Beneficial Triplet by Al Olson. A very nice one. -Chris Page San Diego
On Friday, May 8, 2015, jill allen via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Kalia, > > Since no one has mentioned it and to honor Larry Jennings, I will share > this triplet I love with a zipper! That is, I am pretty sure it's written > by Larry. Does anyone know the title? > Jill Allen > > Triplet (by Larry Jennings?) > proper > > A1 all pass ptr by RH > all who can, pass person on L diag by LH > all pass person straight across by RH > L diag by LH > A2 across by RH > L diag by LH > bal ptr, box the gnat > B1 B & S ptr ending proper > B2 bottom cpl lead up the middle, turn alone and lead back down the middle > cast with 2nd (now at bottom) cpl to end in 2nd place* > > *end: 33 > 11 > 22 > > > On May 3, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote: > > I just called a tiny dance last night, and went through several of my > triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we did to > old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed > them, so what the heck). I was grateful to have the few triplets I had, > and I'd like to expand my collection. The ones I used were Microchasmic, > David's Triplet #7 and Ted's Triplet #24, which all have distinctive bits > in them (contra corners, round two/drop through, and a cast to invert then > 1s lead up, respectively). I like triplets that have some choreographic > substance to them, something for the dancers to chew on. > > Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling? I get the > impression sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time > until the real dancing starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of > fun. And sometimes they can save your butt as a caller. > > We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets and > 3-couple English dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and Pride > of Dingle (for 9). For a short while we had 4 couples and did contras but > most of the evening was "other." Got any good dances for odd numbers? > > Kalia > > >
