Blackpatch

Hello New Friends! I am trying desparately to find out the name of the music that Richard Herne danced to as Mr Pastry. I have found one or two clips of him doing the dance and another of Billy Dainty doing the same. I am keen to re-create the dance for the Amateur Stage. So far I've drawn a blank. Anyone have any ideas?

Steve Crook

Have you tried using Shazam's Music Tag service?

Dial 2580 from a UK mobile, play the clip and hold the phone so the music can be heard. If they recognise it they'll tell you what it is (for £1.50) and give you the chance to download the full track.

If they don't recognise it then there's no premium charge

Steve

Moor Larkin

The Lancers' Quadrille - The Music of James Scott Skinner

maybe

deancosmos

Definitely The Lancers. Copied many years later by Billy Dainty.

batman

Mr Pastry dances The Lancers ...

YouTube - Mr Pastry Dance

"Do you know why fattries are called fattries .... it's because they are big and people make things in them."

Blackpatch

Thanks for the suggestions. Will try 2580 and see what i get.

Longshot

Agreed - I don't know if it's its formal name, but I've known that music as "The Lancers" since as a kid of about 8 I saw Richard Herne doing his act on TV. One of the first two or three performers I recognised well enough to name, and it's nice to see from the You-tube clip linked above that my memories of him as an artist of quality act are not misplaced.

Blackpatch

Hi all, I posted early in the month trying to find out if anyone knew the name of the music which Richard Hurne danced to in what is called the lancers.
Folks generally suggested that the music was, in fact, The Lancers.
One suggestion was that it was Guy Mannering Lancers on favourite Scottish melodies by James Scott Skinner.
Unfortunately, it is not this music. Does anyone have any other ideas? Anyone have links with Billy Dainty facts? He did a very funny tribute version of the dance at a Royal variety Show. Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

donna

Yes I remember Billy doing that at the Royla Variety Show didnt care for the man, hope you do a better performance , good luck.

Moor Larkin

I'm gonna have to get a computer with sound..............

Steve Crook

I hear that some of the really fancy ones can do pictures as well

Steve

Moor Larkin

You are in a blue room. There is a picture on the wall. A table has a goldfish bowl with two fish in it. There is a square carpet under the table. There are four doors, North, South, East, West

Type N, S, E or W
............................................

Like watching the radio.....
Those were the days...........

Steve Crook

"You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike"

Ah, happy days. Now I'm waiting for GTA IV to be released on a PC

Steve

Brisheard

The music you are looking for is actually called "The Lancers" and was played at many a dance in my youth (I am 74 at the moment). You should be able to access sheet music or records/tapes by advertising for it on the net. My best memory of this epic performance by Mr. Pastry was at a Command performance in the mid to late 1960's when he brought the house down at the Palladium. If you find out where to get a copy of the performance, please pass the informtin on to me. My email is sbs1933@gmail.com

Brian

bhowells

U.K singer songwriter Harvey Andrews wrote a very touching triibute to Mr Pastry and took part in a documentary about Richard Hearne, broadcast on Radio Four last autumn, might bet repeated again, so look out for it. This documentary inspired me to look at Hearnes Lancer dance on Youtube.