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BACDS Fall Ball

November 15, 2003

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The Dances:

 (Note: all dances are considered copyright their composers, where applicable).

3/4 D
2/2 A
3/2 Dm
6/8 D
Hornpipe, D
6/8 Fm
2/2 G
2/2 F		 Come Let's Be Merry
Dorset Triumph
Fair and Softly
Fair Quaker of Deal
Fast Packet
Jacob Hall's Jig
La Russe
Miss Sayers' Allemande		 6/8 G
3/4 C
3/4 G
2/2 Am
9/8 D, G
2/2 Am
3/2 F
9/8 Am		 Never Love Thee More
Sally in Our Alley
Sparking and Still
Trip of Paris
Up With Aily
Waters of Holland
Well Hall
Yellow Stockings
Come Let’s Be Merry — 3-couple longways set (3/4, D)
Young, The Dancing Master, 1727
Tom Cook, Come Let’s Be Merry, 1982
A1   1s face up and, taking inside hands, lead round to each other's places and honor the 2s. Change hands and repeat to home.
A2   1s cast to middle place, 2s moving up, then cast to bottom place, 3s moving up.
B1   1s lead (or waltz) to the top, then cast to middle place, 3s moving down.
B2   Taking hands six, all balance straight forward, then diagonally left backward. Do this three times, to the opposite side of the set, then turn partner two-hand halfway, to new place.
Repeat with 3s active, then 2s.

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Dorset Triumph — Longways duple (2/2, A)
Described in Thomas Hardy’s "Under the Greenwood Tree" 1872
Kennedy, Community Dances Manual, 1949-1967
A   2nd corners set & turn single. 1st corners repeat.
B   2nd man lead 1st woman down the center right hand while 1st man casts off and dances down the outside. All three turn and lead up "in triumph," (woman between the men with her arms are apart and holding their outside hands, and their inside hands are joined in an arch high over her head - an Arch d' Triumph) the 2nd man falling into place.
C   2s, followed by 1s, lead down right hand, women turn under their partners’ arms, and all lead back. 1s cast off while 2s lead up.

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Fair and Softly — Longways duple (3/2, Dm)
Walsh, 1728
Tom Cook, Again Let’s Be Merry, 1979
A   Facing partner, women set right and left while men set left and right.  1s cast below 2s (who move up), lead between the next 2s, and cast up to 2nd place and face up.
B1   Circular hey, taking hands for two changes, no hands on the third change, and both hands to partner for 1/2 turn. 2s lead down through 1s and cast up to place, facing the next 1s.
B2   Repeat with that couple, 2s leading up through the new 1s and casting down.

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Fair Quaker of Deal — Longways duple (6/8, D)
The Dancing Master, 1728
A. Simons, Kentish Hops 2
Shimer & Keller, The Playford Ball, 1990
A1   1st corners set and turn single. 1s cast into 2nd place.
A2   2nd corners repeat A1, 2s casting.
B1   1st corners meet, stand back-to-back. 2nd corners the same. Join hands facing out and step right, then left, then circle right half way.
B2   Lead out to wall, and lead in again. 1s lead up, cross over, and cast; while 2s wait and cross over.

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Fast Packet — Longways duple (Hornpipe, D)
Bob Lilley, 1988. In CDSS News issue 149, July/August 1999.
A1 1-4 1st corners right elbow (or forearm) turn 1-1/2, ending in corner’s place.
  5-8 2nd corners repeat.
A2 1-8 1st corners back-to-back, then 2nd corners.
B Hand clapping:
  1 Clap own hands twice; with right diagonal clap right hand once.
  2 Clap own hands twice; with left diagonal clap left hand once.
  3 Clap own hands once, right hand with partner once; clap own hands once, left hand with partner once.
  4 Clap own hands twice; clap both hands with partner.
  5-8 Repeat.
B2 1-4 Circle left 1-1/2 times (to original place).
  5-8 Half poussette clockwise to new place (continuing in the direction of the circle).

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Jacob Hall’s Jig — Longways duple (6/8, Fm)
The Dancing Master, 1695
Sharp, CDB IV, 1916. Tune: Under and Over.
Shimer & Keller, The Playford Ball, 1990
A1   1st man turn 2nd woman right hand, then his partner left hand. Those three circle left once round.
A2   2nd man turn 1st woman left hand, then his partner right hand. Those three circle right once round.
B1 1-4 1s lead down the middle and up, forming a line of four.
  5-8 The line leads up and back, into a circle.
B2   Circle left once round, 1s lead up and cast down.

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La Russe — Square Set (2/2, G)
Originally a quadrille figure; now traditional
A1   Men dance behind partner, balance & swing the next woman.
A2   Men retrace steps, balance & swing partner.
B1   1s keep swinging.
B2   1s visit the other couples, starting with the couple on the right.
A3   Head couples change places, 1s going between 3rd. Turn as couples and come back, the other couple going inside.
A4   Repeat
B3   All circle left with polka step.
B4   All promenade home, still with polka step.
Repeat, with each couple in turn leading.

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Miss Sayers’ Allemande — 3-couple longways set (2/2, F)
Thomas Budd, 1781
Bentley, Fallibroome 1, 1962
Shimer & Keller, The Playford Ball, 1990
A1   1s cast off, then cast back to middle place (2s moving up), and two-hand turn 3/4, to finish in lines 3-and-3.
A2   Taking hands, all balance L, R, L, R. 1s move to 2nd place, proper, and all repeat.
B1   Circle six-hands round and back.
B2   All turn partner right hand. 1s cast off, 2s turn left hand, 3s turn left hand traveling into 2nd place.

