Tunnel of Love

Formation: Proper Contra lines of 6 couples or less. (Men on the prompter’s right, Ladies on the prompter’s left.)
Music: “Tunnel of Love” on E-Z 722

Download RTF file: Tunnel of Love

Prompts:
Intro or
57-64   – – – -; Everybody Forward and Back;
    1-8   – – – -; All Pass Thru and turn alone;
  9-16   – – – -; Everybody Forward and Back;
17-24   – – – -; All Pass Thru and turn alone;
25-32   – – – -; Top Couple Sashay down the center of the set;

33-40   – – – -; Lady up the center and Gent up the outside;
41-48   – – – -; Gent down the center and Lady up the outside;
49-56   – – – -; Swing your partner at the foot of the set;
57-64   – – – -; Everybody Forward and Back;

Description:
    1-8   Long lines go Forward and Back in eight counts.
  9-16   Pass right sides with partner to cross the set in four steps and turn alone half around in four steps to end standing on the opposite side.
17-24   Long lines go Forward and Back again.
25-32   Dancers repeat counts 9-16 to return to their original place.

33-40   The top couples (nearest the prompter) join both hands and sashay down the center of the set to the foot. Sashay is a side, close, side, close, sequence. (Or the top couples join inside hands and strut down the center.)
41-48   The lady in the active couple dances up the center while the gent walks up the outside.
49-56   The gent in the active couple dances down the center while the lady walks down the outside.
57-64   The active couple Swings at the foot ending in their own line.

Choreography by: Jerry Helt, Cincinnati, Ohio
Source: Printed in Community Dance Program Handbook
Usage: This is a simple dance appropriate for a Beginner Party. See “Tunnel Contra” for a similar dance with a tunnel.

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