OK - I give in!
Here's the result of my tinkering with Dr Fauster's Tumblers.

Three couple set.
Thumping, gallumphing step throughout.

A 1: First man faces second woman, 2nd man faces third woman.
       First woman and third man stand idle.
       Bar 1 - stamp left foot 3 times
       Bar 2 - stamp right foot three times
       Bars 3 & 4 - turn single to the left - i.e.twizzle on the spot
       Bars 5 - 8 - back to back/ do-si-do with the person you were facing.
A 2: First woman faces second man, 2nd woman faces third man
       First man and third woman stand idle
       As A 1
B 1: First couple give right hands to each other and change places, go round 
behind second couple,
       who then move up into first couple's place and stay there.
      First couple left hands to each other in the middle, cross over and go 
down behind third couple,
      who then move up into the second couple's place and stay there.
      First couple up the middle from the bottom, cast down the outside to 
the bottom, and stay there.
B 2: all swing

If it's a triple minor longways, the threes stay at the bottom in B 1, and 
the first couple finish
their move by casting into the middle, not to the bottom.

Have fun!

John Kirkpatrick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M. Kiff" <mgk@webfeet.co.uk>
To: <eceilidh@netservs.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [eceilidh] Qs....


> John Kirkpatrick 2 wrote:
>
>> As I was on a bit of a mission at the time, I made it back into a triple 
>> minor dance, trying not to leave the second and third couples standing 
>> idle for too long, and successfully bunged it into a few ceilidhs.
>> As long as people are patient enough to listen to the lengthy explanation 
>> of the shape of the dance, it's glorious.
>
> How did that go? It seems the original description
> 
> http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/Dance/images/Play5853.gif
> left the threes just standing in the set to give the first couple 
> something to dance round 8-/
>
> I just remember the 3 couple version (from an Anchor, long ago... and far 
> better)
>
>> If not, I do it as a three couple set dance and alter the progression to 
>> suit.
>> A lot of today's three couple dances started life as triple longways.
>
> Go on, tell us more :-)
>
> Regards,
>  Martin
>
>
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