[Squaredancing] When in Rome.....

[Bruce]

I adapt to wherever I am.  If I am visiting someplace, I adapt to however
they dance.  If they are visiting us and show that they dance differently
that we normally do I still adapt to them.  

But!!!!

A large number of our club members never dance anyplace but our club.  They
really don't understand that there are different ways to dance.  No matter
who is visiting or if they, for some reason, visit another area where that
area dances differently they will not adapt because they don't know how.  

But I will dance both hands up and forearm hold within the same square if we
have dancers from different areas in the same square.  


Bruce Morgan


-----Original Message-----
From: Squaredancing-bounces at rbnsn.com
[mailto:Squaredancing-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf Of ljknews
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:26 AM
To: This list for discussing all aspect of MWSD
Subject: Re: [Squaredancing] When in Rome.....

At 9:36 AM -0500 12/21/05, Clark Baker wrote:
> On Dec 21, 2005, at 7:53 AM, M0220sr at aol.com wrote:
> 
>>  So I would be interested in knowing how you dance when visiting a 
>> club that dances with handholds different from what you do in your 
>> home club.
> 
> In general, I adapt to their handholds.  It may take me a few calls to 
> realize that is what is happening.
> 
>>  I'd actually also like to know what you think of visiting dancers who 
>> come into your club and "force" your arm into another position to 
>> adapt to THEIR style of handhold in wave-related formations.
> 
> I am not super happy with these inflexible dancers.  However, I give 
> them the benefit of the doubt and adjust to what is happening around 
> me.  Perhaps they don't know what is happening, or perhaps they don't 
> know how to dance a different styling.

Clark points out another factor - dancer experience.  Even if I think
I am "right", the other dancer might have a harder time adapting than
I would.  (In cases where I would have a harder time adapting, I am
probably so out-of-it that I don't even know there is any adapting
underway.)
-- 
Larry Kilgallen

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