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 ====== Chelmsford Assembly ======
+Bernard J. Bentley, 1968\\
 cpl set proper\\
 Tune: Chelmsford Assembly
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-Dance published in Johnson's "Two Hundred Country Dances (vol 8)" of about 1753. It is a proper 3 couple longways dance. It was adapted by Bernard Bentley. Found in the Playford Ball.
+====== Chelmsford Assembly ======
+Bernard J. Bentley, 1968\\
+cpl set proper\\
+Tune: Chelmsford Assembly
+<code>
+Al 1-4 1st couple cast down to middle place, 2nd couple moving up.
+-8 1st man cast down again around 3rd man, coming into a line
+       of three with 3rd couple facing up while 1st woman, turning
+       left, cast up around 2nd woman coming into a line of three with
+nd couple, facing down.
+A2 1-4 In lines across the hall, take hands and set twice.
+-8 Each line circle three-hands once around.
+Bl 1-4 1st man and 1st woman cast back to middle place.
+-8 1st couple turn two-hands and end facing 3rd couple.
+B2 1-8 Top couple face each other, middles face down, bottom couple face up:
+       all circular hey skipping, beginning passing right shoulder,
+       first couple making an extra change to end at bottom.</code>
+Dance published in Johnson's "Two Hundred Country Dances (vol 8)" of about 1753. It is a proper 3 couple longways dance. It was adapted by Bernard Bentley. Found in the Playford Ball.\\
 video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eatwlPiMcY
+**CHELMSFORD ASSEMBLY**\\
+Chelmsford (pronounced “Chemsfurd") is in Essex, about
+thirty miles northeast of London. In the eighteenth century,
+community assembly balls were often sponsored by public
+officials, dancing masters, or citizens' groups and provided an
+opportunity for several layers of society to meet and mingle.