9 Feb
2023
9 Feb
'23
8:33 p.m.
Oh, and another thing, which I really should have said somewhere in that long screed.
To me, part of the essence of country dancing, what makes it attractive to me, and why a
community grows around it is that we all need each other to for this kind of dancing to
work.
I could have a wonderful evening of waltz with me and a favorite partner and nobody else
on the floor. Not true for contra. We're all on the team.
So I think we all owe each other some notice. I really think it's rude if I've
got a guy in my right hand and we balance the wave right and left and he never looks at
me. (I don't take feel personally rejected, but I think we've missed a momentary
opportunity to acknowledge each other's existence, and perhaps smile.).
I want that much connection and acknowledgment from everybody on the floor to everybody on
the floor, and I want as many people as possible to get to share that - to be welcomed, to
feel like they're on the team, to share a smile or a glance.
And *that's* why I'm glad to call without gender reference.
-- Alan
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