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Comical Fellow, Dover Pier, Duke of Kent, Hop Ground, Old Wife behind the Fire, Sprigs of Laurel

Comical Fellow, Dover Pier, Duke of Kent, Hop Ground, Old Wife behind the Fire, Sprigs of Laurel

Comical Fellow, Dover Pier, Duke of Kent, Hop Ground, Old Wife behind the Fire, Sprigs of Laurel

Comical Fellow, Dover Pier, Duke of Kent, Hop Ground, Old Wife behind the Fire, Sprigs of Laurel

Comical Fellow, Dover Pier, Duke of Kent, Hop Ground, Old Wife behind the Fire, Sprigs of Laurel

Comical Fellow, Dover Pier, Duke of Kent, Hop Ground, Old Wife behind the Fire, Sprigs of Laurel

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A

Alice

Ani's Waltz

Ani's Waltz

Freeford Gardens English Country Dance

Ani's Waltz

Ani's Waltz

Ani's Waltz

Ani's Waltz, dance by Gary Roodman, tune by Charlene Thompson being danced at the 2011 Fairfield Bare Necessities weekend. Joanna Reiner is calling to music by members of Bare Necessities, Peter Barnes, Earl Gaddis & Jacqueline Scwab.

B

Barbarini's Tambourine

Barbarini's Tambourine

Barbarini's Tambourine

'Barbarini's Tambourine' danced by Gainesville English country dancers on December 2nd, 2013. Called by Randy Thorp with live music by Hoggetowne Fancy.

Barham Down

Barbarini's Tambourine

Barbarini's Tambourine

Presented by Germantown Country Dancers in preparation for the Predominantly Playford Ball in December 2015

Bashful Swain

Barbarini's Tambourine

**Beach Spring**

ANIMATION format. Published in Playford's Dancing Master of 1728. It is a proper duple minor longways dance. It was adapted by Douglas and Helen Kennedy in 1929.

**Beach Spring**

The Betrayed Lover

**Beach Spring**

Dance starts at :40. 

The Betrayed Lover

The Betrayed Lover

The Betrayed Lover

ANIMATION format. Devised by Pat Shaw and published in 1974. It is an improper duple minor dance.

Bingo

The Betrayed Lover

The Betrayed Lover

Bingo! is an English Country Dance by Jenny Beer. In this video Jenny calls it for enthusiastic dancers at the Saturday morning Nifty New English session at the New England Folk Festival 2016.

Bonnie Grey-Eyed Morn

Bonnie Grey-Eyed Morn

Bonnie Grey-Eyed Morn

Calling by James Hutson; Music by Wayne Hankin and Ryan Sandburg

Bonny Cuckoo

Bonnie Grey-Eyed Morn

Bonnie Grey-Eyed Morn

Bonny Cuckoo by Gail Ticknor being danced at the Fairfield , Iowa Annual Bare Necessities Weekend 2011.Teaching and prompting is by Joanna Reiner. The music is by members of Bare Necessities - Peter Barnes(winds), Earl Gaddis(violin), and Jacqueline Schwab(piano).

**Braes of Dornoch**

Bonnie Grey-Eyed Morn

**Braes of Dornoch**

Charles Bolton reconstructed Braes of Dornoch (Johnson, 1757) as a 3-couple dance, publishing it in 1989 in Retreads 4, part of a series of reconstructions of 17th and 18th century dances. 

C

Candles in the Dark

Candles in the Dark

Candles in the Dark

'Candles in the Dark' danced by Gainesville, Florida, English country dancers. Called by Al Rogers with live music by Hoggetowne Fancy.  A dance by Loretta Holz, (2006) to a tune of the same name by Jonathan Jensen

Childgrove

Candles in the Dark

Candles in the Dark

Come with Voices Singing

Come with Voices Singing

Come with Voices Singing

English Country Dance Fandango Weekend - Joseph Pimentel with Goldcrest.  This English Country Dance was written by Joseph Pimentel, and the tune is by Dave Wiesler. Dance instructions and CD available at jp.thedance.net, and MP3 available at cdbaby.com/goldcrest. 

Comical Fellow

Come with Voices Singing

Come with Voices Singing

Jane Austen Ball 2012

D

Dancing across the Atlantic

Dancing across the Atlantic

Dancing across the Atlantic

'Dancing Across The Atlantic' danced by Gainesville, Florida, English country dancers. Called by Randy Thorp with live music by Hoggetowne Fancy on July 21st 2014.

