Annotation:Three around Three
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THREE AROUND THREE. AKAand see “Pleasures of the Town (5).” English, Morris Dance Tune (2/4 time). England, Cheshire. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Three around Three is a dance and dance figure the occurs in several country dances, and the tune takes its name from association with the dance. The original name may have been "Pleasures of the Town," perhaps n association Henry Fielding's playThe Author’s Farce and the Pleasures of the Town (1730). It is also associated with a North West morris dance from Marston, Cheshire, and as one of the vehicles for the Rochdale Coconut Dance. English collector Reg Hall is said to have introduced the tune to 20th century trad. musicians.
THREE AROUND THREE: three gents face three ladies.
Top Lady pulls line of LADIES ROUND GENTS.
Top gent pulls line of GENTS ROUND LADIES line.
Top couple CAST to middle place, & SWING partner.
Then they RIGHT-hand-STAR with couple above them (old 2nds),
(No Left-hand-star back.) then Tops dive under ARCH of 3rd couple .
