Sky's the Limit

By Rick Mohr; February 2025

Contra, Becket Caller's Box

Level: Intermediate

A1:

Gents allemande left 3/4 (to momentary long wave of gents) (4)

Gents allemande right 3/4 with next gent, while ladies step right (4)

Swing (current) neighbor (8)

A2:

(Face shadow across the set)

Half promenade with neighbor, with wide turn (to face partner in original foursome) (8)

Right and left through (8)

B1:

Half hey (ladies pass right shoulders to start) (8)

Ladies allemande right 3/4 (to momentary long wave of ladies) (4)

Ladies allemande left 3/4 with next lady, while gents step left (4)

B2:

Balance and swing partner (16)

An all-moving dance with good symmetry and flow, where gents and ladies in turn do a pair of allemandes through a momentary central wave.

Start by meeting your shadow, next to you on the side of the Becket set. You won't interact directly with them but they'll always be across from you after the A1 swing, and spotting them will help keep the sets lined up.

While the gents allemande in A1 the ladies step right, and swing their arriving (original) neighbor. End across from a new couple and half promenade with them, making a wide turn to return to original foursomes across from partner.

For Cecelia Tannous-Taylor — all around great fiddler, singer, and human, with unlimited sky.

Video: Rick Mohr with Eric Boodman and Larry Unger at a 2026 3rd Saturday Challenging Contra, Philadelphia PA: