[Callers] Boys and Girls

[Jeremy Child via Callers]

Thanks Donna.
How do the dancers know who's dancing boy and who girl?  Sometimes they
need to, or do the callers avoid any calls requiring this knowledge
(e.g. boys trade from a wave)?
Jeremy


On 28 September 2016 at 01:58, Donna Hunt <dhuntdancer at aol.com> wrote:

> Here in Philadelphia the MSW group (Independence Squares) is an LGBT and
> straight group and we dance to the calls of girl/boy and are free to dance
> whichever role we wish without any identifying "sashes".  Our callers are
> fantastic at remembering who the couples/boys/girls are during any square.
>
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> Donna Hunt
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Child via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
> To: Callers <Callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
> Sent: Tue, Sep 27, 2016 2:47 pm
> Subject: [Callers] Boys and Girls
>
> Hi
>
> This is for the MWSD callers amongst you.
>
> There has been much discussion on this group about the terms used for the
> two roles in contra dance.  I do not propose to resurrect that here, I
> mention it to emphasise that many feel the terms used to be important, and
> that we should be moving away from any gender connotation in them.
>
> MWSD uses Ladies, Gents, Men, Women, Girls, Boys - all highly gendered.
> Is it time we changed these?  If so, how?  In theory with Callerlab it will
> be easier, but I suspect they would strongly resist such a change, since
> the "maleness" and "femaleness" of the roles (e.g. skirt work) is such a
> fundamental part of what MWSD is.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> (Apologies to those to whom this is all gibberish)
>
> Jeremy Child
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