This Season’s Dances: 2024 – 2025
April 8, 2025
Dances led by Kalia Kliban
Music by Persons of Quality: Jon Berger, Rebecca King & Jim Oakden
Wooden Shoes
Winding River (Alan Winston)
Kensington Court
A Jig for Joanna (Dan Blim)
Trip to Provence (Susan Kevra)
Jovial Beggars
Mr. Legge’s Initiation (Joseph Pimentel)
After Dinner Maggot (Gary Roodman)
~~Break~~
John the Madman
Merrymakers Jubilee (Ellen Taylor)
Flying Sorceress (Kalia Kliban)
The Disbanded Officer
Bonfire (Chris Page)
April 5, 2025
MC: Orly Krasner & Gene Murrow
Music by Persons of Quality: Jon Berger, Rebecca King & Jim Oakden
Playford Ball
Lilli Burlero
Freeman’s Yard
Phoenix Rejuvenated, The (Pat Shaw)
Impertinence (Fried Herman)
Take Two (Orly Krasner)
Tennessee Dawn (Gary Roodman)
Picking Up Sticks
News From Tripoli
Gentleman’s Delight (Philippe Callens)
Trip to Macclesfield (Brian Wedgbury/Cécile Laye)
Slaughter House
~~Break~~
Constant Lover, The (Andrew Shaw, recons.)
Helen’s Hornpipe (Philippe Callens)
Jacob Hall’s Jig (Pat Shaw, recons.)
Dance of a Lifetime (Joseph Pimentel)
Love and a Bottle
We Meet Again (Jenna Simpson)
Chestnut, The
New Long Room at Scarborough (Andrew Shaw, recons.)
Peace Be with You (Fried Herman)
Barbarini’s Tambourine
April 1, 2025
Dances led by Gene Murrow & Orly Krasner
Music by Robin Russell, Lisa Bueno, Helen White
Slaughter House*
News From Tripoli*
Take Two* (Orly Krasner)
Trip to Macclesfield* (Brian Wedgbury/Cécile Laye)
New Long Room at Scarborough*
Peace Be with You* (Fried Herman)
Helen’s Hornpipe* (Philippe Callens)
Barbarini’s Tambourine*
~~Break~~
Dance of a Lifetime* (Joseph Pimentel)
Chestnut, The*
Tennessee Dawn* (Gary Roodman)
Picking Up Sticks*
Constant Lover, The*
Freeman’s Yard*
- 2025 Playford Ball Dance
March 28, 2025
Dances led by Gene Murrow & Orly Krasner
Music by Cynthia Shaw, Dominique Gagné, Lydia Becker
Slaughter House*
Helen’s Hornpipe* (Philippe Callens)
Impertinence* (Fried Herman)
Trip to Macclesfield* (Brian Wedgbury/Cécile Laye)
Picking Up Sticks*
Dance of a Lifetime* (Joseph Pimentel)
Love and a Bottle*
The Constant Lover*
~~Break~~
We Meet Again* (Jenna Simpson)
Take Two* (Orly Krasner)
Freeman’s Yard*
The Phoenix Rejuvenated*
Lilli Burlero*
- 2025 Playford Ball Dance
March 25, 2025
Dances led by Orly Krasner & Elizabeth Freedman
Music by Sara Banleigh, Sarah Parker, Helen White
Zephyrs and Flora
News From Tripoli*
Jacob Hall’s Jig*
Leah’s Waltz (Fried Herman)
Impertinence* (Fried Herman)
Helen’s Hornpipe* (Philippe Callens)
Mutual Love
Duke of Kent’s Waltz I
~~Break~~
Constant Lover, The* (Andrew Shaw, recons.)
