Come Dancing in sequence: a review of sequence dance cds

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Come Dancing in sequence

~ a review of sequence dance CDs ~

Carol Bradbury

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Carol Bradbury: You’re My Favourite: Keyboards: Added 18/09/14

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	There’s no business like showbusiness	2:10	48	48	6	XX
2	Quickstep	Music box dancer	2:10	48	48	6	P
3	Saunter	Stardust / Dance in the old fashioned way	3:38	28	28	6	X\
4	Saunter	So eine libe gibt es einmial nur	3:38	28	28	6	P
5	M. Waltz	Highland cathedral	3:20	31	31	6	PP
6	M. Waltz	As I kneel before you	3:20	31	31	6	P
7	Rumba	Love changes everything / The music of the night	3:48	27	27	6	PP
8	Rumba	My heart will go on / No matter what	3:48	27	27	6	X
9	Jive	Return to sender	2:52	36	36	6	P
10	Jive	Three steps to heaven	2:52	36	36	6	P
11	Foxtrot/Blues	I won’t send roses	3:34	29	29	6	PP
12	Foxtrot/Blues	Only love	3:34	29	29	6	P
13	Swing	I wanna be like you	2:10	48	48	6	P
14	Swing	Charleston	2:10	48	48	6	P
15	Tango	Telstar	3:14	32	32	6	P
16	Tango	A woman in love	3:14	32	32	6	XX
17	Cha Cha	Mamma mia / Super trooper	3:20	31	31	6	X
18	Cha Cha	Amapola	3:20	31	31	6	P
19	Mambo	Hoots man	2:36	40	40	6	X
20	Mambo	Walk of life	2:36	40	40	6	P
21	M. Waltz	When I grow too old to dream	3:28	31	31	6	P
22	M. Waltz	Can’t help falling in love	2:57	31	31	5	P
Total Playing Time: 68 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (out of sequence/phase) X (breaks)

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Carol Bradbury: Around The World With Carol Bradbury: Keyboards (CB2011) March 2011 release: Added 09/05/11

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	M. Waltz	Around the world / Under the bridges of Paris	3:20	31	31	6	P
2	M. Waltz	Mull of Kintyre / Flower of Scotland / Amazing grace	3:20	31	31	6	X
3	Quickstep	Swanee / California	2:10	48	48	6	X
4	Quickstep	Chinatown / Pasadena / Give my regards to Broadway	2:10	48	48	6	P
5	Foxtrot	Streets of London / Londonderry air	3:32	29	29	6	P
6	Foxtrot	On a slow boat to China / White cliffs of Dover	3:32	29	29	6	X
7	Tango	From Russia with love / Arrivederci Roma	3:42	32	32	7	X
8	Tango	Don’t cry for me Argentina / Lady of Spain	3:12	32	32	6	X
9	Jive	Amarillo	2:58	35	35	6	X
10	Jive	Banks of the Ohio / Winchester cathedral	2:58	35	35	6	P
11	Rumba	Aloha Oe / Hawaiian wedding song / Spanish eyes	3:48	27	27	6	P
12	Rumba	Come back to Sorrento / Isle of Capri	2:48*	27	27	6	P
13	Cha Cha	Massachusetts / In a little Spanish town	3:18	31	31	6	X
14	Cha Cha	South of the border	3:18	31	31	6	P
15	Saunter	Roses of Picardy / Goodnight Vienna	3:42	28	28	6	P
16	Saunter	White rose of Athens / Black hills of Dakota	3:42	28	28	6	P
17	Swing	Avalon / Sweet Georgia Brown	2:10	48	48	6	X
18	Swing	Monte Carlo/Yellow rose of Texas/Deep in the heart of Texas	2:10	48	48	6	P
19	Blues	Lambeth walk / Ashby-De-La-Zouch	3:32	29	29	6	P
20	Blues	Chanson d’amour / New York New York	3:32	29	29	6	P
21	Mambo	Day trip to Bangor / Old bazaar in Cairo	2:12	40	40	5	P
22	V. Waltz	Tulips from Amsterdam	2:34	60	60	9	P
Total Playing Time: 70 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* Actual time 3:48

