I know a fair scattering of the tunes in the list.

Some thoughts on tunes which may be familiar to lots of folks follow. I am game for learning new stuff and do it pretty quickly, and figure that there will also probably be enough of us to carry tunes if others' don't know them well. Contradances are pretty good places to cement tunes as you get to play them a fair amount, even with medlys. Anyway, some thoughts.

Saddle the Pony seems to be a jig I've been hearing a lot of lately. I also find that If I Only Had a Brain is a great Hornpipe tune, and works well with Whistler and His Dog, Harvest Home, Trivan a Rhion(sp?), Boys of Blue Hill and such.   Since it's a familiar tune, it often is pretty easy for folks to learn.   A lot of us New Englanders know St. Anne's Reel and Gaspee Reel which go together well. Over the Waterfall and The Red Haired Boy (Little Beggar Man) are also familiar tunes, as is Arkansas Traveller.

I'm looking forward to this.

Susan