Dance Instructions Index
This is the index page for dance instructions. Please add a link here as appropriate when you have posted a set of instructions. Note that pages in RED still need to be supplied. Others may still need work (it would be nice to have an amber link!??) There are names in grey boxes that MAY (or may not) be dances for which instructions are available. The tag '??rename' is to indicate that the link does not have the prefix 'INS:' which is desirable to allow us to count the dances.
Tags for finding special material
The following tags can be put in pages. Eventually I (JN) will try to establish some mechanisms for searching. In the meantime, they will serve to help people find music etc. for dances.
- <GENRE: ....> where .... is one of Playford, English, contra, (please contact JN before adding other genres)
- <MUSIC-SHEET:....> where .... is a reference to the sheet music (may be in this wiki in the Sheet Music section).
- <MUSIC-DOWNLOAD:....> where .... is a link to the appropriate source, e.g., iTunes
- <MUSIC-CD:....> where .... is a reference to the CD and track (may be in this wiki in ???). Please include track identifier.
- <MUSIC-TAPE:....> where .... is a reference to the tape. Please include track identifier.
- <MUSIC-LP:....> where .... is a reference to the (vinyl) recording. Please include track identifier.
- <FORMATION: ....> where .... is the formation e.g., longways, round, square
- <NUMBER: ....> where .... identifies number of couples or number of dancers
- <VIDEO: ....> where .... is a link or reference to a video of the dance
A tool
While the template below is useful to show structure, Graham Thompson has created a tool to aid the formatting:
http://macnash.telfer.uottawa.ca/~oecdc/fmt/ecdFormatter.htm
A template
Below is a trial template in which instructions for a dance can be entered. I have tried to make this fit a "standard" 4" by 6" index card that seems popular with many dance callers. I welcome others to convert those dances not in this format to fit, since I intend to prepare tools to print out the instructions on cards and/or paper. The idea is that they will fit and be reasonably formatted. I have allowed 60 columns and 25 rows to allow for 1/2 inch margins on a card using 12 characters per inch (10 point monospaced font).
NOTE: I find it easiest to use a monospace (typewriter-like) font to maintain spacing. This is best done in a text editor (the most common in Windows is Notepad.)
Note that it is NOT a good idea to try to edit into the template, as it is a lot of work to arrange the spacing. I plan to develop some tools to make editing easier in this format. Watch this space. Ideas welcome. --NashJc 15:34, 6 December 2008 (EST)
There are a couple of ways you can ensure the wiki displays the text in a monospace font. One is to put the tag <pre> and the tag </pre> below it. Note that for Wikipedia (and some other wikis) you can also start text with a space to get it to display in "typewriter" text.
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| Title (Childgrove) here, format, [Improper/other notes] | 2
| | 3
| A1 1-4 Partners side. | 4
| 5-8 Partners back-to-back. | 5
| A2 1-8 Repeat A1 with neighbor. | 6
| B1 1-4 Neighbors turn two-hands once-and-a-half, skipping, | 7
| and open to face across the set. | 8
| 5-8 Partners turn two-hands. | 9
| B2 1-8 1st couple figure-eight through 2nd couple above, |10
| skipping. |11
| {Inactive couples should change places with partner at top|12
| and bottom while waiting to re-enter the dance.} |13
| |14
| |16
| |17
| |18
| |19
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The following Perl script will add the spaces. It is executable in Linux and likely Mac command box, and possibly a Windows Command.com box, but may need to be run via
perl towikibox.pl file.txt
#!/usr/bin/perl
# towikibox.pl -- add spaces to beginning of text file to get boxes in Dokuwiki and Mediawiki
use strict;
my $infile = @ARGV[0];
print "towikibox on file $infile, result in $infile.box\n";
open (INFILE, $infile);
my $outfile = "$infile.box";
open (OUTFILE, ">$outfile");
my @all =<INFILE>;
close(INFILE);
foreach my $line (@all) {
chomp $line;
print OUTFILE " $line\n";
}
close(OUTFILE);
print "DONE!\n";
A
Adventure at Margate, An (Kentish Hops?)
Adson's Saraband also called The New Exchange
All Saints' Day (Legacy: 50 Years of Dance and Song ??)
All Together One After Another
Amsbury (no instructions) Walsh 1728. a.k.a. Hannibal, to music "Fair Quaker of Deal". May also be Scottish.
Anchors Aweigh (Scottish?)
