Prenes a Gard for 3

Music

Original Text:

A Doble Trace.

After the end of the trace: the first man lepe, the second lepe, the third torne.
Then the last lepe, the second lepe, the first torne.
The first lepe, the last lepe the medill torne.
Then the medill forth 3 singlis with half a torne whill the first and the last retrett.
Then the first torne, the last lepe.
Then the medill man throth whill the first and the last change places and the medill to his place agayne.
Then the first turne, retrett and rake, whill the 2nd turne, rake and retrett, and the third retret, rak and torne.
Then al at onys a flowrdilice and com togedere.

Interpretation

Piva (Trace)

A1	1 - 4	All 3 together wherever you want P P P P (left, right, left, right).
A2	1 - 4	P P P P (left, right, left, right).
A3	1 - 4	P P P P (left, right, left, right) to finish in a line side by side with the 1st dancer on the left hand end of the line.

Piva (figure 1)

B1	1	1st dancer Jump
	2	2nd dancer Jump.
	3 - 4	3rd dancer Vt anti-clockwise in PP (left, right)
B2	1	3rd dancer Jump.
	2	2nd dancer Jump.
	3 - 4	1st dancer Vt anti-clockwise in PP (left, right).
B3	1	1st dancer Jump.
	2	3rd dancer Jump.
	3 - 4	2nd dancer Vt anti-clockwise in PP (left, right).

It also works well if the turns by 1 & 3 are out from the set.

Piva (figure 2)

C1 C2	1 - 2 1	1st dancer and 3rd dancer retreat SSS (left, right, left). 2nd dancer forward SSS (left, right, left).
C2	2	1st dancer Vt anti-clockwise in P (right). 2nd dancer Mv in P (right), 3rd dancer Jump.
C3	1 - 2	Passing left shoulders dancer 1 & 3 exchange places while dancer 2 moves back into his place between them in PP (left, right). [A shallow triangle all facing in works well].

Piva (figure 3)

1 - 4

1st dancer Vt anti-clockwise in PP (left, right) to face as at the beginning of figure 2, retreat S (left), S sideways (right).
2nd dancer Vt anti-clockwise in PP (left, right) to face as at the beginning of figure 2, S sideways (right, note change of foot), retreat S (right).
3rd dancer retreat S (left), S sideways (right), Vt in PP (left, right) to face the same way as the other two.

Piva (figure 4)

E1
F1

1 - 2
1

All Fleur de lys (left) [S sideways left, S sideways right, S forwards]

Alternative Opening

Piva (Trace)

A1	1 - 4	All 3 together wherever you want P P P P (left, right, left, right).
A2	1 - 4	P P P P (left, right, left, right).
A3	1 - 4	P P P P (left, right, left, right) to finish in single file.

Piva (figure 1)

B1	1	1st dancer Jump.
	2	2nd dancer Jump.
	3 - 4	3rd dancer Vt anti-clockwise in PP (left, right) to finish facing to the right of the other two.
B2	1	3rd dancer Jump.
	2	2nd dancer Jump.
	3 - 4	1st dancer Vt anti-clockwise in PP (left, right) to finish facing the same way as dancer 3.
B3	1	1st dancer Jump.
	2	3rd dancer Jump.
	3 - 4	2nd dancer Vt anti-clockwise in PP (left, right) to finish facing the same way as the other two.

You are now in a line side by side with the 1st dancer at the left hand end of the line.