From a Starting Double Pass Thru formation in which the Centers are
normal Couples and the Outsides are Half-Sashayed, from a normal Eight
Chain Thru formation, or from other applicable formations.
- Those who can Star Thru;
- Those who can Mirror Star Thru;
- Those who can Star Thru.
The aforementioned Starting Double Pass Thru formation ends
in normal Back-to-Back Lines.
From a Starting Double Pass Thru: (the most common starting formation)
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From an Eight Chain Thru:
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From a T-Bone formation:
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Notes:
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On both Star Thru and Mirror Star Thru, the Girl
goes under the arch.
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Alternate hands.
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Triple Star Thru is a Those Who Can movement.
You may or may not go a total of 3 hands. You might go 3 hands, or you
might only do the first 2 hands, or the last 2 hands.
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After each part, you become a Partner with the dancer you were facing.
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Star Thru, Double Star Thru, and Triple Star Thru are sex-dependent calls.
The call is dependent upon your sex, not your position as a Beau or a Belle.
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Triple Star Thru can not be done if same sex are facing at any
time during the call.
Star Thru [Basic] (Ed Michl 1960):
From Opposite-Sex Facing Dancers.
Boys use Right-hand palm forward as Girls use Left-hand palm forward.
Touch hands palm-to-palm, walk forward
into the other dancer's starting position,
Girls turning under the arch 1/4 to the Left,
as Boys turn 1/4 to the Right.
Ends in a Couple.
Mirror Star Thru [NOL]:
Do the mirror image of a Star Thru. That is...
From Opposite-Sex Facing Dancers. Boys use Left-hand palm forward as
Girls use Right-hand palm forward. Touch hands palm-to-palm, walk forward
into the other dancer's starting position, Girls turning under the arch
1/4 to the Right, as Boys turn 1/4 to the Left.
Ends in a Couple.
Double Star Thru [A1]:
From normal Facing Couples (Boy on Left, Girl on Right).
Star Thru; Mirror Star Thru.
Ends in Back-to-Back Couples.