A [non-traditional] ballroom dance playlist

Once each year, the Ballroom Dance Society departs from its usual practice of having live music and uses a prerecorded playlist for a dance. This is done primarily as a fundraiser, saving the cost of a band, but it also gives us a chance to expose members and guests to music that they might not otherwise associate with ballroom dancing.

I suspect that many people, when they think of ballroom dancing, conjure up visions of boring people sleepwalking through boring music, but nothing could be further from the truth. To make the point, here’s the playlist that we’ll be using for next Friday’s dance. If you take the time to browse it, you’ll see some traditional music that might conform to a stereotype (that doesn’t mean it’s not fun to dance to), but there’s also a good representation of genres and artists that you might never think to put on the ballroom floor, like, for example, Delbert McClinton, Journey, Willie Nelson, and Santana.

All of these songs are available via the iTunes Store if you want to sample any of them.