Janet Shepherd Dance List

June 4, 2026

  • Take a Dance — Thompson, 1765 — Odd Sundays Garage Band  recording https://bacds.org/odd-sundays
  • Christina — dance and music by Naomi Alexander 1992 — Bare Necessities, Vol. 3: Simple Pleasures
  • Alice — Philippe Callens, 2002 — adapted by Sharon Green 2020 — Tune Siciliano by G.P. Telemann — English Echoes, English Country Dance Favorites
  • Money in Both Pockets — Early American 1785 — Reconstructed by Morrison, in 24 Early American Country Dances for the Year 1976 — English Echoes (Becky Ross, Liz Donaldson, and Colleen Reed), English Country Dance Favorites
  • Champagne — Jenna Simpson 2014 — Tune La Fête de Village, trad. — Mara Shea recording  https://www.marashea.com/music
  • Mile of Smiles — Joseph Pimentel 2012 — Tune by Dave Wiesler –Alchemy, Turning of the Hour
  • The Ragg — John & William Neal, c.1726 — Bare Necessities: Simple Pleasures
  • Interval music: April Waltz — Owen Marshall, Throughline
  • Final waltz: Duke of Kent’s Waltz – Bare Necessities, A Playford Ball

 

August 7, 2025

  • Christina — Naomi Alexander 1992 — Bare Necessities, CDS Boston English Dance Collection Vol. 3: Simple Pleasures
  • A Socially Distanced Jig — Neil Stuart  2020 — Tune used: G Minor Jig by Martha Stokely — Jon Berger, Jonathan Jensen, Shira Kammen, and Rebecca King, Dances from the Greenery
  • Introverted Vivaldi in Paradise — Seth Tepfer 2021, adapted from Gary Roodman’s dance Vivaldi in Paradise, in Prime Calculated Figures — Karen Axelrod, et al., Band of Friends: Third Selection of Dances from Gary Roodman’s Calculated Figures
  • Trip to Provence — Susan Kevra 2015 — Tune Voyage de la Diabline by Rachel Bell — Andromeda (Rachel Bell, Susan Kevra, Jacqueline Schwab)
  • Locked in the Cellar with You — 2020, Sharon Green, adapted from Key to the Cellar by Jenny Beer 2004, published in Key to the Cellar — English Echoes (Becky Ross, Liz Donaldson, and Colleen Reed), English Country Dance Favorites 2007
  • Interruptions — Miriam Newman 2011,  Zoom adaptation by Luanne Stiles — Tune Haapavesi Waltz by Keith Murphy — House Red, Uncorked 2006
  • Champagne — Jenna Simpson 2014 — Tune La Fête de Village, traditional — Mara Shea recording, https://www.marashea.com/music
  • Break music: The Highlandville Waltz by Greg Huang-Dale & Erik Sessions — Contratopia, Ballroom Echoes
  • Final waltz: Willow Waltz — Hotpoint, Steppin’ on Cords

 

October 3, 2024

  • Knole  Park — Voight 1809  — reconstructed by A. Simons 1961, and in Keller and Shimer, The Playford Ball — Liz Donaldson, Colleen Reed, Becky Ross, English Echoes, Vol II, More English Country Dance Favorites
  • The Ragg —Neal 1726, published in The Neal Collection 1990 and Christian, The Playford Assembly — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), Simple Pleasures, Vol. 3
  • Locked in the Cellar with You — Sharon Green 2020, adapted from Key to the Cellar (Jenny Beer 2004) — Liz Donaldson, Colleen Reed, Becky Ross, English Echoes English Country Dance Favorites
  • To the Presence — 2022, Sharon Green 2022 — Tune Twelfth Night by Dave Marcus 2012 — https://www.reelplayband.com/twelfth-night.html
  • Changeling — Sharon Green 2020 — Tune by Dave Marcus — Judy Linsenberg, Shira Kammen and Patti Cobb, Odd Sundays Garage Band recording
  • Jonathan & Lynn’s Waltz — Sharon Green 2020 — Tune Lynn’s Waltz by Jonathan Jensen — Judy Linsenberg, Shira Kammen and Patti Cobb, Odd Sundays Garage Band recording
  • Corelli’s Maggot — Cathy & John Millar 1992, published in Gems — Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), At the Ball, Vol. 6
  • Break music: Amelia / Ashokan Farewell (used for Leah’s Waltz) — Bare Necessities, At Home, Vol 5
  • Final waltz: Waltz of Thanks — Confluence (Barbara & Nadine Dyskant), recorded live

 

April 4, 2024

  • April Stars — Jacqui Grennan 2020 — Tune April Waltz by Selma Kaplan — Heather Swanson, Beside Quiet Waters 2019
  • Barbarini’s Tambourine/Trampoline — Walsh c.1735 — Zoom Variation by Sharon Green — Bare Necessities (Jacqueline Schwab, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Kate Barnes), Nightcap 1996
  • Bel Canto — Susan Kevra 2018 — Tune One Card Short by Dave Wiesler — Odd Sundays Garage Band (Judy Linsenberg, Shira Kammen and Patti Cobb) recording
  • Drummer — Thompson 1757 — interpreted by Charles Bolton 1992 in Retreads 2 — Recording from  Zoom video of Corwin (Zekley) & Grace (Fellows)
  • Interruptions — Miriam Newman 2011 — Zoom adaptation by Luanne Stiles — Tune Haapavesi Waltz by Keith Murphy —  Recording from Zoom video of Bandwidth (Jonathan Whitall [Chicago, IL], Brian Lindsay [Orting, WA] & Eric Schedler [Bloomington, IN])
  • Mile of Smiles — Joseph Pimentel 2012 in Goldcrest Collection — Tune by Dave Wiesler —  Alchemy (Rachel Bell, Karen Axelrod, Eric Martin), Turning of the Hour 2020
  • Money in Both Pockets — Early American 1785 — reconstructed by Morrison in 24 Early American Country Dances for the Year 1976 — English Echoes (Becky Ross, Liz Donaldson, and Colleen Reed), English Country Dance Favorites 2007
  • Well Hall / Be Well in Your Hall –Dancing Master (12th edition) 1703 — Zoom adaptation by Sharon Green — Bare Necessities (Jacqueline Schwab, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Kate Barnes), English Country Dances 1989
  • Final waltz: Evening Waltz by Dave Marcus — Reelplay (Dave & Robin Marcus) MP3 or Evergreen by Becky Tracy — Becky Tracy, Evergreen 2001