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Dancing and Dance Masters in the 1700s
Importance of social dancing.
- Not many social occasions – church, government or court, and taverns
- Some families danced every night, in winter
- Dancing helped heat the house. (The cake was froze but the punch was still good)
- Also a way for young people to meet.
- Winter activity – Dirt roads were frozen and now passable.
Dances – Minuetts, Scotch reels and Country dances
- Event would start with minuett, a few reels, usually Scotch reels for 3 couples at a time, then country dances, card playing, drinking, singing.
- No cardplaying until after the minuetts are closed
- No punch until after the minuetts are closed
Dance masters – teach dancing, and organize balls.
- Pocket fiddle used by dance masters
- Demonstration of kit or pocket fiddle - My Love, She's But a Lassie Yet, Jamaica
- Also teach deportment, fencing, riding
- Posture and stays for children
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Music
- Some minuetts, plus La Triumph, Young Widow, Gathering Peasecods, Jamaica, All In a Garden Green, Comical Fellow, York Fusilliers
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