Jeff Kaufman <jeff(a)alum.swarthmore.edu>du>:
As a musician and a caller, I have mixed feelings on
callers jumping
back in for the last time through. Changing the dance to end with a
partner swing ("this time, long lines, swing your partner") can be
nice, but mostly I don't think bringing the calls back in adds very
little and detracts from the music.
If the dance has a satisfying ending as it is, it stays. But I can't think of a worse
way to end a dance than with "Dosido next neighbor" or "Pass Through along
the Line". So I plead guilty as charged!
There are other ways to handle the situation. If it is the end of a set and there is a
partner swing at B1, then I'll use B2 to ask the dancers to thank the band, and they
do. Also, in very rare cases I'll ask the band to play an extra B (for the A1
partner swing in Batja's Breakdown) and then go out.
As far as the question of where you go out in Becket dances that progress in the middle of
the phrase, it seems to matter less than DI, but I prefer to have the dancers
"in" at the top at the end ('cuz most Becket dances these days end with a
partner swing). If you screw it up, don't worry about out. There are *lots* more
important things to worry about.
Dan