<div dir="ltr">Checking in from Chicago, where wrist-grip stars are the norm and hands-across stars need to be specified .... When I started dancing, 14 or 15 years ago, in Michigan, many dancers reached for a hands-across star first, though I don't see that so much anymore. <div>Meg</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 12:00 PM Robert Livingston via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11374" class="gmail_msg">Millstone or "windmill" - term I've seen used in print for older Canadian dances.</div><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11375" class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11376" class="gmail_msg">Bob Livingston<br class="gmail_msg"></div><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11377" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"></span></div><div class="m_1675310151870018205qtdSeparateBR gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11441"><br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_1675310151870018205yahoo_quoted gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11447" style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11446" class="gmail_msg"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11445" class="gmail_msg"> <div dir="ltr" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11444" class="gmail_msg"> <font id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11443" size="2" face="Arial" class="gmail_msg"> <hr id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11442" size="1" class="gmail_msg"> <b id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_17130" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-weight:bold" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_17129" class="gmail_msg">From:</span></b> Angela DeCarlis via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>><br class="gmail_msg"> <b class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-weight:bold" class="gmail_msg">To:</span></b> Jacob or Nancy Bloom <<a href="mailto:jandnbloom@gmail.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">jandnbloom@gmail.com</a>> <br class="gmail_msg"><b class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-weight:bold" class="gmail_msg">Cc:</span></b> callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>><br class="gmail_msg"> <b id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_17077" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-weight:bold" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_17076" class="gmail_msg">Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 10, 2016 12:45 PM</font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yahoo_quoted gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11447" style="display:block"><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11446" class="gmail_msg"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11445" class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11444" class="gmail_msg"><font id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11443" size="2" face="Arial" class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"> <b id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11516" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-weight:bold" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11515" class="gmail_msg">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Callers] Wrist-Lock Stars<br class="gmail_msg"> </font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yahoo_quoted gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11447" style="display:block"><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11446" class="gmail_msg"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11445" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205y_msg_container gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11448"><div id="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737" class="gmail_msg"><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11450" class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11449" class="gmail_msg">I've never heard "millstone" or "mill" before, but it sounds like it has precedence. My guess is that it was (is?) a useful term at dances where hands-across stars are default. Since that isn't generally the case in many places any longer, it makes sense that "hands-across" has become the more useful modifier. </div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yahoo_quoted gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11447" style="display:block"><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11446" class="gmail_msg"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11445" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205y_msg_container gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11448"><div id="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737" class="gmail_msg"><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11450" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_extra gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11452"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11454">On Oct 10, 2016 11:37 AM, "Jacob or Nancy Bloom via Callers" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11510" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yahoo_quoted gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11447" style="display:block"><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11446" class="gmail_msg"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11445" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205y_msg_container gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11448"><div id="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737" class="gmail_msg"><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11450" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_extra gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11452"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11454"><blockquote class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11459"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737yqt4352809464 gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737yqt28989"><div dir="ltr" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11458" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_default gmail_msg" style="font-size:small" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11457">When I attended the Berea Christmas Dance School forty years ago, and put my hand on the wrist in front of me during a walk through, someone complained, saying, "He said a star, not a mill!"</div><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_default gmail_msg" style="font-size:small" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11509"><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_default gmail_msg" style="font-size:small" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11508">Is the term "mill", or the term "millstone", commonly used to refer to wrist stars in areas where hands-across is the default way of doing a star?</div><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_default gmail_msg" style="font-size:small" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11507"><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_default gmail_msg" style="font-size:small" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11506">Jacob Bloom</div><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_default gmail_msg" style="font-size:small" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11503"><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yahoo_quoted gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11447" style="display:block"><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11446" class="gmail_msg"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11445" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205y_msg_container gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11448"><div id="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737" class="gmail_msg"><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11450" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_extra gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11452"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11454"><blockquote class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11459"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737yqt4352809464 gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737yqt28989"><div dir="ltr" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11458" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_extra gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11461"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11460">On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Jerome Grisanti via Callers <span dir="ltr" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11502" class="gmail_msg"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11501" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight. net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yahoo_quoted gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11447" style="display:block"><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11446" class="gmail_msg"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11445" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205y_msg_container gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11448"><div id="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737" class="gmail_msg"><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11450" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_extra gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11452"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11454"><blockquote class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11459"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737yqt4352809464 gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737yqt28989"><div dir="ltr" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11458" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_extra gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11461"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11460"><blockquote class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11463"><div dir="ltr" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11462" class="gmail_msg">I agree with Chet that Louisville's default star is hands-across, although weekend festivals in nearby cities tend toward the millstone star. I avoid the terms wrist-lock or even wrist-grip star, as I prefer the fingers to lay atop the adjoining wrist without using the thumb to "grip" in any way.<div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11464" class="gmail_msg"><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"></div><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11465" class="gmail_msg">The Midwest where I dance/call now is pretty solidly wrist-star territory (St. Louis, Columbia MO, Kansas City, Lawrence). When I call one-night events (parties, weddings), I dictate hands-across stars, but when calling for an established contra community I ask for the default.</div><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11466" class="gmail_msg"><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"></div><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11467" class="gmail_msg">--Jerome</div><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11468" class="gmail_msg"><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yahoo_quoted gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11447" style="display:block"><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11446" class="gmail_msg"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11445" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205y_msg_container gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11448"><div id="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737" class="gmail_msg"><div id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11450" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_extra gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11452"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11454"><blockquote class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11459"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737yqt4352809464 gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737yqt28989"><div dir="ltr" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11458" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_extra gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11461"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11460"><blockquote class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11463"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737gmail_extra gmail_msg" id="m_1675310151870018205yui_3_16_0_1_1476117131489_11499"><br clear="all" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1675310151870018205yiv6189442737m_-8114670252173775259m_7610660757969429416gmail_signature gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg">Jerome Grisanti<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="gmail_msg">660-528-0858</a><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://www.jeromegrisanti.com/" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://www.jeromegrisanti.com</a><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"><br clear="none" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-size:14px;line-height:19.3199996948242px" class="gmail_msg"><font face="georgia, serif" class="gmail_msg">"Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. 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I have been to contra dances and festivals all over America and<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
everywhere I have danced everyone automatically uses a wrist-lock star<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
(unless the caller has specified hands-across because of the subsequent<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
choreography).<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
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But I am constantly challenged in England by people claiming that<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
wrist-lock stars are not the standard in America.<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
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When I go to somewhere like The Flurry and see 600 people from all<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
over the country all doing wrist-locks it seems to me that it must be the<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
standard way of doing things.<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
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And obviously it has been common in America for a long time; this<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
video is from 1964 in Northern Vermont and shows wrist-lock stars:<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
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So, are there still significant communities that don't use<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
wrist-locks?<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
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Is the wrist-lock the de facto standard?<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
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Thanks.<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
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Happy dancing,<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
John<br clear="none" class="gmail_msg">
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