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:
- Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
- 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 (24):
Show tunes
-
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 3
(David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 5
[pace 34.1]
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]
Stalking the Wild Bagpipe
(John Turner and the Fiddletree Band),
track 3
Dancing Throu' Scotland
((unknown)),
track 11
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 Strings of Scotland
(Dancing Strings of Scotland),
track 9
[pace 32.1]
On Stage With..., Volume 3
(The Thistle Band),
track 10
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
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]
Cribs
| 1-8 | 1C Petronella Turn and set ; repeat |
| 9-16 | Repeat (end in own places) |
| 17-24 | 1C lead down the middle and up |
| 25-32 | 1C+2C Poussette |
| 1-4 | 1C Petronella Turn while 2C step up to 1pl to make diamond shape, all set ; |
| 5-16 | 1C+2C continue full petronella together, 1C ends in own places, 2C facing M down/W up on centre line |
| 17-20 | 1C lead down the middle while 2W casts up (LSh to 1W) and joins 2M to lead down the middle behind 1C |
| 21-24 | 2C makes an arch, 1C (NH joined) dances up under it and to the top, 2C following |
| 25-32 | 1C+2C Poussette |
| (Traditional in the Borders. No deviser known. Published ?) |
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