Hmmm. 'Dance to the beat',eh? I agree the dancers often don't listen to the tune - nor should they need to - the tunes should lift them through the figures and help them dance. Dear old Cecil# once collected a dance tune from one particular fiddler and then asked him what the figures for the dance were. The reply was was 'I've just played them to you.' Would we had that level of understanding, competence and finesse among a few more bands/morris musiciians nowadays!

TomB