Dances

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Our dances

Social dances

Solo dances

Australian QuadrilleClog Dancing
Black JoakDancing for sailors
Boscawen’s Frolick Harry Shaw – champion clog dancer
Botany BayHistory of Step Dancing in Australia
Braes of BreadalbaneSailor’s Hornpipe
Captain Cook’s Country DanceTrad steps
Cheshire Rounds 
Dance in the Forty Thieves
Flowers of Edinburgh
Forty Thieves 
Glorious First of June 
Island of Love
Lady Ann Stewart’s Strathspey 
Lady Franklin’s Reel
Lady Mary Douglas’ Reel 
Lady Sydney’s Fancy 
Lasses of Portsmouth 
Lord Castlereagh’s Waltz 
Lord Howe’s Jig 
Lord Sydney’s Fancy
Merry Lads of Ayr
Mile End Assembly
Minuet
Much Admired Australian Quadrille
Mundy’s Quadrille
Nancy Dawson 
Nova Scotia
Omai
Phillip’s Dog
Port Jackson, a dance from 1796 
Quadrille Arrives 
Recruiting Officer 
Salamanca Castanets 
The Silly Old Man 
South Sea
Swab the Decks 
Transit of Venus 
Van Dieman’s Bells

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