I too enjoy Becket dances. But when I think about the why of incorporating them in my planning a dance, its more about variety of flow, dance moves, and level of difficulty. I personally find dancing a night with 6 balance the waves or 4 Rory O'Moors, or worse, the combination of them, very less enjoyable, regardless of the band, caller, or dance partner(s). And I try to remember this in planning a program for others. Not all Beckets are "difficult" so I use the "easier" Beckets to vary programs when I'm working to enhance perspective and create variety and keep the more experienced engaged in a dance evening. And I use the the more difficult, or engaging, Beckets to challenge or enrich.
So I enjoy Beckets, and find that sometimes I have to "hold back". And I also agree with what Alan has said. Laurie West Michigan/ Grand Rapids --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing <[email protected]> wrote: From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Callers] Beckets To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] List-Post: [email protected] Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 6:40 PM Gale wrote: > Hay folks, > Typically, how many Becket dances will you call in an > evening? > I seem to be on a Becket "kick" as of late, and don't wish to > over do it. I don't think dancers particularly care about Becket vs improper per se. They care (to some degree *) about the dances seeming too similar, but I think what gives that impression is largely transitions (do they all start the same? do they all end the same?), distinctive figures (do they all have Rory O'Moore balance-in-lines in them?), to some degree mood (are they *all* slinky? are they *all* rowdy?), not whether you have them circle left 1 place after they take hands four. If you aren't boring the dancers with sameness, I don't think you have to worry about the actual numbers. That said, I seem to call somewhere between 0 and 4 out of 10. -- Alan -- =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- [email protected] Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 =============================================================================== _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
