English Brunch Chez Josephine

May 17, 2026 · Chez Josephine

Maia

The Farmer’s Joy english Joseph Pimentel
Rufty Tufty english Playford
Michael and All Angels english Fried de Metz Herman
Prince William english Walsh

Harris

Mais Oui english Jenna Simpson
Sweet Cream english Jenna Simpson
Revelations english Jenna Simpson
Softly Good Tummas english Nathaniel Kynaston

Classics

Sapphire Sea english Christine Robb
Barbarini’s Tambourine english Walsh
candles-in-the-dark (not found)

Joseph Pimentel (2012)

duple minor longways

Adam Broome 6/8 A major 2004 BIII p. 56

Choreography

A1

(1-8) 1^st corners set forward, turn single R, two hand turn

A2

(1-8) 2^nd corners, the same

B1

(1-2) 1s lead down the center
(3-4) 1s wheel around as a couple (CW, right hand person backing up)
(5-6) 1s cross up through 2s to original places
(7-8) 1s cast down while 2s move up

B2

(1-4) Star R
(5-8) Star L

Teaching Notes

Pimentel:

This is a simple dance which works well for new dancers, and the tune is so wonderfully joyful that everyone seems to enjoy it.

B1. I like each figure to fit two bar phrases, and for all four figures to feel like one fluid movement. Though I do not often use the words “gate” and “half figure eight,” I think newer dancers begin to get the feel for those figures here without even knowing it. That is intentional.

B2. Encourage intermediate dancers to start the star L on their right foot, so the new first corners have a nice transition into the setting at the top of

Playford (1651) Interp. Cecil Sharp (1911)

2-couple

2/2 D major BI p. 111

Choreography

A1

(1-4) Forward a double, back a double (8)

A2

(1-4) Forward a double, back a double (8)
Turn to face partner

B1

(1-4) Set, turn single (8)

B2

(1-4) Set, turn single (8)

C1

(1-4) Lead out a double with partner, turn and come back (8)
(5-6) Cloverleaf turn single (away from partner) (4)

C2

(1-4) Lead out a double with neighbor, turn and come back (8)
(5-6) Cloverleaf turn single (away from neighbor) (4)

A1

(1-4) Partners side R (8)

A2

(1-4) Partners side L (8)

B1

(1-4) Set, turn single (8)

B2

(1-4) Set, turn single (8)

C1

(1-4) Lead out a double with partner, turn and come back (8)
(5-6) Cloverleaf turn single (away from partner) (4)

C2

(1-4) Lead out a double with neighbor, turn and come back (8)
(5-6) Cloverleaf turn single (away from neighbor) (4)

A1

(1-4) Partners arm R (8)

A2

(1-4) Partners arm L (8)

B1

(1-4) Set, turn single (8)

B2

(1-4) Set, turn single (8)

C1

(1-4) Lead out a double with partner, turn and come back (8)
(5-6) Cloverleaf turn single (away from partner) (4)

C2

(1-4) Lead out a double with neighbor, turn and come back (8)
(5-6) Cloverleaf turn single (away from neighbor) (4)

Fried de Metz Herman

duple minor longways

Air Henry Purcell 6/8 A minor 1690 BI p. 75

Choreography

A1

(1-8)

A2

(1-8)

B1

(1-8)

B2

(1-8)

Walsh (1731) Interp. Pat Shaw (1960)

3-couple longways

2/2 A major BI p. 100

Choreography

A1

(1-8) Crossover hey (1s cross down to start) (16)

A2

(1-8) Repeat (1s crossing back) (16)

B1

(1-4) 1s cross, go below while 2s move up (8)
(5-8) two hand turn 1 ½ (8)

B2

(1-8) 2s, the same, to home (16)

A1

(1-4) 1s right hand turn 2^nd corners of bottom four (8)
(1L turns 3R, 1R turns 2L)
(5-8) 1s left hand turn in center

