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OPEN TUNNEL
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- All promenade ccw around hall. All raise joined hands in an
arch. The designated lead
couple reverse direction and duck under the arches, each couple
following under in turn.
When the lead couple passes under the last arch, they reverse
direction and carry their
arch over the top of the others. Each couple follows in turn. When
the lead couple again
passes over the last couple, they continue the promenade with all
following in turn. [Open
Tunnel; Napier] [London Bridge; Smith] [London Bridge; Hipps]
[Open Tunnel;
Bonner] [London Bridge; Gilpin] [The Open Tunnel p. 32;
Rohrbough] [The Bridge;
Matthews]
- We'll go through the open tunnel.
Watch your head and watch it close.
If you don't watch out, we'll double the dose.
Back in the grand old circle. ~ Rohrbough
LONDON BRIDGE
- Same as Open Tunnel above except lead couple's first arch is
over the top. They duck
under when the pass the last couple. [Open Tunnel variation;
Napier] [London Bridge;
Bannerman] [London Bridge; Bonner] [London Bridge p. 14;
Rohrbough] [Build a Bridge; Hendrix]
- London bridge and all go through
Wave to the caller with a how do you do
Right hands up and your left hands too
Go on down and come back through
Watch your heads and watch them close
If you don't watch out we'll double the dose. ~ Bonner
- Same as 1 above except the lead couple, and each
couple in turn, stand in place after
forming first arch. When the last couple goes under, the lead
couple ducks under and each
standing couple follows them in turn through the tunnel and finish
with a promenade.
[Dunmore The Ending; Dalsemer]
- Let's promenade 'em all around the hall - - - form a bridge - - - let's promenade 'em all around the hall - - - now swing 'em in - - - now right back out and gone again - - - ~ John Welch
- Same as 1 above except that lead couple, and all
in turn, goes over the first couple they
meet, under the next, over the next, etc. When the leads pass the
last couple, they reverse
direction and go under if the last arch was over, or over if the
last arch was under. All
follow in turn and finish with a promenade. [Dip and Dive;
Bonner]
RIGHT AND LEFT GRAND - See more in the squares section.
- In a circle partners face each other. Gents travel ccw and
ladies cw, using handshake grip.
Partners take right hands, tug past each other and take left hands
with the next, pull by
and take right hands with the next, etc. Dancers maintain their
original direction, going
hand over hand around the circle until they meet partners halfway
around. [Grand-Right-
And-Left; Napier] [Grand Right and Left; Bannerman] [Grand Right
and Left; Hipps]
[Grand-Right-And-Left; Gilpin] [Grand Chain; Bonner] [Grand
Right and Left; Levin]
[New Creek Ending 2; Dalsemer] [Grand Right and Left;
Matthews]
- Grand rights and lefts, around you go
Swing 'em easy but don't be slow ~ Hendrix, p.37
- Same as 1 above except preceded by a corner allemande. [Filler #7; Napier]
- Left to your corner with a left allemande
Right to your partner, right and left grand. ~ Bonner
- Same as 1 above except preceded by a corner allemande left. Then gents pass to the right in front of partner and allemande right the right hand lady (that's the lady of the couple to the right of the gent's partner.) Finish with another corner allemande left, give partner a right hand shake and do a right and left grand. [Filler #8; Napier]
- Left hand lady with the left hand around
Right hand lady with the right hand around
Left hand lady with the left hand around
Right to your honey with a right and left grand.
- Same as 1 above except that no hands are taken.
Face partner and pass by right shoulder,
pass left shoulders with the next, etc., weaving left and right
around the circle. [Weave the
Ring; Bonner]
- Same as 1 above except when partners meet they
allemande right halfway around and
resume the right and left grand in the reverse direction, gents
going cw and ladies going
ccw. [Backtrack 2; Bonner]
- Right to your partner, right and left grand
When you meet your partner take a backtrack
Make those feet go whickety-whack ~ edited
- Same as 1 above except, when partners meet
halfway around, they pass by continue the
right and left grand. Travelling hand over hand until they meet
again, partners allemande
right halfway around and pull by each other to resume the right
and left grand in the
opposite direction, gent going cw and lady ccw. When partners meet
they promenade
ccw. [Dunmore The Ending; Dalsemer]
- Right hand to your partner, right and left all the way around - - - when you meet her, let's pass her by, gents you know the reason why - - - when you meet her let's turn and go the other way - - - let's promenade 'em all around the hall - - - ~ John Welch
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