BCD 2024 Dance Programs

Friday, January 5, 2024 

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Val Medve (second half)
Musicians: Peter Macfarlane (violin), Aaron Marcus (piano), Sarah Babbitt Spaeth (viola, violin)

    1. Trip to Woodstock (4/4, C) (Video link)
    2. Knives and Forks (3/2, G) (Video link)
    3. The Astonished Archaeologist, 3 cpl set (2/4, A) (Video link)
    4. Portsmouth (2/2, G) (Video link)
    5. Dublin Bay (6/8, Cm) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. The Dancing Wife (4/4, Am) (Video link)
    2. Never Love Thee More (6/8, G) (Video link)
    3. Jack’s Maggot (2/2, D) (Video link)
    4. Well Hall (3/2, F) (Video link)
    5. Jack’s Health (6/8, Am) (Video link)

Friday, January 19, 2024 

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Will Patton (tenor guitar), Susan Reid (violin), Linda Young (harp)

    1. Faithless Nancy Dawson (4/4, D) (Video link)
    2. Easter Thursday (3/2, Dm) (Video link)
    3. A Dance for Mars, 3 cpl set (6/8, G/Em) (Video link)
    4. Sunlight Through Draperies (3/4, D) (Video link)
    5. The Dancing Wife (4/4, Am) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. The Archer (4/4, G) (Video link)
    2. Take a Dance (6/8, Bm) (Video link)
    3. Well Done Jack (2/4, A) (Video link)
    4. Rafe’s Waltz (3/4, Gm) (Video link)
    5. Mount Hills (2/2, D) (Video link)

Friday, February 2, 2024 

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

    1. Geud Man of Ballangigh (6/8, A) (Video link)
    2. Trip to Provence (3/4, F) (Video link)
    3. Kaynor’s Charms (2/4, D) (No video)
    4. Bloomsberry Market, 3 cpl set (4/4, G) (Video link)
    5. Off She Goes (6/8, D) (No video)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Mr. Isaac’s Maggot (3/2, C) (Video link)
    2. Shrewsbury Lasses, 3 cpl set (2/2, D) (Video link)
    3. Moonflower (3/4, G/D) (Video link)
    4. Dancing Across the Atlantic (6/8, Am) (Video link)

Friday, February 23, 2024 

Teachers: Val Medve (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (piano), Laura Markowitz (violin), Will Patton (mandolin), Ana Ruesink (viola)

    1. Fourpence Ha’Penny Farthing (6/8, Gm) (Video link – dance starts at 20 seconds)
    2. Elizabeth (3/4, G) (Video link)
    3. Handel with Care, 2 cpl set (2/2, D) (Video link), (Video link)
    4. News from Tripoli (3/2, Bb) (Video link)
    5. Cottonwood (6/8, Am) (Video link), (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Haymakers (4/4, Am) (Video link)
    2. Elizabeth’s Fancy (3/4, D) No video
    3. The Turning of the World (2/4, G) No video
    4. Well Hall (3/2, F) (Video link)
    5. The Hop Ground (6/8, D) (Video link)

Friday, March 1, 2024

Tropical Dance Party
Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Peter Macfarlane (violin) & Aaron Marcus (piano)

    1. Cockle Shells (2/2, Dm) (Video link)
    2. Sun Assembly (2/4, A) (Video link)
    3. Well Hall (3/2, F) (Video link)
    4. Jack’s Maggot (2/2, D) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Jamaica (2/2, F – played ABAB) (Video link) we’ll dance this a little differently
    2. Sapphire Sea (2/2, F) (Video link)
    3. Gene’s Tambourine, circle mixer (2/2, Dm) No video
    4. Turn of the Tide (3/4, G) (Video link)
    5. Mendocino Redwood (6/8, Dm) (Video link)

    2. EXTRA: The Bonny Cuckoo, 4 couple set (3/4, D) (Video link)

Friday, March 15, 2024

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Peter Macfarlane (violin) & Aaron Marcus (piano), Sarah Babbitt Spaeth (viola, violin)

