[Callers] 24 bar Contras

[Jeff Kaufman via Callers]

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" <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> 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 <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> 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.)
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