Re: [Callers] Square through vs Cross-trail

Yes, "crosstrail"  is simply a "pass thru" with the partners crossing trails... to end up facing out of a square and back to back with the passed thru couple.  If the caller's next call is "U Turn Back"  the 2 calls equal  a "Right & Left Thru". But it was most commonly used by callers as a crosstrail to the corner for an allemande left or crosstrail, separate, round one, cross (your) trails (from a 1/2 sashayed position) to your corner, etc. Bob Livingston Middletown, CT On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 1:32 AM, Andrea Nettleton <twirly-girl(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: 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 Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers