The Thatch'd House ~ Thompson
The Thatch'd House ~ Thompson is an English Country Dance. It was published by Thompson in about 1757 in Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol I, London. It was interpreted by George Williams in 2023. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 64 bars.
Thompson writes:
The 1st. Cu. gallop down two Cu. up again and cast off the 2d. Cu. do the same the two Men lead between the two We. and turn the We. do the same between the two Men the 1st. Cu. heys with the 2d. Wo then with the 2d Man cross over half figure Right and Left
I assume that when he says the 1st. Cu. heys with the 2d. Wo he means that M1 passes W2 right to hey with the women. But it is possible that W2 should pass M1 left to hey with the 1s.
Johnson published an earlier dance with this name but a different figure.
The animation plays at 120 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. 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.
The dances of George Williams (including interpretations like this one) are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.
| A1 | 1-8 | 1s lead down, turn lead back and cast down as 2s lead up |
| A2 | 1-8 | 2s lead down, turn lead back and cast down as 1s lead up |
| B1 | 1-4 | The men lead between the women and cast back to place |
| 5-8 | The men two hand turn | |
| B2 | 1-4 | The women lead between the men and cast back to place |
| 5-8 | The women two hand turn | |
| A3 | 1-8 | M1 passes W2 right to hey with the two women |
| A4 | 1-8 | W1 passes M2 right to hey with the two men |
| B3 | 1-4 | 1s cross, go below, as 2s lead up |
| 5-8 | 1s half figure eight up through 2s | |
| B4 | 1-8 | Face partner, four changes of rights and lefts |
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