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Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
40 Years of Penguin Pam		Seth Tepfer ~2019		Becket

B

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Barbarella		Tom Thoreau ~2008		Becket
Beaux of Oak Hill		Elias Howe 1862 Smukler & Millstone ~2008		Duple Minor
Becket Reel		Herbie Gaudreau ~1957		Becket
The Boston March		Traditional (date unknown) Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Bouncing Back Again		Eric Black 2010		Becket CCW
The Bunch of Fives		Colin Hume 1985	Wild Thyme	Custom permutation: 41532
Buzzsaw Reel		Herbie Gaudreau ~1957		Becket

C

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Camille's Quadrille		Walter Lenk ~1993		Square
Cellar Door		Timothy Grant 1989		Becket
The Circassian Circle The Circassian Circle ~ Sicilian Thomas Hillgrove 1857 Duple Minor
Crazy Nella		Vic Ceder 2019		Duple Minor

D

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Debbie's Dilemma		Vic Ceder 2019		Becket
Devil's Dream		Saltator 1802 Ralph Page 1967 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Dipping & Diving in the Brew		Al Olson ~1983		Triple Minor
Double Circle		Vic Ceder 2019		Becket
The Doubtful Shepherd ~ Contra		Thompson 1780 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor

E

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
East Meets West		Herbie Gaudreau ~1960		Duple Minor
Elegance and Simplicity		Ladies and Gentlemen's Companion 1803 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Emerald Isle		Gary Roodman 1999		Becket

F

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The First Set The First Set Edward Payne 1815 Thomas Hillgrove 1857 Square
The Fisher's Hornpipe ~ Chestnut, Duple		John Griffiths 1788 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Flying Buttress		Jean Gorrindo (date unknown)		Becket
Four for Four		Gary Roodman 2018		Four Face Four
French Four		Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Fuerst Things Fuerst		Will Mentor (date unknown)		Becket

G

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Gareth's Gallop		Colin Andrews ~1986		Custom permutation: 74163852
Green Mountain Volunteers		Elizabeth Burchenal 1918 Smukler & Millstone ~2008		Duple Minor
The Green-Eyed Girl		Jim Kitch ~1993		Duple Minor

H

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Hotpoint Special		Joseph Pimentel 2005	Goldcrest	Becket CCW

I

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Invitation		Gary Roodman 2012	Cilantrio (Karen Axelrod, Peter Barnes, and Mary Lea)	Square

K

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Keys in the Fridge		Gary Roodman 1992		Duple Minor
Kitchen Hornpipe		Ralph Page 1958		Triple Minor

L

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Lady Walpole's Reel		Elias Howe 1862 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
The Lancers-Quadrilles		John Duval 1817 William B. De Garmo 1868		Square
Les Lanciers		John Duval 1817 William B. De Garmo 1868		Square
Levi Jackson Rag		Pat Shaw 1974		Custom

M

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Market Lass		Anonymous 1792 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Megunticook Reel		H. G. O. Washburn 1863 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
Memorial Day		Gary Roodman 2018	Cilantrio	Square permutation: 2341
Money Musk ~ Contra 24 Improper		Werner/Preston 1785 Traditional		Triple Minor
More Madness		Vic Ceder 2019		Duple Minor
My Heart's Desire		Traditional (date unknown) Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor

N

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The New Wood Floor		Gary Roodman 1992		Lines of Four

O

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Old Time Elixer #2		Linda Leslie (date unknown)		Becket
One Hundred		Vic Ceder 2019		Duple Minor

