2025 George Washington Ball dance preparation aids

Barham Down (video)
Suggested recordings: Bare Necessities, “English Country Dances” ; Foxfire, “Winter Oranges”

The Bashful Swain (video)
Suggested recording: Foxfire, “Winter Oranges”

Bloomsberry Market (video)
Suggested recording: Persons of Quality, “Farnicle Huggy”

Ely Waltz (video)
Suggested recording: Any 32-bar waltz (choreographer does not specify.). We enjoy practicing this to “Ani’s Waltz” on Cilantrio, “Good Friends”

Good Man of Cambridge (video)
Suggested recordings: MGM/Reunion, “Old Friends” ; Childgrove, “Wanderlust” , Assembly Players, “Playford from the New World

The Happy Marriage (video)
Suggested recording: Wild Thyme, “Packington’s Pound”

Jack’s Health (video)
Suggested recording: Hold the Mustard, “English Country Dance Favorites”; The Dancehall Players, “Live from Dan’s Hall”

Mrs. Savage’s Whim (video)
Suggested recording: Bare Necessities, “By Request”

New Long Room at Scarborough (video)
Suggested recording: Persons of Quality, “The Irish Howle”

News from Tripoli (video)
Suggested recording: KGB, “Red and All Red”

The Pursuit (video)
Suggested recording: Bare Necessities, “At the Ball”

The Ragg (video)
Suggested recording: Bare Necessities, “Simple Pleasures”

Severn Bore (video)
Suggested recording: MGM, “Measured Obsession”

Six for the Six Proud Walkers (video)
Suggested recording: Bare Necessities, “New Shoots”

Southwind (video)
Suggested recording: “New Dances from the Old Dominion”

Trip to Tunbridge (video)
Suggested recording: Bare Necessities, “Mrs. Beveridge’s Triumph” ; The Flying Romanos, “Take Off!”

Turn of the Tide (video)
Suggested recording: Bare Necessities, “A New English Ball”

Wakefield Hunt (video)
Suggested recording: Donaldson/Reed/Ross, “English Echoes II: More English Country Dances” ; Wild Thyme, “Hunter’s Moon,” Assembly Players, “Dance and Danceability”

Well Donne (video)
Suggested recording: Morse/Oorts/Wiesler, “Champagne”

The Young Widow (video)
Suggested recording: Bare Necessities, “At the Ball” ; Assembly Players, “Dance and Danceability”