2005

17 December 2005

Christmas Carol Ball

(with guest choir Cantorion)

Free dance to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Gower Wassail

Personent Hodie

While Shepherd's Watch

Quem Pastores Laudevere

Patapatapan

Rudolph the Red-nosed Rheindeer

Remember O Thou Man

Hail Happy Morn

O Come All Ye Faithful

Angels from the Realms of Glory

Ding Dong Merrily on High

Carol of the Bells

Where is Santa (versions 1& 2)

What Child is This - also with 

Little Landler/Grand Illusion/Two to Twirl 

The First Nowel

Gaudete

Deck the Halls

Twelve Days of Christmas

Unto Us a Child is Born

The Cherry Tree

Jingle Bells

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

19 November 2005

Mad Hatter's Ball

Free Varsovienna

Petit Vriens (15th cent. Italian)

Free Polka

Grand March/Farandole

The Labyrinth

Free Mazurka

The Lancers' Quadrille 

Free Schottische

Lull Me Beyond Thee (1651)

The flying hat dance game

Near Miss Galop

Two Steps to Hell

The Lobster Quadrille

The Chess Dance

Dutch Dollars

The Savvy Wench Zweifacher

The Tangled Web

Free Mazurka

The King of Poland

Free Hambo

15 October 2005

Regency Spring Ball 

Comical Fellow

Touchstone

Polonaise

Shrewsbury Lasses

Mr Beveridge's Maggot

Auretti's Dutch Skipper

Free Waltz

Black Bess

The Bishop

Le Jeu des quatres coins

Minuet a deux

Wakefield Hunt

The Tythe Pig

Free Mazurka

Duke of Gloucester's March

Spring Garden

The Young Widow

La Boulangere

Free Mazurka

Free Purple Tulip Tango 

17 September 2005

Pirates of the Caribbean Ball

Free Polka

Row Well Ye Mariner's All (1651 )

Cross Gartered

The Wrong Foot Polka

La Matelotte (1706)

Free Schottische

Bar Room Brawl - William Steed

Running the Gauntlet

Scarf Waltz game led by Madelaine 

The Maze 

The Dashing Dragoon

Free Mazurka

Parley - William Steed

The Battering Ram

Free Galliard or La Volta

The Great Roundabout (version 2)

The Catapult Contra

Free Waltz 

20 August 2005

Cinderella Masquerade

Free Waltz

Ad Absurdam Sur Place

Daring Damsel

Grand March into Hyde Park (1651 )

Even Handed Ländler

Cinderella Waltz Contra

Regal Romp

Free Varsovienna

Potluck Welcome

His Majesty's Maggot

Hot Cross Polka or variant

Russian Tour

Beau between Belles

Tapestry / Snowball Slalom

Burley Griffin Bourrée / Three and Back Again

Free Mazurka

My Lady's Minuet

The Great Roundabout

The Music Box

Honeymoon Hambo / Harmony Hambo

Alcuin's Contra

Free Waltz

16 July 2005

Mid-Winter Fantasy

Free Polka

Conjuring L'armour

Kettle Drum

Three Baskets

Black Forest Mazurka with Askance Romance

Drive the Cold Winter Away

Baltic Crossing

Southern Highland Schottische

Whirl of Memory 

Free Polka

Giant's Backbone

Catapult Contra

Free Waltz

The Clove Orange

Three Card Monty (William Steed)

Ridicule and Repartee

The Great Roundabout

Free Waltz

19 June 2005

Winter Solstice Dance

Free Polka

Farandole

Vulgarian Salutations

Grimstock

La Baroque

Free Varsovienna

Indoor Games

Holly and the Ivy

Guests - Berea Festival Dancers

Free Mazurka

Taking Turns

Take Eyes

Jingle Bells

Guests - Firetwirling and Berea Festival Dancers

Free Schottische

Sun and the Moon Allemande

Display of Frog Galliard (Linda Priebbenow & William Steed)

Contra Quintain

The Old Year Away is Fled

Free Waltz

With Berea Guest next day at YMCA Sailing Club - in addition to dances they led, we did:

Cinderella Waltz

Daring Damsel

Burley Griffin Bourree

Round with Corners

Fast Forward Polka

Swirling Waters (Lawrie Brown)

