THE BRITISH TOPER 1716
Broadbridge/Kynaston Ball
3-couple long ways 
[very cheerful duple tune]

A1: 1s cast (2s moving up); 
    1s and 3s double whole figure eight, 3s casting up to start.

A2: 2s as above; the figure eights should be continuous for the 3s.

B1: 1s cross, cast, half figure briskly through third couple to 2nd place
    proper, two-hand-turn once around.

B2: 1-2: all face walls, take hands in lines on sides and take 2 steps toward
         wall, bending into rings of 3 on bar 2.
    3-4: Circle L half way, opening out into lines facing across set (3-1-2)
    5-8: Set forward to partner, turn single back to place.

Repeat dance twice more.
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The British Toper 2/2 (100), (AABB)3, C major three-couple longways
Nathaniel Kynaston, (John Walsh and John Hare, publishers), Twenty Four New Country Dances
for the Year 1716, 1716.
Playford, The Dancing Master, 1718-1728
Andrew Shaw
Music:
Barnes 3 (p33)

A1 1-8 Ones cross down (twos cast up) for a figure-eight through the threes.

A2 1-8 Twos cross down (ones continue up) for a figure-eight through the threes.

B1 1-4 Ones cross down and twos continue up for
       a crossover mirror hey-for-three, four changes.
       First woman end above her partner in the center of the set.
   5-7 Ones right-hand turn three quarters.
     8 Ones cross by the right while
      ends turn in to the set (tops down, bottoms up) and face out.

B2 1-4 Lines lead out, turn up (men right, women left), and lead back.
   5-8 Tops (threes) lead down one place and cast up while
      middles cast up and lead down.
      
NOTE: Threes may cast up to join in the figure-eights in A1 and A2 for double figure-eights.


Dances from Barnes Three
Assembled by Robert Messer, May 30, 2019

difficulty: 3
energy level: 3
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The British Toper 2/2 (100), (AABB)3, C major three-couple longways
Nathaniel Kynaston, (John Walsh and John Hare, publishers), Twenty Four New Country Dances
for the Year 1716, 1716.

Playford, The Dancing Master, 1718-1728
Pat Shaw (Marjorie Fennessy, editor), Another Look at Playford, 2012.
Music: Barnes 3 (p33)

A1 1-8 Ones cross down (twos move up) for a figure-eight through the threes.

A2 1-8 Twos cross down (ones continue up) for a figure-eight through the threes.

B1 1-2 Ones cross and cast down one place (twos lead up).
   3-6 Ones lead down through the threes, cross, and cast up to middle place.
   7-8 Ones two-hand turn once around.

B2 1-4 Lines lead out, turn right, and lead back.
     5 Ones take two hands and slip up while twos slip down one place.
     6 Ones set right.
   7-8 Ones cast down once place while twos lead up.

Threes may cast up to join in the figure-eights in A1 and A2 for double figure-eights.

Dances from Barnes Three
Assembled by Robert Messer, February 2, 2016

difficulty: 2
energy level: 3
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The British Toper 2/2 (100), (AABB)3, C major three-couple longways
Nathaniel Kynaston, (John Walsh and John Hare, publishers), Twenty Four New Country Dances
for the Year 1716, 1716.
Playford, The Dancing Master, 1718-1728
Ken Sheffield, From Two Barnes, vol. 8, July 1997.
Country Dance and Song Society Online Library, Ken Sheffield's collected dances.
Music:
Barnes 3 (p33)

A1 1-8 Ones cross down (twos move up) for a figure-eight through the threes.

A2 1-8 Twos cross down (ones continue up) for a figure-eight through the threes.

B1 1-2 Ones cross by the right and cast down one place (twos lead up).
   3-6 Ones lead down through the threes, cross by the right, and cast up to middle place.
   7-8 Ones two-hand turn once around.

B2 1-2 Lines lead out and form a ring.
   3-4 Hands-three circle left halfway and form lines with ones in the middle.
   5-6 Lines set forward.
   7-8 Turn single.

Dances from Barnes Three
Assembled by Robert Messer, May 30, 2019

difficulty: 2
energy level: 3
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