The woman’s walking movement should be smooth rather than accented. After repeating the turns ad lib., it is found that the One-Step Eight follows harmoniously after the turn.
9. A cross-over with a woman’s turn. This figure looks complicated in the diagram and in performance. As a matter of fact, it is not especially difficult.
The diagram represents the cross-over, which precedes the turn. The turn is described in words.
In preparation for the cross-over, the couple changes from closed to side position, the man on the woman’s left. The man’s steps are the converse of the woman’s; and his travel back and forth counters hers, so that the two pass and repass—in the side position of the couple, he is now on the her left side, now on her right, and so on.
Keeping track of the woman’s steps on the diagram, read the man’s steps one by one, correlating them with the woman’s.