Two's Company - Three's A Crowd 3x32 S

I taught this in class after a couple of other dances with La Barrat in them. In fact here in San Francisco there has been quite a discussion about how to do the hands in that figure. I tried to clearly and fairly teach it with the handing you describe which is in contrast to the original description given and taught by Drewry but which is in keeping with one of our dancer’s strongly held views on the matter. Nevertheless while the class enjoyed the dance quite a bit, they almost unanimously preferred the ‘hook’ grip.

In this dance, I suggest one ought to at least point out that the directions given with this dance are different than the description of the figure originally published with The Haggis Tree and MicMac Rotary.

It is a fun dance, but a good one to build up to since it consists entirely of three less common figures.

In my experience, dancers who "get" the handing described by Holly prefer it. However, for many, it seems to be just one thing too many to remember, and the figure certainly works without it.

My understanding of the history is that the handing given above was discovered by Georgina Finlay after La Barratte had been introduced, and achieved some popularity, and that John Drewy thought it a good idea when he was shown it.

I would like the description of the formation "La Baratte" specific to the dance "Stanford Swing". I did it some time ago and when I went to teach it to my class as per memory (?!) they weren’t in the right place for the next part! Help!