Juliette Webb Dance List

February 17, 2026

• Bishop of Bangor’s Jigg -- Playford’s Dancing Master (11-16th editions), also Walsh, 1718, 1731, and 1754 -- Reconstructed by Fried de Metz Herman in Choice Morsels
• The Female Tattler -- Playford, 1710, Pearson, The Dancing Master: Vol. the Second; also in John Walsh’s The Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing Master, 1719 -- Reconstructed by Andrew Shaw
• The Clout -- Neal, A Choice Collection of Country Dances, 1726 -- Reconstructed by Rich Jackson and George Fogg 1990
• First String -- Loretta Holz and Tom Amessé 2010, unpublished. -- Tune Gates of Heck by Dave Wiesler
• The Monmouth or The Victory -- Cantelo, 1785 -- Reconstructed by John Fitzhugh Millar 1990 in Country Dances of Colonial America
• Rockridge Romp -- Lynn Jensen, March 2024, unpublished --Tune: Rockridge Romp  by Jonathan Jensen 2024

 

February 9, 2023

Theme: What is inside our dancing minds during this cold month of February?

(2nd half of shared program called with Luanne Stiles)

• Ransom Note -- Susan Kevra -- Tune by Rachel Bell -- Rachel Bell and Friends, Tone Chamber
• The Bishop -- Thompson 1778 -- Reconstructed by Porter, Heffer & Heffer in The Apted Book of Country Dances, 1931 -- Tune Miss Dollard’s Delight-- Jim Coleman & Denis Smith, The Apted and Other Country Dances
• Lissome Lass -- Sharon Green 2016 -- Tune Paulina by Patti Cobb 2016 -- Odd Sundays Garage Band recording
• Money in Both Pockets -- reconstructed by James Morrison in Twenty Four Early American Country Dances, Cotillions, & Reels for the Year 1976 -- Liz Donaldson, Colleen Reed, and Becky Ross, English Echoes: English Country Dance Favorites
• Portsmouth -- Playford, 1701 -- reconstructed by Pat Shaw, and in Keller & Shimer, The Playford Ball -- Foxfire, Winter Oranges
• Final waltz: Hands Across the Pond by Jonny Dyer -- Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer recording

 

January 17, 2023

Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

• Opening waltz: Hands Across the Pond by Jonny Dyer
• Black Robin -- David Stephens, Ramsgate, Kent, Dance Search, 1986 -- Tune by A. Simons, 1986
• 12 for the Twelve Apostles -- Fried de Metz Herman, Ease & Elegance, 1994 -- Tune Isabella Burke by O’Carolan.
• The New English Lady (La Nouvelle Anglaise) -- Twaalf Contredansen voor de Viool en Dwars Fluyt, ca. 1771, published in the Pinewoods Fund Collection, 1979
• Hudson Guild Triad -- Fried de Metz Herman, The Naked Truth, 1985 -- Tune Elizabeth Canning, English, late 1700s
• Midwinter Song -- Fried de Metz Herman, Fringe Benefits, 1997 -- Tune by Gustav Holst 1874-1934
• O Frabjous Day -- Walsh, The Compleat Country Dancing Master [Book 1], 1718 -- reconstructed by Andrew Shaw, in Nearer and Farther, 2014 -- Tune by Rebecca King 2013
• Final waltz:  The Willows by Jonny Dyer

 

January 5, 2023

Theme: honoring National Bird Day in the U.S.

(2nd half of shared program called with Luanne Stiles)

• Birds of a Feather -- Elizabeth Goossen, 2012/2017, Daisies in the Wind, Volume 7 -- The Flying Romanos, Dancing With Friends, Daisies in the Wind, Volume 7.
• The Phoenix Rejuvenated -- Pat Shaw, The Pat Shaw Collection, 1975 -- The Tricky Brits at the Seattle English Country Ball  in 2011
• Woodlark -- The Dancing Master, Volume II, Walsh, 1728 -- reconstructed by Bernard Bentley, Fallibroome 5 --  Assembly Players, A Kynaston Ball
• Burgundy’s Flight -- The Dancing Master, vol. 2 -- reconstructed by Bernard Bentley, Fallibroome 5    --  The Little Tinkers, Both Sides of the Atlantic
• Final waltz:  The New Bird Waltz, by Francis Johnson -- Chestnut Brass Company

 

December 21, 2022

• Four Score Years -- Peggy Samuel, Dances by Peggy Samuel, 1999 -- Tune Four Score Years, by Steve Hunt, 2016 -- Steve Hunt Dances by Peggy Samuel.
• A Girl’s Best Friend -- Fried de Metz Herman, Potters Porch, 1988 -- Tunes Bonnie George Campbell and Wand’ring Willie -- Two’s Company, Face the Music
• Cockle Buttons -- Dave Martin, Dance Search, 1988 -- Tune used The Matelot -- Assembly Players
• June’s Guzz Sunshine -- Rosemary Hunt, in Go With the Flow -- Tunes are Four Times Round and Chocolate Candy by Steve Hunt 2001 -- Steve Hunt, Go with the Flow
• Tanya and David’s Waltz -- David Edgar, 2014, in Nearer and Farther -- Tune by Rebecca King 2013 -- Rebecca King, Nearer and Farther
• Mary's Malteaser -- Alan Davies, High Jenks, 1998 -- Tune Coastline Reel by Brian Jenkins -- The Cracknells, High Jenks
• Shappen Hill by Robert Moir, 2010, in Beyond White Wheat -- Tune by Steve Hunt 2009 -- Deo Volente, Beyond White Wheat
• Final waltz: Last Waltz --  Daron Douglas and Paul Moore, Just Over the Mountain

