On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 9:57 AM Tepfer, Seth via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Two questions:

1) We have box the gnat (right hand to right hand), swat the flea (left hand to left hand), and star thru (Lark/Gent right hand to Lady/Raven left hand). What is the name of the opposite of a star thru (Lark/Gent left hand to Lady/Raven right hand)?

MWSD offers one option, probably not a term to use in a contra setting.

Arky Star Thru is a position dependent (rather than dance role dependent version):

From Facing Couples.
Beaus do the Boys part, and Belles do the Girls part of a Star Thru.
(Everybody uses the inside hand)
Ends in Facing Couples. https://www.ceder.net/oldcalls/viewsingle.php?RecordId=155

This is not exactly what you asked for, which is to use the OTHER HAND than typical of your role, but independent of your position.

Left Star Thru (edited slightly)

From a boy facing a girl: boy holds left hand up and girl places her right palm against it. boy steps forward and does a quarter left as the girl passes the boy left shoulders under the raised arms and does a quarter right. Finishes as a couple.

https://www.ceder.net/oldcalls/viewsingle.php?RecordId=3616

Note that Bob Isaacs uses "Jersey Twirl" for a wrong-side California Twirl with the Lark going under.

Note that California Twirl (and Jersey Twirl) are 180˚ turns, while Star Thru and Arky Star Thru are 90˚ turns.

/Andy Shore