2011

Christmas Carol Ball, St.John’s Church Hall,

17 December 2011

Free Waltz: What Child is This (with guest pianist Alcuin)

Under and Over

Deck the Halls 

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

New Boepeep

Cutty Wren 

Silent Night with guest singer Gabriel Bienek.

Hail O Happy Morn

BREAK and Guest choir: Lady’s Mantle 

Gaudete If all the World were Paper

Masters in this Hall

The Punch Bowl 

Carol of the Bells with guest singer Gabriel Bienek.

SUPPER BREAK and Guest choir: Lady’s Mantle

I wonder as I wander.

Away in the Manager

Once in Royal David City

Caledonian Quadrille

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

12 Days of Christmas – (with guest pianist Alcuin)We wish you a Merry Christmas

22 October 2011

St John’s Spring Fair,

St. John’s Church Hall, Constitution Ave., Reid.

La Jesuite -tune

The Czar - tune

Alexander - tune

Mazurka cotillion for many – Russian ballet score

Menuet de la cour - tune

The Fair Circassian - tune

Triplet Quadrille as before.

‘Russian Tour’ (LD) Town 4

15 October 2011

Russian Ark Ball

St. John’s Church Hall, Constitution Ave., Reid.

(Early 18th century to early 19th century)

Menuet à deux – tune

Minuet à Quatre - tune

The Cossack Dance – tune

Russian Dance - tune

La Jesuite -tune

Polonaise- Polonaise Russe

The Czar - tune

Alexander - tune

Mazurka cotillion for many – Russian Ballet score

(Early to mid-19th century)

Menuet de la cour (versions)- tune

Lund’s Minuet- Dronningen Minuet

The Fair Circassian - tune

The Volga - tune

Mazurka Quadrilles (1) – Mazurka of Spa by Fessy

Free Waltz – Autumn 9

The Russian Quadrille (Quadrille Français) – tune set

Windup Galop – then free galop – Wind up Galop

Triplet Quadrille For galop figure play the following 3 part galop x 3 then play Court 4, (x1 on each tune then back to first tune x1) then for Polka figure play same galop as before C(AABBCC)x 2 plus AA.

(Mid-19th century to late-19th century)

Free Mazurka Waltz, Zingerella, La Czarina- The Zingerella

Mazurka cotillion for 3 – Russian score

Mazurka cotillion for 4 –Parodi Mazurka

(Polka) Cotillion with chairs- start with Zorn’s Esmeralda, then Spring 16

Mazurka Quadrilles (2) Petersburgh set

The Russia (made progressive)La Mazurka / Autre Mazurka

‘Russian Tour’ (LD) Town 4

1-3 October 2011

Minuets and Mazurka long weekend

The Garden studio, Yarralumla.

The minuet in country dances(c.1700)

Mr Lane’s Minuet

Mr Lane’s Trumpet Minuet / Les Oeuffes Paques

Irish Lamentation

Menuet de la Rein

The standard minuets c.1700

Menuet à deux - different timings and embellishments

Minuet à Quatre

Figured minuets (c.1700)

Mr Priest’s Minuet

The minuet in cotillions (c.1770):

Le Prince de Galles

Les Quatre Saisons

The late 18th & early 19th cent. minuet

The evolution of the basic menuet à deux

The Menuet de la Cour

Gad Lund’s Menuet

Saltator’s Congo Minuet

Mazurka cotillion c.1840:

Some basic steps and Mazurka Cotillion for many and for 3s

Mazurka cotillions for 4.

Mazurka quadrille c.1850:

Mazurka quadrille (1)

Mazurka quadrille (2)

Couples mazurka c. 1860:

The Mazurka Waltz (1) (2)

La Czarina

Polka Mazurka

La Coska

Gitana Waltz

Zingerella

The Menuet de la cour in the 1890s.

