Videos of dances listed in Balls and special event programs. These listings are posted in collaboration with event hosts as a general aid to those interested in becoming familiar with the dances 

2019 Elm City Assembly

January 26, 2019 at the High Lane Club, North Haven, CT
Callers Gene Murrow. Music by the Flying Romanos (Robin Russell, Marnen Laibow-Koser, and Norma Castle)
Link to event information

video links for all of the 20 dances /links to choreography for 15 Alice/.....choreography
Autumn in Amherst/.....choreography
Bishop/.....choreography
Blenheim House/.....choreography
Braes of Dornoch/.....choreography
Chocolate Equation/.....choreography n/a
Elizabeth/.....choreography
Enfield Wash/.....choreography
Fenterlarick/.....choreography
Kneeland Romp/.....choreography
Never Love Thee More/.....choreography
Peter and Peggy/.....choreography n/a
Rakes of Rochester/choreography.....
Saint Margaret's Hill/.....choreography
Severn Bore/.....choreography n/a
Sir Watkins'Jig/.....choreography
Wa' is Me What Mun I Do/.....choreography
Well Hall/.....choreography
When Laura Smiles/.....choreography n/a
Zither Man/.....choreography na

Binghamton Ball

Link to event information

April 6, 2019
Phelps Mansion, 191 Court St. Binghamton, NY
Caller: Val Medve
Band: Gotham Carnival (Dominique Gagne - flute, Julia Hartman - violin, Jean Monroe - piano)
video links for 11 of the 15 dances

1. Mile of Smiles
2. Hole in the Wall
3. Woodland Chase, 3c (No video available)
4. Long Odds
5. Susitna, square No video available
6. Fair & Softly
7. Dr. Vincent's Delight, 3c MIXER, NOTE: second time through dance, the progression is more clear (top 2 gents change places as in Lilliburlero; bottom 2 ladies change places as in Lilliburlero)
Harder to "see" the dance, but like the "brightness" of the music:
8. Sapphire Sea
9. Cadger's Other Caper
NOTE This video shows dance pattern well; tempo will be much faster. This video is Cadger's Caper (tune AABB); we'll do Cadger's Other Caper (tune AAB) -- the B part will be shown/taught in practice sessions and on-site.

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10. Mrs. Hill's Dance, 3c
11. From Among Dragons, No video available.
12. Prince William, 3C
13. The Sword Dance, or Strum, No video available.
14.Moonflower NOTE: At the beginning for the gents, we'll follow the choreographer's most recent instructions (differs from video); Gents set L & R then turn single L, then all circle right once around.
15. Haymakers
(15a)For more realistic tempo (though still a bit too fast)
NOTE: Here are instructions for beginning (not clear in videos)-- First corners: 8 counts to cast L around nbr and into each other's place, 4 counts to L-hand turn halfway, 4 counts to fall back into original place. Then second corners: 8 counts to cast R around nbr and into each other's place, 4 counts to R-hand turn, 4 counts to fall back into original place.

Past Events

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The 40th Brattleboro Playford Ball 2018

Link to event information
Oak Grove School, Brattleboro, VT. Saturday, November 17, 2018. 7:30 - 11:30 pm; Afternoon Walk-through 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Callers Robin Hayden & Danial Popwich. Music by Karen Axelron - Eric Martin - Anna Patton
video links for 17 of the 19 dances

Belle of Amherst (no video)
Cross My Heart
Easter Thursday
Hambleton’s Round O
The Homecoming
Hudson Barn
Jack''s Health
Maiden Lane
Mile of Smiles
Mr.Beveridge's Maggot (walkthru) Mr.Beveridge's Maggot (performance)
Mr.Ganiford's Maggot
Murial's Measure
Old Wife Behind the Fire
The Rag
Sellenger's Round
Step Stately
Saint Margaret's Hill
Volpony (no video of this reconstruction)
Whirligig

Across The Lake 2018

Link to event information
Elley-Long Music Center at St. Michael's College
223 Ethan Allen Lane, Colchester, Vermont (near Burlington)
June 8-10, 2018
video links for 36 of 47 dances


    The dances as called at Across the Lake may be different from the videos. These videos will give you a feel for the event's dance programs; they are not posted to be studied and/or memorized, All dances at Across the Lake will be taught and walked through by the caller, then prompted to the music.

    Important note from the callers: These video links should be used for reference only, not for instruction or for style. They are not a substitute for learning the dance from trusted local or regional callers, in person. Some videos are inspiring, but some include errors, or exhibit poor style or execution. Videos with manifest errors or adaptations for demonstration have not been included. <

FRIDAY​ NIGHT WELCOME DANCE FOR ALL
Bare Necessities & Mary Jones (first half)
Graham Christian (second half)

Domino 5
The Eastbourne Rover
Enfield Wash
Excuse Me
Flora & Phaon
King’s Maggot
Gene’s Tambourine (no video)
The Jovial Beggars
Moonflower
The Ragg
Short & the Tall (no video)
Spanish Jigg
St. Katherine’s (no video)
Trip to Provence

In reserve (Friday night or Saturday night): Maid’s Last Wish, Two Cousins, Wakefield Hunt, Red House, Angels Unawares, Alterations, Wooden Shoes

SAT. AFTERNOON CHALLENGING WORKSHOP FOR EXPERIENCED DANCERS
Bare Necessities & Graham Christian

