Hi Everyone, I generally ask for smooth tunes with long (8 beat) phrasing at a moderate tempo if the band doesn't know the tune. I sometimes bring a few copies of the sheet music just in case the musicians are brave and/or talented enough to give it a try on the fly. If I'm really thoughtful, I'll send it to the band a few weeks before asking if they'd be willing to learn it for the dance. If anyone is interested, Cedar Stanistreet sent me a MP3 of him playing the tune a couple of times through. I wrote the dance while listening to it. If you would like me to send it to you so you can know the flavor of it, shoot me a line and I'll send it to you. All the best, Chris -----Original Message----- From: Callers <callers-bounces(a)lists.sharedweight.net> On Behalf Of Kalia Kliban via Callers Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2018 3:51 PM To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] Baridhara On 4/1/2018 10:32 AM, Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers wrote: I looked up the dance online, and on Chris's website (http://caller.chrisweiler.ws/dances.htm#baridhara) he links to the tune by Ian Morrison that the dance was written to go with. So that one seems like a good starting place :>) I like those flowy contras a lot and this one looks nice. Those who've called or danced it, how does this one feel on the floor? Seems like you'd want to keep the tempo moderate. Kalia _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/