"Robotic Petronella?" or
"Clearwater Petronella?" - Greg *************** On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Bob Isaacs <[email protected]> wrote: > Rich: > > Good questions. This happened at the Clearwater Festival held at a park > on the Hudson River about an hour north of NYC. Clearwater is much more > about concerts than dancing - for example, on the main stage act at that > time was some guy named Pete Seeger. The band was the ridiculously > talented Giant Robot Dance, I was a last-minute fill-in for the Sunday > session, and we had an hour. So most of the participants were folks who > didn't realize Seeger was playing, wandered by the tent, and decided to > give contra a try. So after three dances of dosido-and-away-we-go and > put-the-lady-on-the-right, I wanted to give the contra regulars and the > band something mildly interesting to finish with. Andrew van Norstrand > suggested Petronellas, I happily agreed, and then - oops! - I realized I > hadn't taught a ladies chain yet. After teaching the A1 the band went into > rolling start mode, so I winged it and this dance is what happened. > > > > Bob > > >
