Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post presents information about Dominica (West Indies) as well as information about Bouyon (pronunciation: Boo-yah; "Boo- yon" ?), the Caribbean music genre that originated in Dominica.
A YouTube sound file of a track mix of Bouyon music is also included in this post.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those whose music is featured in this showcased sound file. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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INFORMATION ABOUT DOMINICA (WEST INDIES)
From https://wikitravel.org/en/Dominica
"Dominica is a Caribbean island country between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago. It is often known as "The Nature Island of the Caribbean" due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which are protected by an extensive natural park system. The most mountainous island of the Lesser Antilles, its volcanic peaks are cones of lava craters and include Boiling Lake, the second-largest thermally active lake in the world. Should not be confused with the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic.."
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INFORMATION ABOUT BOUYON MUSIC
Excerpt #1
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Dominica#Bouyon
"Bouyon is a fusion of Jing ping, Cadence-lypso and traditional dances namely bèlè, Quadrille, chanté mas and lapo kabwit, Mazurka, Zouk and other styles of Caribbean music, developed by a band called Windward Caribbean Kulture (later WCK).[16] WCK was among the most prominent of '80s Dominican soca bands. They began using native drum rhythms such as lapo kabwit and elements of the music of jing ping bands, as well as ragga-style vocals. Bouyon is popular across the Caribbean, and is known as jump up music in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
... While the Cadence-lypso sound is based on the creative usage of acoustic drums, an aggressive up-tempo guitar beat, and strong social commentary in the local Creole language, this new music created by the "WCK" band focused more on the use of modern technology with strong emphasis on keyboard rhythmic patterns.
Bouyon has diversified into multiple subgenres. These include bouyon soca, bouyon-muffin, reketeng, and bouyon gwada."...
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Excerpt #2
From https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bouyon
"Bouyon
Noun. Music that originated from the island of Dominica.The music is entertaining, wild and enjoyable.
Noun. In islands like St.Lucia , it's referred to a pot of soup that contains a combination of different ingredients such as- dumplings,smoked meat, red beans, green banana yam, etc.
Chris-Aye john, have you listened to the new bouyon track by 'ASA BANTAN'?
John- Yeah it's dope!
Angel- Mom yesterday at the river, we cooked a pot of bouyon.
#bouyon#food#music#asa bantan#fun#caribbean#dominica#st.lucia
by Waitikubuli18 March 04, 2017"
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Excerpt #3
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouyon_music
“Bouyon (pronunciation: boo-yon) is a genre of Dominican music that originated in Dominica by a group called WCK with names such as Derek "Rah" Peters on vocals, Cornell Phillips keys and vocals among others. It became popular in the late 1980s.[1]... The term Bouyon means something akin to "gumbo soup" or "coubouyon poisson" (a typical Caribbean dish) in Antillean Creole. Bouyon music is a mix of traditional and modern music,[2] and is popular across much of the Caribbean."...
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Excerpt #4
From https://www.avirtualdominica.com/project/bouyon-3/ Bouyon! Dominica's Own Music
"What is Bouyon?
... a unique blend of the island’s traditional music and dance – namely Bele, Quadrille, Jing Ping, Mazouk and Kadans. The end result? A music which they call Bouyon (Boo-Yah).
The group WINDWARD CARIBBEAN KULTURE (WCK Band) of Dominica created this new musical phenomenon called Bouyon. Bouyon is a fusion of Cadence-Lypso and the traditional Jing Ping sounds of Dominica. This beat becomes complete when blended with pulsating drums in a digital style. This modern, exciting, electronically-based beat is finished off with the versatile midi-sound of the keyboards. The sequencing of the prominent keyboards is an integral part of the Bouyon sound.
CK, for short, the band has managed to bring back the traditional sounds of Dominica through the use of up-to-date musical instruments thus enhancing and revitalising this once dormant sound.
The Group was initially formed in 1987, when they produced their first album “One More Sway”. In 1990 they recorded their second album “Culture Shock” which started the development of the presently known BOUYON style. Since then WCK records an album every year, capturing the minds and hearts of Dominicans and the Caribbean.
