John, Somewhere south of Asheville and leading west possibly into the lower Midwest, is the land of hands across stars. They are standard in Atlanta, the heart of hands-across-land. Andrea
Sent from my external brain > On Oct 10, 2016, at 8:37 AM, Dave Casserly via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > Jeff Kaufman wrote a paper on regional variations in contra dance. Here's > what he found for wrist-grip stars (page 31 of the link). Basically, they're > common everywhere in the US except in some parts of the South. This is based > on data from ten or more years ago, so I'm not sure if that's still true. I > would not be surprised if it isn't-- there's enough cross-contamination that > wrist-grips could have taken over even in the South. We do have people from > Georgia and North Carolina on the list; hopefully they'll chime in. > > -Dave > Washington, DC > >> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 4:31 AM, John Sweeney via Callers >> <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have been to contra dances and festivals all over America and >> everywhere I have danced everyone automatically uses a wrist-lock star >> (unless the caller has specified hands-across because of the subsequent >> choreography). >> >> But I am constantly challenged in England by people claiming that >> wrist-lock stars are not the standard in America. >> >> When I go to somewhere like The Flurry and see 600 people from all >> over the country all doing wrist-locks it seems to me that it must be the >> standard way of doing things. >> >> And obviously it has been common in America for a long time; this >> video is from 1964 in Northern Vermont and shows wrist-lock stars: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZubTju7g_s >> >> So, are there still significant communities that don't use >> wrist-locks? >> >> Is the wrist-lock the de facto standard? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Happy dancing, >> John >> >> John Sweeney, Dancer, England j...@modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 >> 940 574 >> http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive Events & DVDs >> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > > -- > David Casserly > (cell) 781 258-2761 > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
