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The Milton-Freewater Muddy Frogs are having fun with the mainstream class with Bill Reid calling and with a good group in the jive/swing social ballroom class taught by Neva Reid.

December will bring our Christmas dance Sunday afternoon, December 20, from 3:00-5:00 at the Community Building in Milton-Freewater called by Bill and cued by Neva. There will be a turkey dinner immediately afterwards. The turkey will be furnished, so bring something good to go along with it.

December 31 will find us once again getting together with the Walla Walla Family-a-Fair club for a bang-up New Year’s Eve party, this time ending with breakfast cooked at the hall! This is always a very special evening. We hope to see you there!

Keep on dancin’!

Barbara Walter

The Pine Forest Grange was filled with delicious food and laughter on a recent Wednesday night when the Bachelor Beauts hosted a Thanksgiving feast for 82 Central Oregon dancers and their families. Ron Bliven, who recently retired as club caller for the Bachelor Beauts and the Swinging Mountaineers received a standing ovation as he and his wife Terry were presented with a lifetime membership in both clubs.Throughout his 50-year career as a caller, Ron has shared his good humor and love of square dance with many dancers. And, Terry has added a joyous presence at dances and lessons with her encouraging guidance as a partner on the dance floor. Hats off to a couple that has contributed so much to square dancing in Oregon!

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In December we have Roger Putzler calling for us both dances. We dance the first and third Saturdays. The first Saturday of December is our regular dance with Roger Putzler calling and Christina Corelli cueing.

December 19 we are combining with Whirl-A-Ways for a special Christmas dance with Roger Putzler, Mike Kious and Christina Corelli. That should be a lot of FUN!

We are dark January 2, but a lot of us plan to be at the hall New Year's Eve to ring in 2016! Roger Putzler and Christina Corelli are putting on a Two Dollar Dance for New Year's Eve. Dancers are encouraged to bring pies. The first year they did this they had 11 squares and 33 pies!

Keep on dancing,

Christina Corelli

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Single Trees had very two very successful dances with terrific guest callers in October.

Our first dance on the second Friday was called by Richard Lane. He has such a great sense of humor and calls some very interesting moves. Jackie Gale cued her best that night too. What a great combination. We had several guests in attendance from very far afield.

Our Halloween Dance was called by Scott Zinser who always calls a great dance for us. He taught us some new combinations and kept everyone on their toes. There were many crazy costumes among our guests and members. We had four winners: Sharon Hahn, our host for October, Gaynor Hintz, Janet Geiger and Shirley Marc. What happened to the guys this year?

On Oct. 31 the CCCA hosted a Halloween dance at the hall to which we made a visitation. Talk about zany costumes! Wow! There was a mystery "prisoner" there that no one seemed to know. He/she disappeared before we could find out who it was. Great fun dancing to Roger Putzler and all the other callers and want-to-be callers who had attended his latest caller school. We were all delighted to see how well Janet Geiger is doing. We may have a fledgling caller in our midst!

We are looking forward to a great dance on Dec. 11 called by Jim Voll and also to the combined Christmas Dance on the 19th which will be called by Roger Putzler and Mike Kious.

Gaynor Hintz

We do have an advanced class going on right now. Most of the class are experienced advanced dancers and can really help out. Or course, there are those times when the experienced dancers go the wrong way, and the new members of the advanced class helps them!

We look forward to November 21, third Saturday, when national caller, Kris Jensen, will be here to call for us. Advanced is from 3:00 - 4:30, potluck at 4:30 and Mainstream and Plus from 5:30 - 8:00. Spin Cycle Squares is famous for potlucks. We'll also have a Silent Auction. We are all encouraged to bring wonderful items for the silent auction. This will all happen in Hall B (park behind the building) at the Emerald Dance Center / 2095 Yolanda / Springfield, OR, 97477. This is a Saturday so we will not dance the following day, November 22.

Please join us almost any Sunday evening at 5:30 at the Emerald Dance Center. We usually dance in Hall A and are enjoying the new speakers.

