[Callers] Re: Gentlespoons/Ladles (from Rompin' Stompin')

(distribution trimmed back to those who voluntarily joined this conversation 😉) That's what I've done with the singing squares I've chosen to learn/program. In most cases it's trivial to make the change and fit the meter of the dance/tune, and the quality/helpfulness of the resultant calls usually improves. In just one example from "Trail of the Lonesome Pine": "Do si do, and then your corner you swing, easily becomes: "Do si do, and then your corner you swing, Larks and Robins generally fit where specifying a particular role is necessary. I never understood why a number of the singers had lines like "swing that corner lady, put her on the right and..." when the "lady" had agency of her own and "corner" was enough to distinguish the target. Some singers will require quite a bit of rejiggering and may end up losing essence without a lot of clever lyrics revision. Others might not easily survive scrutiny with today's improved cultural sensitivity - where dated attitudes and cultural assumptions/biases are firmly embedded. -Don On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 11:22 AM Jill Allen via Contra Callers < contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: