| Dance Name | Author | Variants/comments | |
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| Saturday, January 31, 12-3 pm Ball Practice Session Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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| 1 | The First of April | Thompson 1780 | |
| 2 | My Lord Byron's Maggot | Playford 1701 | |
| 3 | Heartsease | Playford 1651 | 2-couple set |
| 4 | The Cotery | 1790 | Triple minor |
| 5 | Vivaldi in Paradise | Gary Roodman | |
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| 6 | Gathering Peascods | Playford 1651 | Circle dance |
| 7 | Autumn in Amherst | Philippe Callens | |
| 8 | Red House | Young 1721 | |
| 9 | Bare Necessities | Pat Shaw | 3-couple set |
| 10 | Orleans Baffled | Walsh 1711 | Triple minor |
| 11 | The Chocolate Equation | Brooke Friendly & Chris Sackett | 4-couple set |
| Saturday, January 31, 7-11 pm Sage Assembly Ball Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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| 1 | Gathering Peascods | Playford 1651 | Circle dance |
| 2 | The First of April | Thompson 1780 | |
| 3 | My Lord Byron's Maggot | Playford 1701 | Video |
| 4 | Indian Summer | Elizabeth Goosen | Video |
| 5 | The Cotery | 1790 | Triple minor Video |
| 6 | Once Upon a Cherry Blossom | Me | Video |
| 7 | Vivaldi in Paradise | Gary Roodman | Video |
| 8 | The Chocolate Equation | Brooke Friendly & Chris Sackett | 4-couple set Video |
| 9 | Filigree | Rosemary Loch | Video |
| Break | |||
| 10 | Gentleman's Delight | Philippe Callens | Video |
| 11 | Red House | Young 1721 | Video |
| 12 | Bare Necessities | Pat Shaw | 3-couple set Video |
| 13 | Bonfire | Me | Video |
| 14 | Heartsease | Playford 1651 | 2-couple set Video |
| 15 | Autumn in Amherst | Philippe Callens | Video |
| 16 | Barbarini's Tambourine | Walsh 1741 | Video |
| Sunday, February 1, early afternoon ECD advanced session Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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| 1 | The Potter's Wheel | Brooke Friendly & Chris Sackett | |
| 2 | Felicity | Colin Hume | 4-couple set |
| 3 | Mary K | Gary Roodman | |
| 4 | Noisette | Philippe Callens | |
| 5 | The Phoenix Rejuvenated | Pat Shaw | 4-couple set |
| 6 | Three Weddings | Colin Hume | |
| 7 | Softly Good Tummas | Kynaston 1718 | |
A very fun ball with an excellent band. It was held in a student center where students could get in free, so there were a number of people who had never danced ECD before, hence the slow ramp-up of the program. There were two alternates (Orleans Baffled and La Gavre) that got dropped from the evening for reasons of time. The next day featured an advanced session at a local caller's house, with about 16 dancers.
Ben Werner was nice enough to video most of the ball.
I developed a new method for dealing with the final cast in "Autumn in Amherst." After the up a double and back, I have them sidestep to their left ("for teaching purposes only") till they're facing their original neighbors. After they've noted where they are, I then have them sidestep back, and instead cast over their right shoulder into that place.
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