====== Portsmouth ====== Playford's Dancing Master in 1701. \\ Adapted by Cecil Sharp in 1922. \\ Proper duple minor longways dance.\\ Al 16 First man crosses to hey w/ 1st & 2nd women, passing 2nd by R shoulder (all end home). A2 16 First lady heys w/ 1st & 2nd men, passing 2nd by L (all end home). B1 8 First couple cross by R shoulder & go below 2nd couple, who lead up 8 First couple half figure-8 up through 2nd couple. B2 16 4 changes of rights & lefts, starting R hand to partner. See an [[http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Portsmouth|animation of this dance]]\\ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD1pl7yceZ4\\ Recordings: {{ ::music:portsmouth-bsbnd20.mp3.zip |}}\\ {{ ::music:portsmouth-fxfwo08.mp3.zip |}}\\ {{ ::music:portsmouth_staines_morris_lusty_gallant_chelsea_reach_085-ear-11.mp3.zip |}}\\ {{ ::music:portsmouth-stylized-074-bnntcap-05.mp3.zip |}} According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in the year 501 a Saxon named Port landed at the area of Hampshire later known as Portsmouth with his two sons and killed a young British nobleman. The first docks were established in Portsmouth in 1194 by Richard I. The French burned them in 1369, but it was Henry VII who developed a dockyard there in 1496 from which Portsmouth’s growth began.