[Callers] Role term survey responses

Aahz via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Mon Feb 13 07:30:19 PST 2017


On Mon, Feb 13, 2017, Read Weaver via Callers wrote:
>
> As far as I know, all of the ongoing gender-free English country
> dances use a different system, "global terminology." It's based on
> current position rather than role, and so doesn't have to use a
> substitute for gents/ladies. There are a small number of dances for
> which it's awkward, though I've had callers present me with something
> they couldn't figure out the global terminology for and I've usually
> been able to, usually resulting in easier teaching and calling than
> the gendered version. There was one ongoing contra dance decades ago
> that used a similar system.

You have any examples?  Both the original and the converted version?
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