This is dance #3361 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Menage a Trois {Sicilian alternate}

by Al Olson

Permission: full

FormationBase: Three Facing Three
FormationDetail: Sicilian Circle
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(3) Pass through along (NR)

(5) Right hand high and left hand low

(3) Pass through along (NR)

(5) Right hand high and left hand low

A2

(4) Opposite neighbor balance

(12) Opposite neighbor swing; return to place

B1

(8) [All six] Circle left 1/2

(8) In lines of three, go forward and back

B2

(16) Partners basket swing

Calling Notes:

Men face counterclockwise, women clockwise. All with same-role trios.

A2 neighbor is original opposite.
Appearances: Give-and-Take, p 161