Barbra Streisand’s Trip To Saginaw reel

Composed by Liz Carroll. Named this way because she stayed in Saginaw, Michigan, in the same inn as Barbra Streissand did in the past.
First tune in “On The Offbeat” (https://thesession.org/recordings/4551). A powerful, “groovy” reel.
Posted with Mrs. Carroll’s permission.

luv this tune..havent heard her play it.. great for flute.

With about 50k inhabitants, Saginaw is one of the smallest cities in the US but has received comparatively much musical attention from musicians and lyricists….

It was also the home and play field of the great American poet Theodore Roethke. He once wrote, “imitation, conscious imitation, is one of the great methods, perhaps the method of learning to write. …The final triumph is what the language does, not what the poet can do, or display.”
This phrase pretty much sums up the great Irish traditional music composers’ approach. Liz Carroll’s specific contribution has shown how much more yet the vernacular can offer.