Recordings
All our recordings can be found on our Bandcamp page. Some are free to download. Paine’s 1st set and 12th set quadrilles are available on our Music for Quadrilles album… Read more »
Duke of Wellington’s Dancers Jane Austen Ball 2025
Meryl and Ian are playing for the Duke of Wellington’s Dancers Jane Austen themed Ball on Sunday 27 July at Rownhams House, Southampton. Dances include some from our recent album… Read more »
New Recording
Meryl and Ian have recorded the country dance “The British Heroes” to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day in 2025. Find the recording on our bandcamp page
Recording of the “Rogue” Quadrille
Our Duke of Kent’s Waltz recording was used in the BBC Doctor Who episode “Rogue” for a quadrille choreographed by Jack Murphy. This track is an edited 4×32 version using… Read more »
New Album – A Trip with Jane Austen
Ian and Meryl have produced an album of country dances with links to Jane Austen, her life and literary works. Dances on the album are suitable for historical country dancing… Read more »
Duke of Wellington’s Dancers Birthday Ball 2025
Meryl and Ian are playing live for the Duke of Wellington’s Dancers Birthday ball on 13 April 2025 at Rownhams House. The Ball is in celebration of special birthdays for… Read more »
New recording available
Ian and Meryl have recorded a set of Irish quadrilles called The Royal Hibernian Quadrilles by Charles T Sykes. King George IV visited Ireland in 1821 and this set of… Read more »
Duke of Wellington’s Dancers Over the Hills and Far Away Ball 2024
On Sunday 27 October, 2024 Meryl and Ian played for the Duke of Wellington’s Dancers’ Ball at Rownhams House, Southampton. The theme was travel and the life of writer William… Read more »
Mrs Bennet’s Late Summer Tea Dance 2024
Meryl and Ian played for Mrs Bennet’s Ballroom late summer Tea Dance on Saturday 28 September at 2.30pm at St Mark’s Church, Surbiton. Some 40 dancers enjoyed dancing and an… Read more »
New Recording – A Trip to the Olympics
Meryl and Ian have recorded an album of dances to commemorate the Paris Olympics in 2024. The album has music for country dances dating from between 1740 and 1818. We… Read more »
Mrs Bennet’s Houseparty 2024
Ian and Meryl played online for two nights of dancing at Mrs Bennet’s Ballroom’s houseparty again on 13 and 15 August this year. Tuesday evening was Georgian dances… Read more »