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durham offers folk-dancing
People interested in non-sexist
folk-dancing have been meeting on Sun
day afternoons at the Durham Arts
Council since mid-January.
Organizer Carl Whittman said that
although many traditional dances em
phasize expertise and couples, the
dances he has chosen are meant to
de-emphasize competitiveness and pro
fessionalism.
Most of the dances he leads are
from 16th, 17th, and 18th century
England and Scotland, although he
also includes ones from Yugoslavia
and Israel. "I choose forms that are
affirmative of liberation movements,
he said.
Whittman has led folk-dancing in a
gay community and in a community
college in Oregon. He said that
dancing is a form of communication^
between people, "The Oregon experi
ence brought people of good will
together without a lot of rhetoric,
he said.
The 30 gay and non-gay women and
men who have been meeting in Durham
have different levels of experience.
Whittman said he wants the setting to
be comfortable, "The dancing should
be a celebrative learning experience
and open to new participants.
Scheduling is flexible. Interes
ted people should call Carl Whittman
or Allan Troxler at 489-3798 in
Durham for^more information. Parti
cipants are occasionally asked for a
small contribution to cover rental
costs; otherwise there is no charge.
brown cancels appearance
Despite recent publicity,
Brown will not be appearing at UNC-CH
'on Tuesday, Feb. 19. ■
The author of Rubyfruit Jungly and
The uanrf That Rocks the Cradle was to
have appeared on the Chapel Hill cam
pus as part of the Carolina Symposium,
A spokesperson for the Carolina
Union said that Ms. Brown is working
against a deadline on another book
and is unable to take speaking
engagements. "We hope we can get
to come here, maybe in the
she said.
her
fall,"
The February meeting of Monan-
drous Gays will be held Friday,
Feb. 15, at- 6:30 pm. It will be a
pot-luck dinner followed by a brief
discussion for old and new members.
The group’s name stems for the
word ’'monandjry," the custom of
having one husband at a time,
"Meetings are open to anyone
interested in meaningful gay rela
tionships, Members of the group
range in belief from rabid mon-
agamists to those who include the
possibility of other relationships
outside one’s primary relationship,"
said a spokesperson.
The group, which was organized
in the fall of 1978, meets in the
Chapel Hill area. It usually has
program meetings on various aspects
of relationships. January’s
directed discussion was on sexual
role-playing in gay relationships.
For more information, call Mike
Young at 942-3909. -
monandry group meets in feb.
talf changes format
The Triangle Area Lesbian
Feminists have reorganized the
format of their program meetings.
TALF holds a program meeting
bimonthly, with a potluck on
alternate months.
In the new program format,
the business session begins at
7:15 with a facilitator. Announce
ments should be given to the
facilitator before the meeting.
Announcements are made between
7:15 and 8, after which is a light
meal. At 8:30, the program part
of the evening begins.
"We hope this new format will
make the handling of announcements
0a,sier," said a spokesperson.
Past TALF program topics have
■j^jjQTuded lesbian art history, FBI
and grand jury harassment, self-
defense, and stress and tension
release. The March 1 TALF meeting
will consist of a potluck and
announcements.
TALF meetings are held the first
Saturday of each month at the
Durham YWCJV on Proctor Street.
wasg holds weekly meetings
The Women’s Alternative Sexuality
Group^ a women’s discussion group,
is seeking new members,
A spokesperson for WASG said the
group is open to non—gay as well as
bisexual and gay women. She said,
"We follow guidelines of confiden
tiality and respect for the view
points of others.
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