[Callers] Ladies

Mary Collins nativedae at gmail.com
Sat Oct 14 06:26:45 PDT 2017


Martha, I dont recall this dance of which you speak. Could you share the
true title and calls? Thanks! I also cringe over ladies (I don't fit that
tradition) yet it is a good "place holder, ROLE identifer" for my
communities.

On Oct 14, 2017 9:06 AM, "Tom Hinds via Callers" <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I must have fallen asleep during a discussion of "ladies".  What's the
> issue?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Oct 11, 2017, at 12:13 PM, Martha Wild via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> >
> > I’ve got a gypsy star dance (I actually call it “Star Wrong” and not
> just because of the g-word, but because if you say “gypsy star” everybody
> starts to gypsy and NOT star, so I gave up on that confusing terminology).
> Haven’t seen another dance like it. The move from mad robin into the star
> wrong actually flows quite well.  I use men and women for roles, not
> genders. When I first started calling, we considered “lady” to be a four
> letter word - women’s movement and bra burning and all that. I still find
> it hard to use the word “lady” and not bristle. Times have changed, now
> people bristle at men and women. Go figure. I didn’t correct the “g-word”
> use on this version
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