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Carol Bradbury: Oh! Carol: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 103): Added 21/12/14

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Oh! Johnny Oh! Johnny Oh! / Bill Bailey	2:48	48	48	8	X
2	Quickstep	Marjie / Marie	2:27	48	48	7	P
3	Foxtrot	Georgia on my mind / Pennies from heaven	3:30	29	29	6	P
4	Foxtrot	Carolina in the morning / Peg o’ my heart	3:30	29	29	6	X
5	M. Waltz	Sally / Carolina moon	3:21	30	30	6	P
6	M. Waltz	Ramona / Mary Rose	3:21	30	30	6	P
7	Tango	Tina / Marta	3:10	32	32	6	P
8	Tango	Rose Marie / Oh Donna Clara	3:10	32	32	6	P
9	Blues	Louise / Mame	3:30	29	29	6	P
10	Blues	Nellie Deen / Lily of Laguna / K K K Katie	3:30	29	29	6	P
11	Cha Cha	Oh! Carol / Bobby’s girl	3:16	31	32	6	PP
12	Cha Cha	Patricia / Rose garden	3:16	31	32	6	PP
13	Rumba	Sloop John B / Taras theme	3:44	27	27	6	X
14	Rumba	Maria Elena / April in Portugal	3:44	27	27	6	PP
15	Swing	Hello Dolly / If you knew Susie	2:08	48	48	6	P
16	Swing	June is busting out all over / Mack the knife	2:08	48	48	6	P
17	Saunter	I’ll take you home again Kathleen	3:36	28	28	6	X
18	Saunter	Maggie / Danny boy	3:03	28	28	5	X
19	Jive	Blackpool belle	2:48	36	34	6	X
20	Jive	Michael row the boat ashore / Dinah	2:48	36	34	6	X
21	Mambo	Tico tico	2:33	42	42	6	P
22	Mambo	Zambesi / Whistling Rufus	2:33	42	42	6	P
Total Playing Time: 68 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Carol Bradbury: Carol’s Christmas Collection: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 091) Added 15/05/09

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Frosty the snowman / Jingle bells	2:08	48	48	6	P
2	Quickstep	When Santa got stuck up the chimney	2:08	48	48	6	P
3	Foxtrot	C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S	3:30	29	29	6	X
4	Foxtrot	Blue Christmas / White Christmas	3:30	29	29	6	P
5	Cha Cha	Ding dong merrily on high/Snowy white snow/Deck the halls	3:17	31	31	6	X
6	Cha Cha	Let it snow / Twelve days of Christmas	2:45	31	31	5	X
7	Rumba	Walking in the air / Mistletoe and wine	3:49	27	27	6	P
8	Rumba	When a child is born / Mary’s boy child	3:49	27	27	6	X
9	Jive	I wish it could be Christmas every day	2:53	36	36	6	X
10	Jive	Jingle bell rock / Rocking around the Christmas tree	2:51	36	36	6	P
11	Blues	All I want for Christmas are my two front teeth/I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus	3:29	29	30	6	P
12	Blues	When the red red robin / Rudolph the red nosed reindeer	3:26	29	30	6	P
13	Tango	Here comes Santa Claus / I believe in Father Christmas	3:10	32	32	6	X
14	Tango	Winter wonderland	2:40	32	32	5	X
15	M. Waltz	The very first Christmas of all / The first Noel	3:27	30	30	6	P
16	M. Waltz	Silver bells/Away in a manger/We wish you a merry Christmas	3:27	30	30	6	P
17	Swing	Happy Christmas (war is over)	2:28	48	48	7	P
18	Swing	Snowbird	2:10	48	48	6	PP
19	Saunter	While shepherds watch/Once in royal David’s city/O little town of Bethlehem	3:33	29	29	6	X
20	Saunter	The little boy that Santa Claus forgot	3:33	29	29	6	X
21	OT Waltz	Oh Christmas tree / Scarlet ribbons	2:53*	42	42	6	X
22	OT Waltz	Dance of the cuckoos/How much is that doggy/Horsey horsey	2:29*	42	42	7	X
23	Mambo	Good King Wenceslas/Turkey in the straw/Old MacDonald had a farm	2:33	40	40	6	P
24	Mambo	Silent night / Santa Claus is coming to town	2:33	40	40	6	P
25	Auld Lang Syne		-	-	-	-	-
Total Playing Time: 75 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* Actual times interchanged

