BCD 2023 Dance Programs

Friday, January 20, 2023 

Teachers: Wendy Gilchrist (first half), Martha Kent (second half)
Musicians: Joanne Garton (violin), Aaron Marcus (piano)

    1. Midnight Ramble (2/2, D) (Video link)
    2. Alex and Charles (3/4, F) (Video link)
    3. Dear Abby (2/2, G) – no video
    4. Barn Elms (3/2, Gm) (Video link)
    5. Felix’s Name Day (6/8, D) (Video link)
    6. Moonflower (3/4, G/D) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Well Donne (6/8, D) (Video link)
    2. Well Hall (3/2, F) (Video link)
    3. Helena, 4c (2/2, G) (Video link)
    4. The Longest Night, modified version (3/4, G) (Video link)
    5. The Ragg (6/8, D) (Video link)

Friday, February 24, 2023

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Val Medve (second half), Barrett Grimm
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (piano), Susan Reid (violin), Linda Young (harp)

    1. The Farmer’s Joy (6/8, A) (Video link)
    2. Hole in the Wall (3/2, Bb) (Video link)
    3. The Dancing Wife (4/4, Am) (Video link)
    4. Elizabeth (3/4, G) (Video link)
    5. Sapphire Sea (2/2, F) (Video link)
    6. Off She Goes (6/8, D) No video

*** BREAK ***

    1. TBA No video
    2. The Collier’s Daughter (2/2, Gm) (Video link)
    3. Bob’s Boomerang, (6/8, G) (Video link)
    4. Emma’s Commencement (3/4, F) (Video link)
    5. Jack’s Health (6/8, Am) (Video link)

      6. EXTRA:
      The Rakes of Rochester (2/4, A) (Video link)

Friday, March 3, 2023 

Guest Teacher: Margaret Bary (NYC)
Musicians: Peter Macfarlane (violin), Aaron Marcus (piano)

    1. The Ragg (6/8, D) (Video link)
    2. Cockle Shells (2/2, Dm) (Video link)
    3. Orange Nan (3/2, F) No video
    4. Winter in Brasstown (6/8, D) (Video link)
    5. My Lady of the Lake (3/4, Em) No video
    6. Yellow Stockings (9/8, A/C Modal) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Sunflowers (6/8, G) (Video link)
    2. Star Train, 3c (3/4, Dm) No video
    3. Elverton Grove (2/2, A) (Video link)
    4. Hole in the Wall (3/2, Bb) (Video link)

Friday, March 17, 2023 

Teacher: Val Medve
Musicians: lydia ievins (violin), Aaron Marcus (piano), Sarah Babbitt Spaeth (viola)

    1. The Hop Ground (6/8, D) (Video link)
    2. Gavin’s Fancy (3/4, Am) (Video link)
    3. Sun Assembly (2/4, A) (Video link)
    4. Autumn Gifts (9/8, Em) (Video link)
    5. Portsmouth (2/2, G) (Video link)
    6. We Meet Again (3/2, D) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Scotch Cap, 3c (6/8, Dm) (Video link)
    2. The Belle of Greensboro (3/4, D) (Video link)
    3. The Bishop, triple minor (4/4, A) (Video link)
    4. Honeysuckle Cottage (3/4, Bb) (Video link)

EXTRA:
The Bonny Cuckoo, 4c (3/4, D) – BLUE p. 15 (Video link)

Friday, April 14, 2023 

Teachers: Val Medve, Barrett Grimm
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (piano), Will Patton (mandolin), Rebecca Weiss (violin)

    1. Tambourine Dance (2/2, G) (Video link)
    2. It’s Nae Bother (6/8, Em – tune is Indian Point) No video
    3. Black Nag, 3 couple set (6/8, Dm) (Video link)
    4. Portsmouth (2/2, G) (Video link)
    5. Indian Summer (3/4, Am) (Video link)
    6. Lilliburlero (6/8, G) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Key to the Cellar (3/2, Em) (Video link)
    2. Corelli’s Maggot (2/2, transposed from F to D) (Video link)
    3. Bel Canto (2/2, Bb) (Video link)
    4. Elizabeth (3/4, G) (Video link)
    5. Ransom Note (6/8, Em) (Video link)

Friday, April 28, 2023 

Teacher: Adina Gordon
Musicians: Laura Markowitz (violin), Will Patton (tenor guitar, piano), Ana Ruesink (viola)

