Ralph Sweet calls "The Auctioneer"

Recorded at the Greenfield, MA, Grange Hall on June 27, 2010. The event was sponsored by Country Dance and Song Society to celebrate the publication of "On the Beat with Ralph Sweet." This dance is one of Ralph's signature numbers, and directions and music are in his book, available from CDSS store: http://www.cdss.org/store-home.html The musicians are the band Elixir (Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, fiddle; Jesse Hazzard-Watkins, trumpet; Anna Patton, clarinet; Owen Morrison, guitar; Nils Fredland, trombone), joined by Lee Blackwell, drums; Corey DiMario, bass; Ann Percival, piano, guitar, backup vocals