29 Dec
2013
29 Dec
'13
10:18 p.m.
a square through is done along the imagined lines that bound the perimeter of the square
formed by the 2 couple minor set. A cross trail forms an "x" pattern similar to
the beginning of a 1/2 figure 8
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On Sun, 12/29/13, Ron Blechner <contraron(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Callers] Square through vs Cross-trail
To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Date: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 7:23 PM
I thought "square through" did not
specifically include the balances.
I learned that with the balances, it's called "interrupted
square through".
As I understand, cross trails is without hands, and square
through is with
hands. Am I mistaken?
-Ron
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On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 8:13 PM, David Harding <dharding101(a)comcast.net>wrote;wrote:
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As I have danced them, the basic path is the same for
square through and
cross trail, but the feel is different.
The square through starts with a right hand balance,
then a pull through,
followed by turning toward the appropriate person next
to whom you have
crossed the set, joining left hands with that person,
pulling by, and
turning toward the center of the set. This is
usually repeated to put you
back where you started.
I am used to doing a pass through and cross trail
without touching hands,
and I don't expect to repeat it to get back to
where I
started.
The Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Contra_dance_choreography has a good start at a
catalog, but it's not
comprehensive. Yet.
Dave
On 12/29/2013 6:43 PM, Kalia Kliban wrote:
> Square-through vs Cross-trail
>
> Can anyone tell me what the difference is between
these two figures, if
> any? They show up in various different dances
in my collection but they
> both seem to be the figure that in English country
dance we'd call "2
> changes of rights and lefts" which is to say
right
hands to the person
> across from you (either neighbor or partner,
depending on where the dance
> has taken you so far) and then left hands to the
person in your minor set
> who's next to you in line (again, either N or
P). And in ECD those 2
> changes can sometimes start along the line instead
of across, which I
> assume can happen in contras as well though I
haven't yet encountered it.
>
> And can anyone point to a really thorough online
glossary of contra
terminology?
Kalia
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