Guess I got that right... if you are in one of the larger metro areas, then a blend of diferent tempos would suit.

As to sequence , I meant 2 of each dance in the Smooth and rhythm sections..i.e.. W/Ft/T ( Q.STEP )Samba Rumba / Cha Swing /Jive.. maybe a paso and a VW if appropriate .

That sequence is the one I use for DJing.

Your waltz tempo for Amer. style about 32 bars p.m. and FT, 34/36 ( bronze dancers social type ). Also to consider a R and R number.

I would suggest that you go to a local dance hall and check out what works best.

Any dance band should play what the dancers dance best to.

Sometimes you will see people run out to dance, and then not be able to work with the music. They will usually sit down before the song even stops playing. (That is a hint.)

If you hear a waltz played, and everyone is up dancing and smiling, it might be a good song to keep.

If the dancers do not get up to dance, it might be a record to play frisby with.

In the old days, Disk Jockies would play a song over and over before they put it into their record case. They would look for the timing that was most easy for the dancer to follow.

These days, you either get International timing, (Really fast fast dances, and really slow slow dances, that are difficult for the average dancer.), or they just toss anything they find into their case.

A good person to ask would be Helmit Light. (Spelling is wrong.)

He has a band in Baltimore Maryland. (I think.)

Good luck, we really need dance bands.

I know dance bands are needed. For one exception, all bands I have been in dancing was an afterthought. Bands form and play the music they can get a hold of. It is very expensive to buy music so bands usually trade and copy from each other, they end up playing what is available and not what is required. I am really trying to set up the otherway around.

If you know of others bands you like, tell me what they do properly, I could pick the leaders brain.

Thanks for the input.