Mainstream
Slide Thru
Links: Define – Standard – Module – Teach – Other – Extend
Call Analysis:
Hands needed at the start: Neither
Hands held at the end: Just the hand connection needed to make the couple or mini-wave
Body flow at the start: Forward
Body flow at the end:
— Gent is turning right or clockwise.
— Lady is turning left or counter-clockwise.
Good preceding calls:
— Forward and Back
— Bend the Line
— Right and Left Thru
— Square Thru Four
— Box the Gnat
— Flutterwheel
— Spin the Top
Good following calls:
— Forward and Back
— Pass Thru
— Right and Left Thru
— Star Thru
— Square Thru
— Partner Trade
— Swing Thru
— Touch 1/4
Ending Formations for Standard starting Formation and Arrangements:
a) Eight Chain Thru, “0” (Normal Couples): Slide Thru
Ends in Facing Lines, “0” Normal Couples
b) Facing Lines, “0” (Normal Couples): Slide Thru
Ends in Eight Chain Thru, “0” (Normal Couples)
c) Facing Lines, “1” (BBGG): Slide Thru
Ends in Double Pass Thru, “0” (Normal Couples)
d) Static Square, Normal Couples: Heads Slide Thru
Ends in Double Pass Thru, “0” (Normal Couples)
e) Static Square, Half-Sashayed Head Couples: Heads Slide Thru
Ends in Eight Chain Thru, “0” (Normal Couples)
f) Double Pass Thru, Arrangements with Normal Couples Facing in the center: Centers Slide Thru
Ends with normal facing couples in the center T-bone to the original outside couples facing in.
g) Trade By, Arrangements with Normal Couples Facing in the center: Centers Slide Thru
Ends with normal facing couples in the center T-bone to the original outside couples facing out.
Some Extended Applications:
a) Eight Chain Thru, “1/2” (Half-Sashayed): Slide Thru
Ends in Facing Lines Facing Out, “0” (Normal Couples)
b) Facing Lines, “1/2” (Half=Sashayed): Slide Thru
Ends in Trade By, “0” (Normal Couples)
c) Facing Lines, “2” (GGBB): Slide Thru
Ends in Completed Double Pass Thru, “0” (Normal Couples)
d) Eight Chain Thru, “1” (Boys Outside): Slide Thru
Ends in Left-Hand Two-Faced Lines, “0” (Normal Couples)
e) Facing Lines, “4” (BGGB): Slide Thru, those facing Pass Thru
Ends in Trade By, “0” (Normal Couples)
ARC Rulings (Applications Review Committee of CALLERLAB): None