Hmmm.. Just danced it last night. I think 120 is a good tempo for this dance. It can be fun a little faster, if you have energetic dancers who know the dance well and keep their set close together. Richard On Mar 8, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Rickey wrote:

Hi Rickey, I usually set the tempo between 116 and 122 bpm. Here is a version at 122 bpm for a group of young people (mostly). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnyW69cgjpE The set being filmed had 6 couples as we had 16 couples at the dance, and the dance works fine with head couples at either end, however when done this way each man only gets to dance with 3 women. My wife was dancing in the top head position and pointed out that she alternated between the two head positions. So now when I do Levi Jackson with a mixture of 5 and 6 couple sets, I change the dance by promenading two spots (leaving out the balance), this gives the women a chance to dance both in the head and side positions. Cheers, Bill PS - Here is a useful link for checking tempos http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm