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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/23/16 8:10 PM, Don Veino via
Callers wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Following this logic, where an on-time
arrival is essential out of a star it would be best to make it
hands-across (H-A). In a H-A star, folks can use a similar arm
angle adjustment to vary the star circumference (and resulting
speed). Due to the configuration, there's less opportunity to
gently* influence star speed with the pack
saddle/hand-on-wrist form.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">BTW, in dances featuring a star where a
pair drop out I mention there's no need to shove your opposite
away at disengagement - centrifugal force will gently take
care of it once you let go of them. This is a curious bit
which only seems to happen in this case - I've never received
a parting shove when an "everybody" H-A star breaks up, but
there's always someone in the line doing it in the drop out
variant.</div>
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I find that a lot - maybe most - gents in the SF Bay Area will do a
push off on dropping out of a hands-across star, and since I'm
expecting it I kind of like it and offer a rigid-enough arm to be
pushed off from.<br>
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On the other hand, it's a very small minority of gents who'll push
off from a star promenade, and I wish it were more. (There's a lot
of 'em who'll just drop the allemande hand once they've picked up
the lady they're promenading with, and then the figure is really,
really unsatisfying.)<br>
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-- Alan <br>
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