Aug-2026

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Atlanta		Sharon Green 2022		Duple Minor

Jun-2026

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Hungarian Waltz		J. P. Boulogne 1827 George Williams 2026	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Petronelle ~ Improper		J. P. Boulogne 1827 George Williams 2026	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

May-2026

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Ivy & a Rose		Jenny Beer 2015		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Two Rivers		Jenny Beer 2019		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Heading for Zero		Jenny Beer 2004		Duple Minor
First Comes Love		Jenny Beer 2013		Duple Minor
Godwin's Humors ~ 3 Couple		John Young 1710 Scott Higgs 2018		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Godwin's Humors ~ Duple		John Young 1710 Scott Higgs 2003		Duple Minor
Godwin's Humors ~ 3 Couple		John Young 1710 Scott Higgs 2018		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Godwin's Humors ~ Duple		John Young 1710 Scott Higgs 2003		Duple Minor
Cobbler's Hornpipe - Beer,3 Couple		Jenny Beer 2008	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Cobbler's Hornpipe - Beer,Duple		Jenny Beer 2003	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Bingo!		Jenny Beer 2016		Duple Minor

Apr-2026

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Lord Nelson's Waltz		William Campbell ~1799 Regency Dances		Duple Minor
Garden State Gallantry		Philippe Callens 2008		Duple Minor

Mar-2026

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Now is the Month of Maying ~ Orig		Jenny Beer 1997		Duple Minor

Feb-2026

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Flowers of Edinburgh - Mayfaire		Traditional (date unknown)	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Ape's Dance		John Playford 1675 Colin Hume 2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Opera		John Playford 1675 Colin Hume 2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

Jan-2026

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Goddesses #2		John Young 1721 George Williams 2026	Colin Hume	Quadruple Minor

Nov-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Chloe's Farewell ~ 3 Couple		John Young 1718 George Williams 2025		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Chloe's Farewell ~ Triple		John Young 1718 George Williams 2025		Triple Minor
The Lovely Bride		Nathaniel Kynaston 1716 George Williams 2025		Duple Minor

Oct-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Vines Entwined		Dan Blim 2024	Frank Hoppe	Duple Minor

Sep-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
A Health to all Honest Men ~ Hume		Walsh 1718 Colin Hume 2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
John the Mad Man ~ Hume		John Young 1726 Colin Hume 2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

May-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Princess of Wales' Fancy		Lowe ~1831 George Williams 2025		Custom

Apr-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bishops Hey		Jill Lawrence 1979	Colin Hume	5 Couple Longways permutation: 23451
The Cheltenham Connection		Philippe Callens 2010		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

Mar-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Three Weddings		Colin Hume 2007	Dampier's Round	Duple Minor

Feb-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Anna's Clarinet		Jenna Simpson ~2024		Duple Minor
Heybreak		Chris Page 2018		Duple Minor
Inklings Romp		Renée Camus 2018		Duple Minor

Jan-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Will o' the Wisp		Jenna Simpson 2020		Duple Minor
The Selkie		Jenna Simpson 2019		Duple Minor
Honeyfuggle		Jenna Simpson 2020		Duple Minor

Dec-2024

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Spanish Country Dance ~ Lowe		Joseph Lowe ~1850 George Williams 2024		Duple Minor

Nov-2024

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Along the Dee		Jenna Simpson 2020		Duple Minor

Oct-2024

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Warden of the Marches		Jenna Simpson 2010		Duple Minor
Gambols		Jenna Simpson 2014	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142
A Person of Quality		Jenna Simpson 2012		Duple Minor
Sophia		Jenna Simpson 2012		Duple Minor
The Best of Company		Jenna Simpson 2012		Duple Minor

Sep-2024

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Wink		Renée Camus 2022		Duple Minor

Aug-2024

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Border Reel		Wright 1740 Bob Lilley ~2023		Duple Minor
Argeers ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912	Bare Necessities	Facing Couples