    1. Tambourine Dance (2/2, G) (Video link)
    2. Siege of Limerick (3/2, Dm) (Video link)
    3. Eastbourne Rover, 3 cpl set (6/8, Am) (Video link)
    4. The Irish Howle (4/4, G) (Video link)
    5. Well Donne (6/8, D) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. The Comical Fellow (6/8, D) (Video link)
    2. Winter Waltz (3/4, Em) (Video link) OR Gavin’s Fancy (3/4, Am) (Video link)
    3. Abigail’s Whimsy (4/4, Gm) No video
    4. Anniversary Dance (3/4, C) (Video link), dance starts at 56:42
    5. Auretti’s Dutch Skipper (6/8, Bb) (Video link)

Friday, April 12, 2024

Teachers: Val Medve (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Will Patton (mandolin) & Larks in the Attic (Pam Bockes – guitar, Susan Reid – violin, Linda Young – harp)

    1. Enfield Wash (6/8, G) (Video link)
    2. Come with Voices Singing (3/2, D) (Video link)
    3. Epping Forest, 3 cpl set (6/8, Bb) (Video link)
    4. April Stars (3/4, G – tune is April Waltz) (Video link)
    5. 6 for the 6 Proud Walkers (2/2, D) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Indian Queen (2/2, D) (Video link)
    2. Draw Cupid Draw (4/4, F) (Video link)
    3. Alice (3/4, A) (Video link)
    4. Take a Dance (6/8, Bm) (Video link)

Friday, April 26, 2024

Teacher: Barrett Grimm
Musicians: Carol Compton (piano), Laura Markowitz (violin), Ana Ruesink (viola)

    1. The Rakes of Rochester (2/4, A) (Video link)
    2. Mrs. Savage’s Whim (3/2, Bm) (Video link)
    3. Portsmouth (2/2, G) (Video link)
    4. My Lady of the Lake (3/4, Em) (Video link)
    5. Ransom Note (6/8, Em) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Jack’s Health (6/8, Am) (Video link)
    2. Leah’s Waltz, 3cpl set (3/4, D) (Video link)
    3. A Playful Porpoise (6/8, G/Em) (Video link)
    4. Gavin’s Fancey (3/4, Am) (Video link)
    5. The Farmer’s Joy (6/8, A) (Video link)

Friday, May 3, 2024

Teacher: Dereck Kalish (visiting from the Boston area)
Musicians: Peter Macfarlane (violin) & Larks in the Attic (Susan Reid – violin, Linda Young – harp, Pam Bockes – guitar)

    1. Midnight Ramble (2/2, D) (Video link)
    2. Freeford Gardens (2/2, G) (Video link)
    3. Passages (3/4, C) (Video link)
    4. A Trip to Tunbridge, 3 cpl set (2/4, Em) (Video link)
    5. Barbarini’s Tambourine (2/4, D) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Mile of Smiles (4/4, C) (Video link)
    2. The Bonny Cuckoo, 4cpl set (3/4, D) (Video link)
    3. A Trip to Provence (3/4, F) (Video link)

Sunday, June 2, 2024 

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (piano), Sarah Babbitt Spaeth (viola, violin), Linda Young (harp)

    1. Cottonwood (6/8, Am) (Video link)
    2. Bel Canto (2/2, Bb) (Video link)
    3. A Dance for Mars, 3 cpl set (6/8, G/Em) (Video link)
    4. Elephants Stairs (3/4, G) (Video link)
    5. Fenterlarick (4/4, C) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Sapphire Sea (2/2, F) (Video link)
    2. Trip to Tunbridge, 3cpl set (2/2, Em) (Video link)
    3. Sunlight Through Draperies (3/4, D) (Video link)
    4. Knole Park (2/4, D) (Video link)

Sunday, June 30, 2024 

Teachers: Val Medve (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (piano), Anna Patton (clarinet), Will Patton (mandolin)

    1. Six for the Six Proud Walkers (2/2, D) (Video link)
    2. Katherine Street (6/8, Gm) – with different/easier ending from video (Video link)
    3. Kneeland Romp, 3 cpl set (2/4, G) (Video link)
    4. Red-tailed Hawk (3/4, Em) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Easter Tuesday (6/8, C) (Video link)
    2. Tunbridge Beauties (2/2, Gm) (Video link)
    3. Trip to Provence (3/4, F) (Video link)
    4. The Minor Spaniard (6/8, Em) (Video link)

