Dick Leger figure - Tony Parkes
Creator: Tony Parkes (April 27, 1992)
Tony Parkes calls a quadrille-style figure that he learned from the calling of Dick Leger. Leger did it as a singing call to the tune of "Wolverton Mountain," a country song made famous by Claude King in 1962.
The musicians are Yankee Ingenuity (Peter Barnes, piano; Mary Lea, fiddle; Cal Howard, bass; Jack O'Connor, mandolin), joined by Alasdair Fraser on fiddle. The tune is "Turkey in the Straw."
Collection: Northern squares
Subjects: Northern / Prompt & Patter
Tags: Dick Leger, Tony Parkes
Subjects: Northern / Prompt & Patter
Tags: Dick Leger, Tony Parkes
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Tony Parkes, “Dick Leger figure - Tony Parkes,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/723.
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Dick Leger figure - Tony Parkes
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Tony Parkes calls a quadrille-style figure that he learned from the calling of Dick Leger. Leger did it as a singing call to the tune of "Wolverton Mountain," a country song made famous by Claude King in 1962.
The musicians are Yankee Ingenuity (Peter Barnes, piano; Mary Lea, fiddle; Cal Howard, bass; Jack O'Connor, mandolin), joined by Alasdair Fraser on fiddle. The tune is "Turkey in the Straw."
The musicians are Yankee Ingenuity (Peter Barnes, piano; Mary Lea, fiddle; Cal Howard, bass; Jack O'Connor, mandolin), joined by Alasdair Fraser on fiddle. The tune is "Turkey in the Straw."
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April 27, 1992
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