P

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Plain Quadrille The Plain Quadrille ~ 6 Couples Edward Payne 1815 Thomas Hillgrove 1857 6 Couple Rectangle The Plain Quadrille ~ Facing Couples Edward Payne 1815 Thomas Hillgrove 1857 Facing Couples The Plain Quadrille ~ Hillgrove Edward Payne 1815 Thomas Hillgrove 1857 Square The Plain Quadrille ~ 6 Couples Edward Payne 1815 Thomas Hillgrove 1857 6 Couple Rectangle The Plain Quadrille ~ Facing Couples Edward Payne 1815 Thomas Hillgrove 1857 Facing Couples The Plain Quadrille ~ Hillgrove Edward Payne 1815 Thomas Hillgrove 1857 Square
Plus Hex #10348		Vic Ceder ~2015		6 Couple Circle
Portland Fancy Portland Fancy ~ 32bar Elias Howe 1862 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts Four Face Four Portland Fancy ~ 48bar Elias Howe 1862 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Four Face Four Portland Fancy ~ Howe Elias Howe 1862 George Williams 2021 Four Face Four
Poussette Reflection		Vic Ceder 2019		Duple Minor
The Pride of Newcastle		Pat Shaw 1963	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Circle

Q

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Quadrille Français Double Quadrille Français Double Edward Payne 1815 Thomas Hillgrove 1857 Square
Queen of Heart		Gary Roodman 1992		Duple Minor
Queen's Favorite		Traditional (date unknown)		Duple Minor

R

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Right and Left		Lloyd Shaw 1939		Square
Roll Down		Mike Richardson ~1992		Duple Minor
Rolling Shadow		Vic Ceder 2019		Becket

S

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Saturday Night Fever		Erik Hoffman (date unknown)		Duple Minor
The Sicilian Circle The Sicilian Circle Thomas Hillgrove 1857 Duple Minor
Sparkle		Vic Ceder 2019		Duple Minor
Speed the Plough ~ Howe		Elias Howe 1858		Duple Minor
Square Line Special		Gary Roodman 1987	Anna Patton, Naomi Morse, and Peter Barnes	4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413

T

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Tempest The Tempest ~ Holden #1 Washburn 1855 Rickey Holden 1956 Cracking Chestnuts Tempest The Tempest ~ Squire A. Squire 1887 George Williams 2024 Tempest
Two Hands Here, Two Hands There		Vic Ceder 2019		Becket

W

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Wait for the Wagon		Ralph Page 1949		Square
Washington Quickstep		Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts		Duple Minor
Ways of the World		Vermont Manuscript ~1795 Ralph Page Cracking Chestnuts		Triple Minor
What Goes Around Comes Around		Bob Isaacs (date unknown)		Becket

Y

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
You're among Friends		Bob Isaacs (date unknown)		Duple Minor

Z

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Zen of Dance		Chris Page (date unknown)		Duple Minor

Warning: The set of 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.

Right And Left Through

An online definition may be found here.

Bars: 4.

Right and Left Through is a figure for two facing couples. You pull-by right hands with the person you face, then give left hand to the person beside you (in front), and right hand behind the back, and then turn half to face in, with the man backing up, and the woman going forward.

Variants

In Becket Reel, 1957 there is a diagonal right and left through.

History

The first definition of Right and Left Through that I can find is in Lloyd Shaw’s Cowboy Dances, first published 1939. He does not claim to be the author of this figure, saying that it comes form the New England Square Dance tradition, however, Henry Ford’s (Benjamin Lovett’s) Good Morning, 1925, does not define "right and left through", and does define the old right and left, and the same is true of Ralph Page’s The Country Dance Book, 1937.

Lloyd says:

In the right and left through two couples advance to each other, each lady, of course, being on the right of her gentleman. Each dancer gives his right hand to the opposite (who, of course, is of the opposite sex as well) and passes beyond — the two couples passing through each other. Each gentleman then takes his lady’s left hand in his left, and putting his right hand behind her waist, turns her around him to the left while he stands as a pivot. The the two couples pass through each other again, giving opposites right hands as they do so. Then giving left hands to partners, the gentlemen again turn the ladies to place. Right hands to opposites and left hands to partners give it the name right and left through. Experts usually leave out the handshake, but beginners find it a help.

In Sept 1949 Sets in Order published a short list of standardized calls:

RIGHT AND LEFT THRU—Touch hands as you go. Do not return unless called.

So (at least in Southern California) Right and Left Thru had become half of the original figure from 10 years before.

CALLERLAB’s definition from the 1970s, and unchanged since, is basically the same as the 1949 version.

But in the January 1950 issue there is another list of class (this time for Texas), and there "Right and left thru" is still over and back.

See Also

• Right and Left

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