Recent dances

September 19, 2009
Syracuse Country Dancers English Country Dance doubleheader
more challenging dances in the afternoon, regular third Saturday dance in the evening.
Music by Tim Ball, Rachel Bell, and John Wobus.
Multiple callers: Katy Heine, Richard Sauvain, and David Smukler.
Yellow Stockings
Gladys's Galop (Pat Shaw)
Hambleton's Round O
Lord of Carnavon's Jig
De'il Take the Warr
Carmen's Maggot (Carmen Giunta)

July 19, 2009
Country Dancers of Rochester English Dance.
Music by Tim Ball and Barb Seppeler
Indian Queen
Indian Princess (Colin Hume)
British Sorrow
Made in USA (Carmen Giunta)
De'il Take the Warr
From Among Dragons (Leslie Lassetter)
Parson of Eltham
Trip to Fayetteville (Terry Glasspool)
Fourpence Ha'penny Farthing
The Waggoner
Delia (Ellen Taylor)

June 20, 2009
Syracuse Country Dancers 3rd Saturday English Dance.
Music by Jane Knoeck and Eileen Nicholson
Fourpence Ha'penny Farthing
Mister Isaac's Maggot
Star-Crossed Tempest (Carmen Giunta)
Parson of Eltham
De'il Take the Warr
From Among Dragons (Leslie Lassetter)
Indian Queen
Indian Princess (Colin Hume)
Delia (Ellen Taylor)
Row Well Ye Mariners
The Bashful Swain

May 2, 2009
Country Dancers of Rochester Experienced English Dance.
Calling by Carmen Giunta, Karen Millyard, Joanna Reiner, Richard Sauvain, David Smukler.
Music by Arugula
Carmen called
Mr. Isaac's Maggot
Gladys's Galop (Pat Shaw)
Halsway Manners (Mary Devlin)

April 26, 2009
"Mixers and Keepers" with Karen Havens
couple dances from around the world at NEFFA
Doudlebska Polka (Czech)
Chilili (Bolivian)
Walczyk Podlaski (Polish)
La Faira da Strada (Swiss)
I Care Not for These Ladies (Kitty (Creelman) Skrobela, English style)

March 1, 2009
Country Dancers of Rochester English Dance.
Music by Mark Dumont, Laurie Hunt, David Smukler & John Wobus
Jack's Maggot
Drapers Maggot
Turning by Threes (Gary Roodman)
Red House
Escamillo's Maggot (Carmen Giunta)
Yellow Stockings
Laura's Waltz (David Macemon & Cynthia Stenger)
The Fandango
Hit and Miss
The Homecoming (Gary Roodman)

February 21, 2009
Syracuse Country Dancers 3rd Saturday English Country Dance.
Mostly Maggots theme (suggested by Lisa Brown).
Calling by Carmen Giunta, Bob Nicholson, and Richard Sauvain.
Music by Fine Companions.
Corelli's Maggot (Cathy & John Millar)
Dick's Maggot
Drapers Maggot
Devil's Maggot
Miss Sparks's Maggot
Zephyrs and Flora
Mr. Isaac's Maggot
Heartsease
Escamillo's Maggot (Carmen Giunta)
Jack's Maggot

January 17, 2009
Syracuse Country Dancers 3rd Saturday English Country Dance.
Music by Eileen Nicholson and John Wobus.
Dancing Across the Atlantic (Loretta Holz)
Sellenger's Round
Lord of Carnarvon's Jig
Leaving of Liverpool (David Carpenter)
The Hop Ground
Waterfall Waltz (Pat Shaw)
Trip to Paris
December Waltz (Fried Herman)
Christina (Naomi Alexander)
Easter Thursday
The More the Merrier

December 7, 2008
Country Dancers of Rochester English Dance.
Music by Nottingham Fair (Henry and Patti Jankiewicz and Laurel Sharp).
Trip to Tunbridge
Trip to Paris
Trip to Toronto (Carmen Giunta)
Sunlight Through Draperies (Tom Roby)
Lord of Carnarvon's Jig
Not Godfrey's Gallop (John Chapman*)
*as modified by Michael Barraclough
Row Well Ye Mariners
December Waltz (Fried Herman)
Bath Carnival
Sion House

