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The Hole in the Wall

The Dancing Master 1698
Douglas and Helen Kennedy 1929
As in “The Playford Ball”
Duple Minor Longways
Recordings: hole_in_the_wall-_064-bn3sp15.mp3.zip
hole_in_the_wall--014.mp3.zip
hole_in_the_wall--036.mp3.zip
hole_in_the_wall_-_les_triolets_-_track4.mp3.zip

A1  1-4 C1 cast down, move around C2 and lead up center to place. 
A2  1-4 C2 cast up, move around C1 and lead down center to place. 
B   1-2 1st corners change places, falling back on last three steps. 
    3-4 2nd corners the same. 
    5-6 Circle four-hands half-way around. 
    7-8 C1 cast down one place, C2 moving up.

See an animation of this dance
A very nice rendition follows Mr. Beveridge in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySByLPBNC1s .

THE HOLE IN THE WALL
‘The title, “The Hole in the Wall” is not relevant to the play and may reflect a different use of the melody. It might have been an interpolation in Purcell's Fairy Queen, which was based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and features the Pyramis and Thisbe scene in which a “hole in the wall” is prominent. We have not been able to find a London reference for this title, although there is an old pub in Bath known as “The Hole in the Wall,” the reference there said to be to the coal chute.

ins_hole_in_the_wall.txt · Last modified: 2025/07/01 05:13 by mar4uscha