My Dances


My dances number over 220 and fall into 4 categories:

  • Original Dances written by me (ORI). Some of these have been published in 2 books: Country Bumpkin and Rhonda's Romance (both now out of print)
  • My interpretations of dances originally written in the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries which I have reconstructed as closely as I can to the way I believe that it was done when it was published. These may be dances which (as far as I know) have never previously had interpretations published or dances where there are one or more iterpretations, but I do not agree with them (INT)
  • My adaptations of modern dances (1900->) written by other people. The changes may be small or large (AM)
  • My adaptations of old dances (-> 1900). I prefer to retain the term 'interpretation' for attempts to realise the dance as close as possible to the way the autor intended it to be performed and to use the tem 'adaptation' for when the original dance has been modified to make it more suitable for use in current times (AO)



TypeYearFormationMixerContraCeilidhUSA ECDUK ClubONSFamilyW’shopBook
Annandale ExchangeAM2012C3yesyesyes
Anna Turns FiveAM2022C5yesyesyes
Avon Tyrrell #2AM2003LD[IM]yesyes
Beside The RiversideAM2016LW[CF]yesyesyes
Hyper-Inflation ReelAM c1970LD[IM]yes
Kimbi’s A SuperstarAM2022L3[TIM]yes
Knitting Dance, TheAMc1975L5yesyesyesCB
Madeira Dream RevisitedAM2017LD[IM]yesyes
Not Godfrey's GalopAMc1990SC2yesyesyesyesCB
Not So Ideal Schottische (The)AM2018CDyesyesyes
Pothooks In MichedoniaAM2023LD[P]yesyes
Potluck #2AM c2005LD[IM]yesyes
Summer StormAM2006LD[IM]yes
Ursa MajorAM2011LD[P]yesyes
Amateurs And ActorsAO2012L3yesyes
Green StockingsAOc1973CWyesyesyesyesyesCB
Joan's PlacketAO1970sCW[IM]yesyesyesyes
Moll In The WadAO1970s LD[P]yesyes
Row Well Ye MarinersAO1970sCW[IM]yesyesyesyesyes
Trip To FlorenceAO2010LD[P]yesyes
Akeroyde's PadINT1970sLD[P]yes
Bishop (The)INT1970sLT[P]yesyes
Black JoakINT1970sLD[P]yesyesyes
Black NagINT1970sL3yesyes
Cuckolds All ArowINT1970sSQ2yesyes
Excuse MeINT1970sLD[P]yesyes
Green StockingsINTc1973LS[P]yes
LilliburleroINT1970sLD[P]yesyes
Moll Peatley The New WayINT1970s LS[P]yesyesyes
New Bo PeepINT2020LWyesyesyesyes
NewcastleINT1970sSQ4yesyes
NonesuchINT1970sL4yesyes
What You PleaseINT2021LD[P]yesyes
2 Many LiesORI2012LD[IM]yes
35 4 The RosensORI2006LD[CF]yesRR
4 More YearsORI2012LD[CF]yes
5 Leaf CloverORI2012CWyesyesyesyes
Abbey, TheORI2004SC4yesyesyesRR
Addington Tunnel DanceORI1980L4-6yesCB
All The EightsORI2008LD[CF]yesRR
Barbara Woodhouse ReelORI1980L3yesyesCB
BaublesORI2022LD[P]yesyes
Bebbington BelleORI1984L4[IM]yesyesyesCB
Bill(y) And MillyORI2022LD[P]yesyes
Blue KnickersORI2000CW[M]yesyesCB
BobORI2008LD[IM]yesRR
Bob's BirthdayORI2009CWyesyesyesyesyesRR
BridgegateORI2015LD[IM]yesyes
California TwirlitzerORI2009LD[IM]yesRR
Catie Gets AroundORI2011LD[CF]yesyes
Catie's In The CloverORI2011LD[CF]yesyesyes
Catie's Line Dance ORI2011LD[CF]yesyes
Catie's QuartetORI2011SQ2yesyes
Chain GangORI1970sSC2[CF]yesyes
Charlie Pilzer, Or Charlie's In The MixORI2012SC3yes
ContrasonicORI2011LD[CF]yesyes