But it was in 1993 when the group recorded its fith album “Forever” (later released on the US market as “Vola Vole”) with a song titled “Conch Shell” that put them on the road to international fame. WCK has won many awards and nominations both on the regional and international markets.
Through the years, the core group gradually parted ways, and there is currently a new generation of WCK members. Still as popular as ever, WCK has toured to most of the Caribbean countries, United States, Canada, South America and Europe, with plans to go as far as their music can take them....
OBP: Original Bouyon Pioneers
The Original Bouyon Pioneers consist of the core and initial group from the band WCK. WCK (which eventually stood for ‘Winward Caribbean Kulture’), first came about in 1987, where a unique style of music was recognized and eventually named ‘Bouyon’ by the band members. This core group recorded several successful albums and consistently toured throughout the Caribbean, the US and Europe.
Through the years, the core group of WCK gradually parted ways, and it was not until 2013, that they reconnected to many people’s delight, as the fans craved seeing the chemistry back in action from the original WCK members. Their re-connection and performance in October, 2013 was a great success, and put on a most memorable performance at the Lime Creole in the Park. Constant requests for repeat performances continued, thus having a record breaking audience in excess of seventeen thousand in 2014."...
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SHOWCASE SOUND FILE: Dominica Finest Best of the Best old School Bouyon Chapter 2 mixx by djeasy
Djeasy Mixmaster, Published on Jul 10, 2014
After waiting so long ..i have finally bring out part two of Dominica finest Best of The Best bouyon part 2.yes people here it is .chapter 2 consist of more music and more bands and artists .listen and enjoy
TRACKLIST
1. Conch shell - wck
2. All posse jam - first serenade
3. Chicken rhythm - first serenade
4. Doh playing (with somebody) - wck
5. Woule - partner in kryme
6. Boom boom - partners in kryme
7. Pan jam - rsb
8. One more swag - wck
9. Culture rhythm - first serenade
10. Wild n wassy - seramix
11. Chant dem - first serenade
12. Duck walk - wck
13. Preg dan see - wck
14. 1 2 3 - first serenade
15. Bugging - wck
16. Pas goumen - first serenade
17. Bend over - wck
18. Sweet 16 - partners in kryme
19. Modie maco - wck
20. Roll and shake - ruff and ready
21. Pirates - rsb
22. Less mwen - first serenade
23. Gimmie d ck - wck
24. Ti-ling ti-ling - wck
25. Paka fe sa - ruff and ready
26. Election mellay - first serenade
27. Look how we jamming - wck
28. Raise de roof - partners in kryme
29. Stars pon di version - swinging stars
30. Redeem coming - wck
31. Doggy style - partners in kryme
32. Bottom in de road - raw redeem
33. Breakway - wck
34. Signal - nayee
35. Gimmie lil bouyon - raw redeem
36. Dancer - wck
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Caribbean Quadrille Dancing (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, St. Lucia, & The Virgin Islands)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post provides brief information about the Quadrille dance and showcases seven videos of the Quadrille in the Caribbean nations of Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and the Virgin Islands.
The content of this post is presented for folkloric, historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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The Quadrille is also danced in some other Caribbean nations. Please share any links for Quadrille YouTube videos that you may be aware of from other Caribbean nations.
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INFORMATION ABOUT QUADRILLE DANCING IN THE CARIBBEAN
From http://www.culturecrossroads.co.uk/about-quadrille-in-the-caribbean
"About Quadrille in the Caribbean
Posted on September 8, 2011 by Caspar James in Jamaican Quadrille
The below information has been provided by the leader of the group Beverley Bogle....
What is Quadrille?
Quadrille is traditionally a Euro-centric ballroom dance, taken to the Caribbean in the 18th century by English and French slave traders/masters and regularly performed at grand occasions in great houses. European musicians were transported to the Islands for such occasions to provide specific background music. The dance, with its traditional musical accompaniment, normally commences with a Grand Entrance, followed by up to 5 set pieces called Figures, and end with a Grand Finale to exit the stage. Quadrille is normally performed by 4 couples (quad), but can be successfully accomplished with 2 or 3 couples. The couples, working in unison, perform repetitive movements (the drill), to create geometrical patterns (e.g. circles, rectangles, triangles, diamonds and squares) with their feet on the dance floor and use their arms and upper body to accentuate these patterns...
