My Lady Winwood’s Maggot ~ Hume

My Lady Winwood’s Maggot is an English Country Dance first found in Playford’s Dancing Master of 1726. It was interpreted by Colin Hume in 2016. Originally a triple minor, this version is a proper three couple longways dance. The animation plays at 111 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance is slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set. Playford says: The first Couple Sett and cast off, and lead through the third Couple · Then the first Man goes the whole Figure with the third Couple, and his Partner with the second at the same time, being in the second Couples place : Then Hands all six quite round, and all Back to Back Partners, then the first Couple lead through the third Couple, and through the second, and turn yo