As per the leaflet posted on the Scottish Country Dance Teachers' Association (Canada) website:

Devised - "Between 1972 and 1982"

Note - "The title was originally "A(nother) Candle for Mary" but was changed, at Mary's request, to "By Candlelight".  The original probably sounded religious rather than like a Birthday Greeting!"

Other notes:

The dance was devised by John Drewry with the name "A Candle for Mary" for Mary Prentice's Birthday.  The sheet bears a handwritten note "Name Changed at Mary's request to:- "By Candlelight". Mary was a local SCD Teacher. The name "A Candle for Mary" has been kept as an alias because the dance is known by some under that name, and copies of the original sheet are still in circulation.

The dance was devised in the 1970ies, but the actual year is unknown.