Menuet de la cour (2)

Menuet de la cour as a quadrille

The Mazurka in the 1890s

‘The Russia’

Some Lost Dances of Earthly Delights mazurkas

Monday 12 July 7:00-9:30,

Special workshop featuring John G-G. 

Whately Dance Barn, Whately, Massachussetts, U.S.A.

Juggling Partners (Summer 15)

Daphnes (Playford)

Bodice and Doublet (Summer 14)

A Courtly Accrostic (Court 6)

Free Waltz and led host on outside foot starting waltz medley: Alexandrina (Town 9) x2, Hands Off (Village 10) x2, Even Handed-Ländler (Village 12) x2, I Wonder as I Wander (Christmas Carol Dance Book)

Contra Quintain (Town 8)

Newcastle (Playford)

Snowball Slalom (Court 3)

Deck the Halls (Christmas Carol Dances Book)

Free Waltz and again led host on above outside foot starting waltz medley.

Sunday 11 July, 2:00-5:00pm,

Special workshop featuring John G-G.

Whately Dance Barn, Whately, Massachussetts, U.S.A.

(approx. order)

Carousel Waltz (Summer 8)

His Majesty’s Maggot (Country 5)

Giant’s Backbone (Country 2)

Secret Liaisaon Waltz (Autumn 3)

Trip to Paris (Playford)

Hands Off Waltz (Village 10)

Running the Gauntlet (Autumn 4)

Birthday Treat (Country 8)

Great Roundabout (Town 12)

Saturday 10 July, c.8pm,

John G-G guest spot at Whately Ball-

Whately Dance Barn, Whately, Massachussetts, U.S.A.

Contributed Cinderella’s Waltz Contra (Village 8) to the 2011 Whately Ball.

 

Wednesday 6 July,

Boston Centre ECD dance

 First Unitarian Society of Newton, 1326 Washington St., West Newton, Boston, Massachussetts, U.S.A.

Juggling Partners (Summer 15)

Cinderella’s Waltz Contra (Village 8)

Past Present and Future (Winter 4)

Cobbler’s Jig (Playford)

His Majesty’s Maggot (Country 5)

Twelve Days of Christmas (Christmas Carol Dance Book)

Sun and Moon Allemande (Country 16)

Alcuin’s Contra (Village 16)- not sure if I did or didn’t?

Round with Corners (Court 10)

Paul’s Steeple (Playford)

Indoor Games (Spring 16)

Tuesday 5th July,

Special workshop/dance featuring John G-G.

 6:30-9:30pm, St. Barnabas, Danforth Ave., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA.

Sun and Moon Allemande (Country 16)

Alcuin’s Contra (Village 16)

Past Present and Future (Winter 4)

Cobbler’s Jig (Playford)

Running the Gauntlet (Autumn 4)

Cinderella’s Waltz Contra (Village 8)

Masters in this Hall (Christmas Carol Dance Book)

Twelve Days of Christmas (Christmas Carol Dance Book)

Saturday 2 July 2 Hours 10:15 to 12:30am,

  Workshop at SCA’s Known World Dance Symposium on ‘Most Popular Renaissance Dances’ (on ideas that persisted through end of evening dances from Renaisssance to 18th and 19th century)

Georgian Room, Indiana Memorial Union, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.

Multi-part medleys

Chiarnazana (Caroso)

Catena d’Amore (Negri)

Caccia d’Amore (Negri)

More dances with follow-the-leader

Chirinta / Giaranzana

Showed mid-19th century Le Colimacon / The Labyrinth.

More dances with contredanse à deux

Cobbler’s Dance (Playford)

Moll Peately (Playford)

Le Pistolet (Feuillet)

More dances with chasing

La Caccia (Caroso)

Hunt the Squirrel (Playford)

Showed/discussed 19th century Chase the Lady, Chase/Cheat the Lady/Squirrel

More Weaving/Arching/Stripping dances

Trenchmore (Pattricke ms and Playford)

Daphne (Playford)

Also discussed La Chaine, La Chasse, Hamstead Heath, Norwegian Country Dance, Sir Roger de Coverley and Virginia Reel.

