Tuna Bandit
by Sue McKinnell 4X32 Strathspey for 4C (Set Dance)
Bars
	2 chords: on the 2nd chord 3C & 4C cross the set and middle couples face end couples as end couples face middles.
1-8	Parallel RS reels of 4 on the sides.
9-16	1C set, cross RH, cast off 1 place, and cross LH while 4C set, cross RH, cast up 1 place, and cross LH while 2C and 3C dance half rights and lefts then cross to the ends (3C to 1st place and 2C to 4th place).
17-24	1W and 3C, 4W and 2C turn RH and LH, women remaining in the center at the end while 1M and 4M turn RH once round then cross LH and cast, 1M up to 2W’s position and 4M down to 3M’s position.
25-32	1W, followed in order by 3W, 3M, and 1M, pass 4W, followed in order by 2W, 2M, and 4M, dance down the women’s side, across the set in 4th position and up to 3M’s position while 4W et al. dance up the men’s side, across the set in 1st place and down to 2W’s position (6 bars). On the last 2 bars, all take hands on the sides and set.
Repeat from new positions.
Note: bars 25-32 are a 4-couple variation of a snake pass figure.
Suggested music is The Old School Strathspey from 12 Scottish Dances by Mervyn Short.
My husband opened a can of tuna and left it on the kitchen counter when he got called away to do something else. When he remembered it, he found our cat Sebastian chowing down.
	04/16