Kalia, Go to the Maine Fiddle Camp web site www.mainefiddlecamp.org click on tunes.. There's an archive of dance tunes from the last 7 or 8 year's camps.. Take a look then take a listen to the MP3.. maybe select some "beginner" or intermediate tunes. there's sheet music here too with chords..
just a few possibilities:
out on the ocean, jig 2008
old favorite, jig 2013
spotted pony, reel 2011
soldiers joy, reel 2011
joys of quebec, reel 2010
lot of this will depend on the band.. there's a million to choose from good luck
bill
> To: callers@sharedweight.net; trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com; ECD@bacds.org
> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 17:19:52 -0700
> Subject: [Callers] Need musical advice
> From: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
>
> 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@lists.sharedweight.net
> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 17:19:52 -0700
> Subject: [Callers] Need musical advice
> From: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
>
> 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@lists.sharedweight.net
> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
