BCD 2015 Dance Programs

January 16, 2015

Teachers: Wendy Gilchrist (first half), Val Medve (second half)
Musicians: McKinley James (cello), Aaron Marcus (piano & more), Rylee Wrenner (violin)
Sit-in musician: Roxann Nickerson (oboe)

    1. Holborn March (4/4, F)
    2. Sunlight Through Draperies (3/4, D)
    3. Round About Our Coal Fire (9/8, C)
    4. A Southern Gentleman (3/4, Dm)
    5. The Unknown Buccaneer (6/8, Cm)

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    1. Mr. Isaac’s Maggot (3/2, C)
    2. Benjamin’s Birthday (2/2, A)
    3. Well Hall (3/2, F)
    4. Boldwood – tune is Lord Frog (6/8, Em)

Extras: Midnight Ramble (2/2, D), Orleans Baffled (3/2, D), Ramblin’ Rosie (2/2, Gm)

Experienced Session w/ Val: The Bunch of Fives, The Delighted Dendrologist

February 6, 2015

Teacher: Adina Gordon
Musicians: Pete’s Posse (Pete Sutherland, Oliver Scanlon, Tristan Henderson)

    1. Knole Park (2/4, D)
    2. The Black Nag (6/8, Dm)
    3. Jaque Latin (2/2, G)
    4. Bring Me Flowers
    5. The Haymakers (4/4, Am)

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    1. Bellamira (2/2, Gm)
    2. Alexander’s Birthday (2/2, C)
    3. Angels Unawares (3/4, G)
    4. The Hop Ground (6/8, D)
    5. Apley House (2/2, G)

Extras: Jack’s Health (6/8, Am), The Hop Ground (6/8, D)

Experienced Session: Michael and All Angels, The Introduction

February 20, 2015

Teachers: Wendy Gilchrist (first half),  Martha Kent (second half)
Musicians: Amy Englesberg (piano, accordion), Sarah Babbitt Spaeth (viola), Corey Walters (flute, mandolin)
Sit-in musician: Rylee Wrenner (violin)

    1. Mistwold (2/4, D)
    2. Autumn in Amherst (2/2, D)
    3. Jamaica, 4 couple set (2/2, F)
    4. A Mover & a Shaker (6/8, Am)
    5. Splendid Schilling, 3 couple set (6/8, G)

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    1. Freeford Gardens (2/2, G)
    2. The Astonished Archaeologist (2/4, A)
    3. Winter Dreams (3/4, G)
    4. Trip to Paris (4/4, Am)

Extras: In the Fields of Frost & Snow (2/2, Dm), Sun Assembly (2/4, A)

Experienced Session w/ Wendy: Familiar Quotations, Berry Castle

March 6, 2015

Teacher: Martha Kent
Musicians: McKinley James (cello), Laura Markowitz (violin), Ana Ruesink (viola)
Sit-in musician: Rylee Wrenner (piano, violin)

    1. The Queen’s Jig (6/8, D)
    2. Rebecka Ridinghoode (3/2, G)
    3. Kelsterne Gardens (4/4, Dm)
    4. Minnows (6/8, Am)
    5. Old Wife Behind the Fire (2/2, G)

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    1. Pluck Me a Fig (6/8, G)
    2. Key to the Cellar (3/2, Em)
    3. Alice (3/4, A)
    4. Barbarini’s Tambourine (2/4, D)

Extras: The Ragg (6/8, D), Sun Assembly (2/4, A), Take a Dance (3/2, G)

Experienced Session: Muriel’s Measure, Hambleton’s Round O

March 20, 2015

Teacher: Val Medve
Musicians: McKinley James (cello), Aaron Marcus (piano & more), Susan Reid (violin), Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin (piano, accordion)
Sit-in musician: Roxann Nickerson (oboe)

    1. Mad Robin (2/2, Bb)
    2. Hearts in Harmony (6/8, Em) – tune is Planxty Lady Wrixon
    3. Bonny Cuckoo (3/4, D)
    4. Princess Royal (4/4, Gm) – Jenny Beer’s dance, played AABB, where each B is 12 bars — it’s in Barnes as AAB
    5. Spectator Special (6/8, G) – tune is Planxty Irwin

