Re: [Callers] Gender free dances - Contra Callers

4 Dec 2010

On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 23:13:55 -0500,
Amy Cann &lt;acann(a)putneyschool.org&gt; wrote:

...
  Here's a thought I've been toying with for a
while:

 A term we use in knitting to identify which way yarn twists is "N-wise 
 or Z-wise"

 (think of a piece of yarn, look at the slanty lines the plies make, look 
 at the center slashes of an N, then a Z. See it?)

 How many moves could be identified this way?

 "Facing up and down, the first corners on the N diagonal, allemande 
 once and a half."
 "Facing across, Z diagonals start a hey by the left"
 "Facing across, N's diagonal chain" 
You could do that, but it may be less confusing to just identify whether it's the
person on the right or left in the couple:
"Facing up and down, people on the RIGHT allemande once and a half"
"Facing across, people on the LEFT start a hey, passing left shoulders"
"Facing across, person on the RIGHT chain across"

That being said, the one time I called a gender-free dance I just used "bares"
and "bands", since that what the dance organizers directed me to do -- I just
followed what was their custom, and it worked out fine

Mark Widmer / central NJ