Any English country dance group in the US will dance one or more of the Playford dances whenever they meet. The music and the figures are sublime! The popularity is credited to Cecil Sharp, who re-interpreted the dances in the early 1900s. John Playford was a printer in London. Little else is known about his music and dance involvement.

The best sources of notation of Playford tunes can be obtained from CDSS (Country Dance and Song Society) at www.cdss.org/ "English country dance tunes" by Peter Barnes has a wealth of them - but the source is not indicated, so one needs to know the title....... Hanny