Mr. Cosgill's Delight ~ Kennedy
Coreli's Maggot ~ Kennedy
Mr. Cosgill's Delight ~ Kennedy or Coreli's Maggot ~ Kennedy is an English Country Dance. It was published by John Young in 1726 in The Dancing Master, The Third Volume, 2nd ed.. It was interpreted by Douglas & Helen Kennedy in 1929 and published in Country Dance Book, New Series. Found in The Playford Ball. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 16 bars. It is in the key: C Major.
Note: Each Strain is to be Play'd twice over.
The first Couple Hands across with the second Couple and go the half round Then the same back again Then the first Man change places quick with the second Woman, and the first Woman with the second Man at the same time; then all foure go round into their proper places Then Right-hand and Left with the second Couple
The Kennedies attribute this dance to Walsh's New Country Dancing Master 3rd Bk of 1728, but John Young published it earlier in 1726.
John Young published the tune with the dance, Mr. Cosgill's Delight, and the music was synthesized using Colin Hume's software.
The animation plays at 80 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily (no music plays during this slow set). 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.
| A1 | 1-4 | Right hands across... |
| A2 | 1-4 | ...and left hands back |
| B1 | 1-2 | 1st corners change, 2nd corners change |
| 3-4 | Single file circle clockwise half | |
| B2 | 1-4 | Face partner, three changes of a circular hey (no hands) |
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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is out of copyright in the US, but I'm not sure of other jurisdictions. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2021 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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