31 Dec
2013
31 Dec
'13
6:32 a.m.
I don't think a cross trail is an X, but I would say that there is still a difference
in foot path between a cross trail and a star through to pass through and that is that
unless explicitly told not to, dancers will do a pass thru with the right shoulder,
whereas a cross trail, as danced in contras, is a pass thru by the R, turn and pass by the
left. In trad squares, cross trail sometimes consists of a pass through followed by
something like an x, but there would still be two moments when hand contact is possible,
first Rs, the Ls. My club squares caller would have a cow if anyone danced a cross trail
as anything but a pass thru and half sashay.
Andrea
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On Dec 30, 2013, at 2:38 PM, jean francis
<catherineaura(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I can't imagine how 2 folks could give/use hands while crossing each other's
trails since the movement direction of a cross trail is like an "X"...on the
diagonal as opposed to straight across/up and down like a square thru
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On Mon, 12/30/13, Aahz Maruch <aahz(a)pobox.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Callers] Square through vs Cross-trail
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Date: Monday, December 30, 2013, 11:09 AM
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013, rich sbardella
wrote:
Depending on the application, you may be able to
substitute star thru
then pass thru for cross trail thru.
If you want to get nitpicky with the no-hands of cross trail
thru ;-),
change star thru to slide thru. (But few non-square
dancers would know
slide thru.)
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