    1. Take a Dance (6/8, Bm) (Video link)
    2. Sun Assembly (2/4, A) (Video link)
    3. Autumn Gifts (9/8, Em) (Video link)
    4. Freeford Gardens (2/2, G) (Video link)
    5. Well Hall (3/2, F) (Video link)
    6. The Minor Spaniard (6/8, Em) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Come with Voices Singing (3/2, D) (Video link)
    2. Lilliburlero (6/8, G) (Video link)
    3. Leah’s Waltz, 3 couple set (3/4, D) (Video link)
    4. Jack’s Health (6/8, Am) (Video link)
    5. Alice (3/4, A) (Video link)

Sunday, May 21, 2023 

Teachers: Val Medve (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Pam Bockes (guitar, mandolin), Aaron Marcus (keyboard, concertina), Linda Young (harp)

    1. Childgrove (2/2, Dm) (Video link)
    2. Christina (2/2, F) (Video link)
    3. Love and a Bottle, 3 cpl set (6/8, Gm) (Video link)
    4. Moonflower (3/4, D/G) (Video link)
    5. The Farmer’s Joy (6/8, A) (Video link), (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Take a Dance (6/8, Bm) (Video link)
    2. Trip to Worcester (3/4, D – tune is Hewlett) No video
    3. Wooing Mairi (4/4, G), 3 cpl set (Video link)
    4. Alice (3/4, A) (Video link)

Sunday, June 25, 2023, inside at the Jericho Community Center 

Guest Teacher: Sam Weiler (from the Boston area)
Musicians: Joanne Garton (violin), Aaron Marcus (keyboard, concertina)

    1. The Farmer’s Joy (6/8, A) (Video link), (Video link)
    2. All Saints’ Day (2/2, Am) (Video link)
    3. CAROLAN – An Enchanted Place, square (3/4, D – tune is Hewlett) (Video link)
    4. Michedonia (2/4, Em) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. CAROLAN – The Introduction, 4c (3/4, Am – tune is Carolan’s Cottage) (Video link)
    2. Mile of Smiles (2/2, C) (Video link)
    3. Trip to Provence (3/4, F) (Video link)
    4. Barbarini’s Tambourine (2/2, D) (Video link)

Sunday, July 23, 2023 

Guest Teacher: David Smukler (from Syracuse, NY)
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (keyboard, concertina), Laurel Sharp (recorder, oboe), Sarah Babbitt Spaeth (viola, violin)
Program, as always, subject to change

    1. St. Katherine’s (2/2, G) (Video link)
    2. Kensington Court (2/2, Dm) (Video link)
    3. Jeanne’s Joy (3/4, Dm – tune is Whitehall Minuet) No video
    4. Summer is a-Comin’ In, 4 cpl (6/8, F) No video
    5. Mister Beveridge’s Maggot (3/2, Gm – Colin Hume reconstruction) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. The Monterey Ploughman (4/4, G) (Video link)
    2. The Mulberry Garden (6/8, Dm) (Video link)
    3. Lord Mayor’s Delight (3/4, F) No video
    4. Well Donne (6/8, D – tune is Poet Laureate) (Video link)

Sunday, August 27, 2023 

Teacher: Val Medve (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Will Patton (tenor guitar), Susan Reid (violin), Linda Young (harp)

    1. The Collier’s Daughter (2/2, Gm) – with modified ending that’s different from video (Video link)
    2. Bob’s Boomerang (6/8, G) (Video link)
    3. Cumberland Square 8, square (2/2, D) (Video link)
    4. Emma’s Commencement (3/4, F) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Tambourine Dance (2/4, G) (Video link)
    2. The Hop Ground (6/8, D) (Video link)
    3. Freeford Gardens (2/4, G) (Video link)

Sunday, September 10, 2023 – CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

Teachers: Barrett Grimm (first half), Adina Gordon (second half)
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (keyboard, concertina), Sarah Babbit Spaeth (viola, violin), Will Patton (mandolin)

    1. Mount Hills (2/2, D) (Video link)
    2. Siege of Limerick (3/2, Dm) (Video link)
    3. A Mover and a Shaker (6/8, Am) (Video link)
    4. Autumn Gifts (9/8, Em) (Video link)
    5. The Ragg (6/8, D) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Knole Park (2/4, D) (Video link)
    2. Indian Summer (3/4, Am) (Video link)
    3. Jack’s Maggot (2/2, D) (Video link)
    4. Blythe Company (6/8, Am) (Video link)
    5. Sapphire Sea (2/2, F) (Video link)
    6. Corelli’s Maggot (2/4, D) (Video link)

Friday, October 6, 2023

Teachers: Val Medve (first half), Martha Kent (second half)
Musicians: Peter Macfarlane (violin), Aaron Marcus (keyboard, concertina)

