I think a bit of context is in order. This topic was originally started in a thread about teaching young children at school. In this context I agree with Dan Pearl's post about not correcting it.
My 2 cents. Rich Goss At our weekly contra I would discourage it in a tactful way. On May 20, 2013, at 2:00 AM, "John Sweeney" <[email protected]> wrote: > Arms folded in dosidos? I DO "correct" it for three reasons: > > 1) If you implicitly condone it by saying nothing, then others will copy > it and it will spread even more. > > 2) If these people then ever go to a contra dance they are going to look > decidedly uncool, perhaps to their embarrassment. > > 3) If they ever want to add spins to their dosidos, then it is MUCH > easier without arms folded - your arms help you balance and can aid your > spinning.
