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We have a new Board. We thank our out-going Board for their commitment and service to our club last year. Thank you to Connie Seamans, President; Randy Graboyes, Vice President; Chuck Root, Treasurer and Pat Preston, Secretary. Our new Board members are: Randy Graboyes, President; Janet Geiger, Vice President; Sharon Greenman, Treasurer and Pat Preston, Secretary. We look forward to a new dance year starting this fall. ​

We are 'dark' on May 19 as the cloggers have their convention at the hall in Springfield. We wish the cloggers a fun-filled weekend.

We are 'dark' in July as that is a busy month with 4th of July festivities, Summer Festival and the Diamond Lake Festival.

We encourage our dancers and all dancers to attend the Summer Festival in Klamath Falls, July 16-19. There are particulars and details you can find 'online.' Roger Putzler and Christina Corelli are calling and cuing the Trail's End Dance, Thursday, July 16. Several Oregon callers and cuers are lined up for your dancing pleasure. The featured caller and cuer are Scott and Erin Byars of Sacramento, California. Scott called the Thursday night dance at this year's Mid-Winter Festival and was a big hit.

We enjoyed having national caller, Dan Nordbye, here with us on April 14th. He's a wonderful caller and interacts with the dancers during the evening and round dances with a lot of the ladies. He's a real showman.

Please join us the first and third Saturdays at the Emerald Dance Center in Springfield.

Keep on dancing.'

Christina Corelli

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Our March 13th dance was a combination dance: a Black Cat dance because it was Friday, the 13th and a St. Patrick's Dance because March 17th was coming up. Jim Voll called and Christina Corelli cued.

A good-sized crowd of Buckaroos and others attended our March 27th dance called by Lennie Ludiker and cued by Jackie Gale. Dale Roberson was our club caller for many years, and he attended, with his wife, Betty. Great to see them.

We will join Whirl-A-Ways on Saturday, May 8, to celebrate Cinco de Mayo a couple days late. The Taco Feed was such a success last year that we are going to do it again. It will be called by K. C. Curtis and cued by Jackie Gale. Craig Abercrombie will call and cue our dance on May 22nd.

Marguerite Zolman

Kris Jensen, national caller from Albuquerque, was in town recently and called for Cast-A-Shadow (Advanced) and for Spin Cycle Squares. We had guests from other clubs at the Sunday evening dance with Kris. We all had a great time. We always do when Kris is here, and Tim, our wonderful caller, gets to dance.

We encourage dancers of all levels to join us on Sundays from 5:30 to 8pm. Please call our President, David Lajoie, at (541)520-7311 or our caller, Tim, at (541)988-0399, as we are dark from time to time. We'd hate to miss you. We offer a great time to all!

Happy dancing!

Christina Corelli

We would like to welcome back Jim Voll as our club caller, since Leonard Snodgrass has resigned. We will miss Leonard. We enjoyed his calling, singing, and yodeling, often while joining us on the dance floor. We appreciated his calling during parades as he walked along, interacting with the crowd and passing out flyers. He was always encouraging and patient with our new dancers. Thank you, Leonard.

On March 14th, we joined the rest of the world and celebrated Pi. We had a lively dance and delicious pie! On April 11th, we will hold our Gospel Dance with Jim Voll and Jackie Gale. Then, on April 24-26, we will have our annual campout at Camp Koinonia, here in Sweet Home.

Our Wild Wild West BBQ and dance will be held on May 9th. The dance is casual, and the BBQ will be served before the dance, approximately 6:45pm. Come Join us for hamburgers and all the fixin's

Sharon Arthur

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Braids and Braves are continuing Plus lessons taught by our caller, Leonard Snodgrass, with about a dozen people still in the class.

We are looking forward to our Spring club dance on April 18, our Alien Daze Dance on May 16, and our formal Prom dance on June 20. We hope that many of our friends can join us.

We're getting pretty excited planning our club campout in August and the various parades and demos for the summer. Jennie Ramer

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The Floor Duster teen club recently brought 17 dancers to our Monday evening dance. What a great group of young and lively dancers. We certainly enjoyed all their enthusiasm.

Several clubs attended our March pie night. In fact, we had five squares. As always, we had enough pie left over to share with our Wednesday mainstream class.

