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Becket right

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1) F&B and roll away (larks slide, robins roll)

2) Bal the ring, spin or slide right one place in ring (aka petronella)

3) Dsd (or right shoulder round) current neighbor

4) Swing new neighbor

5) Rights and lefts across

6) Robins chain to partner

7) Robins right shoulder round in center,

8 ) Partners swing

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Becket, Zigzag progression (See Note below)

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1) F&B and roll away (larks slide, robins roll)

2) Bal the ring, spin or slide right one place in ring (aka petronella)

3-4) N's bal (or dsd) & sw

5) 1/2 Pousette with partner around current neighbors, larks moving forward

6) with new N's, balance the ring and petronella

7-8) P's bal (or dsd) & swing Note

Everyone now progressed but on the opposite side from which they started.

Next cycle through the gets dancers back to their starting with

5) 1/2 Pousette with partner around next neighbors, robins moving forward One could also describe this dance's zigzag progression by explaining that couples starting in the larks'/robins' line progress down/up the set A zigzag progression has dancers progression either to the top or bottom of the set, but with each cycle of the dance leaving dancers in the opposite line from which they started. Ron Buchanan came up with this idea for Becket dances some years ago. Starting the dance on phrase 5, I think makes the dance switch between proper and improper.