Re: [Callers] backwards becket (was end effects)

Regarding forwards, backwards, proper, improper, and modern names... First there was Proper, all men on one side, all women on the other. Then Hands Four, or Hands Six and the Minor Set Then there was Improper, where the ones cross over: now the man has his partner in his left hand, woman has her partner in her right hand. Then there was Becket, where the woman is still to the right of her partner, man to his left And Becket dances went both ways, most commonly couples progress to the left, but some -- 15 or 20 percent? -- to the right. Some of us work to set dancers up with a direction of progression by encouraging them to get into Becket formation by doing a quarter circle in the direction of progression, but (I think) it really doesn't matter: get in Becket formation and start the walk through. Occasionally there'll be a dancer who "knows how these things are supposed to work" and try to "progress the right way," but usually, it just doesn't make a big difference. Then some of us made up dances where the Twos had to change sides, starting in circles where the Man's partner is to his left, the woman's to her right. I made up a dance like this in the 90s called "Waiting for the Passport," and called this formation "Reverse Improper." Some people have dubbed this "Indecent." For some reason, that name has never appealed to me, but, perhaps, it's becoming the standard, so I better learn to love it... Now there is the "Backwards Becket." And having not called any dances in this formation, I trust it's: Man to the right of his partner, Woman to the left of her partner, but can still progress left or right? Do I understand this correctly? I'd love it if someone sent me the "Weeks on the Road" dance in both its original and its folk processed versions. Waiting for the Passport REVERSE Improper (or, in Improper position, REVERSE progression) Erik Hoffman Start in a wave, Neighbor in Left Hand, Men in Center: A1 Balance the wave, Men pull by (with Right); Swing Partner A2 Men Allemande Left 1½; Half Hey, start passing Neighbor's Rt shoulder B1 BAL & Sw Nbr B2 Pass Thru to an Ocean Wave (4) Balance (4); Current Neighbor Allemand Right ¾ (4) (to progress) (now momentarily in long wave at the side, meeting New Neighbor) Allemande New Neighbor Right ¾ (4) to put the Men in the center of a (new) wave (across) to start again --- Initial position: twos cross over (!!), then Allemande Left Neighbor until the Mn are in the center of a wave. We start from here. --- Initial position: or think of it as a reverse progression. If the ones cross over, have everyone allemande their neighbor by the left until the men can form the wave. This will cause the ones to now progress up the set while the twos progress down... ~erik hoffman oakland, ca On 9/19/2013 1:02 PM, tavi merrill wrote: