Huh. If learned it as: G right in L left: California twirl G right in L right: box the gnat G left in L left: swat the flea G left in L right: star through
Or just tell people what hands to join and then "twirl to swap". On Jun 12, 2015 10:40 PM, "Charles M. Hannum via Callers" < [email protected]> wrote: > Indeed, the only times I've seen “star thru” used in contra, it was > directly borrowed from MWSD. > > This is what Callerlab says. Even in Tech Squares it's considered > incorrect to call it from other formations. > > > 24. Star Thru > > Starting formation: Facing Dancers (man facing woman) > > Command example: Star Thru > > Dance action: Man places his right hand against woman's left hand, palm to > palm with fingers up, to make an arch. As the dancers move forward the > woman does a one quarter (90 degrees) left face turn under the arch, while > the man does a one quarter (90 degrees) turn to the right moving past the > woman. > > Ending formation: Couple > > Timing: 4 > > Styling: Hands are joined in raised position at approximately eye level, > palm to palm, with fingers pointed up to form an arch. The arch will be > offset to the man's right and woman's left. The man's hand should be used > to stabilize as the woman provides her own momentum. As the call is > completed, the hand grip should be readjusted to couple handhold. > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:25 PM, Aahz Maruch via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015, Jeff Kaufman via Callers wrote: >> > >> > Nit: a "California twirl with other hands" is traditionally called a >> "star >> > through". >> >> Really? I haven't seen Star Thru in contra much; in MWSD, at least, Star >> Thru is normally done with partners facing each other, as opposed to the >> California Twirl with partners facing the same direction. What's being >> asked for here is a sashayed California Twirl -- I don't think I've ever >> seen that before. However, "Nevada Twirl" does have plenty of hits when >> I search, which suggests a clear provenance... >> >> (You could argue that in a ring partners are sort-of facing each other, >> but I think that's a wasted argument when people already have a clear >> choreographic name for the concept.) >> -- >> Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 >> http://rule6.info/ >> <*> <*> <*> >> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