A2

(1-4) 1s right hand turn other corners (8)
(1L turns 2R, 1R turns 3L)
(5-8) 1s left hand turn in center
End with 1s facing the right side of the set as a couple, 1L on L, 1R on R

B1

1s retaining jointed right hands
(1-2) Lead out between R file dancers, drop hands
(2-4) Cast around nearest dancer
(5-8) Meet in the center, two hand turn
End facing left side of the set, 1L on L, 1R on R

B2

(1-4) Lead out between L file dancers, cast around nearest dancer
(5-8) Meet in the center, two hand turn to bottom while 3s move up
Ends 2, 3, 1

Teaching Notes

This dance is double length. Make sure the musicians know the tune is played two full times.

A1/A2-1: The crossover hey starts with a cross each time, but is a mirror hey on successive passes (i.e., other couples do not cross and ones do not cross when meeting at the bottom) A1/A2-2: This country corners sequence has to be gotten into in an unusual way because the 1s start at the top, but by the time they get to their second corners, it should feel like a normal country corners. Maybe start by having the 1s identify both their corners on the same side of the set.

Jenna Simpson (2025)

duple minor longways

The Burlesque Cahusac 2/4 F major 1814 NIB · Sheet music ↗

Choreography

A1

(1-4) 1^st corners face partner across, set forward, turn single right (8)
(5-8) 1^st corners turn R 1 ¼, ending in partner’s place (8)
On last 4 counts: 2^nd corners back up along the side into neighbors place (maintaining eye contact with partner)

A2

(1-4) Other dancers (orig 2^nd corners in 1^st diagonal places) face partner along, set forward, turn single right (8)
(5-8) Those dances turn L 1 ¼, ending in original place (8)
On last 4 counts: 1^st corners back up along the side into original place (maintaining eye contact with partner)

B

(1-4) Partners half pousette CCW (8)
(5-8) With next neighbors, double mad robin (8)
(dancers in new 2^nd corner positions forward through middle to start)
(9-16) With original neighbors, hey for 4 (16)
(dancers in 2^nd corner positions in that foursome passing R sh to start)
All progressed

Jenna Simpson (2011)

duple minor longways

The Sunlight Room Dave Wiesler 4/4 D major 2006 NIB · Sheet music ↗

Choreography

A1

(1-4) Partners back to back (8)
(5-8) Star R, 1^st corners keep hand for… (8)

A2

(1-4) 1^st corners balance, box-the-gnat (8)
(5-8) 2^nd corners balance, box-the-gnat (8)

B1

(1-2) Set to partner (4)
(3-8) Partners La Baratte: (12)
R hand turn ½
Join L hand under, dancers on R go under in front while both turning toward the music
L hand turn ½

B2

(1-4) Original neighbor star L (8)
(5-8) Next neighbor back to back (8)

Teaching Notes

B1. La Baratte is a complicated way to turn halfway in three steps:

Dancers turn by the right halfway with partner
Keeping right hands joined, also join left hands under in a crossed grip and face up (this is largely for teaching purposes). Raise joined hands an the dancer on the right twirls in front under, while the dancer on the left slides behind.
Dancers turn by the left halfway

B2 to A1: “1s look up; 2s look down”

Jenna Simpson (2017)

duple minor longways

She’s Sweetest When She’s Naked Traditional Scottish 3/4 B minor NIB · Sheet music ↗

Choreography

A1

(1-4) Partners R hand turn ½ and set (releasing hands) (12)
(5-8) (Current) 1^st diagonals dance R sh around neighbor (12)

A2

(1-4) Partners R hand turn ½ and set (releasing hands) (12)
(5-8) 1^st corners dance R sh around neighbor (12)
(All home)

B

(1-4) 1^st corners start half hey for 4, passing L to begin (12)
2^nd corners tight cast along side to enter the hey
(5) 1^st corners meet in the middle and L hand turn ½ (3)
(6-8) 2^nd corners fall in behind partner in a star L (9)
almost once around to ease out to original places
(9-12) Neighbors set and link (12)
(2^nd corners cast, 1^st corners turn through middle)
(13-16) Circle L (12)
Release early to ease out to progressed places