Happy dancing,

Christina Corelli

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Thank you to the Herndons for hosting the Christmas Celebration and general membership meeting December 19. Rounds with Sarge Glidewell and multi-level squares with Larry Sprout.

We had lots of good food and good fun visiting with current club members, former dancers, new dancers, and friends and family members at our Thanks~Giving Dance in November as well.

Thanks to the nominating committee, and to a group of loyal and willing members, our club has a good slate of officers to install for 2016.

Several KC members are looking forward to dancing with friends old and new at Mid-Winter....Hope to see you there.

October was a busy month! We visited Silver City Squares on Oct. 9 and discovered the teens are a real challenge to keep up with! It’s no wonder they keep winning trophies. We brought back a really old club banner, too.

Our 'Ghoul Dance' on October 17 was our own chance to don costumes and express our inner ghoul or whoever. Finally, the MWA Dance fell on Halloween so out came the costumes again and three couples from our club attended that dance. This was a fun evening with five squares on the floor and lots of clever costumes, callers and cuers and just fun people.

We are looking forward to our December dance as we will be welcoming the MWA new dancers. Experienced clothing will also be available for purchase. Keep dancing and we hope to see you in a square, somewhere. Carmen

The Capitol Callers and Cuers Association is an organization consisting of square dance callers and round dance cuers and their partners. We work together to improve our skills and promote square and round dancing in the Mid-Willamette Valley area. We meet on the third Sunday of the month from September through May for a business meeting with education. Guests are welcome. Meetings are from 1:30 to approximately 3:30 at the Salem Square Dance Center, 3695 45th Ave. NE, Salem, Oregon 97305

The Capitol Callers and Cuers Association sponsors at least two (2) dances a year, a New Dancer Dance the third (3rd) Sunday in December, and a Spring Carnival on the first fifth (5th) Saturday in the Spring. The Club features our Association members to call and cue at these dances. Judy Russell

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We had a festive and well-attended Halloween Dance on October 24. Our mainstream lessons are going well under Bruce and Judy's excellent guidance, and we have half a dozen enthusiastic new dancers. We look forward to the start of the Area New Dancers' Dances.

We were dark in November in order to be able to attend other dances, so are excited about December when we're holding our Christmas Dance and will also host a New Year's Dance. We're also looking forward to dancing in the New Year! Wishing Happy Holidays to all! Karen

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The club continues to work on waltz movements to make our dancing look better and flow smoother. We have some ideas floating around for what to do after the first of the year and will discuss them soon to get information out by word of mouth so we can continue our lessons by doing something constructive with our time.

We had a good Halloween dance with lots of goodies to eat. Even had a plate of worms coming out of something brown that earned the owner their door entry money returned for a prize. The costumes brought a bunch of gangster-type people to dance with us and that added to the fun.

We will be dark on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, but will have a fun dance on New Year’s Eve with a flyer to come soon. Come and join us for a nice evening of dancing phase 3-4 and some easy 5’s. Dress up pretty as there will be a photo booth available to record your outfit and entry into 2016 on a good note.

We are looking forward to some good evenings of fun and friendship. Marilyn Schmit

Many thanks to all the dancers who attended our 5th Friday Spooktackular Plus Dance on October 30. We had a blast, with seven squares dancing, lots of costumes and candy. It was a great evening. A big shout out to all of you who came and helped get the Square Dance Center in Halloween Fashion.

Join us for our NEW DANCER DANCE on Friday December 4. Jeanine Norden will cue Pre-Rounds at 7:00 and Randy Dibble will call Plus at 7:30 and Mainstream starts at 8:00 pm. Our regular dance will be on December 18.

Special Note: We will be DARK on Friday January 1 to enjoy New Year's Day and also on Friday January 29 as we will be at Mid-Winter in Albany. See you on the dance floor.

Sheila Machado

Lessons have been going ok for us with eight students including three groups of fathers/daughters among them.

