September 5, 2023
Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
- Buonaparte’s Expedition — Skillern, Twenty Four New Country Dances for the year 1799 — notes on RegencyDances.org
- Turn of the Tide — Ron Coxall 2002 in CDSS News 2002 — Tune Moonlight Moorings by Heather Bexon
- Lancer’s Quadrille — Duval’s Les Lanciers (Figure 5) 1817 — see RegencyDances.org
- Softly Good Tummas — Walsh 1718 — interpreted by Andrew Shaw 2007 in The She Favourite
- Half Hannikin — Playford 1651 — reconstructed by Cecil Sharp
- Die Woaf (also known as Tyrolean Waltz) — traditional Austrian, interpretation and additional music by Colin Hume
- Final waltz: Pablo Goes Fishing, by Vicki Swan
August 1, 2023
Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
- Merrymaker’s Jubilee – Ellen Taylor in Not Quite Gold — Tune by Joan Gilbert
- Beauty in Tears — Manuscript from 1700s — interpreted by Ken Sheffield
- The Fireworks — Johnson VI 1751 — reconstructed by J Miller, Virginia Early Musick
- Whiskey Before Dinner — Gary Roodman 2008 — Tune by Jonathan Jensen
- Severn Bore — Fried de Metz Herman 1997 in Fringe Benefits — Tune Sarabande by A. Corelli
- Barbarini’s Tambourine — Walsh Caledonian IV ca 1747 — interpretation by Ken Sheffield
June 6, 2023
- Inchmickery — Roy Goldring in 14 Social Dances for 2000 — Tune Miss Grace Hay’s Delight — Chris, Julie and Nick Dewhurst, Short & Sweet
- Helena — Colin Hume 1988, dance and tune — The Rampions, Dances with a Difference 3
- Mary K — Gary Roodman 2002 in A Finite Set of Calculated Figures — Tune Scherzo in Cm by Dave Wiesler 1999 — MGM and Reunion, New Friends
- Companions – Victor Skowronski 2003 — Tune Ronde II Mon Amy by Susato — Bare Necessities, New Shoots
- Frances’ Fan Waltz — Gill Jennings, published as Frances’ Fancy in the Catherine De Barnes Collection — Tune used: “Waltz for Fair Jennie” — Performed by Deo Volente on Hilary’s Humours
- Dancing Dolphins — Barry Skelton in The Dolphin Book — Marion Anderson and her (Scottish) band, Kangeroo Paw
- Break music: Tan Y Capel — The Cracknells, Jan Dale’s Tuzzy Muzzy
- Final waltz: Moonlight Moorings by Heather Bexon — Chris, Julie and Nick Dewhurst, Razzmatazz
May 2, 2023
- Opening waltz: Symmetry Waltz — by Dave Marcus — Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer recording
- Pelorus Jack — Barry Skelton, in RSCDS Book 41 — George Meikle & the Lothian Band, Highland Music Vol 10, track: Spiffin
- Felicity — Colin Hume 2002 — Tune by Dave Brown 2002 — Dave Brown, Outside the Square
- Delia — Ellen Taylor, in Hunter’s Moon (Cook) — Tune by Samuel Howard, 18th century — Dancehall Players, More from Dan’s Hall — available from Folk Sales https://folksales.com/ or CDSS https://cdss.org/
- Interval music: Kathren Oggie by Early Music New York
- Hit and Miss — Playford 1651 — Tune Daphne — Pemberley Players, Pride & Prejudice Collection (1)
- Homebound Duet — Judy Keeling 2020 — Tune Elizabeth by Colin Hume — The Masquerades, Elizabeth and Other Dances
- Tango in Toronto — Colin Hume 2010 (dance and music) — Dancehall Players, More from Dan’s Hall
- Final waltz: Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar — Folkus Pocus, Under No Illusion
April 4, 2023
Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
- Red House –Playford 1695
- Mignonette — Jan Dale 2003 in Tuzzy Muzzy — Tune by Terry Willets
- Nonesuch — Playford 1651
- The Duchess of Devonshire’s Reel — Ignatius Sancho 1779 in Twelve Country Dances for the Year 1779
- Waves of Grain — Bob Green 2013 — Tune Wheat by Martha Edwards 2012
- Saucy Sailor — Jean Butler 1982 in Captain’s Ceilidh — Tune by Dave Brown
