Scottish Frollicking to Petronella with Highland Dancers and Musicians On Stage

Enjoy our show with friends, Highland dancers and musicians frollicking to Petronella, traditional tune originally from Scotland and now played all over the world. Here we are making merry at our public library in Marquette, Michigan. All this fun is part of our Music and Dance All-Scottish celebration during the week of Robert Burns birthday. Visit our channel for more videos from this wonderful evening full of a variety of Scottish music and dance at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette, MI USA.
This video features:
Maija Niemi, violin
Mary Kay Aufrance, accordion
Warren Hantz
, bass
Tom Aufrance, guitar
Pierre Ogea, percussion
Bruce Irving, guitar
Robert Yin, violin
Carol Irving, penny whistle
John Kibit, piano
Dancers: Deboran Choszczyk,
Heather Dombrowski, Valerie Schuhknecht,
Lauren Culpepper
and friends of the Marquette, Michigan area
About the tune Petronella: When I was Scottish Country Dancing, our group said Petronella was named after the flower, and we also learned a step called the Petronella Twirl. They said the step was named Petronella because the dancers spin and advance around a circle or square tracking the pattern of a flower's petals. However, other sources say the name Petronella originated from a pistol butt shape (although I just don't see that one) or the name of a royal lady. All three ideas may be correct. The tune itself is Scottish in origin, published in Nathaniel Gow's Complete Repository, Part Fourth, 1817. Additionally, the RSCDS Scottish Country Dance Book says the tune comes from Nathaniel Gow’s Repository, although it gives the date of publication as 1820. -- Mary Kay