15 May
2024
15 May
'24
11:35 a.m.
I'm so glad you asked that, Emily, and thanks for your reflections, Greg.
I love Becky Hill's dances.
Bob Isaacs told us, during his calling workshop at CDH, that Becky paved
the way for women to get into calling. Apparently there were few (or none?)
women callers before her. Bob might have more info to share about Becky.
Amanda
On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 11:25 AM Gregory Frock via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi Emily,
I knew Becky (although I am sure there are others lurking here who knew
her better). She was a very good natured and gracious person and dance
leader, who worked tirelessly to support and promote dancing in the
Cleveland, Ohio area. She published three (I think) books of dances, the
last with Sue Rosen. In the 1990s, she was a choreographic giant,
considered on par with contemporaries Gene Hubert, Carol Ormand, and Rick
Mohr. When I was starting out calling in the 1990s, we had her in the
Washington DC area hosting a session on calling skills. What I remember
most was her advice to respond to negative criticism with an even tempered,
"Thank you for that." It was sad to hear when she was diagnosed with
dementia, and even sadder to hear she had passed.
Greg
On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 11:09 AM Emily Addison via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi folks,
Over the past year, I'm realizing how many dances written by Becky Hill I
absolutely adore. So, naively, I wrote to Becky Hill (this one!
<https://www.rebeccahill.org/>) whom I admire thinking that it was her
who wrote dances. Turns out that flatfooter and old time square dance
leader Becky Hill is not the same Becky Hill who wrote the contras and
square that I have in my dance box.
So... I naturally became curious ... who is the other Becky Hill???
And this is all I've been able to find
<https://www.heritagecremationsociety.com/obituaries/rebecca-ellen-becky-hill>
.
Did any of you know Becky? Any further information on her?
I know that many of her dances are super popular and called by so many
folk.
Thanks,
Emily Addison in Ottawa ON
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