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Shoot the Star
Links: Define – Standard – Module – Teach – Other – Extend
Call Analysis:
Hands needed at the start: Left for an Allemande Thar, Right for a Wrong Way Thar
Hands held at the end: Just releasing the hand held at the start
Body flow at the start: Counterclockwise for an Allemande Thar, clockwise for a Wrong Way Thar
Body flow at the end: Same as at the start.
Good preceding calls:
— Allemande Left full turn, boys into an Allemande Thar
— Allemande Left forward two, boys into an Allemande Thar
Good following calls:
— Forward two more to another Thar
— Grand Right and Left
— Promenade
Ending Formations for Standard Starting Formations and Arrangements:
a) Thar Star (right hands in the center), 4 Boys in Center: Shoot the Star
Ends in a normal Right and Left Grand formation
Some Extended Applications:
a) Thar Star (right hands in the center), 4 Girls in Center: Shoot the Star
Ends in a Right and Left Grand formation with Boys facing clockwise and Girls facing counterclockwise
ARC Rulings (Applications Review Committee of CALLERLAB):
Shoot the Star
(July/August 2009)
Q: From a Thar Formation the calls given are: Slip the Clutch (move forward one person and with THAT person), Shoot the Star. Does this application comply with the CALLERLAB written Basic definition.
A: YES: The Committee further ruled that the Thar formation does not go away after a Slip the Clutch.