Our November dance was a bit different as we did a ham dinner instead of a turkey dinner. Those who came enjoyed the dinner and the dance.

Our youth are going to the Pacific Northwest Teen Square Dance Festival again in May. It will be in Langley BC again this year. The kids do have festival pins to sell as well as raffle tickets. The raffle drawing will be in March at their fundraising dance.

My dad (Mathew Buchheit) is turning 50 this month and his birthday is actually on our dance night (December 11). Our club is planning to tease him a bit so please come out and join us for the fun! Petrina Buchheit

Our annual Pirate Dance was great and was attended by some very dangerous looking characters. This dancing year is looking like another great one.

Our caller Bruce Lowther fell and damaged his Rotator Cup and had to have surgery, which put him out of commission for awhile but he is recovering nicely.

November 29 we will be hosting the first New Dancers Dance for the Mid-Willamette Area (see flyer in the OFN), which is always so much fun. We will be dancing at the Eagles in Albany.

December will bring lots of great Christmas songs and colorful Christmas outfits. Love that time of year. Be sure to join us every first and third Fridays of every month at the IOOF hall, 738 SE 5th in Albany. Sandy

A square of Valley River Dancers traveled to San Diego to surprise Randy Dibble, who was featured caller at Festival de la Cuadrilla. Some flew, some drove, and all declared it was worth the effort just to see Randy's jaw drop.

Our Nov. 24 Gospel Dance (always the Friday after Thanksgiving) is one of our most popular and well attended special dances. We are grateful for all of the dancers who join us for some ol' time religion music -- and the opportunity to dance away some Thanksgiving calories.

Plus and Advanced dancers: Join us New Years Eve at Maplewood Grange. Say hello to 2016 by dancing plus, with every third tip A2. The festivities start at 8 pm and we will be serving dessert in addition to open break and a toast at midnight. Tickets are $8 and available at the door.

Perrin Damon

Willamette Squares celebrated their birthday with their 21st. birthday dance. Birthday and Halloween themed songs, decorations, and food were the focus of this lively dance!

Square dance lessons are in full swing and the progress is evident each week. Thanks to the angels who come and help. There is always room for more angels if anyone else would like to join us on Sunday evenings at the SSDC.

We are looking forward to our annual Thanksgiving dance and dinner. We are reminded to be thankful for the food set before us and that we are given the opportunity to experience fellowship through square dancing. Jodee Howard

What an amazing time we had at the Rosetown Ramblers on our second visitation Nov 7th. Here is a club which had no banner! They said they didn’t need a banner because they never get any club visitations. We told them they had about six weeks to get one together before we came a knockin’ again. And come Nov 7th, they had a new club banner proudly on display. It was a great time with Gary Monday, a national caller who doesn’t get down here all that often.

We’ll have some great Christmas baskets on sale Dec 16th. Get everything from visual pleasantries to comfort food in our baskets!

It’s been a while since the Wild Cards held a dance, but we’ve booked them Dec. 30th for our Pre-New Year’s Eve Dance. Come join us and rock the night away!

Petula Petticoat

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The country Cut-Ups thank everyone who showed up at our pancake breakfast and helped us raise funds to keep the Boring Barn going. We enjoy the whole community of square dancers and are also grateful to those who came out to make our Halloween Dance a success. There were some great costumes and Craig Abercrombie kept it lively! We hope to see a great turn out for the New Year’s Eve Dance, also.

Our Plus dancing skills will be sharpened by workshops every Thursday evening taught by Scott Zinser. Our club has a half hour of Plus dancing at the beginning of every third and fifth Saturday dance, as well as the third tip of each dance.

We enjoyed a visitation recently to the Columbia River Dancers and have one coming up for the Tri-Squares. We welcome any clubs to come out and visit us on the first, third, or fifth Saturdays of the month. We dance all year long. For those who struggle with stairs, we are all on one level, and we have great food. The Boring Barn is a fun place to dance, in spite of the name!

Beverly De La Bruere

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With 3 scheduled dances, December will be an active month for the Happy Hoppers.

