<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7239">Two days away?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7192">Give them the tempo, and call unphrased dances, or at least don't worry if the phrases of the dance</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7192">don't match the phrases of the tune. Let them choose something they know & </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7192" dir="ltr">can have fun with at the right speed. Maybe you can choose something from their tune list -</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7192" dir="ltr">Jambalaya is great, and only 2 chords. Johnny B. Goode can work. They might know <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7478">Turkey In The Straw or Cotton-Eyed Joe,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7192" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7556">but there's no guarantee anything will be 32-bars.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7106" dir="ltr">I'd request NO vocals, though, or it's too hard for the dancers to focus on the calls.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7106" dir="ltr">Let them know approximately how long a dance will go, and make sure you agree on an Ending signal.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7027">Really. Focus on the fun!<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7853">good luck -</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7855">- masha</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7854"><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_6130" style="display: block;"> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_6129"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_6128"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_6127"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_6126"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7028"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_7226"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_8038"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_8037">From:</span></b> Kalia Kliban via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Caller's discussion list <callers@sharedweight.net>; trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com; English Country Dance and related forms <ECD@bacds.org> <br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_8040"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_8039">Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 6, 2016 5:19 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_8042"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_8041">Subject:</span></b> [Callers] Need musical advice<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465265351761_6143"><br>Hi all<br><br>I'm posting this to several different callers' lists (ECD, <br>trad-dance-callers and shared weight) in hopes of some speedy advice. <br>I'm heading off shortly (Weds. evening, 6/8) for an event that is not a <br>dance event, but at which I've been asked to lead a short community <br>dance session on "honky tonk night." The band for this is _not_ a <br>traditional dance band. They're more of a garage band with bar-band <br>aspirations. I wrote to them several weeks ago to check in about music, <br>and when I didn't hear back, wrote again about a week ago. Then again, <br>and finally heard back right as I was getting ready to leave for the <br>airport for a weekend gig, from which I've just returned.<br><br>Their contact person tells me that sheet music would be useful, which <br>puts me in the position of trying to figure out a very small assortment <br>of tunes to send them. We're doing about 1/2 hour of dancing, so at the <br>most it'll be 3 dances. With 2 jigs and 2 reels I can make this work. <br>The question is "which ones?" And that's where you all come in. I'm <br>looking for recommendations for a small assortment of simple, enjoyable <br>tunes for community dancing. As a non-musican, I have no idea which <br>tunes are easy to pick up quickly and which aren't, so I'm hoping some <br>of you can help me out.<br><br>Kalia Kliban<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Callers mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net" target="_blank">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div></div></body></html>