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Up a double, Siding, Arming
Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

Dances interpreted by Tom Cook

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Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Barham Down ~ CookHenry Playford 1701
Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeDuple Minor

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Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Fair and SoftlyJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Halfe Hannikin ~ CookJohn Playford 1651
Tom Cook Playford Assembly
Colin HumeCircle as many as will

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Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
From Aberdeen ~ CookHenry Playford 1695
Tom Cook 1991
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Kelsterne GardensJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1975 Playford Ball
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

32 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Beauteous Grove ~ CookNathaniel Kynaston 1711
Tom Cook 1975
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Come Let's Be MerryJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
The Constant Lover ~ CookNathaniel Kynaston 1710
Tom Cook ~1995
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The Goose and GridironThompson 1768
Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly
Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Jacob Hall's Jig ~ CookHenry Playford 1695
Tom Cook 1991
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
The Merry SalopiansNathaniel Kynaston 1718
Tom Cook 1987 Playford Assembly
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
PortabellaWalsh 1715
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Round About Our Coal FireRichard Bride 1766
Tom Cook 1987 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Shawbury ParkJohn Young 1710
Tom Cook 1975
Odd Sundays Garage BandDuple Minor
Wooden ShoesHenry Playford 1703
Tom Cook ~1999 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

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Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Despairing LoverNathaniel Kynaston 1711
Tom Cook 1979
Colin HumeDuple Minor

38 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Elverton GroveWalsh 1712
Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

48 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Irish Lamentation ~ CookJohnson ~1740
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Wakefield HuntThompson 1779
Tom Cook 1987 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeTriple Minor

56 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Flora's FagarysNathaniel Kynaston 1716
Tom Cook 1975
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Flora's Vagaries ~ CookNathaniel Kynaston 1716
Tom Cook 1975
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Jockey and JennyNathaniel Kynaston 1716
Tom Cook 1975
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

64 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Charmer ~ CookNathaniel Kynaston 1717
Tom Cook 1991
Colin Hume4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142
The InstallationThompson 1772
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Ball
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

80 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Trip to Castle Howard ~ CookThompson 1775
Tom Cook 1980
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

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Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Devonshire House ~ CookHenry Playford 1698
Tom Cook 1979
Colin HumeDuple Minor

160 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Jamaica ~ CookJohn Playford 1670
Tom Cook
Colin Hume4 Couple Longways
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