| Dance Name | Author | Variants/comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The First of April | Thompson 1780 | |
| 2 | Family Contra | Sherry Nevins | |
| 3 | Oak Hill Quickstep | Bob Nicholson | A2: Neighbor do-si-do, swing |
| 4 | My Lord Byron's Maggot | Playford 1701 | |
| 5 | Indian Queen | Playford 1701 | crashed |
| 6 | Salmonella Evening | Steve Zakon-Anderson and Louie Cromartie | |
| Break | |||
| 7 | Atlantic Mixer | A.J. Hildebrand | Circle mixer |
| 8 | Drapers Gardens | Playford 1709 | Final lead/cast replaced with partner two-hand turn |
| 9 | Bristol Turns | John Nance | crashed |
| 10 | La Bastringue | Traditional | Circle mixer |
The local international folk dance group was having a special event, where they had two teachers, myself doing American/English dance, and Lee Otterholt teaching other international dance. It ran from 1 pm to 8 pm, with a dinner break. We traded off, and I did two-dance sets. During the evening there was live music.
It was a very challenging evening, as the skill level of the dancers went down as each set progressed, something that caught me off guard. "Indian Queen" was an attempt to do a dance that the band knew they could play. Mistake, with the three quick changes of a circular hey leaving no survivors. I'm still trying to understand why "Bristol Turns" went bad, but getting people to take hands four at that point was a Herculean effort. I need to think more about this.
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