Dusty Miller: A Historical English Country Dance
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| From Thomas Wilson's 1816 Companion to the Ballroom |
Dusty Miller was part of my dance list for my event Jane Austen's 250th Birthday Ball, which I held on December 16, 2025.
If you want to use my introduction, contact me beforehand to tell me about it and then give me credit. :)
Note: I got permission from Bare Necessities to use their recording at my ball for free, though I didn't end up using it.
Contact me to inquire about sheet music for and audio of a string quartet arrangement by Andrew Wheelwright that I commissioned for my ball.
Introduction I used at my ball
The Old Farmer's Almanac says, “Dusty miller is an ornamental foliage plant that adds texture and silvery contrast to the garden.” It has yellow flowers. This is our dance for Mansfield Park, because Fanny Price is a bit of a wallflower.
Dusty Miller
Longways proper
Duple minor
Waltz traveling and setting steps
Introduction
- 2 beats: Honor your partner.
- Gentlemen bow and Ladies curtsy.
- 12 beats: Set and hands across quite half round.
- First Gentleman and second Lady take right hands, while the second Gentleman and first Lady do the same. They turn halfway to switch places, moving clockwise. The first Lady and second Gentleman should always have their hands uppermost.
- 12 beats: Set and back again.
- First Gentleman and second Lady take left hands, while the second Gentleman and first Lady do the same. They turn halfway to places, moving counterclockwise.
- 12 beats: First couple lead down the middle and up again to second place (second couple move up).
- 12 beats: Half pousette or draw.
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