Dances in The Contra Dance Book

Table of Contents

• Duple Minor
  • Duple Minor proper
  • Duple Minor improper
• Quadruple Minor
  • Four Face Four
  • Tempest
• Sicilian Circles

Duple Minor

Duple Minor proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Dashing White Sergeant - Howe		Elias Howe 1862 Rickey Holden 1953		Duple Minor
Goodman's Fancy		Richard Castner 1952	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Good Girl		John Schell 1890 Rickey Holden 1956		Duple Minor
Goodman's Fancy		Richard Castner 1952	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

Duple Minor improper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Banks of the Dee		Ralph Page 1949 Rickey Holden 1956		Duple Minor
Happy Valley Reel		Ralph Page 1936		Duple Minor
Timber Salvage Reel		Ralph Page 1938		Duple Minor

Quadruple Minor

Four Face Four

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Tempest ~ Holden (Sicilian#1)		Rickey Holden 1956		Four Face Four

Tempest

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Tempest ~ Holden #1		Washburn 1855 Rickey Holden 1956 Cracking Chestnuts		Tempest

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