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- From a wave or facing couples: All arm turn half, centers then arm turn 3/4 while the ends move up a quarter to form the ends of a new wave turn 90 degrees from the original wave. The call Spin The Top is correct for both Right and Left-Hand Waves although the directional call Left Spin The Top is generally used for Left Hand Waves. If the call is directed to facing couples, they do the first arm turn by the right (or by the left if the call is Left Spin The Top). BACKGROUND NOTE: Holman Hudspeth, in my opinion, has been the most original of all the square dance inventors. He consistently tries to break new ground with his ideas rather than expand on other moves already in existence. While he can't be right every time, very often his ideas have opened up entire areas of experimentation that had remained unthought of until he pointed them out. Spin The Top really established the 3/4 arm turn--before that it had been frowned upon as too difficult from a dancer orientation standpoint. Many of Holman's ideas have survived under different names from the ones he gave them, but the ideas themselves are still with us. You'll see the name Hudspeth appearing in just about every section of this or any other book that deals with original ideas in square dance choreography.
- Holman Hudspeth 1964
