Clifftop 2010 - Half Past Four - Kansas tent

Bayliss Harsh from Kansas was rockin' out wit me to outstanding tuneage by some of Clifftop 2010's best: Joe Bass on guitar, Liz Toffee on uke, Brian Slattery fiddle ?Mark on banjo, and Cary Fridley on bass. jammin' a tune as hot as the weather. At exactly half past beer o'clock. (half past four)
The "problem" camping in a high-density talent zone...makes ya want to buckdance all crazy like. Some of my worst dancing, has to do with that can of cheap stuff in the foreground.

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[moonshineV]

Half past four - usually the time clifftop campers start crackin' open the PBR

[fltftdncr]

This video is great! And it's a really good illustration of some of the conditions we had there - heat as well constant wet ground (not too good for the bottoms of dancing shoes).

Great flatfootin' - both of y'all!

[moonshineV]

@fltftdncr Like my surgical booties? they didn't last very long, however, in the mud

[fltftdncr]

@moonshineV Wish I'd thought of that. Are they waterproof?

[moonshineV]

@fltftdncr no not waterproof, and fell off without me knowing it when I walked on muddy earth. we need to tweak something like that with a lining on the bottom of ducktape. BTW, wuz you at cd release party mt hairy, where lotsa flatfooting?

[fltftdncr]

@moonshineV No, I was dancing some on the lodge porch with Thomas Maupin and Jay Bland on Thursday and Saturday nights, plus spent some time dancing at the pavilion during several of Charlie Burton's workshops. I was also called up on stage briefly during Thomas's masters showcase on Friday. And I entered the competition (didn't win anything).

[moonshineV]

@fltftdncr Congrats on being called up w Chairman Maupin. My query was about Mt Airy, at Andy E's CD party - I recall u or someone talking to me about properly tagging flatfooting youtubes. At ctop, thurs dancing looked fun. However, as more a percussive than flatfoot dancr, I less enjoy where I can't hear my own steps. and where the dominant sound in a jam is the downbeat. I prefer emphasis if upbeat & syncopation. Hope to soon chk out my Burton DVD got at his weds night pavillion session. :)

[pachydermavenger]

what is the name of this tune?

[fltftdncr]

@moonshineV I wasn't at Mt. Airy. I agree, the porch was pretty noisy, and without taps (Maupin and Bland had taps, I didn't), it's hard to hear your steps. I have some video I'll post sometime - lost my USB cable, so getting a new one.

[CadillacL]

@moonshineV Best thing is when you get a few folks out there & everyone has their own style.

[fltftdncr]

@moonshineV You know what - I didn't even notice that's what they were in the video. That sounds like a great idea, but were they waterproof? They used to make things called "overshoes" which were rubber shoes that fit over regular shoes to protect them from rain, but I haven't seen anything like that in long time. I thought about tying plastic grocery bags around my dancing shoes, but what I did was just walk around barefoot all the time and put my shoes on right before I got ready to dance.