I started contra dancing in the Cleveland area, where Becky lived, so she and Carol Kopp were my first local callers -- the ones I heard week after week. I have so many memories of her as a caller, dancer, and leader but what stands out to me is that when I started calling myself, she was so supportive. The first time I had a gig for a family dance, I had a question about something and emailed her, and she called me and spent, like, an hour on the phone, and gave me an entire program. It was sooooo generous. She had no sense of proprietary ownership. Dances and programs were to be shared and replicated and spread as far and wide as possible. In addition to all that, she was, as you have noted, a really great choreographer and wrote a slew of terrific dances that have stood the test of time. And besides all that, she was funny, and friendly, and down to earth, and friends with everyone. I could go on and on. She left us way too soon!

-- Diane

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Diane Silver
Asheville, NC
diane@diane-silver.com

On 5/15/2024 11:08 AM, Emily Addison via Contra Callers 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!) 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.

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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