Here are few for you to consider, Kalia. Hope you and the new callers have a lot of fun! warmly, Linda On Jun 29, 2017, at 5:58 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: A1 Reel by Chris Weiler Contra/Becket-CCW/Easy A1 ----------- (8) Circle Left 3/4 (4) Balance the Ring California Twirl A2 ----------- New (16) Neighbor balance and swing B1 ----------- (8) Half Right and left through (8) Women allemande Right 1-1/2 B2 ----------- (16) Partner balance and swing Boys from Urbana by John Coffman Contra/Becket-CW/Easy A1 ----------- (8) Circle Left 3/4 Zig left Zag right New gents alle left 1/2 A2 ----------- (16) Neighbor balance and swing B1 ----------- (8) Long lines, forward and back (8) Women allemande Right 1-1/2 B2 ----------- (16) Partner balance and swing Classical Contra by Peter Campbell & Lisa Greenleaf Contra/Becket-CW/Easy A1 ----------- Circle left three-quarters, pass through New neighbor do si do A2 ----------- Same neighbor Balance and Swing B1 ----------- Long lines forward and back ladies do si do once and a half (or allemande right) B2 ----------- Partner Balance and Swing Equal Turn, The by Tom Hinds Contra/Becket-CW/Easy-Int A1 ----------- Gents Allemande left once and a half Neighbor swing A2 ----------- R & L through Ladies chain B1 ----------- Circle Left three-quarters, pass through up and down New ladies allemande left once and a half** B2 ----------- Partner Balance and Swing Midwest Folklore by Orace Johnson Contra/Becket-CW/Easy A1 ----------- Circle left three-quarters Neighbor do si do A2 ----------- Neighbor Balance and Swing B1 ----------- Circle left three-quarters Partner Do si do B2 ----------- Partner Balance and Swing (look left and slide left to a new couple) Trip to Falmouth by Linda Leslie Contra/Becket-CW/Easy A1 ----------- Circle left three-quarters This neighbor do si do once and a quarter (form a wave) A2 ----------- Wave Balance, walk forward and new neighbor swing B1 ----------- Long lines forward and back ladies R dance around once and a half B2 ----------- Partner Balance and Swing Serenity & Grace by Linda Leslie Contra/Becket-CW/Easy A1 ----------- Long lines forward and back Circle Left three-quarters Pass through up and down A2 ----------- Next Neighbor Balance & Swing (do si do works better) B1 ----------- Gents allemande left once and a half (face partner) 1/2 hey B2 ----------- Partner Balance & Swing Wingnut Whirl by Allan Brozek Contra/Becket-CW/Easy A1 ----------- (8) Down the hall, four in line (turn as couples) (8) Return and Bend the line A2 ----------- (8) Circle Left 3/4 and pass through along the set (8) Next Neighbor swing B1 ----------- (8) Men allemande Left 1-1/2 Scoop up partner and star promenade half-way B2 ----------- (8) Women Do-si-do (8) Partner swing

Hi Kalia (and all)! Here is a fun one you might not have. Jon wrote it just after Thanksgiving - hence the “play on words” title! Have fun! Jean Tryp To Phan by Jon Greene Contra/Becket-CW/Easy A1 ----------- (8) Men allemande Left 1-1/2 (8) Neighbor swing A2 ----------- (8) Right and left through (8) Women's Chain (to Partner) B1 ----------- (8) Ladies in to make a Wavy Line at center of set and Balance (8) Ladies back out, Gents go in to make a Wavy Line and Balance B2 ----------- (8) (With NEXT Neighbor Gent) Men allemande Left 3/4 while Ladies slide Left to meet Partner (8) Partner swing

Moonblot Reel / Becket A1: Down 4 in Line; turn as cpls, return A2: L chain across; LL F&B B1: Circle L; Sw N B2: Circle L 3/4; Sw P Alt A2: L chain across; LL DVD [A folk-processed version of Bluemont Reel] Roger Sent from my Maxwell Smart Phone

I guess I misunderstood your rules! I thought you wished to avoid circle left 3/4, N swing, not all circles in the A1. Hope you find enough! Linda On Jun 29, 2017, at 7:13 PM, Kalia Kliban <kalia.kliban(a)gmail.com> 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

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote: This is almost what you're looking for and was in fact specifically designed for criteria very similar to what you're asking for. The only problem (which may or may not be a problem for your use-case) is that because this was the very first contra I wrote, I didn't realize that it was double-progression... I'll also note that experienced contra dancers often have difficulty with the California Twirl because they expect to only do that facing up/down the set rather than across the set. (Usually that doesn't break the dance because they do a courtesy turn instead, just makes for poor flow with the left allemande 1 1/2.) Panix Dot Chat (caller(a)aahz.ws) Becket formation Double-progression, better with odd number of couples A1 Right-and-left thru on left diagonal (8) (Yes, start with progression) (Warn ends about not moving) Right-and-left thru new couple (8) A2 Circle left 3/4 (8) Swing neighbor (8) B1 Pass through (4) California twirl (4) Men left-hand turn once-and-half (8) B2 Balance and swing partner (16) (Usually A1 is called as "left diagonal R&L thru; straight ahead, R&L back".) -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html

Here’s a very simple one that my friend Jimmy Akin wrote that I think fills the bill: Instant Beckett Formation: Beckett by Jimmy Akin 1. Forward & Back 2. Men Dosado (R diag.) 3. Ladies Dosado (L diag.) 4. Partner Swing 5. Left Diag. Right and Left Thru 6. Straight Across Right and Left Thru 7. (Ladies lead) 1/2 Hey 1/2 Promenade across the set.