Teaching Notes

B (9-12) It can help in prompting to remind dancers that they are home at the start of this: “You’re home; set…”

Nathaniel Kynaston (1718) Interp. Andrew Shaw (2002)

duple minor longways

4/4 D minor BII p. 120

Choreography

A1

(1-4) Single file circle left halfway (8)
(5-6) Face center, walk forward to meet (4)
(7-8) Turn single L and clap on the last beat (4)

A2

(1-4) Single file circle right halfway (8)
(5-6) Face center, walk forward to meet (4)
(7-8) Turn single R and clap on the last beat (4)

B1

(1-2) Ones quick cast while twos lead up
(3-4) Set to partner across
(5-8) Two changes of rights and lefts with hands
End close

B2

(1-2) Fall back setting (4)
(3-4) Cross, passing partner by right shoulder, face in (4)
(5-8) 1s right hand turn while moving down into 2^nd place
while twos cast up the outside into 1^st place

Christine Robb (2015)

duple minor longways

Tom Kruskal’s Emily Troll & Amelia Mason 2/2 F major (orig. A major) BIII p. 121

Choreography

A

(1-4) Circle left (8)
(5-8) 1^st corners turn by R (8)
(9-12) 2^nd corners turn by L (8)
(13-16) 1s cast down and come up the middle (8)
while 2s lead up and cast onto the end of a line of 4
ending facing the R side of the hall, except the R file dancer who faces in

B

(1-8) Dolphin hey (1s as a unit pass R file dancer by right to start) (16)
ending in a line of four facing up
(9-12) Up a double, fall back (8)
(13-16) Gate (1s up and through the middle) (8)
ending progressed
release early to take hands with next

Walsh (1745) Interp. Jacqueline Schwab (1987)

duple minor longways

2/4 D major BI p. 8

Choreography

A1

(1-8) 1^st corners cast left around neighbor, cross through the middle passing corner by left shoulder, and loop right around partner to end in corner’s place (16)
(1^st corners are swapped)

A2

(1-8) 2^nd corners, similarly, cast right around partner, cross through the middle passing corner by right shoulder, and loop left around partner to end in corner’s place (16)
(All are halfway around)

B1

(1-2) All fall back with neighbor (4)
(3-4) Cross, passing partner by right shoulder (4)
(5-8) Neighbors back to back along (8)
(9-12) Partners back to back across (8)

B2

(1-8) Four changes of rights and lefts (16)
(9-12) Partners two hand turn (8)

Title	Choreographer	Year	Formation	Key	Meter	Tune	Composer	Source
Maia
The Farmer’s Joy	Joseph Pimentel	2012	duple minor longways	A major	6/8	—	Adam Broome	BIII p. 56
Rufty Tufty	Playford	1651	2-couple	D major	2/2	—	—	BI p. 111
Michael and All Angels	Fried de Metz Herman	—	duple minor longways	A minor	6/8	Air	Henry Purcell	BI p. 75
Prince William	Walsh	1731	3-couple longways	A major	2/2	—	—	BI p. 100
Harris
Mais Oui	Jenna Simpson	2025	duple minor longways	F major	2/4	The Burlesque	Cahusac	NIB
Sweet Cream	Jenna Simpson	2011	duple minor longways	D major	4/4	The Sunlight Room	Dave Wiesler	NIB
Revelations	Jenna Simpson	2017	duple minor longways	B minor	3/4	She’s Sweetest When She’s Naked	Traditional Scottish	NIB
Softly Good Tummas	Nathaniel Kynaston	1718	duple minor longways	D minor	4/4	—	—	BII p. 120
Classics
Sapphire Sea	Christine Robb	2015	duple minor longways	F major (orig. A major)	2/2	Tom Kruskal’s	Emily Troll & Amelia Mason	BIII p. 121
Barbarini’s Tambourine	Walsh	1745	duple minor longways	D major	2/4	—	—	BI p. 8
candles-in-the-dark (not found)