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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Primarily because they haven't been
"corrected" when it first showed up!</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's one of the key teaching points I focus on with
new dancers & often have to 'repeat' (remind) with the more </FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>experienced ones. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For Ocean Waves.. palm to palm "contact", no
thumbs, no grips, just small pressure </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>to say "I'm
here". If you don't insist on 'contact only',</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>then someone can get hurt if a swing thru is
started incorrectly & someone is "hanging on" !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tell dancers if they encounter a 'thumb grabber',
then pull your own thumb across your palm so they can't grab it ! (if it ain't
there, they </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>can't grab it).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For arm turns, 'contact' only, again no grips
etc....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As a Caller I have to remain ever vigilant for this
on the dance floor & correct it as I find it. I will not 'single out'
a particular dancer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in 'public' but will remind "all" about the correct
way of doing it. If the problem persists with the same dancer, then I will
have a </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"one-on-one" discussion with that dancer to get the
problem corrected.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With the age of our dancers being generally in the
over 50 range, dancers can be hurt, either by a shoulder wrench &/or
squeezed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hands that suffer from arthritis, and that removes
all the enjoyment for them.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For the "twirlers", I tell the ladies 2 things - if
you don't want to be twirled, then push the contact hand down. If that
doesn't work,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>look him in the eye and tell him "I don't want to
be twirled". And again, if the problem continues, talk to me & I'll
deal with it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And, to keep it "light" with new dancers, when
teaching these points the first time around, I tell them that if their hand
gets</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>squeezed, that they have my "expressed permission"
to scream & drop to one knee.... they'll usually only have to do that
once</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to get the point across ! In my 8
years of teaching new dancers, that hasn't happened yet, but I have had to 'talk
to' more</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>than one dancer about being rough. Goes with
the Caller job description I guess?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you go to my website & click on "Callers
Corner", there's an article there that I've written for our local Square
Dance Magazine</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>that all our local dancers get the chance to
read. It never hurts to repeat the message!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Geoff Clarke,<BR>Carleton Place,
Ontario,<BR>Canada<BR>Web: <A
href="http://callerg.squaresandrounds.com">http://callerg.squaresandrounds.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:27
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Squaredancing] Subject:
Roughness in dancing</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0
face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><BR>Why is
it that some dancers feel the need to "arm wrestle" when doing a Swing
Thru or other types of arm turns?<BR><BR>Our club dances
"hands-up" (waves, etc.). Invariably there will be one man, perhaps two,
per night in the hall that insists in trying to arm wrestle with you in the
act of completing a Swing Thru and/or similar movements. He can't just
make contact, walk forward and complete the 180-degree turn and release.
He has clamp onto your hand and apply an abundance of pressure on the turn
usually pushing your arm back and out of the way. This makes it much
more difficult to complete the simple movement.<BR><BR>This same type of
person will also force a lady to twirl even though she has her arm down and
not wishing to do so.<BR><BR>Does anyone have a similar occurrence and perhaps
a solution to this problem?<BR><BR>Richard M.<BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT>
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