Rick and Mac and all, I also tried various "fixes" like promenading clockwise but like a lot of  times I have tried to "fix" a dance, it gets clunky and I end up going back to the original. Since the "Wheel" is the most fun with a hall packed with dancers, I have settled on calling it only for large crowds when the original "circle up" has the dancers pretty much pushed up against the walls. Then when they get in promenade position, that all loosens up but during the circle lefts the women's arms are saved.

bill