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	English Country Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		English Country Dance sometimes abbreviated ECD is a form folk dance.
		In the early 20th century ECD was in England by Cecil Sharp who also was known for collecting ECD continues today as a social dancing in Britain the United States and around world.
		The first published instructions for English Country is John Playford's The English Dancing Master which was first published in 1651 was reprinted and enlarged many times with final edition published sometime around 1728.
	www.freeglossary.com /English_country_dance (1277 words)

	English Country Dance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		English Country Dance was derived from the interpretations of traditional rural dances by the urban elite, hence the name.
		ECD continues today as a social dancing form, in Britain, the United States, and around the world.
		Country Dance and Song Society is a United States umbrella organization whose members enjoy English dance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/English_Country_Dance (1812 words)

	English Country Dance
		English Country Dances range from elegant to rowdy and from easy to difficult, with a wide range of mood, meter, and music.
		He was the dancing master for the BACDS (www.bacds.org) Playford Ball in 2000 and 2006, led the New Haven English Ball this year, led workshops at NEFFA (www.neffa.org) in 2000 and 2004, and has become a fixture at the Free Folk Festival.
		Alan's dance "Sparkling and Still" was published in the Country Dance and Song Society News and was included in Allison Thompson's "The Blind Harper Dances", a collection of dances based on tunes by Turlough O'Carolan.
	www.sffolkfest.org /2006/performers_and_workshops/dw_ecd.html (357 words)

	Glossary of English Country Dance Terms
		In most English country dances, the set is divided into small groups who perform the dance and then progress, moving up toward the top or down toward the bottom of the set, to dance it again with another small group.
		English country dancers frequently hold hands, one person with palm facing up and the other with palm facing down.
		Each member of the couple dancing the figure moves between a stationary couple, around his or her corner, between them again, and around his or her neighbour.
	www.torontoenglishdance.ca /ecd_glossary.html (2711 words)

	English Country Dance and Contra Dance Leader Judi Rivkin
		She never forgets that dancing and socializing in the community is meant to be fun, that discretionary time (and funds) are at a premium, and that there's more than one way to learn a dance.
		She and Sue Dupré began the "English Country Dance: Jane Austen and Beyond" class in Fall of 2005; Judi continued in the spring term, and the Fall 2006 class is scheduled to run once a week, on Tuesday evenings from October 3rd-December 5th.
		In addition to her work as a dance leader, she has produced many English and contra dance events, weekends, and English country balls in both New York and Seattle, as well as a couple of dance websites, including one featuring several animated ECD figures, with music by Bare Necessities.
	www.rivkinetic.org /ecdbio.html (1144 words)

	ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE AND ITS AMERICAN COUSIN
		Dances were written to folk tunes, popular ballads, and stage music, as well as music composed for the purpose.
		ECD was essentially dead by the beginning of this century, while contra dance and square dance was still alive, if in hiding.
		Modern contra dances are usually done, on the West and East Coasts, to medleys of jigs and reels, chosen by the band.
	www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu /~winston/ecd/history.htmlx (1460 words)

	Elements of English Country Dance \| The Round
		This is an American dance term (the older English dances were invented in days when you were not allowed to put an arm round your partner, and hooped skirts enforced the rules).
		The turn can either be a real turn (in many older dances written for polite society), or a courtesy turn by the man putting his arm round her waist (she can grab his right hand with hers if she wants to avoid being tickled), and they can swing round as a couple.
		A Square dance term for a men's star where the men put their outside arms round their partners' waists so all dancers are moving (the ladies scampering along on the outside, and the men slowly in the middle).
	www.srcf.ucam.org /round/dances/elements.htm (7349 words)

	English Country Dance diagrams for Beginners
		The unique or dances were identified and collected into a database where each dance printing history and other information is summarized and a facsimile of the dance and its music is included.
		ECD, with members from the US, Canada, Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, is a list for the discussion of all aspects, including the aesthetic and the social, of English Country Dance, historical, traditional, and contemporary.
		Dance technique throughout the period changed frequently as new fashions and fads swept across the land.
	www.dcdancenet.com /toyprograms (673 words)

	Berea College - PEH - Dance Programs - Country Dancers
		For nearly 70 years, the Berea College Country Dancers have been performing and leading workshops regionally, nationally, and internationally, bringing dances of Europe and the Appalachian region to exuberant audiences, and sharing the joy of dancing.
		English Country Dances and American Contra Dances are organized so that everyone has the opportunity to dance with everyone else, helping to build an atmosphere of cooperation.
		These dances contrast with the Turning Waltz in the European style of the 1870’s, in which the dancers move only as a couple, demonstrating their skill with leaps, lifts, and turns.
	www.berea.edu /peh/dance/countrydancers.asp (359 words)