Chestnut, The*
Comical Fellow, The
Gentleman’s Delight* (Philippe Callens)
Tennessee Dawn* (Gary Roodman)
- 2025 Playford Ball Dance
March 18, 2025
Dances led by Gene Murrow & Orly Krasner
Music by Robin Russell, Lisa Bueno, Zara Lawler
Slaughter House *
Constant Lover, The *
Helen’s Hornpipe * (Philippe Callens)
Barbarini’s Tambourine *
Picking Up Sticks * (FTWK at the ball)
Gentleman’s Delight * (Callens)
Trip to Macclesfield * (FTWK at the ball) (Brian Wedgbury/Cécile Laye)
Lilli Burlero *
~~Break~~
Dance of a Lifetime * (Joseph Pumentel)
Love and a Bottle *
Phoenix Rejuvenated, The * (Pat Shaw)
Peace Be with You * (Fried Herman)
New Long Room at Scarborough *
* 2025 Playford Ball Dance
March 11, 2025
Dances led by Gene Murrow & Helen White
Music by Liza Wu, Sarah Parker, Lydia Becker
Indian Queen
Bishop of Bangor’s Jigg
Trip to Macclesfield * (Brian Wedgbury/Cécile Laye)
Gentleman’s Delight * (Philippe Callens)
News From Tripoli *
British Sorrow
Old Wife Behind the Fire
~~Break~~
We Meet Again * (Jenna Simpson)
Picking Up Sticks *
Well Done Jack
True Kit (Gary Roodman)
Freeman’s Yard *
Happy Conclusion
* 2025 Playford Ball Dance
March 4, 2025
Dances led by Orly Krasner & Paul Ross
Music by Cynthia Shaw, Lydia Becker, Tom Phillips
Auretti’s Dutch Skipper
Long Odds
Tennessee Dawn * (Gary Roodman)
Take Two * (Orly Krasner)
Jacob Hall’s Jig * (rec. Pat Shaw)
Helen’s Hornpipe * (Philippe Callens)
Mad Robin
~~Break~~
The Constant Lover * (rec. Andrew Shaw)
The Chestnut *
Impertinence * (Fried Herman)
Jack’s Maggot
*2025 Playford Ball Dance
February 25, 2025
Dances led by Elizabeth Freedman & Alex Deis-Lauby
Music by Liza Wu, Lydia Becker, Dominique Gagné
Corelli’s Maggot (Cathy and John Millar)
Excuse Me
Come Let’s Be Merry
The Collier’s Daughter
Cockle Shells
Pluck Me A Fig (Anna Rain)
Well Donne (Jenna Simpson)
~~Break~~
Mrs. Savage’s Whim
Mary K (Gary Roodman) [DOTM]
From Among Dragons (Leslie Lassetter)
Wooin’ Mairi (Scott Higgs)
The Pursuit
Spanish Jigg
February 18, 2025
Dances led by Jenny Beer
Music by Cynthia Shaw, Matthew Christian, Sue Polansky
Cheshire Rounds
Gooseberry Blossoms (Gary Roodman)
Once A Night
Turn of the Tide (Ron Coxall)
Yellow Stockings
Summersweet (Gary Roodman)
~~Break~~
Adventures with David (J Beer)
Trip To Tunbridge
Mary K (Gary Roodman) [DOTM]
Shandy Hall (George Middleton)
Jack’s Health
February 11, 2025
Dances led by Paul Ross with apprentice Hila Lenz
Music by Liza Wu, Minda Cowen, Dominique Gagné
Take a Dance
Tuesday Duple Minor (Fried de Metz Herman)
Hunsdon House
Rosamond’s Pond
Mary K (Gary Roodman) [DOTM]
Hedge-Lane
Spectator Special (Fried de Metz Herman)
~~Break~~
Chocolate Round O (Fried de Metz Herman)
Newcastle
Freeman’s Yard
February 4, 2025
Dances led by Margaret Bary with apprentice Hila Lenz
Music by Cynthia Shaw, Lydia Becker, Tom Phillips
