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Music for Dances for Family Bush Dance

2nd May 2026 7.30pm until 10.30pm


1 King's WaltzFritz Schick's Waltz AB x 2, Ziebarth's Waltz AAB x 2, Moonlight A1A2BA2 x 2, (= 32 bars) ad lib
2 La Bastringue"La Bastringue" AABB (16 + 16 = 32) ad lib
3.1 Alberts fig 1 (2 x 40)"McGregor's March" AABB,"Mrs Bourke's Set Tune" A, "God Bless You and Bugger Me" AABB, "Mrs Bourke's Set Tune" A (page x 1 = 2 x 40 bars)
3.2 Alberts fig 2 (4 x 32)"Silver Bell" AB, "Red River Valley" AA (page x 2 = 4 x 32)
4 Soldiers Joy"Soldiers Joy", "Davy Knick-knack", "Staten Island", each tune AABB x 2 (= 32 bars x 2) ad lib.
5 Waves of Tory"Spanish Ladies", "Grand Old Dame Britannia", Pat Horgan's #1", Pat Horgan's #2", "£40 Float" and "The Mist on the Bog" and back to "Grand Old Dame Britannia" all played AABB x 2 (= 16 + 16 = 32 x 2 = 64 bars) x 7
6 Pride of Erin"Wild Rover" AB x 2 (16 + 16 =32 bars x 2), "Botany Bay" x 4 (16 bars x 4). "The Wild Colonial Boy" x 2 (32 bars x 2), "The Catalpa" AB x 2 (16 + 16 =32 bars x 2), "The Dying Stockman" x 4 (16 bars x 4) ad lib.
7 Armstrong's Waltz4 x 32 bars. "One night in the Shieling" AABB = 32 bars, "Willie's Drowned in Yarrow" AABB = 32 bars. Play page twice
8 Virginia Reel{"Marie's Wedding" AB x 2 (8 + 8 = 16 bars x 2), "The Hundred Pipers AABB (16 + 16 bars), "Scotland The Brave" 16 bars x 1} and {"Kelvin Grove" x 2 = 16 bars, "Muckin O' Geordie's Byre" AABB (16 + 16 = 32 bars, "Loch Lomond" 8 bars x 1} 7 sets.
9 Maxina"Maxina" ABACA (= 5 x 24)
10 Dashing White Sergeant"Dashing White Sergeant" AAB x 2, "Flowers of Edinburgh" AABB x 2, "Petronella" AABB x 2, ad lib.
11 Flying Pieman"Flying Pieman" AABB, "Herb's Jig" AABB, "Dingle Regatta" AABC, each tune x 2 (2 x 32 bars) ad lib.
13 Arkansas TravellerArkansas Traveller AABB x 2, Liberty AABB x 2, total 4 x 32 bars
14 Sybil's Roundabout"Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue" 32 bars x 2, "Sweet Georgia Brown" x 2 = 32 bars x 2, ad lib
15 Waltz Country Dance"Tom Whitman's Waltz" (32 + 8), x 2; "Planxty Irwin" (32) plus "Waltz on" (8), x 2; "Spanish Waltz" (32) plus "Waltz on" (8), x 2; "Drink to me Only" AAB (16 + 16) plus "Waltz on" (8), x 2; (= 4 x 40) ad lib.
16 Waltz Cotillions"The Auld Hoose" 32 bars x 2 = 64 bars, "Will Ye Gang To Kelvin Grove" 32 bars x 2 = 64 bars, "I Belong To Glasgow" 32 bars x 2 = 64 bars, "Will Ye Go Lassie" 32 bars x 2 = 64 bars. All repeated to give 4 x 128 bars. End with coda of 20 bars for waltz the hall.
17 Swedish Masquerade"Swedish Masquerade" played in 3 parts. A: Slow march 16 bars in 2/4, B: waltz 16 bars, C: fast polka 16 bars. Repeat ad lib. End by repeating the C part while dancers polka the floor.
18 Strip The Willow"Foxhunter's Jig" AABBCCDD = 32 bars, played twice = 64 bars, "Another Jig Will Do" AABB = 24 bars, played twice = 48 bars, "Kid On The Mountain" AABBCCDDEE = 40 bars, played twice = 80 bars, ad lib.

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