Dances by Thompson

Kentish Hops

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Margate Hoy		Thompson 1783 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol 5

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Careless Sally ~ Thompson		Thompson ~1785 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor
Cumberland Reel ~ RSCDS		Thompson ~1786 RSCDS 1924		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341

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

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Haymakers ~ RSCDS		Thompson ~1770 RSCDS 1925		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341
Roger of Coverly - Thompson		Thompson ~1770 George Williams 2024		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341
Sir Roger de Coverley ~ Platt		Thompson ~1770 Platt ~1811		5 Couple Longways permutation: 23451
Sir Roger de Coverley ~ Wilson		Thompson ~1770 Thomas Wilson 1808		Longways as many as will permutation: 23451
The Haymakers ~ RSCDS		Thompson ~1770 RSCDS 1925		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341
Virginia Reel		Thompson ~1770		Longways as many as will permutation: 23451
Virginia Reel ~ Hillgrove		Thompson ~1770 Thomas Hillgrove 1857		Longways as many as will permutation: 23451
Virginia Reel		Thompson ~1770		Longways as many as will permutation: 23451
Virginia Reel ~ Hillgrove		Thompson ~1770 Thomas Hillgrove 1857		Longways as many as will permutation: 23451

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

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Bonniest Lass in all the World		Thompson ~1757 RSCDS 1947		Triple Minor
The Bonniest Lass in all the World ~ Thompson		Thompson ~1757 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor
Capt. MacBean's Reel ~ Duple		Thompson ~1757 George Williams 2023		Duple Minor
Capt. MacBean's Reel ~ Thompson		Thompson ~1757 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor
Capt. MacBean's Reel ~ Duple		Thompson ~1757 George Williams 2023		Duple Minor
Captain MacBean's Reel		Thompson 1757 RSCDS 1953		Triple Minor
Capt. MacBean's Reel ~ Thompson		Thompson ~1757 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor
Jemmey's Fancy ~ Thompson		Thompson ~1757 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor
Jimmy's Fancy ~ RSCDS		Thompson ~1757 RSCDS 1947		Triple Minor
Kendall House		Thompson ~1757 Charles Bolton 1988		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Lamb Skinnet ~ RSCDS		Thompson ~1757 RSCDS 1947		Triple Minor
Lamb Skinnet ~ Thompson		Thompson ~1757 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor
She's Over Young to Marry Yet ~ Thompson		Thompson ~1757 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor
She's Ower Young to Marry Yet ~ RSCDS		Thompson ~1757 RSCDS 1947		Triple Minor
Sun Assembly		Thompson ~1757 Ken Sheffield 1982 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Thatch'd House ~ Thompson		Thompson ~1757 George Williams 2023		Duple Minor
Theeket Hoose ~ RSCDS		Thompson ~1757 RSCDS 1949		Duple Minor
Tunbridge Rout		Thompson 1758 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

24 Country Dances for the Year 1771

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bonnie Kate of Aberdeen ~ RSCDS		Thompson 1771 RSCDS 1953		Triple Minor
Bonny Kate of Aberdeen ~ RSCDS		Thompson 1771 RSCDS 1953		Triple Minor
Bonny Kate of Aberdeen ~ Williams		Thompson 1771 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor

The Dancing Master, 11th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Prince Edward's Jig		Thompson 1757 Charles Bolton 1989		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 1

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Trip to the Jubilee - Thompson ~ 3 Couple		Thompson 1757 Pat Shaw 1964		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Trip to the Jubilee - Thompson ~ Triple		Thompson 1757 Pat Shaw 1964		Triple Minor
Wildboar's Maggot		Thompson 1758 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 2

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Johnny Cock Thy Beaver		Thompson 1765 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 3

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The General		Thompson 1773 Tom Cook 1975		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Midnight Ramble		Thompson 1773 George Fogg ~2002 Playford Assembly	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

Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 5

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Cumberland Reel		Thompson ~1786 George Williams 2023		Duple Minor
Cumberland Reel ~ Wilcock		Thompson ~1786 H. D. Wilcock 1868		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341

Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances. Vol. 5

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Margate Assembly - Thompson		Thompson 1784 A. Simons 1971		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1767

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
A Trip to Flanders		Thompson 1767 Thomas Kurth 2022		Duple Minor

Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the year 1771

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Jubilee ~ Thompson		Thompson 1771		Duple Minor

Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1772

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Paddy Whack ~ Thompson/Pat Shaw		Thompson 1772 Pat Shaw 1960		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1792

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Siege of Belgrade		Thompson 1792 George Williams 2022		Duple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1768

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Goose and Gridiron		Thompson 1768 Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly	Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1770

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Black Dance		Thompson 1770 RSCDS Book 12 1938		Triple Minor
Grant's Rant ~ Duple		Thompson 1770 George Williams 2022		Duple Minor
Grant's Rant ~ RSCDS		Thompson 1770 RSCDS 1938		Triple Minor
Grant's Rant ~ Thompson		Thompson 1770 George Williams 2022		Triple Minor

Twenty four Country Dances for the year 1775

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Alderman's Hat ~ 3 Couple		Thompson 1775 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Alderman's Hat ~ Triple		Thompson 1775 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

