank you, Professor, for the tune and all your music and friendship. Bob's tunes may be found in his own published collections and manuscripts.
- Publisher:
- Séamus Connolly, Boston College Libraries
- Creator:
- Bob McQuillen's Old New England McQuillen, Bob Stiles, Deanna Orzechowski, Jane McBride
- Type:
- Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
- Subjects:
- Folk dance music Reels Piano music Flute music Fiddle tunes Walter, Chrysandra McQuillen, Bob
- Playlist:
- Playlist 03
- Collection:
- Reels
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Bob McQuillen's Old New England;McQuillen, Bob ;Stiles, Deanna ;Orzechowski, Jane McBride, "Sandy's Reel", The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed July 10, 2025, https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/596.html.
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/596.html
Rights
- Rights:
- This website was created through a partnership with Séamus Connolly and the Boston College Libraries (2016). All materials on this site may be freely shared and adapted according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.