Our Wednesday plus workshop has gone dark to give time for our lessons. We will keep you posted when the workshops restart. Dolly

IWW held their 55th Birthday Dance on Sunday, March 15. We had over 7 squares dancing! One hour before the dance started, we lost all power to our dance venue due to high winds. We thought we would have to cancel this anticipated dance, but just 10 minutes before it was to start, the power came back on! Much excitement and noise was heard all over. Lots of fun was had from the calling of our Guest Callers, Darrell Kalmbach and KC Curtis, along with our special club caller George Hermann. Guest Cuer; Ken Pratt, and our fabulous club cuer, Ralph Lambert, made everyone look elegant out on the dance floor. A special thank you goes out to all the callers and curers, along with the many visiting clubs, for coming to support our 55th Birthday. It was truly a very festive birthday celebration.

Our April 11 dance is scheduled to have National Caller, Dan Nordbye as our Guest caller for that evening. There will be more information on that next month. We are looking forward to seeing you in a square. Joni O’Brien

Club members have been asked to please start thinking about items they can donate to this year's Silent Auction at the Strawberry Festival in June. This is our one and only fundraiser! Handmade, new, and gently used items are all most welcome!

Please welcome our 2015-2016 Club Officers: Wanda Frenzel, President; Frank Cawrse, Vice President, Barb Schafer, Treasurer; Kaynor Heineck, Secretary; and Doris Nelson, Area Representative. At the last Club Meeting, it was decided to begin charging $5.00 per dance by the membership, effective immediately. The price will remain $10.00 for a family of three or more and $5.00 for special dances

Sweet Home Squarenaders are hosting their annual weekend square dance campout at Camp Koinonia April 24-26. Stay for the weekend, come just for a dance, or a dance and a meal, or just to hang around and play cards, croquet, Frisbee, or whatever. RV parking is available and there are also cabins if you don’t have an RV. There is still time to call Ginger at 541-409- 0345 or go to https://squarenaders.files.wordpress.com/ 2014/08/camp-k-registration-pdf.pdf

A1 Lessons continue on Sundays from 4:30pm—6:00pm at the Lebanon IOOF Hall. The Lockits are not charging for lessons for the rest of the 2014-2015 season. (Taken from club Newsletter.)

ReVuNQ is at a pivotal point in its history as we hire a cuer to replace Ray Walz. How do you replace a precious gem of a person? Cheryl Manley and her husband, Geof, have been hired to be the club cuer. She will start full time after she gives 30 day notice to her current location where she is teaching. The finer points of the contract are still being worked out but we are hoping for the best. Stay tuned for more details.

The club elected new and some returning officers and cast a vote for Federation officers.

Please put June 18 on the calendar for our 39th birthday dance and recognition/retirement dance for Ray Walz. It is time to honor his time and efforts in keeping us on the dance floor looking good and having fun. Marilyn Schmit

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Our youth had a great turnout for their fundraiser dance on March 8. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the kids. The winners of the raffle were Janienne Alexander, Mark Forster and Jim Elliot, each one winning $100. Our youth are in the last month of practice as we are heading north on May 1!

Our superstition dance on March 13 was great fun. Some participants even danced under and around the ladder that was in the middle of the hall.

We hosted a special dance on March 27 to be a surprise destination for a large mystery trip. We had 39 come in on the bus from Lebanon Square Circlers. The Lebanon Square Circlers and Timber Twirlers both stole banners.

Thomas has passed the club reporter baton on and I will be reporting for the club now. Petrina Buchheit

We are having a great time dancing this year with all of our special theme dances. The last one was a cowboy theme. Our caller Bruce Lowther and his partner Judy Russell came dressed in great western theme outfits and Bruce even had a holster for his cordless mic. How cute. All the music, squares and rounds, kept to the cowboy theme. It was great fun. Several of our guests were also dressed in our theme outfits and that even increased the fun level..

If you are out Albany way, come and join us for fun dances. You are always welcome at our place.... Sandy Harris

The Valley River Dancers have had a busy spring welcoming a number of new members, holding mainstream and A lessons, visiting other clubs and planning fun dances for you.

