{"request":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/contradance\/thecallersbox\/dance.php?format=JSON&id=17837","download_date":"2026-04-19T14:19:09+00:00","ID":"17837","Name":"Becket Foursomes #9","Authors":["Al Olson"],"InterpretedBy":[],"Permission":"full","Status":"","BasedOn":[],"FormationBase":"Four Facing Four","FormationDetail":"Entire hands-eight circle left 1\/4 to begin","Progression":"Single. Swap sides","Direction":"CW","Mixer?":"","Virtual?":"","PhraseStructure":"","Music":[],"Tunes":[],"phrases":[{"name":"A1","figures":["(4) Trail-buddy women allemande right 1\/2","(4) Balance wave of four (NL,WR)","(3) Opposite neighbor allemande left 3\/4","(2) Next N? neighbor allemande right 1\/2","(3) N2 opposite neighbor allemande left 1\/2"]},{"name":"A2","figures":["(8) Grand ladies chain to trail buddy [with N2]","(8) Grand ladies chain to N2 opposite neighbor"]},{"name":"B1","figures":["(8) [All eight] Circle left 1\/2 [with N2]","(8) N2 opposite neighbor swing; face across"]},{"name":"B2","figures":["(8) Trail-buddy men allemande left 1 & 1\/2","(8) Partner swing; face across"]}],"CallingNotes":["The numbering of neighbors is problematic in a becket four-face-four.","","In the A1, the first new neighbor is N2 for half the couples, and N1 for the other half.","The final neighbor is N2 for everyone -- remember in a four-face-four you have four people as neighbors, rather than just the two of an ordinary contra."],"Appearances":[{"source":"website Olson Becket foursomes","lo":"#page=11"}],"OtherNames":[],"Videos":[],"VirtualVideos":[],"VariantVideos":[],"VariantVirtualVideos":[]}