Thanks for the suggestion. The rule was sent to me days befor the gig and it took my mind a good long while to process and work through it. The organizer knows my concerns.
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 28, 2018, at 6:34 PM, Yoyo Zhou <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 2:29 PM, Tom Hinds via Callers >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Here was my issue, briefly : I was told to use "walk around" when calling >> at glen echo. It also happens that I'm a western square caller and have >> used "walk around your corner, see saw your taw" for decades. > > Here is an opportunity to say to the organizers, "I understand your intent is > to avoid certain language, but your proposed substitute doesn't work for me > because I use 'walk around' to mean something else. I would prefer to use > [such and such] or another alternative to avoid confusion. Does that work for > your community?" This is a conversation between you and the organizers, which > will ideally result in clearer communication at the dance itself. But if they > don't want to budge, then you've hopefully communicated that their rigidness > is hindering you from presenting a good program. After all, we're here to > serve the dancers. > > Thanks, > Yoyo Zhou >
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