Re: [Callers] Need musical advice

Hokey Poky Chicken Dance Circassian Circle to anything 32 bars long -- Michael Barraclough michael(a)michaelbarraclough.com www.michaelbarraclough.com -----Original Message----- From: Kalia Kliban via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> Reply-to: Kalia Kliban <kalia.kliban(a)gmail.com> To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>et>, trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com, English Country Dance and related forms <ECD(a)bacds.org> Subject: [Callers] Need musical advice Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 17:19:52 -0700 Hi all I'm posting this to several different callers' lists (ECD, trad-dance-callers and shared weight) in hopes of some speedy advice. I'm heading off shortly (Weds. evening, 6/8) for an event that is not a dance event, but at which I've been asked to lead a short community dance session on "honky tonk night." The band for this is _not_ a traditional dance band. They're more of a garage band with bar-band aspirations. I wrote to them several weeks ago to check in about music, and when I didn't hear back, wrote again about a week ago. Then again, and finally heard back right as I was getting ready to leave for the airport for a weekend gig, from which I've just returned. Their contact person tells me that sheet music would be useful, which puts me in the position of trying to figure out a very small assortment of tunes to send them. We're doing about 1/2 hour of dancing, so at the most it'll be 3 dances. With 2 jigs and 2 reels I can make this work. The question is "which ones?" And that's where you all come in. I'm looking for recommendations for a small assortment of simple, enjoyable tunes for community dancing. As a non-musican, I have no idea which tunes are easy to pick up quickly and which aren't, so I'm hoping some of you can help me out. Kalia Kliban _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net