Martha, I dont recall this dance of which you speak. Could you share the true title and calls? Thanks! I also cringe over ladies (I don't fit that tradition) yet it is a good "place holder, ROLE identifer" for my communities.
On Oct 14, 2017 9:06 AM, "Tom Hinds via Callers" < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > I must have fallen asleep during a discussion of "ladies". What's the > issue? > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Oct 11, 2017, at 12:13 PM, Martha Wild via Callers < > callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > > > I’ve got a gypsy star dance (I actually call it “Star Wrong” and not > just because of the g-word, but because if you say “gypsy star” everybody > starts to gypsy and NOT star, so I gave up on that confusing terminology). > Haven’t seen another dance like it. The move from mad robin into the star > wrong actually flows quite well. I use men and women for roles, not > genders. When I first started calling, we considered “lady” to be a four > letter word - women’s movement and bra burning and all that. I still find > it hard to use the word “lady” and not bristle. Times have changed, now > people bristle at men and women. Go figure. I didn’t correct the “g-word” > use on this version > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ >
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