In an effort to provide our Mainstream students with some Happy Hopper floor time, on December 5, we will have a "Mainstream Splurge" dance. The format for this dance will be Plus tips from 7:00 to 8:00, and Mainstream tips for the rest of the evening from 8:00 to 10:30. Callers will be Jim Hattrick and Darrell Kalmbach; Dorothy Lowder will be cueing.

On December 19, we will have our annual Christmas dance, with all singing calls. Pre-rounds will start at 7:30, with Plus tips from 8:00 to 10:30. Jim Hattrick will be calling and cueing.

Our annual New Year's Eve dance is themed as "The Wild West". A buffet dinner will be served at 7:30. Plus tips start at 8:30. The Front Porch Trio (Jim Hattrick, Craig Abercrombie, and Adam Christman) will "bring order" to the festivities. At midnight, Jim will offer a toast to the New Year.

For the first 2 dances this month, we are re-visiting our annual Christmas Toy Drive. Please bring unwrapped toys for us to donate as presents for kids in need.

Because the first Saturday in January is so soon after out New Year's Eve Dance, we'll be dark on January 2, 2016.

We work hard to make our education program a comfortable environment for students. Many of our club members volunteer as "Angels" to help make it an easy and productive experience. We encourage beginning dancers to start introductory lessons on the first Monday of every month at 7:30. We are committed to serving both beginners and continuing students with our lesson format. Every Monday, Plus lessons will be given at 6:30, Basic lessons start at 7:30, and Mainstream lessons are available at 9:00.

Marc Kahn

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Our annual all-weekend dance extravaganza on October 23-25 was a huge success. In addition to 15 hours of dancing over 2½ days, we squeezed in a harvest feast, Sunday brunch, and costume contest, including guest appearances by Mickey and Minnie Mouse and two officers from Star Trek. Yes, it was an interspecies and intergalactic gala! Thanks to all who supported our event, including large contingents from Valley Squares, Puddletown Squares (Seattle), Squares Across the Border (Vancouver BC), and Spin Cycle Squares (Eugene). Next year, we plan to hold our event on Halloween weekend, so mark your calendars for October 29-31, 2016, and watch our website for details.

On November 7, we returned to the Milwaukie Grange for a Psychedelic Dance Party. The joint was jumping as Gary Monday’s high-energy, fast-paced calling style brightened a damp and chilly evening. We were thrilled to welcome an enthusiastic group of Bachelors and Bachelorettes, who earned back a banner that our club had received at a visitation in July.

Your next chance to experience the Ramblers’ unique dance style and hospitality will Saturday, December 5 at the Milwaukie Grange from 7-9:30 pm. Our theme will be Snowflakes and Rainbows. Our caller will be the world-renowned Anne Uebelacker from British Columbia. Anne has called throughout the US and Canada, and in many other countries around the world. This is an opportunity to dance with one of the greats. We hope to see you there!

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The Silver Stars will be having our annual Christmas dance on December 12 with Chuck Garner calling and Dorothy Lowder cueing. We will be having a holiday baked goodies auction during the dance. Please bring your favorite goodie and share in the fun. Dancing begins with plus from 7-8pm and mainstream from 8-10 at the Hazel Dell Grange. We will also have a dance on December 26 with Darrell Kalmbach cueing and Dorothy cueing. Come dance with us and jumpstart that New Years resolution. In January we begin our new dance schedule and night. Our schedule changes to dancing on 4th Friday's beginning on January 23, 2016 with Darrell Kalmbach as our club caller and Dorothy Lowder our club cuer. Our dance night will begin with pre-rounds from 7-7:30, plus from 7:30-8, and mainstream from 8-10.

We would like to wish you and your families and loved ones a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Safe travels and yellow rocks to all.

