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Billingsdale Pattern

by Chip Hendrickson

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FormationBase: Doublet
FormationDetail: Becket; Column of four (M1-W1-W2-M2)
Progression: Single
Mixer?: Yes

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Calling Notes:

Starts with women back-to-back in middle, facing partner

(Second time through, B2 allemande 1 & 3/4 until men are in center.)
(Third and fourth time through, men allemande instead of women in B2.)
Appearances: Zesty Contras, p 81
Mikeside Management, vol 1997, no Apr, p 7
New England Caller, vol 1979, no May, p 90
Sets in Order, vol 1981, no 2, p 30