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Larks in the Attic (Pam Bockes – guitar, Susan Reid – violin, Linda Young – harp)

    1. Lilliburlero (6/8, G) (Video link)
    2. Easter Thursday (3/2, Dm) (Video link)
    3. Kelsterne Gardens, 3 cpl set (4/4, Dm) (Video link)
    4. Emma’s Commencement (3/4, F) (Video link)
    5. Jack’s Health (6/8, Am) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Freeford Gardens (2/2, G) (Video link)
    2. British Sorrow (tune: Doon the Brae – 4/4, Em) (Video link)
    3. Heartsease, 2 cpl set (6/8, Gm) (Video link)
    4. Anniversary Dance (3/4, C) (Video link), dance starts at 56:42
    5. Indian Queen (2/2, D) (Video link)

Sunday, August 25, 2024

Teacher: Val Medve
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (keyboard), Laura Markowitz (violin), Will Patton (mandolin), Ana Ruesink (viola)

    1. Faithless Nancy Dawson (4/4, D) (Video link)
    2. Hole in the Wall (3/2, Bb) (Video link), dance starts at 0:10
    3. Autumn Tapestry, 3 cpl set (4/4, D) (Video link)
    4. My Lady of the Lake (3/4, Em) (Video link)
    5. Jack by the Hedge (6/8, C) (Video link)
        OR

      Bob’s Boomerang (6/8, G) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Round About Our Coal Fire (9/8, Am) (Video link)
    2. La Gavre (6/8, D) (Video link)
    3. Alice (3/4, A) (Video link), dance starts at 1:33
    4. Horseplay (2/2, C modal) (Video link)

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Will Patton (tenor guitar), Susan Reid (violin), Linda Young (harp)

    1. Corelli’s Maggot (2/2, in D) (Video link)
    2. Siege of Limerick (3/2, Dm) (Video link)
    3. Sir Watkin’s Jig (6/8, G) (Video link)
    4. The Prince of Westborough (3/4, Em) (Video link)
    5. A Trip to Paris (4/4, Am) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Portsmouth (2/2, G) (Video link)
    2. Key to the Cellar (3/2, Em) (Video link)
    3. Mendocino Redwood (6/8, Dm) (Video link)
    4. Duke of Kent’s Waltz (3/4, G) (Video link)
    5. The Farmer’s Joy (6/8, A) (Video link)

Friday, September 20, 2024

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Laura Markowitz (violin) & Ana Ruesink (viola)

    1. Indian Princess (2/2, F), Circle Mixer (Video link)
    2. Come with Voices Singing (3/2, D) (Video link)
    3. Love and a Bottle (6/8, Gm), 3 cpl set (Video link)
    4. The Flying Sorceress (3/4, Am) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Gene’s Tambourine (2/2, Dm), Circle Mixer No video
    2. Well Hall (3/2, F) (Video link)
    3. Barbarini’s Tambourine (2/4, D) (Video link)
    4. Tambourine Dance (2/4, G) (Video link)

Friday, October 4, 2024

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Larks in the Attic (Pam Bockes – guitar, Susan Reid – violin, Linda Young – harp)

    1. St. Katherine’s (2/2, G) (Video link)
    2. Mr. Isaac’s Maggot (3/2, C) (Video link)
    3. Hoffedd Miss Hughes (6/8, G), 3 cpl set (Video link)
    4. Fair and Softly (3/4, Dm) (Video link)
    5. Jack’s Maggot (2/2, D) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Mile of Smiles (2/2, D) (Video link)
    2. The Happy Captive (2/4, A), 3 cpl set (Video link)
    3. Elverton Grove (4/4, A) (Video link)
    4. Gavin’s Fancy (3/4, Am) (Video link)
    5. The Minor Spaniard (6/8, Em) (Video link)

Friday, October 18, 2024

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Susan Reid (violin), Dono Schabner (guitar), Linda Young (harp)

