hook: Intro to becket. Roll away and slide progression
by: Carolyn Rucks
formation: Becket
The first contra dance I ever wrote
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 4 | neighbors balance
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| 4 | neighbors box the gnat
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right once to partner
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ to face partner across the se, take hands in a ring ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners
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| 4 | slide right along set to face new neighbors
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Teach becket formation. Have dancers acknowledge their partners and neighbors to identify that they are across the set from their neighbors and along the side of the set with their partners. Teach the roll away and slide right progression, making note of how couples who are out at the top or bottom will need to wrap around the set and slide back in on the opposite side to progress.