Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 18, Issue 17 - Contra Callers

28 Oct 2015

i like where this is going. Folks who want to keep the g-word would have to
prove it didn't come from 1620s "unconventional; outdoor" (but we know
where that came from, and from the bohemian sense also where
hipsters/YUCCYs came from though that was some pretty interesting cultural
evolution, thank you Fitzgerald, love ADD). Ah, the arts of cajolery.
That's a great phrase for what i was dancing around, godawful puns intended.

The square callers have a great point with "dance around/walk around."
Particularly Woody's point that it supplies facing generally and dancers do
their creative best to cajole each other into swings. We can still call
Becky Hill's "The Eyes Have It," but only because mad robin.

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 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:03:40 -0400
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 In square dance, Indian Style is rarely used for single file promenade,
 although it was prevalent just 25 years ago.  It has slowly disappeared
 replaced with just the descriptive language of "single file".
 I often replace, "Single file Indian Style" with "Single file with a
 smile".
 I also beieve Walk around your Neighbor is a suitable, and perhaps the
 best, replacement for Gypsy Neighbor or Gypsie around your Neighbor.  It
 already has the correct meaning for many dancers (eye contact optional),
 and it easily translates from contra to common usage in squares.
 Rich
 Stafford, CT

 On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <
 callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote:

  Since "gypsy" as a contra/ECD term
almost certainly refers to Romani, it
 differs from say, geological terms or whatnot. The swastika is a sad  thing,
 > because the Nazis basically ruined it, even though they use a reverse
 > direction version.
 >
 > That said, I'm not endorsing or not endorsing the change to the
"gypsy"
 > move, just stating that there are some clear differences. 