 

December 1, 2022

Theme: Sustenance and Libations

(2nd half of shared program with Luanne Stiles)

• Corylus -- Fried de Metz Herman, Fringe Benefits, 1996 -- music from the YouTube by Joyce Crouch, piano; Mark Eisenberg, recorder; and Naomi Morse, violin
• Chocolate is the Answer -- Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett,2014 in Impropriety 5 -- Tune The Maid’s Complaint, traditional Irish -- Roguery, Impropriety 5
• Hunt the Squirrel -- Playford 1709, 14th-18th editions -- The Dancehall Players, More from Dan’s Hall
• Paprika -- Peggy Roe 2014, Diagonally -- Tune from Hungarian Dance #5 by Johannes Brahms -- Rattlebone, Diagonally
• The Ham -- Audrey Laver, The Sidmouth Collection, Volume 3 -- Tune The Ham, by Steve Hunt 2007 -- Orion’s Ring, The Sidmouth Collection Vol. 3

 

November 15, 2022

• The Priory Gardens -- A. Simons, 1972 -- Assembly Players, Old World – New Dances
• Monks Way --  Elsie Watons, Linkes, 2002 -- Tune Monks Way  by Steve Hunt, 2003 -- Orion’s Ring, Linkes
• Rain on the Roof -- Chris Sackett, 2009, in Impropriety 4 -- Tune The White Petticoat, traditional Irish -- Roguery, Impropriety 4
• Reflections --  Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett, 2009 in Impropriety 4 -- Tune Mi Querida by Kate Barnes, 2008 -- Roguery, Impropriety 4
• Sugar & Spice -- Victoria Yeomans, At Home with Deo Volente, 2014 -- Tune Sugar & Spice and all things nice! by Dave Yeomans -- Deo Volente, At Home with Deo Volente
• Oliver’s Maggot -- Dawn Winskill, 1999, Cantii Collection -- Tune Consider Yourself by Lionel Bart, from the musical Oliver-- Assembly Players, Old World – New Dances
• Final waltz: Thanksgiving Waltz -- Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Harvest Home

 

November 3, 2022

Theme: Time in all its forms

(1st half of shared program with Luanne Stiles)

• Daybreak -- Brooke Friendly & Chris Sackett in Impropriety 2, 2007 -- Tune Hunan Hornpipe by Jonathan Jensen, 2007 -- Roguery, Impropriety 2
• Helene’s Night Out -- Claudio Buchwald, 1975 (dance and tune) -- Assembly Players, Playford from the New World
• Early One Morning -- Scott Higgs, 1994 -- Tune traditional -- Assembly Players, Playford from the New World
• Once A Night -- Thompson 1774, published in The Apted Book of Country Dances, edited by W. S. Porter, Marjorie Heffer, and Arthur Heffer, 1966 -- Tune Ye Social Power -- Bare Necessities, At Home
• Midnight Ramble -- Thompson, 1773 -- reconstructed by George Fogg, in The Playford Assembly, Graham Christian, 2015 -- Bare Nececssities, By Request
• Linda’s Gifts (of Time) -- Don Veino, 2016 -- Tune The Northdown Waltz -- Bare Necessities, At the Ball

 

October 18, 2022

Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

• Opening waltz: Hands Across the Pond  by Jonny Dyer
• The Fuerst Maggot -- Don Theyken 2008 -- Tune Doctor Who Pirate Jig by Martha Stokeley.
• From Among Dragons -- by Leslie Lasseter 2002 -- Tune Turning & Spinning, by Leslie Lasseter 2002
• Golden Dolphins -- Sue Carter 2006.   Tune Golden Dolphins by Colin Hume 2008
• Camberwell -- The Dancing Master vol. II, 161, ca. 1713 -- reconstructed by Bernard Bentley,  Fallibroome 6, 1980
• The De'il's Awa wi' the Exciseman -- David Newitt 2011 -- Poem/Song by Robert Burns  1792
• A Clap of Thunder -- Sharon Green, Luanne Stiles, Florentina Corbescu, Kit Clarke, and Marie-Louise Hendel at English Week, Pinewoods 2014  --Tune Contre Danze 178, by Johanne de Gruytters 1746.
• Final Waltz: The Winter Wedding by Jonny Dyer

 

