4 balances, three twirls. Of course, the B part is the same as Steve Zakon-Anderson's "Salmonella Evening". Bill in Maine ________________________________ From: Allison and Hunt Smith via Contra Callers &lt;contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2025 2:19 PM To: Michael Dyck &lt;jmdyck(a)ibiblio.org&gt; Cc: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net &lt;contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; Subject: [Callers] Re: Identify a mystery? That’s right; I forgot that I had mistyped (darn copy/paste). It’s supposed to be three “Petronella” twirls. www.huntandallison.net<http://www.huntandallison.net/> http://thsmaritime.com/ www.centralhallcommons.org<http://www.centralhallcommons.org/> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM Michael Dyck via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote: On 2025-01-04 8:09 a.m., Allison and Hunt Smith via Contra Callers wrote: 4 petronella twirls (assuming they're all in the same direction) puts you back where you started, i.e. on the side with your partner. From there, it doesn't make sense to pass through to a new neighbor. So I'm guessing that the pass though is *instead of* the 4th petronella. (Balance & petronella x 3, then balance & pass through) If so, then it's basically "Valentine Stomp" by Jan Larsen: https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=7504 http://webmedia.jcu.edu/psychology/files/2013/01/Jan-Larsens-Dances-Feb-201… The only difference is in the A2, where the men pull by left and swing partner for ~12 instead of allemande 1.5 and swing partner for 8. It's also similar to "Stomping B's" by Claire Takemori, https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=18931 which is based on "Kitchen Stomp" by Becky Hill https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10541 -Michael _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-leave@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers-leave@lists.sharedweight.net>

On 2025-01-04 8:09 a.m., Allison and Hunt Smith via Contra Callers wrote: 4 petronella twirls (assuming they're all in the same direction) puts you back where you started, i.e. on the side with your partner. From there, it doesn't make sense to pass through to a new neighbor. So I'm guessing that the pass though is *instead of* the 4th petronella. (Balance & petronella x 3, then balance & pass through) If so, then it's basically "Valentine Stomp" by Jan Larsen: https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=7504 http://webmedia.jcu.edu/psychology/files/2013/01/Jan-Larsens-Dances-Feb-201… The only difference is in the A2, where the men pull by left and swing partner for ~12 instead of allemande 1.5 and swing partner for 8. It's also similar to "Stomping B's" by Claire Takemori, https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=18931 which is based on "Kitchen Stomp" by Becky Hill https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10541 -Michael