The Dance Program
These dances are in the style of the English Country Dance tradition. Dance Master, James Hutson has created the following program for the 2025 Jane Austen Evening.
SET LIST
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NOTE: There may be variations in these examples that will differ slightly from the program dances.
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Basic English Country Dance Figures
SET ONE
The Geud Man of Ballangigh (Easy) 1698-1755
The Geud Man of Ballangigh
Knole Park (Easy) 1791-1809
Knole Park
Come Let’s Be Merry (Easy) 1726-1755
Come Let’s Be Merry
Barbarini’s Tambourine (Intermediate) 1745-1755
Barbarini’s Tambourine
SET TWO
Drapers Gardens (Easy) 1706-1760
Drapers Gardens
Prince William (Advanced) 1731-1760
Prince William
Money in Both Pockets (Easy) 1794
Money in Both Pockets
Irish Lamentation (Intermediate) 1740-1755
Irish Lamentation
SET THREE
The Disbanded Officer (Easy) 1787-1788
The Disbanded Officer
Mister Beveridge’s Maggot (Advanced) 1695-1728
Mister Beveridge’s Maggot
The Comical Fellow (Easy) 1776-1780
The Comical Fellow
Pavilion Waltz (Easy) 1820
Gallini’s Allemande Cotillion (Intermediate) 1770
SET FOUR
Prince William of Gloucester’s Waltz (Easy) 1801
Leather Lake House (Advanced) 1788
Leather Lake House
The Duke of Kent’s Waltz (Easy) 1801
Duke of Kent’s Waltz
Sir Roger de Coverly (Easy) 1808-1816
Sir Roger de Coverly
James Hutson