More Slipping away

Discussed Branle du chandelier (Arbeau), Piantone (Caroso), The Gavotte (Arbeau’s & De Lauze’s), The Slip (Playford) and 19th century dance games.

The Cushion Dance (Playford and later Thomas Wilson)

Friday 1 July 4:15-5:15pm

Workshop at Known World Dance Symposium on ‘Christmas Carol Dances’

(dances drawn from The Christmas Carol Dance Book 

that are set to Renaissance tunes).

Georgian Room, Indiana Memorial Union, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.

Personent Hodie

Angelus ad Virginem

Gaudete

Here we come a-caroling

In Dulci Jubilo

On Christmas Night

Twelve Days of Christmas

Wednesday 29 June, First Christian Church, 611 Clark, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.

(not in order)

Sun and Moon Allemande (Country 16)

Alcuin’s Contra (Village 16)

Running the Gauntlet (Autumn 4)

Past Present and Future (Winter 4)

Moll Peately the New Way (Playford)

His Majesty’s Maggot (Country 5)

Giant’s Backbone (Country 2)

Masters in this Hall (Christmas Carol Dance Book)

Contra Quintain (Town 8)

Paul’s Steeple (Playford)

Twelve Days of Christmas (Christmas Carol Dance Book)

Monday 27 June

St. Luke’s Episcopal Churh at Forest and Beaver, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A.

Contributed ‘The Maze’ (Country 11) and ‘Downfall of Paris’ (Thomas Wilson, 1816) to a Scottish Country dance evening.

Sunday 26 June, 6pm-9pm

Workshop hosted by Bay Area Country Dance Society (BACDS).

 St. Clement’s Episcopal Church, 2837 Claremond Boulevard, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.

Sun and Moon Allemande (Country 16)

Alcuin’s Contra (Village 16)

Running the Gauntlet (Autumn 4)

Juggling Partners (Summer 15)

Past Present and Future (Winter 4)

Cobbler’s Jig (Playford)

His Majesty’s Maggot (Country 5)

Emma’s Song (John Garden- unpublished)

Masters in this Hall (Christmas Carol Dance Book)

Twelve Days of Christmas (Christmas Carol Dance Book)

Saturday 25 June 3-4pm

San Francisco Free Folk Festival workshop on Mazurkas and Varsoviennas

Presidio Middle School, 450 30th Ave., San Francisco, California, U.S.A. 

Lead simple mazurka cotillion variants and taught basic steps.

Taught progressive circle mazurka: O Tannenbaum (Christmas Carol Dance Book)

Showed outside foot starting mazurka medley: Boots and Blades (Autumn 14) x2, Black Forest Mazurka (Village 5) x2, Askance Romance (Town 13) x2, Conjuring L’amour (Country 12) x2 – taught last in the medley.

Taught varsovienna medley:La Va ouvert (Country 6)x2, La Va melangée (Court 9) x2, La Va croissée (Town 11) x2, then return to La Va ouvert

Showed outside to left foot starting mazurka medley:Barbarous Elegance (Cntry 15) x2, Ad Absudam Sur Place (Vill 15) x2, Russian Tour (Town 4) x2, Vulgarian Salutations (Vill 2) x2 - taught last.

Friday 24 June c.8pm

Friday Night Waltz

Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.

Showed 2 hambo variants:Handfasting (Country 10) and Honeymoon Hambo (Court 5) and taught some the first.

Thursday 23 June, 8-10pm, Lake Merrit Dance Centre, Oakland, California, U.S.A.

Workshop on waltz variations hosted by PEERS.

