If the term is to be changed I think there should be agreement as to what the replacement is and not have a variety of terms. The health of many contra dance series is very dependent upon new dancers coming and having a good time so they return. There is a big vocabulary to learn and having it not be the same at successive or neighboring dances would add to the confusion.
On Oct 28, 2015, at 3:21 PM, Don Veino via Callers <[email protected]> wrote: > > Might I suggest at this point there's been enough shared such that folks have > figured out where they are on this subject? And, while the discussion has > been informative, that further posts will do little to change anyone's > beliefs? > > If that's accepted, I further suggest we move forward with our own personal > belief and act as conscience dictates: > Should you wish to continue with the status quo call, then do so and > incorporate whatever learning you've taken from this exchange to improve your > teaching and leading. Your further experience and learning from dance > participants may inform your future view. > Should you be motivated to change the term, have a conversation with your > dance organizer(s) and try out an alternate call/description, should they be > willing - see how it goes. That learning may inform the culture by example. > I hope we can trust the Folk Process to be robust enough to do its thing in > this matter - as it has so many times before. > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
