[Callers] Beneficial Tradition end effects

[Jack Mitchell via Callers]

The biggest trick to dancing/calling Beneficial Tradition is to do
precicely what we tell folks not to do for a R&L Thru -- pull by and HOLD
ON to let that turn you back to face back in.  Then let go and pull by with
the other hand.  Think about how new dancers always try to do a R&L thru
with hands, and then do that.  Will put you in just the right spot.  And as
others have said above, when you don't have someone to pull by with, just
stay put and pull by with the person that comes to you from the next pull
by that everyone else does.

Jack

On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 8:56 PM JD Erskine via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> On 2016-10-21 1733, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I haven't yet called Beneficial Tradition, but think it might be a good
> > fit for an upcoming dance.  Does it get weird at the ends or does it
> > flow reasonably well?  I danced it years ago and don't remember.  If you
> > pull by RH to go out on the right diagonal, do you cross solo to the
> > other side to make space for the next person to come out on the right
> > diagonal?
> >
> > Kalia
>
> Oh, _that_ dance. Cool. Now I know it's name.
>
> We danced that at Chehalis this Sept. Was great fun. I don't recall any
> overt weirdness, however I wasn't really looking at the ends throughout
> the whole of the dance.
> --
> The penny dropped when I was reading the directions at hand, thinking,
> "This looks fun", and then read in Mary Dart's book,
> --
> "A dance I wrote a few years ago called 'The Beneficial Tradition,' . .
> . I think it started in Philadelphia that they discovered they had a
> little extra time on their hands, so that after they pull by each of
> those hands they go, "hey!" or "ho!" or something like that, and they
> throw their free hand up in the air behind their heads. (Pearl 1990"
> --
> In Becky Hill's collection is, (possibly from Dan Pearl),
>
> "Becket, double L/CW prog
>
> This one needs strong, clear four-beat phrases in B2.  More driving or
> exhuberant, and not as mysterious or in a minor key."
> --
>  From "Give-and-Take" (Larry Jennings)
>
> "Neutrals must participate in the left-hand crossings,
> partners playing the part of neighbors. One dancer at each end
> stands pat during each diagonal crossing."
> --
>  From the RPDLW #24 / 2011 syllabus:
>
> "At the beginning of the dance, ladies should look on
> the left diagonal for a new lady with whom to allemande. The rule for
> diagonal action applies: at the ends of the set, if there is nobody to
> pull by with on the diagonal, stay put! Also, in B1, note that the
> ladies chain precedes the forward and back. This sets up B2 well, but is
> opposite to what often happens, and so dancers may forget at times.
>
> (In the original dance the A1 included a wave: Ladies allemande left
> once around and give right hand to partner to form a wave (4), balance
> the wave (4) and swing your partner (8). Lynn omits the balance.)"
>
> Thanks for the ID of the dance Kalia. That's a keeper.
>
> Cheers, John
> --
> J.D. Erskine
> Victoria, BC
>
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Jack Mitchell
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