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    1. Jamaica (2/2, F)
    2. Winter Waltz (3/4, Em) – tune is Captain O’Kane
    3. Jack’s Maggot (2/2, D)
    4. Collier’s Daughter (2/2, Gm)

Extras: Heather Towers (6/8, Gm) – tune is The Moon and Seven Stars, Sun Assembly (2/4, A)

Experienced Session: Hartburn Village (2/4, D), We Were So Young (4/4, Gm)

April 3, 2015

Teacher: David Millstone
Musicians: Amy Englesberg (piano, accordion), Sarah Babbit Spaeth (viola)
Sit-in musician: Rylee Wrenner (violin)

    1. Chocolate for Breakfast (9/8, D)
    2. Highland Farewell (4/4, Am)
    3. Mrs. Savage’s Whim (3/2, Bm)
    4. Bloomsbury Market (4/4, G)
    5. Bath Carnival (6/8, A)

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    1. Upper Valley Waltz (3/4, Dm)
    2. Red and All Red (2/4, G)
    3. Jack’s Health (6/8, Am)

Extras: Braes of Dornoch (2/2, G), Midwinter Maggot (2/2, Dm), Softly Good Tummus (2/4, Dm), Young Widow (6/8, G)

Experienced Session: Measured Obsession, Zither Man

April 17, 2015

Teachers: Wendy Gilchrist (first half), Val Medve (second half)
Musicians: Carol Compton (piano & more), McKinley James (cello), Margaret Smith (violin)

    1. Rakes of Rochester (2/4, A)
    2. Our Brief Encounters (3/4, A)
    3. Wooden Shoes (2/2, Dm)
    4. Bar a Bar (2/2, Am)
    5. Hit & Miss (6/8, Em)

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    1. The Wives’ Victory (6/8, Gm)
    2. Shrewsbury Lasses (2/2, D)
    3. An Early Frost (3/4, G/Em)

Extras: Wendy – Dancing Across the Atlantic (6/8, AM/A), Val – Midnight Ramble (2/2, D),

Experienced Session w/ Wendy: Love and a Bottle, A Solstice Snow

May 1, 2015

Teacher: Dan Blim
Musicians: Pam Bockes (guitar), McKinley James (cello), Susan Reid (violin), Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin (piano)

    1. The Hop Ground
    2. Fiddler’s Feat
    3. Kelserne Gardens
    4. Wa’ is Me
    5. Leslie’s Valentine
    6. Scotch Morris

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    1. Impropriety
    2. Noisette
    3. Whibsey Roudabout
    4. Michedonia

Extras: The Bishop, An Early Frost, De’il Take the Warr, Love and a Bottle

Experienced Session: Trip to the Manors, The Pursuit

May 15, 2015

Teachers: Wendy Gilchrist (first half), Martha Kent (second half)
Musicians: Carol Compton (piano, accordion, recorder), McKinley James (cello), Sarah Babbitt Spaeth (viola), Rylee Wrenner (violin)

    1. Waltham Abbey (2/2, F)
    2. The Princess (6/8, Gm)
    3. Love’s Triumph (2/2, Bb)
    4. Rafe’s Waltz (3/4, Gm)
    5. Spanish Jig (6/8, C)

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    1. Wakefield Hunt (6/8, G)
    2. Softly Good Tummus (2/2, Dm)
    3. Candles in the Dark (3/4, Bm)
    4. The Homecoming (9/8, Gm/G)

Extras: Sadler’s Wells (6/8, Dm), The Ragg (6/8, G)

Experienced Session with Martha: Lover’s Knot, Dick’s Maggot

October 2, 2015

Teachers: Wendy Gilchrist (first half), Val Medve (second half)
Musicians: Pam Bockes (guitar), Susan Reid (violin), Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin (piano)
Sit-ins: Merry Shernock (recorder), Linda Young (harp)

    1. Mile of Smiles (2/2, C)
    2. Mulberry Garden (6/8, Dm)
    3. Mr. Millstone’s Inauguration (4/4, Bb)
    4. Mistwold (2/4, G)
    5. Knives & Forks (3/2, G)

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    1. Childgrove (2/2, Dm)
    2. Bonny Cuckoo (3/4, D)
    3. Blackheath (2/2, Gm)
    4. Minor Spaniard (6/8, Em)

