This is dance #11125 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

by Luke Donforth

Permission: full

FormationBase: Other Longways
FormationDetail: Six Facing Six; Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(4) [Groups of four] Balance ring

(4) Men give-and-take opposite neighbor

(8) Opposite neighbor swing

A2

(8) In lines of six, go forward and back while [middle group of four] neighbor roll away (W roll L, M side-step R); all face neighbor swung in A1

(8) Hey for twelve 1/3 (R;L;R;L;R;L;R;L) (across the set)

B1

(8) New neighbor right shoulder round

(8) Neighbor swing

B2

(4) Women give-and-take partner

(12) Partner swing

Calling Notes:

In the A2, the middle man only rolls away the person he just swung.

During the long lines: For the very end people, the new neighbor to be swung in the B1 is the opposite-role person in the middle of the line of six. The hey is done in that line of six.

Lines of three couples finish 2-3-1
Appearances: website Donforth archive
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