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

Dances in Kentish Hops (A (Bert) Simons, -1990)

The Dancing Master, 11th ed.

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Barham Down ~ SimonsHenry Playford 1701
A. Simons ~1990
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Blackheath ~ SimonsHenry Playford 1701
A. Simons ~1990
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Preston's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1793

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Trip to TunbridgePreston 1793
A. Simons (mod) 1961 Playford Ball
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Preston's Twenty four Country Dances for the Year 1794

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Hop GroundPreston 1794
A. Simons ~1991 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
The Hop Ground ~ Laskie?Preston 1794
A. Simons (mod) ~1991
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

Rutherford's compleat Collection of 200 of the most celebrated Country Dances both Old and New, Vol. 2

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Rakes of Rochester - RutherfordDavid Rutherford ~1759
A. Simons ~1990
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

Select Collection of Dances, Waltzes, Quadrilles, &c

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Capers at Canterbury ~ SimonsJ. Power 1822
A. Simons 1970
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twelve Country Dances & Cotillions for the Year 1795

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Bowmen of Kent ~ Simons/3 CoupleThomas Skillern 1795
A. Simons ~1990
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Bowmen of Kent ~ Simons/TripleThomas Skillern 1795
A. Simons ~1990
Colin HumeTriple Minor
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Number
of versions
Number
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