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English Country Dance Videos
- Dance Discovery performing The Young Widow at the Missouri History Museum with music by the Tu' Penny Players.
The Young Widow
- Childgrove's Channel Newcastle, plus at least 26 more dances on Paul Ross' YouTube channel; and
- More than 160 ECD videos at the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) Dance Video Archives.
- Newcastle Country Dancers (Professional) perform: Lull Me Beyond Thee; AppleyHouse; Ladie of Newcastle; Dargason; Argeers; Jenny Pluck Pears; Chestnut; Mage on a Cree.
Newcastle English Country Dancers - Lullling Beyond Thee
- Stuck in Vermont, filmed Jan 7 - 9, 2011 at Burlington Country Dancers dance weekend with music by "The Flying Romanos".
- Mr. Beveridge's Maggot from the BBC's Pride and Prejudice.
Sun Assembly's 2007 Spring DanceFest - Jack's Health
- More from Sun Assembly's 2007 Spring DanceFest led by Bruce Hamilton: White Wheat, Faithless Nancy Dawson, & Sally in Our Alley.
- Trip to the Manors from Sun Assembly's 2008 Spring DanceFest led by Gene Murrow.
- Jane Austen Festival @ St Swithin's Church
- Black Nag & Childgrove performed by Bill Spence on Hammered Dulcimer (music only).
Black Nag, caroso1581 - performed in former Cistercian monastery in Kostanjevica (Slovenia)
- Upon a summers day, from The Elegance of Baroque (2010).
- Ottawa English Country Dance Club, A Trip to Ottawa, Ball 2011.
- Nonesuch danced at Portland 2010 and at Ohio State University Renfest 2010.
Playford's Progeny
Playford's Progeny wiki is a vast collection of dance material assembled by John Nash, club members and others. It includes:
- general information about English and Contra dances;
- dance instructions for most dances we have danced and some we haven't;
- a list of all the dances we have danced since Sep/2008;
- a list of available CD recordings of English Country Dance music;
- general information for club callers.
Regency Period - sources for information
- Regency Hairstyles and their Accessories | Jane Austen's World
- Regency Colors Colours
- Regency Women's Dress by Cassidy Percoco
- ReproductionFabrics.com
- Mood Fabrics
- Sense & Sensibility - Regency Gown ePattern
- Donna Hatch - Regency Underwear
- Vintage Dancer
- Past Patterns - Original Sewing Patterns
- The Recollections of J. P. Ryan
- Dancing Leaf Designs - 19th Century Patterns 1820-1899
- Laughing Moon Mercantile
- Reconstructing History VOF
- Regency Cosmetics and Make-Up
Musicians & Callers
- David Millstone, guest caller at Spring Special May 3rd 2013.
- Nils Fredland (on facebook), guest caller at Spring Special Apr 5th 2013.
- Crowfoot, guest musicians at Spring Special Apr 5th 2013 and A Trip To Ottawa 2013.
- Sharon Green, guest caller at Nov 9 & 10th 2012 Trip To Ottawa.
- David Smukler, guest caller at Jan 6th 2011 dance, March 2010 Evening Social, Cross Pollination Workshop and many other events.
- Paul Ross, guest caller at Trip to Ottawa 2011.
- Karen Axelrod & Naomi Morse, featured musicians at Trip to Ottawa 2011.
- Gene Murrow, guest caller at Nov 2010 A Trip to Ottawa.
- Fine Companions, musicians at our May We Dance ball, May 2009, and Nov 2010 A Trip to Ottawa.
- Orly Krasner, guest caller at 2009 May We Dance - bio, scroll 3/4 down.
Other Local Dance Clubs
- Ottawa Contra Dance.
- Spencerville English Country Dance Club, Ontario.
- Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (Ottawa Branch).
- Joie de Vivre Folk Dancers, Ottawa.
ECD near Ottawa
- Peterborough English Country Dancers, Ontario.
- Durham Regency Dance, Ontario.
- TECD, Toronto English Country Dancers.
- Toronto English Country Dance Assembly. For more information email Maxine Louie, maxine.louie@gmail.com.
- Hamilton English Dancers, Ontario.
- True North Music and Dance, London, Ontario.
- Country Dance New York, Manhattan NY.
- Dance Flurry, near Albany NY.
- Country Dance and Song Society, CDSS, programs include Pinewoods, Plymouth, MA; a source of CD's.
- Country Dance Society, Boston Centre.
ECD not so close to Ottawa
- June's List of Canadian ECD Clubs.
- Village Green - English Country Dancers in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
General Interest
- Dancing is good for you heart according to ACLS.
- Dance Animations.
- Richard Morgan, The Round.
- English Country Dance according to Wikipedia.
- Hugh Stewart, an index of country dances and where they are published.
- Folk Music - An Index to Recorded Resources.
- Robert M. Keller, The Dancing Master, 1651-1728: An Illustrated Compendium.
- Philip Lewis?, The English Dancing Master 1651, transcribed as well as facsimile, includes MIDI music.
- Master Trahaearn ap Ieuan, reconstructing an English Country Dance from Playford.
- Alan Winston from text written by Linda Repasky: What is English Country Dancing?.
- Gary Shapiro, What Is Contra Dance?
Links to more links
- Ted Crane's Dance Database, covers USA & Canada
- Set and Turn Single. If you are traveling to the UK check this listings web site for folk dancers.