(Make that late aughts. I forgot my own age.)
On Wed, May 15, 2024, at 3:01 PM, Harris Lapiroff via Contra Callers wrote: > People who knew her better can say more than me, but I'll just add that she > taught me to call when I was a student at Oberlin College in the early > aughts, so she's really the one who started it all for me, for which I'm very > grateful. > > Harris Lapiroff > > Dance Caller and Organizer > Boston Intergenerational Dance Advocates Board (Cambridge MA) > Pinewoods Camp, Inc Board (Plymouth MA) > https://chromamine.com/contra/ > > On Wed, May 15, 2024, at 12:55 PM, Cindy Harris via Contra Callers wrote: >> We knew Becky well here in Pittsburgh. She was the heart and soul of the >> Cleveland contradance community and often came our way to call dances in >> Pittsburgh. And as some have said, she was a lovely and gracious caller. >> >> Do any of you remember the week when the World Trade Center was destroyed? >> I’m sure I’m not the only one who remembers what happened in Pittsburgh a >> few days later. That Friday there was a regularly scheduled dance in >> Pittsburgh, and Becky was the caller. As we lined up for the first dance, >> Becky looked out at the floor and realized that we were all experienced >> dancers, there to dance with our community after a rough week. So she put us >> in Becket and started to teach a dance that was a bit more challenging than >> she would have taught at a usual community dance. She was about two figures >> in when a group of 10 or so newcomers who she did not recognize as regular >> dancers entered the hall. So she asked us all to promise our partners that >> we would dance with them later, and to take one of the new dancers as a >> partner. And, of course, we all did. We lined up again in duple improper, >> and Becky taught a simple dance that she knew we could help inexperienced >> dancers through even though there had been no lesson. So we all danced, and >> that’s how the rest of the evening went. >> >> It was a very sad thing when Becky developed dementia and stopped coming to >> call for us. The Cleveland community can probably tell you more about that >> time, and since she traveled so much I’m sure there are many other stories >> like ours out there. >> >> Cindy >> >> Director, Small Harmonies <http://bridgeofvoices.org/> >> >> 2023 International Autoharp Champion >> >> Have you experienced GrayScale ContraBand <https://grayscalecontraband.com/>? >> >> ============== >> >> >> On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 11:09 Emily Addison via Contra Callers >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> Over the past year, I'm realizing how many dances written by Becky Hill I >>> absolutely adore. So, naively, I wrote to Becky Hill (this one! >>> <https://www.rebeccahill.org/>) whom I admire thinking that it was her who >>> wrote dances. Turns out that flatfooter and old time square dance leader >>> Becky Hill is not the same Becky Hill who wrote the contras and square that >>> I have in my dance box. >>> >>> So... I naturally became curious ... who is the other Becky Hill??? >>> And this is all I've been able to find >>> <https://www.heritagecremationsociety.com/obituaries/rebecca-ellen-becky-hill>. >>> >>> Did any of you know Becky? Any further information on her? >>> I know that many of her dances are super popular and called by so many folk. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Emily Addison in Ottawa ON >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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