29 May
2015
29 May
'15
11:31 a.m.
We are still using larks and ravens at the Berkeley dance. And, though I
don't seem to have too much trouble using different words for different
dances -- so far I've used men/women, ladies/gents, bands/bares,
trees/squirrels, and larks/ravens without changing my mess of dance
notes -- I understand that others can't switch so easily. On this note,
at the Berkeley dance a caller recently did the following:
1) asked if anyone had some post-its. When found some
2) wrote "lark" and "raven" on the sticky end
3) cut out these little cheat-sheets
4) covered the words "gents" and "ladies" with the post-it cheats
5) move cheats to next card as needed
Thereby changing their cards to the current words on the fly. I was
impressed.
~erik hoffman
oakland, ca
On 5/28/2015 8:01 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
On Thu, May 28, 2015, Alan Winston via Callers wrote:
> On 5/28/15 12:30 PM, Ron Blechner via Callers
wrote:
>>
>> For those interested in gender free contra dance terms:
>>
>> 1. Do you like or dislike jets / rubies ?
>
> Like. (I'm responding on personal preference alone; I'm aware of some
> objections to this, which I don't personally share.)
>
>> 2. How would gems / rubies compare?
>
> Less good, because the soft "ms" would make the call less clear. Also,
> rubies _are_ gems, so this is confusing.
Me too. I haven't yet tried calling with the jets and rubies
terminology, though I've used bands/bares and larks/ravens. I can't
say I'm eager to add yet another set of translated cards to my files.
Kalia Kliban
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