Teaching Resource for TRIPLE SCOOT
Updated: August 2026
Links: Standard – Analyze – Module – Teach – Other – Extend
CALLERLAB Program: Plus
Teaching Order: After Three-Quarter Thru
Recently taught calls: Spin Chain the Gears, Grand Swing Thru
Background: Triple Scoot was created by “Frannie” Heintz from Monson, Massachusetts and Manny Amor from Lakewood, New Jersey in 1971. It was in the Mainstream Plus list printed in American Square Dance Magazine about 1976. By 1980 it was in the Plus One list. It was removed from the Plus list during the Bi-annual review in 1997 and was placed in Advanced One. During the 2021 Triennial Review it was returned to Plus.
Definition:
Starting formation: Columns
Dance action: The #1 dancers Column Circulate while all others 1/2 Column Circulate (“Grand Extend”), Arm Turn 1/2, and step forward (“Grand Extend”).
Ending formations: Columns of the same handedness as at the start.
From Left-Hand Column, the Arm Turn is left-handed and the ending formation is left-handed.
“Double Scoot” is used for Columns of 6 dancers.
Timing: 6
Facing Couples or Ocean Wave Rule: Neither rule applies
Link to Taminations: Taminations Triple Scoot