	Scottish country dance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Country dancing had its first hey-day during the 18th century, when it was popular in the fashionable places of England (it wasn't called "Scottish" then, just "country dancing") and was brought to Scotland by the gentry and well-to-do town populace who wanted to keep doing what they had found and liked in places like Bath.
		New country dances invented in Scotland did acquire features from earlier Scottish social dances such as the Highland reel, and in fact country dances using reel-style formations were very popular indeed towards the end of the 18th century.
		Country dancing was in danger of dying out, when in 1923 the Scottish Country Dance Society (SCDS) (affectionately called "the Society") was founded in Glasgow with the goal of preserving "country dances as danced in Scotland" (this was only recently changed to read "Scottish country dances").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottish_country_dance (1855 words)

	the Look of English Country Dance
		Country dancing shared that "performing" role in earlier times; many folks came simply to observe the dance and enjoy the beauty of the patterns and music as non-participants.
		One of the reasons I became a dance caller (aside from unfettered egomania) was to have the pleasure of watching the dancing.
		Country Dance * New York, Inc., is an affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society.
	www.cdny.org /lookofthedance.html (490 words)

	Sebastopol English Country Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A variety of spirited and graceful community dances from the 1600's to today are taught and led by experienced teachers from the Bay Area and beyond.
		Greatly popular in the sixteenth century, English country dancing was a pleasing, informal alternative to the formal dances requiring great skill.
		The dance is held at Wischemann Hall, two doors away from the Sebastopol Community Center, at 460 Eddie Lane at the end of Morris St., off Hwy.
	www.nbcds.org /ecdance.html (320 words)

	BACDS English Dance Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The first regular English country dance series in the San Francisco area probably started on October 18, 1970, when Chuck Ward arranged for the use of a dance studio in exchange for providing music at Scottish country dance lessons.
		Like the Berkeley English series, the San Francisco English dance draws from the exceptional pool of talented callers and musicians that the bay area is blessed with.
		Unlike the other regular English dances that BACDS operates, this dance assumes that dancers are already familiar with the basic vocabulary of English country dance figure.
	www.bacds.org /series/english (890 words)

	Central Illinois English Country Dancers Homepage
		English Country Dance is the dance form that was popular in England and America in the 1600's, 1700's and early 1800's.
		It is one of the dance forms from which modern contra and square dance are descended.
		They do contras and squares which are the dance forms that English country dance evolved into here in America in the late 1700's and early 1800's.
	www.prairienet.org /ciecd (649 words)

	Bibliography of English Country Dance Music
		Note - the new Country Dancing Master is published, containing all the country dances for the last ten years.
		In the Yearly Dances for 1759, Peter Thompson's name on title page was changed to Thompson and Son, and in 1762 an "s" was added to Son.
		English Dance collections were issued in Dublin, in folio sheets.
	www.englishcountrydancing.org /kidson56.html (2384 words)

	Contra and English country dance page
		Contra and English country are members of a class of dances often called team or pattern dances.
		Celebrating a Living Tradition of English and Anglo-American Folk Dance and Music since 1915 The Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) is an association of people and groups with a common interest in English and Anglo-American folk dance, music and song.
		The unique or “Ur” dances were identified and collected into a database where each dance’s printing history and other information is summarized and a facsimile of the dance and its music is included.
	www.dcdancenet.com /moredancing/contraecd.html (1077 words)

	South Bay English Country Dance; ECD in Los Angeles county, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		All dances are taught, no partner is necessary, and first-timers are welcome to each event, unless otherwise noted.
		SBECD regular dances* (which are affiliated with the California Dance Cooperative [CDC]) are held on the first thursday of each month at Torrance's First United Methodist Church hall, which is located at 1551 El Prado Ave; just off Carson St, across from Torrance High School.
		Dancing goes from 8 to 10 pm, with social half-hour to follow (light refreshments provided).
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/Choir/2231 (280 words)

	English Country Dance
		Cantelo (no first name yet known) was a dance master with the British troops in America during the War of Independence, and he published in London a book of dances danced by the British officers in New York, Philadelphia and Charleston, and presumably in such other bases as Newport and Savannah.
		dance: Champlin MS, 1781; tune: Hawkins MS, etc.; the Champlin MS was written by Peggy Chanuplin after she had danced with George Washington in Newport in 1781; it has been lost, but parts of it were published by a descendant, George Champlin Mason in 1884.
		dance & tune: Thompsonfi 1769; this dance, which was presumably devised in 1734, the year Handel's Opera II Pastor Fido was revived, is listed as one of three dances danced at the Turtle Frolic at Newport In 1752, many years before it was published, and was mentioned in Peggy Champlin's MS of 1781.
	members.aol.com /erogers358/inst.htm (17039 words)

