*applause*
On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Jacob or Nancy Bloom via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I'll echo this viewpoint. I value the opportunity to go different places
> and learn different ways of doing things. I feel that much more is lost in
> uniformity than is gained.
>
> Jacob
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 9:03 PM, Chet Gray via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> In regards to the present variety in role terminology, I may be fairly
>> alone in this opinion, but I hope we never intentionally arrive at a grand
>> consensus.
>>
>> I love that different terms for roles have sprung up in different
>> communities, just as I love that so many wonderful terms have sprung up for
>> eye-turn/shoulder-turn/spiral. I love hearing "allemande", "hand turn", and
>> "hand 'round" in different communities. I love that "dosado" means
>> drastically different things in different long-lived community ("square")
>> dances. I love that some communities default to hands-across stars while
>> others default to wrist-hold stars. I love that there are at least three
>> different promenade positions, and each is default in different
>> communities. As much as my engineer brain would enjoy it, I hope we never
>> have a CALLERLAB to strictly define terminology and steps for contra dances.
>>
>> — Chet Gray
>> dance caller
>> Louisville, KY
>> (502) 419-7008 <+1-502-419-7008>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Donna Hunt via Callers <
>> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm sad to hear that so many groups are using different role terms and
>>> such a variety to boot. Not only do our beginners have to learn a brand
>>> new vocabulary (sometimes in a foreign language) and then remember the
>>> movement to go with those new words, but now they have to deal with
>>> remembering a role that there's no basis for, and that role term changes at
>>> different dance locations. Augh my head hurts just thinking about it.
>>>
>>> Donna
>>>
>>
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