Jon and McG of H: Slow jam is a learning session. Tunes are played very slowly so that novices can catch on. To a listener, this is probably about as palatable as peanut butter without jam, jelly or jello, but I'm deeply grateful to the experienced players and teachers who organize them; they make the sacrifice of listening to 18 rounds of Cluck old Hen or Joe Clark (or South Wind or Down the Broom at a Celt session) so youngsters and newbies can catch on before going out to a real session (or, in my case, get sense enough to leave the instrument home). Ted: Thanks, I'd been calling that dance number the Siege of Venice.