Wendy Clarke Dance List

August 25, 2026

  • Elverton Grove — Walsh 24 Country Dances, 1712 — Interpreted by Tom Cook in Come Let Us Be Merry — Bare Necessities, More Favorites of the Boston Centre
  • Never Love Thee More — Playford, 1769 — Interpreted by Cecil Sharp, 1922 — Alchemy, Turning of the Hour
  • Love Always — Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett in Impropriety V, 2013 — Tune Love and all the Hijaz by Dave Bartley, 2011 — Roguery, Sweet Mischief (Impropriety V)
  • Peace Be With You — Fried de Metz Herman, 1986, in Choice Morsels, and Measured Obsession — Tune Rigadoon Royal, 1718 — Liz Donaldson, Colleen Reed, Becky Ross, Bruce Edwards, English Echoes: English Country Dance Favorites
  • Treasure of the Big Woods — Joseph Pimentel 2005, in The Goldcrest Collection –Tune Lamp on the River by Dave Wiesler — Goldcrest, The Goldcrest Collection
  • Sun Assembly — Thompson, 1757 — Interpreted by Ken Sheffield, 1982 — KGB and Fred Nussbaum, Red and All Red (Live at the Seattle ECD Ball)
  • Final waltz: Susan’s Waltz by Jonathan Jensen (used for the dance Indian Summer) — Bare Necessities, Invitation to Waltz

 

July 21, 2026

Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

  • Blythe Company — Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett  2012 — Tune All Among the Barley
  • The Round — Dancing Master 1701 — Tune Mr. Lane’s Maggot
  • Rafe’s Waltz — Victor Skowronski 1996 — Tune: The Cutty Wren
  • A Girl’s Best Friend — Fried de Metz Herman — Tunes: Bonnie George Campbell and Wand’rin Willie
  • The Archer — Anna Rain  2017 — Tune The Huntsman’s Chorus by Weber
  • Knole Park — Voight 1809/Fentum 1810 — reconstructed by A. Simons in Kentish Hops 1961 — Tune Knowles Park in Bishop 1788
  • Goodnight, Moon — Sharon McKinley dance and tune
  • Sion House — Dancing Master 1686 — reconstructed by Cecil Sharp 1922

 

June 9, 2026

  • New Long Room at Scarborough — Johnson 1748 — Interpreted by Andrew Shaw, in The Irish Howle — Persons of Quality, The Irish Howle
  • Shawberry Delight — Christine Robb 2017 – Tune Shawbury Park, from Playford — Nikos Pappas, The Happy Meeting: Country Dance Tunes from New York City
  • Interruptions — Miriam Newman — Tune Haapavesi Waltz — Roguery, Minding the Gap
  • The Good Man of Cambridge — Gary Roodman 1992 — Tune Rondo a la Turca  by Mozart — El Squid, Unknown album
  • Cockle Shells — Playford 1701 — Reconstructed by Charles Bolton — Bare Necessities, By Choice
  • Orange Nan — Walsh 1713 — Reconstructed by Andrew Shaw, 2002 — Belshazzar’s Feast, Mr. Kynaston’s Famous Dance, Vol 1 & 2
  • Final Waltz:  Late Night Waltz/Buddy’s Waltz — The Dancehall Players, Live From Dan’s Hall

 

May 5, 2026

  • May the Fourth Be With You — Dan Gillespie — Tune: Star Wars Main Theme — Merry Mayhem recording
  • Mr. Hamilton’s Inauguration — Joseph Pimentel, 2006 in The Goldcrest Collection — Tune by Debbie Jackson — Goldcrest, Goldcrest Collection
  • Trip to Kilburn — Playford, 1728 — reconstructed by Sharp 1916 — Tune Black and Grey — Bare Necessities, English Country Dances
  • Lilli Burlero — Playford 1690 — Tune attributed to Purcell, also in Feuillet 1705 — Bare Necessities, More Favorites of the Boston Centre
  • Sharon of the Green — Bob Green — Tune On the Danforth, traditional — New England Dancing Masters, Sashay the Donut
  • Elephants Stairs — Walsh 1727 — reconstructed by Andrew Shaw 2017 — Persons of Quality, Elephants Stairs
  • Michedonia — Dan Blim 2014 — Tune The Carpathian Tune — Odd Sundays Garage Band recording
  • Final Waltz: Tennessee Dawn, by Jonathan Jensen — Odd Sundays Garage Band recording

