Re: [Callers] Old Dance in Need of a Name and Repair

Hi Rickey, I suspect the dance you're thinking of is Dandies' Hornpipe. Charles certainly included many of the older dances in his repertoire. David Smukler discussed the dance at length in his "Cracking Chestnuts" column in the Jan/Feb, 2007, issue of the CDSS News, and you can find it on David's website here: http://www.davidsmukler.syracusecountrydancers.org/dandies.htm When Ralph Page published the dance in Northern Junket in 1968, he printed the triple minor version, but added that he preferred it as a duple minor. Here's a link that will take you to a scanned version of the dance as it appeared in Northern Junket: http://www.izaak.unh.edu/dlp/NorthernJunket/pages/NJv09/NJv09-02/NJv.09.02.… tm This is from the University of New Hampshire's Library of Traditional Music and Dance, which maintains the Ralph Page collection. The dance also appeared in _The Ralph Page Book of Contras," a slim booklet published in 1969 by the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Here's the triple minor version: Dandies' Hornpipe Couples 1 - 4 - 7 etc. active. Don't cross over (Counts) Active couples forward and back (8) Turn by the right hand once and a half around (8) Go below one couple and the opposite ladies chain (8+8) Left hand star with the couple below (8) Right-hand star with the couple above (8) Active couples swing in the center (stop facing UP) (8) Up the center and cast off one couple (8) In his article, David suggests making the first figure in A1 be "Long lines, forward and back," instead of just the active couple, and he offers a few other modifications that you may wish to consider. Hope this helps. David Millstone