PORTABELLA longways duple minor Key Gm, Meter 4/4) Portabella (1715) longways duple minor in Barnes First gentleman casts and, followed by his partner, walks a circle through the second couple's place to home, while couple 2 pauses, leads up, pauses, leads down. Repeat with second gentleman casting and first couple leading. All set to partner moving forward, and turn single to place. Two hand turn with partner. First couple cross and cast while second couple continue turning halfway and lead up. Half a double figure 8 (first couple do a half figure 8 while second couple cast and cross moving up). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A1 1 Man casts down and, followed by his partner, goes quite round 2 Cu (through their places), both returning to their orig places. During this movement, 2 Cu take inside H, lead up into 1 Cu's places, change H, & lead down into their own places again. A2 2 Man casts up and, followed by his partner, goes quite round 1 Cu (who lead down then up again to places), 2 Cu returning to their places. B1 All set forward to partners R & L and turn single back to places, then partners turn. B2 While 1 Cu x & cast & go 1/2 Fig-8 up into their progressed places, 2 Cu turn 1/2, lead up to 1 Cu places, cast down & cross up the set to their progressed places. Fae Fuerst ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing To: ecd@bacds.org Subject: [ECD] Notes for Portabella? Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:37:22 -0700 (PDT) ECDers -- Portabella is "Again, Let's Be Merry", if my notes to blue Barnes are correct. I can't lay hands on my copy of ALBM. If anybody's got the text handy, please send it along. (I'm not particularly exercised by posting the instructions to dances published in 1715, so it can be on-list or off.) Thanks! -- Alan -- =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- WINSTON@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 =============================================================================== _______________________________________________ ECD mailing list ECD@bacds.org http://www.bacds.org/mailman/listinfo/ecd I haven't called Portabella in a while, and haven't danced it much either so this is a memory check. Here's what I wrote down the first time I learned it A1 M1 cast down followed by his partner, and go around the second couple, (through their places) returning to original place WHILE 2's take inside hands, lead up into first couple's place, change hands and lead down to own place A2 Second man, followed by partner, cast up around first couple, through their place and down into own place, WHILE 1's take inside hands, lead down, then change hands and lead up. B1 All set forward to partners R and L, and TS back to place Two-hand turn Partner B2 1's cross and cast to second place, and 1/2 figure eight up into progressed places WHILE 2's turn 1'2way, lead up to first couple's place, cast down and cross up to their progressed places It seems to me that I've done it more recently without the Twos dancing in B2. Do most people dance it as written by Playford (only the Ones move) or do most of you have the Twos do this added bit in B2? Victoria .