We are excited to host Canadian caller Steve Edlund at our second Friday plus dance. He will join club caller Randy Dibble and cuer Julie Stiers to add international flare and fun on May 8, with pre-rounds at 7:30.

Our members have been on the banner prowl recently, recapturing all four of the club's banners and earning a coveted Squaws and Paws banner. Speaking of banners, everyone is invited to our "Come and Get It" mainstream dance on Friday, May 22, where Mid-Willamette clubs will compete for the council's trophy banner. It is sure to be a fun time. Perrin Damon

Spring came early to the Willamette Valley and Willamette Squares was inspired to give their March dance the theme of "Spring!" Colorful pots of blooms decorated the Square Dance Center, and there was a definite "spring" in everyone’s' steps as they danced to Sandy Harris's calling and Jackie Gale's cueing. There were guest callers and cuers as well, which added to the existing dances.

Willamette Squares invites everyone to come enjoy the Maypole dance at our regularly scheduled dance the end of April. It is fun to rhythmically weave the colorful ribbons around the Maypole. Time spent in the company of Willamette Squares always means enjoyable dancing, shared friendship, and plenty of good food and drink.

Jodee Howard

We’ll have an exciting month for us, starting out with a mystery bus trip May 1st. Our Director of Activities, May Hem, will be tour director.

On the 13th, we will have our Hobo Dance.

But on the 27th, May Hem has outdone herself again. She’s booked the legendary JIM STEELE to call our dance. Long-term dancers will remember him calling even when he was a teen ager. Even today, after much illness, many still regard him as a national quality caller. He was quite the hit at last year’s Juniper Jubilee festival. And he’s still one of the fastest callers around. Check with your cardiologist before you come. She has paired him with Mark McDonald, a popular cuer from the Prineville area. But come early, as our parking will fill up fast.

Our new officers: President, Michael Wagner; V-P, Sue Burns; Secretary, Patricia Neils; Treasurer, Cynthia Ekberg; PAC Delegates, Jim Schira and Mary Theirl. Supporting them is our usual cast of anonymous helpers, all dedicated to keeping our club a reality.

Petula Petticoat

Greetings from the Buzzin Bees. We are hard at work in preparation for our 57th anniversary dance on April 18th. The theme is "Honey Time " and we have been on the lookout for bee themed door prizes and have a good selection. Pre rounds start at 7:30 with rounds at 8pm.

After the anniversary dance, we only have 3 more dances before our season is done. Our final dance is on June 6th and we always celebrate with a BBQ. We will eat at 6 pm and start dancing at 7:30. All are invited to come and share a meal with us.

We are planning an exhibition dance at Mallard Landing on 4/25 at 2pm. The club will go out for pizza after the dance. We are also planning to visit the Silver Stars that evening to Celebrate their anniversary.

Hope to see you in a square.

Debbie Broers

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One of the great things about spring is driving to dances in the daylight! The beautiful flowers and lengthening days always seem to bring hope. As the trees green up and the strawberries bloom, so our mainstream student move forward toward graduating at the end of May. It is always fun to see the excitement and enthusiasm of new dancers. One of the saddest sights for me is to see people who have grown bored with dancing, but keep doing it. Some look as if it is a chore! Keep a smile on your face, and remember that this is a fun activity. New graduates also remind us of that feeling when it was all new and exciting.

We had a great visitation to the Columbia River Dancers in March 14, 2015, with nearly two squares showing up. They are a new club and did not have any banners yet, so we got one of caller Richard Lane's shirts, including a name tag. Apparently the tradition is that you get the shirt off the back of the caller if they don't have banners to give away. Richard and the Columbia River Dancers can come and reclaim it, if it doesn't get sold in our annual Barn Sale. Everyone had a fun evening.

Remember the Cut-Ups dance at the Boring Barn on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Saturdays of the month, starting at 7:00 PM. May has a 5th Saturday, so we hope to see many of you coming out to spend a fun evening of dancing with us. We dance all summer long!

Beverly De La Bruere

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The Happy Hoppers are mostly about having fun with our club dancing and social activities. However, as a fairly prosperous group of folks, we feel that it is important to give back. We have chosen to help feed families who are hungry in our larger community. Toward this end, we support the North County Food Bank and F.I.S.H. (Friends In Service to Humanity).