Another Nancy’s Fancy  (no video)
Catch If You Can  (no video)
Severn Bore
Star of Kintra (no video)
Braye’s Maggot
Lady Pentweazle’s Maggot (no video)
Star` Young Damon’s Flight  (no video)
The Lover’s Luck
Brief Encounter  (no video)
Measured Obsession
Rays of Sunshine, Pearls of Wisdom  No video
Fenterlarick

In reserve: Walton Abbey, Slof Galliard, Love & A Bottle, Volpony, News From Tripoly,
Pall Mall, A Conceal’d Health, Barbarini’s Tambourine, Indian Summer (as a no-prompt or no-walk), Shandy Hall


SATURDAY NIGHT DRESS-UP GALA FOR ALL
Bare Necessities & Mary Jones (first half),
Graham Christian (second half)

Astoria Lass
Banish Misfortune
Candles in the Dark
The Cotery
Delia: (no video)
Fop’s Fancy
The Happily Married Man
Key to the Cellar
Land of Mist and Wonder
Orange Nan
Phoenix Rejuvenated
Ransom Note
The Salutation
Sir Watkin’s Jigg

In reserve (Friday night or Saturday night): Maid’s Last Wish, Two Cousins, Wakefield Hunt, Red House, Angels Unawares, Alterations, Wooden Shoes


SUNDAY FAREWELL DANCE FOR ALL
The Shepherds & Mary Jones

Atossa’s Gift
Come Let’s Be Merry (as a general guide only)
Hambleton’s Round O
Mad Robin
The Midnight Ramble
Mile of Smiles
Mount Hills

In reserve: Kelsterne Gardens, Ashford Anniversary

The 2018 Whately Ball 

Ball information

Hayedenville Rd and Masterson Rd, Whately, MA
Saturday June 23, 2018  7:00 - 11:00 pm (Afternoon practice session 2:00- 4:00)
Video links for 16 of 19 dances (videos subject to change),

• The Hop Ground  Top of the set at Bottom of Screen
• Interruptions   Top of the set at the Top of Screen
• The Wrights of Lichfield Top of the set at Left Sside of Screen
• The Jolly Company: No video - Music only
• The Night Cap Bottom of Screen
• Sapphire Sea  Bottom of Screen
• King’s Maggot  Bottom of Screen
• Round About Our Coal Fire  Bottom of the Screen
• The Astonished Archeologist Bottom left of the Screen
• Moonflower  Top of Screen



• Jack’s Health Bottom of the Screen
• Darius: No video
• Sting in the Tail: No video
• Old Wife Behind the Fire  Top of Screen
• Slof Galliard Upper right side of screen
• Angels Unawares Right side of screen
• Wibsey Roundabout Right side of screen
• Indian Summer  Bottom of Screen
• Softly Good Tummas Left side of screen

 

The Reel Nutmeg Ball 

2018 Ball Flyer
Keeney Memorial Cultural Center,200 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT
Saturday May 12, 2017
Video links for 18 of 18 dances (videos subject to change),

• Apley House  Top of the set at Bottom of Screen
• Benjamin’s Birthday   Top of the set at Bottom of Screen
• Corelli’s Maggot   Bottom of Screen
• Elizabeth Bottom of Screen
• Hambleton’s Round O  Bottom of Screen
• The Haymakers  Bottom of Screen
• Heather Towers  Bottom of Screen
• Hyde Park  Bottom of the screen
• Kneeland Romp  Top of Screen
• La Gavre Perspective wandering
• Land of Mist and Wonder  Hiologhistead couple at top of the screen
• Mount Hills Bottom of Screen
• Saint Margaret’s Hill  Bottom of Screen
• Sapphire Sea  Bottom right of screen
• Seige of Limerick Bottom of screen
• Severn Bore Bottom of screen
• Treasure of the Big Woods  Bottom of Screen
• Zither Man Left side of screen

2018 Binghampton Ball and Sunday Brunch 

2018 Ball Flyer
Phelps Mansion Museum, 191 Court Street, Binghamton, NY 13901
Saturday, April 14 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm; Sunday 10 am to 2 pm
Video links for 13 of 15 dances (videos subject to change),

• The Bamboozled Biologist-No video
• Barbarini’s Tambourine   Top of the set at top of screen
• Bellamira   Top of the set at bottom of screen
• Braes of Dornoch   Top of the sets at bottom of screen
• Christina   Top of the set at bottom of screen
• Easter Morn   Top of the set on the right side
• First String   Top of the set at bottom of screen
• Gypsy Round  Top of the set at top of screen
• Honeysuckle Cottage  Top of the set at top of screen
• Jack’s Health  Top of the set at bottom of screen
• Kill Him with Kindness -No video
• Terpsicourant  Tops of the sets at top of screen
• The Third Man   Top of the sets at bottom of screen
• Vivaldi in Paradise  Top of the set on the left
• Wa Is Me, What Mun I Do?  Top of the set at top of screen

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Germantown Country Dancers 2017 Predominantly Playford Ball 

Ball info
Saint Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church 1009 Unruh Street, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Saturday December 2, 2017
Video links for 20 of 20 dances

