Come Dancing in sequence: a review of sequence dance cds

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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: On Top Of The World: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 135): Added 17/02/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	On top of the world / Jambalaya	2:12	48	48	6	P
2	Quickstep	A spoonful of sugar / Those magnificent men	2:12	48	48	6	P
3	Foxtrot	Blue moon / When I fall in love	3:33	29	29	6	X
4	Foxtrot	For the good times / I won’t send roses	3:33	29	29	6	X
5	M. Waltz	La Montarana / Edelweiss	3:25	30	30	6	X
6	M. Waltz	Answer me	2:53	30	30	5	X
7	Tango	Sound of music / It takes two to tango	3:15	32	32	6	P
8	Tango	My heart belongs to daddy / I could have danced all night	3:14	32	32	6	X
9	Cha Cha	Cherry pink / never on a Sunday	3:21	31	31	6	XX
10	Cha Cha	Rivers of Babylon	2:50	31	31	5	XX
11	Rumba	Besame mucho	3:15	26	26	5	PP
12	Rumba	I’ll never find another you / Green, green grass / Sailing	3:53	26	26	6	PX
13	Jive	Tom Hark / Mocking bird hill	3:00	34	34	6	X
14	Jive	Walk right back	2:31	34	34	5	X
15	Swing	Clarinet polka	2:14	48	47	6	X
16	Swing	With the parting of the waves / Dancing cheek to cheek	2:14	48	47	6	X
17	Saunter	Sweet dreams / I fall to pieces	3:33	29	29	6	P
18	Saunter	Somewhere in time	2:57	29	29	5	X
19	Bossa Nova	April in Portugal / Blame it on the bossa nova	3:10	38	38	7	P
20	Bossa Nova	Kaiser Bill’s batman	2:44	38	38	6	P
21	Mayfair QS Latin	Amor	2:51	56	? *	? *	XXX*
22	NV Waltz	Wild rover / Waltzing Matilda	2:40	52	52	8	P
23	NV Waltz	Messing about on the river / You me and us	2:40	52	52	8	P
Total Playing Time: 68 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (non-standard introduction)

* The faulty recording of this track prevented the assessment of tempo and sequences. The low assessment given to this and other tracks appeared likely to be due to recording rather than playing faults.

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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 17 February 2013

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