1910s
| 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 |
1970s
| 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 |
| Walmer Castle | | Longman, Clememti & Co. 1801 A. Simons 1970 | | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
| Maidstone Hall | | Bishop 1788 A. Simons 1972 | | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
| Ramsgate Assembly | | Thomas Budd 1795 A. Simons 1972 Playford Ball | Bare Necessities | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
1980s
| 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 |
1990s
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margate Pier | | Longman 1801 A. Simons ~1990 | | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
| The Royal Kentish Bowmen | | Anonymous (date unknown) A. Simons ~1990 | | Duple Minor |
| Trip to Hawkhurst | | William Campbell ~1789 A. Simons ~1990 | | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
| A Trip to Wessterham | | Anonymous 1801 A. Simons ~1990 | | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
| Tunbridge Races | | Thompson 1797 A. Simons ~1990 | | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
2000s
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love and a Bottle - Bray | | Thomas Bray 1699 Anonymous 2001 | | Duple Minor |
| A Garland for Judy | | Orly Krasner 2007 Orly Krasner 2008 | | 4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142 |
| Number of dances | Number of versions | Number with music |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | 13 | 3 |
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.
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
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