I'm pretty sure 2 is Ramsey Chase. It's one of my favorite dances.
On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Maia McCormick <maia....@gmail.com> wrote:
> While we're at it, here are some mystery dances I've been assembling. (For
> those curious, these come mostly from Dawn Dance and a little from FRFF,
> but there's also one from the Berkeley dance that I copied down from Warren
> Blier, who has had it down in his cards as "unknown petronella dance!"...)
> Your collective wisdom is appreciated!
>
> 1) ??????, becket
> A1: circle L 3x; neighbor swing
> A2: ladies* chain left diagonal; L hand star with these 4 (i.e. away from
> partner)
> B1: square through 2x
> B2: partner balance and swing
>
> *when I wrote this down, I said "ALL chain" and I don't have any idea what
> that's supposed to mean...
>
> 2) ??????, imp. (caller noted that this was "one of the sexiest dances ever
> written)
> A1: women forward into wavy line and balance; women fall back, men walk
> forward, and men turn to lead a single file circle (L?)
> A2: ...circle file circle... on lady's side, partner gypsy 1 1/2
> B1: ladies start half hey by L; partner swing
> B2: circle L 3 places; neighbor swing
>
> 3) ?????, becket ("super smooth mad robin dance")
> A1: circle L 3 places; swing neighbor
> A2: R/L through across; star left to new neighbors
> B1: with new neighbor, balance and box the gnat; mad robin (gents in front
> first)
> B2: gents pass left to partner gypsy; partner swing
>
> 4) ?????, imp. ("cool shadow dance")
> A1: new neighbor balance and swing
> A2: ladies bull by right to allemande partner L 3/4; shadow allemande 1 1/2
> B1: in wavy lines w/ ladies facing out, balance, spin right to partner
> (like a half Rory O'Moore); partner swing
> B2: circle L 3; do-si-do neighbor 1 1/2 to the next
>
> 5) ?????, imp. ("unknown petronella dance!")
> A1: petronella; partner swing
> A2: petronella; neighbor wing
> B1: down the hall; turn alone and come back
> B2: circle left all the way; balance and CA twirl
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