11 Oct
2016
11 Oct
'16
12:45 p.m.
So -- the formation is named for the location in the great state of MA --
Becket. But when used as the name for a dance formation, should it be
becket? Or Becket?
*********
Becket is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is
part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The
population was 1,779 at the 2010 census.
- Zip code:
- 01223
- Population:
- 1,779 (2010)
********
Unrelated. At the Philadelphia Thursday Night dance, the dancers have
taken to clucking like chickens when callers arrange them in becket/Becket
formation. as in "buk, buk buk buk, becket."
Just thought you'd want to know . . .
--
Ridge Kennedy [Exit 145]
When you stumble, make it part of the dance. - Anonymous
11 Oct
11 Oct
12:50 p.m.
Just say "couples facing couples."
From: "Ridge Kennedy srk3nn3dy(a)gmail.com [trad-dance-callers]"
<trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com>
To: Traditional American Dance Callers List <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 1:45 PM
Subject: [trad-dance-callers] becket or Becket
So -- the formation is named for the location in the great state of MA -- Becket. But
when used as the name for a dance formation, should it be becket? Or Becket?
*********
Becket is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the
Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,779 at the
2010 census.
- Zip code:
- 01223
- Population:
- 1,779 (2010)
********
Unrelated. At the Philadelphia Thursday Night dance, the dancers have taken to clucking
like chickens when callers arrange them in becket/Becket formation. as in "buk, buk
buk buk, becket."
Just thought you'd want to know . . .
--
Ridge Kennedy [Exit 145]
When you stumble, make it part of the dance. - Anonymous
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1:08 p.m.
The description "couples facing couples" is ambiguous.
Becket formation dances start with each couple on one
side of the set or the other, facing another couple
across the set. But you can also think of a duple
improper contra as starting out with each couple facing
another couple along (up or down) the set. To put it
another way, you can think of a duple improper set as
a straightened-out version of a Sicilian circle.
--Jim
On Oct 11, 2016, at 10:50 AM, Robert Livingston rlivngstn(a)yahoo.com [trad-dance-callers]
<trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Just say "couples facing couples."
From: "Ridge Kennedy srk3nn3dy(a)gmail.com [trad-dance-callers]"
<trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com>
To: Traditional American Dance Callers List <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 1:45 PM
Subject: [trad-dance-callers] becket or Becket
So -- the formation is named for the location in the great state of MA -- Becket. But
when used as the name for a dance formation, should it be becket? Or Becket?
*********
Becket is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the
Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,779 at the
2010 census.
• Zip code:
• 01223
• Population:
• 1,779 (2010)
********
Unrelated. At the Philadelphia Thursday Night dance, the dancers have taken to clucking
like chickens when callers arrange them in becket/Becket formation. as in "buk, buk
buk buk, becket."
Just thought you'd want to know . . .
--
Ridge Kennedy [Exit 145]
When you stumble, make it part of the dance. - Anonymous
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