Ok we are well into fall the (colors have been so beautiful) but winter is at falls heels and it brings us close to Thanksgiving, The Tumbleweeds are planning a HoBo Thanksgiving with a nice lunch you all are invited on the 20th of November so wear your favorite Hobo outfit come and join in on the fun we start dancing at 11:00 for plus workshop with Les Sealey and Rounds with Tami Helms at 12:00 and mainstream at 12:30 to 1:45 one plus tip till 2:00 then Turkey time.

December 18th is our Christmas dance we will have ham/potluck cookie and candy exchange so bring your favorite recipes to share

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Saints-n-Aints want to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday. We will be hosting a New Year’s Eve dance this year so if you are in the area please come join us.

Class is doing well and we hope to have new dancers ready to join in the fun at Mid-Winter in January. We are also doing a Plus class right before our Beginner’s Class on Sundays from 2:30 �“ 4:00 PM.

Linda

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We are very excited to announce that we have a new Caller -- JIM HATTRICK! Jim will be calling our 4th Saturday dances and he and Mark Wheeler will continue to teach our Wednesday evening lessons. Jim is a very popular guy and in pretty high demand, so we will still have a variety of Guest Callers for our 2nd Saturday dances. We feel incredibly blessed to have snagged such an awesome Caller and Entertainer!

We had a ton of fun in October with the Toe Draggers and the Buzzin Bees. We "kidnapped" the Toes' Caller, KC Curtis, and Cuer, Bev Flint, who called/cued our first October dance. We sent the Toes a ransom note telling them we would return KC and Bev if they met our demands of sending at least 1 full square of Toes to our dance. They exceeded our demands by sending two squares and the Bees also brought a square to ensure KC's safe release from captivity, as he is their new Caller. Even though we let KC and Bev go, the Bees put out a Wanted Poster for our club due to kidnap crimes committed! They haven't caught us yet because about 2 squares of us hid at the Seaside Sashay, but we hope to be at their door soon begging for forgiveness and for our banner (we only have 1 left!). We had a wonderful time in Seaside, where our President, Dale Smith, won the Mud Wrestling contest.

Our last October dance was called by Randy Dibble, and over half of the Country Cut-ups visited us. We love the Cut-ups! What a friendly, fun bunch of folks!

Jim Hattrick will be calling and cueing our dance the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We will start with 1 hour of Plus and follow with a Basic-level dance for new dancers. Come join us as we dance off some of the calories consumed on Thanksgiving and show the new dancers how much fun we have at square dances!

We are also excited about our 1st dance in December -- a Caller that recently moved to the Salem area from Bellevue Wash., Cliff Nichols, will be calling with Debbie Combs cueing. We’ve heard some good things about Cliff, and we’re looking forward to dancing to him. We will be dark the day after Christmas but look forward to dancing on New Year's Eve with the TVC, the Hoppers, the Cut-ups, or...?

Nancy Smith for Nick Johnson

October was a busy month for us. The Sunset Promenaders welcomed twenty seven Eager Beavers on the 3rd for a visitation enjoyed by all. On Sunday October 11th, our group had the pleasure of dancing to The Crew with the Golden Squares in Woodburn. Then a bunch danced at the Seaside Sashay the following weekend. Karen and Ferrous Steinka received recognition from the stage for selling the most ribbons for the event.

December may be the holiday month but December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day, is a day to

remember for the veterans of WWII and those of us who were alive and were shocked into action. During the celebrations remember our veterans. Hope you all have holiday celebrations planned with family and friends.

As a reminder we have a new line of callers and cuers for our Monday dances. On 1st & 5th Mondays - Daryl Clendenin & Yvonne Clendenin, on 2nd & 4th Mondays - Daryl Kalmbach & Joyce Hooper, and on 3rd Mondays - Jim Hattrick.

All plus dancers are invited to dance with us on Monday afternoons: Rounds 1:00 - 1:30; Plus 1:30 - 3:15 PM, Sunset Presbyterian Church, 14986 NW Cornell Road in Beaverton.

Please check for up to date information at www.eagerbeavers.info or OFN website: http://ofn.club.