INS:Another Nancy's Fancy (Pat Shaw ?? where)
INS:Astoria Lass 16 Dances From Fried De Metz Herman's Potters' Porch Collection
Aye Me (or The Symphony) (Playford Ball)
Ba
INS:Baffled Knight , The (Maggot Pie)
INS:Bath Carnival (1777) 7 x 32 Bars Tune: Keppel's Delight (Playford Ball)
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=dance%20instructions%20%22bath%20carnival%22&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDoQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DDGG2ttr9UhE&ei=qpqsTsWSJoPa0QGxy8yQDw&usg=AFQjCNFZhQXbwKGOVQQSfWh_1heMBaspjA
INS:Bayswater Breakdown (C Hume, DWAD)
Be
Beach Spring ?? edit
Betty Fair (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Bi
INS:Blenheim House (Mr Kynaston's Famous Dance Belshazzar's Feast, 2000, WGS 298 CD)
Bo
Bobbing Joe (Hit & Misse, p 12)
INS:Bonny Nell (Maggot Pie)
Boys of Wexford, The (Maggot Pie)
Broom Broom the Bonny Bonny Broom
Bu
Buffalo Girls
INS:Bury Fair ?? Needs edit
Ca
Canadian Triumph Capers at Zeist Capers of Canterbury
Carousel, The Cascade
Ch
Chanctonbury Ring
Cheerily_and_Merrily (Hit & Misse, p. 10)
Chelsea Reach Chelsey Reach or Buckingham House
Chestnut or Dove's Figary
Chrysanthemum Waltz
Ci
Circle of Tradition
Clarance House / Whit Monday
Co
Cogs Cold and Raw (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Come Let's Be Merry
Coming Round the Mountain
Confess(e) (Playford Ball)
Cottagers, The
Count Leon Cream Pot
CUMBERLAND REEL (Lead note + 6 x 32 bars). Cupid Disarm'd
Cupids Garden (Maggot Pie)
D
Dampier (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Dargason or Sedany (Playford Ball)
Dartford Camp I
Designing Woman, The (Roodman: New Friends)
De'il Take the Warr or De'il Take the Wars (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Devilish Delight of Doctor Denard
Doldrum, The (Maggot Pie) Double Duet, A (??Roodman) Dover Castle
Dovetail Down Yonder
Drapers Maggot (Playford Ball)
Dr. Vincent's Delight, see Doctor Vincent's Delight
Dublin Bay or We'll Wed and We'll Bed
Dudmason Hall Dud's Reel
DURHAM REEL--(Tune: A Hundred Pipers. Chord + 5 x 16 bars).
Dusty Miller (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Dutch Crossing
E
Easter Tuesday
Edinborough Castle Edinburgh Rock
Emma Turns Three (Roodman: New Friends)
Enfield Common (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Enrichez Vous Enrico
Epsom Wells, or Wa' is Me Errol on the Green Evan's Delight Evergreen
F
Fain I Would If I Could or Parthenia
Female Sailor (Female Saylor)
The Fit's Come On Me Now (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Free Mason (Freemason)
Fair Maid of Wickham, The Fifty/Fifty Fine Dame Fine Lady of Homewood First Night Quadrille First of April Fits come on me now, The or The Bishop of Chester's Jigg Fleur de Lis Fleurs Francaises, Les Flirtation Flowers of Edinburgh Fop's Fancy Fourth Round Four Winds Foxtrot/Saunters Freda's Fancy French Ambassador, The (Maggot Pie)
G
Goose and Gridiron ??still trying to find instructions??
Grounds Green Sleeves (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Guidman of Ballangigh or Geud Man of Ballangigh
The Gun Fleet (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Gallant Enterprize Garland, The Gay Young Squire, The General, The George Cross, The Gigue for Genny Gingerbread Goddesses Gossip Joan (Maggot Pie) Gradley Lass, The (Maggot Pie) Grandfather's Clock Granny's Knot Greenwich Hill Green Willow (Maggot Pie) Guinea Pig (Come, Let's be Merry)
Ha
Hair's Maggot -- note there seem to be lots of spellings
Hale-Bopp Circle
Hamburger Special
Happy Captive HAPPY CAPTIVE, THE (1774) Tune: The Dusky Night
Happy Clown, The (Maggot Pie)
Happy Meeting (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Harke Planeet HASTE TO THE WEDDING (Chord + 3 x 40 bars).
Haymakers, The / Highland Lilt (may be tunes, not dances)
He
Health The or The Merry Wassail
Health to All Honest Men, A ??rename??
Heathfield Rag (The Entertainer??)
Helena
Helston Furry Dance (Hit & Misse, p.20)
Hello Mary Lou Hemel Hempstead Roundabout Henry's Hornpipe
Heswall and West Kirby Jubilee
HEY BOYS, UP GO WE (lst Ed. 1650) -- See Cuckolds all a row
Hi
Himazas Hinky Dinky His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Favourite
Hit and Miss HIT AND MISS (lst Ed. 1650) Tune: Daphne. For four; in three parts.
