Hello Everyone,

I am the organiser for a big band,and we have recently been booked for a charity dance ball. We will play for about 3 hours with breaks of course.

Since we are inexperienced at playing for dancers I need some advice on how a typical repetoire for a dance ball might look.

I imagine in 3 hours we will be playing around 40 pieces. I would like to know how many walzes, how many Rumba, Foxtrot, Slow Fox, etc etc.

The audience is likely to be fairly mixed in terms of both age and dance ability. There will also be an experienced dance pair attending so I imagine that they will be at least a small number of the more difficult dances.

Many thanks for any help!

David

Hi,
as organizer of dance parties for ballroom and latin students I would suggest:
Tango and Cha-Cha-cha are 1st place , Waltz and Rumba - 2nd, Jive/Swing and Salsa/Mambo- 3rd, Foxtrot , V. Waltz, Samba, Quickstep , according to experienced dancers request.
So I would suggest :
8 Tangos , 8 Chachas, 6 Waltzes , 6 Rumbas , 4 Swing/Jive/Rock'n'rolls, 4 Salsa/Mambos, 3-5 melodies of other dances by request.
Hope that this would be helpful.