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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.

Go there ...

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.
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