I have received a response from Colonial Williamsburg, but my contact was not as informative as John's contact. John, could I have you please send me a copy of the scanned image that you received?  (I tried to send a request to you earlier off-line, but I must have entered an incorrect email address.)      thank you,Tom Willson From: "JD Erskine iDance island.dance(a)shaw.ca [trad-dance-callers]" <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> To: trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 1:45 AM Subject: Re: [trad-dance-callers] Need Help in Indentifying a Dance and Tune On 2015-11-22 1214, Tom Willson tjwill3(a)sbcglobal.net [trad-dance-callers] wrote: I had similar responses as Micheal (exhausting my checks, on and off line) and Alan (with mildly different terminology re observed directions and a leaning, more than a surety, toward guessing it might have been a triple minor.) Like Tom I wrote folks, both the Col. Williamsburg site and a dancer/dance leader/choreographer from the area. Nothing yet from the first, the latter gave me a name and address for someone who might be a dance leader at the site. She responded today. Ann Marie Weissert of the Colonial Williamsburg Dance Ensemble sent along the music and directions. If you'd like the scanned image please write off list. It appears it was/is a whole set dance, for three couples, published by Thompson, 1768, in a dance manual. I'm guessing that would put it in the third volume of his "Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances Vol 3 1765-72" as I can't find it in any of his "24 Country Dances" series books I've looked through. It might currently be available, with 199 others, in {Thompson Revisited; Boyd Rothenburger; Booksurge LLC; 2007; Thompson Revisited A reprint, revision and translation of 'Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances' Volume 5, published in London, England in 1789. Containing music and dance instruction for all 200 dances covering the years 1781 through 1788.} --- The dance directions are as observed and noted by Alan, Ann Marie commenting a few embellishments have clearly been made by the dancers: " Firft Man caft off and turn the third Wo.  .|. Firft Wo. caft off and turn the third Man    :|. Six hands round .|: Lead thro' top & caft off  |: " --- The music: 6/8, G, M=73, AABB, 32 bar --- One may find the sheet music here: http://www.village-music-project.org.uk/pcroom/thompsonsvol3.pdf http://www.village-music-project.org.uk/pcroom.htm --- and in ABC format: http://www.cpartington.plus.com/links/ChrisPartingtonsLinksPage.html or same at https://archive.org/details/ThompsonsCompleatCollectionOf200FavouriteCountr… [ https://archive.org/search.php?query=Thompson%27s%20compleat only ABC music here, thus far anyway] and here, as Pilgrim [2], The http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/PIA_PIN.htm where it is stated, "The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 105." [It would also appear the directions are as unique to a publication, by name] http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Thompson/ http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Thompson/Pilgrim.abc --- Directions: "Fail" as they say these days, on-line anyway. While the VWML has many if not all of Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 177x this Pilgrim is not in there. The Internet Archive also hosts two "24 Dances" vols., of 1772 and 1803, which it is not in either. Cheers, John -- J.D. Erskine Victoria, BC Island Dance - Folk & Country dance info - site & mail list Vancouver Island & BC islands http://members.shaw.ca/island.dance/ ------------------------------------ Posted by: JD Erskine iDance <island.dance(a)shaw.ca> ------------------------------------ The Traditional Dance Callers List: Subscribe by sending a blank e-mail message (no subject, no message) to: trad-dance-callers-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links