The Downtown Amherst contra has gone to all gender free calling but apparently needs to update their site.

Liz Sturgen 

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On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 7:45 PM, Peter Simonyi via Organizers

<organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

There are only 49 dances on Jeff's list, so I went to each website and

took a quick look around.

Of the dances that are still clearly running and list the terms they

use on their website (somewhere I could find it), the overwhelming

majority use Larks+Robins. The only other terms with any

representation are Larks+Ravens and one mention of positional calling.

"Not mentioned" means they don't say what role terms are used in a

place I could find (even if they say it's gender-free etc -- some don't

even say that much).

"Not running?" means it appears the series is no longer putting on

dances, or still on hiatus from the pandemic. If they are holding

dances, the website is out of date.

This of course misses dances that are not in or up to date on Jeff's

list.

Amherst MA: http://amherstcontra.org

    Not mentioned (‘what is contra’ page mentions gents+ladies but it

seems 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, and

sometimes 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 and

Robins, so probably this is an editing oversight:

    “Instead of gender roles, dancers choose whether to dance the Lark

role or the Raven role. One role extends their Left arm for the

ballroom 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 standing

on 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 posting

seems to have been taken over by Worcester, a more gendered dance (“If

there is an excess of one gender, it is customary for women to dance

men'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@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

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