Three’s Greet

Formation: Lines of three people facing lines of three people arranged in a big circle like spokes of a wheel. This works best when there are at least 18 dancers.
Music: “When You and I Were Young Maggie” on Grenn 15010, or any strongly phrased music.

Download RTF file: Three’s Greet

Prompts:
Intro or
57-64   – – – -; Walk two, Stamp, Stamp, Stamp;
    1-8   Back up two, Clap three; – Walk and Stamp;
  9-16   Back up and Clap; All six Circle Left;
17-24   – – – -; Same six Circle Right;
25-32   – – – -; – – Centers Dosado;

33-40   – – – -; – – Ends Dosado;
41-48   – – – -; Everybody Forward and Back;
49-56   – – – -; Pass Thru on to the next;
57-64   – – – -; Walk two and Stamp three;

Description:
    1-8   Dancers in lines of three walk toward each other two steps. Everyone stamps their feet quickly three times in two beats of music. Dancers in lines back up two steps. Everyone quickly claps their hands three times in two beats.
  9-16   All six dancers join hands and Circle to the Left for eight beats.
17-24   All six dancers Circle Right back to their original place in eight beats.
25-32   The center dancers in each line Dosado with the center dancer they are facing.
33-40   The end dancers in each line Dosado with the end dancer they are facing.
41-48   The dancers in lines of three walk forward three steps and touch then back up three steps and touch.
49-64   The lines Pass Thru (each dancer passes right shoulders by the dancer he/she is facing) and the lines move on around the big circle to meet the next trio.

Choreography by: Bob Howell, Ohio
Source: From Sharing A Treasury Of Dances, a slightly different version is printed in Dancing For Busy People, page 218
Usage: Trios allow dancers without partners to easily join in. This has a nice rhythmic
gimmick with the stamps and claps.

Triplet Version of Three’s Greet

Formation: Short contra lines of three people facing another line of three people.

Prompts:
Intro or
57-64   – – – -; – – Walk two, Stamp, Stamp, Stamp;
    1-8   Back up two, Clap three; – Walk and Stamp;
  9-16   Back up and Clap; All six Circle Left;
17-24   – – – -; Same six Circle Right;
25-32   – – – -; – – Centers Dosado;

33-40   – – – -; – – Ends Dosado;
41-48   – – – -; Everybody Forward and Back;
49-56   – – – -; Tops Pass Thru and go to other bottom;
57-64   – – – -; Walk two and Stamp three;

Description:
57-64   Just the two dancers at the top of each line Pass Thru with each other and go down the outside of the opposite line to its bottom position. The other dancers move up.

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