The Duke of Kent's Waltz
Du min Cahusac 1801
As in “The Playford Ball”
A. Simons 1970
Recording: duke_of_kents_waltz-dndabl21.mp3.zip
duke_of_kents_waltz-068-bn12pb16.mp3.zip
duke_of_kent_057-dhp-05.mp3.zip
duke_of_kent_s_waltz--037.mp3.zip
duke_of_kents_waltz-priprec14.mp3.zip
duke_of_kent_s_waltz_the--016.mp3.zip
duke_of_kents_waltz-11-kha-001.mp3.zip
A1 1-8 All right hands-across and left hands back. A2 1-8 1st couple take two hands and move two waltz side-steps down center, two back, and cast down to second place, 2nd couple leading up. B 1-4 All take right hands with partner and balance forward, back, and change places, men turning partners under their arms {down the set}. 5-8 Repeat movement giving left hands. 9-12 Men turn women below their partners by right-hand. 13-16 Men turn partners left-hand.
NB Co's standing out at either end join in B music: the top Wo & bottom Man (of set) stand still during turn on the diagonal, but be ready to turn partner Lh.
See an animation of this dance
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trt8yz1L73c
Source: Dance and Danceability
Sticker Number: OECDC 2016 - 12
The Duke of Kent's Waltz II
Jon Paine 1807
Longways Duple Minor
Al 1-8 1st couple figure eight down through the second couple AZ 1-4 1st couple, taking both hands, side step down the middle and back 5-8 1st couple cast below the 2nd couple B 1-8 Taking right hands with partner, all balance forward and back and charge places, man turning partner under his arm. Repeat with the left hands C 1-8 Each man turns the lady below with the right hand, then turns his partner with the left.
THE DUKE OF KENT'S WALTZ
Edward Augustus, 1767-1820, was the fourth son of
George III and father of Queen Victoria. He was made
Duke of Kent in 1799 and was commander-in-chief of the
forces in British America in 1799-1800.
During the 1790's, country dances to waltz tunes began to appear in English books.
This waltz country dance commemorating the Duke was found in a coverless book
at the British Library, which Jacqueline Schwab has since identified in the course of
her work preparing a bibliography of published English country dances, 1700-1830,