Away To The Camp
Introduction
Adapted by:
Michael Barraclough (2021)
Original author:
Unknown
Adapted source:
Michael Barraclough web-site
George Washington, A Biography In Social Dance (as a TM)
George Washington, A Biography In Social Dance (as a TM)
Original source:
24 Country Dances for 1782 (Samuel, Peter & Anne Thompson)
Formation:
Longways 3-Couple Set
Tune:
Specific tune - Away To The Camp (1782)
Music:
C 6/8
Choreography
A1
1-8
Ladies (take hands) dance around the men
A2
1-8
Men (take hands) dance around the ladies
B1
1-2
Top couple chasée to the bottom (others move up)
3-4
Rigadoon or turn single down
5-6
Lead up one place (middle couple casting down)
7-8
Cast to bottom (bottom couple leading up)
B2
1-4
Partner rock ‘n roll right allemande
5-8
Partner rock ‘n roll left allemande
© Michael Barraclough, 2024
Notes
Notes
1
Originally a triple minor.
2
Copied by Jeremiah Brown in his c1782 Ms in Massachusets, USA, but called “Away To Camps”.
3
The tune is not recorded, but My Wife’s A Wee Wanton Thing is suggested. Whilst originally published as “Bride Next” by Henry Playford in 1700, was still regularly being published, including in Aird’s Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1, 1782, and Wilson’s Companion To The Ballroom, 1816
Music
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