I returned from my first senior dance this afternoon and I'm happy (maybe even elated) to say that everything met my expectations 100%... and my expectations were high, very high. About 100 dancers showed both their talents on the dance floor and their enjoyment of the music.

I took along extra business cards and ran out, was rehired, but what really made my day, was when one of the better dancers came up and told me not only how much he enjoyed the music, but that everything was played 'at the right tempo'... the Latins, the waltzes, etc. That was something I had really done my homework on... 'with a little help from my friends'.

Today was a rush for me, a sky high, and how wonderful it is that music still can do that 'after all these years'. I hope all of you are still experiencing that musical rush, one way or another.

Preparation, doing your homework, makes all the difference in the world, and again, much of that was from help I received here. So thanks so much... Donny, Fran, Eddie, Joe A, Tony, Flatfoot, Gary, Scott L, Jerry T, and Taike... and many others indirectly.

Think I'll take a 18 hour break from music for now. Hmmmmm, can't remember ever doing that before.

Glenn

Way to go Glenn!!!
I knew you could do it

Good job Glenn!

Happy for you Glenn!
Ciao,
Jerry

Right on Glenn!
Ron

Yeah, Glenn ... good for you ... and the clients !!!
t.
PS ... care to share your song list ???

Congrats Glenn. I know you have been working hard on your prep. Glad to hear it is paying off. During your 18 hour hiatus, you might want to take a look at your 3K.
Eddie

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Awesome! That's how we all like a job to go. Keep up the good work!

Joe

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Joe Ayala

Glenn - nothing better than a high from a musical performance. Can you give us an idea of your song list?
Thanks,
zuki

Well done!

The tempo is the crucial factor.

Whilst I had a "time out" from live playing some years back the band that I had been in had a summer season at a hotel which attracted a lot of dancers. Some nights they'd get a good response with lots of dancers, other nights dead. One evening a gentlemen came up to the drummer (whom I now work with again) and said "I like the tunes but do you realise you are playing them at the wrong speed, and also your tempos sometime drift within songs?". As the answer was "No" the gentlemen brought in a list of British Ballroom dance tempo's and my mate the drummer went off a bought a metronome which he then attached to his cymbal stand. After a few weeks hard practice at truly accurate fixed tempo playing the dance floor was consistently full and dancers from other venues were coming in as well, thanks to word of mouth that here was a band who played the right tunes at the right speed.