[Callers] Re: Dance Tempos

For me: 116-120: normal, hard to go wrong 110-122: usually fine, depending a bit on the dance and crowd 104-126: possible with the right dance and crowd, but on the edge of undanceable <104, >126: almost never a good idea Younger or more athletic crowds generally do better with another couple bpm, and vice versa. This also varies some by community: some areas historically have had faster or slower music and those communities have many people who've adapted their dancing to the typical music. As a musician, if I'm playing too fast or slow for the dancers I'm happy to be given real-time correction! A caller watching the whole hall has a better sense of how well the tempo is going over than a group of musicians who are able to give the hall less of their attention. Jeff On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 12:35 PM Roberta Kogut via Contra Callers < contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: