20 Mar
2009
20 Mar
'09
3:24 p.m.
Hey SW crew,
I'm playing a gig this weekend with Notorious and one of my favorite
Larry tunes is "The Judge". I know that they like to save that tune for
a dance with Petronella balance and spin to the right at the top of the B1.
I'm hoping that you will share with me your favorite dances that have
Petronella moves in the B1.
Thanks!
Chris Weiler
Goffstown, NH
20 Mar
20 Mar
4:03 p.m.
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Chris Weiler (home)
<chris.weiler(a)weirdtable.org> wrote:
Hey SW crew,
I'm playing a gig this weekend with Notorious and one of my favorite Larry
tunes is "The Judge". I know that they like to save that tune for a dance
with Petronella balance and spin to the right at the top of the B1.
I'm hoping that you will share with me your favorite dances that have
Petronella moves in the B1.
Thanks!
Chris Weiler
Goffstown, NH
Simple --
Salmonella Evening (Steve Zakon-Anderson/Louie Cromartie),
Bristol Turns (John Nance)
Intermediate --
Kitchen Stomp (Becky Hill) (though here it's not at the top of B1.)
Revolution Reel (Tom Hinds) (in the B2, not B1)
Old Time Elixir #2 (Linda Leslie)
Balance to My Lou (Becky Hill)
Pearls of Wisdom (Bob Isaacs) (in the B2, not B1)
Maliza's Magical Mystery Motion (Cary Ravitz)
Pigtown Petronella (Cary Ravitz)
For more ideas, check out:
http://www.davidsmukler.syracusecountrydancers.org/petronella_spinoffs.htm
-Chris Page
San Diego
21 Mar
21 Mar
12:38 p.m.
Hi Chris and All:
A few years ago I came up with this one, and with Larry's permission later re-named it
in honor of his tune:
The Judge Becket-L
A1. Circle L 3/4, neighbor swingA2. R and L through, L diagonal ladies chain to
shadowB1. Balance, Petronella, balance, Petronella 1 1/2B2. Partner balance, swing
Larry and I are hoping in 100 years or so this will ascend to chestnut status.
Bob
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:24:45 -0400
From: chris.weiler(a)weirdtable.org
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] B1 Petronellas
Hey SW crew,
I'm playing a gig this weekend with Notorious and one of my favorite
Larry tunes is "The Judge". I know that they like to save that tune for
a dance with Petronella balance and spin to the right at the top of the B1.
I'm hoping that you will share with me your favorite dances that have
Petronella moves in the B1.
Thanks!
Chris Weiler
Goffstown, NH
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1:31 p.m.
On Mar 21, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Bob Isaacs wrote:
Hi Chris and All:
A few years ago I came up with this one, and with Larry's permission
later re-named it in honor of his tune:
The Judge Becket-L
A1. Circle L 3/4, neighbor swingA2. R and L through, L diagonal
ladies chain to shadowB1. Balance, Petronella, balance, Petronella
1 1/2B2. Partner balance, swing
Hmmm...there already is a chestnut with these moves, The SPUDS Reel.
The minor difference is the order of the A2 is L diag chain to shadow
then R&L Thru.
Lisa
23 Mar
23 Mar
9:44 p.m.
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Lisa Greenleaf <laleaf(a)verizon.net> wrote:
> Hmmm...there already is a chestnut with these moves, The SPUDS Reel. The
> minor difference is the order of the A2 is L diag chain to shadow then R&L
> Thru.
> Lisa
> _______________________________________________
Not surprising. There's regions of dance choreographic space that are pretty
dense, with many similar dances being written. Doing the Fiddleheads-transition
on the sides is one of them. For instance, compare and contrast "Tenth Year in
Tommerup" by Linda Leslie to "Practice Petronella" by Tom Lehmann. Both of
which I assume were written independently.
That's before you start charting the various partner-swing only
variants, or variants
that have the petronella turn once and a half to swing transition
twice in the same
dance, like "Roadkill" and later variants.
I'd guess this lookalike phenomenon is from the constraints of 32 bars, using
common conventions and pieces, and trying to minimize the complexity while
using a given concept. I know I've written other people's dances numerous times,
and I'm sure there's some I don't know of.
Rambling,
-Chris Page
San Diego
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