SOUND SAMPLES (we'll keep adding more):

"The FireFlies Band" is usually Broden, Kernan, Meads
"FireFlies3" is often Meads & Kernan, and may include a guest musician.
Caller is Paul Rosenberg, unless otherwise noted.

The smaller ".wma" files (Windows Media Player) will download quicker, but are a smaller window size (making them larger will cause some distortion. Streaming files should start playing immediately for Windows Media Player. (If the clip "skips" or "breaks up," right click on the link and save the file to your computer to play it instead of playing it direct from the internet.) Other media players such as Quick Time may need to download the file before playing.

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Video/Sound clips -- The FireFlies Band

Spootiskerry (Ian Burns)-- Oct 2006 @ Breakabeen Grange Hall , low-light. (Time: 35sec.) Long download: 12 Meg MPG File (Not streaming media, Please wait.) Same clip (streaming): 4 Meg .wma file (Windows Media) Same clip (slow connection) half Meg (500k) .wma file (Windows Media)

Four-dance sampler -- tune/dance snippits -- John Ryan's ( Heel & Toe Polka) / Red-Haired Boy (contra dance) / Golden Slippers (Virginia Reel - two cuts) / Far Away (waltz) -- Oct 2006 @ Conkling Hall, Rensselaerville, NY (Time: 1 min. 26 sec) Long download: 33 Meg .wma file Same clip (for slower connection): 5 Meg .wma Sameclip ( lower bandwidth): 1 Meg .wma

Sound clips -- FireFlies3 (Jim & Sue Mead, guest fiddler - Ed Lowman; Paul Rosenberg calling in background):
Westphalia Waltz.mp3
WestphaliaWaltz.wav

Red-Haired Boy.mp3
Red-Haired Boy.wav

Growling Old Man & Woman /Wind That Shakes the Barley.mp3
Growling Old Man & Woman / Wind That Shakes the Barley.wav

 

 

(Sound Files updated 10/29/06)