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 -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 12/29/13, Ron Blechner <[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Callers] Square through vs Cross-trail To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> 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 http://contradances.tumblr.com/ron On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 8:13 PM, David Harding <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
