The Salamanca Castanets

The Duke of Wellington’s Dancers dancing ’The Salamanca Castanets’ in the music room at Townhill Park House on 3rd July 2016. Arranged for a 3-couple set. Published in Button and Whittaker’s Collection of Country Dances for the Year 1813. Music performed by The Fortuna Trio. Note the influence of Spanish country dance moves from contacts during the Peninsula War (1807–1814).