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Old 20th-September-2004, 09:54 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: The yo-yo

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Originally Posted by Chicklet
What's the "official line" on hand hold when the guy has the lady's hand across his chest?

I learned that he has to KEEP HOLD of the hand if it's a yo-yo and flattening the hand with the ladies hand on his should make the lady expect a push spin sending her behind him....If i get a flat unheld hand I WILL GO! and have seen quite a few newer male dancers frown at me and get flustered.

Am I hopelessly out of date???
Or plain wrong??
CTA didn't (in the ancient days) teach any difference. It has become custom and practice to differntiate as you've indicated. HOWEVER .. that difference in signal is not universal
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