[Callers] Musical advice

[Kalia Kliban via Callers]

Hi all

I just got home late last night from the event (the Greenwood Fest), and 
can now report back.  I hugely appreciate all the tune suggestions. 
They were really helpful for both me and the band.  I sent them a list 
of tune names, along with video links, and they settled on Turkey in the 
Straw and St. Anne's Reel, which worked just fine for Margate Hoy and Le 
Brandy, respectively.  The 3rd dance was a big wind-up/spiral dance, to 
the Crawdad Song.  Traditional dance accompaniment is definitely not 
what this band usually does but they dove into it with great energy and 
attitude and we had a good time together.  The one thing that I didn't 
anticipate, though if I had given it some thought I should have, is that 
this crowd was about 90% male.  There were just a few who were willing 
to partner with other men, and I chose dances where partner interaction 
could be no more intimate than an elbow swing.  The folks who joined in 
had a good time and were asking for more (maybe we can do more at the 
next event).  The bulk of the crowd only joined in for the windup.  All 
in all, it went about as I'd expected for the dance part of it, and 
better than I feared for the musical part.

Thanks, all of you, for your help!
Kalia