Re: [Callers] [trad-dance-callers] Re: April Fool

Karen Fontana wrote: 9. A friend mentioned: call a dance so that it doesn't progress! Actually, I did this once, by mistake! so I have one, should I decide to do this! ("Pigtown Petronella" by Cary Ravitz... yes, I got a dble progression dance to not progress at all! I can tell you how, for those that want to know!). The dancers were laughing and smiling, and I went up to a minor set and said "what's up"? A dancer answered "we really like our neighbors, and we're having a good time, but we haven't progressed!"... they were laughing hysterically.... I believe I've done this same non-progression call by not having the dancers turn to a new group of four for the second petronella spin. And Cary Ravitz was in the band at the time -- how embarrassing. There's a couple of fun squares as well: Nine Pin (eight people in the square make life miserable for the ninth, then the ninth get's his/her revenge in the B part). There's also a square dance (if you like the patter) where number one gent swings his corner, then his corner's partner's corner, then his corner's partner's corner's partner's corner, and variations thereof. At one point I believe the gent is swinging another gent, and at another point he's swinging himself. And of course the ladies can do the same. I don't know the title of this dance however. And Gene Hubert's contra called The Odd Combination. Very odd. --Jerome Grisanti