I can't quite say that "a proper petronella proved pretty popular" at the Nelson dance
last night (Monday). But,, an improper petronella proved pretty popular. I called Petronell's Pin,
by Dave Colestock. with great music by Gordon Perry, Rich Backes, and Skip Gorman Pictures,
labeled, "Oh, What A Night" appeared on Facebook before I got home. Pretty popular and
well enjoyed, it appears.
Earlier in the evening, Don Primrose called Chorus Jig, as always. We often
also dance Money Musk Hull's Victory, Sackett's Harbor and a number of other
older proper dances at Nelson regularly..
I also note that Hull's Victory over the H. M. S. Guerriere occurred on August
19, 1812, so there will be a great reason to try that proper dance a few times
next year.
A second note, this Saturday, Aug. 6, Dudley Laufmann, will call the Nelson
dance. I expect that there will be very, very few duple, improper dances on
Saturday..
Rich Hart.
Donald Perley remarked on 8/2/2011 3:01 PM:
When David Millstone came to town for a chestnut workshop, he pointed
out that in historical context the downtime of being inactive couple
wasn't a bad thing (time for socializing, etc).
In our dance last month it was mid 90's and pretty humid. To me that
was a good opportunity for some dances with built in rest breaks. A
proper petronella proved pretty popular.
-Don Perley
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Richard Mckeever<[email protected]> wrote:
Here is a new topic...
Recently I have noticed that many of the programs presented have consisted
solely of duple improper contras with a couple Becket dances thrown in for
variety.
I would be interesting to hear how other callers incorporate other formations
in their programs and how they and the dancer feel about it
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