• Apollo's Hunt   Top of the set at Top of Screen
• Autumn Moon   Top of the set at Bottom of Screen
• Brayes Maggot Bottom of Screen
• Eastbourne Rover left side of Screen
• Emperor of the Moon  Bottom of Screen
• Faithless Nancy Dawson  Bottom of Screen
• Fenterlarick  Bottom of Screen
• Hole In the Wall  Bottom of Screen
• Indian Queen  Top of Screen
• Key to the Cellar Top of Screen, generally
• Long Live London (ver. 1)
• Long Live London (ver. 2) viewed across the set for clarity
• Mayfair
• Mr Handel's Gigue Bottom of Screen
• Picking Up Sticks  Bottom of Screen
• Picking Up Sticks  Left side of screen
• Prince of Westborough Bottom left of screen.
• Red and All Red Bottom of Screen
• Saint Margaret's Hill Bottom of Screen
• Sally in our Alley Bottom of Screen
• Sapphire Sea  Bottom right of screen
• Severn Bone
• extra: Surfing on the Severn Bore
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2017 Brattleboro Playford Ball

Ball info   
At Oak Grove School , Brattleboro, VT
Saturday November 18, 2017
Video links for 18 of 19 dances   + 1 aninimation

This is a draft listing of the supporting videos

• Chelsea Reach*
• Far Away
• Felicity
• Fenterlarick
• Jacques Latin
• Kelsterne Gardens
• Mr Isaac's Maggot
• Orange Nan
• Pluck Me a Fig
• The Round (animation)
• Sadler's Wells
• Sapphire Sea
• Scotch Cap
• Sellenger's Round
• Slaughter House
• The Sleepless Swain *
• Sun Assembly
• Whiskers  or Whiskers
• Zither Man

* for those who know

Elm City Ball 

Ball info
At North Haven's High Lane Club, 40 High Lane, North Haven, CT
Saturday October 7, 2017
Video links for 18 of 18 dances

• Alice
• Barbarini’s Tambourine
• Black Nag
• Dancing Wife
• Fandango
• Freeford Gardens
• Hambleton’s Round O
• Heidenroslein
• Jack’s Maggot
• Key to the Cellar
• Lilliburlero
• Sally in Our Alley
• Slof Galliard, The Click on "full screen"when video appears
• Spanish Jigg dance begins at 50 seconds
• St Martin’s Lane no suitable video available
• Take a Dance
• Wa’ Is Me
• Waters of Holand d ance begins at 3min21seconds




Whately Ball

Ball info
Hayedenville Rd and Masterson Rd, Whately, MA
June 24, 2017
Video links for 14 of 18 dances

• The First Day of Spring - no video available
• The Mitre - no video available
• Whately Barn
• Prince William
• Footprints in the Sand
• Brief Encounter - no video available
• Foxfire
• De’il Take the Wars
• The Punch Bowl
• Mary K
• Red and All Red
• 1 A - no video available
• Orange Nan
• The Beggar Boy
• Apollo’s Hunt
• Land of Mist and Wonder
• Well Done Jack
• Barbarini’s Tambourine

Across The Lake 2017

Link to event information
Elley-Long Music Center at St. Michael's College
223 Ethan Allen Lane, Colchester, Vermont (near Burlington)
June 9-11, 2017
video links (+1 animation) for 56 of 64 dances

The dances as called at Across the Lake may be different from the videos. These videos will give you a feel for the event's dance programs; they are not posted to be studied and/or memorized, All dances at Across the Lake will be taught and walked through by the caller, then prompted to the music.
• FRIDAY​ NIGHT WELCOME DANCE FOR ALL
• Auretti's Dutch Skipper
• Barbarini’s Tambourine
• Benjamin's Birthday
• Braes of Dornoch video@0:43
• The Dating Game - no video
• Drapers Garden
• Easter Morn
• Easter Thursday
• Felicity
• Hillingdon Heath (Morgan Magan) - no video
• Indian Princess
• Jaque Latin
• Love and A Bottle
• Mrs. Beveridge's Triumph
• We Meet Again
• FRIDAY​ NIGHT EXTRAS/ALTERNATIVES
• Bar A Bar
• The Bishopvideo@14:00
• Escort to Leicester- no video
• Key to the Cellar
• 
  
• SATURDAY AFTERNOON CHALLENGING WORKSHOP
  FOR EXPERIENCED DANCERS GENE MURROW
  - ODD PHRASES/METERS
• Another Nancy's Fancy-animation
• Charlene's Celebration
• A​ New Beginning
• Peter and Peggy
• Rose of Sharon
• St. Martin's Lane -no video
• When Laura Smiles
• 
  
• SATURDAY AFTERNOON - GENE'S EXTRAS/ALTERNATES
• Terpsicourante video@0:40
• 
  
• SATURDAY AFTERNOON CHALLENGING
  WORKSHOP FOR EXPERIENCED
• DANCERS
  TOM AMESSE - SET AWARENESS: e.g., WHERE AM I?
• Orange Nan - let our ATL caller guide you
• through the tricky timing of this lovely dance
• Mr Ganiford’s Maggot​ video@1:33, shown as a 3-couple set,
  but will be danced as a triple minor as in this video
• Blue Heron Waltz
• Nymph​ Divine - no video
• Noisette​
• Room For Ramblers
• SATURDAY AFTERNOON - TOM'S EXTRAS/ALTERNATES
• St Margaret’s Hill
• Gentleman’s Delight
• SATURDAY NIGHT GALA FOR ALL
• After Dinner Maggot
• Bryon's Boutade​
• Dusty Miller
• East Indian​
• Familiar Quotations - no video
• Fenterlarick video@7:47
• Gentlemen's Delight
• Honeysuckle Cottage​
• Jacob Hall’s Jig video@3:45
• Leather Lake House
• Never Love Thee More
• Passages
• Physical Snob
• Rakes of Rochester
• Sir Watkins' Jig
• Weekend In Wilton
• SATURDAY NIGHT EXTRAS/ALTERNATES:
• Autumn in Amherst
• Geud Man of Balingigh
• Golden Green
• Gypsy Round
• Lambs on Green Hill
• Long Odds
• Terpsicourante video@0:40`
• 
  