 

April 2, 2026

  • Midnight Ramble — Thompson 1773 — Reconstructed by George Fogg — Bare Necessities, By Request. Vol 7
  • The Female — Walsh & Essex 1710 — interpreted by Pat Shaw 1965 — Musica Subterranea
  • Summersweet — Gary Roodman 2023 — Tune: Smuggler’s Reel, Traditional) — Anna Patton, Eric Martin, Karen Axelrod, Kate Barnes, Summersweet
  • Mr. Hamilton’s Inauguration — Joseph Pimentel 2006 in The Goldcrest Collection — Tune by Debbie Jackson –Goldcrest, Goldcrest Collection
  • Christchurch Bells — Playford 167 reconstructed by Cecil Sharp 1916 — Tunes Christchurch Bells/First of September, traditional — Quite Carried Away, Quite Carried Away
  • The Hole in the Wall   —  Dancing Master I 1696-1728 — interpreted by Douglas and Helen Kennedy 1929 –Tune Hornpipe by Purcell — Assembly Players, A Purcell Ball
  • The Haymakers — Neal 1726 — reconstructed by Fogg, Jackson & Andres 1990 — Tune: Highland Lilt  — The Dancehall Players, An Evening at Dan’s Hall.
  • Final Waltz: Judy and Jim’s Wedding by Larry Unger (used for the dance Sunlight Through Draperies) — Roguery, Minding the Gap

 

January 1, 2026

  • The Longest Night — Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett 2014 in Impropriety 5 — Tune Cog Railway by Dave Wiesler 2011 — Roguery, Sweet Mischief
  • The Mary and Dorothy — Playford — reconstructed by C Sharp in Country Dance Book 4 –Chestnut, Cecile Laye, Le Choix d’Amarillis (2nd Volume)
  • A Solstice Snow– Gary Roodman 2011 in A Group of Calculated Figures — Tune by Kate Barnes 2010 — Bare Necessities, Fast Friends (Dances of Gary Roodman)
  • Knole Park — 1809 Voight — reconstructed by Simons 1961 — Tune from Six New Minuets, Bishop 1788 —  The Dancehall Players, Live from Dan’s Hall
  • Fenterlarick — Joyce Walker, CDSS News Nov 1990 —  Tune Nancy’s Fancy by Fred Grimshaw — Bare Necessities, Modern Treasures
  • Tythe Pig — Playford 9th edition 1695 reconstructed by Nicolas Broadbridge 1995 — The Assembly Players, A Purcell Ball
  • Champagne — Jenna Simpson 2014, in Under the Influence — Tune: La Fete de Village 1789 — Naomi Morse, Paul Orts, and Dave Wiesler, Champagne
  • Final Waltz:  My Cape Breton Home (dance: Turning of the Year) — Bare Necessities, By Choice

 

September 4, 2025

  • Wooden Shoes — Playford 1703, Dancing Master I, Walsh 1718/1735, Johnson 1742, Cook 1999 — Bare Necessities, Mrs. Beveridge’s Triumph
  • Rebecka Ridinghoode   — Twenty-Four New Country Dances for the Year 1714,  Walsh 1726, 1731, and 1735 — reconstructed by Andrew Shaw 2009 in Farnicle Huggy — Rebecca King, Jon Berger, Jim Oakden, Farnicle Huggy
  • The Farmer’s Joy — Joseph Pimentel 2012 in Goldcrest — Tune by Adam Broome 2004 — Goldcrest, The Goldcrest Collection
  • Alice — Philippe Callens 2004 in Antwerp Antics 2012 — Tune: Siciliano by Telemann — Bare Necessities, Mrs. Beveridge’s Triumph
  • Portabella — Walsh 1715, 1718; Dancing Master II — reconstructed by Tom Cook 1979 — Bare Necessities, Strong Roots
  • The Ragg — Neal 1726 — reconstructed by Fogg and Jackson 1990 — Bare Necessities, Simple Pleasures
  • Faithless Nancy Dawson — Anna Bidder 1936, published 1964 — Tune A Rovin’ — Shira Kammen, Ragged, Rent and Torn
  • Final Waltz: The Cutty Wren, traditional (dance is Rafe’s Waltz by Victor Skowronski) — Shira Kammen, The Castle of the Holly King