Contra Dance

Burning the Bacon (var)

Steve Zakon-Anderson (and anon.)

12.2008: Will Loving informs me that this is not the dance that appears in 'Give and Take' and so is presumably not how Steve Zakon-Anderson wrote it. Looking over the original, they're really quite different, though they have the same core (A1.2 aleman rights, A2 rotating lines, B2 neighbor balance and swing). The biggest difference is that the original is not becket and in it only the ones swing. All in all, I like this variation better, though I don't know whose it is.

(Becket (circle L one place))

A1

(6) Circle L 3/4
(2) Pass Through
(8) (New) Neighbor Aleman Right (once around)
- End in long wavy lines, Larks facing out

A2

(4) Balance the wave
(4) Ravens cross, Larks turn right (into new long wavy lines)
- Ravens are walking straight across the set into a new wave, ending where their partner just left.
- Larks are walking a half circle around to their right to end in the spot their neighbor just left.
(4) Balance the wave
(4) Larks cross, Ravens turn right (into new long wavy lines)

B1

(16) Balance the wave, Neighbor swing

B2

(8) Larks Aleman Left 1.5
(8) Partner swing

Called:

BIDA party, 11/21/2009

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Last modified by Jeff Kaufman: Sat Nov 21, 2009