In contra, I find 2 beats per pull-by and 1 beat per quarter turn works out nicely.
When it's done with balances, and quick pull-bys, people can cheat by trimming the balance times. When it gets done as 8 beats for a square through four without balances, the floor becomes rather choppy, to say the least. -Chris Page San Diego, CA On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 7:57 AM Rich Sbardella via Callers <[email protected]> wrote: > > In MWSD it is the fact that the dancers are not adjacent to each other, the > two beats allow them to get into the center and then they have 8 beats to > square thru. > -Rich > > On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 2:48 AM Nick Cuccia via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Could hand technique be contributing to square thrus taking more than >> two beats per exchange? One of my long-past English dance instructors >> taught pull-by hands as almost a quick handshake-and-release, where >> you're no longer in contact by the time you're shoulder-to-shoulder. If >> the dancers maintain contact for longer than that, one of them is almost >> certainly going to have less than a 1/4 turn after the exchange, while >> the other will have more than a 1/4 turn. I've observed this phenomena >> even in 16-beat square thrus with balances preceding the first and third >> exchanges. >> >> --Nick >> >> [Stuff below Rich's response snipped] >> >> On 09/08/2018 09:34 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote: >> > The Callerlab timing chart has square thru taking 10 beats from a >> > static square and 8 beats from (closer( facing couples such as they >> > would be after the heads star thru. >> > >> > In the following square I would allow 10 beats. >> > >> > Heads Lead Right & Circle to a Line, >> > Lines F&B >> > 2 ladies Chain Across and Back >> > Has Square Thru 4 (This square thru is from a line of four that is at >> > the sides static position. >> > Corner Swg & Promenade >> > >> > In the square, below, I would use 8 beats for the second square thru. >> > >> > Heads Sq Thru 4 (10) >> > RH Star (8), LH Star (8) >> > Corner DSD (6), Sq Thru 4 (8) >> > Can Swg (8), Promenade (16) >> > >> > In this square the dancers start the second square thru nose to nose >> > rather than across the set. >> > >> > Most contra would be starting a square thru from across the set, so 10 >> > is a good number, if it starts after a balance, 8 would be wiser. >> > >> > Rich >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List Name: Callers mailing list >> List Address: [email protected] >> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: [email protected] Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
