Re: [Callers] Beckets

I too enjoy Becket dances.  But when I think about the why of incorporating them in my planning a dance, its more about variety of flow, dance moves, and level of difficulty.  I personally find dancing a night with 6 balance  the waves or 4 Rory O'Moors, or worse,  the combination of them, very less enjoyable, regardless of the band, caller, or dance partner(s).  And  I try  to  remember this in planning a program for others.  Not all Beckets are "difficult" so I use the "easier" Beckets to vary programs when I'm working to enhance perspective and create variety and keep the more experienced engaged in a dance evening.   And I use  the the more difficult, or engaging, Beckets to challenge or enrich. So I enjoy Beckets, and find that sometimes I  have to "hold back".  And I also agree with what Alan has said. Laurie West Michigan/ Grand Rapids --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing <winston(a)slac.stanford.edu> wrote: From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing <winston(a)slac.stanford.edu> Subject: Re: [Callers] Beckets To: gtwood(a)worldpath.net Cc: callers(a)sharedweight.net Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 6:40 PM Gale wrote: to I don't think dancers particularly care about Becket vs improper per se. They care (to some degree *) about the dances seeming too similar, but I think what gives that impression is largely transitions (do they all start the same? do they all end the same?), distinctive figures (do they all have Rory O'Moore balance-in-lines in them?), to some degree mood (are they *all* slinky? are they *all* rowdy?), not whether you have them circle left 1 place after they take hands four. If you aren't boring the dancers with sameness, I don't think you have to worry about the actual numbers. That said, I seem to call somewhere between 0 and 4 out of 10. -- Alan -- =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- WINSTON(a)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 =============================================================================== _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers