<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Ric,</div><div>The ECD confusion is a result of our often using corners to refer to people, but not 100% of the time. I propose that we never refer to corners as the people, only use those words to refer to the position. In any hands four no matter where anyone lands, someone is in the top first corner, someone else in too second corner, etc. you can swap, the dance can move you around, but that position is forever.</div><div>Andrea<br><br>Sent from my iOnlypretendtomultitask</div><div><br>On Jun 2, 2015, at 3:43 PM, Ric Goldman <<a href="mailto:letsdance@rgoldman.org">letsdance@rgoldman.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 14"><link rel="File-List" href="cid:filelist.xml@01D09D24.0EBE9960"><link rel="Edit-Time-Data" href="cid:editdata.mso"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D">Apologies if this has been mentioned already, but even in ECD the terminology for corners is subject to confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>If folks have shifted from their original positions (for example after a “trade places with partner” move), a reference to “1<sup>st</sup> corners do such-and-such” is often met by a question from the dancers “is that people or places?”. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>For example, if you’re facing across the set, and during a fwd-and-back, there’s a rollaway with a half sashay, would you call the person on the right the 1<sup>st</sup> corner (right diagonal based on the facing direction) or the 2<sup>nd</sup> corner (left diagonal based on where they were facing at the beginning of the dance).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Therein lies the potential confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D">I wonder what the impact of this would be on chaos contra with the additional position or role swappring mid dance.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Of course, that’s the dancers’ conundrum, not the callers.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></font><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Wingdings"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings">J</span></span></font><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D">Thanx, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D">Ric Goldman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> Callers [<a href="mailto:callers-bounces@lists.sharedweight.net">mailto:callers-bounces@lists.sharedweight.net</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Perry Shafran via Callers<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 02, 2015 7:42 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Andrea Nettleton<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> <a href="mailto:callers@sharedweight.net">callers@sharedweight.net</a><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Callers] Another approach to Gender Free calling<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255607667_4462"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">After thinking about this I think I am starting to agree with Andrea in that corners (first & second) just might be the perfect term to use. In ECD, where most dances are proper, the first corner is gent 1 and lady 2, because in proper dances there are different genders on the diagonal. In an improper dance (most contra dances), there are same genders on the diagonal. So therefore the ladies would be in the first corner positions (same positions as in a proper English dance), and the gents are the second corners. In a swing, first corners end up on the right. I think by thinking about it this way you could do any dance, easy to challenging, with the corner terminology in place. Just substitute any incidence of "gents" in your choreography with "second corner" and "ladies" with "first corner". <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255607667_4462"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255607667_4462"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Perry<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255607667_4843"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255607667_4842"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255607667_4841"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center"></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1;background:white"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255607667_4965"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> Andrea Nettleton via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Michael Fuerst <<a href="mailto:mjerryfuerst@yahoo.com">mjerryfuerst@yahoo.com</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> "<a href="mailto:callers@sharedweight.net">callers@sharedweight.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:callers@sharedweight.net">callers@sharedweight.net</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 2, 2015 2:31 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Callers] Another approach to Gender Free calling</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255607667_4968"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div id="yiv3612660120"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255607667_4967"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Hey Michael,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">I think you mean that those who began the dance as first corners, will always end swings on the right, just as they are standing relative to their partner in the hands four. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255607667_4966"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">The dance is obscure to the dancers only to the degree the caller is unable to elucidate it. It may take effort for callers to learn to teach as effectively this way, but that doesn't make it less clear. When I called to the SFQCD, ninety percent of the dancers were men. Even with bands and bare arms, so as clear an indication of role as they could achieve, they struggled with who ends where after stuff. What if I could have given them the tool of knowing their corners, and in addition, the clear instruction to note carefully which hand they held when standing next to their partner? That would always be their connector hand when standing as a couple after swings, chains, and R&L thrus. The twofold active attention might have served them far better than the arbitrary labels. Understanding that the pattern of the dance depends on knowing your geography makes sense. Adding into that the need to remember a label doesn't improve the odds the geography will stick, at least it didn't there. In my opinion, looking for a person is less reliable than knowing your place in the dance. People mess up, but the place is always there.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255607667_4969"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">AN<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255607667_4970"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><br>Sent from my iOnlypretendtomultitask<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yiv3612660120yqt85274"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255607667_4971"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><br>On Jun 2, 2015, at 4:05 AM, Michael Fuerst via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_403686"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Consider this dance<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_291602"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><pre style="background:white" id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_291453"><span class="yiv3612660120"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond" id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_291570"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">E.J.M.J.F. in Cincinnati</span></font></span><font color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Duple Improper<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Michael Fuerst<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>March, 1991<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">A1<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Balance and swing neighbor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">A2<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Men allemande left 1 1/2 and swing partner.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">B1<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Long lines forward and back.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Women chain to neighbor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">B2<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Women allemande right (4).<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>1/2 hey, neighbors start passing left shoulder, until<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>neighbors on the side they started the dance (8).<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Neighbors pass left shoulders and turn sharply left<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>along set to meet new<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>neighbors (4).</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white" id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_291453"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond" id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_317158"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">Using this thread's suggestions, I think this becomes (as long as dancers understand that those starting as <b id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_339752"><span style="font-weight:bold">second corners</span></b> always end the swing on the right)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white" id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_291453"><span class="yiv3612660120"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond" id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_291570"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">E.J.M.J.F. in Cincinnati</span></font></span><font color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Duple Improper<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Michael Fuerst<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>March, 1991<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">A1<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Balance and swing neighbor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">A2<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><b id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_332242"><span style="font-weight:bold">First corners</span></b> allemande left 1 1/2 and swing partner.