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I learned several subtle distinctions. Back in the 80s, when Larry
Edelman was on staff at lots of our weeks and weekends, he'd drill
us in these figures:<br>
<br>
These moves depend on where you're facing when you start, and which
way you face when you end.<br>
<br>
Both Box the Gnat and Swat the Flea start facing the person you're
doing it with, and have you change places and end facing them<br>
Box the Gnat starts facing the person you're boxing with, joining
right hands turning the woman or raven under, and swapping places,
ending facing each other and right hands are still joined.<br>
Swat the Flea is the same, except you have left hands joining left
hands<br>
<br>
Both the California Twirl (also called the Frontier Twirl) starts
standing next to the person you're doing it with, woman or raven on
right, man or lark on left with near hands joined, and ends with the
couple about facing. That it, it results in the pair turning as a
couple.<br>
The Jersey or Nevada Twirl does the same, but with the man (or lark)
on the right, woman (or raven) on the left.<br>
<br>
A star through starts with a pair facing each other with the man's
(lark's) right hand joined with the woman's (raven's) left hand and
ends with them swapping sides, but facing the same direction.<br>
<br>
There are several contras that use it. A part might be<br>
<br>
A1 facing your new neighbor: join inside hands (man's right, woman's
left), balance, star through (end facing partner); Women chain<br>
<br>
I don't recall if there's a reverse star through: starting facing
someone, joining hands -- Man's left, Woman's right, and "reverse
star through (moon through?) -- ending side by side, woman on left,
man on right.<br>
<br>
And I don't think I've ever learned one where you start side by
side, do a swap to change, and end up facing each other....<br>
<br>
~erik hoffman<br>
oakland, ca<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/12/2015 9:17 PM, Jeff Kaufman via
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<p dir="ltr">Huh. If learned it as:</p>
<p dir="ltr">G right in L left: California twirl<br>
G right in L right: box the gnat<br>
G left in L left: swat the flea<br>
G left in L right: star through</p>
<p dir="ltr">Or just tell people what hands to join and then
"twirl to swap".</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 12, 2015 10:40 PM, "Charles M.
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<div dir="ltr">Indeed, the only times I've seen “star thru”
used in contra, it was directly borrowed from MWSD.
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<div>This is what Callerlab says. Even in Tech Squares
it's considered incorrect to call it from other
formations.</div>
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<div>24. Star Thru</div>
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<div>Starting formation: Facing Dancers (man facing
woman)</div>
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<div>Command example: Star Thru</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Ending formation: Couple</div>
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<div>Timing: 4</div>
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<div>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.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:25 PM,
Aahz Maruch via Callers <span dir="ltr"><<a
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Fri, Jun 12, 2015, Jeff Kaufman via Callers wrote:<br>
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> Nit: a "California twirl with other hands" is
traditionally called a "star<br>
> through".<br>
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</span>Really? I haven't seen Star Thru in contra much;
in MWSD, at least, Star<br>
Thru is normally done with partners facing each other,
as opposed to the<br>
California Twirl with partners facing the same
direction. What's being<br>
asked for here is a sashayed California Twirl -- I don't
think I've ever<br>
seen that before. However, "Nevada Twirl" does have
plenty of hits when<br>
I search, which suggests a clear provenance...<br>
<br>
(You could argue that in a ring partners are sort-of
facing each other,<br>
but I think that's a wasted argument when people already
have a clear<br>
choreographic name for the concept.)<br>
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