During the month of March, at our dances, we collected 330.2 pounds of food which we donated to the North County Food Bank in Battle Ground (http://www.nccfoodbank.org/) which exceeded our record last year of 235 pounds. We're looking forward to setting a new record next year!

Also in March, we donated our time helping F.I.S.H. (http://fishvancouver.org/), by sorting 26,000 pounds of food donated by the annual "Walk & Knock" campaign (http://walkandknock.org/). When F.I.S.H. receives that food, it is randomly packed in cardboard cartons. The donated food needs to be sorted into 20+ classifications and then re-packed into cartons for use by the distribution center. More than 20 Happy Hoppers showed up to help on each of 2 days. It's a bit of a madhouse with folks carrying food from the table where the unsorted boxes are opened to the various classification stations. That's where our experience as square dancers was most helpful. There were plenty of opportunities for collisions, but our well-developed "radar" came into play. I'm proud to report that no one was injured, at least not seriously.

Our weekly square dance lessons are now on summer vacation. Lessons will pick up again on Monday, September 7th.

As usual, we will hold 2 club dances in May, on the first and third Saturday evening, at the Clark County Square Dance Center. The May 16th dance will feature an Ice Cream Social at the break. You don't want to miss that one!

We have 2 club dine-outs scheduled. On the evening of April 29th we'll meet at Gustav's on 164th Avenue, a half mile south of Mill Plain Boulevard. On May 27th, it's the Spaghetti Factory on Mill Plain, just west of 164th. As you can see, there are lots of dining opportunities within walking distance of the corner of Mill Plain and 164th. If anyone wants to meet me there for lunch, just get in touch and we'll arrange a time and day. No need to decide on a place in advance. We'll take a short walk and work it out.

Marc Kahn

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"We have been elected!" This was the theme of this year's election. It was a reminder to all of us that the Board of our club facilitates the organization of the club and its activities but the members are the ones leading the direction through our input. With gratitude we thank our present Board members Angie Clark, President; Keith Miles, Vice-President; Chris Suran, Treasurer; Rosalee Salsbery, Secretary; and Debra and Kelly Dunn, Member-at-Large. They've been unofficially dubbed 'The Famous Six'. They will continue facilitating our club until the end of July and then our new Board will take their place. Welcome Eugene (Bonnie) Ivy as President; Cheryl Hoke, 1st Vice President; Robben Romano, 2nd Vice President; Chris Suran, Treasurer; Rosalee Salsbery, Secretary; Sue and John Maahs, and Jeannette Egan, Members-at-Large. We are excited to continue our growth and progress into the coming year.

How appropriate that we celebrate our Big Anniversary -- 55 years with a Big Celebration. May 2, we invite you to join us at our 'Fun in Acapulco' dance with the Elvis tribute artist Scott Coon. A floor show will start the celebrating at 4:30pm followed by a Cinco de Mayo potluck supper and then our regular dance schedule begins with Helen Halley cueing Intermediate Rounds at 7:00 pm; Phase 2 Rounds 7:30 - 8:00 pm; and Scott Coon will call the evening's Mainstream dance until 11:00 pm. It will be a night to remember! Thanks for coming and helping us make this a fantastic celebration.

--Elysa Foxman

By the time you read this, the die might already be cast for the fate of our club.

In 2006 a small group of dedicated dancers revitalized a Recycles club that was going to close its doors. Over the past 8 1/2 years we have enjoyed many wonderful monthly Plus dances led by our super callers and cuer, Darrell Kalmbach, Jeanine Norden and Scott Zinser. However, during this time our membership, and our energy, have gradually dwindled to a very low level, and not even our faithful guests are numerous enough to sustain our tiny club.

So, our dance this month on Friday, May 8th might very well be our last one. Come out and help us celebrate our several years of sharing some great dancing times!

Cynthia

Many thanks to so many dancers for supporting the fund raiser for our hall, Milwaukie Community Club. It was wonderful to see so many members of the Portland Area Council, too. It was special to also have Mark and Bev Engerman and Janne Norton in attendance. Eric Foxman was most entertaining with his story telling, as usual.

