The RSCDS has put their entire library of CD's on Spotify which can be enjoyed free if you install the app on your Android or iOS gadget. It also runs on Windows, Mac and even Linux. Using the free version of Spotify means you will have adverts. You will be invited to try the premium version free for a month which will remove them.

Amazon sells mp3 tracks and gives you a 30 second sample. Tracks are usually 97p in the UK, older tracks can be 79p. Compared with the cost of an evening's dancing this seems very reasonable. If you want an excellent player for an Android device I would recommend Maple JB which can stop after one track and work from a playlist. It has tempo control; -3% makes things easy.

These dances chosen for being good for a couple to dance together. Reels are in tandem, promenade hold or are mirror reels. In a ladies chain (Orpington Caledonians) I double round to take the ladies part in the middle. We usually dance them twice through from the top straight through. Waiting 32 bars to get a different tune is all very well but you need to be good at bar counting. There is some adaption: a final allemande usually ends at the top to start again. The dances below are chosen to work for a single couple in a cleared space, the bigger the better. You will need to imagine the other dancers