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  Steve Wyrick June 3, 2008, 11:28 p.m. (Message 52665)

  Re: dances for 3 cpl sets? Was Re: favourite books

  This also reminds me that I meant to say that in our experience with
  demonstrations, the music you use is often at least as important to
  non-dancing spectators as the dances you do, particularly at Scottish
  games, e.g.,  where you don't have a captive audience and are
  competing with pipes, heavy athletics, reenactors and whatever for
  their attention.  A good rousing recording (assuming you don't use
  musicians) will help pull people in and keep them interested. -Steve
  
  On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Ian McDonald <x_xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xx.xx> wrote:
  > Sorry to be late in responding, but you could try a nice 3 couple jig -
  > Muirland Willie - which is in the back of a little book - The Foursome
  > Reel and other dances - by John A.Brune, published in 1955.  I have
  > always thought that it was spoilt by the Society making it fit a four
  > couple set when they published it some years later.  As it was it has
  > lots of movement, and works very well.
  >
  > Ian McDonald
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  Steve Wyrick -- Concord, California
        

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