Jeff's suggestion of "facing star" works perfectly, and merits becoming the standard  term used for discussions about and written descriptions of dances.  However,  such occasionally used figures must always be explained during walk-throughs, so the caller can designate, for the duration of the dance, any  appropriate name.   (I think I have used "funny" or "silly" star in the past.)   The point being that dancers should need to understand the names of  a dozen or so basic figures (such as F&B, allemande, promenade, star, chain, right and left, circle, shoulders round, hey, and maybe several more) and that callers should need only  basic figures to teach any dance.

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 8:58 PM Helle Hill via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
With all the changes to the "old" terminology, I am wondering what a "Gypsy Star" is now called.

Thank you.

Helle Hill

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