Re: [Callers] As in Petronella

Ah, the chicken or the egg issue…. Martha > On Dec 17, 2015, at 11:27 AM, Alan Winston via Callers > wrote: > > Martha -- > > I believe "Double Mad Robin" in ECD is a reimportation from contra of the > contra-style Mad Robin. > > -- Alan > > On 12/17/15 7:42

Re: [Callers] As in Petronella

Martha -- I believe "Double Mad Robin" in ECD is a reimportation from contra of the contra-style Mad Robin. -- Alan On 12/17/15 7:42 AM, Martha Wild via Callers wrote: Hear, hear, John. I agree with you. I’ve heard this move called "petronella turn" at least since the late 80s and, as you

Re: [Callers] As in Petronella

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015, Neal Schlein wrote: > On Dec 17, 2015 8:50 AM, "Aahz Maruch via Callers" < > callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015, John Sweeney via Callers wrote: >>> >>> Whether complete standardisation is a good thing or a bad thing is another >>> matter entirely;

Re: [Callers] As in Petronella

Umm...Aahz, I think you missed the point about standardization in contra versus MWSD. Yes: technically there are poorly understood and detailed applications in squares that are not clearly defined, and in contras some of us discuss the terminology we want to use. But Callerlab prints definitions

Re: [Callers] As in Petronella

Hear, hear, John. I agree with you. I’ve heard this move called "petronella turn" at least since the late 80s and, as you do, just call it as such, and teach where necessary, without a reference to the original dance. Why bother? Most dancers don’t know the original dance - now if I were

Re: [Callers] As in Petronella

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015, John Sweeney via Callers wrote: > > Whether complete standardisation is a good thing or a bad thing is another > matter entirely; we all have our own opinions about MWSD :-) Note that MWSD is not completely standardized -- it's more like the C programming language with areas

Re: [Callers] As in Petronella

Michael Fuerst wrote, "'Balance and spin' has the same number of syllables as 'Petronella' and avoids unnecessary jargon" Hmmm... well if someone says "Petronella" I know that I am balancing forward and back and then spinning clockwise while moving one place to my right to the place of the person