Triplets don't have to be longways, they can also be in circles. This one usually goes down well:
Gypsy A Trois (by John Sweeney) Three Couples in a Circle A1: Circle Left One Place; Balance the Ring Three Men DosiAll A2: Circle Left One Place; Balance the Ring Three Ladies DosiAll B1: Partner Allemande Left to Three Ladies' Gypsy in the middle WHILE Men Single File Promenade CCW outside B2: Meet your Partner (second time, at home): Partner Allemande Left (full Allemande to the person who started opposite you) This Neighbour Swing - this is your new Partner x3 should take you home (at least to your original partner, if not the exact spot on the dance-floor!). Details of exactly what a DosiAll is, and how to teach it, are below, with this standard contra dance that uses it. DosiAll (by John Sweeney) Contra; Becket A1: Circle Right Half Way; Balance the Ring DosiAll A2: Circle Left Half Way; Balance the Ring DosiAll B1: Partner Balance & Swing B2: On the Left Diagonal: Half Hey - Ladies lead by Right Shoulder Half Promenade back across to your own side and flow into the Circle Right The DosiAll is a Dosido for all four people simultaneously. Teaching: First you get the two men to Dosido. Then you get the two ladies to Dosido. Then you get all four to do a four-person Gypsy. Then you say "OK, now I want you all to do the Dosido simultaneously. You are going to follow the track you walked in the Gypsy, but you are doing a Dosido. Go slightly to your left as you start forwards so that you don't crash." Once they get the basic idea you can get them spinning counterclockwise in the Dosidos - it is even better if all four spin. Warn them to check the speed of the person in front and adjust so they don't catch up. The Balance the Ring is to synchronise the start of the DosiAll. It means all four people start forwards at the same time. Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England j...@modernjive.com 01233 625 362 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
