On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 2:58 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. > Hi Kalia, Here are two easy dances that may look similar at first glance but are actually pretty different: 1. Hot Buttered Rolls Perry Shafran A1: slice left, rollaway P on the way back (ladies) long lines forward, rollaway P on the way back (gents) A2: ladies allemande right 1+1/2 N swing B1: circle left 3/4 P do si do B2: P balance, swing 2. Pizza Shop Yoyo Zhou A1: slice left ladies chain A2: ladies allemande right 1 N swing B1: down the hall; turn as couples B2: circle left 3/4 P swing Cheers, Yoyo Zhou
