English Country Dances by Victor Skowronski

Here are some of the wonderful English Country Dances that Victor Skowronski has written (pdf files).

Some downloaders have reported problems with some versions of Adobe Acrobat rendering these files, particularly the musical notes. If you encounter this, the simplest solution may be to download a later version of Acrobat or try another computer. If all else fails, please email me for a hardcopy.

(Victor sent me the pdf files, which he created using the PDFwrite option of Ghostscript, so I have no easy way to supply other formats. "The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from." (Andrew S. Tanenbaum))

Here's some (probably incomplete) information about recordings for some of these dances. (Updates welcome!)

• Albany Assembly
• Barbara's Maggot
• Bunchley's Bransle
• The Civil Engineer
• Companions
• Trip to Hoboken
• Margaret
• Orly Triumphant
• Rafe's Waltz
• Red House (Victor's Variant)
• Rose Without a Thorn (2009 update, new B, typo in music fixed!)
• O, Susato

Here are some new ones, posted in April--May, 2006.

• All Things Are Quite Silent
• Bittersweet
• First Baptist Assembly
• Genevieve
• Joseph's Idyll
• Leslie's Maggot
• Marc's Waltz
• Nancy's Distraction
• Tomorrow Will be My Dancing Day

And more, with dates as listed:

• Cool Breezes (April 2008)
• Alex and Charles (Feb 2010)
• Tenth Anniversary Idyll (Feb 2010)

Here is a list of 17 dances (with instructions) taught by Victor at a workshop featuring his dances in Richmond, VA in 2011

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