2 Sep
2015
2 Sep
'15
10:49 p.m.
I think I found the dance, after digging deep into my calling box...
Becket - No Name - by some unknown choreographer
A1: Left Diagonal Ladies Chain
Right Diagonal Ladies Chain
A2: Right and Left Thru Across (This is with the same person every time)
Ladies Chain Across
B1: Circle Right 3/4
Zig Right past one couple
Zig Left to couple with partner
B2: Partner Swing
Alternate Bs
B1: Circle Left 5 places
Zig Left past 1 couple
Zag Right to next couple with partner
B2: Partner Swing
If anyone has the name or author of this dance, that would be fantastic!
Valerie
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 7:51 AM, Valerie Young <valeriedancing(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Thanks everyone for your dance brains! Flirting With
Love Again by Cary
Ravitz I think is the dance I had. I can't wait to try the other ones too!
Thank you all.
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Lewis Land <lewisland78(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It's possible that you're talking about
one of the versions of Flirting
with love again, by Cary Ravitz. The dance has two diagonal lady's chains,
and a surprise ending in B2 where you suddenly find yourself face to face
with your partner, after traveling far away from him/her. Another
possibility is Reunion, by Gene Hubert. Here are my notes:
*Becket-double prog. **Flirting with Love Again-v.1** Cary Ravitz*
*A1* Long lines go forward & back 8
Circle left once
around 8
*A2* Ladies chain on the left diagonal 8
Ladies chain on the right diagonal to their first 8
trail buddy
*B1* Star left
8
(look away from the star &) allemande right 8
your second trail buddy 1 1/2
*B2* Partners balance & swing
16
*Becket –cw-dbl prg **Reunion** Gene
Hubert*
*A1* Ladies chain on left diagonal to a new neighbor 8
Ladies chain across the set to your shadow 8
*A2 *Hey for 4, ladies start, passing right 16
*B1 *Partners balance & swing 16
*B2 *Circle left 3/4 w/original neighbors, 8
and *pass through* along the set to a newer set of
neighbors with whom you…
Circle right 3/4 to the original side of the set 8
*This is reported to be the first contra to employ the ladies chain on
the left diagonal.*
Lewis Land
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Valerie Young via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hello,
I've misplaced a dance from my dance box, or it's possible that I
thought it was in there and it never was. I picked this dance up a few
years ago at Glen Echo, and I don't remember who was calling or playing
that night.
The dance was becket (I think) and it had a series of ladies chains
(straight across and diagonally) that sent the ladies far away from their
partner (possibly to a shadow or trail buddy) and then in a series of
circles and pass thru partners where reunited with a swing. The caller
taught this dance by having the ladies imagine they were pinballs, and the
gents the pinball flippers (i.e. ladies are zooming around inside the
contra lines while the gents send them in new directions). I know the
caller did not have the name of this dance.
If you have heard of this dance, have it, or something similar, I would
love to get a copy of it for my box.
Thanks,
Valerie
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