September 13, 2022

• The Road to Youth or “Not the Norm” -- Rich Galloway & Stephanie Smith, 1993 -- Assembly Players, Playford from the New World
• Young Roger -- John and William Neal, 1726: A Choice Collection of Country Dances -- reconstructed by Rich Jackson and George Fogg -- Assembly Players, A Neal Ball
• Corn Riggs -- traditional, collected by Peter Kennedy, Northumberland in Community Dances Manual.  EFDSS, Community Dances
• The Matching Pair -- Gary Roodman 1995 in Sum Further Calculated Figures -- Tune Road to the Cape by Jonathan Jensen -- Assembly Players, Playford from the New World
• Laisteridge Lane -- Gary Roodman 1995 in Sum Further Calculated Figures -- Tune Kettledrum, Playford 1651 -- MGM Reunion, Old Friends
• “Mad Dogs” at Willow Bank -- Rosemary Hunt, undated, in Go with the Flow.  Tune Mad Dogs at Willow Bank by Steve Hunt, December 2013,”with apologies to Noel Coward!”
• Draper’s Gardens --Playford  1706-1728 in The Playford Ball, Kate Van Winkle Keller and Genevieve Shimer, 1994 -- reconstructed by Bernard Bentley 1965 -- Tune Margravine’s Waltz from Preston’s Twenty Four Country Dances, 1799 --  Bare Necessities, Simple Pleasures

 

September 1, 2022

• Ashford Anniversary -- Charles Bolton, More of the Same, 1986 -- Tune by Phalese, name not given, circa 1580 -- Tricky Brits, Live at Seattle’s English Country Ball, 2011
• Bonny Cate -- David Wall’s Book of Country Dances, c. 1764, in Playford Plus; reprinted in the “Ashover Book” by the Sheffield Branch of the EFDSS in 1927 -- Chestnut, The Toddler.
• The Country Farmer -- Neal, c. 1726, A Choice Collection of Country Dances -- reconstructed by Rich Jackson and George Fogg, 1990 -- Chestnut, The Toddler
• The Jolly Company -- J. Walsh, J. Hare, 1718, Twenty Four New Country Dances Compos'd by a Person of Quality and Recommended to Mr. Nathaniel Kynaston -- interpreted by Andrew Shaw, Elephant Stairs, 2017 -- Persons of Quality, Elephant Stairs
• Enfield Wash --  c. 1750 Johnson -- reconstructed by Bentley, Fallibroome Collection -- Chestnut, The Toddler
• The Hen Run -- Bernard Bentley, c. 1985, Fallibroome Garden -- The Assembly Players, Old World – New Dances.
• Lady Williams’ Delight -- Rich Galloway, 1993, CDSS News; New American Dances ---Tune by Jonathan Jensen -- Bare Necessities, New Shoots
• Final waltz -- Cathedral by Dave Bartley, et al. -- BACDS campers, More Waltzes Before Breakfast -- https://www.bacds.org/events/WBB2/

 

August 23, 2022

• Dover Pier -- Preston, Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1791 -- reconstruction by A. Simons 1961, in The Playford Ball,  Kate Van Winkle Keller and Genevieve Shimer, 1994 --  Bare Necessities, By Request
• Green Willow -- Heffer & Porter, Maggot Pie, 1932 -- Wild Thyme, Maggot Pie
• Marina -- Beth Zekley 2004, from her web site -- Bare Necessities, Mrs. Beveridge’s Triumph
• Money Musk -- Werner 1785, Preston, 1786 in The Playford Assembly, Graham Christian, 2015 -- Lissa Schneckenburger, Dance
• The General -- Thompson, Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Volume 3 -- reconstructed by Tom Cook, Come Let’s Be Merry, 1975 (Tom Cook says “it is almost certainly a reprint from C and S Thompson’s Twenty Four Country Dances for the year 1773 -- Wild Thyme, Come, Let’s Be Merry
• Long Odds -- Preston, Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1791 in The Playford Assembly, Graham Christian, 2015 --  Childgrove, Early Instincts
• Irish Lamentation -- Johnson, Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances  c. 1740 and 1742, Walsh’s Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing Master, c. 1745 -- reconstruction by Colin  -- Bare Necessities, Take A Dance

 

July 19, 2022

Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

• The Fairy Prince -- ca. 1772 (Original source is An unidentified Collection of 200 Dances, with the note “The dates suggested for Tunes which have only been located in larger 18th Century Collections should be treated with caution.  There is considerable evidence that those Collections often incorporated or even comprised only Tunes and Dances which had been published earlier, in annual or other smaller Collections, or by other publishers.”  Perhaps in Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances Vol. III.1765-72) -- reconstructed by Tom Cook, Again Let’s Be Merry, 1979
• The Beaux Delight --The Dancing Master, Volume 1, 17th edition, 1721 -- Bernard Bentley interpretation, 1971, Fallibroome, with minor changes by Andrew Shaw.  Also in The Dancing Master, Playford, 11th edition, 1701, through the 18th edition of 1728, and in multiple Walsh.
• The Sun from the East, Colin Hume, 2021 -- Tune from John Rook music manuscript collection, 1840, also in Thompson, 1770. By Henry Livingston, before 1787, per CH, before 1783 per henrylivingston.com.
• Up the Downs -- Claire Kaley -- Tune Wolstonbury, by Steve Hunt, 2009.
• Celtic Mystery -- Rosemary Hunt -- Tune by Steve Hunt
• Double Lead Through -- Traditional -- Collected from William Kimber, Headington
• The New Long Room at Scarborough -- Johnson, 1748, Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4; Rutherford, 1756 -- Reconstructed by Andrew Shaw

 

July 7, 2022

Theme: American Choreographers and Composers

(2nd half of shared program with Mady Newfield)