Fourpence Ha’penny Farthing
Mount Hills
Crossing the Tweed (Philippe Callens)
Row Well, Ye Mariners
Newfound Home (Sharon Green)
Physical Snob, The
Mary K (Gary Roodman) [DOTM]
Jack’s Health
~~Break~~
Jane’s Waltz (Margaret & Jeff Bary)
Newcastle
Money in Both Pockets
Old Wife Behind the Fire
January 28, 2025
Dances led by Elizabeth Freedman
Music by Peter Roberts, Lisa Bueno, Zara Lawler
Mile of Smiles (Joseph Pimentel)
Dover Pier
A Health to All Honest Men
Kelsterne Gardens
Hudson Barn (Schwab and Hammond)
The Farmer’s Joy (Joseph Pimentel)
Turning By Threes (Gary Roodman)
Elverton Grove
~~Break~~
St. Martin’s Lane [DOTM]
While We Are Together (Robert Mills)
Zephyrs and Flora
The Astonished Archaeologist (Philippe Callens)
Rafe’s Waltz (Victor Skowronski)
In the Fields of Frost and Snow
January 21, 2025
Dances led by Paul Ross
Music by Cynthia Shaw, Lydia Becker, Gene Murrow
Geud Man of Ballangigh
Childgrove
Winter Waltz (Fried de Metz Herman)
6 for the 6 Proud Walkers (Fried de Metz Herman)
Michael and All Angels (Fried de Metz Herman)
Saint Martin’s Lane [DOTM]
I Care Not for These Ladies (Kitty Skrobela)
~~Break~~
The New Spanish Dance led by Julia Bengtsson
4 for the Gospel Makers (Fried de Metz Herman)
Humours of Marybon, The
Middlemarch (Orly Krasner)
Wooden Shoes
Well Hall
January 14, 2025
Dances led by Margaret Bary & Paul Ross
Music by Sara Banleigh, Sue Polansky, Dominique Gagné
Ore Boggy
Old Hob
Saint Margaret’s Hill
Spanish Jigg
My Lady of the Lake (Loretta Holz)
Saint Martin’s Lane [DOTM]
Potter’s Wheel (Chris Sackett & Brooke Friendly)
Gene’s Tambourine (Sharon Green)
~~Break~~
Prince George’s Birthday
Saturday Triad (Fried de Metz Herman)
Dancing Wife (Gary Roodman)
Drapers Gardens
Room for Ramblers
January 11, 2025
Dances led by Ted Rudofker
Music by Alchemy: Karen Axelrod, Rachel Bell, Eric Martin
12th Night Assembly
Minor Spaniard
Bel Canto
Kelsterne Gardens
Benjamin’s Birthday
Orleans Baffled
Female Saylor
Winter Waltz
~~Break~~
Jubilee at Eindhoven
Midwinter Maggot
True Kit
Eggshell Whimsy
To Dance Divine
Old Wife Behind The Fire
Sapphire Sea
January 7, 2025
Dances led by Margaret Bary
Music by Peter Roberts, Gene Murrow, Lisa Terry
Bashful Swain
Freeford Gardens (David & Kathryn Wright)
Turning of the Hour (Margaret & Jeff Bary)
Child’s Christmas in Berkeley (Sharon Green)
Anna Maria
Saint Martin’s Lane [DOTM]
If All the World Were Paper
Round About Our Coal Fire
~~Break~~
Hambleton’s Round O
In the Fields in Frost and Snow
Before the Light (Mady Newfield)
Chocolate Round O (Fried de Metz Herman)
December 17, 2024
Dances led by Daniel Popowich
Music by Cynthia Shaw, Minda Cowen, Helen White
The Mulberry Garden
In the Bleak Midwinter (Robin Hayden)
The Night Cap (Marjorie Heffer and William Porter)
The Cotery
The Fandango [DOTM]