JANUKA’s interpretation of the history of Quadrille dancing in Jamaica
The enslaved Africans were stripped of their African cultural identity. They were forbidden to sing their own songs, play their own music, speak their own languages, or do their own dances, e.g. Etu, Gerreh, Dinki Mini, and Tambo. In order to endure their physical and emotional deprivation, and intense pain, they inwardly knew they had to find some form of creative activity (apart from working tirelessly on sugar plantations), to communicate with each other, to keep their spirits high, and to develop and maintain comradeships and community support.
The opportunity arose when the privileged “house slaves” observed and sometimes participated in the quadrille dance, during the grand balls held in the great houses. They secretly demonstrated the BALLROOM STYLE QUADRILLE to the “field slaves”. This was a square dance, performed by 4 couples, involving them moving in unison to the beat of the music, marching up and down in straight lines in upright military posture, and turning their heads and feet from side to side. A strict hierarchical structure of dancing was involved where 2 couples (the head and foot couples) would dance first, whilst the other 2 (side couples) would patiently watched until it was their turn to imitate the movements. The field slaves began to secretly and frivolously mimic and ridicule their slave masters’ and their guests, however they soon concluded that the ballroom quadrille dance was too restrictive and formal, was more for visual effectiveness and social acceptance, rather than enjoyment. They thought what their masters and guests were doing could not be called “real dancing”. They instinctively knew that when it came to rhythm and dance, embedded in their African culture, they had the upper hand. They began to discretely adjust their masters’ formal ballroom dance, eventually developing a new quadrille formation dance known as CAMP STYLE QUADRILLE. In this evolved form all couples, not restricted to 4, would dance simultaneously, in unison to be beat of the music, whilst in opposite straight long lines or circles. They adopted a more relaxed posture and added their own African flamboyancy, rhythm, individuality, style in bodily movements and expressions, with friendly boastful interactions between and among couples and with the emphasis on enjoyment.
When the slave masters heard that the field slaves were secretly dancing Quadrille in the fields, they were outraged at their “insolence and mockery”. Despite threats of harsh punishment if they were caught dancing quadrille the field slaves defiantly, fearlessly and purposefully continued dancing. They were determined to use their adapted Camp Style version as their new medium of community merry making to keep their spirits high, to have fun, to support each other’s struggle to survive, and more importantly to secretly and successfully communicate within the dance, their love for each other and their plans for emancipation.
In Jamaica, the enslaved Africans creatively used natural resources and discarded materials to make their own musical accompaniment, producing a distinctive African rhythm and beat called MENTO MUSIC. We therefore use MENTO as part of the musical accompaniment to our Camp style dance."...
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"Januka" is the name of a Jamaican group that dances "Camp style Quadrille".
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS (Presented by nations in alphabetical order)
DOMINICA
Note:
These examples are from the Commonwealth of Dominica and not from the Dominican Republic. Dominica was colonised by the French while the Dominican Republic was colonized by the Spanish.
Example #1: Quadrille Dancers 14th June 2008
Uniquely Dominican Uploaded on Jun 15, 2008
http://dominican-diaspora.com - Dominica Oversea Nationals Association (DONA) - Quadrille Dancers
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Example #2: Dominican Folk Dance
Proteousx4 Uploaded on Sep 15, 2009
A local dance featuring my friend Tyla at the world creole festival in dominica
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Example #3: Quadrille Dance Finals Competition
BrBpTV Published on Mar 16, 2015
Quadrille Dance Finals Competition is a collaboration of different cultural dance groups that come together to show case the best of the best in this particular type of Dominican cultural dance.
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GUADELOUPE
Example #1: Quadrille de Basse Terre .HD
clarismaro Published on Aug 31, 2012
Quadrille Guadeloupéen ; A la côte sous le vent de la Basse Terre,on danse le quadrille en ligne, Quadrille non commandé. C'est la tradition.
