Hombey House

Hombey House is an English Country Dance. It was published by Playford (John Young) (website) in 1710 in The Dancing Master, Vol. the Second, London. It was interpreted by Pat Shaw (website) in 1961 and published in Another Look at Playford. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 32 bars. Someone thought this dance was Intermediate.

Playford writes:

Note: Each Strain is to be play'd twice over.

The first Couple go the whole Figure of Eight, the second Couple do the same Then the first Couple lead down and cast up and turn single, the second Couple do the same Then the first Man change with the second Woman, and the first Woman with the second Man, then Sett all four in and turn single, and Right and Left quite round Then the first Couple goes the half Figure of Eight, and the second Couple does the same, then Right and Left quite Round

The tune was published by Playford with the dance. The music was synthesized by Colin Hume's software

The animation plays at 102 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily (no music plays during this slow set). Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.

The dance contains the following figures: set, turn single, circle, cast, lead, figure eight, rights and lefts (and probably others).

If you find what you believe to be a mistake in this animation, please leave a comment on youtube explaining what you believe to be wrong. If I agree with you I shall do my best to fix it.

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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 1961 by Pat Shaw. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2022 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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