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A

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Alternating Currents		Colin Hume 1992	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

B

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bach Humbug		Gary Roodman 1999	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Birthday Waltz		Colin Hume 1996	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Bribe		Colin Hume 2003	Dampier's Round	Duple Minor
Bright and Beautiful		Colin Hume 1992	Colin Hume	5 Couple Longways

C

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Changeling Intuition		Joseph Pimentel 2004	Goldcrest	Duple Minor
Charlene's Celebration		Gary Roodman 2005	Anna Patton, Karen Axelrod, Mary Lea	4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413
Colin's Tambourine		Colin Hume 2001	Dampier's Round	Duple Minor
Companions		Victor Skowronski 2003	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

D

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Designing Woman The Designing Woman Gary Roodman 1996 MGM + Reunion Duple Minor The Designing Woman ~ Redesigned Gary Roodman 2005 MGM + Reunion Duple Minor
Dutch Crossing		Ernst van Brakel 1990	The Rampions	Custom

E

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Early Spring Blossom		Colin Hume 2008	Dampier's Round	Duple Minor

F

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Father's Day		Gary Roodman 2000	Cilantrio	4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142
Flowers of Edinburgh - Mayfaire		Traditional (date unknown)	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Freers' Fortification		Hilary Herbert 2014	Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland	4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142

G

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Goddesses		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways

H

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Have a Rest!		Colin Hume 1992	Bare Necessities	4 Couple Longways
Hit and Misse ~ Hume		John Playford 1651 Colin Hume 2023	Colin Hume	Facing Couples
Hit or Miss		John Playford 1651 Colin Hume 2023	Colin Hume	Facing Couples

I

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
If all the World were Paper ~ P. Shaw		John Playford 1651 Pat Shaw 1964 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Square

L

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Land of Mist and Wonder		Gary Roodman 2018	Cilantrio	4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142

M

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Meander		Mary Devlin 2008	Susan McNeil, Robert Winokur and Lawrence Wallin	4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413
The Merry, Merry Milkmaids		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	At Home Bare Necessities	4 Couple Longways
Mr. Handel's Jig		Colin Hume 1980	Kafoozalum	4 Couple Longways
Muriel's Measure		Colin Hume 1995	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

O

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Old World and the New		Colin Hume 1992	Colin Hume	Square

P

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Park Lane		Colin Hume 2003	Bare Necessities	Facing Couples Becket
Parnham House		Colin Hume 1992	Bare Necessities	4 Couple Longways
Perpetual Motion		Tom Cook 1995	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Phoenix		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways
Playing (in) the Field		Gary Roodman 2005	Doug Creighton, lydia ievins, Margaret Ann Martin, and Mary Lea	Square
Puck's Deceit		Chris Sackett/Brooke Friendly 1997	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

R

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Renewal		Gary Roodman 2020	Anna Patton, Eric Martin, and Karen Axelrod	Duple Minor
Ringing the Changes		Colin Hume 1992	Bare Necessities	Square
Royal Fishery ~ Herman		Walsh 1715 Fried de Metz Herman 2009	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

S

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Severn Bore		Fried de Metz Herman 1977	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Smithy Hill		Tom Cook 1987	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Sting in the Tail		Colin Hume 1992	Bare Necessities	Custom
Stride Stately		Gary Roodman 1999	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Summer Wedding Jig		Jenny Beer 2009	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor

T

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Tango in Toronto		Colin Hume 2010	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Three Score Plus One		Rich Jackson 2012	Odd Sundays Garage Band	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Three Weddings		Colin Hume 2007	Dampier's Round	Duple Minor
Treasure of the Big Woods		Joseph Pimentel 2005	Goldcrest	Duple Minor
Trip to Totality		Joseph Pimentel 2019	Goldcrest	Duple Minor

V

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Vines Entwined		Dan Blim 2024	Frank Hoppe	Duple Minor

W

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Whiskeyjack		Christine Robb 2017	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor
Winter's on the Way		Colin Hume 1992	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413

X

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Xs and Os		Renée Camus 2026	Choreograffiti Audrey Jaber, Shira Kammen, Chip Prince, and Del Eckels	Duple Minor

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 Four

Also known as: Reel For Four.

Bars: 8.

Heys or reels of four can start on the sidelines, across the set, or on a diagonal. Either all the dancers face the center of the reel, in which case the center two dancers pass each other to start, or the dancers on each end face each other and pass each other. The initial pass may be by the right or the left. In Scottish Country Dancing reels of four almost exclusively start by passing right.

History

Saltator, 1802, has a hey for four across the set in Gordian Knot.

See Also

• Hey
• Mirror Hey
• Reel of Three

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