Kentucky Running Set
Workshop run by Kentucky Running Set, Warwickshire
Sunday 30 November 2025
Kentucky Running Set workshop, led by Nigel and Annabel Sharp.
Dance Styles: Square Dance
Price: £5
Time: 14.45-17.15
Ticket Options: Pay on door
Kentucky Running Set workshop, led by Nigel and Annabel Sharp. On this occasion we'll be dancing to recorded music.
Tea, coffee and cake.
Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles encountered Kentucky Running Set (KRS) on a visit to the Appalachians. Sharp devoted Part 5 of The Country Dance Book to KRS. This exhilarating form of country dancing has figures such as “The Wild Goose Chase”, “California Show Basket”, “Chase the Squirrel” and “Rattlesnake Twist”.
KRS does not involve running, nor any fancy foot work. The local term for having a dance was “running a set”. The figures run on from one to the next, so the dance does keep going for longer than a conventional square dance. Having evolved in small rooms, KRS is usually danced in square sets of 4 couples, but it can accommodate other numbers. Nowadays, with judicious choice of figures, it is often danced in big set formation. We will find a format that enables everyone to dance.
Weston Under Wetherley Village Hall venue
Excellent hall with good dance floor and kitchen.
Moderately sized car park.
There is a large children's playground next to the hall.
Weston is a small village. The nearest shops are in Cubbington. The nearest pub is in Hunningham.
Weston Under Wetherley is close to Leamington Spa, Coventry and the Foss Way.
Access from some directions is periodically affected by HS2 works.
Address: Sabin Drive Weston Under Wetherley Warwickshire CV33 9GA
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