Canon

The sites have a variety of traditions as to which songs constitute the Canon.

Sites not listed below may or may not have well-defined Canons. If you know yours, add it! However, American Pie is played last at every CTY dance, regardless of site.

Lancaster

High Holy Canon:

• American Pie - Don McLean
• Forever Young - Alphaville
• Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
• To be continued...

Every few years, there is a vote at Lancaster to put more songs on the Canon. Although most of the things on the Lancaster canon are considered by most Lancasterians to be some of the best songs in the world, some of the newer ones have been disappointing.

Carlisle

The Canon at Carlisle consists of many (insert number here)disks, and is only played through in its entirety at the last dance. The songs are arranged in order of holiness.

The full list is too long to place here. See Carlisle Canon.

Skidmore

I used Google to locate this list: [1]

I would appreciate it if someone would contact the copyright owner for this page and ask for permission to appropriate the material. Otherwise, we could just paraphrase the information ourselves. Also, perhaps someone should verify to see if the information is current.

Siena

Note: If someone could root out the ones that aren't canon (especially the ones that aren't played second session), that'd be great.

• Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
• Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
• They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
• R.E.M. - Nightswimming
• Weezer - Buddy Holly
• Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe
• Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
• Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
• The Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right
• The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Origin of Love
• They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
• R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
• Madonna - Like A Prayer
• Divynls - I Touch Myself
• Eve 6 - Here's to the Night
• Battlefield Band - One More Chorus
• Corky and the Juice Pigs - I'm the Only Gay Eskimo
• Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
• Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
• The B-52's - Love Shack
• Jon Bon Jovi - It's My Life
• Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
• Rocky Horror Picture Show - Timewarp
• Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
• Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
• Don McLean - American Pie

This was the list after session one Siena. Some of the songs are wannabe canon.