Music in my head as a measure of a good band

At a dance a few months ago, I hummed along to the tune the band played because I knew it from Apple Crisp. I'm still a new enough dancer that I don't recognize or remember many of the melodies, so when I do, I feel some excitement. Two of my partners joked with me about hanging around Apple Crisp too much.

After the Concord dance Jonathan played the other week, while I was with one of the dancers the next day, he suddenly blurted, "You have some of the music from last night's dance in your head, don't you?" I'm not exactly sure how he could tell: maybe I was drumming out the melody or humming or something. It cracked us up.

I realized, though, that the day after a dance, if I'm tossing the tunes around in my head, that means I particularly enjoyed the band.

I did that the first time I heard Apple Crisp--and that was my first ever contradance. I found the dancing fun, but very challenging and exhausting. If the music had not have been so incredibly enticing, I might not have returned. Now, I look forward to Apple Crisp's return--they play the MIT contrandace on Tuesday, September 13 at 8 pm in room 407 of the Student Center. Maybe someone will bring some apple crisp to eat ...

Background music: Copeland's Rodeo, of course--in its entirety, replaying the last movement several times.