[Callers] Re: Need help fitting to a tune

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<http://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<https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS>