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Steve Wyrick

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

June 3, 2008, 11:28 p.m. (Message 52665, in reply to message 52663)

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