I want to echo the words of Alex D-L and Dave Casserly.
I'm also appalled at the casual use of the n-word on this thread without
anyone whatsoever calling it out. This is really giving me pause. :(
Contra's attendance is dwindling - I hear it from every organizer I talk
to, with a couple
An important thing to remember is that sometimes *you just can't
please everyone* no matter what you do. That applies not only
to issues that some would characterize as being about "political
correctness" (singing call lyrics; the "g-word"; gendered vs.
gender-free names for dance roles), but to
I'm the designated caller but my favorite partner-in-crime Laurie Indenbaum
just got freed up to play fiddle and I'd rather make harmonies with her
while one of *you* calls.
The East Putney Dance has been going since forever, is on a dirt road
nobody can find, but people seem to show up any way,
I learned it as a child as "She's a young girl." That would at least get
rid of the people are things issue.
On Sat, Mar 24, 2018, 10:12 PM Rich Sbardella via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I have been calling singing squares for years, and there is one I
I am an example of someone who gradually left a dance community partly because
of what I saw as offensive lyrics in singing calls….. When my wife and I were
dancing modern western squares in the late 1980s, in Ohio, many callers were
using contemporary pop and country songs for their singing
