| A1 | indecent L1 R1 R2 L2 | balance & petronella |
| indecent Becket-ccw R1 L2 L1 R2 | balance & petronella | |
| A2 | progressed improper L2 R2 R1 L1 | balance & petronella |
| indecent Becket R2 L1 L2 R1 | Partners swing | |
| B1 | Becket L2 R1 R2 L1 | Robins chain |
| progressed improper L2 R2 R1 L1 | circle right 4 places | |
| B2 | progressed improper L2 R2 R1 L1 | turn alone to face Next Neighbors ⁋ |
| new set improper L2 R2 --------- R1 L1 L2 R2 --------- R1L2 | circle left 2 places | |
| progressed indecent R2 L2 L1 R1 | Neighbors swing |
On this new dance, Name Impending, it’s interesting, and it took me 5 minutes to figure this out but:
It can start either improper or reverse-improper. That’s because, either way, three Petronella turns put you on the Lark’s side with your partner (one with the Lark on the left, the other with the Robin on the left). Then the partner swing puts everything in order. So you can start this dance improper, then let it flow. When couples come in on the end they can stand “crossed over” or not. It might be confusing, if one doesn’t cross over, to do the Petronellas in a Lark-Lark-Robin-Robin circle, but it’ll, as noted, straighten out momentarily.
As I’m considering this, we may note that, when circling left ¾ into a swing, it’s far smoother for the Robin to draw into that swing with the Lark on the right. Using Petronella turns makes it smooth either way.
An aside: I’m not sure if others feel this way but, I really don’t like calling the reverse-improper formation “indecent.” I think using that name is, well, sort of ugly and, to me, not funny. Maybe I’ve finally made it to being an old curmudgeon… At any rate, I’ll continue to call it reverse-improper.
~Erik Hoffman
Oakland, CA