31st Annual Washington Spring Ball — May 20, 2017
Resources for callers and dancers —
- Links to videos of dances (click on a dance title to view).
- The execution of dances in some videos may be slightly different from the manner in which they will be done at the Ball.
- Instructions
for dances
—
Ball Program†
(download, 1.8 MB). - References to dance tunes found in Peter Barnes' The Barnes Book of English Country Dance Tunes, Volumes 1 and 2 (B1 & B2). Here's a (source for Peter's books).
- Sheet music for tunes not found in Barnes.
Enjoy the Ball!
reconstructed by Andrew Shaw,
with tunes (cover illustration).
| Dance Titles | Source for Tunes in Barnes / Sheet Music |
Instructions for Dances
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|---|---|---|
| After Dinner Maggot | Tune: After Dinner Maggot | Ball Program† Download (PDF, 1 MB) |
| Beach Spring | Tune: B1 | |
| Beautyberry | Tune: Baptist Johnson | |
| Cottonwood | Tune: B2 | |
| Dance of a Lifetime | Tune: Yonder Year by Year | |
| Emperor of The Moon | Tune: Emperor of The Moon Andrew Shaw's notes on the tune |
|
| Geud Man of Ballangigh | Tune: Hunt the Squirrel, B1 | |
| Graphite | Tune: Graphite | |
| The Haymakers | Tune: Highland Lilt, B2 | |
| Mr. Isaac's Maggot | Tune: B1 | |
| Mistwold | Tune: B2 | |
| Noisette | Tune: Noisette | |
| The Punch-Bowl | Tune: B1 | |
| Ramblin' Rosie | Tune: Ramblin' Rosie | |
| Sapphire Sea | Tune: Tom Kruskal's
|
|
| Terry's Triad | Tune: Hagley Assembly | |
| Trip to Paris | Tune: B1 | |
| Waters of Holland (advance to ~3:20) | Tune: B1 |
† Thanks to Rich Galloway for the excellent Ball Program.
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