Sandy Bradley Featuring Various – Potluck And Dance Tonite !

"Maybe this record will remind you to attend. It includes ten of my favorite dance figures called to three of the very best dance bands I have ever danced to. There is a bit of other dance music included, as well, to round out the evening. I hope you find the whole thing good to listen to.
In case you find yer calling (pardon me) these figures and calls are good ones to start with. The instructions to the dances and the words for all the calls are enclosed. You will not find my calling free of mistakes, nor will you find that everything goes perfectly on the dance floor every time around. However, when the last note of the tune and the last step of the dance are done, we'll all be standing in exactly the same spots we started out in, and the only thing that will make any difference will be if we all had a good time.
About patter calling:
The call becomes part of the music, with occasional words leaping out to keep the dance floor informed, so that you never have to think about what happens next- you're free to just have a good time. Patter calling allows the dance to change every time around, as it is not tied to the phrase of a particular melody, but can weave in and out of any eight bar fiddle tune, in a variety of ways, as you will hear. Calling is about the fourth most fun thing there is. Dancing comes first, and playing music for dancing comes second.
The fun in calling is two-fold. You get to watch a sea of smiling dancers kaleidoscope the floor, and you get to lose yourself in the task of calling. Picture one square two measures ahead of the music, another two measures behind, and the caller has eight syllables to pull them both back
on to the mark without interrupting their fun, and those eight syllables really should rhyme, and have the most significant words land on the tune in the most punctuated place, with a tone of voice and tune which keeps everybody glad they're dancing."