Jul-2024

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Jubilation		Brooke Friendly/Chris Sackett 2011		2 Couple Longways
Petronella ~ Anderson		Nathaniel Gow 1820 D. Anderson 1897	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341
Salley's Fancy		John Young 1718 Andrew Shaw 2024		Duple Minor
Sally's Fancy		John Young 1718 Andrew Shaw 2024		Duple Minor
The Spanish Flight - Wright		John Young 1718 Andrew Shaw 2024		Duple Minor
Circassian Circle ~ La Daphne (Chivers)		G.M.S. Chivers 1822 George Williams 2024		Duple Minor
Lewis Setting Switches		Joseph Pimentel 2018	Goldcrest	Duple Minor

Jun-2024

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Jackson Fine		Joseph Pimentel 2019	Goldcrest	Duple Minor
From Wandsworth		Joseph Pimentel 2018	Goldcrest	Duple Minor
Venables		Joseph Pimentel 2018	Goldcrest	Duple Minor
Catherine's Calling		Joseph Pimentel 2019	Goldcrest	Duple Minor
La Tempete ~ Skinner		James Scott Skinner ~1880 George Williams 2024		Four Face Four

Apr-2024

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Clydeside Lasses ~ Williams		Lowe ~1831 George Williams 2024		Duple Minor
The Carle came o're the Craft ~ Williams		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2024		Triple Minor
C'Est L'Amour ~ Williams		Lowe ~1831 George Williams 2024		Triple Minor
Clutha ~ Hughes		Kate Hughes ~1867 George Williams 2024		Duple Minor
The Flirt ~ Williams		Lowe ~1831 George Williams 2024		Triple Minor
Hame Came Our Gude Man ~ Williams		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2024		Triple Minor
The Sutherland Reel ~ Williams		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2024		Triple Minor
Sprigs of Laurel for Lord Nelson		Thompson + Preston ~1794 Anonymous ~2000		Duple Minor

Mar-2024

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Sprigs of Laurel for Admiral Nelson		Preston 1799 Anonymous ~2000		Duple Minor

Feb-2024

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Bath Waltz		Thomas Wilson 1816 Colin Hume 2023	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
The Prussian Waltz		Thomas Wilson 1816 Colin Hume 2023	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
My Only Joe & Deary O ~ Williams		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2024		Triple Minor
Lady Baird's Reel ~ Williams		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2024		Triple Minor
Mrs. Wilson's Hornpipe		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2024		Triple Minor
Woo'd & Married & A'		Thomas Wilson 1816		Triple Minor

Jan-2024

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Peggy's Love ~ Williams		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor

Dec-2023

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Meg Merrilees ~ Smyth		J. P. Boulogne 1827 W. Smyth 1830		Duple Minor
What a Beau Your Granny Was		Longman & Broderip 1790 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor

Oct-2023

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Tunbridge Castle		Thompson 1786 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
A Young Virgin of 15 Years		John & William Neal 1726 Rich Jackson & George Fogg 1990		Duple Minor

Aug-2023

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Nut ~ Williams		Lowe ~1831 George Williams 2023		Duple Minor
Longfellow Wink		Claudio Buchwald 1977		Duple Minor
Look Both Ways		Rich Jackson 1989		Duple Minor
Treasure of the Big Woods		Joseph Pimentel 2005	Goldcrest	Duple Minor

Jul-2023

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Mr. Legge's Initiation		Joseph Pimentel 2005	Goldcrest	Duple Minor
Movement Afoot		Alan Winston 2018		Duple Minor
Meeting and Parting		Alan Winston 2018		Duple Minor
The Happy Pilgrim		Gary Roodman 2023	Anna Patton, Karen Axelrod, and Kate Barnes	4 Couple Longways Becket permutation: 2341

Feb-2023

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Ruffs and Rhees		Ignatius Sancho 1779 Garth Notley ~2015		Duple Minor
Bransle in the Barn		Melanie Axel-Lute 2015	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor
Sweet Potato Pie		Sharon McKinley ~2014	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor

Jan-2023

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Blue Bonnets over the Border		W. Smyth 1830 George Williams 2023		Duple Minor
Rachel Rae ~ Williams		W. Smyth 1830 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor
Cumberland Reel ~ Wilcock		Thompson ~1786 H. D. Wilcock 1868		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341
Marchioness of Blandford's Reel ~ Williams		William Campbell ~1795 George Williams 2023		Duple Minor

