New Home Ball

Event format

The Ball requires advance registration. We hold an afternoon practice session, take a break for dinner on your own, and return for an evening dance with festive attire encouraged. In the afternoon the dances are taught; in the evening most dances have a walk-through; around half will also be prompted during the evening. There will be a few For Those Who Know with no talk-through, walk-through or prompting. A list of all dances, their format for the evening, dance notes, and links to online videos will be sent to all registrants.

Registration

Pre-registration is required; every individual must register separately. Admission is $40 for the Ball and practice together (or any part thereof); there are limited spaces for the afternoon practice only at $20. Additional donations are greatly appreciated.

If you prefer to send a check instead, make it payable to New Home Ball and mail to:
New Home Ball, c/o Brad Foster, 579 W Pelham Rd, Amherst MA 01002.

Covid protocols

• Self Evaluation 1: If you don’t feel well or have had any Covid or respiratory symptoms within 48 hours of the practice or ball, don’t come.
• Self Evaluation 2: If you’ve had or been exposed to Covid within SIX days, don’t come.
• Testing: Please do a rapid test before arrival, as a second check after self-evaluation.
• Masking: Due to the uptick this fall, we require N95 or equivalent masks on the dance floor.
• Cancelations: Full refunds will be given for any cancelation due to Covid concerns.
• Recap: Neither testing, recent vaccination, nor recent recovery from Covid are adequate to prove you are negative, and we don’t want to spread the flu either. Please self-evaluate – that is our first line of defense.

2023 Program

Dance notes and links to dance videos will be sent to all registrants.

	Alice	<video>	[Philippe Callens, Antwerp Antics]
	Autumn in Amherst	<video>	[Philippe Callens, Antwerp Antics]
	The Bashful Swain		[rec. D. & H. Kennedy, The CDB New Series (adapted)]
	Blythe Company	<video>	[B. Friendly & C. Sackett, Impropriety 5]
*	Costumer’s Delight	<video>	[Philippe Callens, unpublished]
	Mile of Smiles	<video>	[Josephy Pimentel, The Goldcrest Collection]
	The Minor Spaniard	<video>	[Jenny Beer, Key to the Cellar]
	Moniek’s Maggot		[Philippe Callens, Purcell’s Dancing Master]
	The Mulberry Garden	<video>	[rec. Cecil Sharp, The Country Dance Book 6 (adapted); The Playford Assembly]
	Noisette	<video>	[Philippe Callens, Seasons of Invention]
	Old Wife Behind the Fire	<video>	[rec. R. Jackson & G. Fogg, A Choice Collection… Neal; The Playford Assembly]
*	Parson’s Farewell	<video>	[rec. Cecil Sharp, The Country Dance Book 2; The Playford Ball]
	Rebecka Ridinghoode	<video>	[rec. Andrew Shaw; Farnicle Huggy]
	Sweet Cream	<video>	[Jenna Simpson, Under the Influence]
	A Trip to Tunbridge	<video>	[rec. A. Simons, Kentish Hops; The Playford Ball]
	Whiskey Before Dinner	<video>	[Gary Roodman, Odd Calculated Figures]

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