• Kate’s Whimsy -- Orly Krasner 2007, in Celebrations -- Tune Kate’s Whimsy by John Austin 2008 -- Reunion, Celebrations
• Julie’s Scandal -- Brooke Friendly & Chris Sacket, 2010, in Impropriety 4,  --   Tune Zephyr by Bo Leyden 2009 -- Roguery, Impropriety 4
• The Engaging Engineer -- Sharon Green 2012 -- Tune G Minor Jig by Martha Stokely -- Jon Berger, Jonathan Jensen, Shira Kammen, and Rebecca King, Dances from the Greenery
• The Fine Companions Waltz --  Gary Roodman 2008, in Odd Calculated Figures -- Tune Fine Companions Waltz by Charlene Thomson 2005 -- Greenwood, Hey for Three,  and Watson Abbey, Promise of Spring
• Lisa’s Maggot --  Carmen Giunta and David Smukler 2010 -- Tune Max by Charlene Thomson -- Greenwood, Hey for Three,  and Watson Abbey, Promise of Spring

 

June 2, 2022

• Robinia -- Bernard Bentley, A Fallibroome Garden, 1993 -- Tune One of Twelve Contretanze, early 19th century per Bernard Bentley (may be very late 18^th) by Beethoven -- Joan & Rosalind Corser, A Fallibroom Garden
• Jack by the Hedge -- Jan Dale in A Concise Flora for Dancer -- Tunes by John Stapeldon -- West Kirby Folk Dance Band, Not Quite the Same
• Mignonette -- Jan Dale, Tuzzy Muzzy 2003 -- Tune by Terry Willetts --  The Cracknells, Tuzzy Muzzy
• Meadow Sweet -- by Bernard Bentley, A Fallibroome Garden, 1993 Tune One of Twelve Contretanze, early 19th century per Bernard Bentley (may be very late 18^th) by Beethoven -- Joan & Rosalind Corser, A Fallibroom Garden
• Lobelia  by Jan Dale, High Jenks, 1998 -- Tune by Tom Cook -- The Cracknells, High Jenks

 

May 5, 2022

Theme for this month: dances or tunes written for or by members of the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS)

(1st half of shared program with Luanne Stiles)

• Mistwold -- David Newitt 1993, Legacy; CDSS News 113 -- Tune Mistwold by Dudley Laufman 1972 -- Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra
• Midnight on the Water -- Beverly Francis 2017 -- Tune Midnight on the Water by Luke Thomasson -- John Lilly & Ralph Blizard, Blue Highway
• Cacao --  Brooke Friendly & Chris Sackett 2017, Impropriety 6  -- Tune Aptos by Rachel Bell -- Roguery, A New Leaf
• Fiddler’s Feat -- Dan Blim 2010 -- Tune Welcome Home, My Dearie, traditional (Neil Stuart, 1761??) -- Elegant Echoes, English Echoes II, More English Country Dance Favorites

 

April 19, 2022

• Apollo’s Hunt -- Gary Roodman, Even Odder Calculated Figures 2009 -- Tune La Chasse d’Apollon by P. J. Vanpelt, 18th century Belgian --  Naomi Morse, Gene Murrow, and Cynthia Shaw
• Dunsmuir Waltz -- Bruce Hamilton, from John Drewry’s The Dunsmuir Strathspey -- Tune Breakaway Heart by Kathy Talvitie -- Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab), New Shoots
• Wrights of Lichfield, The, or K and D -- Gary Roodman, Multiple Calculated Figures 2009.  Tune La Precieuse by J. Chaxelle, ca. 1790 --  MGM Reunion (Mary Lea, Gene Murrow, Margaret Ann Martin, Daniel Beerbohm, Barbara Greenberg, Jonathan Jensen), Old Friends
• Fast Packet -- Bob Lilley, CDSS News 149, July/August 1999 -- Tune is Jacob, or Enrico, from a Thomas Hardy manuscript -- Bare Necessities, A New English Ball
• St. Margaret’s Hill -- Playford Dancing Master II 1710 -- reconstructed by Bernard Bentley, 1962 -- Sue and John Stapledon, Again Not Quite Playford
• Easter Tuesday -- Playford Dancing Master 9th edition 1695-- reconstructed by Jacqueline Schwab -- Bare Necessities, By Choice
• Prince William -- Walsh, Compleat Country Dancing Master 1731 -- Bare Necessities, More Favorites of the Boston Centre
• Final waltz:  A Swiftly Tilting Planet -- Daron Douglas and Paul Moore, Somewhere Between Here and Home

 

April 7, 2022

In honor of Scottish-American Heritage Month, a program of dances with figures borrowed from Scottish Country Dancing

(1st half of shared program with Luanne Stiles)

• Redbud Reel -- Sarah Harriman, Let’s All Dance Too 1997 --Music used was the Long Pond Reel set, Long Pond Reel by Liz Donaldson 1980 --  Terpsichore (Elke Baker and Liz Donaldson),  Scottish Dance Music
• Forsooth -- Francis Carter 1991, in English Dance & Song, Summer 1994   Music used was the Lamb Skinnet set, traditional 18^th century tunes -- Terpsichore (Elke Baker, Ralph Gordon, and Liz Donaldson), A Dancer’s Best Friend
• Longest Night (The) -- Chris Sackett and Brooke Friendly, Impropriety 5, 2014 --  Tune Cog Railway by Dave Wiesler, 2011 -- Roguery,  Impropriety 5
• Highland Mary -- Jo Hamilton, Let’s All Dance Too 1991.  Music used was Holden My Own, mostly traditional 18^th century tunes -- Terpsichore (Elke Baker, Ralph Gordon, and Liz Donaldson), A Dancer’s Best Friend
• Act with Agility -- Brooke Friendly & Chris Sackett, Impropriety 6, 2018 -- Tune Play with Alacrity, Dave Bartley 2018 -- Roguery, Impropriety 6

