Dance: Petronella

32-bar Reel
2 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:
(unknown) (1808)
Formations:
Petronella (PET)
Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
Steps:
Pas-de-Basque
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Published in:
Book 1 [1] *
Pocket: Books 1, 2, 3 [1]
Thirty Popular Scottish Country Dances [8]
101 Scottish Country Dances [80]
Scottish Reels are Fun [46]
Collins Pocket Reference [157]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [127]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [118]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [151]
Full description:
http://www.javastandrewsociety.com/Scottish%20Country%20Dances/petronella.htm
Recommended Music:
Corn Rigs ((traditional))
Petronella (Nathaniel Gow)
Recordings (29): Show tunes
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 3 (David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 34.1]  [has sample]
Book 1. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 1 [pace 34.8]
Fifteen Dances, Part Two (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 1 [pace 34.8]
Scottish Reflections (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 12 [pace 34.8]
Heather and Yon (Berkeley Scottish Players), track 1 [pace 33.8]
Kelpie Magic (Tim Wright), track 5
Fine Fettle (Graeme Mitchell and his Scottish Dance Band), track 8
Dancing Throu' Scotland ((unknown)), track 11
Dancing Strings of Scotland (Dancing Strings of Scotland), track 9 [pace 32.1]
King of the Melodeon Men (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 17
Scotch Mist (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 7
Keep on Scottish Country Dancing with... (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 1
Stalking the Wild Bagpipe (John Turner and the Fiddletree Band), track 3
On Stage With..., Volume 3 (The Thistle Band), track 10
Saint Andrew's Ball - Volume 2 (Frank Reid), track 10 [pace 32.9]
Music for Collins Pocket Reference. Vol 2 (The Colin Dewar Quartet), track 14 [pace 35.2]
Ed Brydie and his Scottish Ramblers (Ed Brydie and his Band), track 6 [pace 32.7]
Awa' Frae Hame (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 6 [pace 34.4]
Scottish Ramble (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 6 [pace 34.4]
Come Home to Scotland (Max Houliston and his Scottish Band), track 5
Scottish Pipes for Dancing (P/M James R Robertson), track 16
Lindsay Ross & his Scottish Dance Band (Lindsay Ross & his Scottish Dance Band), track 1
The Reel Party (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 11 [pace 33.5]
Iain MacPhail Celebrates in South America (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band), track 11 [pace 33.6]
Jim Cameron's Scottish Dance Band Vol 2 (Jim Cameron's Scottish Dance Band), track 2 [pace 33.0]
Tim Wright and his Scottish Dance Band (Tim Wright and his Scottish Dance Band), track 16 [pace 31.6]
The Old Scottish Dance Bands Vol 1 (Chalmers Wood), track 5 [pace 36.0]
The Old Scottish Dance Bands Vol 2 (Tim Wright and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 32.2]
Schottische Tänze (Ceilidh Folk Edinburgh), track 10 [pace 34.5]

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Cribs

1-81C Petronella Turn | set ; repeat (1x,2)
9-16Repeat (1,2)
17-241C lead down the middle and up
25-321C+2C Poussette (2,1)
Crib was checked by its author · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·
1-41C Petronella Turn while 2C step up to 1pl to make diamond shape, all set ;
5-161C+2C continue full petronella together, 1C ends in own places, 2C facing M down/W up on centre line
17-201C lead down the middle while 2W casts up (LSh to 1W) and joins 2M to lead down the middle behind 1C
21-242C makes an arch, 1C (NH joined) dances up under it and to the top, 2C following
25-321C+2C Poussette
(Traditional in the Borders. No deviser known. Published ?)
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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