Dances by Ken Sheffield (website)

A Companion to the Ball Room

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Haste to the Wedding ~ Sheffield		Thomas Wilson 1816 Ken Sheffield 1982		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Rural Felicity - Wilson		Thomas Wilson 1816 Ken Sheffield 1982		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Sicilian Dance		Thomas Wilson 1816 Ken Sheffield 1982		Duple Minor

Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol 5

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Disbanded Officer ~ Sheffield		Thompshon 1787 Ken Sheffield 1985		Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, The Third Volume, 2nd ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Corelli's Gavot ~ Sheffield		John Young 1726 Ken Sheffield 1995		Duple Minor
Mr. Cosgill's Delight ~ Sheffield		John Young 1726 Ken Sheffield 1995		Duple Minor
Smith's Boree		John Young 1726 Ken Sheffield 1995		Triple Minor

From Two Barns, Vol 1

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Another Sweet Richard		Ken Sheffield 1982		Square

Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol I

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Sun Assembly		Thompson ~1757 Ken Sheffield 1982 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 4

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
East Indian		Thompson 1783 Ken Sheffield 1988 Playford Assembly	Bonnie Insull, Susan McNeil, and Robert Winokur	Triple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1774

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Rainbow ~ Sheffield		Thompson 1774 Ken Sheffield 1983		Duple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1776

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Guardian Angels ~ Sheffield		Thompson 1776 Ken Sheffield 1983		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1778

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Ton ~ Sheffield		Thompson 1778 Ken Sheffield 1983	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1787

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Romp		Thompson 1787 Ken Sheffield 1995		Triple Minor

Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1710

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Faithful Swain ~ Sheffield		Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Ken Sheffield 1995	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1711

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Vaughan's Ramble ~ Sheffield		Nathaniel Kynaston 1711 Ken Sheffield 1995		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1716

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Kind and Easey ~ Sheffield		Nathaniel Kynaston 1716 Ken Sheffield 1995	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

Two Hundred Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 8

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Jack of Both Sides		Johnson ~1750 Ken Sheffield (mod) 1995		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances, Vol. 1

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bath Medley		Wright 1740 Ken Sheffield 1982		Duple Minor
Butter'd Pease		Wright 1740 Ken Sheffield 1982		Duple Minor
New Princess Royal		Wright 1740 Ken Sheffield 1982		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Trusty Dick		Wright 1740 Ken Sheffield 1982		Duple Minor
Tunbridge Frisk ~ Sheffield		Wright 1740 Ken Sheffield 1982		Triple Minor
Whirle It About		Wright 1740 Ken Sheffield 1995		Duple Minor
Wright's Butter'd Peas		Wright 1740 Ken Sheffield 1982		Duple Minor
Young's Wisdom		Wright 1740 Ken Sheffield 1982		Duple Minor

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