Texas Star

hook: "shoot the star" square

by: Traditional

formation: square dance

A1 8
ladles to the center & back to the bar
8
gentlespoons to the center for a right hand star
A2 8
gentlespoons star LEFT pass your partner ⁋
2
pick up next ladle for a
6
star promenade left ½
B1 8
butterfly whirl to put ladles in center of a right hand star ("shoot the star")
8
ladles star promenade right ½
B2 8
butterfly whirl to put gentlespoons in the center ("shoot the star")
8
star left
8
partners swing "swing this ladle"
8
partners promenade home

Barn dance dancers have not been quick enough to star right then left, so we've just gone "one direction." See Barn Dance Variation for simpler version.

Patter:
(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8)
ladles to the center and back to the bar, gentlespoons to the center for a right hand star
(1 2 3 4) back by the left don't go too far
(1 2) pass your partner pick up the next for a star promenade
(1 2 3 4) now gentlespoons back out & ladles go in
once and a half &you're gone again (5 6 7 8)
(1 2 3 4) now ladles back out, ladles go in
turn & a half & you're gone again (5 6 7 8)
(1 2 3 4) now break that star, everyone swing
(1 2 3 4) promenade til you get back home

from Wade Pearson, who notes "when you have dancers who are sharp, you can call this 1ce with gentlespoons as the first star, then a 2nd time with ladles as the first star for the opposite star promenade

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