Val Medve Dance List – Symmetry ECD

December 4, 2025

Chocolate Equation — Chris Sackett & Brooke Friendly in Impropriety 3 — Tune 72% by Shira Kammen — Roguery, Impropriety 3
Felicity — Colin Hume — Online at colinhume.com — Tune by Dave Brown — Bare Necessities, Invitation to Waltz Vol. 14
Prince William — Source: Walsh 1731 — Reconstructed by Pat Shaw in Holland as Seen in the English Country Dance, also in The Playford Ball — Bare Necessities, More Favorites of the Boston Centre Vol. 2
The Prince of Westborough — Paula Kelley, online at http://burlingtoncountrydancers.org/english-country-dance-series/dances-devised-by-local-dancers/ — Tune The Middle of Night by Kate Barnes — Bare Necessities, Invitation to Waltz Vol. 14
Emperor of the Moon — Playford, 1690 — Reconstructed by Andrew Shaw in Emperor of the Moon, also in The Playford Assembly — Persons of Quality, Next of Kynaston
Bob’s Boomerang — Mike Richardson, online at http://mikerichardson.org/dance/1999/07/26/bobs-boomerang-english-version.html — Tune by Anita Anderson — Roguery, Minding the Gap
Final waltz — L is for … by Bob Pasquarello (the tune is used for the dance, Laura’s Waltz, by David Macemon & Cynthia Stenger) — Bare Necessities, New Shoots Vol. 10

November 6, 2025

The Ragg — Neal 1726, — Reconstructed by George Fogg and Rich Jackson, in the Neal Collection, 1990 and the Playford Assembly — Bare Necessities, Simple Pleasures Vol. 3
Easter Thursday — Walsh circa 1733 — Reconstructed by Bernard Bentley 1977, in Fallibroome 5, also in The Playford Assembly — Bare Necessities, English Country Dances
Slof Galliard — Pat Shaw 1971, in New Wine in Old Bottles — Assembly Players, Levi Jackson
Revelations — Jenna Simpson 2017 in Champagne — Tune She’s Sweetest When She’s Naked, traditional — Naomi Morse, Paul Oorts, Dave Wiesler, Champagne
Chatham Harbor — Chris Turner 2003, unpublished — Tune used January Girl by Brian Jenkins — The Cracknells, High Jenks
A New Leaf — Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett, in Impropriety VI — Tune Mr. Millstone’s Defenestration by Dave Wiesler, 2017 — Roguery, A New Leaf
Final Waltz: Anita’s Waltz by Rachel Bell (tune is used for Susan Kevra’s dance, The Eclipse) — Rachel Bell, Karen Axelrod, Dana Billings, Susan Kevra, Eileen Nicholson, Julie Vallimont, Andrew VanNorstrand, Noah VanNorstrand, Tone Chamber

August 12, 2025

Sadler’s Wells — Playford, 1728 — Reconstructed by Douglas and Helen Kennedy, 1929, in Country Dance Book New Series, 1929, also in Dances from Volume 6 and The Playford Assembly — Bare Necessities , At the Ball Vol. 6
Braes of Dornoch — Johnson, 1757 — Reconstructed by Charles Bolton, Retreads — Naomi Morse, Gene Murrow, Cynthia Shaw , CDNY Playford Ball 2020 CD
We Meet Again — Jenna Simpson, 2013/2015, in Under the Influence, 2016 — Tune Welcome Home My Dearie — Elegant Echoes (Liz Donaldson, Colleen Reed, Becky Ross), English Echoes II, More English Country Dance Favorites
Turn of the Tide — Ron Coxall in Roles, 1998 — Tune Moonlight Moorings by Heather Bexon — Odd Sundays Garage Band (Judy Linsenberg, Shira Kammen, Patti Cobb), online recording https://www.bacds.org/odd-sundays
Love and a Bottle — Playford, 1713 — Reconstructed by Bernard Bentley in Fallibroome 2, 1965, also in The Playford Assembly — Cynthia Shaw, Eric Martin, Gene Murrow, CDNY Playford Ball 2023 CD
Autumn in Amherst — Philippe Callens in Antwerp Antics, 2002 — Tune Red Star Line by Kathy Talvitie — A Joyful Noise, Seasons of Invention
Final waltz: Stepping Stones by Brian Jenkins (dance by Tom Cook) — Cynthia Shaw, Naomi Morse, Gene Murrow, CDNY Playford Ball 2017 CD