	English Country Dance WebRing
		English Country Dance has spread into a world wide phenomenon and now has helped create a global community of dancers.
		The North Bay Country Dance Society sponsors contra, English Country, and morris dancing in Marin and Sonoma Counties, California.
		The Strafford Ball is an annual English Country Dance Ball in a charming Vermont village hall during the height of Autumn color.
	d.webring.com /hub?ring=englishcountryda (552 words)

	CIECD Christmas Ball
		The Central Illinois English Country Dancers will be holding their twelfth annual Christmas Ball on Saturday, December 16, 2006.
		The dance will be held at the Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon, Urbana, IL, on the campus of the University of Illinois.
		For those who are interested, the Urbana Country Dancers will be holding a contra dance on Friday, December 15, from 8 to 11 p.m.
	www.prairienet.org /ciecd/xmas.html (268 words)

	Western Social Dance
		He entitled it The English Dancing Master: or, Plaine and easie Rules for the Dancing of Country Dances, with the tune to each Dance, was published in London in 1651.
		A similar method was adopted by famed dancing master Raoul-Auger Feuillet (born 1659 or 1660, died 1710) in his 1706 Recüeil de contredances.
		In 1710, Feuillet's manual was translated by English dancer, dancing master, and writer John Essex (born c.1680, died 1744) as For the further improvement of dancing.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/dihtml/diessay3.html (543 words)

	Survey of English Country Dance
		Knowledge of this pattern is a large part of their secret.) English Country Dances that don’t follow this pattern exactly still tend to follow a three verse / chorus pattern.
		This is consistent with the dances from the Inns of Court repertoire.
		Dances are presented roughly in increasing order of difficulty.
	ourworld.cs.com /BAPadget/ECDHandout.htm (4072 words)

	SBCDS English Country Dance Schedule
		We enjoy English Country Dancing (what's that?) just about every Wednesday evening.
		Also note the fourth Monday dances in Ojai (but fourth Tuesday in December only) (sponsored by the Ojai Art Center).
		Santa Barbara Country Dance Society which also hosts a weekly contra dance (what's that?).
	www.sbcds.org /ecd/schedule (270 words)

	Binghamton Community Dance - English Country Dance Information
		Typically, the dances are called but in the more experienced groups, the dances are memorized and done with minimal or no calling.
		Each tune has a specific dance that goes with it, so you can travel city to city, recognize a tune and know whatís expected of you. For the musicians, the melody lines are written out, but theyíre free to improvise extensively.
		Today, ECD is kept alive within dance groups all over the country, at camps like Pinewoods on Cape Cod, and the art form continues to evolve as new choreographers and composers add to the repertoire.
	www.tier.net /~englishcountrydance/ECDinfo.htm (521 words)

	English Country Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I love so many things about ECD that it has led me to devote much time and energy to keeping it going in Santa Barbara.
		In October 2003, I began teaching my first formal class on Beginning English Country Dancing, for the Santa Barbara Country Dance Society and the Santa Barbara City Department of Parks and Recreation.
		By 1995 it had started to grow on me to the extent that I took a chance attending Mendocino English Dance Week.
	www.garydance.com /ECD (119 words)

	Santa Barbara Country Dance Society
		We offer a contra dance on most Sundays, and an English Country dance in Santa Barbara on most Wednesdays and in Ventura on the second Monday of each month.
		The SBCDS is a member of the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS).
		(are you?) and of the Folk Dance Federation of California (South).
	www.sbcds.org (252 words)

	About English Country Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		English Country Dancing is a traditional form of dance, but how to explain it?
		Some dance tunes are from old folk songs others from the classics, some are light and jolly, others may be steadier.
		Each dance is "called" so that the moves need not be committed to memory and in most cases walked through at least once before the music starts.
	www.orpington-folk-dance.org.uk /whatis.htm (220 words)

	Lambertville Country Dancers Contra and English Country Dance Home Page
		Tonight's special dance party will be an Advanced English Country Dance, led by Judi Rivkin, with music from Roberta Truscello, Paul Prestopino, Judy Kleppel and Susie Lorand, at St.
		Special 1st Friday English Country Dance, led by Scott Higgs, with music by Bare Necessities (Peter Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea and Jacqueline Schwab), at Bethany Presbyterian Church, Trenton, NJ.
		At the August 5th English country dance and the August 12 contra dance, LCD will be holding elections for board members and voting on by-law revisions.
	www.lambertvillecountrydancers.org (810 words)

	Madison English Country Dance Society
		Mike Briggs (keyboard) has been class musician with the Madison Scottish Country Dancers for about 15 years, and with McDuff's Ceilidh Band, O’er the Border and the Wisconsin Ramblers has played for Scottish country dancing all over the upper M idwest.
		Mike has also provided music for English country dancing, as a member of the duo Poet and Peasant and for New England contra dancing.
		She has played for numerous English, American, and Scottish dances and enjoys the relaxed, energetic atmosphere of dance music.
	www.mhtc.net /~mgmudrey/English/home.htm (398 words)

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