Re: [Callers] petronella

Thanks Lisa, for posting Petronella's Pin. Rather than post my description of the original here I invite you to peruse my website at www.davecolestock.com and find it under my dance compositions. Basically there is a move called a Give and Take, but in my dance it is the Ladies who bring the Gents back to their side for the partner swing (instead of the gents bringing back the ladies). Nils modified it by changing the Give and Take to a Gents Allemande Left 1.5x. The G&T allows for a longer partner swing, since the G&T is a 4 beat move. The dance Petronella itself presents a slight teaching challenge in that the figure starts in a diamond formation rather than from a standard improper formation. This makes it difficult for dancers who are not used to that formation, and callers who are unfamiliar with the dance. Check out David Smuklers site for more on that dance. I would advise choosing easy dances to teach the figure, then progress onto the more difficult dances that use the "Petronella style" figure (the balance, then spin right one place sequence that has become know as the Petronella figure). I would consider Cure for the Claps a more advanced dance, since it splits the Petronella spins into separate sequences to allow for the swings. HTH Dave Colestock Lisa Sieverts <lisa(a)lisasieverts.com> wrote: Not 4, but 2, and a surprisingly accessible dance: Petronella's Pin - 08/05/2005 Dave Colestock (as modified by Nils Fredland) Duple, Improper 1. Balance in a Ring of 4, Spin to the Right 1 Place 2. Balance in a Ring of 4, Spin to the Right 1 Place 3. Balance in a Ring of 4 4. Swing Neighbor 5. Men Allemande Left 1½ 6. Partner Swing 7. Circle LEFT ¾ 8. Balance the Ring; Pass Thru to New Neighbors On May 3, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Béatrice De'Nève wrote: _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers