Spring Coronet: Old Alman (a helpful link to another alman, hopping not required for Old Alman)
Spring Investiture: Bransel of War

See you there!

( youtube videos behind the cut )

Set 1: Horses Bransel, Rufty-Tufty, Villanella, Black Alman, Maiden Lane, Contrapasso

Set 2: Cuckolds all in a Row, Heart’s Ease, Carolingian Pavan, Galliard, Conto dell'Orco

Intermezzo: Pinwheel to the Lorayne Alman

Set 3: Old Mole, Petit Riense, Queen’s Alman, Rostiboli Gioiso, Contentezza d’Amore, Boatman

Set 4: Old Alman, Stingo, Dance de Cleves, ( Read more... )

For more information about 12th night, see the West Kingdom Wiki!
The Duchesses Ball set list:

Set One
Horses Bransel
Heart's Ease
Villanella
Black Nag
Old Alman
Rufty-Tufty

Set Two
Sung Pavan (choir)
Sung Galliard (choir)
Chestnut (choir)
Cuckolds all in a Row (choir)
Contrapasso
Bransle Montarde
Amoroso

Set Three
Petit Riense
Grimstock
Conto del Orco
Gathering ( Read more... )

Haven't done one of these for a while:
1. I went to visit my parents over president's day. Mom had saved a Penzey Spice catalog for me because it had a variant on lasagne in it, a method for rolling up the lasagne in the noodle. I can't decide if it's worth trying or not. It might make serving easier for a big group. I'm hoping to get a veggie ( Read more... )

The Shire of Crosston's annual Dance Ball is Saturday, the 29th of January. Details on the Crosston website  and  the West Event Wiki.
Site: St. Mark's Episcopal Church 1957 Pruneridge Ave. Santa Clara, CA. 
Hours: Site opens at 11:30 AM Dance classes at noon, and at 5 PM the potluck starts. 
6 PM we will begin the ball, and the event ends at 10 PM ( Read more... )

Duchesses’ Ball dance list:

Treblemakers

Horses’s Bransle

Chestnut

Petit Riense

Montard Bransle

Queen’s Alman

Grimstock

West Kingdom Choir

Pavan/Galliard (to singing)

Amoroso

Bransle Charlotte

Contrapasso

Black Alman

Villanella

Intermezzo

Rufty-Tufty

Dane de Cleves

Old Mole

Gracca Amoroso

Hyde Park

Gathering Peascods

Details about 12th night are here: http:// ( Read more... )

1. Go Celtics! Beat them as only Lakers should be beaten! I hope Garnett's shoulder gets better before the game on Sunday.
2. Rosie and Godric gave me a dozen duck eggs at Investiture. They are large and pretty, but at the moment, I can't seem to tell the difference between them and chicken eggs. Last weekend GM and I made ( Huevos Ivar )

12th Night was fun. If anybody out there in LJ land has contact info for Aline (sp?, the arts-display person who had an Italian pitcher in the same style as the Spanish stuff GM and I have been working on) I sure would appreciate getting it. I'd like to talk to her about glazes.

I thought the duchess's ball was fun, but next year we're going to have ( Read more... )

Welcome to Canada

This past week, GM and I went to Canada to attend the Known World Dance Symposium. On the way, we stopped in Toronto to visit the museums, and in Stratford for the Shakespeare festival.

Toronto is one heckuva nice town. The streetcars move along in the center of the streets, so the drivers in the right-hand turn lanes have to pause ( Read more... )