June 24, 2025

live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

Portabella — Walsh, 1715 — reconstructed by Tom Cook, in Again Let’s Be Merry, 1979; also in The Playford Assembly
Before the Light — Mady Newfield, 2017 (revised 2018), available on Mady’s google drive — Tune: Dawn by Mara Shea, 2017
Trip to Tunbridge — Preston, 1793 — reconstructed by A. Simons in Kentish Hops; also in The Playford Ball
The Drummer — Thompson, 1757 — reconstructed by Charles Bolton, and published in The Playford Assembly
Felicity — Colin Hume, available on Colin’s website — Tune Felicity by Dave Brown, 2002
Summer Wedding Jig — Jenny Beer, 2009 in Key to the Cellar — Tune Summer Jig by Josh Burdick
Break Song: Follow Me Home
Final Waltz: Silence in the Rain by Vicki Swan

May 13, 2025

Dr. Who — Richard Sauvain 2008, 2017– published online in Barnes 3 Data Base (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wIIrg5cTxhnDQtDH1usTmtniCg7dPvlP/view) — Tune Dr. Who Pirate Jig by Martha Stokely 2006 — Childgrove, Wanderlust
Marjorie’s Sou’wester — Marjorie Fennessey 1995 in Purcell’s Dancing Master — Tune is an excerpt from King Arthur by Henry Purcell (Charles Bolton used the same tune for his dance, A Southerly Breeze) — Assembly Players, Purcell Encore
Mr. Edward’s Maggot — Nathaniel Kynaston, Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1718 — Reconstructed by Andrew Shaw in The Irish Howle — Persons of Quality, The Irish Howle
Jaque Latin — Willsim, 1755 — Reconstructed by Chip Hendrickson in English Dances for the Dutch Court, also published in Dances from Vol. 7 and The Playford Assembly — Bare Necessities, By Request (Vol. 7)
Emma’s Commencement — Alan Simpson-Vlach 2003 — published online in Barnes 3 Data Base (https://drive.google.com/file/d/16MByS2WegN4tkFp5K-jgaAfaTN80jAoY/view )– Tune Murray’s Passage by Debbie Jackson 2003 — Childgrove, Early Instincts
Jack’s Health — Playford, 1686 — Reconstructed by Jim Morrison 1973 in Legacy and The Playford Assembly — Tune Bolt the Door, Irish Traditional — Hold the Mustard, English Country Dance Favorites
Final Waltz — Flatworld by Andy Cutting — Elvie Miller and Naomi Morse, Grapevine

April 8, 2025

British Sorrow — 1808, Ostego Collection — Reconstructed by Kitty Keller and Chip Hendrickson in Cracking Chestnuts — Tune (Val’s choice): Little Sky March by Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin — Naomi Morse, Paul Oorts, Dave Wiesler, Champagne (under Cross My Heart, Jenna Simpson’s dance)
Teel House — Val Medve, November 2020 — Zoom version available https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n5SN31zI6knZG4QeLelgDsmpCotAufso/view— Tune Minuet in A with Variations by William McGibbon (1606-1756) — Laura Risk and Jacqueline Schwab, Celtic Dialogue (violin part published in McFarlane manuscript, piano part created by Jacqueline)
Little Hunsdon (Pat Shaw 1977) — published online http://www.patshaw.info/Dance%20Notations/Little%20Hunsdon.pdf — Tune by Pat Shaw — Assembly Players, Levi Jackson
A Dance for Sue — Nikki Herbst, 2011, 2013 — Online (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ha9F76oWvgpdGwcEw–PUn6GUKXsvG7Y/view?usp=sharing))– Tune A Bird in the Hand by Gordon Bonnet — Rebecca King, Nearer and Farther
Bonfire — Chris Page 2013 — Online (http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/ecd.htm#bonfire)– Tune (Val’s Choice): Bennett by Maro Avakian — Roguery, Dances from the Greenery
Sellengers Round — Playford, 1670 — Reconstructed by Cecil Sharp in Country Dance Book 4, 1916, also in The Playford Ball — Pemberly Players, The Pride and Prejudice Collection
Final waltz: Anita’s Waltz — Rachel Bell & Friends, Tone Chamber

