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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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**Mad Robin**

**Miles of Smiles**

**Mad Robin**

Old Dominion Dancers

Michedonia

**Miles of Smiles**

**Mad Robin**

Danced by Gainesville, Florida, English country dancers. Called by Randy Thorp to music performed by Hoggetowne Fancy. A dance by Dan Blim, 2014, to 'The Carpathian Tune'

**Miles of Smiles**

**Miles of Smiles**

Miss DeJersey's Memorial

Mile of Smiles, an English Country dance by Joseph Pimentel. Danced at the Stockade Assembly, May 18, 2014. Caller: Dorothy Cummings

Miss DeJersey's Memorial

Miss DeJersey's Memorial

Miss DeJersey's Memorial

Miss de Jersey s Memorial , a dance by Pat Shaw danced by Gainesville, Florida, English country dancers. Called by Randy Thorp to music performed by Hoggetowne Fancy.

Money in Both Pockets

Miss DeJersey's Memorial

**Monterey Ploughman**

2012 Jane Austen Ball held in Pittsford, NY (suburb of Rochester).

**Monterey Ploughman**

Miss DeJersey's Memorial

**Monterey Ploughman**

Atlanta Dance Weekend

Monticello

Mr. Beveridge's Maggot (1)

Mount Hills

Members of the Williamsburg Heritage Dancers practice the dance Monticello (Louis Vosteen, 2004) in preparation for the 2015 George Washington Ball in Williamsburg, VA. The tune is Jefferson and Liberty, here recorded by the Legacy Trio on New Dances from the Old Dominion.

Mount Hills

Mr. Beveridge's Maggot (1)

Mount Hills

Germantown Country Dancers presents this dance to its participants in preparation for the upcoming Predominantly Playford Ball that will happen in December 2016

Mr. Beveridge's Maggot (1)

Mr. Beveridge's Maggot (1)

Mr. Beveridge's Maggot (1)

The Meryton Assembly Dancers perform Mr. Beveridge's Maggot with Cordancia Chamber Orchestra on April 19, 2015 at Cutler Union in Rochester, NY.

Mr. Beveridge's Maggot (2)

Mr. Beveridge's Maggot (2)

Mr. Beveridge's Maggot (1)

A performance by the Meryton Assembly Dancers at the Rochester Fringe Festival. Musical accompaniment by the Cordancia Chamber Orchestra. Published in Playford in 1695.

**Mr. Isaac's Maggot**

Mr. Beveridge's Maggot (2)

**Mr. Isaac's Maggot**

This is part of a Spring 2017 dance rehearsal of the Meryton Assembly Dancers led by Dance Mistress Lisa Brown of Regency Rentals, Rochester New York. This dance group gives tribute to novelist Jane Austen. And encourages people to have fun and try English Country Dancing. 

Mulberry Garden

Mr. Beveridge's Maggot (2)

**Mr. Isaac's Maggot**

Mulberry Garden 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, and members of the Rolling Scones - Martha Edwards on fiddle, and Kendall Rogers on accordion.

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Newcastle (1)

Newcastle (1)

Newcastle (1)

The Newcastle Country Dancers perform their namesake dance at the Northern California Renaissance Faire, 2010. For more information about English country dancing, see www.englishcountrydancing.net.

Newcastle (2)

Newcastle (1)

Newcastle (1)

Country Dancers of Westchester danced Newcastle without prompting at their 2011 Celebration of Spring Ball. The dance, reconstructed by Cecil Sharp from Playford's Dancing Master, has the classic Playford format of leading, siding, and arming, each followed by a unique chorus. 

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The Old Mill

Old Wife behind the Fire

Old Wife behind the Fire

Presented by members of Germantown Country Dancers in preparation for those attending their annual English Dancing event in December 2018.

Old Wife behind the Fire

Old Wife behind the Fire

Old Wife behind the Fire

 Old Wife Behind the Fire.  Neal (1726).  The Seattle English Country Ball,  February 23, 2019, at the Congregational Church on Mercer Island. Dance Master: Joanna Reiner Wilkinson.  The music: “Old Wife Behind the Fire” (Neal, 1726).  The Musicians: “MI-5” are Dave Bartley, Claude Ginsburg and Julie King. 

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Physical Snob

Prince William of Gloucester's Waltz

Prince William

Old Dominion Dance

Prince William

Prince William of Gloucester's Waltz

Prince William

A demonstration set of "Prince William", a popular English country-dance from about 1721, published by Playford and danced to this day. Music on button-accordion, flageolet and violin.

Prince William of Gloucester's Waltz

Prince William of Gloucester's Waltz

Prince William of Gloucester's Waltz

Prince William of Glouster's Waltz' (1801) danced by Gainesville, Florida, English country dancers. Called by Randy Diane DePuydt to music performed by Hoggetowne Fancy.

