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Petronella {more active modern version}

by Traditional

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Proper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(4) Ones two-person Petronella turn; form diamond

(4) Balance diamond

(4) Petronella turn

(4) Balance diamond

A2

(4) Petronella turn

(4) Balance diamond

(4) Petronella turn

(4) Balance diamond

B1

(4) Ones lead down || Twos petronella turn to sides

(4) Ones turn alone

(4) Ones lead up

(4) Ones cast off

B2

(8) Same-role right and left through with neighbor

(8) Same-role right and left through with neighbor

Calling Notes:

Original dance had the twos do nothing in A1/A2.
Appearances: Zesty Contras, p 59
Cracking Chestnuts, p 53
Dance a While, 10th edition, p 222
website ACDOL
website CDNY Repertoire, p 33
website CDSS Cracking Chestnuts
website CDSS Cracking Chestnuts
website contradb.com
website Goodyear programs
website Hawaii
website Hume
website Stewart
CDSS News, no 188, p 11
1991 RPDLW syllabus, p 17
1999 RPDLW syllabus, p 32
2001 RPDLW syllabus, p 37
2005 RPDLW syllabus, p 49
2006 RPDLW syllabus, p 48
2007 RPDLW syllabus, p 26
2009 RPDLW syllabus, p 11
2010 RPDLW syllabus, p 39
2015 RPDLW syllabus, p 35
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1985, no Fall, p 8
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1989, no Fall, p 37
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1990, no Fall, p 8
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1994, no Fall, p 6
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 2014, p 58.2
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 2017, p 113
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 2018, p 101
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 2019, p 59
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