Dover Pier

Dancing across the Atlantic

Dancing across the Atlantic

 Dover Pier from 1791.  At the Jane Austen Ball, September 21, 2013 in Ridgewood, NJ.  Music by Lady Jane's Delight.  Calling by Janice Wolk and featuring members of the North River Colonial Dancers. 

Draper's Garden

Dancing across the Atlantic

Draper's Garden

'Draper's Garden' danced by Gainesville, Florida, English country dancers. Called by Randy Thorp with live music by Hoggetowne Fancy on June 30th 2014.

Draper's Maggot

The Dressed Ship

Draper's Garden

Old Dominion Dancers

The Dressed Ship

The Dressed Ship

The Dressed Ship

Performed by the Old Dominion Dance Performers

Dublin Bay

The Dressed Ship

The Dressed Ship

Duke of Kent

Duke of Kent

Duke of Kent

 Cuj-Napoca, Casino, 2013 

E

Easebourne Rover

Easter Thursday (1)

Easter Thursday (1)

Prepared by members of the Germantown Country Dancers for the participants of the Predominantly Playford Ball in Philadelphia 2017

Easter Thursday (1)

Easter Thursday (1)

Easter Thursday (1)

'Easter Thursday' danced by Gainesville, Florida, English country dancers. Called by Randy Thorp with live music by Hoggetowne Fancy on Marcy 23rd 2015.

Easter Thursday (2)

Easter Thursday (1)

Easter Thursday (2)

Dance at Rochester, New York, at the Memorial Art Gallery

Elephant Stairs

Elephant Stairs

Easter Thursday (2)

'Elephant Stairs (1727) by Walsh, danced by Gainesville, Florida, English country dancers. Called by Annette Merritt to music performed by Hoggetowne Fancy.

Elizabeth (1)

Elephant Stairs

Elizabeth (1)

'Elizabeth' danced at Mayfair Ball 2013 by Florida English Country Dancers on May 11th, 2013. Called by Catie Geist with live music by Full Circle.

Elizabeth (2)

Elephant Stairs

Elizabeth (1)

CDW Ball Mar 19, 2011

Emperor of the Moon

Emperor of the Moon

Emperor of the Moon

F

Faithless Nancy Dawson

Faithless Nancy Dawson

Faithless Nancy Dawson

English Country Dancing workshop session in Durham, North Carolina, at Sun Assembly's 2007 Spring DanceFest led by Bruce Hamilton. 

Fandango

Faithless Nancy Dawson

Faithless Nancy Dawson

Danced at NYC George Washington Hotel February 21, 2010

Farmers Joy

Faithless Nancy Dawson

Farmers Joy

Everett Lunsford & 'Round Robbin - 

Robbin Marcus (piano), Dave Marcus Robbin Marcus (piano), Dave Marcus (concertina) and Meredith Doster (flute).

G

The Gloucester Waltz

The Duke of Wellington's Dancers perform The Gloucester Waltz/Lady Caroline Lees Waltz (1806) at Townhill Park House (The Gregg School) and Gardens open day, 7 May 2018. Our dance mistress is Miss Shirley Funnell. 

H

**Handel with Care**

**Handel with Care**

**Handel with Care**

 Winter Dance Week, Brasstown, NC 2011. Joanna Reiner caller

Heartsease

**Handel with Care**

**Handel with Care**

Playford Country Dance Book (1651)

Heindenroslein

**Handel with Care**

The Highlander's Humour

Named, in all likelihood, after a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1799, Pat Shaw’s Heidenröslein" ("Rose on the Heath") is a 4-couple square mixer in waltz time. The dance appears in Book 2 of The Pat Shaw Collection, along with the tune he chose for it. 

The Highlander's Humour

The Highlander's Humour

The Highlander's Humour

Attendees at a weekly meeting of the Williamsburg Heritage Dancers practice "The Highlander's Humour" (1718) on December 8, 2015, in Willliamsburg, Virginia.  The music here is a recording from the cd "Farnicle Huggy" (Berger/King/Oakden); the caller was Jenna Simpson.