The Punch Bowl

The Punch Bowl

Prince William of Gloucester's Waltz

The Punch-Bowl, Playford 1701.  Caller: Joanna Reiner

The Pursuit

The Punch Bowl

The Pursuit

The Pursuit, an English Country dance danced at the Stockade Assembly May 15, 2016 in the Shaker Meeting House, Albany, New York. Dance Mistress: Adina Gordon Music by: A Trip to Norwich (Carol Compton, Thal Aylward, Rachel Clark)

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**The Ragg**

**The Ragg**

**The Ragg**

CHEFMO Christmas Ball, St. Louis, MO. 8 Dec 2012

Red House

**The Ragg**

**The Ragg**

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

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Salamanca Castanets

Salamanca Castanets

Salamanca Castanets

The Duke of Wellington's Dancers dancing 'The Salamanca Castanets' in the music room at Townhill Park House on 3rd July 2016. Arranged for a 3-couple set. Published in Button and Whittaker's Collection of Country Dances for the Year 1813. Music performed by The Fortuna Trio.  Note the influence of Spanish country dance moves from contacts during the Peninsula War (1807–1814).

Sapphire Sea

Salamanca Castanets

Salamanca Castanets

Sapphire Sea by Christine Robb is, in the words of one prominent ECD caller, "my favorite new dance." And why not? It is utterly accessible, with good flow, set to a tune with good energy by Emily Troll and Amelia Mason, and with lots of opportunities for partner and neighbor interaction, which the dancers at the 2016 Boston Ball mined with superb results. 

Sellinger's Round

Salamanca Castanets

Sellinger's Round

Sellingers round, England, from the English Dancingmaster by John Playford, The Joy of Dance through the Ages, www.dancilla.com

Sir Watkin's Jig

Sir Watkin's Jig

Sellinger's Round

Sir Watkin s Jigg, Johnson 1750 

Danced at Pinewoods Camp during Country Dance and Song Society s English Week 2018.

Smithy Hil

Sir Watkin's Jig

The Spaniard

Danced at Mayfair Ball 2013 by Florida English Country Dancers on May 11th, 2013. Called by John Rogers with live music by Full Circle.

The Spaniard

Sir Watkin's Jig

The Spaniard

Performed by the Old Dominion Dance Performers.

Sprigs of Laurel

**St. Margaret's Hill**

**St. Margaret's Hill**

Sprigs of Laurel from 1794.  At the Jane Austen Ball, September 21, 2013 in Ridgewood, NJ.  

**St. Margaret's Hill**

**St. Margaret's Hill**

**St. Margaret's Hill**

 English Country Dance Fandango Weekend - Joseph Pimentel with Goldcrest 

Sun Assembly

**St. Margaret's Hill**

Sun Assembly

'Sun Assembly' (Thompson, 1757) danced by Gainesville, Florida, English country dancers. Called by Randy Thorp with live music by Hoggetowne Fancy on December 1, 2014.

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Ten for the Ten Commandments

Ten for the Ten Commandments

Ten for the Ten Commandments

 Called by Annette Merritt to music performed by Hoggetowne Fancy. Dance is by Fried deMetz Herman, 1995; the tune is Bonny Sweet Robin by Anthony Holborne, 1597. Danced unrehearsed by Gainesville, Florida, English country dancers on April 4th, 2022.

Trip to Kilburne

Ten for the Ten Commandments

Ten for the Ten Commandments

**Trip to Tunbridge**

**Trip to Tunbridge**

**Trip to Tunbridge**

Germantown Country Dancers  prep for Predominanly Playford Ball 2018 

**Trip to Provence**

**Trip to Tunbridge**

**Trip to Tunbridge**

From Rich & Jennifer Mathews' wedding dance reception held on May 5, 2018 at the Thelma Boltin Center in Gainesville, FL.  

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Upon a Summer's Day (1)

Upon a Summer's Day (1)

Upon a Summer's Day (1)

Altenglischer Countrydance

Barockfest Ludwigslust 2010 

Upon a Summer's Day (2)

Upon a Summer's Day (1)

Upon a Summer's Day (1)

Melbourne's Well Hall English Country Dancers perform Upon A Summer's Day at the National Folk Festival in Canberra, Easter 2015

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Wakefield Hunt

Wakefield Hunt

Wakefield Hunt

Well Hall

Wakefield Hunt

Wakefield Hunt

Vintage Dancers performing Well Hall,  Audubon Pilgrimage 2010

 Oakley Plantation St Francisville, LA

When Laura Smiles

When Laura Smiles

When Laura Smiles

Members of the Williamsburg Heritage Dancers work on learning "When Laura Smiles," a dance by Orly Krasner, in preparation for the 2016 George Washington Ball.  The recording heard here is by Bare Necessities, from their cd "By Request."  This was filmed on October 24, 2015; Jenna Simpson was the caller.

Wooden Shoes

When Laura Smiles

When Laura Smiles

 Danced by Gainesville English country dancers on May 19th, 2014. Called by Randy Thorp with live music by Hoggetowne Fancy.

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The Young Widow



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