{"id":102,"date":"2018-10-19T20:27:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T18:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/definition.nanninga.myds.me\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:18:03","slug":"09-left-hand-star-right-hand-star","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/definition.nanninga.me\/en\/basic1\/09-left-hand-star-right-hand-star\/","title":{"rendered":"09. Left-Hand Star \/ Right-Hand Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"definition\">\n<div class=\"starting-formations\"><b>Starting formations<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"starting-formations\">Facing Couples, Squared Set, Infacing Circle Of 8<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-examples full\">\n<p><b>Command examples<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Men Center Right Hand Star; Back By The Left<\/li>\n<li>Heads Square Thru; Make A Right Hand Star With The Sides; Heads Center Left Hand Star; Back To The Same Girl With A Right and Left Thru<\/li>\n<li>Heads Square Thru; Right Hand Star; Heads Star Left Inside To The Same Folks; Right and Left Thru<\/li>\n<li>Heads Star Thru; Square Thru 3; Left Hand Star; Head Ladies Lead, Flutterwheel<\/li>\n<li>4 Ladies Center, Right Hand Star<\/li>\n<li>Heads Square Thru; Right Hand Star; Heads to Center star across the square<\/li>\n<li>Heads Square Thru; Right Hand Star 1\/2 Way; Veer Left<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dance-action full\">\n<p><b>Dance action<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The designated dancers form a star by stepping forward if necessary and placing the appropriate hand in the center of the formation. Forming the star may require a dancer to individually turn in place up to 3\/8 of a turn.<\/p>\n<p>Dancers turn the star by walking forward in a circle around the center of the star. The distance traveled may be specified in fractions of a star full around, or until some condition is met (e.g., Men Center Left Hand Star, Pick Up Your Partner with an Arm Around, Star Promenade).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ending-formation\"><b>Ending formation<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"ending-formation\">Star<span class=\"full\"> plus an adjustment. Each dancer knows his position on the floor by how far the star turned, and adjusts his facing direction as appropriate for the next call<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"timing\"><b>Timing<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"timing\">1\/2: 4, 3\/4: 6, Full: 8<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"styling full\">\n<p><b>Styling<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Palm star (see Styling section). Men&#8217;s outside arms in natural dance position, women&#8217;s outside hands work skirt.<\/p>\n<p>Some areas dance any stars containing men with a Pack-saddle Star (see Styling section).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comments full\">\n<p><b>Comments<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The stars described above are 4-dancer stars. Stars of 3 or more dancers are also proper, as long as the caller&#8217;s instructions to the dancers are understood.<\/p>\n<p>Some callers use 2-dancer stars in place of Arm Turns, accomplishing the hands up styling necessary in Ocean Waves, and having one less call to teach. While this is acceptable in a teaching situation, and may be a logical way to understand stars (i.e., 2 or more dancers), 2-dancer stars are not commonly encountered at dances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"copyright\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>\u00a9 Copyright 1994, 2000-2018 by CALLERLAB Inc., The International Association of Square Dance Callers. 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