Grimstock ~ Sharp | ![]() | John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball | Colin Hume | 3 Couple Longways |
Newcastle ~ Sharp | ![]() | John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball | Colin Hume | Square |
Step Stately | ![]() | John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball | Colin Hume | 3 Couple Longways |
Apley House ~ Sharp | ![]() | Henry Playford 1702 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball | Brett Larsen | Duple Minor |
Bellamira ~ Kennedy | ![]() | John Playford 1689 Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Playford Assembly | Bare Necessities | Duple Minor |
The Hole in the Wall | ![]() | Henry Playford 1697 Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Playford Ball | Bare Necessities | Duple Minor |
The Fandango | ![]() | Thompson 1774 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931 Playford Ball | ![]() | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
Apley House ~ Pat Shaw | ![]() | Henry Playford 1702 Pat Shaw 1960 | Brett Larsen | Duple Minor |
The Female Saylor | ![]() | Feuillet 1706 Pat Shaw 1960 Playford Ball | Bare Necessities | Duple Minor |
La Matelotte | ![]() | Feuillet 1706 Pat Shaw 1960 Playford Ball | Bare Necessities | Duple Minor |
Prince William | ![]() | Walsh 1731 Pat Shaw 1960 Playford Ball | Bare Necessities | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
Hambleton's Round O | ![]() | John Young (Playford family) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball | ![]() | Triple Minor |
The Physical Snob | ![]() | Unknown ~1800 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Assembly | Bare Necessities | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
Old Batchelor ~ Simons | ![]() | Henry Playford 1695 A. Simons 1973 Playford Assembly | Colin Hume | Duple Minor |
Barham Down ~ Cook | ![]() | Henry Playford 1701 Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly | Colin Hume | Duple Minor |
Hamburger Special | ![]() | Pat Shaw 1974 Marjorie Fennessy 1983 | ![]() | Duple Minor |
Hamburger Special ~ Verbil | ![]() | Pat Shaw 1974 Lindsay Verbil 1983 | ![]() | Duple Minor |
Kensington Court | ![]() | Henry Playford 1695 Charles Bolton 1985 | ![]() | Duple Minor |
Bellamira ~ Bolton | ![]() | John Playford 1689 Charles Bolton 1985 | Bare Necessities | Duple Minor |
Bar-a-Bar | ![]() | John Young (Playford family) 1710 Fried de Metz Herman 1986 Playford Assembly | Bare Necessities | Duple Minor |
Barr a Barr | ![]() | John Young (Playford family) 1710 Fried de Metz Herman 1986 Playford Assembly | Bare Necessities | Duple Minor |
Barbarini's Tambourine | ![]() | Walsh 1745 Jacqueline Schwab 1987 Playford Assembly | ![]() | Duple Minor |
Step Stately ~ Palmer | ![]() | John Playford 1651 William Palmer 1987 | ![]() | 3 Couple Longways |
Mrs. Hill's Dance ~ Bolton | ![]() | Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Charles Bolton 1988 | Odd Sundays Garage Band | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 312 |
Barham Down ~ Simons | ![]() | Henry Playford 1701 A. Simons ~1990 | Colin Hume | Triple Minor |
The Ragg | ![]() | John & William Neal 1726 Rich Jackson & George Fogg 1990 Playford Assembly | Bare Necessities | Duple Minor |
Ore Boggy | ![]() | John & William Neal 1726 Rich Jackson & George Fogg 1990 Playford Assembly | Bare Necessities | Duple Minor |
Take a Dance | ![]() | John & William Neal 1726 Rich Jackson & George Fogg 1990 Playford Assembly | Bare Necessities | Duple Minor |
Rosamond's Pond | ![]() | Thomas Bray 1699 Christine Helwig 1990 Playford Assembly | ![]() | Duple Minor |
Red and all Red | ![]() | Lister 1753 Charles Bolton 1991 Playford Assembly | Bare Necessities | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 312 |
Apley House ~ Playford Ball | ![]() | Henry Playford 1702 Kate van Winkle Keller & Genevieve Shimer 1994 Playford Ball | Brett Larsen | Duple Minor |
Bellamira ~ Hume | ![]() | John Playford 1689 Colin Hume 1995 | Bare Necessities | Duple Minor |
Old Batchelor ~ Hume | ![]() | Henry Playford 1695 Colin Hume 1995 | Colin Hume | Duple Minor |
Step Stately ~ Hume | ![]() | John Playford 1651 Colin Hume 1995 | Colin Hume | 5 Couple Longways |
Old Batchelor ~ Broadbridge | ![]() | Henry Playford 1695 Nicolas Broadbridge 1996 Playford Assembly | Colin Hume | Duple Minor |
Softly Good Tummas | ![]() | Nathaniel Kynaston 1718 Andrew Shaw 2002 Playford Assembly | Bare Necessities | Duple Minor |
The Restoration of King Charles ~ Bolton | ![]() | John Young (Playford family) 1726 Charles Bolton 2003 | ![]() | Duple Minor |
Red and all Red ~ Hume | ![]() | Lister 1753 Colin Hume 2003 | Bare Necessities | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
Hobb's Wedding | ![]() | Henry Playford 1695 Colin Hume 2007 | Colin Hume | Duple Minor |
A Kissing Dance in the Country Wake | ![]() | Henry Playford 1695 Colin Hume 2007 | Colin Hume | Duple Minor |
Bloomsberry Market | ![]() | Henry Playford 1703 Andrew Shaw 2009 Playford Assembly | ![]() | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
Bloomsbury Market | ![]() | Henry Playford 1703 Andrew Shaw 2009 Playford Assembly | ![]() | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
Queens-borough | ![]() | Henry Playford 1703 Andrew Shaw 2009 Playford Assembly | ![]() | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
Black and Grey | ![]() | John Playford 1686 Andrew Shaw 2009 | Colin Hume | Triple Minor |
Old Batchelor ~ Feyerabend | ![]() | Henry Playford 1695 Christine Feyerabend ~2010 | Colin Hume | Duple Minor |
Mrs. Hill's Dance ~ A. Shaw | ![]() | Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Andrew Shaw ~2015 | Odd Sundays Garage Band | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
King's Maggot | ![]() | John Young (Playford family) 1718 Andrew Shaw 2017 | ![]() | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
New York | ![]() | John Young (Playford family) 1718 Andrew Shaw 2017 | ![]() | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
Barham Down ~ Black | ![]() | Henry Playford 1701 Daisy Black 2019 | Colin Hume | Duple Minor |
Grimstock ~ Davies | ![]() | John Playford 1651 Rhodri Davies 2020 | Colin Hume | 3 Couple Longways |
Grimstock ~ Hume | ![]() | John Playford 1651 Colin Hume 2020 | Colin Hume | 3 Couple Longways |
Europes Revels | ![]() | Henry Playford 1698 Andrew Shaw 2023 | ![]() | Duple Minor |
Newcastle ~ Revels | ![]() | John Playford 1651 Santa Barbara Revels 2024 | Colin Hume | Square |
Barham Down ~ Williams | ![]() | Henry Playford 1701 George Williams 2025 | ![]() | Triple Minor |
The Restoration of King Charles ~ ¿Page? | ![]() | John Young (Playford family) 1726 ¿Chris Page? ~2025 | ![]() | Duple Minor |
Number of dances | Number of interpretations | Number with music |
---|---|---|
48 | 48 | 33 |
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