The figure starts with the dancers in the following positions:
5 6 3 4 1 2
All dancers face the center.
Bars 1-4: First triangle dance in on beats 1-2, jump up in the air with sticks held high and shouting “Ho!” on beat 3 (turning 60º to land on the “and” after beat 3, and turning another 60º on beat 4). Dancers are now in the next position around the first triangle.
Meanwhile, second triangle back up on beats 1-4, then come in on beats 5-6, jump up in the air with their sticks held high on beat 7 (turning 60º to land on the “and” after beat 7, and turning another 60º on beat 8). Dancers are now in the next position around the second triangle.
Repeat on bars 5-8 with first triangles backing up and second triangles coming in.
Repeat on bars 9-12 with first triangles backing up and second triangles coming in.
Repeat on bars 13-16 with second triangles backing up and first triangles coming in.
At the end of the figure, the dancers are in the following positions:
1 3 2 5 4 6
All dancers have shifted one position counterclockwise within their own triangle. (Alternatively, you can think of it as the entire set of six having rotated two positions counterclockwise.)
