[Dixielandjazz] swing dancers/tempos

[PHIL WILKING]

 If anyone wants a tempo chart for ballroom dances, I can supply one copied
 from the sponsoring organization of ballroom dance competitions.

 As for your uncle's rule, how do you make that point (so that it sticks)
 with players who know only faster and louder?

 Phil Wilking

 Those who would exchange freedom for
 security deserve neither freedom nor security.

 ----- Original Message ----- 
 From: <Trumpetom at aol.com>
>
> An important point from my uncle who was a bandleader for 60 years: "if 
> the
> dance floor is not full of dancers, YOU'RE WRONG! (even if the same tempos
> worked for dancers the night before)."
>