31 Jul
2014
31 Jul
'14
11:38 p.m.
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014, Chris Page wrote:
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Aahz Maruch via
Callers
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I've never encountered Cross Trails in contra that I remember (over a
quarter-century, though I make no promises with my hearing that I haven't
danced it and just didn't hear the call name), so square dancing is the
only usage I've ever seen. I've also been square dancing more than a
quarter-century, so per an earlier discussion, I remember when Cross
Trails was part of the Mainstream program.
Anyway, just thought I'd warn about a potential glitch.
Aside to Jim Saxe, can't remember if this came up earlier:
http://www.dosado.com/lists/mshst.doc
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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.)