Gambols


Gambols is an English country dance created by Jenna Simpson for four couples.

Tune

The dance is set to a tune published as "The Shepherd and Shepherdess" in a 1799 collection by Thompson, a publisher based in St Paul's Churchyard. An earlier collection published by John Johnson, a publisher located on Cheapside and facing Bow Church, includes the same tune under the same name.


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Dance

Jenna Simpson originally devised the dance in 2011, revised it in 2014, and published it in a collection of dances titled Under the Influence in 2017. The dance is composed for four couples longways.