| Date | Callers & Musicians | Dances Called | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A p r i l |
3 | Caller: Tom Roby (Guest Caller from MA) Musicians: Carrie Rose (flute), Paul Oorts (mandolin and accordion), Liz Donaldson (piano) |
Ransom Note Sunlight Through Draperies Cady Laddy (The New Way) Beggar Boy |
Bristol Cross Hudson Barn∗ The Chocolate Equation |
~Home Again Impertinence Jack's Health |
| 10 | Caller: Andrea Nettleton Musicians: Jeff Steinberg (fiddle), Susan Brandt (flute), Neil Epstein (piano) |
Katharine Street Swept Away∗ Bare Necessities Sweet Potato Pie |
Mary K∗ Braes of Dornoch Trim the Sails ~The Liberated Librarian |
Michedonia∗ Pluck Me a Fig Shandy Hall Mile of Smiles | |
| 17 | Caller: Dan Gillespie Musicians: David Knight (fiddle), Tom Wright (10-string mandolin), Melissa Running (piano) |
Old Wife Behind the Fire Knives and Forks Old Batchelor∗ First of October |
The Lover's Knot∗ Elverton Grove Dance of a Lifetime ~Trip to Tunbridge |
Mr. Isaac's Maggot∗ Halfe Hannikin La Russe Sharon of the Green | |
| 24 | Caller: Melissa Running Musicians: Mari Carlson (fiddle), Colleen Reed (flute), Ralph Gordon (cello) |
Top and Bottom Come With Voices Singing Shawberry Delight Never Love Thee More |
Salty Sweet∗ Hyde Park Mary K∗ ~Heartfelt∗ |
We Meet Again The Irish Howle The Dancing Wife | 27 | 38th Annual Washington Spring Ball Callers: Anna Rain (AR), April Blum (AB), Andrea Nettleton (AN), Kappy Laning(K) Dan Gillespe (D), Melissa Running (M) Music by Reelplay: Robbin Marcus (piane), Dave Marcus (concertina), Special guest Paul Oorts (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki) |
Jack's Health (K) Swept Away (K) Mr. Isaac's Maggot (K) Lovers' Knot (Indian Point) (AN) Hudson Barn (AN) Double Visit (AN) |
Money Musk (AB) First String (AB) Mary K (AB) ~SaltySweet (M) Gigue for Genny (M) Up with Aily (Hare's Maggot) (M) |
Pacific Crest (AR) the Old Bachelor (AR) Portsmouth (AR) Heartfelt (D) Michedonia (D) |
| Date | Callers & Musicians | Dances Called | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M a y |
1 | Caller: Kappy Laning Musicians: Emily Aubrey (fiddle) Carrie Rose (flute), Melissa Running (piano) |
The Queen's Jig Bluebonnets California Sunshine The Chocolate Equation |
Sally in Our Alley The Upright Man ~Away With February |
A Girl's Best Friend Early One Morning Chocolate Round O |
| 8 | Caller: Melissa Running Musicians: Becky Ross (fiddle), Elisabeth Epstein (flute), Janina O'Brien (piano) |
Easter Tuesday Long Odds Prince George's Birthday Well Done Jack |
Dusty Miller Steppy Downs ~Rain on the Roof The Young Widow |
Turning by Threes Leslie's Valentine Kensington Court | |
| 15 | Caller: Ann Fallon Musicians: Susan Brandt (flute), Paul Oorts (mandolin and accordion), Liz Donaldson (piano) |
Take a Dance Mile of Smiles Pluck Me a Fig Jaque Latin |
Fair and Softly Fast Packet ~Set for Spring |
Impropriety Elephants Stairs Barbarini's Tambourine | |
| 22 | Caller: April Blum Musicians: Jeff Steinberg (fiddle), Robin Wilson (flute), Neil Epstein (piano) |
Zephyrs and Flora Rain on the Roof Double Jubilee Honeysuckle Cottage |
The New Attic Felix's Name Day Muriel's Measure ~Bel Canto |
Foxfire Zither Man The Potter's Wheel Eastbourne Rover | |
| 29 | Caller: Anna Rain Musicians: Tina Chancey (fiddle), Tom Wright (10 string mandolin), Liz Donaldson (piano) |
Midnight Ramble Home Again Kneeland Romp Cottonwood |
Water Lilies The Haymakers ~Sunflowers |
Kensington Court New Map The Archer | |
| Date | Callers & Musicians | Dances Called | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J u n e |
5 | Caller: Dan Gillespie Musicians: David Knight (fiddle), Anna Rain (recorders), Melissa Running (piano) |
The Accomplished Maid Knives and Forks Braye's Maggot Nonesuch |
Wakefield Hunt Juniata Mulberry Gardens ~Banish Misfortune |
The Triumph Elizabeth Emperor of the Moon |
| 12 | Caller: Andrea Nettleton Musicians: Tine Chancey (fiddle), Francine Krasowska (piano) |
Juice of Barley Cheshire Rounds Sam's Maggott Fair Quaker of Deal |
King of California Mr. Legge's Initiation Key to the Cellar ~Smithy Hill |
Shrewsbury Lasses The Homecoming Henry's Other Hornpipe | |
| 19 | Caller: Kappy Laning Musicians: Mari Carlson (fiddle), Paul Oorts (mandolin and accordion), Liz Donaldson (piano) |
Freeford Gardens Sweet Cream Trip to Tunbridge Trip to Paris |
Alice Well Donne ~Bar a Bar |
Sunlight Through Draperies Michedonia The Ragg | |
| 26 | Caller: April Blum Musicians: Becky Ross (fiddle), Bruce Edwards (bassoon), Bobby LaRose (piano) |
Tunbridge Beauties The Queen's Jig Bellamira Beach Spring |
Bluebonnets Bel Canto Indian Summer ~Bar a Bar |
Bath Carnival Corelli's Maggot The Bonny Cuckoo Blackheath | |
~ Indicates first dance called after the mid-evening break∗Indicates dances on the 2024 Washington Spring Ball program
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