Martha, I dont recall this dance of which you speak. Could you share the true title and calls? Thanks! I also cringe over ladies (I don't fit that tradition) yet it is a good "place holder, ROLE identifer" for my communities.

On Oct 14, 2017 9:06 AM, "Tom Hinds via Callers" <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I must have fallen asleep during a discussion of "ladies".  What's the issue?

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> On Oct 11, 2017, at 12:13 PM, Martha Wild via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> I’ve got a gypsy star dance (I actually call it “Star Wrong” and not just because of the g-word, but because if you say “gypsy star” everybody starts to gypsy and NOT star, so I gave up on that confusing terminology). Haven’t seen another dance like it. The move from mad robin into the star wrong actually flows quite well.  I use men and women for roles, not genders. When I first started calling, we considered “lady” to be a four letter word - women’s movement and bra burning and all that. I still find it hard to use the word “lady” and not bristle. Times have changed, now people bristle at men and women. Go figure. I didn’t correct the “g-word” use on this version
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