- Merrymaker’s Jubilee – Ellen Taylor in Not Quite Gold — Tune by Joan Gilbert
March 7, 2023
Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
- The Old Wife Behind the Fire — Neal, Choice Collection, 1726 — reconstructed by R Jackson & G Fogg
- Well Hall — Playford 1679 — reconstructed by Frank Van Cleef 1982
- Dancing Across the Atlantic — Loretta Holz 2005, in Dancing Across the Atlantic — Tune “Dancing Up a Storm” by Charlene Thomson
- The Brick Makers — Johnson 1740 and 50s — reconstructed by Ken Sheffield in From Two Barns
- Turn of the Tide — Ron Coxall 2002 in CDSS News 2002 — Tune “Moonlight Moorings” by Heather Bexon
- Row Well Ye Mariners — Playford 1651 — reconstructed by Charles Bolton 1992
February 7, 2023
- Freeford Gardens — Kathryn and David Wright 1980, in Wright’s Humours — Tune Edgeworth Bumpkins — Recording information unavailable
- An Enchanted Place — Antony Heywood — Tune Hewlett by O’Carolan — Assembly Players, Old World New Dances
- Shrewsbury Lasses – Thompson 1765 — reconstructed by W. Porter, M. and A. Heffer 1966, in The Apted Collection — Stradivarious, Late Arrivals
- The Physical Snob — unidentified source, circa 1800 — reconstructed by Bentley, Fallibroome Collection — Bare Necessities, Simple Pleasures
- Juniata – Sharon Green 2011 — Tune Drifting on the Dreamy Juniata by Jonathan Jensen — Jon Berger, Jonathan Jensen, Shira Kammen, Rebecca King, Dances from the Greenery
- The Astonished Archaeologist – Philippe Callens 1999 in Continental Capers — Tune “Goff Hall” by Dan Lanier — Bare Necessities, At Home
- Break music: Ashworth by Anita Anderson (for the dance Ashworth by Charles Bolton), Flying Romanos, Round Robin
- Final music: Blind Mary by O’Carolan — Amarillis, Blind Harper Dances
January 3, 2023
- Female Saylor — 1706 Feuillet Recueil de Contredanses (La Matelotte) — reconstructed by Pat Shaw 1965 — Bare Necessities, Favorites of the Boston Center
- Homebound Duet –Judy Keeling 2020 — Tune: Elizabeth by Colin Hume – Masquerade, Elizabeth and other dances
- Half Hannikin — Playford 1651 — reconstructed by Cecil Sharp — Flying Romanos, The Flying Romanos Take Off!
- Merry Andrew — Heffer and Porter 1931 in Maggot Pie — Bare Necessities, At Home
- Winter Dreams — Roodman 1996 in Sum Further Calculated Figures — Tune by Jonathan Jensen – Assembly Players, Playford from the New World
- My Lady Winwood’s Maggot — Playford 1728 – reconstructed by Charles Bolton, Retreads 2-– 3D (Nick and Chris Dewhurst), Brass Tracks
December 6, 2022
Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
- The Prince Regent — Wheatstone 1816 — reconstructed by Reg Battle, Pride and Prejudice Collection, volume IV — https://www.fainmusic.co.uk/pandp4.html
- Shepherd’s Delight — Hilary Herbert 1997 in Hilary’s Humours — Tune Quem Pastores, traditional Christmas carol
- Mary K — Gary Roodman 2002 in A Finite Set of Calculated Figures — Tune Scherzo in Cm by Dave Wiesler
- Strawberrys and Cream — Ignatius Sancho 1779 in Twelve Country Dances for the Year 1779
- Volpony – Walsh 1712 — reconstructed by Graham Christian 2004, in The Playford Assembly — Tune by Purcell
- Take a Dance — Thompson 1765 in Compleat Collection vol. 2 — reconstructed by K & D Wright in Wright’s Humours vol 1
November 8, 2022
Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
- Opening waltz: Hands Across the Water by Jonny Dyer
- Mount Hills — Playford 17th ed. 1721 — reconstructed by Bentley in Fallibroome
- Northdown Waltz — Goulding & Cos. Collection 1820 — reconstructed A Simons, 1971
- John Tallis’s Canon — Pat Shaw 1965
