Trios
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Alternate Trios
Ken Kernen
Formation: Lines of three people facing lines of three
people in a wagon spoke formation around the hall.
Record: Lloyd Shaw LS 194 or Folkcraft 1501 "Dashing
White Sergeant"
Prompts
Intro - - - -, Circle to the Left
1-8 - - - -, - - Circle Right
9-16 - - - -, - Centers only DoSaDo
17-24 - - - -, - Ends only DoSaDo
25-32 - - - Centers, Turn one on the right by the Right
33-40 - - - Centers, Turn one on the left by the Left
41-48 - - - -, Lines of three go Forward & Back
49-56 - - - -, Pass Thru go onto the next
57-64 - - - -, Join hands & Circle to the Left
Description
1-8 The two lines of three join hands for a circle
of six and Circle Left.
9-16 All Circle Right to original facing positions.
17-24 The center person in each line of three will DoSaDo
the center person in the opposite line.
25-32 The end people in the lines of three will DoSaDo
the facing person in the opposite line.
33-40 The center person in the line of three turn the person
on their right with a Right Hand Around.
41-48 The center person turn the person on the opposite
end of their threesome with a Left Hand Around.
49-56 Facing lines of three go Forward & Back.
57-64 Pass Thru the facing line of three and walk forward
to the next line of three.
Theil's Trio
Jack Theil
Formation: Lines of three facing counterclockwise around the room.
Record: Lloyd Shaw LS E-17 or LS 3323 "Phrase Craze"
Prompts
Intro - - - -, Walk forward 8 steps
1-8 - - - -, - - Back up 4 &
9-16 Clap your hands, stamp your feet, turn the right hand person Right
Hand Around
17-24 - - - -, Turn left hand person Left Hand Around
25-32 - - On to the next, walk forward 8 steps
Description
1-8 The lines of three people walk forward 8 steps
counterclockwise around the hall.
9-16 The lines of three back up 4 steps, clap your own
hands 3 times quickly in 2 beats of music and then stamp your feet 3 times
quickly in 2 beats of music.
17-24 The center person will Arm Turn the person on their
right with a Right Hand Around
25-32 The center person will turn the person on the left
end of the line with a Left Hand Around and then move forward to join the
next line.
Note: In this dance everyone is facing the same direction (counterclockwise)
around the hall. On the Left Arm Turn and move onto the next (counts 25-32),
the end dancers need to take short steps to allow the center dancers to
easily catch up with them and join the new line of three. A fun variation
is to have the two outside people join inside hands as the center person
moves up to the next trio. The previous center person must then choose to
join one end or the other of the new line. The result will be a new center
person each time.
Do-Ci-Dizzy
Bob Howell
Formation: Lines of three people facing lines of three
people in a wagon spoke formation around the hall.
Record: Kalox 1112 "Colonel Bogie March"
Prompts
Intro - - - -, All six Circle Left 8 steps
1-8 - - - -, Circle Right to home
9-16 - - - -, DoSaDo the opposite
17-24 - - - -, Right ends DoSaDo
25-32 - - - -, Left ends DoSaDo
33-40 - - - -, Lines of three DoSaDo
41-48 - - - -, - - - -
49-56 - - - -, Half way more & onto the next
57-64 - - - -, All six Circle Left
Description
1-8 The six people in the two lines of three join
hands and Circle Left.
9-16 Circle Right back to home position.
25-32 The people in each line DoSaDo the person in the
opposite line.
33-40 The right end people in facing lines DoSaDo.
41-48 The left end people in facing lines DoSaDo
41-56 The people in each line of three hook adjacent elbows
with each other and the entire line of three DoSaDo the opposite line of
three.
56-64 Continue the DoSaDo until the lines of three are
back to back once more and then move on to the next line of three.
Note: The three person DoSaDo, as a bunch, is a real crowd pleaser. This
dance is a good example of how people can be entertained with very few basic
moves. The entire dance uses only two basics.
The T.B.C. in the title stands for the Texas
Boys Choir. The dance was written by Bob Howell for a workshop with the
boys choir many years ago where the boys were introduced to dancing. The
event was The Littlest Wiseman, a play pagant sponsored by Howard and Mary
D. Walsh in Ft. Worth, Texas every December for the last tweny some years.
It is a very good dance for beginners and where you have a majority of one
sex. It also makes a very nice theme dance for any special dance party.
With the right music, even the most avid square dancer will get-in-the-mood.
T.B.C. Trio
Bob Howell
Formation: Lines of three people facing lines of three
people in a wagon spoke formation around the hall.
Record: Grenn 16018 "Auld Lang Syne" or Gold
Star 715 "America the Beautiful"
Prompts
Intro - - Leader #1, lead lines around the opposite three
1-8 - - - -, - - - -
9-16 - - Leader #2, lead lines around the opposite three
17-24 - - - -, - - - -
25-32 - - - -, The four corners Star Right
33-40 - - - -, Centers DoSaDo
41-48 - - - -, - - Forward & Back
49-56 - - - -, - - Pass Thru & bow
57-64 - - Leader #1, lead lines around the opposite three
Description
1-16 The outside person in the lines facing counterclockwise
around the hall is leader #1. They lead their lines around the opposite
three.
17-32 The outside person in the lines facing clockwise
around the hall is leader #2. They lead their lines around the opposite
three.
33-40 The end four people make a Right Hand Star. The center
people will have to step back out of the way a little.
41-48 The center people DoSaDo the facing center person
in the opposite line.
49-56 Lines of three walk Forward & Back.
57-64 Pass Thru the facing line of three and move onto
a new line of three.
This dance was adapted by Bob Howell from a dance
used by Irvin "Toots" Tousignant. The rotation of the dancers
gives each person the opportunity to be the center person as the dance sequence
repeats.
Toots' Trio
Bob Howell
Formation: Lines of three people facing lines of three
people in a wagon spoke formation around the hall.
Record: TNT 107 "Freight Train"
Prompts
Intro - - - -, Circle 6 to the Left
1-8 - - - -, - - - -
9-16 - - - -, Center people DoSaDo
17-24 - - - -, With the diagonal right DoSaDo
25-32 - - - -, With the diagonal left DoSaDo
33-40 Left end slide right, everybody Forward & Back
41-48 - - - -, Single File Promenade to the right
49-56 - - - -, On to the next & face right
57-64 - - - -, Circle 6 to the Left
Description
1-16 The two lines of three join hands and Circle
Left all the way back to the original facing position.
17-24 The center people DoSaDo the center person in the
opposite line.
25-32 The center dancer DoSaDo the end dancer diagonally
to the right and in the opposite line
33-40 The center dancer DoSaDo the end dancer diagonally
to the left and in the opposite line. The DoSaDo finishes with the left
end person sliding to the right to become the center person in the line
as the previous center person backs up into the left hand person's vacated
slot.
41-48 The lines of three go Forward & Back
49-64 Each line of three face right and Single File Promenade
around the opposite three and onto a new line of three to finish with another
right face turn to face the new line of three. This move swaps the ends
of the lines.