Extras: Cockleshells (2/2, Dm), Come with Voices Singing (3/2, E or D), Sellengers Round (6/8, G)

October 16, 2015

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half) & Val Medve (second half)
Musicians: Clayton Clemetson (piano), McKinley James (cello), Laura Markowitz (violin), Ana Ruesink (viola)
Sit-ins: Roxann Nickerson (oboe), Merry Shernock (recorder)

    1. Midnight Ramble (2/2, D)
    2. Trip to Tunbridge (2/4, Em)
    3. Easter Thursday (3/2, Dm)
    4. Beautyberry (6/8, C) – tune is Baptist Johnson
    5. Leather Lake House (4/4, A)

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    1. Even Odds (2/2, Em/Am) – tune is Fifty-Fifty
    2. Sweet Potato Pie (6/8, C)
    3. Leah’s Waltz (3/4, D)
    4. Mad Robin (2/2, Bb)

Extras: Apley House (2/2, G), Jack’s Maggot (2/2, D)

November 6, 2015

Teachers: Val Medve (first half) & Martha Kent (second half)
Musicians: Ryan Shannon (violin), Clayton Clemetson (piano), McKinley James (cello)
Sit-ins: Rylee Wrenner (violin)

    1. Christina (2/2, F)
    2. Easter Tuesday (6/4, C)
    3. Dr. Bending’s Serpent (6/8, Am)
    4. Elizabeth (3/4, G)
    5. Softly Good Tummas (2/2, Dm)

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    1. Wibsey Roundabout (6/8, C)
    2. The Dancing Wife (2/2, Am)
    3. An Early Frost (3/4, Em)
    4. Barbarini’s Tambourine (2/4, D)

Extras: The Ragg (6/8, D), Jack’s Health (6/8, Am)

Experienced Session with Val: Trip to Chippenham, Severn Bore

November 20, 2015

Teacher: Adina Gordon
Musicians: Frost and Fire

    1. Take a Dance (6/8, Bm)
    2. Christina (2/2, F)
    3. Doctor Vincent’s Delight (6/8, D)
    4. Mr. Isaac’s Maggot (3/2, C)
    5. Portabella (4/4, Gm)
    6. Yellow Stockings (9/8, C?)

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    1. To Dance Divine
    2. Gigue for Genny (6/8, G)
    3. The Haymakers (4/4, Am)

Extras: Softly Good Tummas (2/2, Dm), The Young Widow (6/8, G)

Experienced Session: Potter’s Wheel (Martha), X Ackley (Adina)

December 11, 2015

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half) & Val Medve (second half)
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (concertina, piano), Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin (piano, accordion), Rylee Wrenner (violin)

    1. Money in Both Pockets (6/8, D)
    2. Sunlight Through Draperies (3/4, D)
    3. Astonished Archaeologist (2/4, A)
    4. Dr. Who (6/8, Cm)
    5. Fenterlarick (4/4, C)

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    1. Mr. Ganiford’s Maggot (6/8, D)
    2. Mount Hills (2/2, D)
    3. The Ely Waltz (3/4) – tune Flatworld by Andy Cutting
    4. Jack’s Health (6/8, Am)

Extras: Faithless Nancy Dawson (4/4, D), Well Hall (3/2, F)

Experienced Session with Martha: Good Man of Cambridge, Quite Carr-ied Away

December 18, 2015

Teachers: Val Medve (first half) & Martha Kent (second half)
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (piano), Sarah Babbitt Spaeth (viola), Corey Walters (flute, mandolin)

    1. Farmer’s Joy (6/8, A)
    2. Indian Summer (3/4, Am)
    3. Female Sayler (6/8, Gm)
    4. Autumn in Amherst (2/2, D)
    5. Old Wife Behind the Fire (2/2, G)

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    1. Round About Our Coal Fire (9/8, C)
    2. The Bishop (4/4, A)
    3. Rafe’s Waltz (3/4, Gm)
    4. Mulberry Garden (6/8, Dm)

Extras: Jack’s Maggot (2/2, D), Mulberry Garden (6/8, Dm)

Experienced Session with Val: Trip to Kilburn, Whately Barn