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Example #2: Danse de Quadrilles par Karukéra Ka Dance de St Claude : (Vendredi 25 janvier 2013)
oxbowguadeloupe, Published on Jan 26, 2013
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Example #3: Première figure : initiation à la danse de quadrille "pantalon"
Association Adékwat Published on Sep 1, 2015
Initiation à la danse de quadrille de guadeloupe, les commandements de la première figure décryptés pas à pas.
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Also, click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mat-RHNeQlM for a video of a band from Guadaloupe playing Quadrille music.
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JAMAICA
Example #1: Jamaica Independence Festival 50 Huddersfield 5 Aug 12 3 Quadrille Dance Troup
Huddersfield Festivals 2, Published on Aug 5, 2012
The event was in Greenhead Park Huddersfield West Yorkshire.
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Example #2: QUADRILLE IN CARIBBEAN 2
Exploring Cultural Dance - Quadrille. JANUKA perform the Jamaican Camp Style Quadrille
Ken Breinburg Published on Mar 13, 2013
JANUKA perform the Jamaican Camp Style Quadrille
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Example #3: Exploring Cultural Dance - Quadrille. NACRC dancers demonstrate Ballroom Style Quadrille
Ken Breinburg, Published on Mar 14, 2013
The NACRC Dance Troupe perform the Jamaican Ballroom Style Quadrille at Quadrille Live!
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SAINT LUCIA
Example #1: Quadrille Dancing in Choiseul, St. Lucia
TameronEaton,U ploaded on Mar 6, 2008
This video shows traditional St. Lucia Quadrille dancing performed by the Dugard Primary students at the 2008 Choiseul Village Council swearing in ceremony. The students are wearing the St. Lucia flag colors rather than the traditional red plaid outfits known at madras.
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Example #2: Exploring Cultural Dance - Quadrille. Anse La Raye dancers perform at Quadrille Live!
Ken Breinburg Published on Mar 14, 2013
The Anse La Raye dancers [St. Lucia] perform at Quadrille Live!
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Example #3: Saint Lucia Folklore Cultural Dance 8/1/15
Massabba Konpa Published on Aug 2, 2015
Massabba Video ShineEye Productions 8/1/2015**live at Greater Hartford CT,53rd Anniversary west Indian Independence Celebration,10th Annual Caribbean Jerk Festival...Sign off Massabba
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UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS
Example #1: We Deh Ya Cultural Dancers
EyesbyJe1, Published on Apr 29, 2012
"We Deh Ya" Cultural Dancers performing at the St. Thomas' 2012 Food Fair celebrating 60 years of Carnival
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Here's information about this Virgin Island dance group:
From https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY6EidKDqouMby1F9WgbFzw/about
"The We Deh Yah Cultural Dancers are based in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, and specializes in the dance art form of Quadrille. Our motto is: "Quadrille is a serious thing that we enjoy doing!"
"We Deh Yah" is a phrase in our native dialect that means, "We are here." We are definitely here!"
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Example #2: St. Thomas Carnival "We Deh Yah" Quadrille Dancers April 24, 2013
Extremely Clever Published on Apr 25, 2013
We Deh Yah Quadrille Dancers Performing Live at the Carnival Food Fair in Emancipation Garden, in Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. April 24, 2013
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Example #3: WDY Cultural Dancers - Cross Over & Form a Line (Friends of Denmark Society Gala)
Felicia Neale Published on Nov 9, 2014
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This pancocojams post provides brief information about the Quadrille dance and showcases seven videos of the Quadrille in the Caribbean nations of Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and the Virgin Islands.
The content of this post is presented for folkloric, historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
-snip-
The Quadrille is also danced in some other Caribbean nations. Please share any links for Quadrille YouTube videos that you may be aware of from other Caribbean nations.
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INFORMATION ABOUT QUADRILLE DANCING IN THE CARIBBEAN
From http://www.culturecrossroads.co.uk/about-quadrille-in-the-caribbean
"About Quadrille in the Caribbean
Posted on September 8, 2011 by Caspar James in Jamaican Quadrille
The below information has been provided by the leader of the group Beverley Bogle....
