Heartsease

Title: Heartsease

Level: 2

Date: June 17, 2018

Formation: 2 couples facing (USA type dance)

Time Sig: 6/8 Key: Gm

Original Source: The English Dancing Master, 1st edition, (Playford), 1651

Tune: Heartsease

Choreographer: The English Dancing Master, 1st edition, (Playford), 1651

Caller: Melanie Axel-Lute

Musicians: Alan Thomson (piano), Frank Orsini (fiddle)

Recordings: Bare Necessities recording, CDS Boston English Dance Collection Vol. 9: Strong Roots CD

Instructions: Country Dance Society, Boston Centre, Strong Roots Vol 9 book and The Playford Ball, Kate Van Winkle Keller and Genevieve Shimer (CDSS) 1994

Venue: Buhrmaster Barn at Historic Pruyn House in Colonie, near Albany, NY.

Event: Capital English summer dance

Notes: An easy "USA" dance (up a double, siding and arming) performed in a 2 couple set.
Heartsease - a wild European pansy which typically has purple and yellow flowers. It has given rise to hybrids from which most garden pansies were developed.