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Re: Meaning of "Open Turn"
Posted by Don
1/16/2005  10:31:00 PM
I think you will find that in a International Foxtrot competition the competitors will complete a Feather then Reverse Turn with a heel turn for the lady right at the start, just to let the judges know they can do one. That is the last time you will see a Feather. From then on we have Open Reverse Turns where the feet for the lady pass. no heel turn. The lady is on the outside of the man. This can consist of as many passing steps as their routine calls for as long as it is an even number. You could do the same in a Quickstep if you wished. Finish with a Chasse or a Four Quick run. The former could be called an Open Reverse Turn with a Closed Finish. If it is Foxtrot then the easy way out is a Feather Finish. I think that is all the original writer wanted to know.
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