[Organizers] Re: Current use of terms

The Downtown Amherst contra has gone to all gender free calling but apparently needs to update their site.Liz Sturgen  Sent from AOL on Android On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 7:45 PM, Peter Simonyi via Organizers<organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:There are only 49 dances on Jeff's list, so I went to each website andtook a quick look around. Of the dances that are still clearly running and list the terms theyuse on their website (somewhere I could find it), the overwhelmingmajority use Larks+Robins. The only other terms with anyrepresentation are Larks+Ravens and one mention of positional calling. "Not mentioned" means they don't say what role terms are used in aplace I could find (even if they say it's gender-free etc -- some don'teven say that much). "Not running?" means it appears the series is no longer putting ondances, or still on hiatus from the pandemic. If they are holdingdances, the website is out of date. This of course misses dances that are not in or up to date on Jeff'slist. Amherst MA: http://amherstcontra.org    Not mentioned (‘what is contra’ page mentions gents+ladies but itseems to be a general description not specific to this dance) Amherst MA:https://engage.hampshire.edu/organization/contradancecollective    Not running? Arden DE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ardencontra/    "Arden uses gender-free role terms (usually larks and robins, andsometimes positional calling.)" Belfast ME: http://www.belfastflyingshoes.org/    Larks+Robins Berkeley CA: http://www.bacds.org/series/contra/berkeley_wed/    Larks+Robins Blacksburg VA: https://gobblerconnect.vt.edu/organization/contrafolk    Private site Blacksburg VA: https://www.facebook.com/ContraFolkVT/    Not running? Was Larks+Ravens Brooklyn NY: http://www.brooklyncontra.org/    Not mentioned Cambridge MA: http://www.bidadance.org/    Larks+Robins Carrboro NC: http://firstsaturdaycontra.com/    “callers will use the terms Larks and Ravens (or Robins)” Charlottesville VA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/984316375582303/    Larks+Robins Chicago IL: https://www.facebook.com/QueerContraChicago/    Larks+Robins? Their "about" description mentions both Ravens andRobins, so probably this is an editing oversight:    “Instead of gender roles, dancers choose whether to dance the Larkrole or the Raven role. One role extends their Left arm for theballroom swing and stands on the Left at the end of it (it's the Lark!)The Robin extends their Right arm for that swing and ends it standingon the Right.” Cincinnati OH: https://www.facebook.com/GFCinci/    Not running? Concord MA: http://mondaycontras.com/    Larks+Robins Concord MA: http://www.neffa.org/Thurs.html    Larks+Robins Denver CO: http://www.cfootmad.org    Not mentioned Edinburgh Scotland: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghContra/    Larks+Robins Glen Echo MD: https://www.facebook.com/ContraSonic/    Not running? Halifax Canada: https://www.facebook.com/HalifaxContraDances/    Larks+Ravens    They seem to have a new website too: https://www.halifaxcontra.ca/ Hayward CA: https://sfbaycontra.org/    Not mentioned Jamaica Plain MA: http://www.lcfd.org/jp/    Larks+Robins Los Angeles CA: http://www.caldancecoop.org/california-twirl/    Not mentioned Milwaukee WI: https://www.mkecontra.org/    Not mentioned Minneapolis MN: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twincitiesqueercontra    Larks+Robins Monterey CA: http://montereycontradance.org    Not mentioned Montpelier VT: http://capitalcitygrange.org/dancing/contradancing/    Not mentioned Montreal Canada: http://www.contramontreal.org/    Larks+Robins New York NY: http://cdny.org/    Larks+Robins (in the caller info page) New York NY: http://www.villagecontra.org    Not running? (Was Larks+Robins) Northampton MA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1311451995547490/    Larks+Robins Oakland CA: http://www.queercontradance.org/circleleft.html    Larks+Robins Oberlin OH: https://www2.oberlin.edu/stuorg/contra/    Not running? (Was Larks+Ravens 2017-2019) Olympia WA: https://oly-wa.us/southbaygrange/contra.php    Larks+Robins (but listed per dance as if it could change) Orlando FL: https://contraknights.org/    Not mentioned Petaluma CA: http://www.nbcds.org/    Not mentioned Portland ME: http://portlandintowncontradance.com/    Not running? Portland ME: https://www.commonfloorcontra.dance/    Larks+Robins Portland OR: http://contraremix.com/    Larks+Robins Portland OR: https://portlandcountrydance.org/pdxcontra-info/    Not mentioned Providence RI: https://www.facebook.com/ProvidenceCommunityDance/    Private site Sacramento CA: http://www.sactocds.org/    Not mentioned San Jose CA: http://www.bacds.org/series/contra/san_jose/    Not running? (Was Larks+Robins) Santa Cruz CA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/contrasantacruz/    "usually using gender neutral role terms (Larks / Robins)." Seattle WA: http://seattledance.org/contra/emeraldcity    Larks+Robins Seattle WA: http://seattledance.org/contra/lakecity    Larks+Robins Stillwater OK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/acontraaffair/    Not running? Swarthmore PA: https://thepac.center/events/contra-dance-2023-02-14    Not mentioned Toronto Canada: http://www.tcdance.org/    Larks+Robins Warren RI: https://www.facebook.com/eastbaycontradance.net/    Not running? The Facebook page says it's "closed" and postingseems to have been taken over by Worcester, a more gendered dance (“Ifthere is an excess of one gender, it is customary for women to dancemen's parts (and vice versa)”) On Wed, 2023-03-08 at 17:32 -0500, Jeff Kaufman via Organizers wrote:> On trycontra.com I have whether dances are gender free, but not more> specific than that.>> The raw list> is https://github.com/jeffkaufman/trycontra/blob/master/dances.json>> Jeff>>> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023, 4:50 PM Steve Pike via Organizers> <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:> > Is there any Google doc or some such with a list of terms contra> > dances are currently using? I recollect seeing something somewhere,> > maybe a post...> >> > Milwaukee: positional calling, with an occasional Larks/Robins> > caller> >> > Steve Pike> > Milwaukee (formerly Madison), WI_______________________________________________Organizers mailing list -- organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.netTo unsubscribe send an email to organizers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net