What is Quadrille?
Quadrille is traditionally a Euro-centric ballroom dance, taken to the Caribbean in the 18th century by English and French slave traders/masters and regularly performed at grand occasions in great houses. European musicians were transported to the Islands for such occasions to provide specific background music. The dance, with its traditional musical accompaniment, normally commences with a Grand Entrance, followed by up to 5 set pieces called Figures, and end with a Grand Finale to exit the stage. Quadrille is normally performed by 4 couples (quad), but can be successfully accomplished with 2 or 3 couples. The couples, working in unison, perform repetitive movements (the drill), to create geometrical patterns (e.g. circles, rectangles, triangles, diamonds and squares) with their feet on the dance floor and use their arms and upper body to accentuate these patterns...
JANUKA’s interpretation of the history of Quadrille dancing in Jamaica
The enslaved Africans were stripped of their African cultural identity. They were forbidden to sing their own songs, play their own music, speak their own languages, or do their own dances, e.g. Etu, Gerreh, Dinki Mini, and Tambo. In order to endure their physical and emotional deprivation, and intense pain, they inwardly knew they had to find some form of creative activity (apart from working tirelessly on sugar plantations), to communicate with each other, to keep their spirits high, and to develop and maintain comradeships and community support.
The opportunity arose when the privileged “house slaves” observed and sometimes participated in the quadrille dance, during the grand balls held in the great houses. They secretly demonstrated the BALLROOM STYLE QUADRILLE to the “field slaves”. This was a square dance, performed by 4 couples, involving them moving in unison to the beat of the music, marching up and down in straight lines in upright military posture, and turning their heads and feet from side to side. A strict hierarchical structure of dancing was involved where 2 couples (the head and foot couples) would dance first, whilst the other 2 (side couples) would patiently watched until it was their turn to imitate the movements. The field slaves began to secretly and frivolously mimic and ridicule their slave masters’ and their guests, however they soon concluded that the ballroom quadrille dance was too restrictive and formal, was more for visual effectiveness and social acceptance, rather than enjoyment. They thought what their masters and guests were doing could not be called “real dancing”. They instinctively knew that when it came to rhythm and dance, embedded in their African culture, they had the upper hand. They began to discretely adjust their masters’ formal ballroom dance, eventually developing a new quadrille formation dance known as CAMP STYLE QUADRILLE. In this evolved form all couples, not restricted to 4, would dance simultaneously, in unison to be beat of the music, whilst in opposite straight long lines or circles. They adopted a more relaxed posture and added their own African flamboyancy, rhythm, individuality, style in bodily movements and expressions, with friendly boastful interactions between and among couples and with the emphasis on enjoyment.
When the slave masters heard that the field slaves were secretly dancing Quadrille in the fields, they were outraged at their “insolence and mockery”. Despite threats of harsh punishment if they were caught dancing quadrille the field slaves defiantly, fearlessly and purposefully continued dancing. They were determined to use their adapted Camp Style version as their new medium of community merry making to keep their spirits high, to have fun, to support each other’s struggle to survive, and more importantly to secretly and successfully communicate within the dance, their love for each other and their plans for emancipation.
In Jamaica, the enslaved Africans creatively used natural resources and discarded materials to make their own musical accompaniment, producing a distinctive African rhythm and beat called MENTO MUSIC. We therefore use MENTO as part of the musical accompaniment to our Camp style dance."...
-snip-
"Januka" is the name of a Jamaican group that dances "Camp style Quadrille".
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS (Presented by nations in alphabetical order)
DOMINICA
Note:
These examples are from the Commonwealth of Dominica and not from the Dominican Republic. Dominica was colonised by the French while the Dominican Republic was colonized by the Spanish.
