Denise Laussade dance list

September 22, 2026

Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

Theme: Very Oldies but Goodies

  • Mutual Love — Thompson 1777 (dance and tune) in The Apted Book of Country Dances 1931, published by EFDSS 1966
  • Flora & Phaon — J. Walsh & J. Hare, 1718 — reconstructed by Andrew Shaw 2017, in Elephants Stairs — Tune Flora & Phaon from Walsh
  • The Barley Mow — 1779 in The Apted Book of Country Dances 1931, published by EFDSS 1966 — Tune Linnen Hall 1779
  • Hunt the Squirrel — Clement Weeks 1783 in American Country Dances of the Revolutionary Era 1775- 1795, edited by Keller and Sweet, 2nd edition, 1776 — Tune Hunt the Squirrel 1709
  • The Dressed Ship — Thompson 1774 (dance and tune) in The Apted Book of Country Dances, Heffer and Porter 1931, published by EFDSS 1966
  • The Parting Lovers — 1776 in The Apted Book of Country Dances, Heffer and Porter 1931, published by EFDSS 1966 — Tune The Parting Lovers

 

June 30, 2026

  • Belle of Greensboro —  Gary Roodman 2012, in a Group of Calculated Figures — Tune by lydia ievins & Juha Kujanpää 2012 — Cilantrio, Mr. Roodman’s Fancies
  • Away With February — Jenny Beer 1998, now published in Key to the Cellar  — Tune by Dave Wiesler (composed at the end of the unusually snowy and cold winter of 1996-1997) — Dave Wiesler private recording
  • Autumn in Amherst — Philippe Callens 2003, in Antwerp Antics — Tune Red Star Line by Kathy Talvitie 2002 — Bare Necessities, Vol. 13, Mrs. Beveridge’s Triumph
  • Dick’s Maggot — Playford 1702 — reconstructed as Dick’s Alternative Maggot by Gary Roodman 1992 in Additional Calculated Figures — Bare Necessities, English Country Dances
  • Ani’s Waltz — Gary Roodman 2008, in Odd Calculated Figures — Tune by Charlene Thomson — Cilantrio, Good Friends
  • Bryon’s Boutade or A B in the Bonnet — Fried de Metz Herman 1991, in Potter’s Porch — Tune Hubbub by Bryon Bonnett — Flying Romanos on The Flying Romanos Take Off!
  • Juice of Barley — Playford 1690 — reconstructed by Cecil Sharp 1916 — Tune by Purcell — Bare Necessities, English Country Dances
  • Interval waltz: Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason — Circa Paleo, Tideland 2012
  • Final waltz: Anna and Devin’s Waltz by Jacob deGroot-Maggetti — Jacob deGroot-Maggetti, Jonathan Werk, Anika Anderson recording. (This is the music for the Drew Delaware dance, Peaceful Poets.)