To anyone who would like to put a pause, hold, or stop in their feather step:

Please follow Quickstep's technically advice literally and avoid anything ever suggested by "anonymous". This will maximize your chance of achieving your goals.

And of course anyone who has a clue about foxtrot will already know that they need to do the exact opposite...

You will not do the first of your Feather at the same speed as the two quicks that follow. Why do you think there are slows and quicks.. The heel arrives on the first beat and the toe reaches the floor on the second beat and the moving foot arrives into a balanced position before it goes on to become a quick. I have deliberatly not gone into the breaking down of the two beats into four halves and what takes place on each. See John Wood for that. Also as you should know the Featherstep doesn' t finish untill the end of fourth step where there can be 3/8ths of a turn. Even your car knows that at some point it has to slow down to make a 3/8 turn. Not unless you are a racing car driver. Do watch for that very slight pause within the Reverse Turn. It would be nice if you could stick to a subject that you do understand and stop trying to be some kind of super gureu.