DANCE INDEX
This index covers all eight volumes of the Calculated Figures series, plus any new dances written after the last book appeared.  It gives detailed information about the dances, including references to recordings if they are available.  (Contra-style dances are shown in italics.)
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Dance Book Shape* Time Sig Key Recording^
Accord for Pinewoods Num 3 6/8 Bb NF
After Dinner Maggot Prm LW-3 2/2 Dm BF
Alexander's Birth Day Fin 2 2/2 C BF
And Now the Fourcast Addl 4B - - -
Ani’s Waltz Odd Cir 3/4 D SS
Anna's Arrival Odd LW-2I 2/2 D -
Audrey and Andrea Num 3 9/8 Dm OF
Autumn Grove Fin LW-2I 2/2 D -
Band of Friends Odd LW-2I 2/2 Dm BF
The Belle of Amherst Odd 3 2/2 C -
The Belle of Northampton Addl 3 6/8 Gm NW, PT
Benjamin's Birth Day Num LW-2I 2/2 A OF
Birthday Branle Odd 3 2/2 G BF
Birthday Greetings Num LW-2 9/8 A NF
Birthday Jubilee Mult LW-3 6/8 Em -
Boring Meeting cMaggot Num 2 2/2 G -
Cadgers' Caper Sum LW-2I 9/8 Em OF
Camphouse Hornpipe Mult LW-2I 3/2 G -
A Celt's New Dance Sum Sq 2/2 Gm -
Charlene's Celebration Prm 4 3/2 Am BF, SS
Chestnut Farewell Fin LW-2 2/2 C -
Cold Comfort Prm 2 2/2 Am -
The Dancing Wife Addl LW-2 2/2 Am NQ, NF, EI
The David Circle CFig SicCir - - -
Dear Abby Fin LW-2 2/2 G BF
The Designing Woman Sum LW-2 3/4 Gm NF
Dick's Alternate Maggot Addl LW-2 3/2 G BN
A Double Duet Mult LW-2I 3/4 Am NF
Dovetail Sum 4I 3/2 Dm NF
Dudley's Reel CFig SicCir3 - - -
Emerald Isle Mult LW-2B 3/4 F -
Emma Turns Three Fin SicCir3 2/2 D NF
The Fair Ladies Palmer Sum LW-2I 3/4 C -
Far Away Fin LW-2 3/4 Bm BF
Father's Day Num 4 3/2 Dm -
The Fine Companions Waltz Odd LW-2I 3/4 D -
The Fine Lady of Homewood Sum 4 9/8 Em OF
Good Man of Cambridge Addl LW-2 2/2 Am OF, NW
Hand in Hand Prm LW-2I 3/2 Gm BF
Handel with Care Addl 2 2/2 D NW, SP, H, FC
Happily Emma After Mult 3 2/2 D PP
Happy Return Prm LW-2I 6/8 Am -
Helene's Gavotte Num LW-3 4/4 Gm -
Henry's Hornpipe Mult LW-2 3/2 Dm NF
Hideaway Odd LW-3 2/2 Am UNI
The Homecoming Mult LW-2I 9/8 Gm/G OF, MT
Honeysuckle Cottage Fin LW-2 3/4 Bb BF, EE
Horseplay Fin LW-2I 2/2 Gmx NF, FC
Johnson City Circle Num Cir5 2/2 C -
Joy(ce) of the Town Odd LW-2I 4/4 Am -
Just Passing Through CFig LW-T - - -
Keys in the Fridge Addl LW-2I - - -
Kitty at the Door Odd LW-3 6/8 Dm -
Kneeland Romp CFig 3 4/8 G NQ, AS, NF, FF
Laisteridge Lane Sum LW-2 2/2 Dm OF
Leaps and Bounds Prm LW-2I 3/2 C -
Little Bug Reel CFig LW-2I - - -
Marching to Praetorius Sum 2 2/2 G OF
Margherita's Waltz Odd LW-2I 3/4 D -
Mary Ann's Waltz Addl SicCir - - -
Mary K Fin LW-2I 3/2 Cm NF, UNI
The Matching Pair Sum 3 2/2 C NW
Merry Boyce and Girls Mult 4I 6/8 B -
A Mover and Shaker Mult LW-2 6/8 Am -
Mr. Adson's Masque Fin LW-2I 4/4 Gm BF
Mr. Bach's Gavotte Num LW-2 2/4 E -
Mr. Handel's Gigue CFig 3 12/8 Gm DC
Mr. Handel's Rigaudon Fin 4I 3/2 Bb -
Mr. Jensen's Gift Prm 3 3/2 D -
Mr. Roodman's Fancy Sum LW-3 2/2 F -
A New Beginning Addl 3 3/4 Bb OF, MT
New Friends Fin LW-2 2/2 D NF
The New Wood Floor Addl LW-2I 4/4 Em -
Old Friends Sum LW-2 3/2 C OF
Old Muscles Grumble Prm LW-2 2/2 Dm -
Our Cheers CFig 3 2/2 Bb CC
Oxford Hill Stomp CFig LW-T - - -
Perennial Friends Prm 4 2/2 Gm -
Peter and Peggy Fin LW-2 3/2 Am NF
Playing (in) the Field Prm Sq 2/2 Cm BF
Promise of Spring Prm LW-2 2/2 Gm FC, SS
Queen of Heart Addl LW-2 - - -
A Quick Romp in the Hey Fin 3 2/2 Am -
Ramblin' Rosie Odd LW-2I 2/2 Gm -
Rational Reel CFig LW-4B - - -
Redwood Romp Odd LW-2I 2/2 Am -
A Retiring Fellow Mult 4I 2/2 G OF
Rise and Run CFig 4B - - -
Rowena's Waltz Num LW-2I 3/4 C -
Sarah Mult LW-2 3/2 Am OF
Sarah's Waltz Mixer CFig Cir - - -
Say I Do Prm 4B 2/2 G BF
Square Line Special CFig 4I - - BF
Stockport Assembly Num LW-2 2/2 C NF
Stride Stately Mult LW-2I 3/2 Am -
Swift and Quickly Odd 3 2/2 G -
Terpsicourante Num 4I 6/8 C NF
Top of the Deck Addl 4B - - -
Trip to Greene Addl 3 6/8 Gm CC
Trip to the Manors Num 2 2/2 C OF
True Kit Mult LW-2 4/4 Am OF
Turning By Threes Fin Cir3 3/4 Bm NF
Turning Point Num LW-2I 3/4 D -
Twenty Something Sum 2 6/8 C OF
Unionville Square Prm Sq 3/4 Fm EI
Upon the Morning Breeze Addl 4I 2/2 Am CC
Vivaldi in Paradise Prm LW-2I 2/4 Gm BF
Waiting on the Corner Addl 4B - - -
Waltham Abbey Num LW-2 2/2 F EI
The Wedding of Mai & David Sum LW-2 2/2 Gm NW
Westchester Assembly Odd 3 2/2 Am -
Whately Barn Prm LW-2 3/2 Em BF
Whiskey Before Dinner Odd LW-2I 9/8 D BF
Wibsey Roundabout Sum Cir5 6/8 C NW, MF
Winter Dreams Waltz Sum LW-2I 3/4 G OF, NW
Woodlands Waltz Mult SicCir 3/4 E -
The Wrights of Lichfield Mult 3 6/8 Am OF

