Devised by Rod Downey on 3 April 2016, this dance is dedicated to Elizabeth Ngan, our
club’s dedicated “kitchen faerie”.

Download the instructions below.

Devised by Rod Downey on 4 March 2020 as a relatively simple fugal dance with the movement of Ladies of Dunse as a basis.

On 15 June, the first Monday of dancing after the lockdown, Johnsonville Club danced the world premiere of Pieces of Eight. As a special treat, Aileen Logie had brought her accordion along to club and played Pieces of Eight – the jig version of Peter Elmes’ 1984 hornpipe tune

See more about the history of the Pieces of Eight dance and tune

Devised by Rod Downey in March 2020 when he was inspired by the teddy bears in the windows during the COVID-19 lockdown while out cycling.

The dance is a fugue – see more about fugues and canons

Download the instructions to The Great Teddy Bear Hunt below.

Recommended tune is The Teddy Bear’s Picnic (John W. Bratton) composed in 1907.

Devised by Rod Downey on 5 August 2016 for his wife Kristin, his bear, for her 60th birthday, especially in appreciation of her work in Johnsonville’s Golden Year

Download the full dance instructions for My Golden Bear

Published in 2017 by the RSCDS NZ Branch Inc in North Cape to the Bluff, a collection of Scottish Country Dances to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the New Zealand Branch Royal Scottish Country Dance Society.

The first time My Golden Bear was danced to the recommended music (which is what Rod had in his head when he devised the dance) was on 1 October 2018 at the Johnsonville October Tartan Night. Music by Wild Heather – Lynne Scott, Anne-Marie Forsyth, Mary McDonald and Sharlene Penman. Thanks to John Patterson for filming the dance.

Devised by Rod Downey in 2002 for Yu Hayakawa (Club Treasurer 2001-2002) who loves to wear pink.

Download The Lady in Pink

From The Cane Toad Collection

In November 2016, Yu Hayakawa (Treasurer 2001-2002), Loralee Hyde (President 1998-2000) and Jenny Vaughan (Treasurer 1993-1994)