Dec-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Petronella ~ Lowes		J. P. Boulogne 1827 The Lowes 1831	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Auld Lang Syne ~ Williams		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2022	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

Nov-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Chrysalis		Chris Sackett/Brooke Friendly 2009		Duple Minor

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

Sep-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Middlemarch		Orly Krasner 2001		Duple Minor
Evergreen II		Orly Krasner 2008		Duple Minor
Heartland		Orly Krasner 1999		Duple Minor
Evergreen I		Orly Krasner 1999		Duple Minor
Crystal Spring		Orly Krasner 2008		Duple Minor

Aug-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bickerstaff's Prophesie		Nathaniel Kynaston 1711 Andrew Shaw 2002		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Jul-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Cuckles all a Row		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 George Williams 2022	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Facing Couples
Cuckolds all a Row ~ Lovelace		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 George Williams 2022	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Facing Couples
À la Mode de France ~ Barraclough		John Playford 1651 Michael Barraclogh ~1995		4 Couple Longways
Nonesuch ~ Barraclough		John Playford 1651 Michael Barraclogh ~1995		4 Couple Longways
The 29th of May ~ Hume		John Playford 1686 Colin Hume 1995	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Twenty-Nineth of May ~ Hume		John Playford 1686 Colin Hume 1995	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Witches		John Playford 1675 Colin Hume 1995		Duple Minor
The Mad Dog		Thomas Wilson 1818		Duple Minor
Fogg's Fold		Victor Skowronski 2015		Duple Minor
March of the Three Kings		Victor Skowronski 2014		Duple Minor
Tenth Anniversary Idyll		Victor Skowronski 2010		Duple Minor

Jun-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Joseph's Idyll		Victor Skowronski 2003		Duple Minor
Trip to Hoboken		Victor Skowronski 2001		Duple Minor
Anna		Victor Skowronski 2009		Duple Minor

Apr-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
My Lady of the Lake		Loretta Holz 2005		Duple Minor
Gotham Jubilee		Loretta Holz 2006		Duple Minor

Mar-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
You'll Get There From Here		Fried de Metz Herman 2004		Duple Minor
Wendel's Web		Fried de Metz Herman 2002		Duple Minor
Wonders are Many		Fried de Metz Herman 2003		Duple Minor
A Very Shadow		Fried de Metz Herman 2002		Duple Minor
11 o'clock		Fried de Metz Herman 2000		Duple Minor
Time for a Little Something		Fried de Metz Herman 2000		Duple Minor
Summer Circle		Fried de Metz Herman 2000		Becket
Christine's Conundrum		Colin Hume 2001	Colin Hume	Facing Couples Becket
The 29th of May ~ Pat Shaw		John Playford 1686 Pat Shaw (mod) ~1965		Duple Minor

Feb-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Parson's Cap		Thomas Bray 1699 Pat Shaw 1962		Duple Minor
Mad Moll		Henry Playford 1698 Pat Shaw 1963	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Nostalgia		Fried de Metz Herman 2006		Duple Minor
Lincoln's-Inn Garden		Thomas Bray 1699 Pat Shaw 1961		Duple Minor
Grenadiers Exercise		Thomas Bray 1699 Pat Shaw 1968		Duple Minor

Jan-2022

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Gloucester - Bray		Thomas Bray 1699 Pat Shaw 1961		Duple Minor
Norbury Park		Fried de Metz Herman 2000		Duple Minor
Love thy Neighbor		Fried de Metz Herman 1995		Duple Minor
A Mark of Distinction		Fried de Metz Herman 2000		Triple Minor
Lichfield Sundays		Fried de Metz Herman 1999		Duple Minor
Highfield		Fried de Metz Herman 2000		Duple Minor
Icing on the Cake		Fried de Metz Herman 2005		Duple Minor
Crown the Year		Fried de Metz Herman 2001		Duple Minor
The Eye of the Store		Fried de Metz Herman 2000		Duple Minor
The Duke of Gloucester's March - Bray		Thomas Bray 1699 Pat Shaw 1968		Duple Minor
The Fast Packet		Bob Lilley 1987	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

