David said, " I would rather have a lump star moving promptly than a
beautiful wrist star three steps late".
Absolutely!
Which is why I always teach the dancers to move their feet first and worry
about their hands once they are moving.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England
callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Fri, Oct 21, 2016 4:02 am
Subject: Re: [Callers] Wrist Lock Stars - Summary
Let me echo my thanks, but put in a word of defense for the denigrated
Lump Star. I would rather have a lump star moving promptly than a
beautiful wrist star three steps late.
Let me echo my thanks, but put in a word of defense for the denigrated
Lump Star. I would rather have a lump star moving promptly than a
beautiful wrist star three steps late.
On 10/19/2016 4:40 AM, John Sweeney via Callers wrote:
Alternative Star Holds:
Hands Across (that term goes
Tom Hinds wrote:
> I thought it was saddle-pack not that it really matters.
Someone (sorry, can't remember who or where) once insisted to me that it was
"paddlestack," because it looked like "a stack of paddles." I doubt this very
much, as I don't get any Google hits for "paddlestack" in a
In refereence to John's comment about hairy, sweaty wrists in MWSD, it has
been an unwritten rule, or at least a courtesy, that men wear long sleeve
shirts to avoid such hairy, sweaty, contact. Long sleeves are still the
norm in MWSD.
Rich Sbardella
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 5:40 AM, John Sweeney
John,
Thanks for summarizing all of this.
I thought it was saddle-pack not that it really matters.
You can add Washington DC and surrounding areas (probably Baltimore)
plus central Virginia as wrist lock.
T
Thanks to all those who contributed. Here is a summary of the key points
that were made. It is clear that the wrist lock star is indeed the standard
across the USA, with only a few areas using hands across.
Summary
Names: Wrist Star, Box Star, Wrist-Grip Star, Wrist-Lock Star, Pack-saddle
