THE TRIUMPH

Triple Minor-Set.

MUSICMOVEMENTS
A1“The Triumph” with first couple and second man. Fig.9 (p.32).
A2“The Triumph” with second couple and first man. Fig.10 (p.33).
BFirst couple leads down the middle and back again. Fig.4 (p.29).
CFirst and second couples swing and cast one (progressive). Fig.3 (p.29).

The conventional walking step, in minim beats, is used throughout, except in the “swing” and “leading back again” which are danced to the following step:


Although Cecil Sharp saw this danced as a triple-minor dance the threes never do anything, so in the Graded Series he suggests dancing it as a duple-minor dance, and casting past two standing dancers in the opening Triumph figure.

Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart