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- 2022 Washington Spring Ball
- 2022 Spring Ball Program (music, videos)
2022 Spring Ball Program (music, videos)
How to prepare!
View the program with written dance instructions (pdf).
Watch a video of the dances using the links below.
Dance execution
- Click on a dance title to watch the dance being done
- The execution of dances in some videos may be slightly different from the manner in which they will be danced at the Ball.
- Dance tunes found in The Barnes Book of English Country Dance Tunes, Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (source for Barnes books) list which Volume the sheet music is in.
- When sheet music is not available in one of the Barnes's volumes, a link to sheet music is provided.
- Dances that do not have links to instructional videos will be linked to videos as those videos become available.
Dance Execution | Music |
|---|---|
| Alice (tune "Siciliano" by Georg Telemann) | Barnes: II-3 |
| Braes of Dornoch | Barnes: II-14 |
| Candles in the Dark | Barnes: III-36 |
| Cockle Shells | Barnes: II-21 |
| Graphite | Barnes: III-67 |
| Hazelfern Place (tune "La Maison de Glace" by Rejean Brunet) | Barnes: III-70 |
| A Jig for Joanna (tune "Rod's Birthday" by Barbara McOwen) | Rod's Birthday |
| Katharine Street | Barnes: II-69 |
| Key to the Cellar (tune "Cam' Ye O'er Frae France" traditional) | Barnes: II-40 |
| Maiden Lane | Barnes: I-72 |
| Sapphire Sea (tune: "Tom Kruskal's" by Amelia Mason and Emily Troll) | Barnes: III-121 |
| Sarah (tune "Agatha" by Erasmus Widman) | Barnes: II-115 |
| Slaughter House | Barnes: I-118 |
| Sweet Potato Pie (tune by Jonathan Jensen) | Barnes: III-132 |
| Trip to Totality (tune by Dave Wiesler) | Trip to Totality |
| The Two Cousins (tune "Paspie Menuet" from Speelmansboek van Tongeren) | Barnes: II-135 |
| Well Donne (tune "Poet Laureate" traditional) | Poet Laureate |
| Yellow Stockings | Barnes: II-147 |