The Darwin Rondalla play The Shake Hands Dance скачать в хорошем качестве

The Darwin Rondalla play The Shake Hands Dance

A dance and tune that is unique to Darwin and played by the old Darwin String Bands. The vibrant music and dance heritage of Darwin’s multi cultural community remains as strong today as it did in the 1930’s. In those early years ‘old’ Darwin was a growing commercial hub and cultural melting pot of the Top End and attracted people from the world over, especially from Asia and the Torres Strait. They came with their families to work in the pearling, trochus fishing, live cattle export, construction and mining industries, and their descendants continue to make their mark on Darwin current music and dance culture. Whilst early colonial Darwin sported the usual array of musical societies, choral groups and even a brass band, by far the greatest legacy was the flourishing string band era of the 1930’s and early 40’s before WWII. Born in the Cubillo family ‘big house’ within the diverse, yet close knit Police Paddock community, the early Filipino rondallas (string bands) paved the way for a proliferation of string bands in the 1930’s. Groups such as the Manila String Band, Thursday Island String Band, Joe Ponce Band and the Darwin String Band. The current Darwin Rondalla was formed in 1993 as part of the Gary Lee's play "Keep Him My Heart" and according to Uncle Gabe Hazelbane, a member of the early bands, sounds just like the original. Notes courtesy the Darwin Rondalla's Facebook Page: Thanks must go to Jeff Corfield for his early recordings and research on Darwin music.