{"request":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/contradance\/thecallersbox\/dance.php?format=JSON&id=17263","download_date":"2026-04-20T00:25:52+00:00","ID":"17263","Name":"Beneficial Distancing","Authors":["Don Veino"],"InterpretedBy":[],"Permission":"full","Status":"","BasedOn":[],"FormationBase":"Singlet","FormationDetail":"Facing partner","Progression":"None","Direction":"","Mixer?":"","Virtual?":"Yes","PhraseStructure":"","Music":[],"Tunes":[],"phrases":[{"name":"A1","figures":["(4) Partner balance (RH)","(4) Partner box the gnat; shout \"Woo!\"","(4) Partner balance (LH)","(4) Partner swat the flea; shout \"Woo!\""]},{"name":"A2","figures":["(16) Partner turn contra corners [with phantoms]"]},{"name":"B1","figures":["(4) Partner balance","(12) Partner swing; face down"]},{"name":"B2","figures":["(8) Partner figure eight 1\/2 down [with phantoms]","(4) Partner lead down","(4) Cast up"]}],"CallingNotes":["The intent of the A1 is to be simiilar to the folk-processed version of \"Beneficial Tradtiion\" by Dan Pearl -- on the last beat of the pull-by, dancers raise their free hand up in the air and shout \"Woo!\"."],"Appearances":[{"source":"email"}],"OtherNames":[],"Videos":[],"VirtualVideos":[],"VariantVideos":[],"VariantVirtualVideos":[]}