18 Oct
2015
18 Oct
'15
7:24 a.m.
With the right cooperation from the band it could work out just fine. I've called
contras to all sorts of music, including Romanian folksongs. But, you do need to talk
with them about the fact that every tune needs to be 32 bars and of uniform tempo. (And
the tempo should be an appropriate one.) The AABB structure that we are used to is nice,
but you can probably cope with ABCD if that is what they will play. It will help if you
can get a recording of them playing, so you can get used to timing your calls.
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On Oct 17, 2015, at 8:02 PM, Leslie Gotfrit via
Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I’ve been asked to call a one hour set in a rural heritage hall for a party for about 130
folks. There will be two sets at the end of the evening with a Blues Band. Yep, its a bit
odd, but the organizer wants to bring all his various friends together and thought,
rightly, that having someone organize some dancing would help that along. Has anyone ever
called a community dance (circle mixers, scatter sets, longways, maybe a square) to a
blues band? The band seems willing to work with me. Any suggestions about what to say to
them so that I could call La Bastringue or Galopede, for example, and it would work?
Any suggestions for youtube links for a caller calling to something other than the usual
trad tune? I could bring in a fiddler and ask the band to back the fiddler up. Any advice
on doing it that way?
Is this so ridiculous that you’re all doubled over laughing? People will be there not
because they are blues lovers so much as their buddy is throwing a party.
In any case, I’d be grateful for advice
Leslie Gotfrit
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