It seems that we have already gone pretty far down that path. Every time I look at dance with odd calls, "slice and dice" being one recently posted, along with the various place name twirls, it troubles me deeply. I have to remember that one of the joys of contra dancing compared to MWSD is that, at least theoretically, anyone can walk in off the street and dance. The more we create esoteric names for calls the less possible that becomes.

Susan Elberger

Lowell, MA

From: Neal Schlein via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
To: callers@sharedweight.net
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2015 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Callers] Box - Swat - CA - Jersey/Nevada

Sorry! I finished that email in a hurry and meant to say what Aahz noted: slide thru is not actually gender neutral; it simply can be done by two people dancing the same role, with the results of a curlique.

I really wouldn't encourage folks to use all of the square dance figures and terms, tough. Down that path lies CallerLab. While I enjoy MWSD myself, it is too complex to be readily accessible and I am afraid contra is heading that way already.

Neal

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