• SUNDAY AFTERNOON
• Alice
• Bellamira video@3:06
• Jack’s Health
• Lass​ ​of Richmond Hill - no video
• Leah’s Waltz
• Lilliburlero
• SUNDAY EXTRA/ALTERNATE:
• Old Wife Behind the Fire



Whately Ball

Ball info
Hayedenville Rd and Masterson Rd, Whately, MA
June 24, 2017
Video links for 14 of 18 dances



• The First Day of Spring - no video available
• The Mitre - no video available
• Whately Barn
• Prince William
• Footprints in the Sand
• Brief Encounter - no video available
• Foxfire
• De’il Take the Wars
• The Punch Bowl
• Mary K
• Red and All Red
• 1 A - no video available
• Orange Nan
• The Beggar Boy
• Apollo’s Hunt
• Land of Mist and Wonder
• Well Done Jack
• Barbarini’s Tambourine



31st Annual Washington Spring Ball

Ball info on FSGW website: sheet music, instructions, videos registration etc,
Silver Spring, MD
May 20 2017
Video links for 18 of 18 dances

• After Dinner Maggot
• Beach Spring
• Beautyberry
• Cottonwood
• Dance of a Lifetime
• Emperor of The Moon
• Geud Man of Ballangigh
• Graphite
• The Haymakers
• Mr. Isaac's Maggot
• Mistwold
• Noisette
• The Punch-Bowl
• Ramblin' Rosie
• Sapphire Sea
• Terry's Triad
• Trip to Paris
• Waters of Holland@3min21sec

The Reel Nutmeg Ball


Ball info
Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, 200 Main St, Wethersfield CT
May 13, 2017
Video links for  16 of 18 dances

2017 Binghamton Ball


Ball info on Binghamton Dance website
94 Court St, Binghamton, NY
April 8/9, 2017
Video links for 12 of 14 dances

• The Astonished Archeologist
• Bar A Bar
• Beach Spring
• Dear Abby: no video available
• Long Odds
• Mr. Hamilton's Inauguration
• Leather Lake House
• Michael and All Angels
• Mister Isaac's Maggot
• A New Beginning
• O Susato: no video available
• Old Wife Behind the Fire
• Puck's Deceit
• The Ragg
• Smithy Hill
• Sun Assembly
• Well Done Jack
• Woodland Chase: no video available
• Dalmation Shores  - no video available
• Dublin Bay (start at 1m14s)
• Emperor of the Moon
• Lady Jane's Delight  - no video available
• Love’s Triumph
• Maiden Lane
• Midwinter Maggot
• Miss de Jersey's Memorial
• Mile of Smiles
• Sadler’s Wells
• Sapphire Sea
• Shandy Hall
• Trip to Provence
• Whirl-a-Jig

 

Germantown Country Dancers: Playford Ball


Ball info on CDW website
Mamaroneck, NY
March 25, 2017
Video links for 16 of 20 dances

 

Country Dancers of Westchester: A Celebration of Spring

Ball info on GCD website
St Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church
1009 Unruh St., Philadelphia, PA
December 3, 2016


• Benjamin's Birthday (video @4:41)
• Bloomsbury Market
• Elizabeth
• Felicity
• Freeford Gardens
• Gigue for Genny
• Ivy and A Rose
• Jubilee at Einhoven
• Les Manches Vertes
• Mendocino Redwood
• Mount Hills
• News from Tripoli
• Room for Ramblers
• Salute to Preston
• Set for Spring
• Siege of Limerick
• Softly Good Tummas
• Step Stately
• Take a Dance
• Winter Waltz
• Apley House video @3min48sec
• Bar a Bar
• Bryon’s Boutade
• Gay Gadd-About: no video available
• Golden Alexanders,
• Heidenroslein
• Joy After Sorrow
• Leather Lake House
• Merry Conceit: no video available
• Miss DeJersey’s Memorial
• Morecambe Bay: no video available
• Mr.Beveridge’s Maggot
• Musidora: no video available
• Never Love Thee More
• Peace Be With You
• Rose of Sharon
• Round Pond
• Severn Bore,
• Waterfall Waltz
• Whimbleton House.

