Yes it is. But lots of people don't do it.
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> On Oct 3, 2013, at 8:16 PM, Maia McCormick <maia....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is maybe a silly question, but in an allemande to a star promenade, is
> it assumed that the allemanders will keep their allemande until they've
> brought the promenade-ee across the set?
>
>
>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Eric Black <e...@mirador.com> wrote:
>>
>> At 12:48 PM -0700 10/3/13, Alan Winston wrote:
>>
>>> Not to hijack this completely, but dancing a man's role in a
>>> men-allemande star promenade is also often really unsatisfying. Something
>>> like 20% of the men I run into line (in the SF Bay Area) just let go of me
>>> as soon as they've picked up their partner; 70% hold on but stop giving
>>> weight either immediately or before the promenade part is omplete, and it's
>>> no more than 10% who give me a satisfying connection all through the
>>> promenade and a positive push off at the right time.
>>>
>>> (And in star promenades with the neighbor lady, I find that about half of
>>> them step ahead. Good star promenade, according to me, is like this
>>> }
>>> {
>>> and what happens half the time is more like this
>>> Z
>>>
>>> I find them pretty frustrating to do most of the time, and wonderful when
>>> they work.)
>>>
>>> -- Alan
>>
>>
>> Two important points I was taught long ago (~1982) by Sandy Bradley:
>> - star promenade is an ARC, not "straight across". The outside person
>> MUST walk the outside of a circle, and not just head straight across.
>>
>> - the outside person needs to match timing and velocity exactly as the
>> allemander comes to pick them up. The image was docking with the Space
>> Station. Don't be early, and don't be late. Be moving exactly at the
>> right speed exactly as the rotating station comes around so you can
>> dock.
>>
>> And then walk in an arc!
>>
>> I sometimes say that if the outside person starts out early so that the
>> allemander is empty-armed, it's like taking a shower with your socks on.
>> You might accomplish your goal OK, but it's completely unsatisfying.
>>
>> -Eric
>>
>>
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