Princeton Petronellas -- Bob Isaacs
On 1/30/2011 11:02 AM, Gary Shapiro wrote:
The conversation here about those petronella into swing dances
inspired me to look through my collection and I found this:
A1 Neighbor balance& swing
A2 All four balance, petronella twirl and an immediate allemande
That's the name he gave me. I asked when I was out at the top of the line, and
promptly forgot it.
It indeed is a chain to the diagonal opposite. Also, as Leslie points out,
the CT uses up the remaining 4 beats. As one dancing it, I made sure to do a
modified CT and transitioned into
I have it (also from nils) as follows. Nils mentioned at the time that
it was a modification of the original (somewhat more complicated
dance). Also notice that after the circle left it was a gents star
rather than gents promenade -- for me that was a really cool moment in
the dance...when
A couple of thoughts about the dance below:
1. If no one on this list knows it, an email to Nils might be the next
step. I have found him quite happy to respond to requests!
2. If I were to make an educated guess, I would say that it might be
an Al Olson dance.
3. The ladies grand chain is
Hi Luke:
This is new by me, and if so, it looks very nice. Is the star R wrist-grip, so
neighbors can tug into the dosido?
Bob
> From: luke.do...@gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:13:41 -0600
> To: call...@sharedweight.net
> Subject: [Callers] New(?) dance
>
> Hello all,
>
> I think
I might not know the name, but for proper flow the A1 should be ladies RH Star,
not a grand chain, which is always followed by a courtesy turn. In this dance
there should be no courtesy turn, as the next move is a balance and swing with
the opposite.
Dave Colestock
Harrisburg, PA
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