Moonblot Reel / Becket A1: Down 4 in Line; turn as cpls, return A2: L chain across; LL F&B B1: Circle L; Sw N B2: Circle L 3/4; Sw P
Alt A2: L chain across; LL DVD [A folk-processed version of Bluemont Reel] Roger Sent from my Maxwell Smart Phone > On Jun 29, 2017, at 5:33 PM, Linda Leslie via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> 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 >> <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> 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 > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