Example #1: Quadrille Dancers 14th June 2008
Uniquely Dominican Uploaded on Jun 15, 2008
http://dominican-diaspora.com - Dominica Oversea Nationals Association (DONA) - Quadrille Dancers
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Example #2: Dominican Folk Dance
Proteousx4 Uploaded on Sep 15, 2009
A local dance featuring my friend Tyla at the world creole festival in dominica
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Example #3: Quadrille Dance Finals Competition
BrBpTV Published on Mar 16, 2015
Quadrille Dance Finals Competition is a collaboration of different cultural dance groups that come together to show case the best of the best in this particular type of Dominican cultural dance.
****
GUADELOUPE
Example #1: Quadrille de Basse Terre .HD
clarismaro Published on Aug 31, 2012
Quadrille Guadeloupéen ; A la côte sous le vent de la Basse Terre,on danse le quadrille en ligne, Quadrille non commandé. C'est la tradition.
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Example #2: Danse de Quadrilles par Karukéra Ka Dance de St Claude : (Vendredi 25 janvier 2013)
oxbowguadeloupe, Published on Jan 26, 2013
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Example #3: Première figure : initiation à la danse de quadrille "pantalon"
Association Adékwat Published on Sep 1, 2015
Initiation à la danse de quadrille de guadeloupe, les commandements de la première figure décryptés pas à pas.
-snip-
Also, click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mat-RHNeQlM for a video of a band from Guadaloupe playing Quadrille music.
****
JAMAICA
Example #1: Jamaica Independence Festival 50 Huddersfield 5 Aug 12 3 Quadrille Dance Troup
Huddersfield Festivals 2, Published on Aug 5, 2012
The event was in Greenhead Park Huddersfield West Yorkshire.
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Example #2: QUADRILLE IN CARIBBEAN 2
Exploring Cultural Dance - Quadrille. JANUKA perform the Jamaican Camp Style Quadrille
Ken Breinburg Published on Mar 13, 2013
JANUKA perform the Jamaican Camp Style Quadrille
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Example #3: Exploring Cultural Dance - Quadrille. NACRC dancers demonstrate Ballroom Style Quadrille
Ken Breinburg, Published on Mar 14, 2013
The NACRC Dance Troupe perform the Jamaican Ballroom Style Quadrille at Quadrille Live!
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SAINT LUCIA
Example #1: Quadrille Dancing in Choiseul, St. Lucia
TameronEaton,U ploaded on Mar 6, 2008
This video shows traditional St. Lucia Quadrille dancing performed by the Dugard Primary students at the 2008 Choiseul Village Council swearing in ceremony. The students are wearing the St. Lucia flag colors rather than the traditional red plaid outfits known at madras.
****
Example #2: Exploring Cultural Dance - Quadrille. Anse La Raye dancers perform at Quadrille Live!
Ken Breinburg Published on Mar 14, 2013
The Anse La Raye dancers [St. Lucia] perform at Quadrille Live!
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Example #3: Saint Lucia Folklore Cultural Dance 8/1/15
Massabba Konpa Published on Aug 2, 2015
Massabba Video ShineEye Productions 8/1/2015**live at Greater Hartford CT,53rd Anniversary west Indian Independence Celebration,10th Annual Caribbean Jerk Festival...Sign off Massabba
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UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS
Example #1: We Deh Ya Cultural Dancers
EyesbyJe1, Published on Apr 29, 2012
"We Deh Ya" Cultural Dancers performing at the St. Thomas' 2012 Food Fair celebrating 60 years of Carnival
-snip-
Here's information about this Virgin Island dance group:
From https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY6EidKDqouMby1F9WgbFzw/about
"The We Deh Yah Cultural Dancers are based in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, and specializes in the dance art form of Quadrille. Our motto is: "Quadrille is a serious thing that we enjoy doing!"
"We Deh Yah" is a phrase in our native dialect that means, "We are here." We are definitely here!"
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Example #2: St. Thomas Carnival "We Deh Yah" Quadrille Dancers April 24, 2013
Extremely Clever Published on Apr 25, 2013
We Deh Yah Quadrille Dancers Performing Live at the Carnival Food Fair in Emancipation Garden, in Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. April 24, 2013
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Example #3: WDY Cultural Dancers - Cross Over & Form a Line (Friends of Denmark Society Gala)
Felicia Neale Published on Nov 9, 2014
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