Rachel Nettleton

I would just like to thank everyone who attended the Seaside Sashay. You made a very successful weekend. Also, the weather wasn’t bad either. Thanks again.

Sylvia Davis

The Hoedowners began October on the 1st in high gear when a group picked up and delivered benches to the Aloha Grange to replace the old splintery ones. It has really added to the transformation of the ballroom. We can’t wait until you have a chance to attend one of our dances and enjoy the upgrade.

Some ladies were starting to frown,

From slivers and snags in their gown.

But they soon got the news

That the Grange had new pews

And they’re now free to dance and sit down.

On the 3rd of October a group of 25 Hoedowners attended the Sunset Promenaders’ Anniversary Dance. We celebrated their 30th by dancing with Dan Preedy calling and Ken Pratt cuing. The questions is did we come to dance or did we really show up for the ham dinner and those famous crescent rolls! Was it a toss-up? Heck no, the Promenaders are such a great group of friends we didn’t want to miss their celebration.

Oct 10th was our very own, first ever, Oktoberfest Dance. Was it a success? JA! It was a real “bauerntanz” that was enjoyed by all. Mike Duyck was wearing authentic lederhosen in a little longer length than you normally see, Sean Warren was wearing his Bavarian Alpine hat and Deb Olson had on a darling dirndl dress. Did you know that traditional German costumes include pettipants for the ladies? I guess that’s where square dancers got the idea. But the most spectacular part of the evening was the German feast. The delicious smells wafted up the stairs and 8 tables were full of dancers partaking of the sausage, sauerkraut, potato salad, cheese, soups, red cabbage, chocolate cake, special desserts and I know I’m leaving things out. It was a great evening. A group of 38 Hoedowners headed west for the Seaside Sashay on Oct 16th and 17th. The calling and cuing for the entire two days was fabulous. Thanks to our own Daryl Clendenin for being part of the team. This was the most successful Sashay ever. Saturday morning the weather cooperated enough for the annual dancing at the turnaround to be a success, the Seaside merchants had all sorts of games and gift certificates, even a craft sale. Saturday evening we Hoedowners got together for a lovely dinner then onto dance the night away. Our after party capped the weekend with appetizers by the fire. Thanks to the Valley Squares who joined us. We’ve found that the rain gods can be held at bay by laughter!

On Oct 24th the Monster Mash transformed the ballroom into a scene from a haunted house. The chandeliers glowed faintly while the black lights made an eerie haze. Ghosts and spiders crept about and an odd assortment of characters appeared in the gloom; zombies, Rod Stewart, Mr. Clean, a Dutch Brothers barista, a cleaning lady, skeletons, the eye woman and some other creepy types. And if you escaped to the dining room, you were greeted with smoke and fog, witches brew punch and other ghastly delights.

On the 28th, we shared a bit of Halloween fun with our outstanding New Dancers Class. A little glow, a little creepy crawly, a little Booooogie as we enjoyed hot spiced cider and appetizers to warm everyone after cold fingers had traced our spines and finally spooky treats to take home.

The Tri Council dance on Halloween had a crowd of Hoedowners. Can you believe it? The torrential downpour didn’t keep our members away, and the TVC had the most dancers in attendance.

What winter delights await us in December? Our New Dancers Jamboree will be on Sunday December 6th, 1:30 to 3:30 PM. I know we’ll be dancing to songs of the season at our Toyland Dance on December 12th. Please help us ring the Christmas tree with new, unwrapped toys for needy kids. And for our last dance of the year on December 26th it will be our Pajama Party Dance. What better way to spend the day after Christmas than relaxing in your jammies with breakfast food at break.

Krystal Laas

Our 31st birthday dance was a fun event with Randy Dibble calling and Jeanine Norden cuing. Dan decorated the cake with M&Ms (the candy kind) marking 31. By coincidence, the ice cream and the chocolate cake celebrated my birthday, too. (Even my grandchildren are older than 31.) What better way to celebrate a birthday than dancing with friends? (And dining out with family.)