March 18, 2025

Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

Mrs. Felton’s Maggot — Colin Hume (dance and tune) 2006, https://colinhume.com/instl.htm#MrsFelton
Impropriety — Brooke Friendly & Chris Sackett, 1999, in Impropriety – Tune Millison’s Jegge, Playford 1651
Handel with Care — Gary Roodman, 1992, in Additional Calculated Figures — Tune Bourree from The Water Music by Handel, 1717
Winter Waltz — Fried Herman in Serendipity — Tunes Crossing to Ireland, traditional, and Captain O’Kane by Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738)
The Bishop — Thompson, 1778 — Reconstructed by W.S. Porter in Apted, 1931, also in The Playford Ball
Mendocino Redwood — Mary Devlin, Bob Fraley & Elizabeth Zekley, 2005, in CDSS News, Summer 2009 — Woodlands Walk by Jonathan Jensen

January 2, 2025

Boxing Day — Sharon Green, published online at http://greenerywest.net/Dance_Pages/Boxing_Day.html –Tune Good King Wenceslas — Jon Berger, Jonathan Jensen, Shira Kammen, Rebecca King, More Dances from The Greenery
Tomson’s Whim — Walsh, 1718 — Reconstructed by Andrew Shaw in Emperor of the Moon — Paul Hutchinson & John Hymas, Emperor of the Moon
Lisa’s Maggot — Carmen Giunta & David Smukler, 2010, published online at https://davidsmukler.syracusecountrydancers.org/english-country-dances-tried-and-true/#lisa — Tune Max by Charlene Thomson — Greenwood, Hey for Three, and Watson Abbey, Promise of Spring
The Astonished Archaeologist — Philippe Callens, 1992, in Continental Capers — Tune Goff Hall by Daniel Lanier, 1984 — A Joyful Noise (Daniel Beerbohm, Barbara Greenberg, Kathy Talvitie), Red Star Line
St. Margaret’s Hill — Playford, 1710 — Reconstructed by Bernard Bentley in Fallibroome 1, 1962, also in The Playford Ball — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), Take a Dance
Apley House — Playford, 1703 — Reconstructed by Cecil Sharp in Country Dance Book 6, 1922, also in Dances from Vol 9 and The Playford Ball — West Kirby Band, Not Quite the Same
Final Waltz: Captain O’Kane by Turlough O’Carolan — Atomic City Rhythm Rascals (from Knoxville, TN: David Lovett (banjos, guitar, mandocello), Evan Carawan (hammer dulcimer), Chris McMahon (double bass, classical guitar) and Tim Worman (fiddle, banjo, mandolin, concertina), on the CD The Waltzes, Live from Split Tree Farm

December 10, 2024

Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

The Miller’s Daughter — Sharon Green, on her website at http://greenerywest.net/Dance_Pages/Millers’_Daughter.html — Tune California Cakewalk by Jonathan Jensen
A Mover and a Shaker — Gary Roodman in Good Friends — Tune My Robe is New, a Shaker song
Christmas at Zeist — Philippe Callens 1997, in Continental Capers 1999 — Tune Sandy’s Waltz by Bob McQuillen 1989
Errol on the Green — Pat Shaw, published in Pat Shaw Collection 1, 1986, and The Next Dance is … Vol. 2 –– Tune of the same name, A part traditional; B part composed by Pat Shaw
Easter Thursday — Dancing Master c. 1726, Walsh c.1733, Johnson 1742 & 1750 — Reconstructed by Bernard Bentley 1977, in Fallibroome 5 1977, also in The Playford Assembly
Salute to Preston — Brian Wedgbury 1977, in Not Quite Shaw — Tune by Brian Wedgbury