Twenty four Country Dances for the year 1777

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Happy Captive ~ Apted #1		Thompson 1777 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Happy Captive ~ Apted #2		Thompson 1777 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931		Triple Minor
The Happy Captive ~ Bolton		Thompson 1777 Charles Bolton ~2004		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Mutual Love		Thompson 1777 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931		Duple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1781

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The High Rocks		Thompson 1781 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1786

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Tunbridge Castle		Thompson 1786 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

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 Country Dances for the Year 1793

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bayham Abbey		Thompson 1793 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1794

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Maidens of Kent		Thompson 1794 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1797

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Tunbridge Races		Thompson 1797 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty four Country Dances for the Year 1816

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Cambridge Waltz		Thompson 1816 Pat Shaw 1964		Triple Minor

Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1786

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Hop Picker's Feast		Thompson 1786 A. Simons 1970		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Shepherd and Shepherdess ~ Simons		Thompson 1786 A. Simons 1970		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1762

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Coronation		Thompson 1762 Colin Hume 2023	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1765

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
A Trip to Bengall		Thompson 1765 George Williams 2021		Duple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1772

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Installation		Thompson 1772 Tom Cook 1979 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1774

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bromley Bells		Thompson 1774 A. Simons 1971		Duple Minor
The Rainbow ~ Sheffield		Thompson 1774 Ken Sheffield 1983		Duple Minor
The Rainbow ~ Williams		Thompson 1774 George Williams 2022		Duple Minor

Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol 3

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Fairy Prince		Thompson ~1773 Tom Cook 1979		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty four Country Dances for the year 1776

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Comical Fellow		Thompson 1776 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
Fête Champêtre		Thompson 1776 Philippe Callens 1999		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

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
Guardian Angels ~ Williams		Thompson 1776 George Williams 2022		Triple Minor

Twenty four Country Dances for the year 1776

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Parting Lovers		Thompson 1776 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Parting Lovers ~ Triple		Thompson 1776 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931		Triple Minor

Twenty four Country Dances for the year 1778

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Bird Catchers		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Bishop ~ Apted		Thompson 1778 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Bishop ~ Barraclough		Thompson 1778 Michael Barraclough ~2017	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Bishop ~ Hume		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Bishop ~ Pat Shaw		Thompson 1778 Pat Shaw ~1965	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Le Fete da Village		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Le Fete du Village		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Free Mason ~ Apted		Thompson 1778 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Free Mason ~ Hume		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

Twenty four Country Dances for the Year 1778

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Free Mason ~ Pat Shaw		Thompson 1778 Pat Shaw 1962	Colin Hume	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 Frog & Mouse		Thompson 1778 George Williams 2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Graces		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Green Park		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
He Stole My Tender Heart Away		Thompson 1778 George Williams 2025		Triple Minor
He's aye a Kissing Me		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Hive Bonnet		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Merry Meeting ~ Apted		Thompson 1778 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Merry Meeting ~ Hume		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Milesian		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Newport Assembly		Thompson 1778 George Williams 2025	Colin Hume	2 Couple Longways
The Rose		Thompson 1778 George Williams 2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Rosetta		Thompson 1778 George Williams 2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Salloon		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
A School for Scandal ~ Apted		Thompson 1778 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
A School for Scandal ~ Hume		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Ticonderoga		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Ton ~ Hume		Thompson 1778 George Williams 2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

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 1778

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Trip to Oatelands		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Trip to the Oakes		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Who's Afraid		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Ye Social Pow'rs		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

Twenty four Country Dances for the year 1779

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Barley Mow ~ Apted, 3 Couple		Thompson 1779 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Barley Mow ~ Apted, Triple		Thompson 1779 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Barley Mow ~ Hume		Thompson 1779 Colin Hume 2025	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1779

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Cox Heath		Thompson 1779 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Greenwich Park - Thompson		Thompson 1779 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty four Country Dances for the Year 1780

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Doubtful Shepherd ~ Contra		Thompson 1780 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
The Doubtful Shepherd ~ Merrill		Thompson 1780 James E. Morrison 1976		Triple Minor
The Doubtful Shepherd ~ Williams		Thompson 1780 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor

Twenty four Country Dances for the year 1780

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The First of April		Thompson 1780 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931		Duple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1780

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Innocent Maid		Thompson 1780 James E. Morrison 1976		Triple Minor

Twenty four Country Dances for the year 1780

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Keppel's Delight		Thompson 1780 George Williams 2022	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Touchstone ~ Apted		Thompson 1780 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Touchstone ~ Hume		Thompson 1780 Colin Hume 2023	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty four Country Dances for the Year 1780

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
We Will Down With the French		Thompson 1780 Charles Bolton 1997		3 Couple Longways
We Will Down With the French ~ #2		Thompson 1780 Charles Bolton 1997		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
We Will Down With the French ~ Duple		Thompson 1780 Thomas Kurth 2021		Duple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1782

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Tempest ~ Thompson		Thompson 1782 George Williams 2023		Duple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1791

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Ding Dong Bell		Thompson 1791 George Williams 2022		Duple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1796

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Tunbridge Reel		Thompson 1796 A. Simons (mod) ~1990		Duple Minor

Number of dances	Number of versions	Number with music
124	124	44

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