Hi Kalia,
Here are some suggestions:
Adam's Beginning, Erik Hoffman, Becket
A1 1-8 Down the hall, turn as cpl, return, bend
A2 1-4 Cir L 1x
5-8 With Ptnr, slide L 1 place and cir L 3/4 w/ new Nbr
B1 1-4 (new) Nbr DSD
5-8 (new) Nbr swing
B2 1-8 Women pull-by R and Ptnr swing
American Airlines Flight 3672, John Nance, Becket
A1 1-4 Long lines fwd + back
5-8 Women chain on L diagonal
A2 1-2 Pass thu across (no courtesy turn)
3-8 Nbr swing
B1 1-4 Women chain across
5-8 Women lead half-hey (WR, NL, GR, PL)
B2 1-8 Ptnr balance + swing
At Least There's a Partner Swing, Ric Goldman, Becket
A1 1-4 Women chain across to Nbr and courtesy turn
5-8 Nbr turn to face each other (dropping R hands) and Swat the Flea*
A2 1-4 Nbr allemande L 1-1/2
5-8 Women allemande R 1x
B1 1-8 Nbr balance + swing
B2 1-4 Cir L 3/4 (women leading her Ptnr) and slide L 1 place along line
5-8 Women rolls Right into Ptnr swing
* The original (more complex version) of this move has neighbors drop right hands and then take rights hands over left hands for a crossed 2-hand balance and trade places while turning the women CW under raised cross-hands, and finally dropping/retaking L hands to start the allemande. Dancers like the move a lot but I wouldn't add the complexity for a new caller.
Balance and Think, Gene Hubert, Becket
A1 1-4 Long lines fwd + back
5-8 Gent allemande L 1-1/2
A2 1-8 Nbr balance + swing
B1 1-4 Cir L ¾
5-6 Balance ring
7-8 All trade place on R diagonal with same gender person*
B2 1-8 Ptnr balance + swing
* In B1 7-8, gents trade with a different minor while women trade within the same minor (i.e. opposite women)
Boomerang, Gene Hubert
A1 1-4 Long lines fwd + back
5-8 Right + left thru
A2 1-4 Women chain to Nbr
5-8 Left diagonal women chain to shadow
B1 1-4 Pull thru across the set and turn alone
5-8 Circle L 1x
B2 1-8 Ptnr balance + swing
Call Me, Cary Ravitz, Becket CCW
A1 1-4 Right + left thru
5-8 Women chain to Nbr
A2 1-4 Star L 1x
5-8 (Look away from star for new) Nbr swing
B1 1-4 Cir L 3/4
5-8 Half hey (women start Left-shoulder)
B2 1-8 Ptnr balance + swing
Equal Turn, Tom Hinds, Becket
A1 1-4 Gents allemande L 1-1/2
5-8 Nbr swing
A2 1-4 Right + left thru
5-8 Women chain to Ptnr
B1 1-4 Cir L 3/4, pass thru to the next
5-8 Women allemande L 1-1/2
B2 1-8 Ptnr balance + swing
Friday Night Affair, Chrissy Fowler, Becket
A1 1-4 Right + left thru
5-8 Women chain to Nbr
A2 1-8 Interrupted Sq thru (Ptr start, end passing Nbr to next)
B1 1-8 (new) Nbr balance + swing
B2 1-4 Women’s give + take
5-8 Ptnr swing
(I have more, but I think this is a good start).
Cheers,
Ric Goldman
letsdance@rgoldman.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Callers [mailto:callers-bounces@lists.sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Kalia Kliban via Callers
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 2:59 PM
To: Caller's discussion list <callers@sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Callers] Looking for a particular sort of becket dance
Hi all,
I'm re-vamping my list of simple contra dances for new callers, and am in search of a very particular sort of becket dance. The list is one of my hand-outs for callers' classes at camps, so the folks who'll be using it are likely to be nervous, brand-new callers. To that end, I'm looking for sturdy, hard-to-break, low-piece-count dances. In a perfect world they'd be composed of simpler glossary figures.
I already have a fair collection of simple dances to choose from, but would like to include one more becket dance (I have Tica Tica Timing already on the list). This perfect becket that I'm looking for should _not_ start with circle L 3/4, and should not contain petronella twirls.
Bonus points if it doesn't have a whole hey, since I've already got a couple of whole hey dances in the list.
I look forward to hearing what you can recommend.
Many thanks,
Kalia Kliban
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