• Few social events
• Some danced every night in winter; it helped heat the house.
• Also a way for young people to meet.

Dances or Assemblies

• opened with minuetts, then went to country dances, Scotch reels, and later, cotillions and Virginia reels
• Minuett Single couple dance  an opportunity to show off clothing and dancing ability

Clothing

• Men’s buttons – breeches, waistcoat, frock coat
• Socks with clocks - stockings and garters and single lasted shoes
• Stays and posture and loose women
• Wigs – blockheads, macaronis and powder rooms
• Minuett bow and curtsey – best foot forward

Good and bad dancers

• George Washington – a good dancer
• Matthew Lyon – not admitted
• Colonel Grundy – only mention in history as a bad dancer

Dance Masters 

• Teach children
• Private lessons for those unfortunate enough not to have learned when young
• Teach newest dances
• Organize and direct dance assemblies – party planner

Music: 

1. Trumpet Minuett, Lady Coventry’s Minuet, Geminiani’s Minuett, Billy Pringle’s Pig, Barberini’s Tambourine, a country dance such as Hunt the Squirrel, a Scotch Reel such as Tullaghorum or Breachanloam.