More about Pride of Pingle.

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> From: Martha Wild <[email protected]>
> Date: January 22, 2016 at 9:23:51 PM PST
> To: "Winston, Alan P." <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] 9-person dance?
> 
> You may find the following article by Ed Butenhof containing a letter from 
> Ken Alexander (p.7) in this short publication interesting, as it has more 
> info about P of P. The dance also had the new Pingle do a basket swing with 
> couple four during the swing part at the end!  Folk process in motion, as is 
> pointed out. The article is from 1982, Ken says he wrote the dance “some 
> years ago” so my guess would be sometime in the 1970s. 
> 
> http://www.lloydshaw.org/Resources/adc/198205i.pdf 
> <http://www.lloydshaw.org/Resources/adc/198205i.pdf>
> 
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>> On Jan 22, 2016, at 7:51 PM, Winston, Alan P. <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> I had it in my head that it was written by Roger Whynot but googled and 
>> found an attribution to Ken Alexander.
>> 
>> I read someplace that it was written as "Pride of the Dingle".  I see that a 
>> dance of that name is listed as being in the Fried de Metz Herman collection 
>> (by multiple authors) "Potter's Porch", which I don't have here at work to 
>> verify.
>> 
>> Don't know if that helps in any way.
>> 
>> -- Alan
>> 
>> On 1/22/2016 6:59 PM, Martha Wild via Callers wrote:
>>> There’s a really neat oddball one by Erik Hoffman called “The Millennium 
>>> Bug”. Not sure what book of his it is in, though.
>>> 
>>> There’s another traditional one called “Pride of the Pingle” for four 
>>> couples +1. Line up as for a reel of four couples, doesn’t really matter if 
>>> it is proper or not. The lone person stands at the top center of the set 
>>> above the first couple and faces down.
>>> 
>>> Pride of the Pingle    9 people, 4 couple (proper) set and one extra    
>>> Traditional
>>> 
>>> A1) All up a double and back without taking hands, while the “Pingle” goes 
>>> down a double and back between them, 2X
>>> A2) All allemande right partners half way, turn around and allemande left 
>>> partners half way back. While this happens, the “Pingle” joins in the first 
>>> couple’s allemande with their right hand to form a little right hand star 
>>> of three. This moves the “Pingle” down one place, and they can then stick 
>>> out their left hand and join the left allemande of couple 2 as a little 
>>> group of 3.
>>> This is then repeated, with all continuing to allemande right partners half 
>>> way, allemande left partners half way back, as the “Pingle” joins in right 
>>> with couple 3, and then left with couple 4 to reach the bottom. A lot to 
>>> say but easier to do.
>>> B1) The “Pingle” then joins on to one or other of the long lines (in the 
>>> old strictly proper form they would join their gender role line, but 
>>> nowadays and in family dances it’s just join a line). The lines of four and 
>>> five then go forward and back twice, pushing the longer line up the set to 
>>> push out a new unmatched “Pingle” at the top. 
>>> B2) All then swing the person across from them that they are matched with, 
>>> except the new “Pingle”. 
>>> 
>>> I heard it called “Pride of the Pingle” but somewhere I also saw it as 
>>> “Pride of the Dingle” so I’m not perfectly sure which name it is. 
>>> 
>>> Martha
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 22, 2016, at 5:26 PM, Andy Shore via Callers 
>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The Prime Minister aka The New Parliament House Jig
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.barndances.org.uk/dance-detail.php?danceNameParam=the-new-parliament-house-jig
>>>>  
>>>> <http://www.barndances.org.uk/dance-detail.php?danceNameParam=the-new-parliament-house-jig>
>>>> https://youtu.be/wa_zj_vY-RI <https://youtu.be/wa_zj_vY-RI>
>>>> 
>>>> I descends into the usual chaos, but lots of fun
>>>> 
>>>> /Andy Shore
>>>> Santa Cruz, CA
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Richard Fischer via Callers 
>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Can anyone suggest a 9-person dance?  I'm aware of the traditional 
>>>> Nine-Pin, and Monkey in the Middle by Sherry Nevins.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> Richard Fischer
>>>> 
>>>> Princeton, NJ
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