Mainstream
Allemande Thar – Left To
Links: Define – Standard – Module – Teach – Other – Extend
Call Analysis:
Hands needed at the start: Left
Hands held at the end: Both for Centers, Left for Outsides (after the usual forward two sequence)
Body flow at the start: Counterclockwise
Body flow at the end: Centers backing up, outsides walking forward in a circle.
Good preceding calls:
— May begin from a Static Square
— Circle Left
— Boys Star Right to your corner
Good following calls:
— Boys U-Turn Back
— Left Arm Turn
— If with corner: Allemande Left
— Slip the Clutch
— Shoot the Star
Ending Formations for Standard Starting Formations and Arrangements:
a) Static Square, Circle, or Right and Left Grand Circle, Normal Couples: Allemande Left, Forward Two to an Allemande Thar, Boys into the center
Ends in Thar in motion with Boys in the center and Girls on the outsides
b) Eight Chain Thru formation, Normal Couples: Allemande Left, Forward Two to an Allemande Thar, Boys into the center
Ends in Thar in motion with Boys in the center and Girls on the outsides
Some Extended Applications:
a) Static Square, Circle, or Right and Left Grand Circle, Normal Couples: Allemande Left, Forward Three to an Allemande Thar, Girls into the center
Ends in a Wrong Way Thar in motion with Girls in the Center and Boys on the outsides
(See the Wrong Way Thar section)
ARC Rulings (Applications Review Committee of CALLERLAB): (none)