December 5, 2024

Take a Dance — Thompson c. 1765 — Reconstructed by Kathryn & David Wright in Wright’s Humours I, also in The Playford Assembly — Liz Donaldson, Colleen Reed, Becky Ross, English Echoes
An Early Frost — Philippe Callens in Belgian Boutades — Tune Midwinter Blossom by Bob Pasquarello — A Joyful Noise and Hold the Mustard, Red Star Line
Felix’s Name Day — Michael Cicone, 2001 — Tune by Michael Cicone — Odd Sundays Garage Band (Judy Linsenberg, Shira Kammen and Patti Cobb) recording
Ely Court — Playford, 1701 — Reconstructed by Andrew Shaw in The Irish Howle — Persons of Quality (Jon Berger, Rebecca King, Jim Oakden), The Irish Howle
Flora and Phaon — Walsh, 1718 — Reconstructed by Andrew Shaw in Elephants Stairs — Persons of Quality (Jon Berger, Rebecca King, Jim Oakden), Elephants Stairs
Female Saylor — Feuillet, 1706 — Reconstructed by Pat Shaw, 1965, in Another Look at Playford and in The Playford Ball — Tune Masters in This Hall — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), Favorites of the Boston Centre Vol 1
Final Waltz: A Field of Shooting Stars — KGB (Julie King, Claude Ginsburg, Dave Bartley), The Red Light of Evening

November 12, 2024

The Upright Man — Sharon Green, 2009 (revised 2012), published online at http://www.greenerywest.net/Dance_Pages/Upright_Man.html — Tune Bennett by Maro Avakian, 1999 — Jon Berger, Jonathan Jensen, Shira Kammen, Rebecca King, Dances from the Greenery
Braes of Dornoch — Johnson c. 1753; Walsh c. 1755 — reconstructed by Charles Bolton 1989, in Retreads 4, also in The Playford Assembly — Childgrove (Debbie Jackson, Anne Ogren, Martha Stokely), Early Instincts
The Round — Dancing Master, 1695 — reconstructed by Cecil Sharp 1922, in Country Dance Book 6, also in The Playford Ball — Tune Mr. Lane’s Maggot — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), A Playford Ball – Vol. 12
Apollo’s Hunt — Gary Roodman 2009 in Even Odder Calculated Figures — Tune La Chasse d’Apollon by P.J. Vanpelt, 18th century Belgium — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), Fast Friends – Vol. 15
Ani’s Waltz — Gary Roodman 2008 in Odd Calculated Figures — Tune by Charlene Thomson — Greenwood (Julian Shepherd, Suzanne Spiese, Charlene Thomson), Promise of Spring
Master Barton’s Arrival — David Smukler 2018, published online at https://davidsmukler.syracusecountrydancers.org/english-country-dances-tried-and-true/#arrival — Tune: The Argos Inn by Rachel Bell — Karen Axelrod, Dana Billing, Susan Kevra, Eileen Nicholson, Julie Vallimont, Andrew VanNorstrand, Noah VanNorstrand, Tone Chamber
Final waltz: Lament for the Farmer’s Market by Eric Shedler 2019 — The Cosmic Otters (Meg Dedolph, Eric Schedler, Jonathan Whitall), The Longest Night

October 15, 2024

Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

Young Widow — Griffiths, 1788 — Reconstructed by Jim Morrison, 24 Early American Country Dances – 1976; also in The Playford Assembly
Easter Morn — Erna Lynne Bogue, CDSS News #121, Nov/Dec 1994 — Tune Miss Gordon of Gight by Isaac Cooper, 1790
Leather Lake House — Bishop, 1788 — Reconstructed by Fried Herman, Country Dance & Song 1973, also in The Naked Truth, Dances from Vol. 6, and The Playford Assembly
Sherry at the Ball — Steve Otlowski, 2016 — Unpublished but available on the AACTMAD website at https://barnesthree.aactmad.org/ — Tune La Valse des Pastouriaux by Jacky Molard, 1990
Rosamond’s Pond — Bray, 1699 — Reconstructed by Christine Helwig, in Thomas Bray’s Country Dances, also in The Playford Assembly
Autumn Gifts — Chris Sackett & Brooke Friendly in Impropriety V — Tune Saint Malo by Daron Douglas
Final waltz: Pablo Goes Fishing