 

March 15, 2022

• Waltzing with Gaye -- Beverly Francis, CDSS News, Summer 2018 -- Tune Waltzing with You by Molly Mason 1992 -- Molly Mason and Jay Ungar, Waltzing with You, 1993
• Ransom Note -- Susan Kevra 2017 -- Tune Ransom Note by Rachell Bell -- Rachel Bell, Karen Axelrod, Susan Kevra, Tone Chamber, 2016
• Dance for Sue -- Nikki Herbst 2011/2013 -- Tune A Bird in the Hand by Gordon Bonnet 2010 -- Rebecca King, Nearer and Farther, 2014
• Doodling -- Naomi Alexander 1988, Naomi’s Tunes and Dances, 2006 -- Tune Doodling also by Naomi Alexander 1998 -- Stowfolk (Heather Bexon, Mike Bexon, Mike Briggs, and Pete Ellis), Time to Go, 2002
• Under the Influence -- Jenna Simpson 2013, in Under the Influence: A Book of Dances, 2017 -- Tune Tom Kruskal’s by Amelia Mason and Emily Troll 2007 -- Merry Mayhem (Jacob Chen, Kathy Dagg, Ashley Green, and Shanda McDonald), 2020 recording
• Newfound Home -- Sharon Green -- Tune Newfound Lake Waltz by Cynthia Shaw -- Jon Berger, Shira Kammen, Rebecca King, Dances from the Greenery II (not yet released)
• Heys in Time -- Liz Donaldson --Tune Hazelfern Jig  also by Liz Donaldson -- Elegant Echoes (Liz Donaldson, Colleen Reed, Becky Ross, Bruce Edwards), English Echoes II, More English Country Dance Favorites, 2018
• Final waltz: The Distant Flute by Marjorie Millner -- 3/4 Time: Nine Waltzes By Marjorie Millner

 

February 15, 2022

Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

• New Year Star --  Jean Butler, Dance With-In Tent, 1981 -- Tune New Year Blues Jig by Dave Brown
• In the Presence of Monarchs -- Joseph Pimentel -- Tune Monk’s Gate -- The Green Jay Collection, 2017
• Jackson Fine -- Joseph Pimentel -- Tunes The Very Wrestled Mad Robin Hey, by Debbie Jackson and The Very Nestled Mad Robin Hey by Debbie Jackson -- The Green Jay Collection, 2019.
• Ampleforth Assembly -- Jenna Simpson -- Tune Quail Hollow Waltz by Linda and Gary Lieberman
• Mother Jones Jig -- Gary Roodman, Mutually Exclusive Calculated Figures, 2020 -- Tune Tarantella, by Steve Hunt
• A Toast to the Fiddler -- Gary Roodman, Mutually Exclusive Calculated Figures, 2020 -- Tune Hommage, by Torbjörn Näsbom

February 3, 2022

Theme: Family and Friends

(2nd half of shared program with Luanne Stiles)

• Ruby Revelry -- Charles Bolton, Round Robin 2000 -- The Flying Romanos, Round Robin
• Remembering Mary Kay -- Mary Devlin 2008 -- Elke Baker and Liz Donaldson, Terpsichore: Scottish Dance Music
• Tour de Force -- Orly Krasner 2017 -- Tune Coriolis  -- Tricky Brits, Bag o’Tricks
• Elusive Muse -- Tim Wilson 2008 --  Tune Calliope Meets Frank -- Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Fire and Grace
• Chocolate Equation -- Brooke Friendly & Chris Sackett 2009 -- Tune 72% by Shira Kammen -- Roguery, Impropriety 3
• Sparkling & Still --  Alan Winston 1997 --  Tune Fanny Power by Turlough O’Carolan -- Craig Duncan, Irish Dances

 

January 18, 2022

• South Seas -- Straight & Skillern 1775 -- reconstructed by Heather Clarke, Captain Cook’s Country Dances, 2020 -- Philip’s Dog and The Whoots, Captain Cook’s Country Dances
• Winter Aconite -- Jan Dale, Flora Janica --  Tune  Winter Aconite, or The First Sign of Spring by Brian Jenkins -- The Cracknells, Flora Janica
• Kill Him with Kindness -- Playford, The Dancing-Master, Vol. the Second, 1-4, 1710 -- reconstructed by Christine Helwig  1995 -- The Little Tinkers
• Karen’s Caprice -- Sharon Green 2006 -- Tune Silly Jig by Jonathan Jensen -- Jon Berger, Jonathan Jensen, Shira Kammen, & Rebecca King, Dances from the Greenery
• The Peridot Ring -- Susan Kevra 2017 -- Tune by Rachel Bell -- Susan Kevra and Rachel Bell, private recording
• Neat, Mr. John, Walsh, 1718 -- reconstruced by Andrew Shaw, Mr. Kynaston’s Famous Dance --  Persons of Quality, Next of Kynaston
• Final waltz:  When At  Last  -- Russ Barenberg, When at Last (CD) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0012N1DFU/

