Hi all,

              Thanks for all the ideas.  I had forgotten about the Old Measures.  I am working on a zesty Circle Mixer version of the Black Alman.

              The 1920s were not good for new dances, but at least three books were published: Sharp V6, Country Dances New Series V1 and the Ashover Dances.  I guess I could use some of those.  There were some new dances, for example KS's Two Couple dance "Two's Company" is referred to in E.F.D.S New, but I have been unable to discover the choreography.

              Someone suggested "Good Morning" (1926) which I was already trying to acquire.  I found it at

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006522644

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b281688&view=1up&seq=9

              It is interesting that, in “Good Morning”, Henry Ford/Benjamin Lovett calls all the square dances “quadrilles”, and provides the ballroom-hold, buzz-step swing as an alternative to the Two-Hand Turn for “Turn Partners”.

              Thanks.

            Happy dancing,                               

                   John                             

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