Irish Lamentation
The Female Saylor
~~Break~~
Newcastle
Rafe’s Waltz (Victor Skowronski)
Apley House
Hit and Miss
The Lass of Richmond Hill (Kate Riley)
Gower Wassail (Sol Weber)
December 10, 2024
Dances led by Dorothy Cummings
Music by Sara Banleigh, Sarah Parker, Dominique Gagné
Haste to the Wedding
Belgia Retriev’d
Fandango [DOTM]
Winter Dreams (Gary Roodman)
The Happy Marriage
Newcastle
Hambleton’s Round O
~~Break~~
When Laura Smiles (Orly Krasner)
Speed the Plough
Saint Margaret’s Hill
Fenterlarick (Joyce Walker)
Barbarini’s Tambourine
December 3, 2024
Dances led by Val Medve
Music by Liza Wu, Lisa Bueno, Dominique Gagné
Christchurch Bells
Hole in the Wall
The Bishop
Fandango [DOTM]
Sunlight Through Draperies (Tom Roby)
The Round
An Early Frost (Philippe Callens)
Vanga Land (Joseph Pimentel)
~~Break~~
The Collier’s Daughter
Come Let’s Be Merry
Highlander’s Maggot
Boldwood (Val Medve)
November 19, 2024
Dances led by Elizabeth Freedman
Music by Cynthia Shaw, Gene Murrow, Dominique Gagné
Knole Park
Alice (Philippe Callens)
Heartsease
Candles in the Dark (Loretta Holz)
A Trip to Kilburn
Once A Night
Autumn in Amherst (Philippe Callens)
Well Hall
~~Break~~
The Severn Bore (Fried Herman) [DOTM]
The First Lady (Fried Herman)
Wooin’ Mairi (Scott Higgs)
Mendocino Redwood (Devlin, Fraley and Zekley)
Drapers Gardens
November 12, 2024
Dances led by Dorothy Cummings
Music by Robin Russell, Lisa Terry, Lydia Becker
Bedford’s Delight
Freeford Gardens (David & Katharine Wright)
The Bonny Cuckoo (Gail Ticknor)
Gene’s Gambol (Orly Krasner)
The Goose and Gridiron
The Severn Bore (Fried Herman) [DOTM]
Red House
~~Break~~
Whiskey Before Dinner (Gary Roodman)
Red and All Red
Puck’s Deceit (Chris Sackett & Brooke Friendly)
Leah’s Waltz (Fried Herman)
Jack’s Health
November 5, 2024
Dances led by Orly Krasner
Music by Liza Wu, Lisa Bueno, Dominique Gagné
Queen’s Almain
Ragg, The
Bare Necessities (Pat Shaw)
Long Odds
Sir Watkins’s Jigg
Severn Bore, The (Fried Herman) [DOTM]
Inflation Reel (Tony Parkes)
~~Break~~
Wives’ Victory (Thomas Bray)
Bribe, The (Colin Hume)
Lilli Burlero
Alice (Philippe Callens)
October 29, 2024
Dances led by Helen White
Music by Peter Roberts, Minda Cowen, Sue Polansky
31st of October [First of October] (Philippe Callens)
Kill Him! (with Kindness) [Kill Him with Kindness]
Haunted Hunsdon House [Hunsdon House]
Jack-o-Lantern’s Full of Maggots [Jack’s Maggot]
Trip to Kill and Burn [Trip to Kilburn]
A Ghoul’s Best Friend [A Girl’s Best Friend] (Fried Herman)
Jump-Scare at the Sun [Jump at the Sun] (Scott Higgs)
Boo-bonnets [Bluebonnets] (Joseph Pimentel)
~~Break~~
Prince of Darkness William [Prince William] [DOTM]
Bar, a Chocolate Bar [Bar a Bar]
Booin’ Mairi [Wooin’ Mairi] (Scott Higgs)
A Savage Whim [Mrs. Savage’s Whim]
Wraiths of Rochester [Rakes of Rochester]
