"Nice try: except that what I have quoted (directly) IS the definition. Tough!"

No, what you found was someone's attempt to constrain the term by its context, without actually defining it.
Easy to confuse for a definition, but that's not what it is.

An actual definition of the term "side leading" would be something along the lines of "the side of the body which is in advance during a movement". If instead the term meant what you think it does, then it would be defined as "the action of rotating the moving foot side of the body into advance"... but then that's not what it means.

"the side in advance position achieved by the CBM on 1 is maintained during two where it is called side leading

You mean to say that you dance a Feather like that?"

You bet, as does everyone I can think of, because that is what a feather is about. Sure, you may see somebody who lets some additional body rotation continue beyond the formal end of step one, either out of sloppiness or to create an over dramatic position, but like most such embellishments seen today it is just that - an embellishment not requested by the formal technique, which simply has you achieve a side in advance through the action of CBM on the first step and then maintain that through a second step described as having a leading side and a third step described as being in CBMP.

Okay, I guess just to clarify this. I am a qualified instructor and I will try to answer as many questions as I can, but the last thing I want to do is confuse anyone. Asking me to explain a specific step is quite difficult when I haven't worked with any of you before and I can't even see what you're doing. Plus, different studios or independent instructors have different ways of teaching and even different names for some of the steps. I can give hints/tips and again, I will try as best as I can, but I just ask you to be patient with me. Also, if it's possible, those of you who do have a specific question about a step should ask your teacher, if you don't have one, it might be a good investment if you really love dancing.

Thank you gsharp 200, for your thoughts on heel ball steps. Now to InstructorTG. What are your thoughts on heel ball steps. It doesn't matter what style. A forward step heel-ball (rise at the end of 1)is fairly common in the scripts. How do you explain it to a beginner?

As far as the heel-ball step goes in the feather step in foxtrot, tell the man to imagine himself growing as he does the step. If that image doesn't work for him, try this: when he is supposed to be on his toes, tell him to imagine that he is looking over a wall that is just too tall for him (or maybe that he needs to see over the woman's head)so he needs to stand on his tippy toes. Find some picture that he can imagine well and relate it to the step. Make sure that he has good balance over his toes though, otherwise, when he goes on his toes, it will feel like he's falling into you. Hope this helps!

If the guy doesn't already understand foot rise, and in particular that the first step of a feather doesn't have all that much of it, you really shouldn't be teaching him foxtrot yet.

Teach waltz and quickstep to introduce technical concepts. Then get into foxtrot.

Yes, I agree, even the very basic steps in foxtrot have the heel-ball technique in them. If anything, practice rise and fall in waltz as a warm-up first. Waltz is the best dance to get a good sense of balance anyways.

InstructorTG,
Cyd didn't ask about "steps" and you could take a stab at answering that question. Terence2 did not ask about "steps" - he asked about qualifications and styles that you teach, and you could answer those questions a bit more specifically. Just saying that you are "qualified" doesn't really tell us very much. . . .
I, for one, am very confused. First you say, hey, ask me questions, and then when people ask questions you tell them to ask their own teacher. What kind of questions are you able to answer?

I'm with you CLARY.

Qualified ?.. with which Soc. ?,, or are you, as Im guessing, a " chain " school product ? ( nothing wrong with this )

And, if you are highly qualified.. there is not one Q that has been posed that cannot be answered in writing ( so far )

Is this a joke?