Ho
Hobby Horse
Hombey House (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Honeysuckle Waltz Hop Garden, The Hop Ground, The
Horseplay (Roodman: New Friends)
Huntington's Maggot
I
I Care Not for These Ladies ?? rename
Impropriety (?? could be improved)
In the Fields Of Frost And Snow
Ideal Schottische If I Had Maggie in the Wood I'm A Rover Inside Out In the Bleak Midwinter Intrigue Irish Square Dance Irish Swing, The
J
Jamaica Jameko (Jamaica)
Jamaica (4 Couple alternate form)
Jenny, Come Tye (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Jovial Beggars (Maggot Pie)
Jackis Jig 2. Jacks Farewell, The Jesucita en chihauahua Jockey and Jenny Joe Paris John Tallis' Canon Jubilee Rag Julian's Jolly Juno and Pallas
K
Kings Penny (Maggot Pie)
Kit Cat Club II (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Knot (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Koepoort Galliard (Pat Shaw, "New Wine in Old Bottles")
Katie Andante K & E KEMP'S JIGG Kennedy's Rant, The Kent & Cathy Jamieson's Barn Dance Kingsail King's Penny , The
La
La Bastringue
La Lirboulaire (Purcell's Dancing Master)
La Russe
Lady Pentweazle's Maggott
Laisterbridge Lane
Lanes_Minuet (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Lasses of Portsmouth LASSES OF PORTSMOUTH, THE (1774) Tune: We Will Down With The French
Lavender
Le
Leamington dance
Le Moulin Rouge Les Saluts
Lille
Lilli Burlero or Lilliburlero
Limousine (3.32) Lincolnshire Poacher (dance or music??) Lisebeth's Double Five Listen to the Mockingbird (dance or music??) Liza's Birthday in Cape Breton
Longways Oxo
Lost and Found
Love and a Bottle
Love's Triumph (Playford Ball)
Lucky Seven
Ma
Man Was For Woman Made (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Marlborough's Victory (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Marriage Hater (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Maidens of Kent, The Maid in the Moon, The Man was for Woman Made Marching Through Georgia Margate Assembly Margate Hoy, The Marian's Waltz Marine Four Step
Mavis Sweetly Sings, The
Me
Merry Andrew, The (Maggot Pie)
Memories Merry Companion, The MERRY MEETING THE(1778) 7 x 32 Bars Tune: The Handsome Couple Metsakukkia
Mi
Midnight Ramble Mississippi Dip Miss Sparks's Maggot (Playford Ball)
Mo
Monica's Delight (2 couple, Pat Shaw, written at age 13)
Monieks Maggot This is a dance for 3 couples by Philippe Callens. The same tune was used in the movie Pride and Prejudice (2005) and is reconstructed at Pride and Pomposity below
Mother Quoth Hodge (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
MOCK HOBBY HORSE, THE (lOth Ed. 1698) Mock Match , The (Maggot Pie) Moll Pately (4.00) Money Musk Moonlight saunter
Mr
Mr Bach's Gavotte ??G Roodman "A number of calculated figures" (2000)
Mr Young's Delight (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Mu to My
Mr Handels Jig Mr Kynaston's Famous Dance Mr Mozarts Rant Mr Shaws Apologies Mrs. Pomeroy's Pavane Mumping Maid , The (Maggot Pie) Mundesse My Lady Marion
N
News From Tripoli (or Tripoly)
A New Rigadoon (Purcell's Dancing Master)
New Whitehall (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Nightcap or Night Cap (Maggot Pie)
The Night Piece or Night Peese
Nonesuch or A La Mode de France
Nassau, The (1) Nassau, The (2) Needham Reel New Beginning, A New Friends New Princess, The / Early Riser. No Bodys Jigg Northern Lass, The (Maggot Pie)
O
Oakleigh House (Old Oxford) Ocean View Ocean Wave Old Boot, The (Maggot Pie) Old Friends (Roodman??) Old Hob or The Mouse Trap Old Jubilee Old Mill, The Old Simon The King
ONCE A NIGHT (1774) Tune: Ye Social Powers (Playford Ball) Orange Nan
Ormond House O, Susato Oswestry Square Oxford Circus/Parson's Farewell Oxo Cube
Pa
Packingtons Pound Parson Upon Dorothy Parthenia (Maggot Pie) Partida, La PARTING LOVERS, THE (1776) 7 x 48 Bars Paston's Maggot Pat-a-cake Polka
Pe
Pernod Perpetual Motion Peter and Peggy Peters Maze
Phoenix Rejuvenated, The
Picking Up Sticks PICKING UP STICKS (lst Ed. 1650) Tune: Lavena Longways for six; in three parts.
Pleasures of the Town PLEASURES OF THE TOWN, THE (1777) Tune: The Fair Maid of the Inn
Pilgarlic
Po ...