In June we will celebrate our 25th Anniversary. More on this next month.

The May PAC dance will be held on May 29. We are proud to have our caller, Les Seeley and cuer, Tami Helms on stage. It will be held at Oak Grove Community Center. See the flyer for details.

Gail Domine

April was a busy month for the Ramblers. We held our annual membership meeting on April 4 and are pleased to announce that Jan Thompson is our new President. Jan is an enthusiastic dancer, who has been known to dance six nights a week at venues from Salem to Oregon City to Aloha to Vancouver. And now she's adding round dancing to her repertoire. What a dynamo! We are extremely grateful to "retiring" President Lisa Canavan for her years of dedication to the club and look forward to many more years of dancing with her. We also thank Cindy Carder, who is moving off the Board after seven years as a member-at-large.

Our First Saturday Dance on April 4 was a huge success. We had a tremendous turnout, supplemented by a visitation from the wonderful folks and fine dancers from the B&Bs. Ian Craig kept us whirling and twirling (and occasionally scratching our heads with his creative use of fractions) all evening.

The Ramblers will be celebrating the graduation of our Mainstream class of 12

marvelous dancers on Saturday, May 2 at the Milwaukie Grange. Chuck Garner

will be calling alternating Mainstream and Plus tips from 7-9:30. We welcome

all dancers --solos, couples, and families. We hope to see you there!

Many Ramblers will be traveling to St. Louis for the IAGSDC convention over Memorial Day weekend.

We'll be back at the Milwaukie Grange on Saturday, June 6, with Don Wood calling. We will be dark for the month of July.

SYIAS!

Silver Stars have Chuck Garner calling on May 9 and Darrell Kalmbach calling on May 23 with Dorothy Lowder cueing both dances. We will be dark July and August with our regular dance schedule beginning again in September. Our club celebrated our 35th anniversary on April 25 with a dance where past members were invited to celebrate with us. We are also in the process of selecting new officers for the coming year.

We had a great time at our Easter Dance, oh my goodness, so much food, that's the one thing that Tumbleweeds does, for a small club, they had a large extravagant dinner. I want to give a Hugh Thank You to those members and our guests who brought food and helped with the set up and clean up. Our theme was Bonnets and we had a few.

Check us out, on Our Mothers Day Dance May 8th it will be our Mothers or Grandmothers’ Vintage Attire, with Darrell Kalmbach Calling and Ken Pratt Cueing.

Mark your Calendars for, Our First for Tumbleweeds, Garage Sale on May 23, 8am – 5pm please come and help support us at 7604 SE Lamphier, Milwaukie 97222. Furniture, kitchen items, square dance clothes, looks for ad on craigslist the day before.

Get ready to Rock n Roll in June to Mark Wheeler, as we will be doing a tribute to Elvis on June 12 come see what Elvis’s favorite food was.

We have had our Board of Officers vote and tallied. They are for 2015 President Doris Schnelle, Vice President Carol Zellmer, Secretary Jerrie Rismoen, Treasurer Lela Harper, PAC Delegate Verna France. Thank you to our outgoing Officers, we have enjoyed your help with our club, Thanks Again!

May 8th will be our Mother's Day Dance, our theme being Vintage Attire. Happy Mother's Day!

Join us on June 12, we will be doing an Elvis tribute, with Mark Wheeler as Elvis, he does a great impersonation.

Happy Spring Everyone, we are having a beautiful spring, leaves a little worry for our summer (Hot).

Doris Schnelle

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Beachcombers are dancing from 3-6 pm every 4th Saturday at the Beachcombers Cove just north of Port Orford. We will have Kippen Parret calling our May dance. We would like to have everyone join us for our birthday dance on June 27. KC Curtis will be calling our dance that afternoon with the rounds being cued by our own Cathy Houston. Come spend some time with us on the South Coast and enjoy some nice beachcombing in addition to dancing with us!

Cathy

May 2nd will be our Cinco De Mayo Live Band Dance. We will also have a taco bar for your eating enjoyment. Since it is on the first Saturday the dress code will be square dance clothing optional. So if you want to come to the coast but do not want to bring your square dance attire come on over and enjoy the dancing with us!

Happy Dancing!

