...Wow, this is embarrassing, I can't find any dances in my deck that fit your criteria! Seems like 90% of my easier becket dances start with circle L 3/4. Well, I hope you find what you're looking for! Cheers, Maia On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 5:58 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote:

Here are two Becket dances which are somewhat unusual but still easy to call and robust to dance. These might be considered a "step up" for a beginner caller - something to grow into from straight glossary material - requiring a more thought out walk-through/teach. -Don *Tranquility - Linda Leslie* Contra/Becket-CW/Easy (6/17/2000 Sandwich, MA) A1 Long lines forward & back Gents allemande left once and a half A2 Neighbor Balance & Swing B1 Pass through to an ocean wave Balance Walk forward New Wave Balance B2 Ladies allemande left one-half (or once and a half) Partner Swing (I recommend the 1+1/2 for the easier timing) Wavy Star Slice – Becket – Don Veino 20170120 *Type:* Contra Dance, Becket Left/CW Formation *A1* (8) Slice left (Fwd on left diagonal, fall straight back) (4,4) Fwd to Wavy Star*, Balance *A2* Star CW 3/4x (Gents forward, Ladies back up 3 places) N Swing *B1* L Chain to P Circle RIGHT 1x *B2* Partner Balance & Swing *AKA “Gypsy Star” – Take hands in wave with same role N, Gents below Ladies, for an interleaved wave facing opposite role N. Let go of outside hands (the one touching adjacent hands/4 folks) and retake hands with opposite role N before rotating the star. See http://veino.com/blog/?p=1357 On Jun 29, 2017 3:58 PM, "Kalia Kliban via Callers" < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: 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. {snip}

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(a)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 &lt;callers(a)sharedweight.net&gt; 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 _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list <mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net