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">B1<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Long lines forward and back. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><b id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_373591"><span style="font-weight:bold">Second corners</span></b> chain to neighbor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">B2<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><b id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_335997"><span style="font-weight:bold">Second corners</span></b> allemande right (4).<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>1/2 hey, neighbors start passing left shoulder, until<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>neighbors on the side they started the dance (8).<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Neighbors pass left shoulders and turn sharply left<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>along set to meet new<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>neighbors (4)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="background:white" id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_291453"><font size="2" color="black" face="Garamond" id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_358527"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">This makes the dance obscure to beginning and intermediate dancers.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Seems best to have<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>names corresponding to the men's and women's roles, rather than to have dancer's determine which corners they are at any point in the dance.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><div id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_291455"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yiv3612660120yui_3_16_0_1_1433183389539_291456"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217 239 5844<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 2:26 AM, Andrea Nettleton via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div id="yiv3612660120"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Actually Alan, because we dance improper most frequently, and becket almost as much, I think I really don't want the labels applied to people so they stick. I'm just using the word corner the way Brooke and Chris use diagonal. In contra, we already have a use for the word diagonal, meaning the next pair along across the set to the right or left. The corner reference we have is actually close to right, probably having grown out of triple minor dances. Right diagonal is first corner, Left diagonal is second. Make it fit in a hands four and you have pairs of corners along opposite angles. It's a place not a person. Then I can write a dance beginning with a second corner chain, and it will be those formerly identified as gents, but will work totally fine. If the dance were proper, you could still have a second diagonals chain and it would be one of each 'role'. A direct transfer of the system to contra is not as useful as adapting, IMHO.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Andrea<br><br>Sent from my iOnlypretendtomultitask<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yiv3612660120yqt96281"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><br>On Jun 2, 2015, at 3:07 AM, Winston, Alan P. <<a href="mailto:winston@slac.stanford.edu" target="_blank">winston@slac.stanford.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div><div id="yiv3612660120yqt67779"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">I'm not Andrea but as someone who's appreciated the value of global calling since Chris and Brooke proselytized our West Coast English caller self improvement group about it in 2000 and who regularly uses it even in not gender free English as well as for gender free English I think I can answer. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">The Heather and Rose style (which they didn't invent but have published the most in) is designed for proper longways. Men's line is left file, ladies line is right file. In a square or Becket formation gents place are first diagonals, ladies are second diagonals. Corner is reserved for contra corners and the immediate neighbor in a square. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">However, mainstream English gives us first corners (in a proper set, first gent and second lady) and second corners (first lady and second gent). If you apply that to a typical improper contra, as Andrea was suggesting, the ladies are on the first corners, the gents on the second corners. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">The answer to each of your questions about how she'd indicate what we now do with gender is to substitute a corner reference. First corners make a wave in the middle of the set. They back up and second corners come in. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">You'd have to decide whether the same positional reference applies to becket, where it would be the gents, or have the corner assignments apply before you becketize, which would be my preference. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Does that clear it up ?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Alan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><br><br>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><br>On Jun 1, 2015, at 9:12 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Andrea, how would you handle the following:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">1. Lines of one role/position to the center to a wavy line, as in Trip to Lambertville, et all?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">2. Indication of who walks forward / backs up in a gypsy star?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">3. Indication of who-leads-who, such as in Ramsay Chase, Pedal Pushers, Jurassic Redheads, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">4. Indication of who is passing while calling a hey.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">5. Indication of who crosses, who turns in a box circulate?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">6. Indication any other role/position specific move that I haven't mentioned? Turn over right shoulder, as in Fairport Harbour? Rollaways? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">None of these fall under the "most unusual figures" as you stated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Ron <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">On Jun 1, 2015 11:59 AM, "Andrea Nettleton via Callers" <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">In previous discussions here, on FB, and privately with organizers at Hampshire over the last two years, I have discussed the possible use of global terminology for gender free contra. I would contend that if used, everyone would become more aware of the structure of dances. Only the most unusual figures/sequences would be unable to be called. The addition of first and second corner positions to the arsenal makes it possible for same role dancers to also be called upon to dance together without reference to gender. Second corners chain, or first corners allemande L 1 1/2 for example. It would have to be agreed that this refers to those standing in those positions at that moment. In ECD we use first and second corners to refer to the people, first and second diagonals for the positions. But since we use diagonal to refer to those across and over one set, this seems unhelpful. Simply corner positions works better. I'm glad some folks are trying it out at last. I had hoped for an opportunity myself before now.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Andrea<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><br>Sent from my iOnlypretendtomultitask<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><br>On Jun 1, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Jim Hemphill via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">The recent discussions on this topic inspired me to try an experiment in gender free calling. Last night I called the contra dance in St. Louis using gender free calling without telling anyone. The experiment was a great success. I received lots of positive feedback on the evenings dance. At the break and after the dance I made a point to ask several dancers, some were callers as well, if they noticed anything different or unusual about the dances or how I taught them. One person noticed that there were more dances that included a swing in the center for couple 2 than usual. No one I talked to noticed that the calls and teaching were gender free.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">It took some extra time to construct a fun, diverse 3 hour program, but it is certainly possible. Re-labeling the dancers is not the only way to call gender free. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">If you are interested in the program I used or the larger collection of gender free dances I chose the program from, send me an email, <a href="mailto:arcadian35@gmail.com" target="_blank">arcadian35@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Jim Hemphill<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" 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