I would like to vote for "Clearwater Petronella". Rickey Holt -----Original Message----- From: callers-boun...@sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-boun...@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Maia McCormick Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 10:58 AM To: Caller's discussion list Subject: Re: [Callers] Seen This One Before?
"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 > _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list call...@sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
