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Trim the Sails

Chris Suckett and Brooke Friendly 2005
Triple Minor Longways
Tune: Trim the Sails

Al 1-2 Partners pass R shoulder and loop left to face around circle CCW
   3-4 All no-hands circle halfway round to end facing partner
A2 1-2 Partners pass L-shoulder and loop right to face around circle CW
   3-4 All no-hands circle halfway round to end home facing partner
   
BI 1-4 All circle 6-hands to left and back to right (slipping)
B2 1-2 Is cast into 2nd place
   3-4 New lines of 3 (with hands) go forward and back (1s with new 2s and 3s below)

Music: The Wishing Well, a traditional Irish slip jig
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spjLsALriso
Teaching points:
The partner passes in the A part are curvy.
In the A part, the 2s are the anchor for the figure. They end home at the end of each A and can help the other dancers (who end Al proper and at other end of line) go the correct distance around the circle
The pessimist complains about the wind, an optimist hopes it will change, and a pragmatist trims the sails. William Arthur Ward

ins_trim_the_sails.txt · Last modified: 2024/04/26 01:43 by mar4uscha