Re: [Callers] Seen This One Before?

Rich: Good questions. This happened at the Clearwater Festival held at a park on the Hudson River about an hour north of NYC. Clearwater is much more about concerts than dancing - for example, on the main stage act at that time was some guy named Pete Seeger. The band was the ridiculously talented Giant Robot Dance, I was a last-minute fill-in for the Sunday session, and we had an hour. So most of the participants were folks who didn't realize Seeger was playing, wandered by the tent, and decided to give contra a try. So after three dances of dosido-and-away-we-go and put-the-lady-on-the-right, I wanted to give the contra regulars and the band something mildly interesting to finish with. Andrew van Norstrand suggested Petronellas, I happily agreed, and then - oops! - I realized I hadn't taught a ladies chain yet. After teaching the A1 the band went into rolling start mode, so I winged it and this dance is what happened. Bob