By Gene Hubert
Composed August, 85
Source | Gene Hubert, "Dizzy Dances, vol. II" |
Level | med (assigned by the editor) |
Type | Contra |
Formation | Becket |
A1 | (8) (Same two) ladies allemande right 1/2, neighbors allemande left 1/2, advance to your new neighbor (this is the progression) (8) New neighbors swing |
A2 | (6) Circle left 3/4 (10) Partners swing |
B1 | (16) Ladies chain over and back |
B2 | (16) Hey, ladies pass right shoulders to start |
Author's Notes:
Any doubts I had about this dance were erased after I had a chance to dance it once. This has got to be one of the smoothest dances I have seen in a long while and which you must experience to fully appreciate. My goal in writing this dance was to create a Becket formation dance with both a partner swing and a neighbor swing. Halliehurst is a splendid old mansion on the grounds of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia on whose front porch many impromptu contra dances have taken place.
Editor's Notes:
In A1 at the end of the two allemandes the gents are in the middle, the 1's are facing down and the 2's are facing up.
This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
All rights reserved by the author; used by permission.
Added to database 11/17/1996; last revised 3/5/1999; edited by Russell Owen