King's Maggot

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

King's Maggot (S3x48) 48 bar Strathspey in a 4 couple set Rod Downey The Piwakawaka Collection

1- 4 1C cross giving RH and cast below 2C, 2C step up on 3 and 4.
5- 8 1C turn with 2 hands twice to face down in the middle in second place still on opposite sides.
9-12 1C dance down through 3rd couple and cast back to second place on opposite sides.
13-16 1C turn 2 hands 1¼, letting go early (no twirls) and stay in the middle to face 1M down and 1L up in the centre.
17-18 1C turn first corners once round LH.
19-20 1C turn RH to face 2nd corners.
21-22 1C turn 2nd corners LH.
23-24 1C turn RH to 1M should finish facing up and 1L facing down, near the middle.
25-32 1M giving RS to 2L and 1L giving RS to third man, dance a reel of three across the sets, 1M with 2nd couple and 1L with 3rd couple.
33-40 1M with 3C, 1L with 2C dance reels of three across with 1M giving LS to 3L and 1L giving LS to 2M to begin. 1C finish in second place on own sides.
41-44 1C dance a modified back to back. To wit:
1 1C dance in RS to RS.
2 1C dance forward back to back.
3 1C dances back LS to LS.
4 1C cast to own sides pulling back RS.
45-48 1C with 3C Beginning by crossing, 1C and 3C give partner RH, next person LH, partner RH, in a "square-ish" figure to change places. The phrasing is 1, 1, 2, per hand.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Rod Downey, Johnsonville SCD Club Tutor)

Dance Notes

There is a lot of phrasing in the dance. The reels are quite slow, and must be counted.

(Dance notes by the deviser, Rod Downey)

Dance Information

This Strathspey was first adapted as a Strathspey 28/6/2022, and modified 8/11/2022 after dancing. SCD version of a dance from Playford: The Compleat Dance Guide, 1718. "jointly with Playford".

I am using "Set of Strathspeys Suitable for the Moray Rant" by the Sound Company.

(Dance information from The Piwakawaka Collection Of Scottish Country Dances, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Rod Downey)

Published in The Piwakawaka Collection, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Rod Downey.
Published in https://homepages.ecs.vuw.ac.nz/~downey/dances/book6.pdf

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