Chronology of Pan's People and the other TOTP Dance Troupes
Very much in progress! Please keep an eye out for mistakes and typos, and please post additions as a comment below!
1936
| January 09 | Birth of Maggie Stredder |
1938
| June 17 | Birth of Jo Cook |
1940
| November 23 | Birth of Marian Davies |
1941
| March 03 | Birth of Bebe Robson |
1942
| December 27 | Birth of Linda Hotchkin |
1943
| May 22 | Birth of Arlene Philips |
| July ?? | Birth of Carlotta Barrow |
1944
| October 24 | Birth of Ann Chapman |
1945
| November 28 | Birth of Barbara Lord |
1946
| February 14 | Birth of Diane South |
| March 17 | Birth of Wendy Hillhouse |
| March 23 | Birth of Felicity (Flick) Colby |
| July 13 | Birth of Ruth Pearson |
| September 24 | Birth of Patricia (Dee Dee) Wilde |
| September 29 | Birth of Dolores Bourne |
1947
| August 08 | Birth of Andrea (Andi) Rutherford |
1948
| January 18 | Birth of Wei Wei Wong (YG / 2G) |
1949
| July 27 | Birth of Lesley Larbey |
| September 03 | Birth of Louise Clarke |
| December 16 | Birth of Stephanie Lawrence (DDW PP) |
1950
| March 22 | Birth of Cheryl St. Clair (YG, 2G) |
| June 29 | Birth of Patti Hammond |
1952
| July 06 | Birth of Pauline Peters |
1955
| February 07 | Birth of Cherry Gillespie |
| September 09 | Birth of Sue Menhenick |
| September ?? | Birth of Lee Ward |
| October 31 | Birth of Philip Haigh/Steggles |
1956
| September 02 | Birth of Mark Tyme (Zoo, Hot Gossip) |
| November ?? | Birth of Emma Bryant (Dee Dee Wilde's PP) |
1958
| May 05 | Birth of Mary Corpe |
| August 15 | Birth of Julie Harris (Zoo) |
1959
| January 23 | Birth of Floid Pearce |
| February 09 | Birth of Anita Chellamah (Mahadervan) |
| April 18 | Birth of Gillian Clark |
| August 27 | Birth of Julie Brown (Zoo) |
| December 20 | Birth of Lulu Cartwright |
1960
| April 09 | Birth of Rosie Hetherington |
| August 14 | Birth of Sarah Brightman (Dee Dee Wilde's PP) |
1964
| November 18 | Gojos formed, debut on TOTP to Baby Love / The Supremes |
1966
| December 20 | Pan's People formed |
1968
| April 04 | Pan's People debut on TOTP as a three piece: Flick, Ruth, Dee Dee, dancing to Simon Says / 1910 Fruitgum Co. |
| April 18 | Flick, Ruth, Dee Dee dance to Cry Like a Baby / The Box Tops |
| May 30 | Pan's People perform as a sextet to "US Male" by Elvis Presley |
1971
| end | Flick leaves front line to act as choreographer |
| December | Marriage of Andi Rutherford |
1972
| October | Andrea Rutherford leaves |
| December 25 | Debut of Cherry Gillespie, dances to Without You / Nilsson |
1974
| April 17 | "Pan's People In Concert" special on BBC TV |
| "You Can Really Rock and Roll Me" single from Pan's People | |
| May 16 | Louise Clarke's last dance: There's a Ghost In My House / R Dean Taylor; replaced later by Sue Menhenick |
| June 06 | Debut of Sue Menhenick (Summer Breeze / Isley Brothers) |
1975
| February 14(?) | Marriage of Cherry Gillespie to David Mindel |
| Babs Lord leaves | |
| august 28 | Final performance of Babs Lord (One of These Nights / The Eagles) [confirmation required] |
| September 25 | Debut of Mary Corpe and Lee Ward (I Only Have Eyes For You / Art Garfunkel) |
| November | Dee Dee Wilde leaves |
1976
| April | Final performance of Pan's People (Silver Star / Four Seasons) |
| May 06 | Ruby Flipper debut (Can't Help Falling in Love / The Stylistics) |
| July 15 | Final performance of Gavin Trace (Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel / Tavares) |
| September 30 | Final performance of Cherry Gillespie (The Best Disco In Town / The Ritchie Family) |
| October 14 | Final performance of Ruby Flipper (Play that Funky Music / Wild Cherry) |
| October 21 | Legs & Co debut as yet unnamed "TOTP Dancers" (Queen of My Soul / Average White Band) |
| November ?? | TOTP Dancers named "Legs & Co" by viewer Elaine Coombes |
1979
| "Let's Go Dancing" published by Elizabeth Romain and Flick Colby |
1981
| March 19 | Final Performance of Pauline Peters (Lately / Stevie Wonder) |
| May 28 | First Performance of Anita Chellamah (Ain't No Stopping Us Now/ Enigma) |
| October 22 | Final performance of Rosie Hetherington |
| October 29 | Final Performance of Legs & Co (Boy Meets Girl / Haircut 100) |
| November 05 | Zoo debut (Twillight / E.L.O.) |
| December 17 | Sue Menhenick performs final solo routine (Find My Way Home / Vangelis) |
1983
| Final performance of Zoo (What I Got Is What You Need / Unique) |
2011
| May 26 | Death of Flick Colby |
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Sue's birthday
I could swear that I'd read somewhere recently that Sue Menhenick was born on February 9th not September 9th 1955. Maybe I'm wrong though.
