Dances

This is our programme for Wednesday 9th July 2025 @ 8:00pm – June calling to the music of Change of Key

Take A Dance                         longways

Friday Frolic                           longways              Jim Ward’s set

Buskin                                     3 couples

Touch the Moon                    longways              Fifty not Out

School House Reel               4 couples             Back in the Kitchen

Conwy Castle                         longways

14th January                          3 couples             Snow in April

Ladies of London                  longways              London Ladies

Hello Partner                          circle                     Baby in the Bath set

       In Reserve:

Wooden Shoes                      longways

Eastbourne Grove                3 couples   Haste to the Wedding set

On the Edge                           4 couples             Nicole of Nancy

               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.