On Jul 31, 2019, at 6:45 PM, Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: 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 via Callers Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 1:36 PM To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net 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 Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/