13 Jan
2025
13 Jan
'25
8:14 a.m.
It actually starts with a left hand star and finishes with a wheel left:
Still No Name
becket, progressing right
A1 Star left, star right
A2 pass through and swing partner, finish facing down
B1 Down the hall 4 in line, turn as a couple, return and face across
B2 Long lines F&B, promenade across and, in the courtesy
turn, progress to the next couple, ready to restart
with the star left
So the final promenade has the men passing left shoulder, then
wheel to the left to face a new couple.
Although the version you posted is also useable, and progresses
in the more usual clockwise direction.
Peter Foster
On 13/01/2025 11:18 pm, barrie bullimore via Contra Callers wrote:
Peter Foster (Australia!) has a good Becket dance for
beginners
although I'm not sure he's named it.
A1 Star Right; star left
A2 Pass thru across the set and swing partners to face down
B1 Down the hall as couples (4 in line) turn as couple and return to
face across
B2 Long lines forward and back; half promenade and wheel right to
face new couple (J-promenade)
Barrie bullimore
On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers
<contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Here is a dance of mine that would work with teenagers after
several dances
On could replace the partner B&S with partner dsd, then
neighbor dsd across
Positional Thinking Becket Left
A1
Balance the ring. Pass to a wave by gents turning right
1/2, ladies crossing set to take partner's left hand
Balance left and right; allemande left 3/4 to long wavy
lines, gents facing in
A2
Balance forward and back, box circulate to long waves,
with gents facing out, current neighbors left and next
neighbors right hands joined.
Balance right and left; ladies cross set while
gents turn over right shoulder to next neighbor's place.
B1
Partners balance and swing, end facing new neighbors across
B2
Long lines forward and back.
Circle right
On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM Rick Mohr via Contra Callers
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I love that we're thinking about contra choreography for
groups of mostly newcomers -- so different from writing for
experienced or mixed groups. A contra doesn't need a swing to
be fun, or a chain requiring roles, or caring which side of
the set you're on. Great to have some good minds on the topic!
Here are two reliably good ones from our teen dance:
On the Ball (Rick Mohr) duple improper
A1: Circle left, dosido neighbor
A2: Circle right, see-saw partner
B1: Balance the ring and Petronella turn
Balance the ring and Petronella turn
B2: Balance the ring, two-hand turn partner 1 1/2
Andy White's (Amy Cann) duple improper
A1: Circle left, dosido as couples
A2: Dosido neighbor, two-hand turn neighbor
B1: Clap with neighbor / partner / neighbor / partner – self,
rights, self, lefts
B2: Twos arch and move forward as ones duck through
Ones arch and move backward as twos duck through backward
Twos arch and move forward as ones duck through
See also some others here
<https://rickmohr.net/Contra/TeenDance/Dances/>.
Rick
On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 10:41 AM Lisa Sieverts via Contra
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Riffing on Luke’s dance Star Trek Phraser, I’ve written
this one. It’s essentially role-free, in that it doesn’t
matter who ends up on the left or the right after the
swing. Yes, there are 3 stars in a row.
Stars are Aligned
by Lisa Sieverts
BECKET, CCW
1.
LH Star
2.
RH Star
3.
P Do Si Do (on side)
4.
P Swing
5.
Whole Set Oval Left
6.
Whole set Oval Right
7.
F&B
8.
LH Star, on to the next, partners moving along the line
Lisa Sieverts
603-762-0235
lisa(a)lisasieverts.com
On 9 Sep 2024, at 20:08, Luke Donforth via Contra Callers
wrote:
Thanks all.
I continue to turn this one over in my head, and I
think I've got a new one (borrowing heavily from Bob
Isaac's /To Turn a Phrase/ and the star-to-star
transition of Mick Richardson's /Star Trek/)
Star Trek Phraser
by Luke Donforth
Contra/Becket-CCW
A1 -----------
(8) Left hand Star
(8) Whole set oval right
A2 -----------
(8) whole set oval Left
(8) Groups of 4 Circle Left 1X
B1 -----------
(8) Partner Do-si-do
(8) Partner swing
B2 -----------
(8) Long lines, forward and back
(8) Left hand Star 1x, walk on to next star
On Sun, Sep 8, 2024 at 7:55 PM
<sjapartments(a)gmail.com> wrote:
https://aptsg.org/Dance/dances.html#Balter
On Sun, Sep 8, 2024 at 11:50 AM Luke Donforth via
Contra Callers
<contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hello all,
Oftentimes at One Night Gigs, I'll do a mix of
circle and longways set dances. With scatter
mixers and specialty dances, I can fill an
evening. But sometimes I get a group that
"wants contras" or is looking to grow their
familiarity with the dance form.
I think Becket dances without lark/robin
distinctions and no neighbor swing are AN easy
option into "hands-four" contras. There are
other ways in, but I'm looking for more
Beckets that match that description. For a
while I've had "Pluck It" in my box as a
friendly option:
Pluck It
Contra/Becket-CW
A1 -----------
(8) Circle Left
(8) Circle Right
A2 -----------
(8) Left hand Star
(8) Right hand Star
B1 -----------
(8) Partner Do-si-do
(8) Partner swing
B2 -----------
(8) Neighbor Do-si-do across set
(8) Long lines, yearn left
This is, in my opinion, pretty close to the
traditional mixer Scatter Shot but done as a
keeper in Becket. (It does have a DSD across
the set, which in a recent thread was listed
as a no-no for some callers. While I wouldn't
use that move at a dance weekend, for One
Night gigs I think it's accessible and
acceptable). You don't have to teach ballroom
swing, and if folks want to elbow swing and
swap roles with their partner it doesn't
really impact the dance (this is a small
advantage of Becket over improper for this
type of dance; different position on the side
is less disorienting than different side of
the set).
What other Becket dances do folks have that
don't rely on roles? No larks allemande or
robins chain, etc.
On the drive home from my gig last night I
came up with this one (which may already
exist), written for Naomi who organizes the
community dance I was at:
A Pillar of Weathersfield
Contra/Becket-CW
A1 -----------
(8) Balance the ring and spin to the right
(petronella)
(8) Balance the ring and spin to the right
(petronella)
A2 -----------
(16) Partner balance and swing, end facing
down the hall
B1 -----------
(8) Down the hall, four in line (turn as couples)
(8) Return and face across
B2 -----------
(8) Long lines, forward and back
(8) Promenade across the Set, turn as a couple
and progress
(Go between the ones you danced with, passing
by left shoulder, and the new couple on your
right, turn to take hands with new couple)
I'd be curious what else folks have that they
use for entry-level contras when you don't
have a critical mass of experience for
improper dances with neighbor swings.
Thanks!
Luke Donforth
Burlington, VT
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