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B

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Beauteous Grove Beauteous Grove ~ Andrew Shaw Nathaniel Kynaston 1711 Andrew Shaw 2017 Colin Hume 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 Beauteous Grove ~ Cook Nathaniel Kynaston 1711 Tom Cook 1975 Colin Hume 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Bees of Maggieknockater		John Drewry 1977	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341
Ben the Sailor		George McFarren 1808 Regency Dances		Triple Minor
Bloomsberry Market		Henry Playford 1703 Andrew Shaw 2009 Playford Assembly		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Bloomsbury Market		Henry Playford 1703 Andrew Shaw 2009 Playford Assembly		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Bury Fair Bury Fair ~ A. Shaw Henry Playford 1696 Andrew Shaw 2009 Bare Necessities Triple Minor Bury Fair ~ Sharp Henry Playford 1696 Cecil Sharp 1922 Bare Necessities Triple Minor

C

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
California Sunshine		Gary Roodman 2018	Cilantrio	Duple Minor
Chuck's Strathspey		Frank Wu 2013		Triple Minor

F

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Fandango		Thompson 1774 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931 Playford Ball	Frank Hoppe	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Four Branches		Bill Hartung ~2016		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341

G

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Grimstock ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways
Grunion Run Grunion Run ~ 4 Couple George Williams 2026 4 Couple Longways Grunion Run ~ Triple/Triple George Williams 2026 Triple Minor

H

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Hambleton's Round O		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball	Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland	Triple Minor

I

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
In Mr. McGregor's Garden		Audrey Ramsay Prest 2016		Triple Minor
The Intruders		Jeff Altman 2015		Triple Minor

K

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
King's Maggot		John Young 1718 Andrew Shaw 2017	Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

M

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Merry Bee		Carol Johnson 2013		Duple Minor

N

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
New York		John Young 1718 Andrew Shaw 2017	Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Q

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Queens-borough		Henry Playford 1703 Andrew Shaw 2009 Playford Assembly		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

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.

Hey For Three

Also known as: Reel of Three.

Bars: 8.

Heys for three dancers are the most common type of hey. Often there will be three dancers on the side of the set, and the top two will pass right, and then the one that started at the top will pass those at the bottom by the left, while the original middle dancer (now at top) loops around. And so on until everyone is back where they started.

Often the dancers on the men's line and the dancers on the women's line will do the same thing at the same time. This is called a parallel hey.

Sometimes the dancers on the men's line will mirror the dancers on the women's line and this is a mirror hey.

If there are only two couples in the minor set (Scottish: a 2 couple dance in a 4 couple set), then one dancer from one line will cross over into the middle of the other line to start a hey for three there.

Heys can run across the set, as well as on the sides, or diagonally.

Sometimes two dancers can stand in promenade hold and act as a single unit in the hey. Or two can stand one behind the other and act as a unit.

See Also

• Hey
• Mirror Hey
• Dolphin Hey
• Shetland Reel
• Reel of Four

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