September 17, 2024

A Slight Confection — Robert Moir 2012 in Beyond White Wheat — Tune Maxwell’s Rant — Deo Volente (Dave and Victoria Yeomans), Beyond White Wheat
Salamanca Castanets — Button and Whitaker, Twenty-Four Dances for the Year 1813, London — Reconstructed by Heather Blasdale Clarke in Captain Cook’s Country Dances, 2020 — Phillip’s Dog and the Whoots, Captain Cook’s Country Dances
Autumn in Amherst) — Philippe Callens 2002, in Antwerp Antics — Tune Red Star Line by Kathy Talvitie — A Joyful Noise (Daniel Beerbohm, Barbara Greenberg, Kathy Talvitie) and Hold the Mustard (Daniel Beerbohm, Barbara Greenberg, Paul Prestopino, Kathy Talvitie), Seasons of Invention
Tom’s Ale — Val Medve 2021, unpublished — Tune Kingsale (or Kingsail), 1718 — Odd Sundays Garage Band (Shira Kammen, Judy Linsenberg, Patti Cobb) recording, online at https://www.bacds.org/odd-sundays
Mr. Hamilton’s Inauguration — Joseph Pimentel, in the Goldcrest Collection — Tune Mr. Hamilton’s Inauguration by Debbie Jackson — Goldcrest (Daron Douglas, Paul Oorts, Dave Wiesler), Goldcrest Collection
Jack’s Health — Dancing Master, 1686 — Reconstructed by Jim Morrison 1973, in Legacy, and also in The Playford Assembly — Tune Bolt the Door, traditional Irish — Hold the Mustard (Daniel Beerbohm, Barbara Greenberg, Paul Prestopino, Kathy Talvitie), English Country Dance Favorites
Final waltz: Tidewater by Janet Muse, 2010 — Naomi Morse, Paul Oorts, Dave Wiesler, Champagne

September 3, 2024

A New Beginning — Gary Roodman, Additional Calculated Figures, 1992 — Tune Water Music by Handel — MGM (Mary Lea, Gene Murrow, Margaret Ann Martin) and Reunion (Daniel Beerbohm, Barbara Greenberg, Jonathan Jensen), Old Friends
Jack by the Hedge — Jan Dale — A Concise Flora for Dancers, 1997 — Tune Jack by the Hedge and We Johns by John Stapledon — West Kirby Band, Not Quite the Same
Whately Barn — Gary Roodman, Prime Calculated Figures, 2005 — Tune Richard’s Reminder by Debbie Jackson — Karen Axelrod, Kate Barnes, Doug Creighton, lydia ievins, Van Kaynor, Mary Lea, Margaret Ann Martin, Erica Morse, Naomi Morse, Gene Murrow, Jessica Murrow, Anna Patton, Band of Friends
Sun Assembly — Thompson’s Compleat Collection 1757 — Reconstructed by Ken Sheffield, 1982, included in The Playford Ball — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), Favorites of the Boston Centre, Vol. 1
Make the Sun Dance — Chris Sackett and Brooke Friendly, 2014, in Impropriety V — Tune Tatshenshini Triple by Chris Sackett, 2011 — Roguery (Anita Anderson, Dave Bartley, Shira Kammen, Jim Oakden), Sweet Mischief (Impropriety V)
La Gavre — manuscript from 1772, Brussels — Reconstructed by Philippe Callens, in Belgian Boutades, also in The Playford Assembly — Tune Colonne, a Belgian traditional tune — A Joyful Noise, Red Star Line
Final waltz: Two Rivers by Larry Unger — Uncle Gizmo (Sam Bartlett, Amy Larkin, Ginny Snowe, Larry Unger), Uncle Gizmo

August 6, 2024

The Changeling — Sharon Green, 2020, http://greenerywest.net/Dance_Pages/Changeling.html — Tune by Dave Marcus, 2020 — Odd Sundays Garage Band (Patti Cobb, Shira Kammen, Judy Linsenberg), online at https://www.bacds.org/odd-sundays
Flora and Phaon — Walsh, 1718 — Reconstructed byAndrew Shaw, in Elephants Stairs — Persons of Quality (Jon Berger, Rebecca King, Jim Oakden), Elephants Stairs
Cherries and Chocolate — Miriam Newman, 2009, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q6xdminFcv2fPLYysPs-Oar8HTMWzZML/view — Tune Cherries by David Knight, 2003 — Odd Sundays Garage Band (Patti Cobb, Shira Kammen, Judy Linsenberg), online at https://www.bacds.org/odd-sundays
Alice — Philippe Callens, in Antwerp Antics — Tune Siciliano by Telemann — R Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), Mrs. Beveridge’s Triumph Vol. 13
Faithless Nancy Dawson — Anna Bidder, published in Everyday Dances — Tune A’Rovin’ — Fine Companions (Julian Shepherd, Lee Shepherd, Cheryl Spiese, Charlene Thomson), Fine Companions
Tomson’s Whim — Walsh, 1728 — Reconstructed by Andrew Shaw, in Emperor of the Moon — Paul Hutchinson and John Hymas, Emperor of the Moon
Final waltz: My Cape Breton Home by Jerry Holland, 1988 — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), By Choice, Vol. 8