 

January 6, 2022

(1st half of shared program with Luanne Stiles)

• Juice of Barley -- Playford 1686 -- reconstructed by Cecil Sharp -- Bare Necessities, English Country Dances
• Easter Tuesday -- Playford 1695 -- reconstructed by Jacqueline Schwab -- Bare Necessities, English Country Dances 
• The Quizzical Snob -- Sharon Green 2014 -- Tune by Martha Stokely -- Childgrove, Wanderlust 
• The Comical Fellow -- Thompson 1776 -- reconstructed by Porter, Heffer, & Heffer in Apted Collection -- Jim Coleman & Denis Smith, The Apted and Other Country Dances
• Bel Canto -- Susan Kevra 2018 --Tune One Card Short by Dave Wiesler -- Odd Sundays Garage Band recording
• Kelsterne Gardens -- Playford 1727 -- reconstructed by Tom Cook 1975  -- Merry Mayhem (Jacob Chen, Kathy Dagg, Ashley Green, and Shanda McDonald) recording

 

December 21, 2021

• Mile of Smiles --  Joseph Pimentel, 2012, The Goldcrest Collection -- Tune by Dave Wiesler -- Goldcrest, Goldcrest Collection
• Rakes of Rochester -- Walsh, Caledonian Country Dances, Vol. II, Part I, ca. 1748 -- reconstructed by Simons 1961 -- Bare Necessities, Strong Roots
• Winter Solstice -- Wendy Crouch, 1988, Further Flights of Fancy -- Tune Early One Morning, traditional -- Bare Necessities, Modern Treasures
• Angels Unawares -- Graham Christian, 2001, CDSS News 162 --  Tune The Streams of Lovely Nancy, traditional -- Bare Necessities, By Choice
• Good Man of Cambridge -- Gary Roodman 1992, Additional Calculated Figures --  Tune adapted from Rondo Alla Turca by Mozart -- MGM Reunion, Old Friends
• Flippancy -- Sharon Green, 2009 --  Tune Over the Water to Charlie, traditional -- Hood, Wink, & Swagger, Dancers Dream
• Barbarini’s Tambourine -- Walsh, Caledonian Country Dances, Book the Fourth, 2nd Edition, 1745 -- reconstructed by Jacqueline Schwab -- Bare Necessities, Nightcap

 

December 2, 2021

Dances Reconstructed or Choreographed by Fried de Metz Herman

(shared program with Luanne Stiles)

• Fringe Benefits -- Fried de Metz Herman 1994 in Fringe Benefits -- Tune Orielton House 1718 -- Mara Shea, available on Bandcamp
• Cat in the Window -- Fried de Metz Herman 1994 in Ease and Elegance -- Tune Young Terence Mac Donough by O’Carolan -- Triple Time, Dutch Callers’ Choice
• Choice Morsels -- Fried de Metz Herman 1986 in Choice Morsels -- Tune adapted from Peacherine Rag by Scott Joplin 1901 -- Kate Barnes, At Rainbow’s End
• Fleur de Lis -- Fried de Metz Herman 1994 in Fringe Benefits -- Tune The Lover’s Petition by John Barrett 1700 -- MGM, Measured Obsession
• Green Leaves -- Fried de Metz Herman 1991 in Potters Porch (written for Lisa Greenleaf) -- Tune Humpety Bridge by Bryon Bonnett -- Hudson Crossing, The Bonds of Harmony
• Final Waltz: Jock O'Hazeldean -- Daron Douglas and Paul Moore, Just Over the Mountain

 

November 4, 2021

An Evening of Fallibroome

(shared program with Luanne Stiles)

• Doway, 1718 -- Bernard Bentley interpretation in Fallibroome 1--  Chestnut,  The Toddler
• Barn Elms, 1713 -- Bernard Bentley interpretation in Fallibroome 1 --  Roguery, Minding the Gap
• Burghees Hole, or The Beadle of Grub Street --Bernard Bentley interpretation in Fallibroome 4 --  Wild Thyme, The Beau’s Retreat
• Woodlark, 1728 -- Bernard Bentley interpretation in Fallibroome 5 -- The Assembly Players,  A Kynaston Ball
• The Topaz -- Bernard Bentley interpretation in Fallibroome 3 --  Wild Thyme,  Wild Thyme Plays Fallibroome

 

October 19, 2021

Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

• The Countryman’s Hat --  Irene Crewe, date unknown but published in English Dance & Song, Autumn 1999 -- Tune Bracken Rigg by Jack Armstrong
• Bishop of Chester’s Jigg  -- Playford 9th Edition, Second Part, 1696 -- reconstructed by Christine Helwig and Marshall Barron --Tune A Fool’s Preferment by Henry Purcell, 1688
• Sherry at the Ball  -- Steve Otlowski, 2016 --  Tune Valse des Pastouriaux by Jacky Molard
• Ffaniglen --  ceilidh dance from Wales -- Tune Ymdaith Gwyr Dyfnaint
• Irish Howle -- Playford, 3rd volume, 1726 -- reconstructed by Andrew Shaw, unpublished
• Mike’s Health -- Lynn Jensen 2011 -- Tune by Jonathan Jensen.
• Starting waltz: Hands Across the Pond by Jonny Dyer
• Final waltz: Fikavalsen by Vicki Swan

