Feb-2026

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Soho Square		John Young 1718 Colin Hume 2026	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Apr-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Fennessy's Fancy		Jill Lawrence 1981	Colin Hume	7 Couple Longways permutation: 4567123
Marjorie's Request		Jill Lawrence 1981	Colin Hume	7 Couple Longways permutation: 4567123
Closing Thyme		Colin Hume 1990	Colin Hume	Custom
The Milesian		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Jan-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
King George's Birth Day		John Young 1726 Colin Hume 2024	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Feb-2024

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Touchstone ~ Hume		Thompson 1780 Colin Hume 2023	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Oct-2023

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Hunt the Squirrel ~ Neal		John Young 1709 John & William Neal 1726	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Triple Minor
Squirrel ~ Neal		John Young 1709 John & William Neal 1726	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Triple Minor

Feb-2023

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Shawberry Delight		James Alexander ~1730 Christine Robb 2017	Odd Sundays Garage Band	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Jan-2023

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Gratitude		Sharon Green + Kalia Kliban 2021	Odd Sundays Garage Band	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Oct-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Off She Goes ~ Howe		Thomas Wilson 1816 Elias Howe 1858	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Off She Goes ~ Williams		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2022	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

Sep-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Sherry at the Ball		Steve Otlowski 2016	Odd Sundays Garage Band	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Aug-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Twist of Fate		Colin Hume 1980	Kafoozalum	Square

Jan-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Flowers of Edinburgh ~ Rebbeck		William Rebbeck 1788 Pat Shaw 1962	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

Oct-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Beadle of Grub St.		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1971	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Bugbee's Hole		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1971	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Sep-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Jackey Tarr		Thomas Wilson 1816	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Jackey Tarr ~ Duple		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2021	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

Dec-2020

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Grimstock ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways
Hunt the Squirrel ~ Duple		John Young 1709 George Williams 2020	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

Nov-2020

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Touchstone ~ Apted		Thompson 1780 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Installation		Thompson 1772 Tom Cook 1979 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Sep-2020

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
A New Beginning		Gary Roodman 1992	MGM and Reunion	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

Aug-2020

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Hideaway		Gary Roodman 2008	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor

Nov-2018

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Mr. Handel's Gigue		Gary Roodman 1987	Cilantrio	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Number of dances	Number of versions	Number with music
26	26	26

Warning: The figures for each dance is generated programmatically by regular expression matching and may be in error. Also, for old dances, they reflect the figures used by the interpreter which may not match those of the deviser.

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Crossover Mirror Hey

Also known as: Crossover Reflection Reel.

Bars: 8.

A Crossover Mirror Hey is like a normal Mirror Hey except that the 1s cross over at the top before passing between the 2s. This means the 1s end improper.

Often one crossover hey will be followed by a second one so that everyone ends proper.

History

The earliest dance I know of with a crossover hey is Grimstock, 1651. But this dance has the 1s crossing both at the top and bottom of the set, so it is not quite what is usually meant by a crossover hey (closer to an Inveran reel). The next dance is probably Henry Playford's Caries Maggot from 1701. Both of these are subject to some interpretation. I think that's what's going on there, but not everyone will agree, however John Young's Soho Square, 1718, is less ambiguous:

The first Man Heys on the We. Side, and his Partner on the Mens Side at the same Time Then both Hey on their own Sides

See Also

• Mirror Hey
• Hey
• Inveran Reel

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