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 > On Jun 29, 2017, at 3:39 PM, [email protected] via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Um, > How about Becket Reel? > :>) > > Roger > > Sent from my Maxwell Smart Phone > >> On Jun 29, 2017, at 5:33 PM, Linda Leslie via Callers >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
