Playford's Progeny

Playford's Progeny wiki is a vast collection of dance material assembled by John Nash and other club members. It includes:

English Country Dance Videos

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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

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Newcastle English Country Dancers - Lullling Beyond Thee

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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).

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Black Nag, caroso1581 - instructions right out? of the Playford - performed in former Cistercian monastery in Kostanjevica (Slovenia)

David Millstone guest caller at Spring Special May 3^rd 2013
Nils Fredland (on facebook) guest caller at Spring Special Apr 5^th 2013
Crowfoot guest musicians at Spring Special Apr 5^th 2013 and booked for A Trip To Ottawa 2013
Sharon Green, guest caller at Nov 9 & 10^th 2012 Trip To Ottawa.
David Smukler, guest caller at Jan 6th 2011 dance, March 2010 Evening Social, Cross Pollination Workshop and 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.

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 in London, Ontario
Country Dance New York Manhattan NY
Dance Flurry near Albany NY
Country Dance and Song Society, CDSS, programs include Pinewoods, Plymouth, MA; source of CD's
Country Dance Society, Boston Centre

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?

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