AIOFE  THREE  STEP
       © 2008    Larry E.Taylor

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    This non-progressive, sixteen-bar, two hand dance is to begin with partners side-by-side 
              (gent on the left) in a ring around the perimeter of the dance area; the line of dance
              is anticlockwise; the dance is also danced-free in the available space as others
              dance the same or another jig pattern.
    SET FORMATION Change places:  remember the right-rear principle when partners change places;
              namely, the dancer moving to the right, dances to the rear of his / her partner.
    SET FORMATION This two hand dance is also known as THREE STEP.   Sometimes reels are played.
    SET FORMATION Gents begin forward on the left foot and ladies begin forward on the right foot except
              as shown below.
    SET FORMATION Bar counts (quantities of measures) for patterns are shown in bold.
    SET FORMATION Documentation is based upon a workshop taught by Gerard Butler in Chicago,
              Illinois USA on January 14, 2006.
    SET FORMATION Edition of December 25, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com 
 
  SET  FORMATION   JIGS (Variable BARS)
All couples: REPEAT "MARKER" holding inside hands, dance forward 1-2-3-kick; gents start on left foot,
          ladies start on right foot); [this is a set dance step as might be danced
          for the jig figure of the Caledonian Set]2;
partners change places (see heading) 1-2-3-kick (gents start on right foot,
          ladies start on left foot -- the kicking feet)2;
partners change places again 1-2-3-kick (gents start on left foot,
          ladies start on right foot)2;
take inside hands again and dance backward 1-2-3-kick2;
staying near one another, partners turn out from one another (gents anticlockwise,
          ladies clockwise), dancing (not walking)2;
take crossed hands (rights on top) and dance in-place2;
take waltz hold and dance at home, making one revolution4;
repeat from   REPEAT "MARKER"   as desired.

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