- Midnight Ramble — Thompson 1773 Thompson — reconstructed by George Fogg, published in The Playford Assembly 2015
- Culford Heath Camp — Ignatius Sancho, Twelve Country Dances for the Year 1779 (dance and tune)
- Severn Bore — Fried de Metz Herman 1997 in Fringe Benefits — Tune Sarabande by A. Corelli
- Mendocino Redwood — Mary Devlin, Bob Fraley and Elizabeth Zekley, 2005 — Tune Woodlands Walk by Jonathan Jensen
- Final waltz: Logan Rock, by Jonny Dyer
October 4, 2022
- Chocolate Round-O — Fried de Metz Herman 1989, in Ease and Elegance — Tune adapted from Purcell — Assembly Players, A Purcell Ball
- Bonny Cuckoo — Gail Ticknor 1986 — Tune Sheebeg,Sheemore, traditional — Assembly Players, Playford from the New World
- Mistwold — David Newitt 1993 — Tune Mistwold by Dudley Laufman 1972 — Roguery, Minding the Gap
- Braes of Dornoch — Johnson 1753 — reconstructed by Charles Bolton in Retreads — version for Zoom by Victoria Yeomans — Bare Necessities, Strong Roots
- Helena — Colin Hume 1988 (dance and tune) — The Rampions, Dances with a Difference
- Well Done Jack – -Kynaston 1718 — reconstructed by Andrew Shaw in The She Favourite — Persons of Quality, Next of Kynaston
- Break Music: Adele’s Delight by Colin Hume — The Masquerades, Elizabeth and Other Dances
- Final Waltz: Allan Water — Stradivarious, Blue Sky Thinking
September 6, 2022
Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
- Salute to Preston — Brian Wedgbury 1977, Not Quite Shaw; also The Dances of Brian Wedgbury, ed. Andrew Shaw
- Tyrolean Waltz (aka Die Woaf) — traditional Austrian, interpretation and additional music by Colin Hume
- Merrymaker’s Jubilee — Ellen Taylor, Not Quite Gold — Tune by Joan Gilbert
- Pelorus Jack — Barry Skelton (Scottish version in RSCDS Book 41) — interpreted for English by Ron Coxall, Walls
- Beauty in Tears — Manuscript from 1700s — interpreted by Ken Sheffield
- Benjamin’s Birthday — Gary Roodman 1999, A Number of Calculated Figures
July 5, 2022
- Dancing Across the Atlantic — Loretta Holz 2005 — Tune Dancing Up a Storm by Charlene Thomson –Flying Romanos, Dancing Across the Atlantic
- Felicity — Colin Hume — Tune by Dave Brown 2002 — Dave Brown, Outside the Square
- Nick’s Maggot– Charles Bolton, More of the Same 1986 — Assembly Players, Old World New Dances
- Astonished Archaeologist — Philippe Callens 1992, in Continental Capers 2004 — Bare Necessities, At Home
- Well Hall — Playford 1679 — Pemberley Players, Pride & Prejudice, vol III
- Leaving of Liverpool — David Carpenter 1974, in The Country Dance Club Book — Stradivarious, This Sceptered Isle
June 7, 2022
Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
- Brickmakers, The — Johnson, Two Hundred Favourite Country Dances (18th c) — reconstructed by Ken Sheffield in From Two Barns, Vol 6, Ten Country Dances for 1992
- Strawberrys and Cream — Ignatius Sancho, Twelve Country Dances for the Year 1779
- Turn of the Tide — Ron Coxall 2002 — Tune Moonlight Moorings by Heather Bexon
- Softly Good Tummas — Nathaniel Kynaston 1718 — reconstructed by Andrew Shaw in The She Favourite 2002
- Waves of Grain — Bob Green 2013 — Tune Wheat by Martha Edwards 2012
- Tythe Pig — Playford 9th edition 1695 — reconstructed by Nicolas Broadbridge 1995
May 3, 2022
- Impropriety — B Friendly & C Sackett, Impropriety — Tune Millison’s Jig from Playford 1651 — Recording: Bare Necessities, New Shoots — available from Folk Sales https://folksales.com/ or CDSS https://cdss.force.com/commons/s/store/
- Mignonette — Jan Dale, Tuzzy Muzzy — The Cracknells — Folk Sales https://folksales.com/
