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Concert Band - Grade 1.5 SKU: AP.33835 Skip to My Lou. Arranged by Joseph Kreines. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Debut Series. Form: Variations. Folk. Score and Part(s). 124 pages. Alfred Music #00-33835. Published by Alfred Music (AP.33835). UPC: 038081395036. English.Skip to My Lou, the second in a series of wind band settings of familiar melodies, was written for and is dedicated to the Maitland (FL) Middle School Wind Ensemble, Eric Mendez, director. It opens with a short introduction utilizing the opening notes of the melody, proceeding to its first full statement in the upper woodwinds. The second presentation features the trumpets and xylophone followed by a statement in the bass instruments while the melody Long, Long Ago appears in the upper voices. A contrasting legato section follows, succeeded by a more rhythmic statement in woodwinds and trumpets. The melody then appears in the alto saxophones with a contrasting idea in upper woodwinds. A marcato statement of the melody appears as a three-bar phrase with a staccato accompaniment. The final section utilizes the style of the opening measures and is expanded to bring the work to a final climactic conclusion.