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 > On Dec 30, 2013, at 2:38 PM, jean francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can't imagine how 2 folks could give/use hands while crossing each other's > trails since the movement direction of a cross trail is like an "X"...on the > diagonal as opposed to straight across/up and down like a square thru > -------------------------------------------- > On Mon, 12/30/13, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [Callers] Square through vs Cross-trail > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, December 30, 2013, 11:09 AM > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013, rich sbardella > wrote: >> >> Depending on the application, you may be able to > substitute star thru >> then pass thru for cross trail thru. > > If you want to get nitpicky with the no-hands of cross trail > thru ;-), > change star thru to slide thru. (But few non-square > dancers would know > slide thru.) > -- > Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 > > http://rule6.info/ > > <*> > <*> > <*> > Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
