Sharon G, you're a star.

The schism between dancers and musicians seems to be worse than any of the religion things, and I'm glad that there's someone out there trying to bridge it.

It kills me, but I can't do much about it myself because I'm a mediocre piper with far-too-erratic rhythm to even dare to play for dancers.

I once tried to bridge the gap by giveing a solo dancer here a tape of decent quality music (Liam O'Flynn et al.) to replace the crap tapes that she used to use for the odd performance here in Belgium. I even used a metronome to make sure I was giving her pieces at the right tempos.

She thanked me sincerely, but at her subsequent performances she was still using the rubbish she was familiar with!