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Dances by Form

Dances by Style

 

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Name

Page

Form

Bars

Step

Foot

Feat

Style

Ease

Video

 

Ancient feel or Renaissance style (then by Ease)

Dancing in the Meadow

LD-Sp 13

Circle

32

Walk

Both

B

Anc.

1

 

Gower Wassail

CD-Br

Odd

24

Mazurka

L

B

Anc.

1

 

Here we come a-Caroling

CD-Br

Odd

20*

Walk

L

D

Anc.

1

 

Personent Hodie

CD-Me

Odd

18

Ren.

L

 

Anc.

1

 

Shiarazula

OD-Var

Circle

16

Walk

L

G

Anc.

1

 

Stomping Around

LD-Sp 2

Odd

48

Walk

R

G

Anc.

1

 

The Cutty Wren

CD-Br

Odd

16

Walk

L

D

Anc.

1

 

Coventry Carol

CD-Me

4 Long

30

Walk

-

 

Anc.

2

 

Gaudete

CD-Me

Circle

24*

Ren.

L

G

Anc.

2

 

I saw Three ships

CD-Br

Odd

8

Schot.

L

D

Anc.

2

 

In Dulci Jubilo

CD-Me

Circle

16

Ren.

L

D

Anc.

2

 

In the Bleak Midwinter

CD-Br

5 Round

16

Ren.

L

 

Anc.

2

 

My Lady's Minuet

OD-Min

Circle

16

Ren

R

K, S

Anc.

2

 

My Lord's Minuet

OD-Min

Couple

16

Ren

R

F, S

Anc.

2

 

O Little Town of Bethlehem

CD-Br

5 Round

16

Schot.

L

 

Anc.

2

 

Patapatapan

CD-Eu

Circle

13

Ren.

L

D,G

Anc.

2

 

Quem Pastores Laudevere

CD-Me

Couple

8

Schot.

L

 

Anc.

2

 

The Albert Hall Pavan

LD-Su 7

Circle

32

Ren.

L

S

Anc.

2

 

The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came

CD-Eu

Quad.

10*

Walk

-

K

Anc.

2

 

The Old Year Away is Fled

CD-Br

Circle

16

Polka

O

K

Anc.

2

 

The Rocking Carol

CD-Eu

Circle

13

Schot.

O

H

Anc.

2

 

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

CD-Br

Circle

24

Bourrée

L

G

Anc.

2

 

Unto Us a Child is Born

CD-Me

Other

12

Ren.

L

D

Anc.

2

 

While Shepherds Watch

CD-Br

6 Long

16

Schot.

L

 

Anc.

2

 

Remember O thou Man

CD-Me

Circle

16

Ren.

R

G, S

Anc.

3

 

 

Bushdance or Ceili style (might have clapping or game-like quality) (then by Ease)

Ariadne's Thread

OD-Var

7 Long

32

Walk

-

K

Bush

1

 

Four Baskets

LD-Sp 15

Quad.

48

Walk

-

B

Bush

1

 

Indoor Games

LD-Sp 16

Circle

32

Walk

-

T

Bush

1

 

Opposites Attract

LD-Sp 12

Circle

32

Walk

-

 

Bush

1

 

Rejoice and Be Merry

CD-Br

Circle

16

Mazurka

L

G

Bush

1

 

The Celtic Spiral

LD-Sp 8

Circle

32

Walk

-

 

Bush

1

 

The Clap Waltz

LD-Sp 14

Circle

32

Waltz

O

G

Bush

1

 

The Path to the Well

LD-Sp 1

Circle

32

Walk

-

 

Bush

1

 

Veinticinco di Diciembre

CD-Eu

Contra

16

Walk

-

G

Bush

1

 

Where is Santa (1)

CD-Au

Circle

16*

Walk

L

G

Bush

1

 

Yarralumla Rumba

LD-Sp 7

7 Long

32

Walk

-

G

Bush

1

 

Angelus ad Virginem 

CD-Me

5 Round

22*

Walk

-

G

Bush

2

 

Carol of the Birds

CD-Au

Circle

12

Polka

R

H

Bush

2

 

Shuffling the Deck

OD-Var

8 Long

32

Walk

O

H

Bush

2

 

The Battering Ram

LD-Au 7

8 Long

32

Walk

-

T

Bush

2

 

The Gates of Terpsichorea

LD-Sp 6

8 Long

32

Walk

L

T

Bush

2

 

The Long Way Home

LD-Su 1

Quad.

