<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Update: today at contra class at Pinewoods I tried Lakes and Rivers. Rivers is not a satisfying or clear word to say for me personally, and the dancers said it got lost over the sound system. They overwhelmingly prefer Larks and Robins. </span></p><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Lisa<div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jul 31, 2019, at 6:45 PM, Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Given some local political correctness objections to Larks and Ravens (I’m not good on the details, but apparently it’s something regarding relative size of the birds and their symbology – larks associated with marriage and fertility, ravens with loss and ill omen), some of us here in the Pacific Northwest now playing with the terms Lakes and Rivers. At least it’s still a Left and Right terminology with similar cadence. The search continues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanx, Ric<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Callers <<a href="mailto:callers-bounces@lists.sharedweight.net">callers-bounces@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lisa Greenleaf via Callers<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 31, 2019 1:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Callers] Larks and Robins<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">At the urging of dancers who were recently at Harmony Week at Pinewoods, I tried Larks and Robins today for role identifiers in contra, and it was great. I physically like saying the word Robins more than the word Ravens, and the dancers were fine with it, too, even with a dance that had a Mad Robin. Callers—experiment!</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div id="AppleMailSignature"><p class="MsoNormal">Lisa<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>List Name: Callers mailing list</span><br><span>List Address: <a href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a></span><br><span>Archives: <a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/">https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>