Re: [Callers] Alternate Role Terms

I disagree re. lead and follow being the most accurate. I don't think of it as residual baggage, but merely inaccuracy. In my experience, there just isn't a leader and follower dynamic in contradancing. Not the way that there is in other forms of partnered dance. Or that there historically may have been in contra or its related genres. It does seem that some women dancers depend on leadership from the gent role, and some men dancers feel pressure to direct the non-gent role dancers. But I don't think there's any lead/follow component inherent in the contra dance form. All my opinion, Chrissy Fowler