A selection of historical dance videos featuring Johnsonville Club members. Thanks to John Patterson for transferring the dances from old video tape to MP4. And to Alex Downey for splitting the dances up for individual posting.
Click on the links for more details of the dances/demonstrations and participating dancers, and to watch the videos.
Men’s demonstration from 1998 Anzac Weekend School Ceilidh in Wellington. It’s an all-male set, as it was in the POW camp where the dance was first devised.
1994 Wellington Region Anzac Weekend
Scottish Country Dancing demonstration from 1994 Anzac School, Wellington, in Onslow College. The dances are Argyll Strathspey, Mrs Stewart’s Jig, and The Rose of Glamis.
1994 Cane Toad Jig (2) & Loralee Hyde
Danced in 1994 at Tawa. Watching Iain Boyd and Noeline O’Connor dance together in the Cane Toad Jig is a joy with their lovely covering. Music by Peter Elmes.
Devised by Rod Downey, this was the first time this was danced, by a small group in 1994 in Tawa.