All food brought to our December 19th dance will go to the Oregon Food Bank. We are hoping for bountiful of donations for the hungry.

Happy Christmas to all!

Patty Bonney

On October 9th the club was found resting up from the R Square D Annual October-Fest by having a Pajama Dance with cold cereal and milk for a snack at the break after the dance. On the October-Fest weekend, we had 93 dancers on Friday and 96 on Saturday, and we really thank all for this wonderful turnout.

Wow! What a busy month it has been; the club came to the end of the month with a Heritage Dance on the 24th of October. We had several visiting clubs including the Haylofters, Cougar Squares, Ruff and Ruffles, and the Stardust Dancers.

The club is ready for the holiday season and will have a Toy Dance on the 11th of December with toys being collected and given out where needed. We will round out December with a New Year’s Eve Dance co-sponsored with us and Ruff & Ruffles at the Catlin Grange on Shannee St. in west Kelso. We invite you to come and dance with us.

Mary McDaniel for Marie Geisler

Sunset Promenaders Club had their 30th Anniversary Dinner and Dance on October 3rd. We had Dan Preedy from Spokane calling, and Ken Pratt cueing. There was a ham dinner before the dance and desserts at an open break during the dance. There were 104 dancers filling the floor. Thank you all you guests, it was a fun time.

Then on the third Saturday the Club was dark because of the Seaside Sashay being on the same weekend. The Sashay was a big success with dancers from Washington and Oregon. Daryl Clendenin and Chuck Garner were the Callers and Debbie Taylor the Cuer. The weather was “iffy” at times but turned out pretty good overall. The Festival is organized and put on by the Hayshakers of Astoria and the Sunset Promenaders of Hillsboro clubs each year. Thank you to all the dancers that came to the festival.

On December 5th we will have a mainstream dance with Mike Stout calling and Ken Pratt cueing. Then, on December 19th is the Club’s Christmas Dance with Mike and Ken calling and cueing.

The first and third Thursdays of December, 3rd and 17th, are the clubs Promenaders Plus Dances. Darrell Kalmbach and Ken Pratt are doing a great job calling and cueing. There will not be a dance on the fifth Thursday as that is New Year’s Eve and there will be a TVC dinner and dance that night.

The Sunset Promenaders wish all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Tom & Janice Sminia

Getting out on visitations sure makes square dancing a great way to meet new and old friends. We had 3 in October. The Columbia River Dancers tried to kidnap KC and Bev if we didn’t have at least 1 square of our dancers at their dance. We out did ourselves and enjoyed taking KC, Bev and their spouses home again to continue our year of dancing with the Toes.

Another unusual activity we took part in, in October, was having our lessons at Twin Oaks Air Park because our grange was busy on lesson night. Thanks Bob and Betty Stark for letting us dance around your airplane for an evening.

Come on down and join us in celebrating our Giving Thanks Dance November 6th. Dinner will be served at 6:30 PM, a spaghetti feed. Also remember our canned food drive is for the entire month of November and we would love your help to make our food barrels overflowing for families in the community that are in need.

We are collecting new toys for the month of December at both dances. Our first dance on December 4th is the all singing calls night with Rocking Around the Square. It should be a fun one and the 18th is our regular second dance of the month.

Our new students have been working hard with their lessons and are looking forward to our Holiday Square Dance Party, on Saturday, December 12th from 2 to 4 PM. We will have a delicious ham and pot luck dinner downstairs at the hall afterwards at 4:15 PM. It’s our B 51 dance and all new students and all square dancers are invited. We are having a cookie exchange for anyone that wants to bring 2 dozen cookies and the recipe in exchange for another set of cookies. Yum. See you in a square.

Pat Olson

Tri Squares is currently on its 7th week of lessons as of November 1st. Students are working hard and looking forward to upcoming dancing opportunities. On December 5th, Tri Squares will be hosting a new dancer’s jamboree! We encourage all clubs to please bring your students. This will be a great opportunity for fellowship and floor time. The dance will be the first 51 moves. We look forward to seeing new faces at our jamboree.

