CDSS - 21 Easy English Country Dances (Book with CD)

Simple music, simple dances. Simply wonderful.

This booklet and CD are designed for people who have seen English country dancing (perhaps in a popular Jane Austen movie) and are intrigued by the elegance of the dance and the beauty of the music and want to try it out for themselves. The recording showcases the best of the CDS recording series, highlighting the playing of Phil Merrill, Marshall Barron, Chuck Ward, and others, for the first time on CD. The booklet gives you 21 historical English dances, easy to teach and to dance, with good music. We’ve included information about dance formations, the music and character of English dancing, and a glossary of the major figures and steps used. You don’t need to wait any longer – buy this booklet/CD set and start dancing!

Dances include:

1. Black Nag
2. Childgrove
   
3. Christchurch Bells
4. The Duke of Kent's Waltz
   
5. Epping Forest
6. The Fine Companion
7. Gathering Peascods
8. The Geud Man of Ballangigh
9. Heartsease 
10. Hit and Miss
11. The Hole in the Wall
    
12. Indian Queen
13. The Juice of Barley 
    
14. Knole Park
15. The Olive Grove
16. The Queen's Jig
17. Rufty Tufty
18. Sellenger's Round
19. A Trip to Paris
    
20. Upon a Summer's Day
21. Zephyrs and Flora