Threesy Does It

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THREESY DOES IT (S3x32) 3C Triangular Set Donald Wilson Cambridge Scottish Society 75 Years

1- 6 1s cross down LH to dance ½ reels of 3 (1M+3L pass LSh, 1L+2M pass RSh), Bar 3: 1s pass LSh to swap reels. All end in original places
7- 8 All turn partners 2H and face partner
9-16 All dance Poussette for 3 couples: couples move independently round the set and end Men facing in, Ladies facing out
17-32 All dance Schiehallion reels moving 4 places, ending 1 place anticlockwise from start. 231

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)

Dance Notes

9-16 Think clockface:
1s (top) start at 12 o'clock and move to 9, 6, 3 back to 12
2s move from 4 to 1, 10, 7 back to 4
3s move from 8 to 5, 2, 11 back to 8

(Dance notes by the deviser, Donald Wilson)

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