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-I was at a Folk Camp in Holland in 2006 with Hilary Vare and John New as the musicians.  I have done several camps with Hilary, but had not met John before.  In the music workshops we played a few of his tunes, and we were all very struck by this one.  The inspiration for the tune came when he was on the open forward observation deck on the Val de Loire, crossing from Portsmouth to St Malo.  It had been a very congenial evening in the restaurant, with good company and good live piano music, and the sea was flat calm and moonlit.
+"I was at a Folk Camp in Holland in 2006 with Hilary Vare and John New as the musicians.  I have done several camps with Hilary, but had not met John before.  In the music workshops we played a few of his tunes, and we were all very struck by this one.  The inspiration for the tune came when he was on the open forward observation deck on the Val de Loire, crossing from Portsmouth to St Malo.  It had been a very congenial evening in the restaurant, with good company and good live piano music, and the sea was flat calm and moonlit.
-John wrote it as a slow air, but said he was happy to play it faster for a dance, so I wrote this and tried it out at the end of the week.  The tune still needs to be slow, or it loses its style.  John wrote a pause at the end of the B-music, and I think a slight pause works well with the dance.  The dance needs room for the fall back in the first part, and the dancers must fall back with conviction, otherwise after the lead forward you are too close to your partner to do a good turn.
+"John wrote it as a slow air, but said he was happy to play it faster for a dance, so I wrote this and tried it out at the end of the week.  The tune still needs to be slow, or it loses its style.  John wrote a pause at the end of the B-music, and I think a slight pause works well with the dance.  The dance needs room for the fall back in the first part, and the dancers must fall back with conviction, otherwise after the lead forward you are too close to your partner to do a good turn.
+"The other tune of John's to which I have written a dance is Caulking Jig."
+Sheet music: https://colinhume.com/abc.aspx?T=The_Night_Crossing
+Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77iBG6N4OWM (Ottawa English Dance TTO)
-The other tune of John's to which I have written a dance is Caulking Jig.