BENEFICIAL TRADITION 
by Dan Pearl (via Deborah Hyland)
Becket - Becket - Becket
(Hard)

Form:IC: Fig:WAL,BTW,PS;CL.75,NS;Wch,LLF&B;ZIPPER:

A1: Women allemande left 1x to a wavy line of 4 (4)
    Balance the wave (4)
    Partners swing, open facing in

A2: Circle left 3/4 (6)
    Neighbor swing (10), open facing in

B1: Ladies chain (8) [over, not back]
    Long lines (8)

B2: [ZIPPER]
    Straight across, pull by left (4)
    On the right diagonal, pull by right (4)
    Straight across, pull by left (4)
    On the right diagonal, pull by right (4) 

DEBORAH SEZ:

* You are never really out at the top of the set.

* If no one is there for the pull by, stay put. As in DO NOT MOVE, DO 
NOT FAKE IT. S T A Y   R I G H T   W H E R E   Y O U   A R E!

* In B2, the pull by left is with the opposite sex, the pull by right 
 is with the same sex.

* With uneven couples in the set, you get to dance with everyone, but 
 do have to sit out at the bottom

* When A1 comes around again, the women really need to reach for that 
 allemande.

Subnotes (stuff that I don't have on the card itself, but things to 
keep in mind): 

*This is a very fun dance to dance, and new callers love to attempt 
it. I've seen it really fall apart badly because the caller has 
misjudged the room, doesn't understand the end effects & can't really 
explain the zipper in B2. I'm not directing this at anyone on this 
list, just a warning.

*When teaching the zipper, you might try to having them *not* let go 
w/ the left hand the first time. It's pretty clear then that's 
there's only one way to turn w/o dislocating your shoulder & only one 
hand, the right, is free.

*It's not for beginners. On the other hand, I rarely call it at dance 
camps either because they're usually too crowded and by the time the 
crowd thins out, usually too brain dead :) On the zipper move, the 
dancers really stretch backwards & do a little jump on every 4th 
beat. In a crowded hall that can mean some pretty mean scrapes down 
the achilles tendon of the guy behind you.