During the month of December our dance dates will be on December 5th (Basic 51) and December 18th. On December 18th we will be raffling off a turkey! Make sure to show up ready to dance followed by fun and friendship! Our dance schedules starts at 7:30 PM, beginning with 15 minutes of pre-rounds and 15 minutes of plus. Then at 8 PM we will start mainstream with every fourth tip plus.

See you at the dance!

Leslie Woodland

Please join us at the Aloha Grange for our dances this month. We start with the Toy Drive Dance December 5th where we ask for new, unwrapped toys, art supplies, etc. Julie Stiers will be filling in for Connie at that dance. Chuck Garner will be calling at both that dance and our December 19th Snowflake Dance when Connie returns.

Although Valley Squares was dark for October, we didn't hibernate from the dancing world. Five of us freaked out the seniors playing Bingo at the Kelso Senior Center when we showed up at the wrong venue for R Square D's Octoberfest. I guess they worried about these strangely dressed people running off with their Bingo loot. We eventually wound our way to the Rose Valley Grange, and had a great time.

An impressive contingent feasted on the Harvest Dinner and danced to national caller Dan Preedy at the Sunset Promenaders Anniversary Celebration. We had at least a square at Seaside Sashay and enjoyed a group dinner at Dundee's Bar and Grill. We also had loads of fun, lots of exercise, and multiple chances to practice All Position Dancing to national callers Chris Phillips, Mike DeSisto, and Gary Monday at Rosetown Ramblers' Scares and Squares Monster Bash Weekend. We finished the month by loading into Bill Calder's van and attending the Tri-Council Halloween Dance in Vancouver.

Our students are progressing rapidly in the Mastering Mainstream and Beginning Plus workshops Tuesday evenings at Aloha Grange. Our Basics/Mainstream lessons begin in January, so if fall students from the area clubs need extra floor time, they should join us Tuesday evenings at 7 PM starting January 12th. Also, recruit your friends and neighbors - what a perfect New Year's Resolution: Start Dancing!!!

See you in a square!

Patt Hawthorne

The Wave Steppers are taking a break for the winter. The club won’t be entirely dark, however. A new round of square dance classes starts Wednesday, January 13, at the Elks Lodge in downtown Tillamook; the classes, taught by club caller Joe Wrabek, run 6-8 PM, and are absolutely free. (Joe even brings homemade cookies.)

For 2016, the Wave Steppers will be having eight dances, on the second Saturdays of March, April, May, June, July, August, September, and October. Out-of-town callers that have been approached include Jim Hattrick, Darrell Kalmbach, Mark Wheeler, and Harvey Hunsucker, and cuer Connie Clark; other dances will have club caller Joe Wrabek.

The Wave Steppers’ dances are held at Garibaldi City Hall. About two-thirds of the second floor of the building is a dance floor, built in the 1940s for the old Firemen’s Balls. The Garibaldi House hotel, half a block away, offers a discount to dancers.

Joe Wrabek

October was a busy month for the Buckeroos! We enjoyed our dance on October 3rd with Dale Roberson calling. There were several squares and everyone had a great time. On October 17th, we had our Halloween Hoedown with Don Marshall calling. There were many great costumes and the barn was decorated for the occasion.

Almost two squares of Buckeroos went on a visitation to Sets in Order for their 69th birthday dance. Our own Dale Roberson was the caller for the big event. Later in the month another visitation was made to the Beachcombers in Port Orford. Ray Graves, a past Buckeroo, was calling the dance that evening. We had almost a full square. The dance had dancers of all abilities having fun together.

We are gearing up for our big wreath project in the coming weeks. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year. If you are in the area, make sure you make arrangements to pick one up!

We will be dancing on the 11th of November in the Veteran’s Day Parade in Roseburg…we hope to see you there! We also hope that you can join us for our Harvest dance and potluck on November 17th!

Happy dancing!

Robin Faltersack

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