    1. Farmer’s Joy (6/8, A) (Video link) (Video link)
    2. Midwinter Maggot (2/2, Dm) (Video link)
    3. Well Hall (3/2, F) (Video link)
    4. A Dance for Mars, 3 cpl set (6/8, G) (Video link)
    5. Red-Tailed Hawk (3/4, Em) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Trip to Richmond (4/4, G) No video
    2. Devil’s Maggot (6/8, C/Cm) (Video link)
    3. Alex and Charles (3/4, F) (Video link) OR Gavin’s Fancy (3/4, Am) (Video link)
    4. Well Done Jack (2/4, A) (Video link)
    5. Cockle Shells, with different ending from video (4/4, F) (Video link)

Friday, October 20, 2023

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Peter Macfarlane (octave mandolin), Laura Markowitz (violin), Ana Ruesink (viola)

    1. Knole Park (2/4, D) (Video link)
    2. Indian Summer (3/4, Am) (Video link)
    3. Jack’s Maggot (2/2, D) (Video link)
    4. Blythe Company, triple minor (6/8, Am) (Video link)
    5. Sapphire Sea (2/2, F) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Waltham Abbey, Roodman version (2/2, F) (Animation link)
    2. Mendocino Redwood (6/8, Dm) (Video link)
    3. Leah’s Waltz, 3 cpl set (3/4, D) (Video link)
    4. Apley House (2/2, G) (Video link)
    5. Corelli’s Maggot (2/4, F — or D version) (Video link)

Friday, November 3, 2023

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (piano), Susan Reid (violin), Linda Young (harp)

    1. Lilliburlero (6/8, G) (Video link)
    2. The Prince of Westborough (3/4, Em) (Video link)
    3. Hoffedd Miss Hughes, 3 cpl set (6/8, G) (Video link)
    4. Mr. Isaac’s Maggot (3/2, C) (Video link)
    5. Fenterlarick (4/4, C) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. The Farmer’s Joy (6/8, A) (Video link)
    2. Hole in the Wall (3/2, Bb) (Video link)
    3. The Rakes of Rochester (2/4, A) (Video link)
    4. Alice (3/4, A) (Video link)
    5. Mount Hills (2/2, D) (Video link)

Friday, November 17, 2023

Teachers: Val Medve (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Joanne Garton (violin), Will Patton (tenor guitar, piano), Sarah Babbitt Spaeth (viola, violin)

    1. Geud Man of Ballangigh (6/8, A) (Video link)
    2. Jeanne’s Joy (3/4, Dm – tune is Whitehall Minuet) No video
    3. Jack’s Maggot (2/2, D) (Video link)
    4. Marjorie’s Sou’wester (3/2, Gm) (Video link)
    5. Old Wife Behind the Fire (6/8, G) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. The Mulberry Garden (6/8, Dm) (Video link)
    2. Wooden Shoes (2/2, C) (Video link)
    3. Duke of Kent’s Waltz (3/4, G) (Video link)
    4. Jack’s Health (6/8, Am) (Video link)
    5. Mile of Smiles (2/2, C) (Video link)

Friday, December 15, 2023

Teacher: Martha Kent
Musicians: Sarah Babbitt Spaeth (viola, violin) & Larks in the Attic (Pam Bockes – guitar, Susan Reid – violin, Linda Young – harp)

    1. Take a Dance (6/8, Bm) (Video link)
    2. Come with Voices Singing (3/2, E or D) (Video link)
    3. Braes of Dornoch, 3 cpl set (2/2, G) (Video link)
    4. The Longest Night, modified version that’s different from video (3/4, G) (Video link)
    5. Bellamira (2/2, Gm) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. The Minor Spaniard (6/8, Em) (Video link)
    2. Angels Unawares (3/4, G) (Video link)
    3. Key to the Cellar (3/2, Em) (Video link) (Video link)
    4. Old Wife Behind the Fire (2/2, G) (Video link)

Friday, December 29, 2023

Teacher: Val Medve
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (piano, concertina), Will Patton (mandolin), Susan Reid (violin), Linda Young (harp)

    1. Six for the Six Proud Walkers (2/2, D) (Video link)
    2. Mr. Isaac’s Maggot (3/2, C) (Video link)
    3. The Female Saylor (6/8, Gm) (Video link)
    4. Red and All Red, 3 cpl set (3/4, G) (Video link)
    5. Sapphire Sea (2/2, F) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Farmer’s Joy (6/8, A) (Video link) (Video link)
    2. Trip to Provence (3/4, F) (Video link)
    3. Pluck Me a Fig (6/8, G) (Video link) (Video link)