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Carol Bradbury: Songs Of Love: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 075) Added 18/07/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Cha Cha	Somewhere my love	3:14	31	31	6	X
2	Cha Cha	A man without love	3:39	31	32	7	X
3	Rumba	Love me with all your heart	3:39	28	28	6	XX
4	Rumba	What I did for love	4:14	28	28	7	XX
5	Blues	Love and marriage	3:54	30	30	7	P
6	Blues	Love letters in the sand	3:23	30	30	6	X
7	Quickstep	Almost like being in love	2:07	48	48	6	X
8	Quickstep	People will say we’re in love	2:28	48	48	7	X
9	Saunter	When I fall in love	4:12	28	28	7	X
10	Saunter	Secret love	3:39	28	28	6	P
11	Tango	Love is a many splendoured thing	3:09	32	32	6	X
12	Tango	Love is blue	3:09	32	32	6	X
13	M. Waltz	Let me go lover	3:55	30	30	7	P
14	M. Waltz	True love	3:25	30	30	6	XXX
15	Foxtrot	Portrait of my love	4:15	28	28	7	X
16	Foxtrot	And I love you so	3:40	28	28	6	P
17	Mambo	All my loving	2:40	38	38	6	X
18	Mambo	I can’t give you anything but love	2:40	38	38	6	X
19	Jive	Teenager in love	3:16	36	36	7	X
20	Jive	Chapel of love	3:00	36	36	6	XX
Total Playing Time: 69 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (out of sequence/phase) X (non-standard introduction) X (breaks)

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Carol Bradbury: The Feminine Touch: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 060) Added 15/06/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	Bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Rumba	Sometimes when we touch / Blowin’ in the wind	3:04	26	28	5	PX
2	Rumba	Faraway places	3:37	26	28	6	X
3	Cha Cha	Swedish rhapsody / Something stupid	2:51	30	30	5	P
4	Cha Cha	I love you and don’t you forget it	3:23	30	30	6	X
5	Foxtrot	Make believe / I do I do I do	3:38	28	28	6	P
6	Foxtrot	Remember / Near you	3:39	28	28	6	X
7	Swing	I recall a gypsy woman	2:08	48	48	6	X
8	Swing	Strike up the band / Walk right back	2:32	48	48	7	X
9	M. Waltz	Tammy / No one but you	2:22	29	29	4	P
10	M. Waltz	I won’t forget you / You’re the only good thing	2:59	29	29	5	X
11	Rumba	Last of the summer wine	3:09	27	27	5	P
12	Rumba	I believe	3:50	27	27	6	PX
13	Jive	Swinging safari	1:56	36	36	4	P
14	Jive	Sweet sweet smile	2:24	36	36	5	XX
15	Quickstep	Music box dancer	2:54	48	49	8	XX
16	Quickstep	Don’t dilly dally	2:45	48	49	8	X
17	Tango	Oh my papa / Morningtown ride	3:10	32	32	6	X
18	Tango	Las Vegas / Harbour lights	2:40	32	32	5	X
19	Saunter	Have I told you lately that I love you	3:07	28	28	5	X
20	Saunter	It’s magic / White sport coat	3:38	28	28	6	X
Total Playing Time: 61 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (out of sequence/phase) X (non-standard introduction) X (breaks)

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Page last revised 21 December 2014

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Carol Bradbury

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