Red and all Red ~ Hume
Inspired by Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams, for Playford style dances I have added a few extra symbols.
Red and all Red ~ Hume is an English Country Dance. It was devised by Lister in 1753 and published in The Merry Lad, or, a Choice Collection of Songs. It was interpreted by Colin Hume (website) in 2003 and published in Colin Hume's Website. Originally a Triple Minor this version is a proper 3 Couple Longways dance. In this dance the couples are permuted by: 231. The minor set lasts 44 bars. It is in the key: G major. Someone thought this dance was Intermediate.
The first Man foot it and turns his Partner. Then set to the second Woman. Hands all three round. The first Man leads his Partner behind the second Man, and Hands three with second and third Woman, and the Woman hands three round with the second and third Man. Hands six round and turn your Partner.
The 1st. Man foot it and turn his Partner then set to the 2d. Wo. Hands all three round 1st. Man leads his Partner behind the 2d Man and Hands three with 2d and 3d. We. and the Wo. Hands three round with the 2d. and 3d. Men Hands six round and turn your Partner :
Originally a triple minor.
The tune was published with the dance. It was performed by Bare Necessities (Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Peter Barnes, and Jacqueline Schwab) on the album By Request. The music is used with permission from the Country Dance Society, Boston Centre, Inc.
The animation plays at 103 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily (no music plays during this slow set). Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.
An online description of the dance may be found here.
The dance contains the following figures: hand turn (allemande), circle, cast, rights and lefts (and probably others).
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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 2003 by Colin Hume. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2021 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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