Oct-2026

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Excuse Me ~ Neal		John Playford 1686 John & William Neal 1726		Duple Minor
Irish Lamentation ~ Hume		Walsh ~1735 Colin Hume 1995	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

Aug-2026

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
St. Catherine ~ Neal		Henry Playford 1701 John & William Neal 1726		Duple Minor
Saint Katherine ~ Neal		Henry Playford 1701 John & William Neal 1726		Duple Minor

Jul-2026

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Top & Bottom ~ Beer		Johnson ~1733 Jenny Beer 2000	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

May-2026

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Unknown Buccaneer		Sharon Green 2009		Duple Minor

Mar-2026

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Gooseberry Blossoms		Gary Roodman 2023	Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland	Duple Minor
Alliara petiolata		Jan Dale ~2000		Duple Minor
Jack by the Hedge		Jan Dale ~2000		Duple Minor

Dec-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
St. Albans ~ Andrew Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Andrew Shaw 2006	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
St. Albans ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1969	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Pye Corner		Henry Playford 1695 Colin Hume 2020	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

Oct-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Shawbury Park		John Young 1710 Tom Cook 1975	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor
Soulton Jigg ~ Wright		John Young 1710 Kathryn & David Wright 1984 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
The Twins		John Playford 1657 Tom Cook 1975		4 Couple Longways

Sep-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Mundesse		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922	MGM and Reunion	3 Couple Circle
Europes Revels		Henry Playford 1698 Andrew Shaw 2023		Duple Minor
The Fair Quaker of Deal ~ Simons		John Young 1718 A. Simons 1970 Playford Ball		Duple Minor
Perfections of Love ~ Cook		Wright 1740 Tom Cook 1979		Triple Minor

Aug-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Beautyberry		Joseph Pimentel 2005	Goldcrest	Duple Minor
Border Reel		Wright 1740 Bob Lilley ~2023		Duple Minor
Look Both Ways		Rich Jackson 1989		Duple Minor

Jul-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Minor Spaniard		Jenny Beer 2000		Duple Minor
Willie with his Tartan Trews ~ Williams		Johnson 1750 George Williams 2022		Triple Minor
Willie with his tartan Trues		Johnson 1750 George Williams 2022		Triple Minor
First Baptist Assembly		Victor Skowronski 2002		Duple Minor
New Long Room at Scarborough		Johnson 1748 Andrew Shaw ~2019		Duple Minor
A Trip to Aberdeen ~ RSCDS		David Rutherford 1759 RSCDS 1953		Triple Minor

Jun-2025

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Gramachie		Straight & Skillern ~1775 RSCDS ~1977		Triple Minor
Gramachree ~ RSCDS		Straight & Skillern ~1775 RSCDS ~1977		Triple Minor
The Scotch Ramble ~ RSCDS		Johnson ~1752 RSCDS 1929		Triple Minor
Scottish Ramble		Johnson ~1752 RSCDS 1929		Triple Minor
Meadow Sweet		Bernard Bentley 1993		Duple Minor
Oakenrod House		Bernard Bentley 1993		Duple Minor
St. Andrews Assembly		Bernard Bentley 1980		Square
The Scotch Morris		Wright 1719 Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
The Walnut Tree		Bernard Bentley 1993		Square

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.

Corners Set And Turn

Also known as: Set to and Turn Corners.

Bars: 8.

The active couple starts facing their 1st corners, with whom they set for two bars, then they turn them (which may be either a two hand or right hand turn) and dance (passing left shoulders) to their 2nd corners in the next two bars. Again, they and the 2nd corners set for two bars, and turn for two bars.

History

In the Fletts say: The first Country Dance figure which seems to have originated in Scotland is the figure 'set and turn corners', which appeared about 1720. Sadly they don't give an example of a dance in which it appeared.

The first use of this figure that I know of is from London, in Johnston's Willie with his Tartan Trews, 1750. (The (R)SCDS says Rutherford, but Johnson published it first.)

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