Linda

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Green was the color to wear and Irish the music for dancing on St. Patrick’s Day. So maybe the colors were green only in our imagination and the Irish may not have recognized some of the music but we all had a wonderful time celebrating the holiday.

Fourteen members attended the Hoedowners for a visitation on March 28th. We expect the Hoedowners to retrieve their banner at our Anniversary Dance.

Speaking of wonderful times, our annual beach trip will be September 16th – 18th in Garibaldi. Square dancers have special rates at the Garibaldi Inn. Other dancers are invited to join us. We have a variety of activities planned and there will be plenty of food. We do like to eat. For more information on activities and space call Nan at 503-291-1966.

Eating? Yes, thirty one of us went for a Dine Out at the Olive Garden including some members who do not dance any more but wanted to visit. It was a pleasure to see old friends again.

All plus dancers are invited to dance with us on Monday afternoons, 1:00-3:15 p.m. (rounds from 1 to 1:30) at the Sunset Presbyterian Church, 14986 NW Cornell Road in Beaverton. This hall is air-conditioned which makes dancing a pleasure during the summer. *** NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION: May 25, Memorial Day, we dance at the Aloha Grange which is also air conditioned. Please check for up to date information at www.eagerbeavers.info.

Rachel Nettleton

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What happened to March? I swear it was just the end of February and next thing I know I'm being reminded that I need to recap March activities for this publication.

The Hoedowner Rock and Roll dance on the 14th was a shout out to the 50's and 60's. Daryl's music was right in keeping with the theme and most of the dancers could sing right along. The ballroom was decorated with vinyl 45s, lettermen & biker jackets, malts and reminders of the great top 40 hits we all know and love.

On March 28th we had our Spring Fling Dance. There wasn't much flinging going on but plenty of springing! Spring was only 7 days old but everyone was in a mood to forget winter and celebrate the balmy weather we've been having this year.

As for May, we're looking forward to our Mother's Day Dance on the 9th. A variety of pies will be served at break. On the 23rd, we're holding our Red, White, & Blue Dance.

Krystal Laas

Our dances are always fun with Randy and Jeanine. We are enjoying greeting dancers who haven't danced with us before, as well as welcoming back people we haven't seen for a while. While that isn't newsy, we hope that next month's writing will have something new to share. Also, we will be listing our special summer dances.

Patty Bonney

The R Square D came together in a celebration of our new dancers with a B-51 dance on March 13th. Richard Lane our Guest caller did a fantastic job of keeping the floor moving with a little humor thrown in. We had a great time kicking it up with visitations from Cougar Squares, Ruff and Ruffles, Happy Hoppers, Hay Shakers, and Columbia River Dancers who took one of our banners home with them.

Steve Noseck has been stepping in to teach lessons in March while our baseball loving caller Craig Abercrombie is attending Spring Training in Arizona. Many Thanks to Steve for traveling our way; we have enjoyed your lessons.

On March 28th we are looking forward to an Elvis Tribute with Scott Coons followed by a 50s-60s dance, lots of rolled up sleeves and poodle dancing skirts.

Our monthly meeting was hosted by John and Chris Poole.

Friday, May 8th we will have our Fiesta de Mayo Dance and will be dark on the 23rd in observance of Memorial Day.

On Saturday, May 30th we will be hosting the Sou'Wester Council Dance featuring Richard Lane and Susan Healea. It will be held at the Kelso Senior Center from 7 to 10 PM. The first hour is Plus/A2 with intermediate rounds followed by a mainstream dance. Meet us at Izzy's for dinner at 5PM.

For more information about the R Square D club please visit our website at www.r-square-d.info or friend us on Facebook.

Marie Geisler

We are very happy to see the graduation of our Mainstream students. We have a very nice group of dancers this year; hope they will be regular dancers for our club. They are the future of square dancing.

Both of our March dances were fun, exciting, and well attended. Our Club Caller Mike Stout and our club Cuer Ken Pratt are doing a great job.

Also our Plus dances on 1st and 3rd Thursdays are growing with over five squares at the last few dances. Darrell Kalmbach is our Caller and Ken Pratt is the Cuer. Darrell is doing an active Plus dance and mixing in some teaching too. Come check it out, it is fun.