October 7, 2021

• Stafford Castle  -- Naomi Alexander (dance and tune), 2001, Naomi’s Tunes and Dances --Stowfolk, Stowfolk Play Naomi’s Tunes
• Dudmason Hall -- Kynaston Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1716, also Walsh 1716 -- recornstructed by Andrew Shaw,  The She Favourite -- The Assembly Players, A Kynaston Ball
• Sion House -- Playford 1701 -- Bare Necessities, Strong Roots
• Hazelfern Place -- Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett,  Impropriety 2 -- Tune La Maison de Glace by Rejean Brunet -- Roguery, Impropriety 2
• Walton Abbey -- Playford 1698 and Walsh 1718 -- The Dancehall Players, An Evening at Dan’s Hall
  

 

September 14, 2021

• Indian Queen -- Playford 1701, interpreted by Sharp -- Claremont Country Dance Band
• 1 is 1 and All Alone -- Fried de Metz Herman, 1994,  Ease and Elegance -- Tunes John’s Jig (1966) and Thingumy Jig, by John Stapledon -- West Kirby Band, Not Quite New
• In My Dreams, I Go Dancing --  Jonathan Sivier, 2010 -- Tune Weathered Inn Waltz  by Al White, 1994 -- Stringdancer, Stringdancer
• Tom Jones -- The Sudbury Collection, ca. 1750, interpreted by Kathryn and David Wright,  Wrights’ Humours, Volume 2 -- Tune first published in Gentlemen’s Magazine, 1750 -- Tricky Brits, Live at the 2015 Seattle Ball
• The Drummer -- Thompson, 1757, interpreted by Charles Bolton -- Nick & Chris Dewhurst, Brass Tracks
• Dartington, by Naomi Alexander, Dances with a Difference, Vol 5 (Colin Hume) -- Tune by Colin Hume -- Masquerade, Elizabeth and Other Dances
• Trip to Amsterdam -- Philippe Callens, Continental Capers -- Tune The Last New Vagaries, 1701 -- A Joyful Noise, Red Star Line
• Waltz:  Invisible, played by Dick Hyman and Judy Hyman, Late Last Summer

 

August 17, 2021

• Halfe Hannikin, Playford 1651, reconstructed by Sharp -- The Flying Romanos, Take Off!
• Felix’s Name Day -- Dance & tune by Michael Cicone 2001 -- Roguery, Minding the Gap
• Oxford Circus -- Colin Hume, New Dances for Old 1992 --  Tune Parson's Farewell, Playford 1651 -- Bare Necessities, At Home
• Orange Nan -- Playford 1718 -- reconstructed by Andrew Shaw, The She Favourite 2002 -- Persons of Quality, Next of Kynaston
• True Kit -- Gary Roodman 1999 -- Tune Mr. Warwick’s Mask, early Baroque -- MGM & Reunion, Old Friends

 

July 20, 2021

• The Betrayed Lover -- Pat Shaw, New Wine in Old Bottles  1974 -- Bare Necessities
• The Beggar Boy -- Playford, The Dancing Master 1651 --Marshall Baron, Eric Leber, and Charles Ward
• The Garter, or King James' March -- Playford 7th ed, ca. 1688 -- Tom Cook interpretation mostly -- West Kirby Folk Band
• Middlemarch -- dance and tune by Orly Krasner, Celebrations -- Reunion (Daniel Beerbohm, Barbara Greenberg, and Jonathan Jensen), Celebrations
• Hey Ding a Ding -- Thompson, Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Volume IV, ca. 1780 -- Julie & Chris Dewhurst
• Ely Court --Walsh, 1718 -- Fried de Metz Herman interpretation -- The Assembly Players
• The Balloon, 1786 -- unknown provenance -- Bernard Bentley interpretation, Fallibroome 6 -- Wild Thyme
• Bonnie Cate -- David Wall’s Book of Country Dances, ca. 1764  -- Chestnut

 

June 15, 2021

• Maiden Lane -- Playfordm1651 -- C Sharp interpretation (mostly) -- Orange & Blue
• Grande Cosse -- Naomi Alexander, Naomi’s Tunes and Dances -- Stowfolk
• New Decade Waltz -- Alan Winston 2010 --Tune Alta Sierra Waltz, by Larry Unger -- Larry Unger & Ginny Snowe
• Lovers Knot, or The Diamond Jubilee -- Jim Kitch 1993 -- Tune Black and Grey, Playford 7^th edition, 1686 -- Cynthia Shaw & Tom Phillips
• Elegance & Simplicity -- from The Ladies and Gentleman’s Companion Containing the Newest Cotillions and Country Dances 1803 – Tune used The Naughty Noochie by Bob McQuillan, in medley with Old Rocking Chair and Jimmy’s Favorite, played by Rodney Miller
• Merrymakers Jubilee -- Ellen Taylor 1999 -- Tune by Joan Gilbert -- West Kirby Folk Dance Band

 

June 3, 2021

• Dancing With Friends -- dance and tune by Elizabeth Goossen -- The Flying Romanos, Daisies in the Wind
• Chestnut -- Playford 1651 -- Becky Ross, Colleen Reed, Liz Donaldson with Bruce Edwards, English Echoes II
• Apollo and Daphne -- Walsh 1718 -- Reconstructed by Andrew Shaw -- Persons of Quality, Elephant Stairs
• The Princess -- Playford 1701 -- Bare Necessities, By Choice
• Nottingham Swing -- Traditional -- Stradivarious, This Sceptred Isle
• The Young Widow -- Griffiths 1788 -- Bare Necessities, At The Ball
• Final Waltz: Helen’s Waltz -- Daron Douglas and Paul Moore.

