Manly Man Spins

[killingtime]

Recently (ooh say Southport a couple of days ago) I was informed that my man spin was a little... camp? This was confirmed by another girl there who agreed that it was more of a Gary Spin than a Man Spin. I figured that wouldn't do, wouldn't do at all as it is quite clearly a man spin not a girly spin or something like that. Therefore I need to macho up my man spin. I figured maybe if I gave a manly grunt as I went past? Or had a pint in my hand as I did the spin?

Anyone with any suggestions on how I can butch up my man spins? I don't care if the rest of my dancing looks camp it's just important that said spin of men looks as manly as possible.

Thanks !

[Caro]

I have to say I don't remember if it was you (I think it might have been) or not but one guy I danced with had sometimes his wrist 'broken' (as in bent 90 deg angle from the forearm) from time to time when we danced, and I remember thinking ... 'that doesn't look very manly that'...

I'd say keep everything straight

[straycat]

Anyone with any suggestions on how I can butch up my man spins? I don't care if the rest of my dancing looks camp it's just important that said spin of men looks as manly as possible.

To be honest, I think it can't be counted as a real manly manspin unless you drop-kick three little old ladies through the nearest window on your way round, a la Chuck Norris.**

Stray
**it can be tough getting that many little old ladies into our local venues these days, for some reason, which is why I don't do a whole lot of manspins anymore.

[Beowulf]

Gary Spin

a what? Who's Gary? I do Pete Spins.. they're not particularly MANLY either.

Why worry? it just shows you're more in touch with your feminine side anyway. and isn't dancing in general perceived to be camp by non dancers anyway?

when I read this post I immediately thought of the Burger king advert for "Manly burgers.. "Man that's a lot of meat"

dance dressed as a fireman, or a rugby player.. advertisers always try to tell us that that's what manly is supposed to look like (never the bespectacled geek.. no!!! )

[Caro]

dance dressed as a fireman...

now there's an interesting idea

remind me, when's the beach ballroom again?

[straycat]

dance dressed as a fireman

now there's an interesting idea

Aye - I'm told they have pretty long hoses

[ducasi]

dance dressed as a fireman, or a rugby player.. advertisers always try to tell us that that's what manly is supposed to look like

Additionally, you could be carrying a baby in order to look new manly.

[Caro]

Aye - I'm told they have pretty long hoses

I did wonder who would come up first with the easy hose joke and send this thread upstairs...

[MartinHarper]

I shouldn't be allowed to post on this thread....
You could turn your man spin signals into the start of a martial-arts style blocking routine. So start your man spin with a right-handed right-to-left block at head height, followed by a left-handed left-to-right block at head height as you catch right.

[Lee Bartholomew]

Insead of doing one spin do 12

[Gav]

Dance near Dave the Scaffolder. Everything you do will look manly then

Sorry Dave, couldn't resist

[Beowulf]

I shouldn't be allowed to post on this thread....
You could turn your man spin signals into the start of a martial-arts style blocking routine. So start your man spin with a right-handed right-to-left block at head height, followed by a left-handed left-to-right block at head height as you catch right.

Hmm.. wouldn't those moves require a whole new set of skills?

And would it not mean the lead would need to be as fast as lightning
and in fact become a little bit frightning
But dancing it with expert timing?

(can hear the track now...
Oooh ooooh oooh ooooooooh HA!
Oooh ooooh oooh ooooooooooh HA!)

[Jhutch]

Maybe you could form your hand into a fist and swing your arm round in the style of a solid, manly, definitely not-camp punch?

[killingtime]

a what? Who's Gary? I do Pete Spins.. they're not particularly MANLY either.

Gary is me. I probably should have put [killingtime] spin, but that's kinda scary.

...manly manspin unless you drop-kick three little old ladies through the nearest window on your way round, a la Chuck Norris.**

"There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live."

dance dressed as a fireman, or a rugby player..

Insead of doing one spin do 12

You could turn your man spin signals into the start of a martial-arts style blocking routine.

Maybe you could form your hand into a fist

So so far I've got do 12 spins while dress as a fireman and keeping a manly fist doing some fu like Chuck Norris on the way around?

Yeah I can do that .

As a side note since I've had a PM and a comment. I only started this post because I said I would. I don't really care about making my man spin more manly, I not really striving to have the most manly man spin in all of man-spinydom or anything. I was hoping that people would pick up on the slightly humorous nature of the thread when I talked about spinning with a pint in hand.

[TheTramp]

Just do spins next to Jamie doing his. You'll look manly then!

[Jamie]

Just do spins next to Jamie doing his. You'll look manly then!

... Anyone looks manly next to me, I spend most of my time dancing as a lady (Emily Howard Stylee)

[MartinHarper]

I want to make my American spins more American.
Any advice?

[killingtime]

I want to make my American spins more American.

Wear a cowboy hat and go "yee-ha" when you do it?

[TheTramp]

I want to make my American spins more American.

Move 3500 miles further west.

[straycat]

I want to make my American spins more American.
Any advice?

You could always take out a few nearby British dancers with friendly fire while spinning? (just make sure Chuck Norris isn't around - he doesn't like it when others steal his prey)