Poor Robin's Maggot. See Would You Have A Young Virgin
Prince Eugene's March (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Prince Rupert's March (Hit & Misse p. 6)
Prince William of Glo's'ter's Waltz (Playford Ball)
PunchBowl Punch Bowl, The
Polka Pousettte Pontius Pilate Rant Posties Jig PRETTY NUN (Vol. 3 1728) Pride of Newcastle, The Princess, The
Q
INS:Queen of Sheba, The (Maggot Pie)
Ra to Ri
Recruiting Officer (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Richmond Ball (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Rafe's Waltz Ragamuffins Ramble to Greenwich
Rebecca's Roundabout Red and Gold Red Bull, The (Maggot Pie) Red River Valley Redwing Reel Contra (from N Kilby) Reluctant Recruit Retiring Fellow, A Ribbon Dance, The
Ro ...
Rose of Rochester, The Rose of Tankerton, The Rose Tree, The Rothea Rag and Vals Rag Round About Our Coal Fire Round Pond Royal Albert, The (for Farmer's Quadrille) Russel, The
Sa to Sc
Saint Martin's (Hit & Misse, p. 21)
Sadler's Wells Salutation Sarah Saucy Sailor, The (Maggot Pie) SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, A (1778) 6 x 32 Bars Tune: The New Fandango Scotch Billy
Scotch Measure, The (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Se to Sl
Seven Stars in the Sky Severn Bore
Shadrack's Delight (tune Dashing White Sergeant)
She Favourite, The
Shepherds Delight Shepheards Holyday or Labour in Vaine or Shepherd's Holiday or Labour in Vain
She Rose and Let Me In Shifting Bobbins Shirleys Jig
Shropshire Lass
SICILIAN CIRCLE (Lead note + 6 x 32 bars).
Siegel ?? Silver Wedding Waltz
Slof Galliard, The (Pat Shaw, "New Wine in Old Bottles")
Sm to Sq
Smarts of New Tunbridge Wells, The
Snowflake Breakdown
Some Say the Devil's Dead (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Sonny Brogan's/Brian O'Lynn/Blue Jay
Southern Two Step
Spanheim (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Sprigs of Laurel
St
Starters Orders Star Trek
Step Stately (Jack Pudding)
Stern Polka Stevies Hop
St. George's Day Jig
Stockport Assembly (Roodman: New Friends)
Strip The Willow
Su ...
Summer Circle - Sicilian Circle
Sunset Strip Swanee Swedish Masquerade no.2
Sweet Kate (Hit & Misse, p. 14)
SWEET KATE ( 1670) Sybil's Au Revoir
Ta to Th
Take not a Woman's Anger Ill (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Tarpsichore
Ten Cents a Dance (3.00) Ten Commandments Terpsicourante (Roodman: New Friends)
The Maid Peeped Out at the Window The Night-Peace or The shaking of the sheets Thread The Needle
Three Hand Star THREE MEET (Lead note +6 x 32 bars).
Ti to To
Tidemill, The
Tom Pate Topaz, The
Tr ...
Trip to Amsterdam (?? 50 Years)
Trip the the Mills (Molengang) TRIP TO DUBLIN, A (1777) 7 x 32 Bars Tune: The Contrefatte Trip to Margate by the Sea, A TRIP TO THE COTTAGE, A (Intro. of 4 bars+6 x 32 bars). Trip to the Jubilee, A Trip to the Manors Trip to Westerham, A
Trisk
Tromelin Hop
Trusty Dick
Twas Within a Furlong of Edinborough Town (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Twenty Something Twins, The Twist of Fate Two cousins, The
U
Up the sides and down the middle
V
Valentine's Day (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Virgin of 15 Years (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Valentine's Day Vaughan's Ramble
Wa to We
Walkaway Walk right back
Waltz Cotillion or Killarney Waltz Waltzmaree
Way to Norwich
We Are All Right at Canterbury Wedding of Mai and David, The Well's Humour (Purcell's Dancing Master) Wendy for Somesuch We won't go home 'till morning
Wh to Wi
Whirlijig by Charlene Thompson
Whiskers Whitehall Minuet or White-Hall Minuett Whitsun Holidays or The Parson in the Pease
Wickering Wench (Maggot Pie)
Windsor Parade Winter Dreams (??is it Winter Dreams Waltz or another dance?) Winter's Night Schottische (2.37) Withywind, The (Maggot Pie)
Wo ...
Wooden Shoes or Bartholomew Fair (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Woodicock/An Old Man is a Bed full of Bones (4.03) Wooing Mairi Wooly and Georgey
X
Y
Young Roger (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Young Man's Fancy (Maggot Pie)
Z
Scratch Area
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