This message is kinda long, so here's the executive summary:
Can any of you identify sources that describe wrist-hold
stars in American square or contra dancing before 1949?
I'd be particularly interested in sources that date from
significantly earlier and in sources that
I recently collected a dance from Mary Wesley, who collected it from Susan
Petrick. Susan wrote it down from memory, filling in the gaps for the
parts she didn't remember, and decided to call it "Missing You."
Do recognize the choreography? Susan and I are curious who might have
wrote this
