It’s a one off so far, but a 2nd dance is in the diary and it will hopefully
become a regular series.
From: Jeff Kaufman [mailto:jeff.t.kauf...@gmail.com]
Sent: 25 January 2017 22:49
To: Jeremy Gmail
Cc: Caller's discussion list
Subject: Re: [Callers] What dance series are using what
Cognitively, it's not as complex as you make it out to be, Donna. (With all
due respect)
Roles are used almost entirely as the first word in a prompt. For dancers,
it's not a new vocabulary, it's a prefix change. That's a lot easier, and
I've heard *lots* of feedback from dancers of "I stopped
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
Thanks Ron for this point.
A bit of history.
In the ‘70s Carl Wittman created a non-gendered method for English Country
Dancing while in Oregon. It is currently used by several organizations,
Heather and Rose in Oregon which he was part of, Sun Assembly in North Carolina
- where Carl moved
