Is it sqq or qqs ? IF we arrive with our weight over the left foot on 3& we still have 1& beats to go before we are lowered on the one. That's why I like to think of swinging my legs at one speed(size of steps not equal) and thinking that each step is 1.1/3 beats allthought it may not be exactly correct it does give me a smooth foxtrot or so I am told and feel. But it would need a teacher to see if what I think I'm doing is so and hopefully that teacher will be playing an international and not a swing foxtrot as so many teacher do in the U.S. when trying to get their studants to dance on the second beat when the music is saying to dance it on the first beat. Thanks for this great website . Dave

My teacher is just getting us to dance the foxtrot on the second beat. What is so different in the music between a social and International foxtrot?

Janet it is difficult for me to explain since I had no formal training in music,but on vistiting Chaleston S.C. we where learning the social open foxtrot,the teacher had forggoten her music so I give her a cd of my favorite International foxtrots ,but no one could dance to it. The problem was that we moved on the first three beats and stopped on the forth and it did not go with the music,so we continued the lesson without music. Fortunatly the DJ arrived in time for the dance.