Dances interpreted by George Williams

A Companion to the Ball Room

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Auld Lang Syne ~ Williams		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2022	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

A Companion to the Ballroom

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Jackey Tarr ~ Duple		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2021	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

The Complete Ball-Room Hand-Book

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Arkansas Traveller		Elias Howe 1858 George Williams 2022	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

Cotillions & Country Dances.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Young Widow ~ Anonymous		Anonymous 1807 George Williams 2024	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor

The Cotillons, Made Plain and Easy

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Le Moulinet		Thomas Hurst 1769 George Williams 2024	Colin Hume	Square
The Windmill		Thomas Hurst 1769 George Williams 2024	Colin Hume	Square

The Dancing Master, 14th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Hunt the Squirrel ~ Duple		John Young 1709 George Williams 2020	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, The Third Volume, 2nd ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Fairy Queen - Young		John Young 1726 George Williams 2022	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways
Softly Robin ~ Williams		John Young 1726 George Williams 2021	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, Vol. the first, 17th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Goddesses #2		John Young 1721 George Williams 2026	Colin Hume	Quadruple Minor
The Princess 1721		John Young 1721 George Williams 2020	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, Vol. the Second, 3rd ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Old Oxford		John Young 1718 George Williams 2022	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Peace and Plenty - Playford		John Young 1718 George Williams 2022	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

The English Dancing Master

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
Jack Pudding ~ Lovelace		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 George Williams 2021	Colin Hume	Custom permutation: 231
Marriners		John Playford 1651 George Williams 2024	Strong Roots Bare Necessities	Circle as many as will
The Merry Andrew ~ Lovelace		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 George Williams 2021	Colin Hume	Custom permutation: 231
Millison's Jigg ~ Williams		John Playford 1651 George Williams 2021	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Row Well, Ye Mariners ~ Williams		John Playford 1651 George Williams 2024	Strong Roots Bare Necessities	Circle as many as will

Hart's Second Set of Quadrilles

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Hart's Tempẽte Dance		Joseph Binns Hart ~1819 George Williams 2024	Colin Hume	Four Face Four

Lowes' Ball-Conductor and Assembly Guide

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Circassian Circle ~ Lowes		Lowe ~1831 George Williams 2023	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

Pop Goes The Weasel, monograph

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Pop Goes The Weasel ~ Porter		Jas. W. Porter 1853 George Williams 2020	Colin Hume	Longways as many as will permutation: 23451

A Treatise on Dancing

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Young Widow - Saltator		Saltator 1802 George Williams 2024	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor

Twelve Country Dances for the Year 1779. Set for the Harpsichord

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Culford Heath Camp		Ignatius Sancho 1779 George Williams 2023	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Triple Minor
Lord Dalkeith's Reel		Ignatius Sancho 1779 George Williams 2023	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor
Mungo's Delight		Ignatius Sancho 1779 George Williams 2023	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Triple Minor
Mungo's Delight ~ Duple		Ignatius Sancho 1779 George Williams 2023	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor

Twenty four Country Dances for the year 1778

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Frog & Mouse		Thompson 1778 George Williams 2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Newport Assembly		Thompson 1778 George Williams 2025	Colin Hume	2 Couple Longways
The Rose		Thompson 1778 George Williams 2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Rosetta		Thompson 1778 George Williams 2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Ton ~ Hume		Thompson 1778 George Williams 2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

Twenty four Country Dances for the Year 1799

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Margravine's Waltz		Preston 1799 George Williams 2021	Simple Pleasures Bare Necessities	Triple Minor

Twenty Four New Country Dances For the Year 1714

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Stock-Jobbers		Walsh 1714 George Williams 2023	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor

Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1716

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Oswestry Wake ~ Williams		Nathaniel Kynaston 1716 George Williams 2022	Colin Hume	Quadruple Minor
Room for Beauties ~ Williams		Nathaniel Kynaston 1716 George Williams 2022	Colin Hume	Quadruple Minor

Twenty-Four New Country Dances for the Year 1710

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Paston's Maggot ~ Williams		Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 George Williams 2022	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

Number of dances	Number of versions	Number with music
32	32	32

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