"Pete-ronella"?
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Greg McKenzie <greken...@gmail.com> wrote: > "Robotic Petronella?" > > or > > "Clearwater Petronella?" > > - Greg > > *************** > > On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Bob Isaacs <isaacs...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