Dec-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Country Coll		John Playford 1651 Scott Pfitzinger ~2019		Duple Minor
Sir Nicholas Cully		John Playford 1651 Scott Pfitzinger ~2019		Duple Minor
Valenciennes		Preston 1794 Pat Shaw ~1965		Triple Minor

Nov-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Soldier and the Sailor ~ Andrew Shaw		Henry Playford 1696 Andrew Shaw 2006		Duple Minor
Bridges of New York		Fried de Metz Herman 2005		Duple Minor
The Bishop's Halloween		Fried de Metz Herman 2002		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
At Rainbow's End		Fried de Metz Herman 2002		Duple Minor
Ormond House		Henry Playford 1702 Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929		Duple Minor
Pretty Nun ~ Williams		John Young 1726 George Williams 2021		Duple Minor
Thursday Mixer		Fried de Metz Herman 1998		Duple Minor

Oct-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Princess 1701 ~ Hume		Henry Playford 1701 Colin Hume 2009	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

Sep-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Mad Moll ~ Hume		Henry Playford 1698 Colin Hume 2007	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Lady Banbury's Hornpipe ~ Hume/Sharp		John Playford 1657 Colin Hume 2021	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Hobb's Wedding		Henry Playford 1695 Colin Hume 2007	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
A Kissing Dance in the Country Wake		Henry Playford 1695 Colin Hume 2007	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Yola's Invitation		Fried de Metz Herman 1978		Facing Couples
Party Circle		Fried de Metz Herman 1990		Circle as many as will

Aug-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Soldier's Joy ~ Duple		Asa Willcox 1793 Kate van Winkle Keller & Ralph Sweet 1976		Duple Minor
Soldier's Joy ~ Willcox		Asa Willcox 1793 Kate van Winkle Keller & Ralph Sweet 1976		Triple Minor
The College Hornpipe - Willcox		Asa Willcox 1793 Kate van Winkle Keller & Ralph Sweet 1976		Triple Minor
The College Hornpipe - Willcox, Duple		Asa Willcox 1793 Kate van Winkle Keller & Ralph Sweet 1976		Duple Minor
Lady Banbury's Hornpipe ~ Sharp		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1916	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

Jul-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Crosbey Square ~ Bolton		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1997	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Michael and All Angels		Fried de Metz Herman 1992	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Ease and Elegance		Fried de Metz Herman 1994		Duple Minor

Jun-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Red Bull - Maggot Pie		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		Square
Young Man's Fancy		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		Square

May-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The King's Penny		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		4 Couple Longways

Apr-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Spring in Sebastopol		Philippe Callens 2004		Duple Minor
The Merry Musicologist		Philippe Callens 2008		Duple Minor

Mar-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Casterton Capers		Philippe Callens 2001		Duple Minor

Feb-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The 29th of May ~ Sharp		John Playford 1686 Cecil Sharp 1911	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Twenty-Nineth of May ~ Sharp		John Playford 1686 Cecil Sharp 1911	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Christina		Naomi Christina Alexander 1992	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

Jan-2021

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Friar in the Well		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball		6 Couple Longways
The Maid Peept out at the Window		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball		6 Couple Longways
Longevity		Orly Krasner 2000	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Flying Sorceress		Kalia Kliban 2007	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Prince of Westborough		Paula Kelley 2006	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

Dec-2020

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
9 for the Nine Bright Shiners		Fried de Metz Herman 1994		Duple Minor
4 for the Gospel Makers		Fried de Metz Herman 1994		Duple Minor
Argeers ~ Playford Ball		John Playford 1651 John Playford 1994 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Facing Couples
Argeres		John Playford 1651 John Playford 1994 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Facing Couples
The Wedding Night		John Playford 1651 John Playford 1994 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Facing Couples

Nov-2020

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Cressons		Gary Roodman 2018	Cilantrio	Duple Minor
Autumn on the River		Gary Roodman 2018		Duple Minor
Four Score and Ten		Gary Roodman 2015		Duple Minor
Going For Gold (4Cpl)		Gary Roodman 2015		4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142
Going For Gold (6Cpl)		Gary Roodman 2015		6 Couple Longways permutation: 315264
Redwood Romp		Gary Roodman 2008		Duple Minor
Fine Companions Waltz		Gary Roodman 2008		Duple Minor

