| Dance Name | Author | Variants/comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faithless Nancy Dawson | Anna Bidder | A: Always be active. B: Fall back and up, setting |
| 2 | The Merry Andrew | Marjorie Heffer & William Porter | B: Sets and trades are with partner across, rather than diagonal corner. |
| 3 | After Dinner Maggot | Gary Roodman | B2: Lines set, turn single, lead up one place, fall back. |
| 4 | The Farmer's Joy | Joseph Pimentel | called by Victor Lindsey. |
| 5 | Mr. Beveridge's Maggot | Playford 1695 (Sharp) | called by Victor Linsey |
| 6 | Ponderosa Pine | Fried de Metz Hermann | B2: Finish with cloverleaf turn single instead of cast |
| 7 | The Hop Ground | Preston 1794 | B1: Half figure eight down, partner two-hand turn 1 & 1/2 |
| 8 | The Dusty Miller | Neal 1726 | B2: Ones two-hand turn, spiraling up |
| 9 | Barbarini's Tambourine | Walsh 1735 | If dancing with someone else, have them be your first corner rather than partner. A2: First corners do mirror image of A1. B2: Two-hand turn is with corner until in original place. |
| 10 | Hole in the Wall | Playford 1698 | B1: Trade places with partner across the set twice. B2: Circle left 1 |
Virtual dance during the COVID-19 pandemic. An hour and a half long. I had people single file promenade with the wrong hands-four in After Dinner Maggot. And I'm not happy yet with my adaptation of Barbarini's Tambourine.
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