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) |
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