Our Club went dark and visited the Valley Squares on April 4th.

May 2nd, our 1st Saturday mainstream dance, will feature guest caller Darrell Kalmbach and Ken Pratt cueing.

May 16th, Saturday "Arm Forces Dance" will also have Darrell guest calling and Ken cueing. Please come join us at Hillsboro Odd Fellows Hall; 3rd and Main St.

Tom & Janice Sminia

March was a busy month for the Toes. We danced through a tour of Ireland with fun, food and Yellow Rubber Ducks. We followed KC to the Wagon Wheelers Anniversary Dance on March 15th, as he was a guest caller. Our newly elected officers are getting ready for their change over for next year.

Many club members went, in support Loretta and Harlan Flint and their families, to a service held at the Kinton Grange for the passing of their brother Bryom. The Flint family has been such an important part of the Toe's family.

We are traveling through the Scandinavian countries in April. Love those lederhosen and knee high socks, Harlan. Our second dance was held at the Odd Fellows Hall in Hillsboro, with good friends and great food as always.

May brings us to Mexico with a flair, and we will be back to dance at the Kinton Grange. We are looking forward to the May 30th TVC Dance where each of us, if we wish, can help with a donation for the Hattrick's medical bills that are mounting.

Our Mystery Trip has been changed to June 6th. We are looking forward to a fun time traveling together to ? ? ?.

See you in a square.

Pat Olson

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March Merriness at Valley Squares made the last month of winter memorable. Our dances were well attended, our students moved from B-51 to Mainstream, and danced at their first Jamboree. We celebrated the Hoedowners' Anniversary Dance with so many wonderful dancing friends. We gained five new members and one returning member. Thanks to all the folks from Wagon Wheelers, Rosetown Ramblers, and Hoedowners, who have added such fun and spirit to our dances.

Please join us for our Saturday dances in May on the 2nd and the 16th.

Patt Hawthorne

The Wave Steppers' square dance classes, taught by club caller Joe Wrabek, continue every Wednesday evening at the Tillamook Elks Lodge, 1907 Third St. in downtown Tillamook. The classes are free.

The club's first dance of the season, Saturday May 9th, will be A New Dancers Dance, with caller Joe Wrabek and line dance instructor Gwen Kiel.

Saturday, June 13 is the club's famous Elvis Dance, with caller Mark Wheeler as Elvis, and round dancing with cuer Connie Clark.

The Wave Steppers will hold a Patriotic Dance on Saturday, July 11, with George Clark calling and Cueing. Our Hawaiian Dance Saturday, August 8, will feature Harvey Hunsucker as caller and cuer.

The club's anniversary is in September; Joe Wrabek will call the Anniversary Dance, with Gwen Kiel conducting line dancing. Joe and Gwen will team up again for the Fall Dance on Saturday, October 10.

All the club's dances are held the second Saturday of the month, on the Dance Floor at Garibaldi City Hall, 107 6th St. (one block off US 101). Most of the second floor of the 1948 vintage building is a dance floor, built for the old Firemen's Balls.

Joe Wrabek

OOPS! What can I say? Our March report must have got lost in the shuffle. We were busy here in Roseburg even if we didn’t have a report. We started the month off with four squares at our March 7th dance. Although our lessons ended in February we have continued to have eight extra weekly workshops for our graduates so they could get more floor time. The wee little lads from Ireland would have been grinning ear to ear if they had been at our St. Patrick’s Dance and could have joined us at our potato bar. On the 27th a group of Buckeroos “hit the road” for a visitation to Springfield to retrieve one of our club banners from the Single Trees. Now that spring is here, we are making our final plans for the June 12, 13, and 14th Buckeroo Round Up. If you haven’t made plans yet to join us for the week-end, jot us down on your calendar and come and dance with us. The dancing fun begins Friday night, June 12th, and continues Saturday with two workshops during the day, a dance in the evening, and ends Sunday at noon after a pancake breakfast and a morning dance. If your dancing feet are itching for a little more dancing, you can zip on over to Winston after our Round Up ends and dance in the afternoon at the Wildlife Safari Benefit Dance.

Happy Dancing,

Rita Schuchard

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