March 5, 2006, 4:37 p.m. (Message 44485)
Hi all After reading Doug Schneider's post, I was wondering why we have the musicians play the first eight bars to begin with. I often thought of these eight bars as a call to the dance floor, kind of like church bells call you to service. Also I thought of the music as a little taste for what's to come. If I hear a tune I like, I can look forward to hearing the whole piece until I am actually dancing the dance. Kind of like a stolen finger of icing before having a piece of the cake! :) Neither one of these two ways of looking at it make sense though in Doug Schneiders prefered location. So I wonder: What is the original purpose of asking the musicians to play eight bars of the upcoming dance music? >Doug Schneider wrote: My preference, when emceeing, is: 1. Dancers form sets 2. Emcee briefs dance 3. Band plays 8 bars 4. Emcee recaps dance 5. Everyone dances I have the band play 8 bars after the sets are formed because I want the dancers to get in the right mood for the dance, and because I want the dancers to focus on the music and appreciate the band. DOUG SCHNEIDER Highland Mist Scottish Country Dancers St. Louis, Missouri/Illinois<
March 5, 2006, 5:13 p.m. (Message 44486, in reply to message 44485)
Sorry. This message was from me. I forgot to sign it. Carla Wiedemann Windsor, ON Canada