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: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/