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Never Love Thee More — Longways duple (6/8, G)
Playford, The Dancing Master, 1686
Sharp, CDB VI, 1922
Introduction
A 1-8 Set-and-honor the Presence, then partner.
B 1-8 Lead up a double and back, twice.
Figure
A1 1-8 Back-to-back with partner by the right, then left.
B1 1-8 1s figure-8 through 2s.
A2 1-2 Circle left halfway round.
  3-8 Fall back and cross over with partner.
B2 1-8 Right hand across, left hand back.
Coda
A 1-8 Lead up a double and back, twice.
B 1-8 Set-and-honor partner, then to the Presence.

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Sally in Our Alley — Longways duple (3/4, C)
Walsh, Complete CDM, 1719
CDSS News #154, 2000.
A1 1-4 1st corners dance a half figure-8: cast to left behind neighbor, pass each other left shoulder in center, right shoulder around partner to change places (this is fast).
A2 1-4 2nd corners repeat opposite (behind partner, pass each other right shoulder, left shoulder around neighbor - All are now diagonally opposite from where they started).
B1 1-4 All fall back, cross to own sides, and loop right to face partner.
  5-8 4 changes of a circular hey, without hands, partners facing.
B2 1 1st corner people (in 2nd corner places) change.
  2 Others change.
  3-4 All circle left once round.
  5-8 1s cast off and turn two-hand to own side, while 2s move up the center, turning with two-hand to own side.

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Sparkling and Still — Longways duple (3/4, G)
Alan Winston, 1997.
CDSS News, Issue 142, May/June 1998.
A 1-4 1s turn right hand halfway and cast to the ends of a line of 4 facing up.
  5-6 All balance back, then take 1 waltz step forward to 1st place.
  7-8 1s gate 2s up and around, propelling them into…
  9-12 2s half figure eight up through 1s.
  13-16 1s half figure eight down through 2s (All are now home, but 2s are improper).
B 1-4 Neighbors face, set, and change places right shoulder turning single (as in Trip to Paris, except end facing partner).
  5-8 Partners the same, but end close to partner.
  9-16 Waltz counter clockwise once around the other couple to progressed place; then open up proper and with a new couple.

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A Trip to Paris — Longways duple (2/2, Am)
Playford, The Dancing Master Vol. III, 1728
Douglas & Helen Kennedy, New Series, 1929
Shimer & Keller, The Playford Ball, 1990
A   Partners set, then change places passing right shoulder and turn single 1-1/2.  Repeat to place.
B   1s cross, go down outside, cross again below 2s, go up outside to place (skipping); turn single.
C 1-4 1st corners cross, 2nd corners cross.
  5-8 Circle left halfway, 1s cast while 2s lead up.

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Up With Aily — Longways duple (9/8, D, G)
Playford, The Dancing Master, 1703
Sharp, CDB IV, 1916
Shimer & Keller, The Playford Ball, 1990
A1 1-2 1st man, 1st woman and 2nd man dance toward 2nd woman and back to places.
  3-4 1st man cast down while 2nd man turns single left up to 1st man's place, and both women turn single right.
A2 1-2 2nd woman, 2nd man and 1st woman dance toward 1st man and back to places.
  3-4 1st woman cast down while 2nd woman turns single up to 1st lady's place, and both men turn single left.
B2 1-4 1s back-to-back, then cast up while 2s move down.
  5-8 All circle left once around, then 1s cast while 2s lead up the center.

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Waters of Holland — 3-couple longways set, 2s improper (2/2, Am)
Pat Shaw, New Wine in Old Bottles, 1974
First Part
A1 1-4 All lead up a double and back.
A2 1-4 Changing hands, all lead down a double and back.
B1 1-4 Right diagonals set advancing and change places by right shoulder.
  5-8 All turn new partner two-hands 1-1/2.
B2 1-4 Right diagonals set advancing and change places by right shoulder..
  5-8 All turn new partner two-hands 1-1/2.
Second Part
A1 1-4 Siding (shoulder-to-shoulder) right and left.
A2 1-4 Repeat A1.
B1   As before.
B2   As before.
Third Part
A1 1-4 Arm right.
A2 1-4 Arm left.
B1   As before.
B2   As before.

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Well Hall — Longways duple (3/2, F)
The Dancing Master, 1701
Frank Van Cleef, 24 Country Dances, 1982
Shimer & Keller, The Playford Ball, 1990
A1   1s right hand turn 1-1/2, cast & cross over (2s leading up).
A2   2s repeat.
B1 1-4 1st corners cross, 2nd corners cross.
  5-8 Circle left halfway, turn single (away).
B2 1-4 1-4 2nd corners cross, 1st corners cross.
  5-8 Circle left halfway, 1s cast as 2s lead up.

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Yellow Stockings — Longways duple (9/8, Am)
Neal, Choice Collection, 1726.
Reconstruction by George Fogg and Rich Jackson, 1990.
A1   1st diagonals turn two-hands twice.
A2   2nd diagonals repeat A1.
B1   1s join two-hands, slip down the set and back.  1s cast to 2nd place.
B2   Circular hey, 4 changes, with hands.

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