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¯¯¯¯¯ Come Dancing in sequence ~ a review of sequence dance CDs ~ |
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Contents | Introduction
| Notes
| New Additions
| Alphabetical Listing | Rankings
| Music Titles | Statistics | Links | Feedback
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Introduction
This site was created to
review sequence dance CDs, to facilitate the Internet search for good sequence dance
CDs, to act as a database for the increasing number of CDs on offer, and to
alert artists/suppliers to ways in which their CDs might be improved. Good music lies at the heart of all dancing
and nowhere is this more so than with sequence dancing. Our pleasure in sequence dancing should not
be diminished by music that is uninspiring or out of sequence. Neither should the music have an
introduction that is uncertain and/or of other than four bars duration; or have
phantom endings where some dancers stop and others continue. The music should not be too fast or too slow
or have variable sound levels that make it difficult for the hard of hearing to
follow, etc, etc.
As one supplier succinctly
comments “…it is difficult to buy CDs if you haven’t heard them first …”. It is a general experience that most
purchasers of sequence dance CDs jealously guard them and are often unwilling
to share their experience with others.
This is understandable but also frustrating to those who are attempting
to build up a library of good sequence dance CDs. It is more than a little disappointing to order a batch of CDs,
eagerly await their arrival and then find that many of the tracks, and
sometimes whole CDs, are unusable.
Having said that, no CDs that fall into the latter category will be
listed here: we have no desire to denigrate artists or suppliers. We appreciate the skills and difficulties in
producing good quality sequence dance music.
Our sole hope is that over a period of time this website will aid
sequence dancers in the task of choosing CDs and also alert suppliers to the
market’s wishes. We trust that visitors
to this website will treat it in the nature of a book or general CD review: a
personal view interspersed with useful factual data.
There are many hundreds of sequence
dance CDs in the market so the task of assessing each CD is clearly a
monumental task but at least a start has been made here. As more CDs become available to us we are
gradually making New
Additions to our coverage of the market scene. Over 100 sequence dance CDs have so far been
loaned to us for review. To a large
extent the rate at which this coverage increases depends upon the generosity of
those who make such loans, and to the feedback we receive from you and other
visitors to this website. Although many
of the CDs reviewed may be considered ‘old’ by some they often contain very
good music and are a useful addition to a dance club’s library.
We appreciate that errors or
omissions may have occurred in setting up this website pro bono publico. Feedback from site visitors, including suppliers and
distributors of dance CDs, is therefore more than welcome. We especially appreciate the positive
feedback we have received thus far from four of our sequence dance CD artists.
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Contents | Introduction
| Notes
| New Additions
| Alphabetical Listing | Rankings
| Music Titles | Statistics | Links | Feedback
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Page last revised 31 July 2009 |
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DISCLAIMER: While every effort has
been made to ensure that all the information provided in this website is
correct, no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions that may be
present or losses that may ensue to users of the information. The
omission of any particular sequence dance CD from this site does not by itself
imply that the CD is unsatisfactory: it may simply be that it has not yet been
assessed.