Double Pass Thru – Teaching

Basic Part 1
Double Pass Thru

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Choreography for Patter Teaching with Singing Call Options:

Teaching Tips:

Double Pass Thru
A.) Everyone walk single file past the ones looking at you.
B.) Pass two right shoulders.
C.) Can be explained using directional English; everyone pass the ones you are facing.

More teaching suggestions:

— Make the dancers on the left side aware that they should adjust to their left one body width to allow enough space for those in the center to comfortably pass by each other.

— At the end of the call original couples reconnect to make a compact Completed Double Pass Thru.

— Note that Double Pass Thru is a four-dancer call, but it is most commonly used from the eight-dancer formation of a Double Pass Thru (which is two side-by-side Facing Tandems).

Quick quote: “Everyone pass two dancers”

Teaching Standard Applications:

Heads Star Thru, Double Pass Thru,
Leaders Courtesy Turn, Star Thru,
Forward and Back, (Pass Thru, Swing Corner),
Right and Left Thru,
Patter: and Rollaway, Circle Left, Allemande Left
Singer: Circle Left, Allemande Left, Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Heads Star Thru, Double Pass Thru,
Face In, Forward and Back,
Star Thru, Double Pass Thru,
Outsides (or Leaders) Face and Star Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, Face In, Home
Singer: Swing Corner and Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Heads Star Thru, Double Pass Thru,
Face In, Forward and Back,
Star Thru, Double Pass Thru,
Face In, Forward and Back,
Centers Pass Thru and U-Turn Back, all Star Thru
Patter: Allemande Left, Face In, Home
Singer: Swing Corner and Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Head Ladies Chain,
Heads Star Thru, Double Pass Thru,
Leaders Courtesy Turn, Veer Left,
Couples Circulate, Bend the Line,
Forward and Back, Star Thru and Pass Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, Promenade
Singer: Swing and Promenade (halfway)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Heads Half Sashay Once and a Half,
Double Pass Thru, Boy Left, Girl Right, Around One to a Line,
Forward and Back, Star Thru,
Centers Pass Thru,
All Star Thru and Pass Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, Face in at Home
Singer: Swing and Promenade