This is dance #15340 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Now We Are Three

by Mike Richardson

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Becket
Progression: Single
Direction: CW

Figures:

A1

(8) In long lines, go forward and back

(8) Hey 1/2 (WR;NL;MR;PL)

A2

(5) In a line of four, go down the hall (M2-W2-W1-M1)

(4) "Tag the line": as couples, trade while facing down; individually, turn alone

(5) In a line of four, go up the hall (W1-M1-M2-W2)

(2) Bend the line

B1

(8) Circle left 1

(2) Shift left

(6) Woman one and man two do-si-do [with N2]

B2

(4) Partner balance

(12) Partner swing

Calling Notes:

For tag the line, right-hand couple goes in front.

"Written on 5/7/94, in honor of my wife and our 6 month-old son, with whom we shared our 18th wedding anniversary that year. "

For the do-si-do, the author likes to prompt/teach it "The ones in tow, do-si-do". "As the couples slide up or down the set one position, that slide is led by the man on one side, and by the woman on the other side of the set. The person following is the "one in tow", and their partners can give them a nice bit of weight to send them into the center to dosido."
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