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TEACHING HINTS AND ROUTINES
Submitted by Tom Fromm 9. STAR PROMENADE: Starting formation -star, promenade. Directed dancers
form a star and place the other arm around the waist of another directed
dancer. Turn thestar and promenade the distance specified.

STYLING: Men's inside hands joined the same as in a right or left hand
star, outside arm around the lady's waist. Lady's inside arm around man's
waist under his arm, outside hand works skirt.
TIMING: 4 couples full around, 12; three quarters, 9; one half, 6; one
quarter, 3. 4 couples full around with back out at home, 16.

When I teach this move, I teach it right after Single File Promenade,
and introduce it as "another type" of promenade. I have the boys star
left, go 2 times. This gives me enough time to tell them, "boys, as you
get to your partner the second time, keep the star and extend your right
arm out. Then put your arm around your partner and promenade thatway.
"I'll tell them to stop when they get back home, and I'll tell them the name.
I always tell them to "pick up (?), with an arm around, Star Promenade.
"I've never called it (or danced it that I remember) just Star Promenade.
At first, I will just have the boys star left. I'll have them pick up each girl at
different times. I'll eventually have the boys star right, and the girls star
each way. I will have them pick up different dancers. Doing it 2 times back
to back, I can get them back to partner, or I will combine it with (girls or boys)
circle to the partner and back out.

To get them ready for other moves (instead of just promenading to the

boys home) following Star Promenade, I like to do the following:
Men star right - pick up the partner with an arm around, Star Promenade -
now stretch out wide, and keep going - boys make an arch in the middle -
girls go in front of the partner, and duck under that arch - there is your corner,
do an Allemande Left. Or (This one doesn't really flow great, but is fun and
breaks the same old thing.)
Girls star left - pick up your partner with an arm around, Star Promenade
- stretch way out wide, and keep going - "when I say go, everyone drop
hands, and the boys turn around - there is your corner, do an Allemande Left.

Judy Obee
My source are the Caller Teacher manual, Gene Trimmer's Singing Thru
Mainstream, and a frequent poster to this list, Kim Andreasen.
Men, LH star, roll it once. WHOA just as you approach your partner Keep
your left hands touching Put your right arm around your partner's waist
Ladies, put your left arm around his Now, STAR PROMENADE. (Back out,
join hands, circle, etc.)
4 ladies fwd&bk,4 men Rhstar, Back by the left,Take your partner, arm around,
Star Prom, Go once around, back out at home.
Ladies RH star, Pick up your partner with your left arm, Star Prom, Back out,
join hands, etc.
Ladies LH star,Pick up corner arm around, Star prom around the town,Back out, and make a big ring,All eight go fwd&bk, LA, prom.

Kim Andreasen singer:
AL - Dosado partner, 4 Boys Star Left, Pick up corner - Star promenade,
Back out - Circle L/R, AL new corner - Dosado/swing new partner, Promenade

TEXAS STAR (traditional square) RH lady progression
Definition: "Ladies to the center and back to the bar": Ladies take 3 steps
into center, turn L on 4, and return to their original spot. Ladies to the
center and back to the bar Gents to the center for a Rhstar, Back by the left,
but not too far, Meet your girl and you pass her by,Pick up the next and
don't be shy,Star prom and you keep this maid,Gents back out and ladies
move in, And you form the Texas star again,Gents move in and the ladies
back out And you turn the Texas star about,Break in the center, and everybody
swing And you promenade eight, go around the ring.

(Corner progression - can be figure)
Heads make a RH star, Back by the left, pick up your corner,Star prom, back
out and circle to the left (it's a he he she she circle - don't worry!) Swing
the girl nearest you (corner), prom.

Trimmer Opener #15, modified:
4 Men make a LH star, roll it once & go (to your partner) Pick her up with
an arm around, star promenade1,2,3,4,Back right out at home. 4 boys
fwd&back, girls clap your hands 4 girls promenade, inside the ring you go,
Back to your partner, swing and promenade

Keith Ferguson writes:
I'd suggest, in the second line, saying "Right Hand Turn, go all the
way around", which will put the boys in the middle for the Star Left.
Also, and more importantly, if the boys are in a left hand star and
pass their partner they will then be doing the Star Promenade with their
right-hand lady, not their corner, and when the laddies duck under you'll
then be dancing with your opposite. You could leave out the "pass your
partner", but I'm afraid many dancers might have trouble recognising their
corner coming around the star this way.
I'd suggest: Circle Left, Boys star right, Pick up your partner for a star
promenade. Ladies run right, duck under the boy's right hand and Allemande
Left. Before the ladies run right, you might suggest "spread the star out to
arms length" which will make the rest of the move less crowded.

Maj Bodingh Writes:
Heads make a left hand star, Pick up your corner arm around, Star promenade,
back out circle left, boy, boy, girl, girl, Swing the nearest boy (girl), promenade.

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