Country Bumpkin, TheORI1990L4-6yesyesyesyes
Des Plaines ReelORIc2001LD[IM]yesRR
Dick Squire's JigORI1982LD[P]yesyesCB
Director, TheORI2010LD[IM]yesyes
Down With The OrangeORI2024LD[P]/LD[IM]yesyes
EZPZORI2010LD[IM]yesyes
EZPZ2ORI2010LD[IM]yesyes
Faded HopesORI2009LD[IM]yesyes
Farnworth FlingORI1998SC2yesCB
Flight To FreedomORI2011SC2[SC]yes
For He's A Jolly Good FellowORI2016LD[IM]yesyes
Gate To The Graveyard Is One Way Only, TheORI2005LD[IM]yesRR
Gwen's GriefORI2001SC2yes
Gypsy AroundORI2003LD[IM]yesRR
Haystack RoundaboutORIc1970CD[T M]yesCB
Hedgehog HelperORI2013LD[IM]yesyes
Hotter Waltz (The)ORI2018CDyesyesyes
Huggers WaltzORI c1970Cyes
Hunters HoedownORIc2010 LWyesyes
Institute, TheORI1983SC2[CF]yesyesyesyesCB
InstitutuORI2012SC2[IM yesyesyesyes
Jim's SquareORI2013SQ4[T]yesyesyes
Judge JanetORI2023L3[BIM]yesyes
Julian's JollyORI1970sLWyes
Jump For JoyORIc1975SC2yesyesCB
June AppleORI2013LD[IM]yesyes
Kent Short DanceORI1980L5-6yesyesyesyesCB
Keymer ClompORI1979L4yesCB
Leesburg Assembly Too=1125ORI2012LD[IM]yesyesyes
Lesson, TheORI2009LD[IM]yesyes
Leyland CrossORI2022LD[P]yesyes
Leyland WaltzORI2024CWyesyesyesyesyes
Librarian And The Caterer, TheORI2022L3yesyes
Life Is A Bowl Of PerrysORI2014LD[CF]yes
Loop The LoopORI2013LD[IM]yesyes
Losing WeightORI2010LD[IM]yesyesRR
Love Shack, TheORI2012LD[CF]yesyes
Maid In The LaneORI2020LD[P]yesyesyes
Merlin And The MasonsORI2024LD[P]yesyes
Michael Left His Brain In BedORI2003LD[IM]yesyesRR
Michael's Triplet #1ORI2005L3yesyesyesRR
Moll In The WadORI1970sLD[P]yesyesyes
Mortal WombatORI2009LD[IM]yesRR
Mountain HighORI2017LD[IM]yesyes
New Hip (The)ORI2023LD[IN]yesyes
Nightdress, TheORI1998L4yesCB
Not Another BalanceORI2012LD[CF]yes
Old Brun's Barn DanceORI1981CWyesyesCB
Old RogerORI1970sCWyesyesyes
Over The Top SquareORIc1982SQ4[+1]yesyesCB
Paula's Pit StopORI2005LD[CF]yesyesRR
Peeping Tom The New WayORIc1970L6yesyesyesCB
Petal, TheORI1983SC2yesyesyesCB
Petronella Swing #2ORI2013LD[CF]yes
Plaza ReelORIc1970M4yesyesCB
Portsmouth Review ORI1980s  L5yesyesyes
Pyewackett Galop; or, The Everlasting Circle DanceORIc1980SC2yesyesyesCB
RANDLORI2018CWyesyesyesyes
Reading Room RubiesORI2022LD[IM]yesyes
Red AdmiralORI1975SC2yesyesyesCB
Red And Green ChillyORI2014LD[IM]yesyes
Rhonda's On The RazzleORI2004LD[IM]yesRR
Rhonda's ResolutionORI2004LD[IM]yesyesyesCB, RR
Rhonda's ReturningORI2007LD[CF]yesRR
Rhonda's RichesORI2008LD[IM]yesRR
Rhonda's RomanceORI2000LD[IM]yesyesRR
Richard's Wet NoodleORI2016LD[CF]yesyes
Ruggets RoundaboutORI1977CD[T]yes
Selsdon ParkORI1981SQ4yesyesyesCB
Sheila's On The FiddleORI1996SC2yesyesCB
Smooth RideORI2008LD[IM]yes
Stolen From ErikORI2005LD[IM]yesRR
Studio PlusORI2003LD[IM]yesRR
Summer Of 96.5ORI c2005LD[CF]yes
Swinging For ItORI2013L4[+1]yesyes
Sylvia's SaunterORIc1980CW[IM]yesyesyesCB
Trip To Santa BarbaraORI2015LD[IM]yesyes
Waiting For The VisaORI2007LD[IM]yesyesRR
Waltz MedleyORI2012LD[P]yesyes
We Don't Have No Snow Shoes HereORI2014LD[IM]yesyes
When The Lights Went Out At HalswayORI2004LD[CF]yesyes
Whitby ChainsORI2004M4yesyesCB, RR
Who's In The CenterORI2013SC3yesyesyes
Zag Zig WhirlORI2006LD[IM]yesRR
