Crosston Dance Ball
The 2014 Peasant’s Dance will be held at the lovely San Jose Women’s Club in San Jose CA. This enormous hall has a sprung wood dance floor! In addition to dance and flirtation, there will be an arts display and a gambling den. There will be two preparatory dance classes: English Country Dance at 2pm, Italian and French Dance at 3:30pm. See below for the proposed list of dances.
Autocrat: Crystal of the Westermark
Additional Parking Information: The 8 spaces at the Women’s Club are reserved for staff/musicians only.
Rufty Tufty...
Amoroso
Maiden Lane
Alta Regina
Jack-a-Lent
Contrapasso
Goddesses
**If time:
Branles Pinagay
Lauro
Queen’s Alman
**The Egg Dance, see The Egg dance (1552) by Pieter Aertsen in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Aertsen,_The_Egg_Dance_(1552).jpg
Set 2
Galliards
Hearts’ Ease
Black Alman
Chiara Stella
Chestnut
Petit Riense
Maltese Branles
Gathering Peascods
**If time:
Rostiboli
Bransle Montard
Gracca Amoroso
Set 3
Cuckolds all in a Row
Branles Charlotte
Grimstock
Villanella
Black Nag
Fiamma d’Amore
Stingo
Jenny Pluck Pears
**If time
Contentezza
Sellinger’s Round
Repeats on request
San Jose Women's Club (75 S 11th St, San Jose CA 95112)
Please respect the loading zone in front of the hall. Parking is free on most streets.
Carpooling is highly encouraged. Nearest parking garage is SJSU’s North Parking garage at 10th and San Fernando, $5 all day.
Directions: From the north, take the 11th St exit toward 10th Street.
From the south, take the 11th St exit toward 10th St. Turn right onto S 11th St, a one-way street.
When you leave, remember to take 10th back to 280