Allemande Thar

A ‘Thar Star’ is a formation (#20; wrong-way #21).
‘Thars’ and ‘Wrong Way Thars’ are ‘formations in motion’.

‘(Make an) Allemande Thar’ is a ‘suffix command’:
it may be added to a call after a left arm turn.
It instructs center/directed dancers to form a right-hand star (#48) and back up.
Outsides move forward, forearm hold with centers.

center dancers form a right-hand star ...

... and back up ...

... while outside dancers move forward, forearm hold with centers

• HAND-HOLDS FOR THAR STAR:
  • men: inside hands form a packsaddle/box star,
    where each man takes the wrist of the man in front of him
  • women: if any women are in the star,
    dancers simply touch hands in the center
• Outside Dancers Set Rotating Pace: since outside dancers must travel farther, they should be allowed to set the rotating pace
• Wrong Way Thar (as opposed to Allemande Thar) may be formed at the end
  of a right arm turn: center/directed dancers form a left-hand star (#49) and
  back up.
• SAMPLE CALLS:
  • walk around the corner; turn partner left and make an Allemande Thar
  • boys make a right hand star, turn it once around, find your corner,
    turn corner left to an Allemande Thar with the girls in the center
  • right and left grand, but on your fourth hand make an Allemande Thar, men back in