Baltimore Folk Song Society: Autumn Assembly

link to event information including dance instructions
The Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N. Charles St., Baltimore. MD
Oct 15, 2016 
Video links for all 18 dances.  The video links below now mirror the selections posted on the BFSS site


Elm City Ball

link to Ball information
High Lane Club, 40 High Lane, North Haven, CT
Oct 8, 2016 
Video links for 16 of 20 dances

• Autumn in Amherst
• Barbarini's Tambourine  
• Elizabeth 
• An Enchanted Place
• Foxfire
• Mary K
• Midwinter Maggot
• Old Wife Behind the Fire
• Room for Ramblers 
• Sapphire Sea)
• Softly, Good Tummas  
• Saint Margaret's Hill  
• Stepping Stones 
• Sweet Potato Pie 
• Terpsicourante
• Turn of the Tide  
• Wakefield Hunt  
• The Wrights of Litchfield
• The Amazed Geneticist (Pat Shaw)
• Candles in the Dark
• Hambleton's Round O (Playford 1710)
• Jamaica(The Playford Ball) Note the video begins focused on the
•  bottom of the line
• The Jovial Beggars (Playford 1702)
• Merry Merry Milkmaids (The Playford Ball)
• Miss Sayers' Allemand (The Playford Ball) No video found; link is to choreography, music and notes
• Mount Hills (Playford 1721)
• The Pursuit (Playford 1710)
• The Queen of Sheba. (Heffer and Porter 1932) Note. The dancers perform the hey differently from the way it will be called at the Ball. To see the hey correctly performed,(albeit in a set in which couples are all proper, try this video. See, also this animation
• Red House. (Playford interp.Douglas &; Helen Kennedy, modified)
• Round About Our Coal Fire (Bride 1776, interp.  by Tom Cook) no suitable video
• St. Margaret’s Hill (video@ 5:20)
• Tom Jones (The Playford Assembly) no video
• Volpony (Walsh 1712;  Graham Christian reconstruction) no video
• Wa’ is Me, What Mun I Do!  (Playford 1696)
• Wakefield hunt  (The Playford Assembly 1696)
• We Meet Again   (Jenna Simpson, 2015)
• The Wood Duck (Fried de Metz Herman)
• The Wrights of Litchfield (Gary Roodman)

 

Whately Ball

link to Ball information
Whately Ball, Hayedenville Rd and Masterson Rd, Whately, MA,
Saturday, June 25, 2016 
Video links for 16 of 18 dances



2016  Binghamton Ball & Sunday Brunch

link to Ball flyer
Polish Community Center, 347 Prospect ST
Binghamton, NY
April 2, 2016 (Ball) April 3 Brunch
Video links for 14  of 18 dances





• Lilliburlero
• Our Brief Encounters
• Emperor of the Moon
• Whately Barn
• The Short & The Tall - no video
• Up with Aily
• Miss de Jersey’s Memorial
• Bloomsberry Market
• Key to the Cellar
• Autumn in Amherst
• Felicity
• Sapphire Sea
• Hambleton’s Round O
• The Slof Galliard - no video
• Smithy Hill
• Hudson Barn
• Red and All Red
• Softly Good Tummas
• Alice
• Astoria Lass
• Autumn Tapestry
• Bar a Bar
• Beach Spring
• Bury Fair (no suitable version available)
• Catch if You Can (no video)
• De'll Take The Warr
• Jack's Health
• Lady Williams' Delight
• Mark of Zorro 
• A New Beginning
• Newcastle
• Red House
• Sadler's Wells
• Sapphire Sea
• Slaughter House  (no video)
• Spanish Jigg



 

Country Dance * New York Playford Ball

link to Ball information
Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church
152 West 66th ST, New York City
Video lings to 19 of 21 dances
April 9 2016

 

 

30th Annual Washington Spring Ball

link to Ball information
Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veteran's Plaza, Silver Spring, MD
Video links for 18 of 18 dances
May 14 2016 

• Apollo's Hunt
• Barbarini's Tambourine
• The Bishop (video@14:00) Head of the longways set is to the viewer's right
• Blenheim House (no video) Kynsaton
• Blue Heron Waltz
• The Centennial* (for those who know)
• Companions
• Enfield Wash  (no video) Fallibroome
• The Engaging Engineer
• Footprints in the Sand (1) Head of the longways set is to the viewer's right
• Footprints in the Sand (2) Head is at the viewer's left at the start
• Hambleton's Round O
• Hudson Barn
• Hole in the Wall
• The Introduction
• Jack's Health
• Mary K
• Parthenia
• Red and All Red
• Sapphire Sea
• Thanks to Mr. Playford
• Wa is Me, What Mun I Do
• Alice
• Bar-a-Bar
• Cockle Shells
• Fair and Softly
• The Farmer’s Joy
• Gold for the Mahieus
• The Homecoming
• Horseplay
• Michael and All Angels
• Pluck Me a Fig
• Prince William
• Puck's Deceit
• Snow Day
• Speed the Plough
• The Two Cousins
• Watkin's Ale
• We Meet Again
• The Young Widow

A Celebration of Spring

link to Ball information
Parish Hall, St. Thomas' Episcopal Church
168 W. Boston Post Rd,  Mamaroneck, NY
Mar 21, 2015 
Video links or animations for 17 for of 21 dances

Note that this list has has not been reviewed by the callers.