Taught outside foot starting waltz medley:Alexandrina (Town 9) x2, Hands Off (Village 10) x2, Even Handed-Ländler (Village 12) x2, I Wonder as I Wander (Christmas Carol Dance Book)

Taught left foot starting medley: What Child is This (Christmas Carol Dance Book) x1 (Progressive), Two to Twirl (Winter 6) x1 (no progression), The Little Landler (Country 3) x2 (Progressive), The Grand Illusion (Town 2) x2 (no progression),Reprise of What Child is this.

Showed Zweifacher: The Savvy Wench (Town 6)

Tuesday 21 June, All Saints Episcopal Church, 555 Waverly St., Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.

Contributed Cinderella’s Waltz Contra (Village 8) to the last English Country Dance in the Palo Alto season.

Monday 20 June, 7-10pm, Robbin Dance Studio, Stanford University, California, U.S.A.

Workshop with Danse Libre.

Taught novelty waltz: Music Box Waltz (Court 7)

Taught outside foot couples polkas/ galops medley: Loose Cannon Galop (Winter 7) x2, Grapevine Polka (Village 3) x2, Hot Cross Polka (Country 1) x2, Wind-up Galop (unpublished ‘Odd Delights’) x 2. Showed also the short ‘Pyrotechnic Polka’ (Autumn 1) x1.

Taught formation 8 couplespolkas/ galops medley: Near Miss Galop (Autumn 8) x 2, Baltic Crossing (Village 13 x 2), Dashing Dragoon (Court 15) x 2, Daring Damsel (Village 11) x 1

Taught outside foot mazurka medley: Regatta Room Grapple (Country15) x2, Washing Machine (Court 14) x2, Footloose Gypsy (Court 12) x2, Cavalier’s Mazurka (Winter 14) x1

Showed also Schottisches medley:Southern Highland Schottishe (Country 4) x2, Showdown Schottische (Town 10) x2, Switch, Swish and Swing (Court 13) x2, Southern Highlandreprise.

18 June 2001

Potpourri Ball

St.John’s Church Hall, Constitution Ave., Reid

Program was drawn by request on the night from the following possibilities that had been prepared in preceeding classes (with respect medley’s, the set underline is the one played). No record kept of what was actually chosen- but did more than 20 selections:

Spring:

6 Gates of Terspichore

Summer:

8 Carousel Waltz

*14 Bodice and Doublet

15 Juggling Partner

Autumn:

2 Take Eyes

3 Secret Liaisaon Waltz

*4 Running the Gauntlet

Winter:

2 Rings and Swings

*3. Quarter Short Square

4 Past Present and Future

*5 Turning the Tables

12 Reconciliation Reel

Village:

8 Cinderella’s Waltz

16 Alcuin’s Contra

Country

2 Giant’s Backbone

5 His Majesty’s Maggot

8 Birthday Treat

14 Catapult Contra

Town:

*3 Tapestry

8 Contra Quintain

*12 Great Roundabout

*16 Northern Stars Southern Sky

Court:

3 Snowball Slalom

6 A Courtly Accrostic

10 Round With Corners

Waltz Medley: Alexandrina (Town 9) x2, Hands Off Waltz (Vill 10) x2, Even Handed-Ländler (Vill 12) x2, I Wonder as I Wander (CCD)

Polka Medley: Loose Cannon (Wint 7) x2, Grapevine (Vill 3) x2, Hot Cross Polka (Country 1) x2, Pyrotechnic Polka (Au.1) x1.

Mazurka Medley: Barbarous Elegance (Cntry 15) x2, Ad Absudam Sur Place (Vill 15) x2, Russian Tour (Town 4) x2, Vulgarian Salutations (Vill 2) x2

Mazurka Medley: Boots and Blades (Au 14) x2, Black Forest Mazurka (Vill.5) x2, Askance Romance (Town 13 ) x2, Conjuring L’amour (Cntry 12) x2

Schottische Medley: Short Easy Sotiisi (Village 1) x 2 or Southern Highland (Country 4) x2, Showdown (Town 10) x2, Switch, Swish and Swing (Court 13) x2, Southern Highland reprise.

