Dances in Maggot Pie (Marjorie Heffer and William Porter, 1932, Cambridge)

Table of Contents

B

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Baffled Knight		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		4 Couple Longways
Bonny Nell		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		Facing Couples Becket
The Boys of Wexford		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		3 Couple Circle

C

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Cupid's Garden - Maggot Pie		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932	By Request Bare Necessities	Square

D

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Doldrum The Doldrum Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932 Square The Doldrum ~ 6 Cpl Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932 6 Couple Circle

F

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The French Ambassador - Maggot Pie		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		3 Couple Longways

G

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Gossip Joan		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		3 Couple Circle
The Gradely Lass		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Green Willow		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		Facing Couples Becket

H

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Happy Clown		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		4 Couple Longways

J

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Jovial Beggars - Maggot Pie		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932	At Home Bare Necessities	3 Couple Circle

K

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The King's Penny		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		4 Couple Longways

M

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Merry Andrew - Maggot Pie		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways
The Mock Match - Maggot Pie		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
The Mumping Maid		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		Custom3

N

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Night Cap		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932	Bare Necessities	Square
The Northern Lass		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		4 Couple Longways

O

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Old Boot		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		Square

P

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Parthenia - Maggot Pie		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932	Bare Necessities	4 Couple Longways

Q

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Queen of Sheba The Queen of Sheba Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932 Colin Hume ~1990 4 Couple Longways The Queen of Sheba Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932 4 Couple Longways

R

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Red Bull - Maggot Pie		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		Square

S

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Saucy Sailor		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		Facing Couples Becket

W

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Wickering Wench		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Withywind		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		Square

Y

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Young Man's Fancy		Marjorie Heffer & William Porter 1932		Square

Marjorie Heffer and William Porter published Maggot Pie in 1932 (probably assisted by Arthur Heffer, Marjorie's husband, who died before publication). This was the first book of new country dances published in England since about 1850. It was the first book that used the old "up a double/siding/arming" since Playford stopped printing them in 1679.

Unfortunately the dances were not widely accepted, the very forward of the book, written by Douglas Kennedy, director of the EFDS, damns it with faint praise:

In any case these maggots ... deserve the encouragement of every English Dancer, although they cannot be officially sponsored by the E.F.D.S. Who knows what may be their ultimate fate? Some may die after a short existence. Others may live to be collected...

Well, here they all are, collected, 90 years later.

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