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Me? Ballroom Dance?

From: Bernadette Cahill
Length: 09:58

Ron Davis describes his first lessons in ballroom dance. Read the full description.

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From: Bernadette Cahill

Default-piece-image-0 Ron Davis tells of his first lessons in ballroom dancing, with a soundtrack of strict-tempo ballroom dance music.

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Piece Description

Ron Davis tells of his first lessons in ballroom dancing, with a soundtrack of strict-tempo ballroom dance music.

Broadcast History

Not yet aired. Will air on 90.3 fm KEDM Monroe Sunday, September 24, on "Memories", hosted by this producer, Bernadette Cahill.

Timing and Cues

Suggested Intro: "There's a lot of interest in ballroom dancing these days. Here's one man's story of his first lessons." You can also tie it into National Ballroom Dance Week, which is this week, ending September 24)

Note: Davis mentions "Bernadette" in his tale. This refers to his wife, Bernadette Cahill and producer of this piece.

He also mentions "Ray". This refers to Ray Adams, his dancing teacher in Mer Rouge, in Northeast Louisiana.

Note also that "strict tempo dance music" means band music geared specifically for ballroom dancing with very strict rhythm and tempo, depending on the dance.

0:24 music, v/o
0:28-0:54 music
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1:48 music stops abruptly
3:10 music starts, v/o
3:41 v/o ends
3:41 - 4:22 music (can f/o earlier)
4:37 music starts, v/o
5:13 end v/o
5:13-6:04 music
6:04-6:37 music, v/o
6:37 music ends
6:49 music starts, v/o
7:06 v/o ends
7:06-10:00 music, f/o (can f/o earlier)