hi guys,

basically im djing for a ladies evening this coming saturday and they have asked for some ballroom music, particularly waltz.
I cant say this is my speciality so i would greatly appreciate some suggested songs and if you could say what type of dance they were that would also help.

Also if there are any good compilation cd's out there could someone please recommend.

Thanks in advance

This pretty much gives a wide selection of what you may get asked for

http://www.goodmusic.co.uk/product/M3166C/...20Dance%20Music (scroll down)


The theme of the dance is actually given beside each track title too so you don't have to be an expert on what track is a Waltz and which is a Quickstep.

Don't try to mix tracks into each other though. Where ballroom stuff is concerned older generations will expect to be told what style the following track is, in order for them and their partners to prepare themselves for the first steps. So don't just let tracks run into each other like some form of lucky dip, you'll need to announce each track and allow a couple of seconds, also in the future if you ever do a family, masonic or social 'do' and this type of thing gets asked for, they may also want to occasionally change partners between tracks, and I don't mean wife swapping .

The ballroom bits are always a little more formal than other music, where you can just sit back and mix in a few tracks one after the other.