Searching the Caller's Box by figures didn't reveal the exact original dance. However, The Baby Rose by David Kaynor is similar and avoids many of the issues pointed out in this thread, so maybe that is of interest to your mentee as a modernized/corrected version of what she remembered.
The Baby Rose <http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10273> (David Kaynor} improper A1: Neighbor balance & swing A2: Circle L 3/4, partner do-si-do B1: Partner balance & swing B2: Robins chain, star L to new neighbors On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM Erik Hoffman via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > The dance below has signs of being old-school. These days, in modern > choreography, many caller state what can almost be considered universal > rule: in a swing, the Robin/Lady ends always on the right. In the old days, > as recently as the mid 90s, we still did dances where swings ended as > below, where the swing ends with dancers backing into their lines, facing > each other. > > > > I’ve been on a sort of personal mission to occasionally call Petronella, > which modern dancers adapt too readily, and many seem to like learning > about the Chestnuts and it seems the tune, Petronella is still in the > jamming lexicon. I’m starting to ask bands if they are willing to play Rory > O’More, and teach what we used to call the best dances in the world for the > active couples. > > > > It seems, since callers say, “as in Petronella,” or, “as in Rory O’More,” > and I look around seeing may one or often no one who has danced either of > these Chestnuts that fell out of favor. I think, at the very least, it’s > good to see where these signature figures come from. > > > > Cheers, > > ~Erik Hoffman > > > > *From:* Jeff Kaufman via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 21, 2025 2:09 PM > *To:* Allison and Hunt Smith <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Contra Callers <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [Callers] Re: Identify another dance? > > > > > > I'd pretty strongly discourage a new caller from trying out that dance, > regardless of name: ending a swing in the middle of the phrase is not > something the dancers will be expecting, and they'll keep having issues > with people swinging to the end of the B1 when they try to drop out. > > > > Jeff > > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM Allison and Hunt Smith via Contra Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, all. I am mentoring a wanna-be caller who took notes when she first > went to dances 40 years ago and wants to try one of those dances. She > thinks it went like the following. Can anyone identify it? Thanks!! > > > > > > *A-1 Neighbor balance and swing (16) A-2 Circle left (8) > Partners do-si-do (8) B One's swing in center (end up where you > started!) (8)* > > > * Chain over and back (16) Star Right - around to NEW > neighbor (8)* > > > > -- > > www.huntandallison.net > > > > http://thsmaritime.com/ > > > > www.centralhallcommons.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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