Michael K
Hehe, it seems to change back
Hehe, it seems to change back and forth! We originally had February, then someone said it should be September, so we changed it.
Maybe we were wrong - any other opinions?
We're not wrong. Stick to
We're not wrong. Stick to September.
Ruth - July 13, 1946
Sue - Sept 9, 1955
Dee Dee - Sept 24, 1946
Cherry - Feb 2, 1955
Babs - Nov 28, 1945
I'm keen to make progress on
I'm keen to make progress on this, so please post below any dates at your finger tips so we can add them in!
First/last dates of this that and the other, main events etc!
19/03/1981 Lately from Stevie
19/03/1981 Lately from Stevie Wonder - Pauline's final appearance
Thanks Suefan! It's really
Thanks Suefan! It's really great having all you TOTP experts around. I think I must have been given a fail for that subject - didn't pay enough attention!
Another final appearance
Another final appearance would be Rosie's on the 22/10/81 show although unfortunately by that date the girls were reduced to providing backing, and to some frankly shocking groups at that. Sue, Lulu, Patti and Gill all took part in the 29/10/81 show which was their last appearance.
By the way how do I edit my last question to Sue. I meant to write 'in the middle of the SET regarding that frayed carpet, not STEP.
Thanks Suefan, I added those
Thanks Suefan, I added those dates, also to the Biographies.
I do appreaciate all the help with the dates. I know it seems awfully lazy of me, but I've got such a big to do list here that any little help saves valuable time and gets it done sooner rather than later!
I forgot to say I edited your
I forgot to say I edited your Sue question - will have to sort out somethnig re the ability to edit, please bear with me!
Hi Panfan, thanks for editing
Hi Panfan, thanks for editing that Sue question about the carpet. A few more dates which are to hand:
28/5/81 - Anita's first performance in Legs (Enigma "Ain't No Stopping Us Now")
6/6/74 - Sue's debut (Isley Brothers "Summer Breeze")
16/5/74 - Louise's final dance (Jim Stafford "There's A Ghost In My House")
25/9/75 - Mary and Lee debut to (Art Garfunkel "I Only Have Eyes For You"). In this routine the six girls wore long white dresses but fortunately they didn't have to dance around with candelabras on their heads.
I'm not sure which was Dee Dee's last dance on TOTP. I wonder if the lass herself can recall.
Dates and Events
Thanks Suefan, added those in - it's slowly begining to take shape!
We can certainly add events, even if we are unsure of the exact date, so please all add some seminal events that need adding!
PP's TOTP Debut: 1968
Can any of you TOTP sleuths advise on this:
1968
I always thought they debuted as the trio of Flick, Dee Dee and Ruth, but I have heard it said that the Simon Says performance was just two of them.
Thanks to Ryan and Sue for
Thanks to Ryan and Sue for adding a good number of missing birthdays!
hi ,dont know if you need
hi ,dont know if you need this info still ,but legs and co debut song was queen of my soul by the average white band on the 21/10/76 although they were credited for the first 3 weeks as dancers ,due to a competition for the viewers to send in a new name for the dance troupe ,zoo first performance was to ,twilight by elo on the 5/11/81 and their last routine was to what i got is what you need by unique on the 29/9/83 edition of totp
also the final performance on
also the final performance on the 29/10/81 the girls were used just as backing dancers to the groups ,haircut 100 and boy meets girl and to altered images ,happy birthday ,their last official dance that they did as a dance troupe on their own ,was on the 15/10/81 dancing to the birdie song by the tweets all the members apart from sue were present for this routine
Birthdays added
I've added a fair number of birthdays for the Gojos, Zoo, YG/2G and Ladybirds, provided by Gary.