Come Dancing in sequence: a review of sequence dance cds

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Come Dancing in sequence

~ a review of sequence dance CDs ~

Graham Darby

Graham Darby: Travellin’ Light: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 143) Added 01/01/07

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	California here I come / Home in Pasadena	2:10	48	48	6	P
2	Quickstep	Margie / Ma he’s making eyes at me	2:10	48	48	6	P
3	Saunter	Roamin’ in the gloaming’ / For me and my gal	3:33	29	29	6	P
4	Saunter	Around the world / On a slow boat to China / Travellin’ light	3:33	29	29	6	P
5	Tango	Mexican hat dance / New fangled tango	3:12	32	32	6	X
6	Tango	Two little boys	2:43	32	32	5	X
7	Rumba	You raise me up	3:57	26	26	6	P
8	Rumba	Dreaming ballerina	3:19	26	26	5	PP
9	Swing	Match of the day / We shall not be moved / Stars and stripes	2:12	48	48	6	PP
10	Swing	Grandfather’s clock / My old man’s a dustman	2:12	48	48	6	P
11	Blues	Blueberry hill / Shine on harvest moon	3:34	29	29	6	X
12	Blues	Show me the way to go home / Goodbyee	2:59	29	29	5	P
13	Cha Cha	Yellow polka dot bikini / Under the boardwalk	3:18	31	31	6	P
14	Cha Cha	Ob la di ob la da	3:18	31	31	6	P
15	Foxtrot	I’ll see you in my dreams / Charmaine	3:33	29	29	6	PP
16	Foxtrot	Strangers in the night / In San Fransisco	3:33	29	29	6	P
17	Jive	Lucky lips / Hi ho silver lining	3:01	36	34	6	P
18	Jive	Red river rock / Cruising down the river	3:03	36	34	6	P
19	M. Waltz	With someone like you	2:49	30	30	4+	X
20	M. Waltz	Now is the hour	2:49	30	30	4+	X

Total Playing Time: 62 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (uninspiring)

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Graham Darby: Friends For Life: Keyboard: Maestro Records (CDTS 129) Added 12/10/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	The anvil polka	2:11	48	48	6	P
2	Swing	Heartaches	2:11	48	48	6	P
3	Foxtrot	Who’s sorry now / Hurt	3:30	29	29	6	PP
4	Foxtrot	Heart of my heart / Moonlight bay	3:32	29	29	6	PP
5	Tango	Loveletters in the sand / Spanish eyes	3:13	32	32	6	X
6	Tango	Figaro / Angelo / The young ones	3:12	32	32	6	P
7	M. Waltz	If I had my life to live over / When I grow too old to dream	3:21	30	31	6	P
8	M. Waltz	The end of the world / Love me tender	3:21	30	31	6	P
9	Blues	The birth of the blues / Whispering	3:28	29	30	6	P
10	Blues	Singing the blues / I can’t give you anything but love	3:28	29	30	6	P
11	Quickstep	Bye bye blackbird / I’m looking over a four leaf clover	2:31	48	48	7	P
12	Quickstep	I want to be happy / Music music music	2:10	48	48	6	P
13	Saunter	Too young / You’ll never know	3:32	29	29	6	PP
14	Saunter	Rose Marie / It’s a sin to tell a lie / For all we know	3:32	29	29	6	P
15	Quickstep	The Blackpool belle	2:32	48	48	7	X
16	Rumba	It’s now or never / Amigos para siempre (Friends for life)	3:51	26	26	6	XX
17	Rumba	Hey	3:16	26	26	5	XX
18	Cha Cha	Yellow River / Something stupid	3:16	31	31	6	X
19	Cha Cha	Sway / Kiss me honey honey	3:16	31	31	6	X
20	Salsa	Green green	2:24	37	36	5	X
21	Salsa	La cucuraca	2:25	37	36	5	X

Total Playing Time: 65 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (non-standard introduction)

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Page last revised 31 July 2009

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Graham Darby

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Total Playing Time: 62 minutes

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Page last revised 31 July 2009