Slaughter House
October 22, 2024
Dances led by Daniel Popowich
Music by Robin Russell, Sarah Parker, Dominique Gagné
Take A Dance
Knives & Forks
Dancing Wife (Gary Roodman)
Grimstock
Elizabeth (Colin Hume)
Prince William [DOTM]
Bellamira (AAB version)
~~Break~~
Key to the Cellar (Jenny Beer)
Red and All Red
Look Both Ways (Rich Jackson)
Heidenroslein (Pat Shaw)
Sadler’s Wells
Old Wife Behind the Fire
October 15, 2024
Dances led by Orly Krasner
Music by Cynthia Shaw, Lydia Becker, Daphna Mor
Branle des Chevaux
Duke of Kent’s Waltz II
Freeford Gardens (David & Kathryn Wright)
The Black Nag
Valiant Jockey
Prince William [DOTM]
Fourpence, Ha’penny Farthing; or, The Jockey
~~Break~~
Horseplay (Gary Roodman)
Bonny Cuckoo (Gail Ticknor)
Dancing Across the Atlantic (Loretta Holz)
Come with Voices Singing (Joseph Pimentel)
Scotch Morris
October 8, 2024
Dances led by Paul Ross
Music by Peter Roberts, Sarah Parker, Zara Lawler
Mutual Love
8 for the Music Makers (Fried Herman)
De’il Take the Warr
Mylecharane (Fried Herman)
Prince William [DOTM]
Elephants Stairs
Old Hob or the Mouse Trap
~~Break~~
Wa’ is Me, What Mun I do!
Golden Alexanders (Fried Herman)
Belle of the Ball (Loretta Holz)
October 1, 2024
Dances led by Val Medve
Music by Robin Russell, Matthew Christian, Sue Polansky
Mount Hills
Rafe’s Waltz (Victor Skowronski)
The Braes of Dornoch
The Minor Spaniard (Jenny Beer)
The Leading Man (Loretta Holz)
Noisette (Philippe Callens)
La Gavre
The Haymakers
~~Break~~
Corelli’s Maggot (Cathy and John Millar)
A New Beginning (Gary Roodman)
Jack By the Hedge (Jan Dale)
Weekend in Wilton (Susan Amessé)
September 24, 2024
Dances led by Gene Murrow
Music by Liza Wu, Minda Cowen, Dominique Gagné
Corelli’s Maggot (Cathy and John Millar)
The Bishop
Hambleton’s Round O [DOTM]
Hudson Barn (Schwab & Hammond)
Childgrove
Fast Packet (Bob Lilley)
Long Odds
~~Break~~
Bonny Cuckoo (Gail Ticknor)
Monterey Ploughman (Susan Kevra)
Moonflower (Susan Kevra)
Autumn on the River (Gary Roodman)
Fair and Softly
September 17, 2024
Dances led by Dorothy Cummings
Music by Robin Russell, Sarah Parker, Sue Polansky
Fourpence Ha’penny Farthing
Jamaica
Bare Necessities (Pat Shaw)
Sun Assembly
Hambleton’s Round O [DOTM]
Shandy Hall (George Middleton)
Trip to Paris
~~Break~~
Fandango
Wa’ Is Me, What Mun I Do?
Kelsterne Gardens
The Duke of Kent’s Waltz
Slaughter House
Mount Hills
September 10, 2024
Dances led by Margaret Bary
Music by Cynthia Shaw, Minda Cowen, Helen White
Knole Park
Auretti’s Dutch Skipper
Barnestorming (Bruce Rosen)
Yellow Stockings
Rufty Tufty
Hambleton’s Round O [DOTM]
A Playful Porpoise (Scott Higgs)
Dancing Across the Atlantic (Loretta Holtz)
~~Break~~
New Friends (Gary Roodman)
A Girl’s Best Friend (Fried de Metz Herman)
Dublin Bay
Come with Voices Singing (Joseph Pimentel)
The Collier’s Daughter