Hi Ron, Great for total beginners, not sure of name or author: Easy Petronella ? improper A1, A2 Circle Balance, petronella spin 4X B1 Neighbor Dosido; Neighbor Swing B2 LLFB, 1s Swing Cheers, Bill On 14/12/2015 4:13 p.m., Ron Blechner via Callers wrote: _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net

Hi Erik and all, heh heh, I often chuckle at MYSELF when I find myself saying that same thing: "as in Petronella", when I realize very few of the dancers have ever danced Petronella.. BUT, after trying to teach the move with out saying the "P word", I realized that some of the dancers at least know what the move is and having a percentage of the dancers "doing the right thing" helps the others., especially those who learn by seeing as opposed to having something "explained"... (with rights and lefts in it ugh).. I've found saying: "balance the ring and move one place to the right while pivoting over your right shoulder" doesn't always get everyone doing the same thing (hah!), if it doesn't actually freeze some dancers in their tracks!! Now I hear newer callers saying stuff like "balance the ring and Petronella to the right" or "balance left and Rory to the left". Making new verbs out of these proper names.. well, whatever works!!! bill _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net

Thanks for all the suggestions, all. Heartbeat Contra is a very good one, a favorite of many, and in my box. I guess I should have specified "no gypsy" as well. I have Newlywed's Jig - perhaps I don't call that enough. Petronella’s Pin and Fun With Alex seem like no-brainers to add, and Love at First Swing as a nice fairly-easy-but-something-unusual dance. (I personally don't like the petronella-to-swing, sorry Bob!) Anything with 4 Petronella spins doesn't really fit my programming style. Best, Ron ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Linda Leslie <laleslierjg(a)comcast.net> Date: Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] Petronella spin, no chain or allemande? To: Ron Blechner <contraron(a)gmail.com> Cc: callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> Here are a couple for you. Warmly, Linda Petronella’s Pin by Dave Colestock Contra/Improper/Easy A1 ----------- Ring Balance, Petronella spin Ring Balance, Petronell spin A2 ----------- Ring Balance Neighbor swing B1 ----------- Give & Take to ladies side & swing B2 ----------- Circle left three-quarters Ring Balance Pass thru Newlywed's Jig by Mark Widmer Contra/Improper/Easy A1 ----------- Long Lines Forward and Back Neighbor Swing A2 ----------- Circle left three-quarters Gents do si do* B1 ----------- Partner Balance and Swing B2 ----------- Ring Balance, Pet Twirl Ring Balance Ladies roll away with a half sashay with neighbor (to the left) Love at First Swing by Bob Isaacs Contra/Improper/Easy A1 ----------- (8) Balance the ring and twirl to the right (8) Balance the ring and twirl to the right A2 ----------- Balance the Ring California Twirl New Neighbor swing B1 ----------- Circle Left 3/4 Partner swing B2 ----------- Down the hall, four in line Gent #2 Right hand high, left low, gent 1 TA Return* (bend the line and restart the dance with these N’s) Lanny's Back by Erik Weberg Contra/Improper/Int A1 ----------- Neghbor gypsy (Or B&S) (8) Neighbor swing A2 ----------- (8) Circle Left 3/4 (8) Partner swing B1 ----------- Ring Balance Ladies cross by the right Ring Balance Gents cross by the right B2 ----------- Ring Balance Petronella twirl Ring Balance California Twirl Fun with Alex by Linda Leslie Contra/Becket-CW/Int A1 ----------- Long lines forward & back Circle left three-quarters (Flatten to a wave) A2 ----------- Balance the wave Walk forward New Neighbor swing (face across) B1 ----------- Ring Balance Partner roll away across the ring Ring Balance Petronella twirl B2 ----------- Partner Balance & Swing Cure for the Claps,The by Bob Isaacs Contra/Improper/Easy-Int A1 ----------- Ring Balance, Petronella twirl Partner Swing A2 ----------- Ring Balance, Petronella twirl Neighbor Swing B1 ----------- Four in line down the hall, turn alone, return B2 ----------- Circle left once Ring Balance California Twirl On Dec 13, 2015, at 10:13 PM, Ron Blechner via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: Any suggestions for your favorite easy or intermediate Petronella spin dance with no chain, no allemandes? Thanks, Ron Blechner _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net