Unknown date

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Kylie's Homecoming		Jean Gorrindo (date unknown)		Duple Minor
Labor of Love		Kathy Anderson (date unknown)		Duple Minor
Rattlesnake Rag		Jeff Spiro (date unknown)		Duple Minor
The Royal Kentish Bowmen		Anonymous (date unknown) A. Simons ~1990		Duple Minor

1670s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Catching of Quailes		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1912		Square
Catching of Quails		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1912		Square

1690s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Love and a Bottle - Bray		Thomas Bray 1699 Anonymous 2001		Duple Minor

1770s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Trip to Castle Howard ~ Cook		Thompson 1775 Tom Cook 1980	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

1780s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Maidstone Hall		Bishop 1788 A. Simons 1972		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Trip to Hawkhurst		William Campbell ~1789 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

1790s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Ramsgate Assembly		Thomas Budd 1795 A. Simons 1972 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Tunbridge Races		Thompson 1797 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

1800s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Duke of Kent's Waltz ~ Simons		W.M. Cahusac 1801 A. Simons 1970 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Margate Pier		Longman 1801 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
A Trip to Wessterham		Anonymous 1801 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Walmer Castle		Longman, Clememti & Co. 1801 A. Simons 1970		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

1960s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
This Old Riverboat ~ 4 Couple		Johnny Davis ~1966		Square
This Old Riverboat ~ 5 Couple		Johnny Davis ~1966		Circle as many as will
Farewell Marian		Gwyn Williams 1967	Bare Necessities	Circle as many as will

1970s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Gypsy Round		Eric Leber 1979	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

1980s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Florence's Frolic		Bob Lilley 1988		Square
The Log Cabin		Robin Rodgers-Brown 1988		Duple Minor

1990s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Little Venice		Colin Hume 1992	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways
Cornish Waltz		J. Francis Carter ~1993		Duple Minor
Patrick's Waltz		Philippe Callens 1995		3 Couple Longways
The Birthday Waltz		Colin Hume 1996	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
A Double Duet		Gary Roodman 1999	MGM and Reunion	Duple Minor

2000s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Civil Engineer		Victor Skowronski 2002		Duple Minor
Felicity		Colin Hume ~2002	Bare Necessities	4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413
Maggie's Waltz Square		Colin Hume 2002	Frank Hoppe, Robert Winokur, and Susan McNeil	Square
Honeysuckle Cottage		Gary Roodman 2003	Jessica Murrow, Karen Axelrod, Mary Lea, and Naomi Morse	Duple Minor
Honeysuckle Cottage ~ Mod		Gary Roodman 2003	Jessica Murrow, Karen Axelrod, Mary Lea, and Naomi Morse	Duple Minor
My Lady of the Lake		Loretta Holz 2005		Duple Minor
Gotham Jubilee		Loretta Holz 2006		Duple Minor
A Garland for Judy		Orly Krasner 2007 Orly Krasner 2008		4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142
Anna		Victor Skowronski 2009		Duple Minor
Emma's Waltz		Colin Hume 2009	Susan McNeill, Lawrence Wallin and Robert Winokur	4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142
The Unknown Buccaneer		Sharon Green 2009		Duple Minor

2010s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Would You		Victor Skowronski 2010		3 Couple Longways
Lambs on Green Hill		Dan Seppeler 2011	Bonnie Insull, Susan McNeil, and Robert Winokur	Duple Minor
Sweet Cream		Jenna Simpson 2011		Duple Minor
Anna Turns Five		Gary Roodman 2012	Cilantrio (Karen Axelrod, Peter Barnes, and Mary Lea)	5 Couple Circle
Dance of a Lifetime		Joseph Pimentel 2012	Goldcrest	Circle as many as will
Ruins of Athens		Victor Skowronski 2013		Duple Minor
Susan's Waltz		Victor Skowronski 2014		Duple Minor
A Trip to Provence		Susan Kevra 2015	Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland	Duple Minor
Atossa's Gift		Scott Higgs 2017		Duple Minor
Whirled Peas		Jenna Simpson 2018	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
One Hundred		Vic Ceder 2019		Duple Minor
Whirl and Chase		Vic Ceder 2019		Becket

Number of dances	Number of versions	Number with music
49	49	18

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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Box The Gnat

An online definition may be found here.

Bars: 2.

This figure involves a facing couple, they join right hands and raise them, then they trade places. The woman turning left 180° as she passes under the raised hands, the man turning right 180° as he walks around her. The right hands remain joined afterward.

History

Box the Gnat is a figure in Cecil Sharp's Running Set from 1918. However that box the gnat has very little to do with the modern figure, it appears more like a variation on strip the willow

How the modern call evolved after 1918 I do not know. Lloyd Shaw does not mention it in his Cowboy Dances from 1939.

CALLERLAB published the first standardized list of calls in 1975, and box the gnat was on that list.

See Also

• Swat the Flea

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