- Alderman’s Hat — Playford, circa 1700, Apted Collection — Recording: J Coleman & D Smith, Apted and other Country Dances-Playford style dance tunes from 1970s archive recordings — Folk Sales https://folksales.com/ or CDSS https://cdss.force.com/commons/s/store
- Delia or The Amorous Goddess — E Taylor — Dancehall Players, More from Dan’s Hall — Folk Sales https://folksales.com/ or CDSS https://cdss.force.com/commons/s/store
- Sapphire Sea — Christine Robb — Tune Tom Kruskal’s by Emily Troll & Amelia Mason — Dancehall Players, An Evening at Dan’s Hall, Folk Sales https://folksales.com/ or CDSS https://cdss.force.com/commons/s/store
- Beautyberry – Joseph Pimentel 2005 — Tune Baptist Johnson/Planxty Johnson by O’Carolan — Goldcrest, Goldcrest Collection — CDSS https://cdss.force.com/commons/s/store
- Half Hannikin — Playford 1651 — Flying Romanos, Take Off! Folk Sales https://folksales.com/
- Break music — Wells Humour — Assembly Players, A Purcell Ball
- Final waltz — Lucy’s Waltz by Orly Krasner (for the dance Longevity) — Bare Necessities, Vol 14, Invitaton to Waltz
April 5, 2022
Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
- Mendocino Redwood — M Devlin, B Fraley and E Zekley 2005 — Tune Woodlands Walk by Jonathan Jensen
- An Enchanted Place — Antony Heywood 1990 — Tune Hewlett by O’Carolan
- Physical Snob — circa 1800 source unknown — reconstructed by Bernard Bentley, Fallibroome Collection
- Algorhythms — Orly Krasner 2014 — Tune Frank Palmer by O’Carolan
- Juniata — Sharon Green 2011 — Tune Drifting on the Dreamy Juniata by Jonathan Jensen
- Auretti’s Dutch Skipper — Rutherford 1756
March 1, 2022
Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
- The Prince Regent –Wheatstone 1816 — reconstructed by Reg Battle — https://www.fainmusic.co.uk/pandp4.html
- Beauty in Tears — reconstructed by Ken Sheffield, From Two Barns — https://folksales.com/
- The Fireworks — Johnson VI 1751 — reconstructed by J Miller, Virginia Early Musick
- Buonaparte’s Expedition — Skillern 1799 — https://www.regencydances.org/index.php?wL=471
- The Severn Bore — Fried De Metz Herman 1997, Fringe Benefits — tune Sarabande by Corelli
- Caro Dolce — T Wilson 1816 — https://www.regencydances.org/
February 1, 2022
- Take a Dance — Thompson 1765 — reconstructed in Wright’s Humours — Chris & Julie Dewhurst recording
- Well Hall — Dancing Master 1701 — Pemberley Players, Pride & Prejudice Collection 3
- Softly Good Tummas — Kynaston 1718 — reconstructed by Andrew Shaw — Bare Necessities, By Choice https://cdss.force.com/commons/s/store
- Orleans Baffled — Dancing Master 1728 — Bare Necessities, A Playford Ball
- Winter Dreams — G Roodman — MGM, Old Friends
- Mount Hills — Dancing Master 1721 – -reconstructed in Fallibroome — Childgrove, Early Instincts
January 4, 2022
Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
- Barbarini’s Tambourine — Walsh Caledonian IV ca 1747 — interpretation by Ken Sheffield
- Shepherd’s Delight — Hilary Herbert, Hilary’s Humours 1, 1997 — Tune Quem Pastores — https://shop.aads.be/winkel/english-country-dance-dance-books/hilary-herbert-hilary-s-humours-1-2/
- Tango in Toronto — Colin Hume (dance and tune) 2010
- Waves of Grain — Bob Green– Tune Wheat by Martha Edwards 2012
- Nonesuch — Playford 1651– Interpretation by C Sharp — Zoom version by V Yeomans
- Fireworks — Johnson VI 1751 — Interpretation by John Millar, Virginia Early Musick — https://cdss.force.com/commons/s/product/handel-english-country-dances/01t1M00000LvEKsQAN
- Softly Good Tummas — Kynaston c.1718 — Interpretation by A Shaw, The She Favourite
- Midnight Ramble –Thompson, 200 Country Dances III, 1773
(If time is short then the most likely to be dropped are Fireworks and Softly Good Tummas)