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Cactus Swing

Beth Portman & Susan Crandall

1995 5 min

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Based on a song by the Great Western Orchestra, this animated short traces the adventures of Pete, the North West Mounted Police officer who is awakened in the badlands by a varmint band and witnesses a cactus line dance.

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Based on a song by the Great Western Orchestra, this animated short traces the adventures of Pete, the North West Mounted Police officer who is awakened in the badlands by a varmint band and witnesses a cactus line dance.

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Dance

Music

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Credits

• director
  Beth Portman
  
  Susan Crandall
  
• producer
  Susan Crandall
  
  Jerry Krepakevich
  
• executive producer
  Graydon McCrea
  
• animation camera
  Tom Brydon
  
  Alvin Chong
  
  Keith Milne
  
• editing
  Gerald K. Wilson
  
• re-recording
  Paul Sharpe
  
• animation
  Beth Portman
  
• music
  Guy Jude Côté
  

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Education

Ages 7 to 11

Arts Education - Dance
Geography - Physical Geography/Geology

All grades can participate in forming groups and making up a line dance of their own to present in front of the class. From grades 4 to 6, research badlands in the United States and Canada. Ask students if they notice any differences or similarities. Students can create a diorama of the badlands.

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