Oct-2020

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Happy Return		Gary Roodman 2005		Duple Minor
Camp House Hornpipe		Gary Roodman 1999		Duple Minor
A Retiring Fellow		Gary Roodman 1999	MGM and Reunion	4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142
Triple Play		Gary Roodman 2020		Triple Minor
Lichfield's Ruby Surprise		Gary Roodman 2015	Cilantrio	Duple Minor

Sep-2020

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Fair Ladies Palmer		Gary Roodman 1996		Duple Minor
Chestnut Farewell		Gary Roodman 2003		Duple Minor
Father's Day		Gary Roodman 2000	Cilantrio	4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142
The Wives' Victory		Thomas Bray 1699 Pat Shaw 1962 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
The Spanyard		John Playford 1651 Scott Pfitzinger ~2019		4 Couple Longways
Rosamond's Pond		Thomas Bray 1699 Christine Helwig 1990 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
The Physical Snob		Unknown ~1800 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Aug-2020

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Joy(ce) of the Town		Gary Roodman 2008	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Mr. Adson's Masque		Gary Roodman 2003	Erica Morse, Jessica Murrow, lydia ievins, and Margaret Ann Martin	Duple Minor
New Friends		Gary Roodman 2003	MGM and Reunion	Duple Minor
Alexander's Birth Day		Gary Roodman 2003	Doug Creighton, Erica Morse, Gene Murrow, Naomi Morse, Peter Barnes	Facing Couples
Daphne		John Playford 1651 Tom Cook Playford Assembly		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413
The Shepherdess		John Playford 1651 Tom Cook Playford Assembly		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413
Trip to Komodo		Gary Roodman 2020	Anna Patton, Eric Martin, and Karen Axelrod	4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413
Charlene's Celebration		Gary Roodman 2005	Anna Patton, Karen Axelrod, Mary Lea	4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413
Braye's Magott		Thomas Bray 1699 Diana Cruickshank 2001 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor

Jul-2020

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Cynthia's Waltz		David Macemon ~1993		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

May-2020

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Cadger's Caper		Gary Roodman 1993		Duple Minor
An Early Frost		Philippe Callens 2000		Duple Minor

Apr-2020

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Long Odds		Preston 1791 Woods 1958 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
The Belle of Greensboro		Gary Roodman 2012	Susan McNeill and Robert Winokur	Duple Minor
Gentleman's Delight		Philippe Callens 1998		Duple Minor
Knole Park - Voigt		Voigt 1809 A. Simons 1961 Playford Ball		Duple Minor

Mar-2020

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Lover's Knot		Jim Kitch 1993		Duple Minor
The Woodshed		Lise Dyckman, Jim Saxe, Nancy Gaugh and Alan Winston 2012		Duple Minor

Dec-2019

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Cuckolds all a Row ~ Sharp		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Facing Couples
Cuckolds all Awry ~ Sharp		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Facing Couples
Hey, Boys, up Go We (Sharp)		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Facing Couples

Nov-2019

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bar-a-Bar		John Young 1710 Fried de Metz Herman 1986 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Barr a Barr		John Young 1710 Fried de Metz Herman 1986 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Joyride		Erik Weberg 2007		Duple Minor

Sep-2019

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Turn of the Tide		Ron Coxall 1999	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Poussettronella		Charlie Abell 2019		Becket

Aug-2019

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Mayfair		Colin Hume 1990	Colin Hume	Facing Couples
A Health to all Honest Men ~ Herman		Walsh 1718 Fried de Metz Herman ~1989	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Orleans Baffled		John Young 1710 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor

Jul-2019

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
A Sure Thing		Chris Page (date unknown)		Duple Minor
Poussette Reflection		Vic Ceder 2019		Duple Minor

Dec-2018

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Passages		Kalia Kliban 2008	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor

Oct-2018

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Set For Spring		Joseph Pimentel 2015	Goldcrest	Duple Minor
Companions		Victor Skowronski 2003	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

Number of dances	Number of versions	Number with music
218	218	65

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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Poussette

Also known as: Put Back, Draw.