Binghamton Ball

flyer with Ball information
Polish Community Center 347 Prospect ST Binghamton, NY
March 28,2015
Video links and/or animations for 15  of 18 dances

• Cat in the Window (as danced at the Ball)
• Dance of the Lakes
• Girl’s Best Friend (video @11;21)
• The Gleaners (Rox Coxall)(no video)
• Gold for the Mahieus (Philippe Callens)(no video)
• Long Odds (video @8:17)
• Love’s Triumph (animation of Colin Hulme's interpretation)
• Measured Obsession
• Michael & All Angels
• Mr. Isaac’s Maggot
• Picking Up Sticks
• The Pursuit
• Randolph Farewell
• Safe Haven
• Salutation(Walsh 1706)(no video)
• Step Stately
• Unrequited Love
• Wakefield Huntt
• Wives’ Victory (video @10:45)
• Woodstock Park 
• Zephyrs and Flora
• Alexander's Birth Day**
• Bar A Bar
• Barbarini's Tambourine
• Bellamira  video@3:06
• Bring Me Flowers
• Dusty Miller
• Excuse Me (no suitable video)
• Good Man of Cambridge
• Hambleton's Round-O
• The Hop Ground (video @23:00)
• The Introduction
• Jack's Health
• Leather Lake House
• Leslie's Valentine
• Mulberry Garden   animation
• Perpetual Motion
• St. Margaret's Hill
• The Two Cousins**
•    **for these 2 dances, set the speed in YouTube to1.25 to display
• the dance at the approximate tempo to be used at the Ball

 

CD*NY Playford Ball.

link to Ball information
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims 75 Hicks St, Brooklyn Heights
April 11,2015
Video links and/or animations for 17  of 21 dances

 

Assembly at Norwich

link to event information (enter "Assembly at Norwich" and, if needed, "Norwich, CT" for location)
Teal House, 9 Chelsea Parade South, Norwich, CT
Aprtil 18, 2015
Video links and/or animations for 17  of 17 dances

• Alice
• The Astonished Archeologist (no suitable video)
• Bar a Bar
• Bath Carnival
• Chelsea Reach    
• Felicity
• A Girl's Best Friend
• Greenwich Park (animation)
• Love and a Bottle (video@12;22) (to be danced with a slow 2H turn & no turn single at the end of B1)
• Mr. Millstone's Inauguration
• Noisette
• Orleans Baffled
• Peter and Peggy
• Portsmouth
• The Punch Bowl  (to be danced w/ 2's turning 1-1/2 and moving up the set at the end of B2)
• The Queen's Jig (to be danced with  fall back a double instead of balance back)
• Rose of Sharon (no video)
• A Solstice Snow  (no video)
• St. Martin's Lane (no video)
• Sun Assembly
• The Young Widow (to be danced w/ skip-change for the stars & walk for the circles)
• Barbarini's Tambourine
• Bellamira (video @3:06)
• The Bonny Cuckoo
• The Comical Fellow (in reserve)
• Corelli's Maggot
• An Early Frost
• Fenterlarick
• Jack's Health
• Jack's Maggot
• Mad Robin
• Mr. Beveridge's Maggot. (We'll dance this version from the the BBC's 1995 production of "Pride and Prejudice")
•       The famous LIzzy and Darcy dance
•      A shortened version by the Adlington Dancers in Palma, 2009
• Mr. Isaac's Maggot
• Prince William
• Round About Our Coal Fire (in reserve)
• The Ship's Cook
• Shrewsbury Lasses (video@15:15)
• Take a Dance​ (in reserve)
• The Wives' Victory  (video @10:45)

 

29th Annual Washington Spring Ball.

link to Ball information
Cherry Hill Park , College Park, MD
May 9, 2015
Video links and/or animations for 17  of 18 dances

 

The Reel Nutmeg Ball

Link to event information
Keeny Memorial Cultural Center, 200 Main ST, Wethersfield, CT.
May 9, 2015. 

The links below have not been reviewed by callers

• Carolina Farewell
• Charlene's Celebration
• Childgrove
• La Gavre
• Halsway Manners
• Hambleton's Round O
• Jack's Health
• Leather Lake House
• Miss de Jersey's Memorial
• Mount Hills
• The Old Batchelor
• Rebecka Ridinghoode
• Sam's Maggot
• The Treasure of the Big Woods
• Waterfall Waltz
• Water Lilies
• Whiskey Before Dinner
• Autumn Moon
• Autumn Tapestry
• Barbarini’s Tambourine
• The Bishop (video @14:00)
• Bonnie Cuckoo
• Bryon's Boutade
• Faithless Nancy Dawson
• Hazelfern Place
• Hudson Barn
• Jack’s Health
• Miss De Jersey’s Memorial (video @1:11)
• Mistwold
• Prince William
• Sally in Our Alley
•  Windsor Wenches- Reel Nutmeg version of
•         Shrewsbury Lasses for 5 couples
• Siege of Limerick
• Softly Good Tummas
• Take a Dance​

 

Across The Lake

Link to event information
223 Ethan Allen Lane, Colchester, Vermont  (near Burlington)
June12-14, 2015 Friday Evening 8:00 - 11 pm: Colin Hume & Bare Necessities
       Welcome Dance for All

 

The dances as called at Across the Lake may be different from the videos. These videos will give you a feel for the event's dance programs; they are not posted to be studied and/or memorized, All dances at Across the Lake will be taught and walked through by the caller, then prompted to the music

 Saturday 1:30-4:30: Colin Hume & Bare Necessities
     Challenging dances for experienced dancers

• The Bunch of Fives - no video
• Dick's Maggot - no suitable video
• Dunham Oaks
• Emma's Waltz - no video
• F&B, P&A  -no video
• Farewell to The Shore -no video
• The Fast Packet -no video
• Good Man of Cambridge
• The Lacemaker -no video
• La Russe (to be danced w/ arches after the actives promenade inside)
• Love's Triumph -(3-couple set) no suitable video available
• Pins and Needles -no video
• Turn of The Tide
• The Welsh Rabbit -no video
• Extra: Barely Reel -no video
• Extra: Find the Lady (5 couple version) -no video
• Extra: The Retiring Librarian
• Amy
• Another Nancy's Fancy - no video 
• Beechen Grove's New Hall
• The Boatman (We will use Shaw siding, after which lines of 3 will fall back)
• The Countryman's Hat - no video 
• Dunant House Waltz
• King of Poland
• Lull Me Beyond Thee
• Mr. Felton's Retirement - no video
• Saint Martin's Lane - no video 
• Square Club Square - no video
• Storrow House - no video
• Extra: Kaleidoscope - no video
• Extra: The Phoenix (all turn singles at the beginning may be turn single R)
• Extra: Tango in Toronto

