On Mar 21, 2019, at 2:29 PM, Rich Sbardella wrote (in part):
> Many MWSD calls have left versions. For example Pass Thru (by right
> shoulder) and Left Pass thru (by left shoulder). Swing Thru is another.
> Swing thru is turn half by the left, half by the right, but Left Swing Thru
> is turn half but the left, then half by the right. Left Square Thru is one
> that starts with the left hand, BUT the dancers walk the exact same pattern
> as a normal, right handed square thru.
>
> In the case of a star thru and slide thru, I have never danced or called a
> Left Star Thru or a Left Slide Thru. ...
The term "Left Star Thru" was indeed sometimes used in to refer to a varian of
Star Thru using the gent's right hand and lady's left. That usage now appears
to be deprecated. The reason, I presume, is that in contrast to calls like
"Left Pass Thru" or "Left Swing Thru," the call "Left Star Thru" exhibits the
historical bias of directing calls preferentially to the gents.
As an example, in the current version of the definition document for the
CallerLab Advanced program, the call "Double Star Thru" is defined as follows:
From any appropriate formation (e.g. Normal Facing Couples):
Those who can Star Thru. Those who can do the mirror image
of a Star Thru (an arch is made with the man's left hand and
the woman's right hand; the man goes around the arch while the
lady goes under). In each part of the call, some dancers must
be active. Normal facing couples will end as sashayed couples
back-to-back.
I've seen versions of the document from c. 2000 that describe the second half
of Double Star Thru as a "Left Star Thru" (for those who can) rather than as
"the mirror image of a Star Thru."
--Jim
On Mar 24, 2019, at 3:53 PM, Andy Shore via Callers
<[email protected]> wrote (in part):
> 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
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