[Callers] Re: Need help fitting to a tune

Good one. I also thought of playing it as a end of break come back to dance tune.  Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 5:14 PM, Tony Parkes &lt;tony(a)hands4.com&gt; wrote: <!--#yiv0130606959 _filtered {} _filtered {}#yiv0130606959 #yiv0130606959 p.yiv0130606959MsoNormal, #yiv0130606959 li.yiv0130606959MsoNormal, #yiv0130606959 div.yiv0130606959MsoNormal {margin:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv0130606959 a:link, #yiv0130606959 span.yiv0130606959MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv0130606959 p.yiv0130606959MsoAutoSig, #yiv0130606959 li.yiv0130606959MsoAutoSig, #yiv0130606959 div.yiv0130606959MsoAutoSig {margin:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv0130606959 span.yiv0130606959EmailStyle18 {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv0130606959 span.yiv0130606959E-mailSignatureChar {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv0130606959 .yiv0130606959MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} _filtered {}#yiv0130606959 div.yiv0130606959WordSection1 {}--> My take: Ask them to play it during the sound check.   At the Concord (MA) Scout House the band used to play a “sound check polka” just before the first contra. Don’t know how widespread a custom that is. Most dancers did a Norwegian polka, though a few did a “standard” polka.   Tony Parkes Billerica, Mass. www.hands4.com New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century (available now)     From: Laur via Contra Callers &lt;contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 3:50 PM To: Contra Callers &lt;contracallers(a)sharedweight.net&gt; Subject: [Callers] Need help fitting to a tune   A local band here plays Beaumont Rag As a part of their routine dance set. It’s a popular band.  I’ve never experienced  a contra dance The  band has  chosen to play for a dance work. It doesn’t work for the dancers and it’s agonizing for the caller.    Can anyone suggest a dance that could fit? At this point I’m planning to request they don’t include the tune.    I know there’s an English dance written to match but not interested in that for this set.    Laurie  Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone