Becket dances can be used to great advantage with small crowds. Here we call becket dances where no one is every out "quad" beckets. That is becket dances that can be done with just 4 couples, with no one ever out at the end. Here is one such dance by Byron Ricker, called Chasing the "L"
A1: On the L Diagonal, Right & Left Through; (stay where you are, if there is no one on your L diagonal) Ladies Chain Straight Across A2: Men Allemande L 1 ½ x (to partner) Gypsy with Partner B1: Hey for 4 (Women start with L sh) B2: Partner Balance & Swing With just 4 couples, and couples out at the ends, you end up with half the dances standing out half the time. Doing a dance where no one is ever out is a good thing for small crowds. Also, a Becket dance can be written where partners are changed, as well: A1: Circle L 1x; flatten circle into a wavy line, men in the middle by the L; Partner by the Right hand) Balance l/r; slide left. A2 Bal & swing partner. B1: Ladies chain on the L diagonal; On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Bill Baritompa <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
