hook: dip & dive, roll away progression
by: Rick Mohr
formation: triplet
ones improper, twos & threes proper (though it isn't imperative to begin that way, as the A1 resets to this)
| A1 | 16 | partners balance & swing - ones face down, others face up
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| A2 | 16 | dip and dive, 6 changes - inside couple arch, turn as a couple on the ends
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| B1 | 0 | top two couples form a ring of four
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| 4 | balance in a ring of four
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay - top two ladles from left to right along the set
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| 0 | all form a ring of six
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| 4 | balance in a ring of six
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away next neighbors (bottom two with neighbor along the set, top with partner across the set)
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| B2 | 4 | balance in a ring of six
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| 12 | circle left 6 places ⁋
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http://rickmohr.net/Contra/Dances.asp#RicksTriplet1:
Ted Sannella wrote many wonderful triplets and popularized the formation for contra dancers. The best triplets give a short intimate dancing experience with a zesty all-moving contra feel and the added variety of 3-couple figures.
A2's "dip and dive" starts with couples 1 and 2 trading places, couple 1 ducking under couple 2's arch. Then couples 1 and 3 trade places, couple 1 arching over couple 3, while couple 2 does a California twirl at the top. Then couple 3 arches over couple 2 while couple 1 does a California twirl at the bottom. After 6 such changes everyone is back home. (This figure works best if the preceding dance had a California twirl so everyone can do it smoothly!)
In B1, couple 1 moves to the middle during the first roll away and to the bottom during the second roll away. In both rollaways the ladles move to their right while the gentlespoons move to their left.
In terms of the original numbering, once through the dance leaves the couples in a 2, 3, 1 sequence.
Video: Rick Mohr & Crowfoot at Au Contraire 2011, Atlanta GA