strathspey@strathspey.org:45493

Mike Mudrey

Re: Regarding Dance Technique and Etiquette

June 9, 2006, 7:38 p.m. (Message 45493, in reply to message 45491)

At 6/9/2006  12:36 PM, you wrote:
>On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Thomas G. Mungall, III wrote:
>
> > Regarding dance technique and etiquette -- I attend both Scottish Country
> > dance classes and vintage dance classes and I have been presented with a
> > problem...what to do when people want to turn using the so called "thumb
> > hold". I was always taught that this turn is incorrect and in most Scottish
> > classes people use the correct handshake hold for turns. However in the
> > vintage classes (which dance a pretty good number of Scottish Country
> > dances) have what I call an American influence and while not all use the
> > thumb hold, a good many do. My arguement is it can cause injury.

Why not have the leader of the group reemphasize the appropriate 
period style for the turn?