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John Warren Orchestra: Strict Tempo Ballroom: Castle Pulse (PBXCD 364/1-3) Added 03/01/08

Track

Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD

Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq

Grades

Part 1: 364/1

1*

M. Waltz

Always

2:30

30

30

4

PP

2*

M. Waltz

All alone

2:26

30

30

4

PP

3*

M. Waltz

Paradise

2:50

30

30

5

PP

4*

M. Waltz

So blue

2:57

30

30

5

PP

5*

M. Waltz

The end of the world

3:00

30

30

  5+

X

6*

M. Waltz

Welcome to my world

2:55

31

31

5

XX

7*

Quickstep

The lady is a tramp

2:18

49

48

6

PP

8*

Quickstep

Chicago (That toddling town)

2:32

49

48

7

P

9*

Quickstep

You’re the cream in my coffee

2:55

49

48

  8+

P

10*

Quickstep

Sukiyaki

2:14

50

50

  6+

XX

11*

Quickstep

I like it

2:15

50

49

  6+

XX

12*

Quickstep

Anything goes / One two button your / An apple for the teacher

2:11

49

49

6

PP

13*

Foxtrot

Confessin’ (I love you)

2:32

31

30

  4+

P

14*

Foxtrot

Forget him

2:52

31

30

  4+

XX

15*

Foxtrot

There’s a small hotel

2:36

29

29

  4+

PP

16*

Foxtrot

Once in a while

2:27

29

29

4

PPP

17*

Foxtrot

Manhattan

2:25

30

29

4

PP

18*

Foxtrot

May you always

2:24

30

29

4

PP

Total Playing Time: 46 minutes

Part 2: 364/2

1*

Tango

Hernando’s hideaway

2:19

32

31

4

P

2*

Tango

Jealousy

2:14

32

32

4

PPX

3*

Tango

La Cumparasita

2:44

33

33

5

PPP

4*

Tango

Adios muchachos

2:15

33

32

4

P

5*

Cha Cha

Scarlett O’Hara

2:46

32

32

5

PX

6*

Cha Cha

I will follow him

2:13

32

32

  3+

PX

7*

Cha Cha

I’ll never say “Never again” again

3:19

32

31

6

X

8*

Cha Cha

Unforgettable

3:23

31

31

6

X

9*

Cha Cha

This love I have for you

2:35

32

31

  4+

XX

10*

Cha Cha

Dream talk

2:24

32

31

  4+

XX

11*

Cha Cha

Z cars cha cha cha

2:27

32

32

  4+

XX

12*

Cha Cha

Cha Cha through the rye

2:58

31

31

  5+

XX

13

Rumba

Till there was you

2:49

27

27

  4+

PX

14

Rumba

How wonderful to know

2:50

27

27

  4+

PX

15

Samba

Tico Tico

2:24

51

51

7

PPX

16

Samba

El Cumbanchero

2:42

51

51

8

PP

17*

Samba

Brazil

2:14

51

50

  6+

XX

18*

Samba

The man from Madrid

2:15

51

51

  6+

PX

Total Playing Time: 46 minutes

Part 3: 364/3

1

Paso Doble

Amparita roca

2:30

59

59

8

PPPX

2*

Paso Doble

Spanish gypsy dance

2:34

59

59

8

PPPX

3*

Bossa Nova

Our day will come

1:53

 42

42

?

XXX

4*

Bossa Nova

In other words (Fly me to the moon)

1:53

 42

42

?

XXX

5

Jive

Madison time

3:04

36

36

6

XXX

6

Jive

Make mine Madison

3:01

36

36

  6+

XX

7

Jive

The twisting Madison

2:14

37

37

  4+

P

8

Jive

The new Madison

2:22

36

36

  4+

PX

9

Jive/Twist

The Kerry twisters

2:06

40

40

  4+

P

10

Jive/Twist

I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate

2:08

40

40

5

P

11

Jive

Ballin’ the jack

2:04

40

40

  4+

PPX

12

Jive

Honeysuckle Rose

2:00

40

40

  4+

P

13*

Jive

One fine day

2:38

43

43

  6+

XX

14*

Jive

It’s my party

2:16

43

43

  5+

P

15

St Bernard’s

Medley

2:51

-

47

8

P

16

Pride of Erin

Medley

2:55

-

47

8

P

17

Barn Dance

Medley

2:48

-

56

9

PP

18

Gay Gordons

Medley

2:43

-

56

9

PPP

Total Playing Time: 44 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (out of sequence/phase) X (non-standard introduction)

* Tracks have a metronome ‘count-in’ of 4-8 beats followed generally by a standard four-bar introduction.

 

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