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2023

Saturday, November 18, 2023
Dance leaders: Joanna Reiner Wilkinson & Brad Foster
Ball music: Karen Axelrod (piano), Eric Martin (violin/viola), Naomi Morse (violin)
Rehearsal music: Jean Monroe (piano), Eleanor Lincoln (violin)
Sound: Dereck Kalish
Schedule: practice session 2:00pm to 4:30pm, evening ball 7:00pm to 10:30pm

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[Philippe Callens, unpublished]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]
* For Those Who Know

2022

Saturday, November 19, 2022
Dance leaders: Joanna Reiner Wilkinson & Brad Foster
Ball music: Karen Axelrod, Eric Martin, Anna Patton
Rehearsal music: Eleanor Lincoln, Pat MacPherson
Sound: Dereck Kalish
Schedule: practice session 2:00pm to 4:30pm, evening ball 7:00pm to 10:30pm

  • Barham Down [rec. Tom Cook (the quick AAB version); Come Let’s Be Merry; The Playford Assembly] <video>
  • Beautious Grove [rec. Andrew Shaw; Elephants Stairs] <video>
  • Bellamira [rec. Douglas & Helen Kennedy; Country Dance Book — New Series; The Playford Assembly]
  • The Bonny Cuckoo [Gail Ticknor; Gail’s Maggots; Dances for Volume 2; tune: Si Bheag, Si More, by Turlough O’Carolan] <video>
  • Companions [Victor Skowronski; CDSS News #183; Roby’s resource of Victor’s dances; tune: Rhone II, Mon Amy, by Tielman Susato] <video>
  • * The Fandango [rec. W.S. Porter; The Apted Book; The Playford Ball] <video>
  • Gambols [Jenna Simpson; Under the Influence; tune: The Shepherd and Shepherdess, published by Thompson 1799] <video>
  • The Hole in the Wall [rec. Douglas & Helen Kennedy; Country Dance Book — New Series; The Playford Ball; Dances for Volume 3] <video>
  • Key to the Cellar [Jenny Beer; Key to the Cellar; tune: traditional] <video>
  • Midwinter Maggot [Gary Roodman; A Group of Calculated Figures; Dances for Volume 15; tune by Jonathan Jensen] <video>
  • New Map [Margaret & Jeff Bary; unpublished; tune by Anna Patton] <video>
  • The Ragg [rec. Rich Jackson & George Fogg; The Neal Collection; Dances for Volume 3; The Playford Assembly] <video>
  • Sapphire Sea [Christine Robb; on the CDS Boston Centre Dance Collection; tune Tom Kruskal’s, by Amelia Mason & Emily Troll] <video>
  • Shandy Hall [George Middleton; Still Not Quite Playford; Dances for Volume 4; tune by George Middleton] <video>
  • Well Donne [Jenna Simpson; Revelations; tune: Poet Laureate, undated] <video>
  • * For Those Who Know

(possibly worth table-izing these lists??)
e.g.

Barham Down <video> [rec. Tom Cook (the quick AAB version); Come Let’s Be Merry; The Playford Assembly]
Beautious Grove <video> [rec. Andrew Shaw; Elephants Stairs]

(2020, 2021: cancelled because Covid)

2019

Inaugural Ball: November 16, 2019
Dance leaders: Joanna Reiner Wilkinson & Brad Foster
Music: Alchemy — Eric Martin, Rachel Bell, Karen Axelrod
Sound: Bob Mills

  • Apollo’s Hunt [Gary Roodman; Even Odder Calc. Fig.] <video>
  • Bar a Bar [rec. Fried Herman; The Naked Truth] <video>
  • Bel Canto [Susan Kevra; unpublished] <video>
  • Bloomsberry Market [rec. Andrew Shaw; Farnicle Huggy] <video>
  • Cadgers’ Caper [Gary Roodman; Sum Further Calc. Fig.] <video>
  • The Dancing Wife [Gary Roodman; Additional Calc. Fig.] <video>
  • The Farmer’s Joy [Joseph Pimentel; The Goldcrest Collection] <video>
  • The Haymakers [rec. G. Fogg & R. Jackson; A Choice Collection (Neal), adapted] <video>
  • Hudson Barn [J. Schwab & C. Hammond; Hudson Barn] <video>
  • King’s Maggot [rec. Andrew Shaw; Elephant Stairs] <video>
  • Leather Lake House [rec. Fried Herman; The Naked Truth] <video> {first dance in series}
  • Maiden Lane [rec. Cecil Sharp; The Country Dance Book 3] <video>
  • * Mayfair [Colin Hume; New Dances From Old] <video>
  • A New Leaf [B. Friendly & C. Sackett; Impropriety 6] <video>
  • Quite Carried Away [Pat Shaw; Pat Shaw’s Pinewoods, adapted to 4 couple set] <video>
  • Revelations [Jenna Simpson; unpublished] <video>
  • * Step Stately [rec. Cecil Sharp; The Country Dance Book 4] <video>
  • Whately Barn [Gary Roodman; Prime Calculated Figures] <video>
  • * For Those Who Know