I think you’re right Alex. Sorry Kat- the dance does work! 🤦♀️
If you really want a down the hall dance with a hey I would still suggest something like: Becket A1 Slice left, circle left once around end in a line facing down the hall next to your partner on your home side A2 Down the hall, turn alone come back, face partner on the side B1 Tug into a hey passing partner right shoulder to start B2 Partner balance and swing. Lots of recovery time, things take 8 or 16 counts, lots of time on one’s “home" side, hard to get lost. Alexandra Deis-lauby VILLAGEWESTDESIGN 646 283 3108 villagewestdesign.com <http://villagewestdesign.com/> Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/villagewestdesign/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/VillageWestDesign> | Houzz <https://www.houzz.com/pro/villagewestdesign/village-west-design> > On May 29, 2025, at 11:16 AM, Alex Burka <[email protected]> wrote: > > The way I read Katherine's dance, the "1s" (the couple who was facing down > the hall before circling left 1/4, if you were to get into becket that way) > are in fact progressing down the hall, so is there actually an issue here? > > Playing out the dance in my head, the circle R is essentially a circle 1/2 > and then unfold, so lark 1 is facing down and has their right hand free. Then > after the allemande 1 1/2 they're back on original side facing partner. Full > hey brings them back to that point again and then they progress down the > hall. No? > > On Thu, May 29, 2025, 10:42 AM Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Contra Callers > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > John, the question at the moment is how to define them for dance writing > purposes. In her original dance, there is “Lark 1“ referenced. If you don’t > define which side lark one starts on you get two very different dances. > > In my mind, the 1s are defined as the right-file couple because they used to > be the ones facing down the hall in improper formation assuming everyone > moves one place to the left around the circle instead of right. > > I would argue that the dancers know it too. When I call a becket dance that > progresses backwards and don’t tell them, invariably someone waves their arms > and hollers from the floor that it’s broken and they progressed the wrong > direction. > > > Alex > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 29, 2025, at 6:59 AM, John Sweeney via Contra Callers >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> HI Katherine, >> >> Numbers in Becket formation are not defined. Some callers may >> number them, I have never seen a reason to. The progression is normally >> just clockwise or counter-clockwise. Just tell the dancers which way to >> look (left or right diagonal) when they are progressing. >> >> >> >> If you need to identify someone then I would point to one side >> of the hall (or give it a name) and tell the person on that side what to do. >> If you give them numbers then the numbers will change when they are out at >> the top or the bottom. But that side of the hall is always that side of the >> hall. >> >> >> >> Flirtation Reel is a great dance, but does have a Swing. >> >> >> >> Happy dancing, >> >> John >> >> >> >> John Sweeney, Dancer, England [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574 >> >> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk <http://www.contrafusion.co.uk/> for Dancing >> in Kent >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>
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