Push (Old Ma) And Shove (Old Pa)AM2020SQ4yesyesyes
Ram Meadow #2AM2019LD[P]yesyes
Slinky (The)AM2022LD[IM]yesyes
Stopping By Woods #2AM2003LD[IM]yesyes
Away To The CampAO2021L3yesyesyesyes
Boulangerie (La)AO2015C3yesyesyesyes
Chelsea ReachINT1970sSQ4yesyesyes
Disheveled Officer. TheORI2019LD[IM]yesyes
Holborn MarchINT1970sLD[P]yesyes
LibertyAO2015LT[P]yesyes
Lord Howe's JigAO2018LT[P]/L3yesyes
Margate HoyAO2008LT[P]/L3yesyes
Prince Imperial QuadrilleAO2018SQ4yesyes
Sans Souci GalopAO2022CDyesyes
Touch And TakeAO2021CW[IM]yesyesyes
All In A Garden GreenINT2023L3yesyes
Asparagus GardenINT2011SQ2yesyesyes
Baptistine (La)INT1970sLD[P]yesyesyes
Beggar BoyINT2018L3yesyes
Bishop Of Chester's Jigg (The)INT2022LD[P]yesyes
Black And GreyINT1970sLT[IM]yesyes
Bobbing JoeINT2017L3yesyesyes
Bonne Amitie (La)INT1970sLD[P]yesyesyes
Bray's MaggotINT1970sLD[P]yesyesyes
Chelsea ReachINT1970sSQ4yes
Coterie (The)INT2015LT[P]/L3yesyes
De'il Take The WarsINT2012LD[P]yesyesyes
Dick's MaggotINT2010LD[P]yesyes
Duke Of Kent's WaltzINT2018LT[P]yesyesyes
Dumps (The)INT1970sLD[P]yes
Easter ThursdayINT2010LD[P]yesyes
Elverton GroveINT2018LD[P]yesyes
Epping ForestINT1970sC3yesyes
FandangoINT2010LT[P]/L3yesyesyes
Fine CompanionINT1970sSQ4yesyes
Flight (The)INT2018LT[P]/L3yesyes
Four Seasons (The)INT1970sLT[P]yesyes
Galloping NagINT1970sLT[P]/LD[P]yesyesyes
Graies Inn MasqueINT1970sL4yes
Haymakers (The)INT2018LD[P]yesyes
Health To Betty (A)INT1970sL3yesyesyes
Hobb's WeddingINT1970sLD[P]yesyesyes
Hunsdon HouseINT1970sSQ4yesyesyes
Hurly BurlyINT1970sLD[P]yesyes
Hyde ParkINT1970sSQ4yesyes
If All The World Were PaperINT1970sSQ4yesyes
Irish LamentationINT2018LD[P]yesyes
Jack's MaggotINT1970sLD[P]yesyes
JamaicaINT1970sLD[P]yesyes
Jog OnINT2017LD[P]yes
Lady SpellorINT2018L4yesyes
Long OddsINT2018LD[P]yesyes
Mage On A CreeINT1970sSQ4yesyes
Maid In The MoonINT1970sC3yesyesyes
Millison's JigINT1970sL3yesyesyes
Money In Both PocketsINT2021LT[P]/LD[P]/L3yesyesyes
Mount HillsINT1970sLD[P]yesyesyes
Mutual LoveINT2015LT[P]yesyesyes
Oaken LeavesINT2011SQ4yesyes
Orleans BaffledINT1971LT[P]/LD[P]yesyes
Pantomime (La)INT1970sLD[P]yesyes
Parson's FarewellINT1970sSQ2yesyesyes
PhoenixINT1970sL4yesyesyes
Picking Of SticksINT1970sL3yesyesyes
Pools HoleINT1970sLD[P]yesyesyes
Queen's JigINT2018LD[P]yesyes
Red And All RedINT2008LT[P]yesyesyes
Room For RamblersINT2012LT[P]yesyes
Row Well Ye MarinersINT1970sLS[P]yes
Rufty TuftyINT1970sSQ2yesyesyes
Sadlers WellsINT2021LT[P]yesyes
Scotch CapINT2012L3yesyesyes
Sellenger's Round (1657)INT1970sL3/LW[P]yesyes
Shrewsbury LassesINT1970sLT[P]/LD[P]yesyesyes
Step StatelyINT2017L3[5,7,9]yesyesyes
Sun AssemblyINT2008LT[P]yesyes
Sweet KateINT1970sLW[P]yesyesyes
TempleINT1970sLD[P]yesyesyes
Touchstone (The)INT2021LT[P]/L3yesyes
TrenchmoreINT2017L4yesyesyesyes
Trip To The JubileeINT1970sLD[P]yesyesyes
Under The Greenwood TreeINT1970sCW[IM]yesyesyesyes
Upon A Summer's DayINT1970sL3yesyes
Valentine's DayINT1970sLD[P]yesyes
VolponyINT2013LT[P]/LD[P]yesyes
White CockadeINT2018LT[P]/LD[P]/L3yesyes
Would You Have A Young VirginINT1970sLD[P]yesyesyes


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