Bars: 8 for a full, 4 for a half.

Poussette is a French term, originally meaning little push, and now meaning a baby stroller or perambulator.

Poussettes have a direction which may be specified in various ways as “clockwise”, or “1st corners push”, or “man 1 push, man 2 pull”. In a poussette you take hands with the person across the set (often your partner). Then one of you walks diagonally forward (1s down the set, 2s up) while the other backs up for 4 counts, then everything reverses and the one walking forward now backs up while the one backing up walks forward (but still moving the same way up or down). This is half a poussette.

In a full poussette you continue with the same circular motion until you end up exactly where you started.

Variants

Cooper's Rotational Poussette	Waltzing Turn Poussette	Waltz Poussette?	(R)SCDS Poussette	(R)SCDS Strathspey Poussette	Chevron Poussette

History

The poussette is an old country dance figure which acquired a French name in about 1770 when Cotillions came over from France. In Playford's day it seems to have been called "put-back" or, "draw" (depending on whether M1 was pulling, or pulling. Note: This is different from the modern "draw poussette", which Colin Hume suggests is a modern misunderstanding).

Playford's The 29th of May (1686) has a nice description of a(n English) poussette:

First cu. take hands, the 2. cu. doing the like at the same time; then the 1. man puts back his wo. and slips down behind the 2. wo. into the 2. cu. place, while the 2. man draws his wo. to him and slips into the 1. cu. place. Do this back again the same way;

While the even earlier Cuckolds all arow (1651) describes a half poussette:

Men put the co. we. back by both hands, fall even on the co. side

The same dance appears in the Lovelace MS which was penned a few years before Playford. It also uses a poussette, though it does not describe it as well:

then each man shall take the woeman, that is right over against him, and the one shall draw her upwards and the other downwards; and presently draw them againe close together in theire places halding hands

The Neals also give a fairly clear description from Dublin in 1726 in the dance A Young Virgin of 15 Years

1^st & 2^d men take both hands w^th their partner's and back to back till in their own places:

The Regency Dance Site has a nice paper by Paul Cooper giving the history of the poussette in English dancing. Most English Country Dances use what Cooper calls a "Rotational Poussette", either going half way round in 4 bars to be progressive, or all the way round in 8 ending back where you started.

Wilson, in his Complete System of English Country Dancing defines a "Half pousette or draw" which is what most people before him called a full poussette, while his "whole poussette" goes round once and a half times.

In William Campbell's 14^th book (~1799) is a dance called Lord Nelson's Waltz. The instructions call for a "Poussette" to fill the last 16 bars (at waltz tempo). Both the Regency Dance site and Alan Winston say this should be a "Waltzing Turn Poussette". As yet I have found no contemporary description of this figure, and rely on Winston's description.

By ~1820 something called a "Waltz Poussette" appeared (this may be the same as the waltzing turn poussette?). As far as I know no one ever bothered to define it, so we aren't sure what it entailed. However on page 9 of Lowe's Selection of Popular Country Dances (Edinburgh, 1853) in the description of Spanish Country Dance:

Then pousette, Waltzing round each other. (16 Bars)

This is the final figure of the dance, and needs to be progressive. It suggests to me that the two couples waltzed around each other several times (they had 16 bars) before ending in each others' places. Cooper's paper says that in dances imported from Spain the words "waltz" and "poussette" were used synonymously.

In the US, in 1802, Saltator wrote:

POUCETTE, is to give both hands to partners, by couples and dance round each other, in the time of right and left.

Asa Wilcox was using poussettes in ~1793:

Colledge Hornpipe

Four hand cross roud back again first & third Couple Draw cross over one Couple - Right & left at top -

As was Saltator in 1802 (see Lasses of Glasgow).

But after that Poussettes died out in the United States, and Howe (who published from 1858-1880 in Boston) did not used them.

See Also

• Draw Poussette
• Scottish Poussette
• Diamond Poussette
• Chevron Poussette
• Waltzing Turn Poussette

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