May 6, 2021

Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

• Look Park -- Gary Roodman, A Combination of Calculated Figures -- Tune Tambourin by F. J. Gossec
• Robin A Bobbin -- Johnson  1751 -- Reconstructed by Fried de Metz Herman, Serendipity, 2009
• Circle Hornpipe -- Jim Billson, English Dance and Song, Summer 1997
• Song: The Roses Three
• Birthday at Brasstown -- Sharon Green -- Tune by Jonathan Jensen
• Happy Marriage -- Playford 1696
• Hill House -- Bishop 1788 -- reconstructed by Fried de Metz Herman
• Final waltz  -- Waltz for Sherry - by Jonny Dyer on Vicki and Jonny's album Sleep Deprivation

 

April 1, 2021

Live music by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

• Pebbles – Ric Goldman 2011 (dance and tune)
• Black Joak – Walsh 1731
• Anniversary Waltz – Paula Kelley, Martha Kent, and Val Medve 2011 -- Tune Kean O’Hara, First Air, Turlough O’Carolan
• Kentish Cricketers – Rutherford 1756
• Hoffedd Miss Hughes – Ian Hughes 1999  Tune The Wheatsheaf Tavern,  traditional from Wales
• Autumn on the River – Gary Roodman 2018  -- Tune by Jonathan Jensen
• The New Long Room at Scarborough – Johnson 1748, Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4; Rutherford 1756 -- reconstruction by Andrew Shaw

 

March 4, 2021

• In the Fields of Frost and Snow -- The Dancing Master, 1710 -- reconstructed by Bentley, Fallibroome Collection 1, in The Playford Assembly, Graham Christian -- Bare Necessities, By Request
• Spring in Sebastopol -- Philippe Callens, Seasons of Invention, 2004 -- Tune  Bourree by Purcell   -- A Joyful Noise and Hold the Mustard, Seasons of Invention
• Cumberland Long Eight -- Traditional, in EFDSS Community Dances Manual, 2005 -- Pesky, English Traditional Dancing
• Billy’s Waltz -- Peggy Roe --Tune Breton Waltz --  Mara Shea and Julie Gorka.
• Amazonian Archers -- source is a 1791 dance fan from Manchester -- Orion’s Ring recording
• Midwinter Maggot -- Gary Roodman, A Group of Calculated Figures, 2012 -- Tune by Jonathan Jensen, 2010 -- Bare Necessities, Fast Friends

 

February 4, 2021

• The Queen's Jig -- Playford 1701 -- Foxfire
• St. Giles' Gate -- Tune and dance by Norris Winstone 1972  --  The Assembly Players
• Buttered Peas --Collected in Buckden, Wharfedale -- Published in 1795 in Dances from the Yorkshire Dales -- Band y Betws
• Farewell Marian -- Traditional Welsh dance as noted by Gwyn Williams -- Tricky Brits, live recording
• Greenacre (or the Norman Conquest) -- Tom Cook -- Tune by Brian Jenkins -- The Cracknels
• Fine Lady of Homewood -- Gary Roodman -- Tune A Fig for a Kiss, traditional --  MGM Reunion
• Closing Waltz:  Sweet Garden -- Played by the Bay area band Stringfire! on Excited States -- CD available from Patti Cobb at pkcobb23@gmail.com

 

November 20, 2020

• Ten Year Tested -- Colin Hume, Dances with a Difference, Volume 3, 1989 -- The Rampions, Dances with a Difference, Volume 3
• October’s Child -- Ken Alexander, 1980 -- Assembly Players, Old World – New Dances
• The Leaving of Liverpool -- David Carpenter, 1974, published in Hugh Stewart’s The Country Dance Club Book, 2008 -- Stradivarious, This Sceptred Isle
• Star Right, Star Bright -- Peggy Roe, Diagonally, 2011 -- Tune The Ash Grove, Welsh folk song -- Dancehall Players Trio, Diagonally
• Founder’s Day -- Kathryn and David Wright, The Vesey Collection, 1990 -- Tune by Chris Dewhurst -- Pick ‘n’ Mix, Vesey Collection.
• Mike’s Health -- Lynn Jensen, 2011 -- Tune by Jonathan Jensen -- Naomi Morse, Gene Murrow, and Cynthia Shaw, 2020 CD*NY Playford Ball practice
• Shawberry Delight -- Christine Robb -- Tune Shawbury Park, Playford -- Wild Thyme, Come Let’s Be Merry
• Final waltz:  Sweet Garden -- Stringfire!, Excited States