The Oklahoma Trio Mixer is an easy mixer for sets of three, described by the Folk Dance Federation of California in 1960.
The Folk Dance Federation description notes that it's an adaptation of the Oklahoma Mixer as danced in California since the 1940s.
There are several closely related dances that are called the Texas Schottische, or Texas Schottische for Three .
Three dancers, all side by side, facing LOD.
The outside people takes the middle person's closest hand in the outside hands, then join their inside hands behind the middle person's back.
Part I - Two-Step Forward (2 bars): Everyone starting left foot, do a full two-step forward along LOD: step, close, step with left foot, then step, close step with right foot (1-and-2, 3-and-4)
Part II - Promenade (2 bars): Four slow steps forward along LOD (5, 6, 7, 8).
Part III - Heel, Toe, Send Out (2 bars): Touch heel forward (1), touch toe closed (2), then, letting go of inside hands, the left partner does half of a right-turning two-step to face against LOD as the right partner does half of a left-turning two-step to face against LOD, and the middle partner steps in place (3-and-4).
Part IV - Heel, Toe, Change Partners (2 bars): Touch heel forward (5), touch toe closed (5), then everyone two-steps forward to form a new trio, the middle person progressing along LOD as the outside partners progress against LOD.
Take original position and orientation with new trio, and repeat from the beginning.
The recommended music is "any good American schottische."
In the video above, we used "Dibs" by Kelsea Ballerini.
© 2019 Nick Enge
For more dance descriptions, see our three books on dancing:
The Book of Mixers: 100 Easy-Teach Dances for Getting Acquainted (2022) by Richard Powers and Nick & Melissa Enge,
Cross-Step Waltz: A Dancer's Guide (2019) by Richard Powers and Nick & Melissa Enge, and
Waltzing: A Manual for Dancing and Living (2013) by Richard Powers and Nick Enge.
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