[Callers] Role term survey responses

John W Gintell via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Mon Feb 13 07:41:54 PST 2017


> On Feb 13, 2017, at 10:30 AM, Aahz via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017, Read Weaver via Callers wrote:
>> 
>> As far as I know, all of the ongoing gender-free English country
>> dances use a different system, "global terminology." It's based on
>> current position rather than role, and so doesn't have to use a
>> substitute for gents/ladies. There are a small number of dances for
>> which it's awkward, though I've had callers present me with something
>> they couldn't figure out the global terminology for and I've usually
>> been able to, usually resulting in easier teaching and calling than
>> the gendered version. There was one ongoing contra dance decades ago
>> that used a similar system.
> 
> You have any examples?  Both the original and the converted version?


> http://lcfd.org/gf-ecd-calling-conventions.html

Here is the JP English description - as written by Read a few years agp:

    http://lcfd.org/gf-ecd-calling-conventions.html

And the Heather and Rose description:

  http://heatherandrose.org/terms.shtml

	John Gintell



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