Dances in The Dancing Master, 11th ed.

Table of Contents

B

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Barham Down Barham Down ~ Black Henry Playford 1701 Daisy Black 2019 Colin Hume Duple Minor Barham Down ~ Cook Henry Playford 1701 Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly Colin Hume Duple Minor Barham Down ~ Simons Henry Playford 1701 A. Simons ~1990 Colin Hume Triple Minor
Black Heath Black Heath Henry Playford 1701 Fried de Metz Herman 1989 Colin Hume Duple Minor Blackheath ~ Kliban Henry Playford 1701 Kalia Kliban 2011 Colin Hume Duple Minor Blackheath ~ Simons Henry Playford 1701 A. Simons ~1990 Colin Hume 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

C

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Cheshire Rounds Cheshire Rounds ~ Bolton Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 2000 Playford Assembly Colin Hume Duple Minor Cheshire Rounds ~ Hume Henry Playford 1701 Colin Hume 2025 Colin Hume Duple Minor Cheshire Rounds ~ Neal Henry Playford 1701 John & William Neal 1726 Colin Hume Duple Minor
Childgrove Childgrove ~ Pat Shaw Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw Bare Necessities Duple Minor Childgrove ~ Sharp Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball Bare Necessities Duple Minor Childgrove ~ Sharp (mod) Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp (mod) 1922 Bare Necessities Duple Minor
Cockle shells ~ (down)		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton (mod) 1985 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Cockle shells Cockle shells ~ (Triple) Henry Playford 1701 Bare Necessities Triple Minor 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
Crosbey Square Crosbey Square ~ Bolton Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1997 Colin Hume Duple Minor Crosbey Square ~ Hume Henry Playford 1701 Colin Hume 2025 Colin Hume Duple Minor Crosbey Square ~ Sharp Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Colin Hume Duple Minor

E

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Enfield Common		Henry Playford 1701 Philippe Callens 1999	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

H

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Hare's Maggot ~ P. Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1959	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Duple Minor

I

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Indian Queen		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

J

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Jovial Beggars - Playford		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1989 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

M

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Mount Hills Mount Hills Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1965 Bare Necessities Duple Minor Mount Hills ~ Playford Assembly Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley (mod) 1965 Playford Assembly Bare Necessities Duple Minor

P

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Portsmouth ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1951	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Princess 1701 The Princess 1701 ~ Hume Henry Playford 1701 Colin Hume 2009 Bare Necessities Duple Minor The Princess 1701 ~ Sharp Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Bare Necessities Duple Minor
The Punch Bowl The Punch Bowl ~ Hume Henry Playford 1701 Colin Hume ~1995 Bare Necessities Duple Minor The Punch Bowl ~ Shaw Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1969 Playford Assembly Bare Necessities Duple Minor

Q

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Queen's Jig		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

R

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Round		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

S

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
St. Albans St. Albans ~ Andrew Shaw Henry Playford 1701 Andrew Shaw 2006 Colin Hume Duple Minor St. Albans ~ Pat Shaw Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1969 Colin Hume Duple Minor

T

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Temple		Henry Playford 1701 Colin Hume 2010	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

W

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Whimbleton House Whimbleton House ~ Hume Henry Playford 1701 Colin Hume 2011 Colin Hume Duple Minor Whimbleton House ~ Kennedies Henry Playford 1701 Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Colin Hume Duple Minor

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