July 23, 2024

A Health to All Honest Men — The Dancing Master, 1718; Walsh, 1718 — Reconstructed by Fried de Metz Herman, in Choice Morsels — The Assembly Players (Aidan Broadbridge, Nicolas Broadbridge, Brian Prentice), A Walsh Ball
Caries [Cary’s, Carey’s] Maggot — H. Playford, 1701; Walsh, 1718, 1732, 1735 — Reconstructed by Andrew Shaw, in The Irish Howle — Persons of Quality (Jon Berger, Rebecca King, Jim Oakden), The Irish Howle
Bob’s Boomerang — Mike Richardson, 1999 — Online at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q6xdminFcv2fPLYysPs-Oar8HTMWzZML/view — Tune by Anita Anderson, 1999 — Roguery, Mind the Gap
Red-tailed Hawk — Renee Camus — Online at https://www.reneecamus.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Red-Tailed-Hawk-instructions-v2-FINAL-c-Renee-Camus.pdf — Tune of the same name by Lael Whitehead of The Dancehall Players — The Dancehall Players, Out of the Silence
Mr. Lane’s Maggot — Playford, 1701 — Reconstructed by Andrew Shaw in Farnicle Huggy — Persons of Quality (Jon Berger, Rebecca King, Jim Oakden), Farnicle Huggy
General Grooviness of the Universe — Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett in Impropriety 4 — Tune March for Warren by Kate Barnes — Roguery (Anita Anderson, Dave Bartley, Shira Kammen, Jim Oakden), Impropriety 4
Final waltz: Valse de Pastouriaux by Jacky Molard 1990 — Bare Necessities, Invitation to Waltz, Vol. 14

July 2, 2024

The Ragg — Neal Collection, 1726, published in The Neal Collection (1990) and The Playford Assembly — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), Simple Pleasures, Vol. 3
All Saints — David Ashwell, 1975, in T’wixt Downs & Sea being Twelve more Dances from East Sussex, edited by Claire Kaley; also in Legacy and CDSS News #99, Mar/Apr 1991 — Tune Chestnut 1651 — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), Modern Treasures, Vol. 4
Barham Down — The Dancing Master (Henry Playford), 1701 — reconstructed by Tom Cook 1975, in: Come Let’s Be Merry, also in The Playford Assembly — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), English Country Dances
Jeanne’s Joy –David Smukler 2019, https://davidsmukler.syracusecountrydancers.org/my-dances/ — Tune Whitehall Minuet, Playford 1701 or 1768 https://davidsmukler.syracusecountrydancers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/whitehall-minuet.pdf — The Flying Dishrags, recording https://soundcloud.com/flying-dishrags/whitehall-minuet
Lichfield Ruby Surprise — Gary Roodman in A Sequence of Calculated Figures (Vol. 11) — Tune by Corelli, adapted — Cilantrio, Mr. Roodman’s Fancies
Softly Good Tummas — 1718, Walsh, Kynaston — reconstructed by Andrew Shaw, in The She Favourite, The Playford Assembly — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), By Choice, Vol. 8
Final waltz: Enrichez Vous — The Assembly Players, Old World – New Dances

June 6, 2024

The Queen’s Jig — The Dancing Master, 1701 — reconstructed by Cecil Sharp in The Country Dance Book, VI, also in Keller & Shimer, The Playford Ball — Foxfire (Karen Axelrod and Daron Douglas), Winter Oranges
Slof Galliard — Pat Shaw 1975 in New Wine in Old Bottles — Tune Gaillarde Slof from Oude en Nieuwe Hollantse Boerenlietjes en Contredansen, 1700-1716 — The Assembly Players, Levi Jackson: Tunes and Dances by Pat Shaw
The Prince of Westborough — Paula Kelley 2006 (revised 2008), published online at http://burlingtoncountrydancers.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ECD-Instructions-Prince-of-Westborough-REVISED-11-20-08.pdf — Tune The Middle of Night by Kate Barnes 1998 — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), Invitation to Waltz, Vol. 14
A Trip to Amsterdam — Philippe Callens 1989 in Continental Capers and Legacy (CDSS News #104 – Jan/Feb 1992) — Tune The Last New Vagaries, 1701 — A Joyful Noise (Daniel Beerbohm, Barbara Greenberg, Kathy Talvitie) and Hold the Mustard (Daniel Beerbohm, Barbara Greenberg, Paul Prestopino, Kathy Talvitie), Red Star Line
Twelfe Eve — Twenty Four New Country Dances, Henry Playford 1702 — reconstructed by Andrew Shaw in The Irish Howle — Persons of Quality (Jon Berger, Rebecca King, Jim Oakden), The Irish Howle
The Punch Bowl –:1701 Dancing Master — reconstructed by Pat Shaw 1969 in Another Look at Playford, also in The Playford Assembly– Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab, More Favorites of the Boston Centre, Vol. 2
Final Waltz: Crescent Moon by Peggy Beck — Karen Axelrod, Rachel Bell, Eric Martin, Anna Patton, The Wild Path

