31 Jul
2014
31 Jul
'14
11:08 p.m.
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Aahz Maruch via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
You definitely need to be careful explaining this -- I
think of Cross
Trail as leaving dancers facing the same direction, although your variant
is also common. (No idea which is more common, particularly given the
collapse of "Cross Trail" in general.)
Cross Trails facing the same direction is something I've only
encountered in the MWSD Callerlab Advanced definitions. (And even
there, I understand, that decision was contentious.) Every instance
I've seen in a contra dance of crosstrails through has dancers facing
the next. (Pass right across, face along, pass left along the set, and
on to the next.)
My main concern with the dance is the timing. Four beats is fast,
though at least you can steal some timing from the balances.
-Chris Page
San Diego
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