A very good point, about the tempo of Gourd Dance singing and everytime I've been to dances it does seem pretty fast even from the get go. And the skying part will eventually fade out as they get older and like everyone that started at a young age knows your vocals will start to get raspy after awhile singing weekend to weekend and sometimes during the week, too! Sometimes I'll even notice singers will sing a bawl-dah-dawgyah either second or third sessions of singing or even sain-tine-daw too! Sain-tine-daw is for brush dance and they're thinking it's a gourd dance song but how are they going to learn unless either myself or some of the older bros. or cousins or uncles will. But then again you get boys that don't want to listen and just disrespect and sing whatever comes to mind. And be all hi-gyah-hain, and down right MAW-BANE and then I'll take to the side and let you in on a few things.
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