Palmer's Pocket Playford

An aide memoire summary by William Palmer of dances from the Playford Ball programmes as arranged by The Round in Cambridge, England.

3rd Edition 1987

Interpretation

In the following descriptions, unless otherwise stated:
• Longways sets are duple minor
• Circles and turns are once round, clockwise
• Clocks are face upward
• Casts are one place
• Turns (for 2 people) are with both hands
• Passing is by R shoulder
• Step and honour is R then L
Semicolons indicate the end of 4 bars of music (2 bars in triple time dances).
L = left, R = right, sk.s. = skipping step.

Index of Dances