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.
Thanx, Ric
From: Callers <callers-bounces(a)lists.sharedweight.net> On Behalf Of Lisa Greenleaf
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Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 1:36 PM
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Subject: [Callers] Larks and Robins
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!
Lisa
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