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Present: Anna, William, Caterine, Katherina

Warm up: Earl of Essex Measure, Old Alman, Black Almain.

Present: Anna, William, Caterine, Ludwig, Katherina

Warm-up: Ginevra, Amoroso (including an improvised 3-person variant)

Main Session - Negri's Canary

Revision of all mutanze learned so far:

Present: Anna, William, Caterine, Katherina

Warmup: Amoroso, La Figlia de Guglielmino

Main Session - Pavaniglia

Revision of

• first two structural verses
• first and second mutanze
• forth mutanza

Skimmed through the third and fifth mutanze. Danced the whole thing through several times, including all verses.

NOTE: we need a more detailed revision of the 5th mutanza, the separating verse, and the final verse.

Present: William, Anna, Caterine, Katherina

Warmup: Figlia de Guglielmino, Chiara Stella

Main Session : Canario

New material (for at least some present)

• Man's first mutanza
• Man's second mutanza (including ritirata, which we hadn't previously done with any success)
• new interpretation of the seguito spezzato in Canario

Katherina practiced her current interpretation of the man's third mutanza, which she'll teach next time.

Revision:

Shed day is taking a break for a while. However, we're now incuding a wider range of arts at "Sewing", including armouring, leatherwork, and wood-work, as well as more traditional quiet indoor activities.

Present: Caterine, William, Ludwig (Canary only), Katherina

Warmup: Black Almain

Main Session : Pavaniglia

Revision

• man's fourth mutanza

New Material (for this year, anyway)

• woman's fourth mutanza
• dancing mans's and woman's fourth mutanza simultaneously
• first mutanza, for both man and woman

Present: William, Ludwig, Katherina

Warmup: Rostiboli Gioioso for three (with two men and one woman, for a change)

Main Session: Canario

Revision

• woman's first mutanza
• woman's second mutanza
• structural verses (intro, change-ends, finale : new to Ludwig, in this form)

New Material

A most productive afternoon: Elisabeth made most of a blue kirtle, Catalina has nearly finished her corset and cut out a farthingale, Caterine's Turkish is looking splendid, Karen's first pieces of tablet-weaving are gorgeous, and she's cut out a 16thC high-necked chemise. As usual, William and Katherina plotted.

Present: William, Anna, Katherina

Warm-up: Rostiboli Gioioso for three

Main session - Pavaniglia - 4th mutanza:

Learned the whole of the man's 4th mutanza, on both sides (verses 11 and 12). Katherina practiced the woman's 4th mutanza, but didn't teach it.