Eve of Waterloo Ball

Name/Source	Videos	Form
Grand March: The Wellington March		Long tune straight through
Duke of Kent’s Waltz Cahusac, 1801	Ref Track JAF25 BonnetsFB	32 bar 8hons8 [A8A8 B8 C8] x6
The Lord Wellington (aka. Marquis Wellington) Button and Whitaker, c.1813	Ref: ABB Ref: ABA	8 bar intro, 6 times through, ABB We've recorded this twice, once as A [ABB] And once as A [ABA] You can choose!
The Royal Salute Straight, 1779	Ref Track	8 bar intro, 6 times through, AABB
The Militia Thompson 1764	Ref Track Meryton Full Mp3	Ahons8 [A8A8 B8B8]x6
We Will Down with the French Thompson, 1780	BonnetsFB Ref Track	8 bar intro, 6 times through, AABB
The Detail (used for the dance Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself) Kauntze, 1795	Ref Track	8 bar intro, 6 times through, AABB
Dashing White Sergeant 1826 Bishop	Ref Track Meryton25 Mp3	32 bar Ahons8 [A8A8 B16] x6
Spare The Comical Fellow Thompson, 1776	Ref Track Chatsworth	8 bar intro, 6 times through, AABB note: The original version is 32 bars with a 4barA. Apted (from 1933) has an 8 barA. We are usually asked for the Apted 40 bar. But I always check. This is the ref track for the 32 bar.
The Prussian Waltz (aka Bath Waltz) Wilson, 1816	Ref Track St Albans 25 BonnetsFB	48 bar Ahons8 [A8A8 B8B8 C8C8] x6
Orange and Blue Unknown, 1815	Ref Track	8 bar intro, 6 times through, AABB
The Highland Lilt Neil 1726	Symmetry Mp3 Ref Track	16bar 4honsA [A4A4 B4B4] x6 note: it's four counts per bar, so a 4 bar A intro will feel the same length as an 8 bar A intro
Harts Lancers Quadrille No1: La Rose Hart, 1819	Short 24 bar ref track	24 bar A8hons [B8 C8 A8] Yes this one
Duval's 2nd Set No 1 La Dorset	Short 24 bar ref track	24 bar A8hons [B8 C8 A8] Not this
The Waterloo Dance Hardy, c.1815	Short 32 bar ref Track	8 bar intro, At least 6 times through, AABC (repeats noted)
Boney in the Dumps Cahusac, 1809	Ref Track Meryton Mp3	32 bar Ahons8 [A8A8 B8B8] x6
Spare Bonaparte in a Knapsack Thompson, 1804	Ref Track	8 bar intro, 6 times through, AABB
Wellington’s Triumph Wilson 1819 (Thompson's 24 Country Dances)	Ref Track	8 bar intro, 6 times through, AABBCC
The Galopede Preston 1801	Ref Track	4 or 8 bar intro Maybe 15 times
Removed from List
The Soldier’s Dance (aka The Fandango) Thompson, 1774	Norwich25	8 bar intro, 6 times through, AABBAABB (play it twice through for one couple)
Jump Frogs Jump Thompson, 1804	Ref Track Meryton24	32 bar Ahons8 [A8A8 B8B8] x6
The Disbanded Officer Thompson, 1787		8 bar intro, 6 times through, AAAABB
A Fig for Bonaparte Thompson, 1804		8 bar intro, 6 times through, AABB
Harts Lancers Quadrille No1: La Rose Hart, 1819	Ref Track CD version	NOT THIS ONE 32 bar A8 [B8C8D8A8] x4

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