TURNING BY THREES (circle for three couples) Gary Roodman, NIB, tune Tourner a Trois by Paul Machlis. Meter: 3/4 Key: G? A: 1-4: Taking hands, circle left (two bars) and then turn single left (two bars). 5-8: Taking hands, circle right and turn single right. 9-12: Partners go back to back (plenty of time) into 13-16: Two changes of R&L with hands (quick), right hand all the way with the next person, into .. B: 1-4: Men left hand star once round (back to this new place) 5-8: Women right hand star once round 9-10: Men to the center with two single steps (step close, step close) 11-12: As men fall back, women dance into the center 13-16: Women look over right shoulder and gypsy with this _new_ man, about 1.25 times around, back into the circle. Teaching point 1: At the end of the A, women should assist men into the left hands across. Teaching point 2: In B 11-12, just as the women are about to go into the center, they should look at the man on their right - he's their next partner, the one they will gypsy with shortly.