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Harmony · 05-10-2012, 05:53 AM

I received a request from a Virginia musician, who plays old time music, to design three limberjacks for his wife to dance.

They will dance to songs about a fox, pig and hen.

Here are the results.

Dave

jjt25320 · 05-10-2012, 07:35 AM

Very nice..

HAMMER · 05-10-2012, 03:36 PM

very interesting I can't say I have every heard of a preformance with these.....

PatteM · 05-10-2012, 04:47 PM

Omigosh, how cute and creative those are! I gather that you made the designs? These are wonderful - wish we could see them in action!

wood-n-things · 05-10-2012, 04:53 PM

I was thinking about your limberjacks just the other day & wondering if you were still making them. I like the new editions.

Harmony · 05-10-2012, 09:35 PM

Pattie,

The limberjacks are my design, but feel free to copy.

Limberjacks are a percussion interment and are danced to keep rhythm and entertain.

Little kids just love to watch them.

I have an extra large dance board I use, that allows a child to dance with my limberjack.

A limberjack is a good draw to your table or booth at a craft show. You will get people talking “Did you see the wooden dancing doll?”.

A very good site, with all you ever wanted to know about limberjacks, and to see the experts dance them is:
http://chrisbrady.itgo.com/jigdolls/jigdolls.htm

Hope some of the forum members will try making a limberjack, the kids will love them for it.

Dave

mtnman · 05-11-2012, 12:50 AM

Dave -- nice limberjacks. Love those folk-art toys.

SandyinOz · 05-11-2012, 12:58 AM

Dave, they are wonderful! I'd never heard of them before now, that link you provided looks very interesting, thank you.

will8989 · 05-11-2012, 03:15 AM

They are so darn cute! But how would you display them at a show to make them dance? I don't think hubby would enjoy playing an instrument and making them dance. First, he can't play any instruments!!! LOL

Harmony · 05-11-2012, 05:33 AM

Betty,

I have the limberjacks on display and when someone shows an interest I dance one.

I have recorded mountain music, but sometimes the rhythm on the dance board is enough.

Your husband can use my line “ I have the rhythm of a rock”.

People are a little shy about setting on a dance board, so I use the large board and move it wile they hold the limberjack stick.

Have enclosed some display pictures showing a stand, rack for limberjack on a stick and dance boards.

Dave

05-10-2012, 07:35 AM	#2
jjt25320 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Torpes (25) France Posts: 125 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Very nice.. __________________ Excuse my English, I go through a translator Jean-Jacques

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wood-n-things Staying Positive Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hamilton, Montana Posts: 18,561 Thanks: 50 Thanked 380 Times in 281 Posts	I was thinking about your limberjacks just the other day & wondering if you were still making them. I like the new editions. __________________ "Montana MIKE" There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.” As You Slide Down the Banister of Life, Pray That All The Splinters Are Pointed The Other Way... "Don't worry about old age--it doesn't last that long." Mike's Wood-n-Things

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mtnman living life Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 1,513 Blog Entries: 9 Thanks: 21 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	Dave -- nice limberjacks. Love those folk-art toys. __________________ Mtnman Jim taking life as it comes and trying to make the best of it

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will8989 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Glen Burnie, MD Posts: 2,265 Thanks: 1 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts	They are so darn cute! But how would you display them at a show to make them dance? I don't think hubby would enjoy playing an instrument and making them dance. First, he can't play any instruments!!! LOL __________________ Betty "Congress needs to realize it is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Not of the people, by the people and for Congress." - Dr. Benjamin Carson, Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Johns Hopkins Hospital

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05-10-2012, 03:36 PM	#3
HAMMER Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: KATY, TX. (WEST HOUSTON) Posts: 1,093 Thanks: 5 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	very interesting I can't say I have every heard of a preformance with these.....

05-10-2012, 04:47 PM	#4
PatteM Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 918 Thanks: 56 Thanked 30 Times in 30 Posts	Omigosh, how cute and creative those are! I gather that you made the designs? These are wonderful - wish we could see them in action!

05-11-2012, 12:58 AM	#8
SandyinOz Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Dave, they are wonderful! I'd never heard of them before now, that link you provided looks very interesting, thank you.

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