I call Balance, and Spin to the right. A spin is executed with no hands held. In Contra, we have a number of moves and flourishes in which twirl means connected by hands and either swapping places or turning one person with the joined hand. So I think it avoids confusion to say spin when we mean for hands to disconnect during the move. So this applies to Rory O More spins too. Likewise, since all parties are moving the same direction in a petronella spin, there is no swapping going on, but rather a counter-clockwise shift around the ring. Save swap for moves where people are literally trading places. I have heard and used both prompting patterns. Best wishes on your calling journey. Andrea N.
Sent from my iPhone On Nov 23, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Maia McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > So I had my first introduction to contradance through my school, taught by > student callers who had been taught by student callers before them, etc. I > was first taught to call a Petronella as... a Petronella. And then as I > started going to more outside dances and started reading up on the practice > of calling, I heard the move more and more just called as "balance the ring > and spin to the right" or "balance the ring and spin to swap." > > So, esteemed caller-folk, I ask you: how do* you* call a Petronella Turn? > By name, or with some other turn of phrase? Do you have any sense how > widespread either of these conventions are? Why not just call a Petronella > a Petronella? If you call it by description rather than by name, do you > generally put the entire call together (e.g. "BALance the RING and SPIN to > the RIGHT") or break it up ("BALance the RING... and SPIN to the RIGHT" so > that "spin to the right" ends up coming on beats 3 & 4, just before the > actual spinning occurs)? Any thoughts are welcome! > > Cheers, > Maia > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