Dashing Dragoon

O Tannenbaum

15 May 2005

Pride & Prejudice Dance Party

Free Waltz

Mutual Love (Thompson, 1770s)

Grand Polonaise

Le Jeu des Quatres Coins (Joly, 1770s)

True Felicity (Fraisier, 1726)

The Comical Fellow (Thompson, 1770s)

Guests - Canberra Youth Music Choir

The Congress of Vienna

My Lord's Minuet

Pleasures of the Town (Asa Willox, 1793)

A Courtly Acrostic 

Touchstone (Thompson, 1770s)

Cockney's Frolic (1780s)

Guests - Canberra Youth Music Choir

Mr Beveridge's Maggot (1695)

Les Jolis Garcons (M. Amateur, 1770)

Shrewsbury Lasses (Thompson, 1770s)

Round with Corners 

Duke of Kent's Waltz (Cahusac,1801)

The Lasses of Portsmouth (Fete de Campetre)

La Boulangere

Free Waltz

16 April 2005

Autumn Ball

Free Polka

Fancy Free Flirting

Ariadne's Thread

Dance game

The Great Roundabout (draft version)

Le Jeu des Quatre Coins (1770)

Sun and the Moon Allemande

The Birthday Treat

Fan dance game

Fast Forward Heel and Toe

Contra Quintain

Free Mazurka - e.g. Redowa Romance

Little Landler

Dance Game with Chairs

The Sun Assembly (1757)

Dashing Dragoon

Free Waltz

19 March 2005

Playford Ball

Free Polka 

Potluck Welcome

Goddesses (1651)

The Spring (1699)

Parson's Farewell (1651)

Deil Take the Wars (1728ish)

Barbarini's Tambourine (17)

Display of Past Present and Future/Northern Stars Southern Skies/ There and Back Again / Burley Griffin Bourree.

Free Schottische

The Fair Quaker of Deal (1712)

Dargeson (1651)

Waves of Fashion (Patricia Gray)

Lilli Burlero (1670)

Display of Tapestry / Snowball Slalom and Mazurka medley

Free Varsovienna

Holborn March (1740-)

Round and Round the Garden (William Steed)

His Magesty's Maggot

Cockney's Frolic (1780s)

Free Waltz

19-20 February 2005

Trans-Pacific Weekend

(at St.John's, YMCA Sailing Club and Albert Hall - other dances led by others)

Potluck Welcome

Zephrus and Flora (1715)

Jamaica (1670)

The Fair Quaker of Deal (1712)

Gathering Peascods (1651)

Newcastle (1651)

Cinderella Waltz Contra

The Comical Fellow (1776)

Shrewsbury Lasses (1765)

Round and Round the Garden (William Steed)

Mr Isaac's Maggot (1698)

Barbarini's Tambourine (17??)

The Collier's Daughter (1719)

Free Waltz

Free Varsovienna

Touchstone (1780)

Trip to Paris (1711)

Prince William 91731)

Zephrus and Flora (1715)

Past Present and Future

Northern Stars Southern Skies

Burley Griffin Bourree

There and Back Again

Dargeson (1651)

The Spring (1699)

Running the Gauntlet

The Giant's Backbone

The Labyrinth

Snowball Slalom

Free Schottische

Jamaica (1670)

The Fair Quaker of Deal (1712)

Gathering Peascods (1651)

Newcastle (1651)

Cinderella Waltz Contra

The Comical Fellow (1776)

Shrewsbury Lasses (1765)

Round and Round the Garden (William Steed)

Mr Isaac's Maggot (1698)

Barbarini's Tambourine (17??)

The Collier's Daughter (1719)

Nonesuch (1651) 

Free Waltz to The Duke of Kent's Waltz (1801)

15 January 2005 

Mid Summer Dance

Opening Jig

Three Baskets

Trip to Paris (1728)

Column Game with fan

Branle d'Ecosse (1589)

The Cloved Orange Pavan/Galliard

Free Varsovienna

Tromp l'Oeil Sicilian

The Flying Scarves games

Upon a Summer's Day (1651)

Dargeson (1651)

Free Schottische

Ly Ben Distonys (Gresley manuscript)

Cross Gartered

Hat and Hankie dance game

Harmony Hambo

Alcuin's Contra

Final Waltz

Free Waltz