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Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
6 for the Six Proud Walkers		Fried de Metz Herman 1994	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

A

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Anna Maria - Playford		Henry Playford 1698 Frank van Cleef 1995	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Apollo's Hunt		Gary Roodman 2009	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Arundel Street		Henry Playford 1695 Colin Hume 2020	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

B

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Blackheath ~ Kliban		Henry Playford 1701 Kalia Kliban 2011	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

C

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Cherries and Chocolates		Miriam Newman 2009	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Triple Minor
Childgrove ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Cockle shells Cockle shells ~ (up) Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton (mod) 1985 Bare Necessities Duple Minor Cockle shells ~ Bolton Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1985 Playford Assembly Bare Necessities Duple Minor
Cupid's Garden ~ Bolton		Henry Playford 1688 Charles Bolton 1989	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

D

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Devonshire House Devonshire House ~ Cook Henry Playford 1698 Tom Cook 1979 Colin Hume Duple Minor Devonshire House ~ Hume Henry Playford 1698 Colin Hume 2018 Colin Hume Duple Minor Devonshire House ~ Pat Shaw Henry Playford 1698 Pat Shaw ~1965 Colin Hume Duple Minor
Draw Cupid Draw ~ Andrew Shaw		John Young 1710 Andrew Shaw 2006	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

E

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Excuse Me Excuse Me ~ Callens John Playford 1686 Philippe Callens 2002 Colin Hume Duple Minor Excuse Me ~ Christian John Playford 1686 Graham Christian 2001 Playford Assembly Colin Hume Duple Minor

F

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Fireflies		Fried de Metz Herman 1987	Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland	Duple Minor
The First Rain of Spring		Wouter Joubert 2015	Helen Sanders	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

H

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Hare's Maggot ~ Hume		John Young 1721 Colin Hume 2019	Odd Sundays Garage Band	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Hellen and Paris		Nathaniel Kynaston 1716 Andrew Shaw 2017	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Hogsdon Square		John Young 1710 Charles Bolton 1997	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor
Hoxton Square		John Young 1710 Charles Bolton 1997	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor

J

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Josephine		Naomi Alexander 1992	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

K

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Kelsterne Gardens		John Young 1726 Tom Cook 1975 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Kingsail		Walsh 1732 Charles Bolton 1991	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor
Kingsale		Walsh 1732 Charles Bolton 1991	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor

L

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Late Spring Blossom		Colin Hume 2010	Dampier's Round	Duple Minor
The Laughing Vicar		Nathaniel Kynaston 1716 Andrew Shaw 2017	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

M

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Marble Arch		Colin Hume 1992	Bare Necessities	4 Couple Longways
Marina		Elizabeth Zekley 2004	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Moonfleet Moonfleet ~ 3 Couple Colin Hume 1995 Masquerade 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 Moonfleet ~ Triple Colin Hume 1995 Masquerade Triple Minor

N

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Never Love Thee More ~ Sharp		John Playford 1679 Cecil Sharp (mod) 1922 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The New Chairman		Philippe Callens 1992	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

O

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Orca ~ ECD		Barry Skelton 1994 Ron Coxal 2005	Goldcrest	Duple Minor

P

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Portabella		Walsh 1715 Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

R

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Royal Fishery Royal Fishery ~ A. Shaw Walsh 1715 Andrew Shaw 2006 Colin Hume Duple Minor Royall Fishery ~ A. Shaw Walsh 1715 Andrew Shaw 2006 Colin Hume Duple Minor

S

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
St. Martin's Lane		Henry Playford 1696 Helwig 1988 Playford Assembly	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Triple Minor
Spring Blossom		Colin Hume 2010	Dampier's Round	Duple Minor
Stock-Jobbers		Walsh 1714 George Williams 2023	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor

T

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
To the Presence		Sharon Green 2021	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor
A Trip to Blenheim		Walsh 1714 Philippe Callens 2011	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Turning of the Hour		Margaret and Jeff Bary 2021	Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland	Duple Minor
Turning of the Year		Mike Richardson 1998	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

U

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Urania		Nathaniel Kynaston 1716 Andrew Shaw 2017	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

V

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Vain Belinda		Wright 1742 Andrew Shaw ~2019	Frank Hoppe, Robert Winokur, and Susan McNeil	Duple Minor
Volpony Volpony ~ Callens Walsh 1712 Philippe Callens 2002 Colin Hume Duple Minor Volpony ~ Christian Walsh 1712 Graham Christian 2004 Playford Assembly Colin Hume Duple Minor

W

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Way of the World		Jenna Simpson 2016	MGM and Reunion	Duple Minor
Welcome Home Old Rowley		Henry Playford 1690 Colin Hume 2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Welcome in the May		Sharon Green 2018	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor
Westaire Court		Joseph Pimentel 2009	Goldcrest	Duple Minor

Number of dances	Number of versions	Number with music
40	47	47

Warning: The figures for each dance is generated programmatically by regular expression matching and may be in error. Also, for old dances, they reflect the figures used by the interpreter which may not match those of the deviser.

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Double Figure Eight

Bars: 8 for a full, 4 for a half.

Everyone is involved in this figure eight, but the 1s and the 2s are out of phase. Initially either the 1s will cast down as the 2s cross up, or the reverse with the 1s crossing down and the 2s casting up. Here, the 2s start by doing a normal figure eight, while the 1s cast down, and then from second position continue to follow the figure eight track. Everyone ends up at home.

As with a normal figure eight, one can also do a double half figure eight, which leaves both couples crossed over.

Variants

In Scottish Country Dancing, the 1s and 3s will sometimes do a double figure eight while the 2s, between them, remain stationary.

History

There are a few old dances which seem to use a double half figure of eight: Devonshire-House from the 10th Ed. of the Dancing Master, and The Scotch Measure by Thomas Bray, 1699, but neither names it a "double half figure", they just describe the movements.

There are roughly 15 dances where Henry Playford or John Young do use the term "double figure" (Maid's Morris, 1688 is one), but in many of them the modern meaning of a double figure does not work, they seem just to have meant a full figure of eight. Usually.

See Colin Hume's analysis.

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The first use of a double half figure eight (in the modern sense) occurs in Pat Shaw's interpretation of Thomas Bray's The Scotch Measure. The original describes a double half figure eight, but does not name the figure.

Pat uses a full double figure eight in his interpretation Burlington House in 1965. The first use in a Scottish Country Dance comes in John Drewry's Jennifer's Jig from 1968.

See Also

• Figure Eight

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