Tickets for Summer Music Festivals

Spring is nearly here and with it the anticipation of upcoming summer music festivals; give me that special aroma of exotic foods mixed with the unwashed masses and I am in my element.

There are thousands of festivals in the UK alone during the summer months, bringing people together from a variety of backgrounds, cultures and areas, attracted for the same reasons; the atmosphere, passion for the music and the thrill only experienced at an open air festival.

Whether you are a regular festival groupie or have been saving like crazy to get to that one special event this year, then you need to think about getting your tickets now before they are all sold out. If the festival you want to go to is a huge event, such as Glastonbury or WOMAD, tickets will be in demand and are likely to sell out in record breaking time. Once you know the date of the festival, find out where to buy your tickets from and when they will be going on sale.

The best place to start looking for your ticket is to search the internet, this is a great source of information and advice and often you will be able to buy a ticket online with no fuss.

These call centres work from the same database as you can access directly, so it makes sense to sit at home in comfort and do it yourself online.

For big festivals there are a number of agents authorized to sell tickets on the promoters' behalf. They sell the tickets at their face value and add on a booking and processing fee, usually around 5-10%, for their service. You might have heard of some of the well-known agencies.

Music for Square Dancing

The type of music that plays for square dance depends on the style of square dance that is being played. Therefore, depending on whether you are dancing traditional square dance or modern Western square dance, the kind of music that will be played will differ greatly. For traditional form of square dancing, the kind of music that will be played will be generally traditional folk music.

 The type of music that is most popular includes music from Canada, Scotland, Ireland, and England. The music that is played is generally live music and the instruments used include banjos, guitars, fiddles, etc.

Modern Western square dance does not restrict the type of music played and is more all encompassing, and therefore, is you witness such a dance you will notice that the music played is varied from pop to country to rock, musicals, contemporary music, and even techno, everything finds space in square dance music.

The only thing to be kept in mind is the pace of the music which needs to be around 120 - 128 beats per minute as that is the speed at which the dance is done.

While choosing music for square dance, it may be a good idea to take into account the skill of your dancers.

With experienced dancers, you can choose an extremely fast pace of music but with beginners it may be a good idea to choose songs that have a slightly slow pace, so that they can get used to the music and the idea of the calls.

Don't choose songs from the genre but mix them up with songs from different styles so that the audience can enjoy a large variety.

There are many record labels that actually specialize in producing music for square dance and focus on this type of music.

You could also choose to visit a couple of websites that allow you to download music meant specially for square dancing.

At any social gathering, the biggest problem can be if there is some sort of lull and boredom that creeps in.

Square dancing to the right type of square dance music can be exactly what you need to ensure that your gathering never slips into that space.