Hi Laurie, If your experience is that their Beaumont Rag set doesn't work for dancing, then you can let them know you don't want them to play it with you. Ideally in advance before your next gig with them so they can work up something else.
On the other hand, this may be fixable. I've played Beaumont Rag many times for dances, and it's gone well. Do you know why the dances are falling apart? Are they playing too fast? Is the phrasing not matching the dance? Is the beat unclear? Jeff On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 3:50 PM Laur via Contra Callers < contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > 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> > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >
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