[Callers] Re: 3-facing-3 dances / triplets w/o contra corners

Hi Louise, Ted's Triplet #3 is one of my favourites. It is also an excellent example of blurring the genre boundaries. For the standard description see: https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/ted_sannella/teds_triplet_3.h tml It was written by Ted as a dance for a contra evening. It may be worth noting that, back in the mid-20th century, in some areas, the evening was a square dance evening that included a few contras. Those sessions then evolved into contra dance evenings that included a few squares. Circle mixers and triplets were also standard at those events. I love evenings with variety, so it is sad, in some ways, that those evenings then evolved into relentless Modern Urban Contra Dances, excluding all other formations. But, you could write Ted's Triplet #3 like this: A1: Right Hands Across; Left Hands Across A2: Top Couple Half Figure Eight through the Bottom Couple and back to place B1: Dip & Dive as in Grimstock B2: #1s Cast to the Bottom, All Partner Two-Hand Turn It is then 100% an ECD that could have been written in 1650. But it is exactly the same dance. I call it nine time through. First three: ECD style to a Playford tune (Two-Hand Turn) Second three: Ceilidh style to a Ceilidh tune (Ceilidh Symmetrical Swing) Third three: Contra style to a lively Contra tune (Ballroom Hold Buzz-Step Swing) Great fun! Note: for more on replacing the Swing with a Two-Hand Turn see http://contrafusion.co.uk/SwingTwoHandTurn.html             Happy dancing,                    John John Sweeney, Dancer, England   john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574 http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music Ceilidhs http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs