The timing of the cross trail here is not dissimilar to that in Joel's in the Kitchen by Sue Rosen, (to give an example of a x trail where you pass across, pass up and down to the next) where you Bal, X trail, (8), then Sw a new N (8). Because it's a Sw, there is some fudging. If one is late, you can shorten the swing. Getting into a ring for a petronella is another kettle of fish. I agree that a square through, using hands to propel you, might make it likelier to succeed. Either way, the music had better not be burning fast. The dance still looks fun, Don!
Sent from my iPad > On Jul 31, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Chris Page via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Aahz Maruch via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> 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.) > > My main concern with the dance is the timing. Four beats is fast, > though at least you can steal some timing from the balances. > > -Chris Page > San Diego > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers@lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