Christmas Carol Dances

Angelus ad Virginem

Gaudet

Personent Hodie

Historic dances (with volume of working notes)

contredanse à deux- one or two of following:

IV Moll Peately

IV Cobbler’s Dance

V La Coquette

V Le Pistolet

Corners- one or two of following:

IV Paul’s Steeple

IV Staines Morris

VII Triumph

Chasing- one or two of following:

IV Mad Robin / Madame Robin

V Hunt the Squirrel

IX Chase/Cheat the Lady/Squirrel...

Weaving - one or two of following:

II Chiaranzana

III Caccia d’Amore

III Catena d’Amore

IV Daphne

V La Chain

V La Chasse

IX Norwegian Dance- but to what tune?

Random mixing- one or two of following:

II Ballo del fiore

III Piantone

IV & VII Cushion dance

18-21 April 2011

19th Century Dance Week

Monday 18 April

1820-1850

Country dance

The Good Girl VII

Money musk (2)– also (1)

Hybrids:

Spanish Waltz

Highland Reel

Quadrille:

Quadrille Francais

Lancers (2) Duval and (3) Hart

Fancy Quadrille Figures

Mazurka

Cotillion mazurka- lots of figures

Mazurka Quadrille 1 or 2?

Galop / Galopade (1):

Galopade (2)

The Polka

Polka (1)

The London Polka Quadrille

Mazurka spin-offs

Mazurka Waltz (1)

Redowa (1)

The Waltz

Waltz (3) / Valse a deux Temps

Waltz (4) / Valse à trios temps

The Five Step Waltz (1)?and (2)

Waltz Cotillion

Tuesday

1850-1875

Country Dances

Money Musk (3)

Hull’s Victory

Sackett’s Harbour

La Tempete (2), (3) or (4)

Soldier’s Joy (2)

Hybrids

Sicilian Circle

Sir Roger de Coverley (3) / Virginian Reel

Norwegian Country Dance

Le Carillon de Dunkerque

The Quadrille

Coulon’s Double Quadrille

The Triplet

Mazurka Quadrille (3) / Philadelphia Mazurka Quadrilles

Quadrille Francais (3) / First Set / The Russian Quadrille

Quadrille Francais (4)- col.

Varietés Parisiennes

Empire Quadrille

Polka-Galops-Schottische:

Galop (1) / Galopade (3)

The Esmeralda (1) & (2)

Zulma l’Orientale

The Schottische

Waltz

Glide Waltz

The Five Step Waltz

Mazurka Waltz

La Zingarilla (1) and (2)

Redowa (1) (2) and (3)

Mazurka couples dances

Polka Mazurka

Polka Redowa

Gitana Waltz

La Koska

La Czarine

Varsovienne (1), (2) and (3)

Wednesday

1875-1900

Cotillion dance games

- with blindfolds, cards, 4 chairs, 8 chairs, choice, circles and columns, fans, hat&gloves, mixing, scarfs, sheet and surprises

Quadrilles

Lancers’ Quadrille (5) / The Pirates of Penzance Lancers

Quadrille Francais (5) /Sydney Exhibition Quadrille

Polo Quadrille

Polkas and Galops

Baby Polka

Bohemian Polka/Heel and Toe

Combination Polka

The Coquette (2)

Cross Step Polka

The Kreuz Polka

Manchester Galop

Ostendaise

Polka Russe (1), (2) & (3)-Troika.

The Ganglovienne

Polish Galop

Schottisches

The Highland Schottische

Military Schottische

Couples with extra chassé

Double Glide Waltz

Five Step Waltz (3)

The Newport

The Russia

Mazurka Waltz (3)

Other dances

Redowa (4)

Hop Waltz (2)

Polonaise (2) / Grand March

Minuets

Waltz Minuet (1) and (2)

Minuet de la cour (2)

Minuet de la cour Quadrille

Thursday at St.John’s Church Hall, Reid.