32

Polka

O

D

Bush

2

 

The Near-Miss Galop

LD-Au 8

8 Round

32

Polka

O

T

Bush

2

 

The Tangled Web

LD-W 13

Quad.

64

Walk

-

B

Bush

2

 

Angels from the Realms of Glory

CD-Eu

Circle

22

Walk

-

B

Bush.

1

 

Fancy-Free Flirting

LD-Sp 4

Circle

32

Waltz

L

 

Bush.

1

 

Jingle Bells

CD-Am

Circle

32

Polka

L

T

Bush.

1

 

Nymphs and Satyrs

LD-Sp 5

Circle

32

Walk

-

 

Bush.

1

 

 

English Country style (includes contras and other flowing pattern dances) (then by Ease)

Cozy Contra

LD-Su 2

Contra

32

Walk

-

 

ECD

1

 

Dizzy Mixer

LD-Sp 3

Other

32

Walk

-

T

ECD

1

 

Gathering Peascods

EC-Play

Circle

40

Walk

L

G

ECD

1

 

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

CD-Br

Contra

20

Walk

-

 

ECD

1

 

Good King Wenceslas

CD-Br

5 Other

18

Walk

L

D

ECD

1

 

Holborn March

EC-Play

Contra

48

Walk

-

 

ECD

1

 

Hole in the Wall

EC-Play

Contra

16

Walk

R

 

ECD

1

 

Jamaica

EC-Play

Contra

16

Walk

-

 

ECD

1

 

Lotsi's Spell

LD-Sp 11

6 Long

32

Walk

-

G

ECD

1

 

Row Well Ye Mariners

EC-Play

Contra

24

Walk

-

 

ECD

1

 

Sellenger's Round

EC-Play

Circle

24

Walk

L

ECD

1

 

The Palindrome

LD-Su 13

Circle

32

Walk

-

D

ECD

1

 

Travels in Good Company

LD-Su 11

Contra

32

Walk

-

 

ECD

1

 

Von Himmel Hoch

CD-Me

Contra

14

Walk

-

 

ECD

1

 

A Courtly Acrostic

OD-Var

9 Other

32

Walk

 

D

ECD

2

 

A Trip to Highgate

EC-P&P

Contra

 

Walk

-

 

ECD

2

 

Alcuin's Contra

OD-Var

Contra

32

Walk

-

F

ECD

2

 

Away in the Manger

CD-Am

3 Round

16

Waltz

O

 

ECD

2

 

Barley Mow

EC-P&P

Contra

32

Walk

-

 

ECD

2

 

Bodice and Doublet

LD-Su 14

Contra

32

Waltz

-

 

ECD

2

 

Busy Fellows

LD-Su 12

Odd

32

Walk

-

 

ECD

2

 

Catapult Contra

OD-Var

Contra

32

Walk

-

F

ECD

2

 

Cinderella's Laced-cuff Contra

OD-Var

Contra

32

Waltz

-

H, F

ECD

2

 
Cockney's Frolic
Contra
32
Walk
-
F
ECD
2
 

Contra Quintain

OD-Var

Contra

32

Walk/Galop

-

F

ECD

2

 

Dargeson

EC-Play

Other

16

Walk

L

D

ECD

2

 

Deck the Halls

CD-Br

Contra

16

Walk

-

 

ECD

2

 

Deil Take the Wars

EC-Play

Contra

36

Walk

-

 

ECD

2

 

Giddy Promenade

LD-Su 6

Other

32

Walk

-

 

ECD

2

 

Greetings at the Crossroads

LD-Su 4

Contra

32

Walk

-

G

ECD

2

 

Grimstock

EC-Play

3 Long

24

Walk

L

 

ECD

2

 

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

CD-Br

3 Long

20

Walk

-

 

ECD

2

 

His Majesty's Maggot

OD-Min

Contra

32

Walk

R

 

ECD

2

 

Joy to the World

CD-Br

Contra

20