Dances Lent 2026

This page lists the dances that were called at The Round during the Lent Term 2026.

You can find dances for the previous term here, and for other terms in the dance history files, or you can search the whole dance history for a particular dance or caller, or list the dances called most often in a range of years.

Details of many of the dances we do regularly can be found in Round Reminders. For more information about any of the dances, try Hugh Stewart’s English Country Dance Database or Antony Heywood’s Dance Database.

Week 1 (22 January)

Ido Kons

  • The Geud Man of Ballangigh
  • The Bishop of Bangor’s Jig
  • Jenny Pluck Pears
  • Ely Minster

Colin Hume

  • Joy in Jonesborough
  • Cheshire Rounds
  • Circle Hornpipe
  • St. Lawrence Jig
Week 2 (29 January)

Bob Ridout

  • Holborn March
  • Childgrove
  • Barbarini’s Tambourine
  • Tea Kettle
  • Kneeland Romp
  • Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

Hugh Stewart

  • Newcastle
  • White Wheat
  • Nottingham Swing
Week 3 (5 February)

Jane Usher

  • Old Noll’s Jig
  • Sapphire Sea
  • The Black Nag
  • The Duke of Kent’s Waltz
  • Picking Up Sticks

Jemima Swain

  • Apley House
  • Fifty~Fifty
  • The Bonny Cuckoo
  • Still More O’More
Week 4 (12 February)

Hannah Stone

  • Jack’s Maggot
  • Hey, Boys, Up Go We
  • The Bishop
  • Nonesuch
  • Apley House

Adam Hughes

  • The Slof Galliard
  • Shropshire Gallop
  • Knives and Forks
  • The Fandango
  • Barley Break
  • Childgrove
Week 5 (19 February)

Matthew Vernon

  • Mad Robin
  • The Miser’s Jewel
  • The Pride of Newcastle
  • Pope Joan
  • Hole in the Wall

Sally Vernon

  • Kingsford Court

Spikey Griffiths

  • Mount Hills
  • John Tallis’s Canon
  • La Russe
  • Sun Assembly
Week 6 (26 February)

Ido Kons

  • The Geud Man of Ballangigh
  • Shrewsbury Lasses
  • The Mulberry Garden
  • The Happy Pilgrim
  • Chelsea Reach

Anthony Stone

  • Juice of Barley
  • Flirtation Reel
  • Well Hall
  • Waters of Holland
  • The Bonny Cuckoo
Week 7 (5 March)

Jemima Swain

  • Barham Down
  • Star of the County Alameda
  • The Salamanca Castanets
  • Trip to Totality

Felicity Parker

  • The Fandango
  • Hole in the Wall
  • The Black Nag

Spikey Griffiths

  • Mr Beveridge’s Maggot
  • Alternating Corners