Hi John,
On 14/10/2013 11:20 p.m., John Sweeney wrote:
Hexitation (six couple square) is fun:
http://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2008.pdf
The breaks using tandem couples are a nice touch.
Has anyone noticed that this dance is a Becket contra?
If the sets are rotated 90 degrees (i.e. bringing the single couples at the top
and bottom),
the figure is simply a (double prog for the non-UK callers) Becket dance
starting with the
top and bottom out.
A1: LLFB, CL 3/4, Pass thru
A2: N Gyp & Sw
B1: LLFB, (next) N Dosido
B2: (same) N Swing; LC
The swing ending mid-phrase goes over ok in this context. In B2 facing
back into the 'hex formation' and the ends not doing the LC are just the
natural end effects.
At our regular house dances, we often have small sets and many Becket dances
work very well viewed in this formation. Similarly four couple Beckets often
yield
nice figures for squares.
Cheers, Bill
