Pass Thru – Analysis

Basic Part 1
Pass Thru

Links:   Define Standard Module Teach Other Extend

Call Analysis:

Hands needed at the start: Neither
Hands held at the end: Neither

Body flow at the start: Forward
Body flow at the end: Forward

Good preceding calls:
— Dosado

Good following calls:
— If Heads Pass Thru: Separate
— If Lines Facing Out: Bend the Line
— Eight Chain Thru: Trade By

Ending Formations for Standard Starting Formations and Arrangements:

a) Static Square, Normal Couples: Heads Pass Thru
Ends in an Inverted Square with the Heads facing out (See Squared Set Convention).

b) Facing Lines, Any Arrangement: Pass Thru
Ends in Lines Facing Out, same order of dancers in each line

c) Eight Chain Thru, Any Arrangement: Pass Thru
Ends in Trade By, each couple is the same as it began

Some Extended Applications:

a) Parallel Right-Hand Waves, Boys on the Ends: Pass Thru (use Ocean Wave Rule)
Ends in Eight Chain Thru, Normal Couples

b) Eight Chain Thru, Outside Couples Normal, Inside Couples Half Sashayed: Girls Pass Thru
Ends in a Right-hand Mini-Wave on the outside and a Left-hand Mini-Wave in the center

ARC Rulings (Applications Review Committee of CALLERLAB): (none)