Dances

This was our programme for Wednesday 28th May 2025 @ 8:00pm – June calling to the music of Change of Key

St Catherine’s                        longways              Castle Wall set

Bob’s Boomerang                 longways              Forest Wedding set

The Temple of Health           3 couples            

Mr Hayne’s Reel                    longways              Fourth Round set

The Doldrum                          4 couples 

A gentle Soul                         longways              Wild Boy

  Young Phillis of Wakefield                   longways

               As well as our resident callers Clare and June we like to ask callers from neighbouring clubs to call for us.  We welcomed Mike Barraclough back just before Easter 2022!  Eleanor Mehew called for us in May and Norman Bearon called in June and will join us in January 2023  Bernie Culkin enjoys calling for us.

Playford and Playford style dances are very popular in our club. Alongside those to be found in the Barnes Collection I, 2 and 3 are the dances from Maggot Pie and Fallibroome. Hugh Stewart’s The Country Dance Book proves very useful and typical of the contra and contemporary material the club enjoys. Other dances are from the “Ring O’ Bells” series. I use tunes from the Portland Collections amongst other books, particularly for contra dances.