Turn Thru – Analysis

Mainstream
Turn Thru

Links:   Define Standard Module Teach Other Extend

Call Analysis:

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

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

Good preceding calls:
— Allemande Left
— Grand Right and Left
— Swing Thru
— Cloverleaf

Good following calls:
— Allemande Left
— Heads Turn Thru and Separate
— Trade By
— (After Centers Turn Thru), Left Swing Thru
— (From Girls in center of Double Pass Thru), Girls Turn Thru, Star Thru
— (From half-sashayed facing couples) Turn Thru, Courtesy Turn

Ending Formations for Standard starting Formation and Arrangements:

a) Right & Left Grand Circle, BGBG: Turn Thru
Ends in Right & Left Grand Circle, BGBG with all dancers facing in the opposite direction from their start

b) Wrong Way Thar, 4 Boys in the center: Turn Thru
Ends in Right & Left Grand Circle, BGBG, Boys facing clockwise

c) Right-Hand Parallel Waves, “1/2″ (Boys in center, Girls on end): Turn Thru
Ends in Eight Chain Thru, Normal Couples

d) Right-Hand 1/4 Tag, “3″ (Boys in very center, Normal Couples outside): Centers Turn Thru
Ends in Eight Chain Thru, Normal Couples

e) Eight Chain Thru, “0″ (Normal Couples): Turn Thru or Left Turn Thru
Ends in Eight Chain Thru, Half-Sashayed Couples

Some Extended Applications:

a) Double Pass Thru, Normal Couples: Centers Turn Thru
Ends in Eight Chain Thru, Half-Sashayed Couples in the Center, Normal Couples on the Outside

b) Right-Hand Parallel Waves, “0” (Girls in center, Boys on end): Turn Thru
Ends in Eight Chain Thru, Half-Sashayed Couples

ARC Rulings (Applications Review Committee of CALLERLAB): None