KW 2024-03-10 Portland Roadhouse w/ Coriolis

New and experienced dancers seem to like this dance for its wonderful flow
couple do si do this was the first dance to have this figure in it 35 years ago this was probably the first dance with a couple do si do

The California twirls can be facilitated by the gentlespoons taking the ladle's other hand at the end of the twirl to face back in, inside hands joined

Rick's Notes:

"Ted Sannella was the first to use "Petronella turn" into "balance and swing" with someone from another ring, in his dance "Fiddleheads". This dance was written (before the craze for such dances!) to provide that experience for everyone rather than just the actives.

When starting the left-hand star in A1 it helps if the ladies take a look at the lady on the right diagonal so they know who to aim for when coming back around into the ladies chain.

When waiting out at the ends dancers should stand as a couple on the ladies' side of the set; in A2 they should participate in the ladies chain.

For Ellen Cohn of New Haven, Connecticut; raconteuse, natural dyer, gifted musician and singer, longtime Fiddlehead, and valued friend."

Starts in a wavy line across, ladles in the middle, Neighbor in right hand. The name comes from the site of Tuesday night contra dances in Asheville, NC, but is also a reminder to the dancers to be on time, especially for the balances in A1 and A2. Published in the November-December 1995 CDSS Newsletter.

To make a cozy line: keep holding hands, 1's arch and back under the arch; 2's face in, then up and join free hands behind the 1's
To make a cloverleaf: keep holding hands, 1's duck, 2's bring their joined hands over the 1's

Source Larry Jennings, "Zesty Contras"
This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
All rights reserved by the author; used by permission.
Added to database 3/25/1999; edited by Russell Owen; transcribed to contradb by Koren Wake

Bob Isaacs notes: The give and take figure originated from Larry Jennings, the great caller and writer from Boston. End the neighbor swing in shoulder/waist position, take two steps forward, and the gentlespoons take their partner’s hand and lead her to his side for a swing. Some “hard-to-get” playfulness usually goes along with this. In this dance the figure is a good alternative to circle L ¾, and in other dances can go to either side of the set.

This smooth-flowing dance was written by one top caller for the marriage of two other outstanding callers, Linda Leslie and Bob Golder, all of whom are from eastern Massachusetts.

¹ 3rd neighbors in right hand, gentlespoons face in at partner's back
² this is your new minor set

http://epicyclic.org/dance/compositions.html#four

For the organizers of Fall Has Sprung, the 12-hour dance in Grass Valley: Dan Skeahan, Eric Engels, Joyce Miller, and Lisa Frankel. You also get to see four of your neighbors each time through.

Some have suggested, in the B1, changing the pull by left to an allemande left 1/2. I prefer the timing with a pull by, but the allemande left 1/2 may be better in a crowded hall.

To start the walkthru, have gents walk forward into a long wave.

In the second half of B1, pull by R at the start of the do-si-do for some extra momentum.

Written on a stuck train to Princeton, NJ, late 2014, and first called March 2015 in Silver Spring, MD.

A variation of the dance by Bill Pope and Judy Goldsmith.

"The motion in B1 does seem magical – while the ladles Petronella over and back across the set, the gentlespoons do consecutive Petronellas along the side, in effect progressing behind his partner’s back."
- Rich Goss