T.B.C. Trio (Texas Boys Choir Trio)

Formation: Lines of three people facing lines of three people in a wagon spoke formation around the hall. NOTE: Lines facing counter-clockwise are #1 lines, while lines facing clockwise are #2 lines. Dancers on the outer end of each line are leaders.
Music: “Auld Lang Syne” on Grenn 12059 or “America the Beautiful” on Gold Star 715

Download RTF file: T.B.C. Trio

Prompts:
Intro or
57-64   – – 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 (ends) Star Right;
33-40   – – – -; – – Centers DoSaDo;
41-48   – – – -; – – Forward and Back;
49-56   – – – -; – – Pass Thru and Bow;
57-64   – – Leader #1; lead lines around the opposite three;

Description:
  1-16   The outside dancers in the lines facing counter-clockwise around the hall are leaders #1. They lead their lines around the opposite three.
17-32   The outside dancers in the lines facing clockwise around the hall are leaders #2. They lead their lines around the opposite three.

33-40   The end four dancers make a Right Hand Star. The center dancers step back out of the way a little.
41-48   The center dancers Dosado with each other.
49-56   Lines of three walk Forward and Back.
57-64   Pass Thru the facing line of three and move on to a new line of three.

Choreography by: Bob Howell
Source: Printed in Dancing For Busy People, page 217. Also printed in CDP Journal, December 1994.
Usage: This 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.

Background: This dance was written by Bob Howell for a workshop with the boys choir many years ago. The event was The Littlest Wiseman, a play pageant sponsored by Howard and Mary D. Walsh in Fort Worth, Texas every December for more than twenty years.

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