[Callers] Public Dance, Ideas Wanted

[John Sweeney]

Colin suggested:
https://barndances.org.uk/detail.php?Title=Clopton_Bridge

Make sure that you check the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB4a1z-DHwM to understand the music speed and the stepping (watch the dancers who are doing what the caller is saying).

The music in that video is at 74 bpm, anywhere from 70 to 90 bpm is good for Hornpipe Step dances.  American bands are not used to playing that slowly or putting the oomph into the beat so that the stepping works.  Make sure the band knows how they need to play!

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Who told him that Virginia Reel was an English Country Dance?  Wikipedia! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_reel_(dance) 😊

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                   John			
			
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