December 6, 2008
Toronto English Country Dancers Saturday evening dance.
Music by Rose Bolton and Steve Fuller.
Trip to Tunbridge
Lord of Carnarvon's Jig
Professor Kekule's Reverie (Carmen Giunta)
December Waltz (Fried Herman)
Bath Carnival
Row Well Ye Mariners
Kneeland Romp (Gary Roodman)
Leather Lake House
Leaving of Liverpool (David Carpenter)
Red House

September 12, 2008
Syracuse Country Dancers second Friday contra dance
Music by Three Wheel Drive.
The Baby Rose (David Kaynor)
Kinematic Vorticity (Carol Ormand)
La Bastringue (French Canadian)
A Pirate's Life for Me (Nathaniel Jack)
Double Rainbow (Jacob Bloom)
Delphiniums and Daisies (Tanya Rotenberg)
Laura's Waltz (David Macemon & Cynthia Stenger)
The More the Merrier (1721 English)
Hey Fever (Tony Parkes)
Give and Take (Larry Jennings)
Nova Nova Scotian (David Smukler)
Manhattan Chowder (Beverly Francis)

September 6, 2008
Syracuse Country Dancers English Country Dance doubleheader
experienced dance in the afternoon, regular first Saturday dance in the evening.
Multiple callers. Music by Contrapasso.
Black Nag
O, Susato (Victor Skowronski)
The Trout (Carmen Giunta)
Auretti's Dutch Skipper
Elverton Grove
Professor Kekule's Reverie (Carmen Giunta)
Dancing Across the Atlantic (Loretta Holz)
Lilli Burlero

August 2, 2008
Syracuse Country Dancers English Country Dance
Music by Eileen Nicholson and John Wobus.
Heartsease
Zephyrs and Flora
Bufcansko (Carmen Giunta)
Dublin Bay
Delia (Ellen Taylor)
The Homecoming (Gary Roodman)
Laura's Waltz (David Macemon & Cynthia Stenger)
Not Godfrey's Gallop (John Chapman*)
*as modified by Michael Barraclough
Jack's Maggot
Braes of Dornoch
Smithy Hill (Tom Cook)
Turning by Threes (Gary Roodman)
Elverton Grove

July 20, 2008
Country Dancers of Rochester English Country Dance
Music by Contranella.
Robin's Maggot (Carmen Giunta)
Black Nag
O, Susato (Victor Skowronski)
Braes of Dornoch
Monymusk
Laura's Waltz (David Macemon & Cynthia Stenger)
Jack's Maggot
Not Godfrey's Gallop (John Chapman*)
*as modified by Michael Barraclough
Turning by Threes (Gary Roodman)
Dancing Across the Atlantic (Loretta Holz)

May 31, 2008
Syracuse Country Dancers Contra Dance (with an introductory International Folk Dance prelude)
Music by Hearts Delight
Adjon az Isten (Hungary)
Yass (Romanian/Klezmer; demonstration)
Robin Ddiog (Wales)
Tubarosza Csardas (Hungary)
Alunelul (Romania)
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Symmetrical Force (Fred Field)
Manhattan Chowder (Beverly Francis)
Not Godfrey's Gallop (John Chapman*)
*as modified by Michael Barraclough
Roll in the Hey (Roger Diggle)
Rosza (Gordon Potts)
Gang of Four
Hull's Victory
Mary Cay's Reel (David Kaynor)
Give and Take (Larry Jennings)
Delphiniums and Daisies (Tanya Rotenberg)

March 2, 2008
Country Dancers of Rochester English Country Dance
Music by Pat Hanley & Friends from the American Recorder Society, Rochester
Sellenger's Round
Gypsy Pinwheel (Carmen Giunta)
Draper's Maggot
The Hop Ground
Elverton Grove
Waterfall Waltz (Pat Shaw)
Baskets of Clover (Tom Grande & Pat Hanley)
Fandango
Sunlight Through Draperies (Tom Roby)
Red House

March 1, 2008
Syracuse Country Dancers first Saturday English Country Dance
Music by Kathy Selby, John Wobus, and Jennifer Dotson
Indian Queen
Waterfall Waltz (Pat Shaw)
The Homecoming (Gary Roodman)
Helena (Colin Hume)
The Hop Ground
Row Well Ye Mariners
Barbarini's Tambourine
Draper's Maggot
Kneeland Romp (Gary Roodman)
Hey, Boys, Up Go We
Bonny Grey-Ey'd Morn


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