May 14, 2024

Christina — Naomi Alexander 1969 in Stafford Ruby Collection 1952-1992 and Naomi’s Tunes and Dances — Tune by Naomi Alexander — Bare Necessities, Simple Pleasures, Volume 3
Pell Mell, or Pall-Mall — Nathaniel Kynaston 1686 — reconstructed by Andrew Shaw 2017, in Elephants Stairs — MGM (Mary Lea, Margaret Ann Martin, Gene Murrow) and Reunion (Daniel Beerbohm, Barbara Greenberg, Jonathan Jensen), New Friends
Elizabeth — Colin Hume, 1991, https://colinhume.com/instl.htm#Elizabeth — Tune by Colin Hume — Masquerade, Elizabeth and Other Dances
Blythe Company — Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett in Impropriety 5 — Tune All Among the Barley, traditional — Roguery (Anita Anderson, Dave Bartley, Shira Kammen, Jim Oakden), Sweet Mischief (Impropriety 5)
A Playful Porpoise — Scott Higgs 2023, unpublished — Tune Hey Nonny Nano by Carol Compton 2023 — Amy Cann, Carol Compton, Chris Rua, private recording
The Happy Couple — Nathaniel Kynaston, Twenty-Four dances for the year 1716, published in London by Walsh, [J.] Hare, 1726 — reconstructed by Andrew Shaw in Elephants Stairs — Persons of Quality (Jon Berger, Rebecca King, Jim Oakden), Elephants Stairs
Final waltz: Captain O’Kane by Turlough O’Carolan — Elftones (Mara Shea and Roger Gold, Mist-covered Mountains

March 7, 2024

Bel Canto — Susan Kevra 2018, unpublished — Tune One Card Short by Dave Wiesler — Odd Sundays Garage Band — https://www.bacds.org/odd-sundays
Come with Voices Singing — Joseph Pimentel 2012, in The Goldcrest Collection — Tune Come with Voices Singing by Dave Wiesler 2009 — Recording: Goldcrest (Daron Douglas, Paul Oorts, Dave Wiesler), Goldcrest Collection
Bob’s Boomerang — Mike Richardson 1999, online at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q6xdminFcv2fPLYysPs-Oar8HTMWzZML/view — Tune by Anita Anderson — Roguery (Dave Bartley, Shira Kammen, Anita Anderson, Jim Oakden), Minding the Gap
The Costumer’s Delight — Philippe Callens 2018, unpublished — Tune One Charming Night by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) — Recordinge extracted from a YouTube video with pianist Jacqueline Schwab
Elverton Grove — Walsh 1712 — reconstructed by Tom Cook 1975, also in The Playford Assembly by Graham Christian — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), More Favorites of the Boston Centre – Vol. 2
Felicity — Colin Hume, 2002?, https://colinhume.com/inst4.htm#Felicity — Tune by Dave Brown, 2002 Recording: Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), Invitation to Waltz – Vol. 14
Emperor of the Moon — Playford, 1690 — reconstructed by Andrew Shaw, in Emperor of the Moon, also published in The Playford Assembly by Graham Christian — Zoom version by Brian Stanton — Persons of Quality (Jon Berger, Rebecca King, Jim Oakden), Next of Kynaston
Final waltz – Dawn by Mara Shea — Played by Copious Notes (Mara Shea and Julie Gorka) — https://www.marashea.com/music or on Bandcamp https://marashea.bandcamp.com/