Re: [Callers] How to call a Petronella Turn?

So I had my first introduction to contradance through my school, taught by student callers who had been taught by student callers before them, etc. I was first taught to call a Petronella as... a Petronella. And then as I started going to more outside dances and started reading up on the practice of calling, I heard the move more and more just called as "balance the ring and spin to the right" or "balance the ring and spin to swap." So, esteemed caller-folk, I ask you: how do* you* call a Petronella Turn? By name, or with some other turn of phrase? Do you have any sense how widespread either of these conventions are? Why not just call a Petronella a Petronella? If you call it by description rather than by name, do you generally put the entire call together (e.g. "BALance the RING and SPIN to the RIGHT") or break it up ("BALance the RING... and SPIN to the RIGHT" so that "spin to the right" ends up coming on beats 3 & 4, just before the actual spinning occurs)? Any thoughts are welcome! Cheers, Maia _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers