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A

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Ah! Belinda		Pat Shaw ~1970		6 Couple Longways
The Artful Dodsons		Renée Camus 2022	Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
As You Were		Renée Camus 2020	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways

B

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bonny Kate of Perth		a Person of Quality 1718 Andrew Shaw 2009		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Bromely Assembly		Johnson 1751 Fried de Metz Herman 1995		Triple Minor

C

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Cannock Chase		Charles Bolton 1991	Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

D

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Devonshier Gairl		John Young 1718 Charles Bolton 1997		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Devonshire Girl		John Young 1718 Charles Bolton 1997		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Divanshire Gairl		John Young 1718 Charles Bolton 1997		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Divonsshire Gairl		John Young 1718 Charles Bolton 1997		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

G

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Gold for the Mahieus		Philippe Callens 1988		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Golden Dolphins		Sue Carter 2005	Colin Hume	5 Couple Longways permutation: 24153
Grunion Run Grunion Run George Williams 2026 Triple Minor Grunion Run ~ 4 Couple George Williams 2026 4 Couple Longways Grunion Run ~ Triple/Triple George Williams 2026 Triple Minor

H

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Highland Lass #2		John Young 1718 Charles Bolton 1997		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

J

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
John's Maggot		Victor Skowronski 2003		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

K

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Kevin's Celebration Waltz		Colin Hume 2018	Colin Hume	5 Couple Longways permutation: 25413

M

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Masquerade Royal ~ Triple, Williams		John Young 1718 George Williams 2021		Triple Minor
The Mumping Maid		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		Custom3

N

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Nimrod's Revenge		Bob Lilley 1987		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Nutkin's Hornpipe		Brooke Friendly/Chris Sackett 2013		3 Couple Longways

P

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Patrick's Waltz		Philippe Callens 1995		3 Couple Longways
The Pharmacist's Pleasure		Philippe Callens 2003		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

R

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Rememberance		Brooke Friendly/Chris Sackett 2007		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

S

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Scotch Billy		Walsh 1731 Tom Cook 1979		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The She Favourite		Nathaniel Kynaston 1711 Andrew Shaw 2002		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Shira Delight		Brooke Friendly/Chris Sackett 2009		Triple Minor
Skipping Det		Philippe Callens 1993		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Smith's Boree		John Young 1726 Ken Sheffield 1995		Triple Minor

T

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Temple Barr ~ Williams		John Young 1718 George Williams 2021		Triple Minor
Through the Looking Glass - Camus		Renée Camus 2022	Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Tomson's Whim		Nathaniel Kynaston 1718 Andrew Shaw 2006		Triple Minor
The Touchstone ~ Apted		Thompson 1780 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
A Trip to Halsway Manor		Philippe Callens 1998		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
A Trip to Highgate		Thompson 1777 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
A Trip to Islington A Trip to Islington ~ A. Shaw John Young 1710 Andrew Shaw 2024 Colin Hume 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 A Trip to Islington ~ Hume John Young 1710 Colin Hume 2024 Colin Hume 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Twelfe Eve		Henry Playford 1702 Andrew Shaw 2024		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Twelfth Eve		Henry Playford 1702 Andrew Shaw 2024		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

W

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Worth the Wait		Gary Roodman 2018	Anna Patton, Eric Martin, and Karen Axelrod	Duple Minor

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.

Morris Hey

Bars: 8.

A Morris Hey is a variant of a Mirror Hey except that most mirror heys have the top couple dancing in between the middle couple to start while the middle couple moves out, in a morris hey the top couple cast out, while the middle couple dances up and in.

Scottish Country Dancing uses the figure, but doesn't seem to have a term for it, just calling it a mirror reel.

Variants

Mirror heys can be done with any number of couples. A three couple hey is the most common, but there are also dances with 4 couple mirror heys. I haven't seen any for 5 or more dancers, but there could be.

History

Henry Playford probably describes half a morris hey in Twelfe Eve, in 1702. There are a number of dances after that where John Young or Walsh have the 1s doing a Hey with the 2s+3s on the sides, followed by the 1s casting down. A modern interpreter who looks at this will call for a morris hey (because it will flow nicely into the cast), but it's not clear that's what was originally intended. An example of this is Kynaston's Tomson's Whim from 1718.

The first use of the term that I can find is from Porter, Heffer & Heffer's interpretation of A Trip to Highgate (a dance written by Thompson in 1777 and the original does not include any heys at all).

See Also

• Mirror Hey
• Reel

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