Re: [Musicians] Social Dance Tunes

Hi Sue,  Lloyd shaw had a very simple two step circle mixer to "Five Foot Two" and for a Schottische the dance to Balin I Karlstad  (Spelling incorrect?) is an easy circle mixer.  I'm sure someone on this list serve could confirm if these are serviceable dances..-Joe MichealsSeattle --- On Wed, 4/3/13, Sue Robishaw <sue(a)manytracks.com> wrote: From: Sue Robishaw <sue(a)manytracks.com> Subject: [Musicians] Social Dance Tunes To: "Musicians Listserve" <musicians(a)sharedweight.net> Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 11:42 AM    Hi Musicians,        A question for those who also play for social dances    (waltz/schottische/polka/two-step). I've started a new trad dance    series in our area with a monthly adult oriented Community dance and a    kid oriented Family dance and my new band has been great gearing up for    that. But there is interest in having a "social" dance (rare in our    area). The band plays mainly old-time jam tunes and with two members    new to it all I don't want to add a lot of new ones right now. We're OK    with waltzes, have a few schottisches, and polkas are easy to come by    out of our current set list (Girl I Left Behind Me, Golden Slipper,    Jamey Allen, Jenny Lind). But I'm not sure about two-steps as I've not    danced two-steps much. Any ideas? Are there contra/old-time dance tunes    that can be adapted? What typical strongly two-step tunes would you    recommend listening to to get a good idea feel of the genre? And if we    do add a "real" two-step tune do you have one or two you'd recommend?    Easy would be appreciated at this point.        Thanks!            Sue Robishaw, Still Snowy U.P. of Michigan     ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _______________________________________________ Musicians mailing list Musicians(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/musicians