Saturday Night  8:00 - 11 pm: Dress-Up Gala with
David Millstone & Bare Necessities

BFMS 40th Anniversary Playford Ball


The Church of the Redeemer, 5603 North Charles Street,
Baltimore 21210..  Sat, Oct 3, 2015  Review 1:30-4 Potluck nearby Reception 6:30 Dance 7-11
Link to Ball information.


• Double Jubillee- no video
• Felicity
• Mad Robin
• Mendocino Redwoods
• Mr. Hamilton's Inauguration- no video
• Mr. Millstone's Inauguration
• Never Love Thee More
• Prince of Westborough
• Red House
• Shrewsbury Lasses
• Sion House
• Upper Valley Waltz
• Wa'Is Me, Wa' Mun I Do?
• Wakefield Hunt
• Extra: Dublin Bay
• Extra: Juice of Barley
• Extra: Lilli Burlero
• Extra: Peace Be With You
• Mendocino Redwood
• The Boatman
• The First Lady
• Red and All Red
• Wooden Shoes
• The American Husband
• Red House(Victor's Variant)
• John Tallis's Canon
• Sunlight Through Draperies video@3:03
• Look Both Way
• Indian Summer
• Hortonia
• Mount Hills
• Shandy Hall
• Arcadian Nuptial
• The Detour
• Zither Man
• Well Hall
• Dublin Bay

Baltimore Playford Ball

Baltimore Folk Music Society  link to Ball info
5603 N. Charles ST, Baltimore, MD 21210 MD, October 11, 2014
links to 18 of 20  dances


GCD Playford Ball


Saint Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church
1009 Unruh ST, Philadelphia PA
Dec 5, 2015   Link to Ball information
GCD has posted these videos on their site        * denotes  GCD video


• Banish Misfortune
• Beach Spring
• Bonny Cuckoo
• Cold Weather Waltz
• Companions
• De'il Take the Warr
• Dublin Bay
• Duke of Kent's Waltz
• Emperor of the Moon
• Fandango
• Four Corners
• Golden Green
• Halfre Hannekin
• Key to the Cellar
• Lover's Knot
• Minor Spaniard
• Miss de Jersey's Memorial
• Smithy Hill
• Tango in Paris
• Winter Solstice
• Autumn in Amherst 
• Barham Down *
• Cockleshells *
• Dusty Miller  *
• Emma's Waltz *
• Hambleton's Round O *
• Haymakers
• Indian Summer *
• King of Poland *
• Lilli Burlero *
• Marching to Praetorius *
• Mary K
• Mile of Smiles
• Mr. Ganiford's Maggot (video@1:23)
• Mr. Lane's Maggot
• The Pursuit
• Shandy Hall *
• Tambourine Dance * 
• Turn of the Tide *
• Whirligig *  

 

Across the Lake ECD Weekend

Burlington Country Dancers link to  info
Keeney Memorial Cultural Center,
200 Main St., Colchester, VT, June 13-15 10, 2014
links to 35 of 54  dances


• Friday
• Spanish Jigg (video at 0:51)
• Drummer
• Dusty Miller
• Hop Ground
• Salutation
• Kelsterne Gardens
• Key to the Cellar
• Dancing Wife (video@0:48)) *
• Elverton Grove *
• Hit & Miss (video@3:30) *
• The Gay Young Squire
• Ani's Waltz
• Pins and Needles
• Turning by Threes
• Trip to Tunbridge
• Trip to Amsterdam (video @6;:15)
• Softly Good Tummas
• St. Margaret's Hill *
• Physical Snob *
• Trip to Kilburn *
• Saturday Afternoon
• Braye’s Maggot (video@13:38)
• Zither Man
• Noisette
• Somerset Square
• Companions
• Volpony  *
• Picking Up Sticks *
• Fast Friends *
• Helene's Night Out
• Slof Galliard
• Mr. Chopin's Waltz
• On Wittman's Golden Floor
• White Wheat
• Pentajig *
• A New and Awful Dignity *
• News from Tripoly *

 

* Alternates

• Saturday Night
• Minor Spaniard
• Vermont Friends
• The Short and the Tall
• Knives and Forks
• The Belle of Amherst
• Fair and Softly
• Leslie's Valentine
• Ashford Anniversary*
• Interruptions *
• O Susato
• Potter’s Wheel
• Newcastle
• Jacob Hall’s Jig (video @3:45)
• Red & All Red
• Alice
• Jack’s Health
• Bloomsberry Market*
• Hambleton’s Round O*

The Reel Nutmeg Ball

The Vintage Dance Society link to Ball info
Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, 200 Main St.,
Wethersfield, CT, May 10, 2014
links to 13 of 18  dances


28th Annual Washington Spring Ball

Folklore Society of Greater Washington link to Ball info
Cherry Hill Park,  College Park, MD, May 17, 2014
links to 15 of 18  dances


