Chris Lahey wrote: > I specifically told them that usually I encourage clapping and > talked about how nice it felt and actually got most of them to clap > for the first petronella and not for the second.
I think presenting yourself as being on the pro-clapping side is probably key to why that worked for you. Many callers don't like clapping on petronellas and dancers who like the clapping know that callers think this. So when a caller says "don't clap", even if it really is specific to this particular dance, a lot of people think "don't tell me how to dance" and ignore them. Jeff
