Last night I played for an English Country Dance on Staten Island with two other musicians, a pianist, a recorderist, and me on mandolin. It was a lot of fun. They were mostly rank beginners and the dancers were a somewhat small group, but they were clearly having a lot of fun as were we, the band.
There are few things so joyful as dancing to 300-year old music, performed live.
I know I’ve said this before, but music and dancing consistently remains prime evidence of a friendly universe.
Q