• Alice
• Apley House
• Birthday Jubilee
• Cockle Shells
• Colin's Tambourine
• Dancing Across the Atlantic
• An Early Frost
• The Fandango
• Good Man of Cambridge
• Hartburn Village
• Heather Towers
• Jack's Maggot
• Kelsterne Gardens
• Mendocino Redwood
• My Lady of the Lake
• Peace Be With You
• Red and All Red
• Slof Galliard
• Bryon's Boutard
• Christchurch Bells
• Elverton Grove
• The Fandango
• FoxFire
• Heartsease
• Hudson Barn
• Mary K
• Money Musk
• Mr. Millstone's Inauguration
• Never Love Thee More
• Orleans Baffled
• Rafe's Waltz
• Renewed Friendship
• Rosamond's Pond. video@7:51
• Rose of Sharon
• Trip to Town-O
• White Wheat
• *links revised 6 May & Rafe's Waltz
  at B9-12  is R hand for all;
   Rosamond's Pond is
• a variant reconstruction

 

A Celebration of Spring

Country Dancers of Westchester, Inc  link to Ball info
Mamaroneck, NY, PA  March 22, 2014
links to 13 of 21 dances


 

2014 Binghamton Ball

Binghamton English Country Dancers link to Ball info
Binghamton, NY March 29, 2014
links to 9 of 16  dances


• Bar-a Bar
• The Bishop (video @14:00min)
• Circle of Tradition
• Companions
• Dunant House Waltz
• Elverton Grove
• Enjoyment
• February Flower
• A Garland for Judi
• Hey Boys Up Go We (aka Cuckolds All a Row)
  and  see Cecil Sharpe & Friends dancing in 1912 (video @3:25) and
  Hey Girls!
• Jack's Health
• Lichfield Sundays
• Mad Robin
• Mis DeJersey's Memorial
• Norbury Park
• The Queens Jig
• Rose of Sharon
• St. Margaret's Hill video@5:10  : Music & historic photos
• Thursday Mixer
• Up With Aily
• Winter Waltz
• The Astonished Archeologist
• The Bonny Cuckoo
• The Collier's Daughter
• Easter Tuesday
• Farewell Marian
• Forget Me Not
• Good Man of Antwerp
• Katie's Waltz
• Knives and Forks
• Lilli Burlero
• Nonesuch
• O,Susato
• Peace Be With You
• A Southern Gentleman
• A Trip to Kilburn
• Valiant Jockey

Playford Ball

Country Dance*New York  link to Ball info (not yet available)
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, NY April 5, 2014
links to 12 of 21  dances


2014 Spring Assembly Ball

Dover English Country Dancers  link to Ball info
Dover, DE, April 10, 2014
links to 14 of 16  dances


• Black Bess
• The Beggar Boy
• The Bonds of Harmony
• Bryon's Boutard
• The Dressed Ship
• Dublin Bay
• Errol on the Green
• Golden Green
• Harlequin in the Mud
• Middlemarch
• Mr. Isaac's Maggot
• Mr. Stapledon's New Hornpipe
• Mylecharane
• Prince William (original video selection swpped out for this one filmed at the Ball
• The Pursuit
• Quite Carr-ied Away
• Rebecka Ridinghoode
• Rosamond's Pond. video@7:51  (corners joining hands do not circle in Ball version)
• 7 for the Seven Stars in the Sky
• Spanish Jigg. video @0:51
• The Waters of Holland video @3:31
• Kelsterne Gardens
• Gower Wassail
• Cumberland Square 8
• Come with Voices Singing
• Halfe Hannikin
• Mary K
• Mr. Millstone's Inauguration
• Rafe's Waltz
• Trip to Town-O
• Prince William
• Hole in the Wall
• The Bonnie Cuckoo
• Tythe Pig
• Minor Spaniard
• When Laura Smiles
• Emma's Commencement
  Note: if there are problems accessing
  this video in which
•  Joseph Pimentel is the caller,
   try this video @ 29:20

Elm City Assembly

New Haven Country Dancers and
the New Haven Ball Committee link to Ball info
New Haven, CT January 25, 2014
links to 16 of 20 dances


Predominantly Playford Ball

Germantown Country Dancers  link to Ball info
Philadelphia, PA  December 7, 2013
links to 11 of 22 dances


• Apley House
• The Dusty Miller
• Far Away
• Fenterlarick
• Hambleton's Round-O
• Handel With Care
• The Homecoming
• Impropriety
• The Introduction
• Juice of Barley
• The Maid's Last Wish
• Mr. Isaac's Maggot
• Orca
• The Potter's Wheel
• The Pursuit
• St. Margaret's Hill
• Smithy Hill
• Sun Assembly
• Three Score Plus One
• Wa' is Me What Mun I Do!
  
• After Dinner Maggot
• Dublin Bay
• An Early Frost
• Halsway Manners
• High Ginks
• The Introduction
• Jack's Maggot
• Jacob Hall's Jig
• King's Maggot
• Margaret's Waltz
• Michael & All Angels
• Never Love Thee More
• The Potter's Wheel
• Prince William (but active couple turns will be 1-1/2, not 2-1/2 )
• Rufty Tufty
• Salutation
• Sam's Maggot
• Serenity
• Shropshire Lass  (music only)
• The Treasure of the Big Woods
• Way to Norwich
• White Wheat
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