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 <[email protected]> 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. 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 > 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
