Mendocino English Country Dance

2025-01-25 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Caspar Community Center, 15051 Caspar Rd, Caspar, CA, 95420
This month’s dances will be programmed, taught and prompted by caller Melissa Monty, who, at 7:30 (immediately preceding the main dance at 8:00), will lead an introductory session for newcomers and old hands alike to learn (or refresh) basic ECD figures, including any featured in the evening’s dance program. No partner required; come as you are; if you can walk, you can dance. All dances will be taught and prompted.
The Evening’s Events

7:30–8:00 Newcomer ECD instruction
8:00–10:00 English Country Dance

Details

Admission $15 per person; age 30 and under free
Face coverings are optional. If you don’t feel well, please come next month instead.
Dances are fragrance-free. Please avoid personal care products not labeled “fragrance-free.”
Bring your own cup or water bottle. No communal snack table; BYO treats.

We’re excited about the return of LIVE MUSIC! Members of our beloved long-time house band, Take a Dance, are now providing great music at monthly dances.

Dance Programme:

Auretti’s Dutch Skipper; Barnes 1, p. 6; 6/8, B♭; dance by Rutherford (c.1756); in Playford Ball; Duple Minor Longways (DML)
Dover Pier, Barnes 1, p. 29; 2/4, B; dance by Preston, 1791; int by A. Simons, 1961; in Playford Ball; DML
Far Away; Barnes 3, p. 56; 3/4, D; dance by G. Roodman; tune by Peter Jung 1985; DML, double progression
Easter Morn / Miss Gordon of Gight; Barnes 2, p. 37; 4/4, Cm; dance by Erna Lynn Bogue (1994); tune by Isaac Cooper (c.1790); DML

The Young Widow; Barnes 1, p. 141; 6/8, G; dance by Griffiths (1788), int by Jim Morrison, 1976; Triple Minor Longways
Hit and Miss; Barnes 1, p. 151; 6/8, G; dance int by Cecil Sharp (1916); Two couples, facing
Pluck Me a Fig / Winter Oranges; Barnes 3, p. 111; 6/8, G; dance by Anna Rain (2011), tune by Daron Douglas (1995); DML
Alice / Siciliano Barnes 2, p. 3; 3/4, A; dance by Phillippe Callens (2002), tune by G.P. Telemann; Duple Proper Longways
A Trip to Tunbridge; Barnes 1, p. 130; 2/4, G; dance by Preston (1793), int by A. Simons (1961), in Playford Ball; three couples, longways
Terpsicourante / Courante; Barnes 2, p. 128; 6/8, D; dance by Gary Roodman (2000), tune by Praetorius; four couples, longways

Only four of the final six will be called.
Dance order and content may vary at caller discretion based on circumstances.

2024-12-28 19:30 - 22:00
This month’s dances will be programmed, taught and prompted by caller Lea Smith along with Melissa Monty, who, at 7:30 (immediately preceding the main dance at 8:00), will lead an introductory session for newcomers and old hands alike to learn (or refresh) basic ECD figures, including any featured in the evening’s dance program. No partner required; come as you are; if you can walk, you can dance. All dances will be taught and prompted.
The Evening’s Events

7:30–8:00 Newcomer ECD instruction
8:00–10:00 English Country Dance

Details

Admission $15 per person; age 30 and under free
Face coverings are optional. If you don’t feel well, please come next month instead.
Dances are fragrance-free. Please avoid personal care products not labeled “fragrance-free.”
Bring your own cup or water bottle. No communal snack table; BYO treats.

We’re excited about the return of LIVE MUSIC! Members of our beloved long-time house band, Take a Dance, are now providing great music at monthly dances.

Dance Programme:

Knole Park DML 2/2 B1 p. 65
The Duke of Kent’s Waltz DML 3/4 B1 p. 32
In the Fields In Frost and Snow DML 2/2 B1 p. 56
Sellenger’s Round or At the Beginning of the World, big circle 6/8 B1 p. 116
Freeford Gardens DML 2/2 B1 p. 42
Mr. Isaac’s Maggot DML 3/2 B1 p. 79
Elephant’s Stairs DML 3/4 B3 p. 53 -or- The Bare Necessities 3c round 3/4 B1 p. 8

Melissa Monty will call dances 1, 2 and 5. Lea Smith will call the rest.
Dance order and content may vary at caller discretion based on circumstances.
