Chris --
The best tunes for a band to play are tunes they _can_ play. Wizard's Walk is
a pretty great tune, but a band that doesn't play for contras is going to
massacre it anyway.
What kind of music do they usually play? Do they play from sheet music?
If they play old-timey, people here will have suggestions. (Angelina Baker,
Old Joe Clark, Liberty).
If they play Irish, people here will have suggestions (Swallowtail, maybe).
If they're classical musicians who can play anything put in front of them,
it may still not feel very contra-like. But I'd put some kind of strongly
phrased jig ("Blackberry Quadrille", maybe) in front of them, since I think
that's the likeliest to be legible to previously non-dancing wedding guests.
-- Alan
> Greetings,
> I'm planning for a one night stand, or, more precisely, a one dance
> stand, at my brother's wedding. I'm seeing all sorts of advice here
> for the kind of dances to use in such a circumstance, so thank you
> all.
> But... he's asking what tunes the band should play, and I have no clue
> as to the names of the best traditional tunes for contra. I only need
> a couple.
> Thank you in advance.
> -Chris
> Christopher Buck
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