[Squaredancing] [Arm Wrestling Anyone?]

[James W. Spinks.1]

Dancers,

Probably the same reason so many dancers insist on wearing blue jeans and
Plaid or Denim Shirts to dances
with their pants Tucked into vulgar designed western boots or worst yet
"Knee High" Engineer work boots.
There are at least "three couples" that are "experienced" dancers in my club
that wear matching denim outfits.
Once when I was trying to get a couple of friends of mine to join a "class"
after a "first nighter" my friend said
"No way I don't want to look like a ""HICK""....I don't ever wear JEANS of
any kind"   My friend wound up in a
square with the "Three couples" who showed up to "ANGEL" the class.  One of
the "Three Couples" both
of them (man and woman) were dressed in Badly faded Black and Red Plaid
denim Shirts with Badly faded
Blue Denim Jeans and matching Blue Denim Western Boots.

Regards,
Jim S.

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  Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 2:19 PM
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  Subject: [Squaredancing] [Arm Wrestling Anyone?]



  Dancers:

  Have you ever been in a square where there is one dancer who insists on
having an arm wrestle with you every time you do a movement like Swing Thru
or Spin the Top, Spin Chain, etc?  You can't just make connection in any of
the standard (forearm, handsup/down, hand, tap holds) ways without him/her
pushing your arm back as if to say, "I'm the dominant dancer here, move out
of my way."

  Why do some dancers feel that they have to manhandle others through the
whole tip?

  Any ideas as to what to do with someone you know is going to be very rough
in wave-like formation figures?

  R. S. Matthews
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