JohnB, I was amazed at how slow Morris music is the first time I played for some dancers. I'd watched Morris dancing for years and always thought of it as sprightly. Who knew it just looks sprightly because the dancers are pretty much in the air all the time? Playing too fast is courting heart attacks. I've always thought most Irish music is played too fast, but it was still quite an act of discipline for me to slow down to the appropriate speed. I can understand how your Irish musician kept bounding forward. Not that I'm excusing him for not getting it pretty quick, of course . . .