Notes from Ellen: Dedicated to Blaine Peet. We were both his “partner” for General Stuart’s reel at Capitol weekend, and later that night (read 4 a.m.) and a little wine (okay, a bottle) we had devised a real dance out of the makeshift petronella we had come up with in the dance. It actually works I think, and is fun. If you decide to try it, let me know if you have any thoughts for ways it might work better. One thing I’m going to try next time I do it, is to make the last 2 bars of the petronella skip change (when dancing couples dance to the sidelines).