[Callers] As in Petronella

[Alan Winston via Callers]

I use "Mad Robin" because that's what people use around here, but I 
kinda like "sliding doors" for the figure.

-- Alan

On 12/15/15 10:20 PM, Michael Fuerst via Callers wrote:
> Movements are best described with the minimal syllables possible with 
> minimal  jargon.
>
> "Mad Robin" became part of contra in the last ten years or so.   
> Unless someone comes up with more succinct and descriptive words, we 
> are probably stuck with "Mad Robin"
> Actually now that I think about it, one could describe the Mad Robin 
> action as "side gypsy"
>
> "California twirl"  predates my 1985 introduction to contra.     One 
> could say "twirl to swap," but that is not any more helpful for new 
> dancers.  California twirl is here to stay.
>
> Concerning "petromella"  when I started contra dancing, callers 
> teaching a dance, would almost always say something like "balance and 
> shift one place and spin if you wish as in Petromella"  and would 
> prompt during the dance with "balance and spin" or "balance and 
> shift."    In the mid '80's we actually danced "Petronella" often 
> enough so that most dancers knew from where it came.    Only in the 
> past ten years has some callers started calling the move Petronella.   
>   I will always teach and prompt this without reference to 
> "Petronella" and avoid the unnecessary jargon
>
> There is no compelling reason to stop using gypsy.
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> On Tuesday, December 15, 2015 8:54 PM, Aahz Maruch via Callers 
> <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015, Michael Fuerst via Callers wrote:
> >
> > "Balance and spin" has the same number of syllables as "Petronella"
> > and avoids unnecessary jargon
>
> Of course, some of us think that unless there's a compelling reason (as
> possibly in the case of "gypsy"), keeping the old terminology is part of
> the charm of folk dancing (in the generic sense, as opposed to IFD).
>
> Should we also get rid of "California Twirl" and "Mad Robin"?
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