    1. Boldwood (6/8, Em) (Video link)
    2. Salamanca Castanets (3/4, Gm), 3 cpl set (Video link)
    3. Irish Howle (4/4, D) (Video link)
    4. Jack’s Health (6/8, Am) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Indian Queen (2/2, D) (Video link)
    2. Autumn Gifts (9/8, Em) (Video link)
    3. Pluck Me a Fig (6/8, G) (Video link)
    4. Leah’s Waltz (3/4, D), 3 cpl set (Video link)
    5. General Grooviness of the Universe (2/2, D) (Video link)
    6. The Haymakers (4/4, Am) (Video link)

Friday, November 1, 2024

Teachers: Val Medve (first half), Martha Kent (second half)
Musicians: Joanne Garton (violin), Aaron Marcus (piano), Will Patton (mandolin)

    1. Corelli’s Maggot (2/4, F or D) (Video link)
    2. Freemans Yard (3/2, Gm) No video
    3. Young Widow (6/8, G), triple minor or 3 cpl set (Video link)
    4. Dance of a Lifetime, circle mixer (3/4, C) (Video link)
    5. The Upright Man (2/4, Dm) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Bluebonnets (9/8, Dm) (Video link)
    2. Braes of Dornoch, 3 cpl set (2/2, G) (Video link – start at 0:44)
    3. Dr. Who (6/8, Cm) (Video link)
    4. Honeysuckle Cottage (3/4, Bb) (Video link)
    5. Michedonia (2/2, Gm) (Video link)

Friday, November 15, 2024

Teachers: Martha Kent (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (piano), Will Patton (mandolin), Chris Rua (oboe, recorder)

    1. Take a Dance (6/8, Bm) (Video link)
    2. Easter Morn (4/4, Cm) (Video link)
    3. The Astonished Archaeologist, 3 cpl set (4/4, A) (Video link)
    4. Alice (3/4, A) (Video link)
    5. Softly Good Tummas (2/2, Dm) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. Wooden Shoes (2/2, C) (Video link)
    2. Key to the Cellar, 3 cpl set version (3/2, Em) (Video link)
    3. Freeford Gardens (2/2, G) (Video link)
    4. Bittersweet (3/4, Dm) (Video link)
    5. The Hop Ground (6/8, D) (Video link)

Friday, December 6, 2024 – at Elley-Long Music Center, Colchester, VT

Teachers: Val Medve (first half), Barrett Grimm (second half)
Musicians: Carol Compton (piano, accordion, recorder), Amy Englesberg (piano, accordion), Peter Macfarlane (violin)

    1. Christchurch Bells (2/2, C) (Video link)
    2. The Collier’s Daughter (2/2, Gm) (Video link – we’ll dance a different ending that’s less busy/frenetic)
    3. A Playful Porpoise (6/8, G/Em) (Video link)
    4. Emma’s Commencement (3/4, F) (Video link)

*** BREAK ***

    1. The Female Saylor (6/8, Gm) (Video link)
    2. Winter Waltz, 3 cpl set (3/4, Em) (Video link – “our” tune, Captain O’Kane, starts at 2:48)
    3. Knole Park (2/4, D) (Video link)
    4. Elizabeth (3/4, G) (Video link)
    5. Sapphire Sea (4/4, F) (Video link)

Friday, December 20, 2024 – at Elley-Long Music Center, Colchester, VT

Teacher: Val Medve
Musicians: Aaron Marcus (piano), Sarah Babbitt Spaeth (viola, violin), Linda Young (harp)

    1. Boxing Day (2/2, G – tune is Good King Wenceslas) No video
    2. Hole in the Wall (3/2, Bb) (Video link)
    3. Sweet Potato Pie (6/8, C) (Video link)
    4. The Round (2/2, Dm) (Video link)
    5. Love and Cherish, Sicilian Circle (3/4, D) No video

*** BREAK ***

    1. Dancing Across the Atlantic (6/8, Am) (Video link)
    2. Drapers Gardens (3/4, G) (Video link)
    3. Mendocino Redwood (6/8, Dm) (Video link)

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