The songs for April are:

Broadway Sampler (Tonight, If I Was a Rich Man, I Could Have Danced All Night, Defying Gravity Hello Dolly, Do-Re-Mi, Rent)
On the Street Where You Live (includes some dialogue!)
Walking on Sunshine
Appalachian Spring #1
Almost Like Being in Love
Well Tempered Clavier
Brighter than the Sun
If I Had a Hammer
Stay Stay Stay (Taylor Swift)
You Can't Hurry Love
Rainbow Connection
Surfin' USA
Tomorrow, by Mr. Rogers

Outfits?

This month: May, Connie, RB and I are doing bathing suits for Surfin' USA. I am doing a flowing dress for Appalachian Spring #1, which is a slow, peaceful song. The Broadway Sampler moves too fast to change outfits.

First, we have no dress code except that the land is Modest. So you can wear anything that does not show your bits.

You can also put on an outfit for a song (or two, or whatever). For me, if I can find a good outfit, I enjoy the dancing a little more. Just a little, but it's nice. It's also a bit of work. So, it makes sense to me that you wear one outfit the whole dance and not bother with changing. But you can also change outfits for selected songs. (If you want to change for every song, you can try.)

Some things to know. First, you should probably do it for yourself. So pick an outfit that you enjoy, and be satisfied with that.

Second, May and I sometimes coordinate for a song. California Beach Music deserves a swim suit, and we are doing Surfin' USA this month.

The mechanics are tricky, alas. That's one very good reason to wear the same thing all dance. The break between songs is not long, and to use it you need to know when your chosen song is coming. Your computer tells you, and the song order is above.

Second, this is a great changing-during-a-dance hack that I found. It sometimes has trouble with alphas, but . . . if I want to change to an outfit, I do NOT simply click on Replace Outfit. That first takes off my clothes and leaves me naked for a few seconds. Nuh-uh. Instead, I click on Add Outfit. That puts the new outfit on. And then, perhaps counterintuitively, I click on Replace Outfit. That functions to take off my old outfit.

Request a Song?

You can.

The longer story is this. When you request a song, I might do it and I might not. Usually I do, but there are a variety of reasons for not using a song. I might also choose a cover different from what you expect.

You should not think about whether the song is danceable. That's my job, and the fun for me often comes in figuring out how to choreograph a challenging song. So the responsibility for a song is all mine.

Usually, a song is someone's favorite because there is something good about it, musically speaking. So it is usually a treat for me to explore the song. And I will try to help everyone hear that goodness.