Hole in the Wall

The Highlander's Humour

Honeysuckle Cottage

Performed at the IFDO Christmas Party 2010

Honeysuckle Cottage

The Highlander's Humour

Honeysuckle Cottage

Danced by Gainesville English Country Dancers on November 25th, 2013. Called by Randy Thorp with live music by Hoggetowne Fancy. Dance by Gary Roodman, tune by Jonathan Jensen

Hop Ground

Hunt the Squirrel

Hunt the Squirrel

 The Hop Ground, published in Preston's Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1794 (Preston & Son) and Kentish Hops  collected and arranged by A. Simmons.   Caller: Val Medve  Danced on May 6, 2018, at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Albany, NY   sponsored by the Capital English Country Dancers  The "hop" is a bitter-tasting plant used to balance the sweetness of malt  in the production of beer. 

Hunt the Squirrel

Hunt the Squirrel

Hunt the Squirrel

Dominion English Country Dancers

I

Indian Queen

Old Dominion Dance

J

Jack's Health

Jack's Maggot (1)

Jack's Maggot (1)

Danced by Gainesville English Country Dancers on December 9th, 2013. Called by Randy Thorp with live music by Hoggetowne Fancy.

Jack's Maggot (1)

Jack's Maggot (1)

Jack's Maggot (1)

 

Duple Minor Longways Set
Couples face each other. Take hands four from the top of the set. Couple closest to head of the hall is Couple1, other couple is Couple2.


A1    Man1 goes between Woman1 and Woman2 to do a 3 person Hey with  the women. Start by heading around Woman2.
A2    Woman1 goes between Man1 and Man2 to do a 3 person Hey with the men. Start by heading around Man2.


B1    Right-Hand Star (~3/4 around).
B2    Left-Hand Star back to place.


C1    Diagonal1 (Man1, Women2) cross leading left shoulder.
C2    Diagonal2 (Man2, Women1) cross leading left shoulder.


D1    Take hands four and circle clockwise 1/2 way around.
D2    Couple1 drop hands and Casts down to next position while Couple2 (keeping inside hands) leads up into Couple1 position.

Jack's Maggot (2)

Jack's Maggot (2)

Jack's Maggot (2)

Jack's Maggot at Lenox Assembly 2011 - Make sure to watch to the end for the creative musical interpretation.


Musicians: Karen Axelrod, Barbara Greenberg, Dan Beerbohm

Jamaica

Jack's Maggot (2)

Jack's Maggot (2)

Dance taught at the 2022 Surrey International Folk Dancing Retreat at Camp Alexandra in British Columbia, Canada. Jamaica, also called Jameko, was published by John Playford. 

K

Kelsterne Gardens

Kelsterne Gardens

Kelsterne Gardens

Joanna Reiner taught a wonderful class and on August 6, 2010, her dancers presented this version of Kelsterne Gardens that brings two 3-couple sets together in an inventive way.

Key to the Cellar

Kelsterne Gardens

Kelsterne Gardens

L

La Gavre

The Lass of Richmond Hill

The Lass of Richmond Hill

Danced by Gainesville, Florida, English country dancers. Called by Al Rogers to music performed by Hoggetowne Fancy. Tune ca. 1777 Pierre Trappeniers , dance reconstruction Phillippe Callens, 1999.

The Lass of Richmond Hill

The Lass of Richmond Hill

The Lass of Richmond Hill

Devised by Fiona Turnbull, danced by members of the Richmond (North Yorkshire) branch of the RSCDS.

**Leah's Waltz**

The Lass of Richmond Hill

Leslie's Valentine

Written in 1989 by Fried Herman for Leah Barkan, beloved pianist for Country Dancers of Westchester for many years. Leah's waltz is one of the all-time favorites of ECD set dances--simple, satisfying, and set to two gorgeous tunes : Amelia by Bob McQuillen and Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar.  Video from  CDW's 40th anniv party November 2, 2014 at St Thomas Episcopal Church in Mamaroneck, NY. 

Leslie's Valentine

Leslie's Valentine

Leslie's Valentine

By Scott higgs being danced at Set fro Spring 2012 in Austin, Texas. The dance was taught and prompted by Scott Higgs to music by Foxfire - Daron Douglas on fiddle, Karen Axelrod on keyboard.

Lilli Burlero

Leslie's Valentine

Lilli Burlero

Presented by the Germantown Country dancers in preparation for the Predominantly Playford Ball in December 2015

Long Odds

Leslie's Valentine

Lilli Burlero

Carl Friedmand calling with  Gued Band of Baltimore July 2016 English Country Dance


Lovely Nancy

Lovely Nancy

Lovely Nancy

Old Dominion Dance Performers

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