21 April

Revision and extras:

weekend also included unprogrammed Birthday Treat and Snowball Slalom.

Saturday 16th April

Jane Austen Festival Australia 2011

9:15-10:30 More Dances from JA movies

Auretti’s Dutch Skipper Emma movie-

The Bishop-P&P Movie

The Comical Fellow P&P TV

Lasses of Portsmouth –P&P TV

Linnen Hall- PP TV tune used

Shrewsbury Lasses P&P TV- F.

Touchstone P&P TV- F.

The Young Widow P&P Movie,

Dutch Dollars P&P Movie

Haste to the Wedding Emma T

11:00-12:30 More Country Dances from Jane Austen's Day

The Black Dance

The Fairy Dance

The Fandango

The Rakes of Rochester

Italian Monfrina (1) and (2)

Dutch feature:

Always drunk and never sober

Bonny Lass of our Town

La Bouquette

La Maison du Bois

1:30-2:45 Quadrille from Jane Austen’s Day

Display- Le Quadrille

Quadrille Francais bits: La Josephine, La Napoléon, La Vinetta

Quadrille Francais 1

Lancers 1/ Strathy Lancers

3:15-4:30 Menuet de la Cour - the show dance of Jane Austen's Day

Grand Evening Ball

Dances drawn from daytime repertoire.

Sunday 17 April

11am-ish, Chess pit inCommonwealth Park-The 32 person Chess dance & other fun dances.

3:15-5:00pm Church Hall- ‘An Afternoon Assembly in the Regency manner’, Dancers choice, repeats and inventions to unplugged music.

15-17 April 2011

Jane Austen Festival Australia 2011

Friday 15 April

9:15-10:30 Dances from Jane Austen Movies

Hole in the Wall Emma TV& BJ

Jack's Maggot Emma TV

Jacob Hall’s Jig BJ-diff.tune

Juice of Barley Emma TV

Mr Beveridge's Maggot P&P TV & Emma movie

Mr Isaac's Maggot Emma TV

Tythe Pig P&P Movie

A Trip to Paris - Becoming Jane

A Trip to Highgate P&P TV

11:00-12:15 Cotillions from Jane Austen's Day

Le Jeu des quatre coins

La Folie ou la gout de siecle

La Mignonette

La Voltaire et la Franklein

1:30-2:45 Reels and other ‘late-evening’ party dances in Jane Austen's Day

The Cushion Dance

La Boulangère

Scotch Reel.

Sir Roger de Coverley

Soldier’s Joy

The Triumph

Macaroni

Downfall of Paris

School for Scandal

Butter’d Peas (1) and (2)

3:15-4:30 Group allemandes, minuets & waltzes in Jane Austen's Day

La Pouvoir de la Beauté

La Riswic – allemand hold.

Le Strassbourgeois (1)

Le Prince de Galles

Les Quatre Saisons

The Duke of Kent Waltz

La Triolet

Evening Dinner Dance

Dances drawn from daytime repertoire.

19 February 2011, 7:30-11:30 

Peacock Ball, 

St.John’s Church Hall, Reid 

Belfiore (15th Italian)

L’Esperence de Bourbon (15th French)

Eglamour (Gresley)

Esperans (Gresley)

Lebens Distonys (Gresley)

Prenes a gard (Gresley)

Allemande (Arbeau)

Branle de Haute Barrois

Branle de Poitou (Arbeau)

Gavotte (Arbeau)

Passo e mezo (Caroso)

Bellezze d’Olimpia (Caroso)

The Pavan (Arbeau)

Pavan d’Espagne (Arbeau)

The Longe Pavian (Inns of Court)

Pavan Matthei (Caroso)

Adsons Saraband (Playford)

Cobbler’ Jig (Playford)

The New Exchange (Playford)

Saraband (Playford)

Villanella (‘Il Papa’)

Shepheards Holyday (Playford)

Greenwood (Pattricke ms/Playford)