This spirited arrangement for brass sextet or brass choir is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Scored in the key of F Major for three Trumpets, Horn in F, Trombone and Tuba, the 2.5 minute arrangement is conceived as a feature selection for brass members of a high school or college symphonic band, performed as a brass choir or a select brass sextet. To authentically acknowledge the history of the dance, add some choreography from high-kicking dancers in period costume and you'll have a concert selection everyone will talk about ...
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This spirited arrangement for brass sextet or brass choir is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Scored in the key of F Major for three Trumpets, Horn in F, Trombone and Tuba, the 2.5 minute arrangement is conceived as a feature selection for brass members of a high school or college symphonic band, performed as a brass choir or a select brass sextet. To authentically acknowledge the history of the dance, add some choreography from high-kicking dancers in period costume and you'll have a concert selection everyone will talk about for years to come.Originating in France, the can-can was a high-energy, physically demanding dance that became popular in the 1840s. First performed by both sexes, it is now traditionally associated with a chorus line of female dancers vigorously manipulating their skirts and petticoats while synchronizing high kicks, splits, and cartwheels. In the 1800s, when the dance first appeared, it was considered to be extremely immoral by respectable society, much the same as how Rock and Roll was perceived by the social order a century later.
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