Contra-style dances are shown in italics.

*Shape Codes*            
2 Two Couple
3 Three Couple Longways
4 Four Couple Longways
4B Four Couple Longways, Beckett
4I Four Couple Longways, Improper
Cir Circle
Cir3 Three Couple Circle
Cir5 Five Couple Circle
LW-2 Longways Duple Minor
LW-2B Longways Duple Minor, Beckett
LW-2I Longways Duple Minor, Improper
LW-3 Longways Triple Minor
LW-4B Longways Quadruple Minor, Beckett
LW-T Longways for Trio Facing Trio
SicCir Sicilian Circle
SicCir3    Sicilian Circle for Trio Facing Trio
Sq Square
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^ Recordings ^

AS Annie's Song and Other Galway Favorites, James Galway, RCA: ARL1-3061.
BF Band of Friends, Music for a Third Selection of Dances from Gary Roodman's Calculated Figures, The Band of Friends, BOF-1.
BN Bare Necessities: English Country Dances, Bare Necessities, Varrick: VR-013.
CC Country Capers: Music from John Playford's The English Dancing Master, The New Renaissance band, Arabesque: 6520.
DC Double Concerto, The Cambridge Buskers, Boot: BIC 9005. or
Not Live From New York, The Cambridge Buskers, Deutsche Grammophon, 336 417.
EE English Echoes, Liz Donaldson, Becky Ross, and Colleen Reed.
EI early instincts, Childgrove, 2004.
FC Fine Companions -- Playing . . ., The Fine Companions, 2006.
FF Foxfire: The Introduction, Daron Douglas and Karen Axelrod, 2007.
H Water Music, G. F. Handel, Academy of St. Martins-in-the-Field, Philips: #412 924-4.
MT Modern Treasures of the Boston Centre, Bare Necessities, CDS Boston English Dance Collection, Volume 4.
MF More Favorites of the Boston Centre, Bare Necessities, CDS Boston English Dance Collection, Volume 2.
NF New Friends, Music for a Second Selection of Dances from Gary Roodman's Calculated Figures, MGM and Reunion, CD02.
NW Playford from the New World, or Capers from the Colonies, The Assembly Players, APCD 9701.
NQ Not Quite the Same, The West Kirby Band.
OF Old Friends, Music for a Selection of Dances from Gary Roodman's Calculated Figures, MGM and Reunion, CD01.
PT John Playford's Popular Tunes, Jeremy Barlow and the Broadside Band, Amon RA: CSAR 28.
PP The Pride and Prejudice Collection: A Selection of Dances Popular in the 18th and 19th Centuries, The Pemberley Players, Fain: CD 007.
SS South Side Waltz and othe tunes composed by Charlene Thomson, Many Fine Musicians.
SP Simple Pleasures, Bare Necessities, CDS Boston English Dance Collection, Volume 3.
UNI Under No Illusion, Folkus Pocus, Caroline and Daniel Hollingshurst, EFDSSCD16.

Most of these recordings are available from the Country Dance and Song Society,
132 Main St., P.O. Box 338, Haydenville, MA 01039-0338, 413-268-7426.
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