Webfeet's Annotated eCeilidh

Dances by number of dancers

Webfeet's annotations, notes and queries on dances you might meet at an English Ceilidh, sorted by the number of dancers you would need. No way an attempt to record a definitive anything.

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2 people:

• The Ideal Schottische
• The Italian Polka
• Rozsa waltz
• The Salty Dog Rag

3 people:

• Cochinchine

6 people:

• Cornish Six Hand Reel - 3 couples in line
• Dr Fauster's Tumblers - 3 couple sets
• Millenium All Stars - 3 couple sets
• Sir Roger de Coverley - for 3, 4 or 5 couple sets
• Staffordshire Knot - 3 couple sets

8 people:

• Clopton Bridge - 4 couple sets
• Drops of Brandy - 4 or 5 couple sets
• The Foula Reel - 4 couple sets
• The Horse's Branle (or the Horse's Brawl) - a horseshoe for 8 people
• Joe Taylor's Hornpipe - square set
• La Russe - square set
• The New Mrs Arrowsmith - square set
• The Stoke Golding Country Dance - 4 or 5 couple sets
• Strip the Willow Square - square set

10 people:

• Bottoms Up - 5 couple sets, in a horseshoe for 10
• Country Bumpkin - 5 couple sets
• The Waves of Tory - 5 couple sets

16 people:

• Willow Tree - 8 couple sets

Longways:

• The Guidman of Ballangigh - Proper
• Holmfirth Reel - Improper
• Orcadian Strip the Willow - Proper
• Nottingham Swing - Proper
• Petronella - Proper
• Portsmouth - Proper
• The Rifleman - Becket
• The Sloe Schottische - Improper
• Speed the Plough - Proper

Circle:

• The Canadian Barn Dance - mixer
• La Chapelloise - mixer
• The Circassian Circle - often a mixer
• The Circle Hornpipe - mixer
• The Old Swan Gallop - Sicilian
• The Waterfall Waltz - Sicilian