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Our next scheduled dance is April 30, 2022. Surely, things will have slowed down by then. We're wanting everyone to be safe and feel safe. We are going to assume the mask mandate will still be in effect. No shared food or drink. We have hand sanitizers for before and after each tip. Please bring your own water. We want to thank all of the dancers for their diligence and support to make this pandemic bearable and short-lived.

Christina Corelli

At this point in time we are still not dancing but waiting for the pandemic to die down. As the Governor and OHA will be lifting the indoor masking mandate as of March 31, 2022, we might anticipate a return to dancing by our advanced group at the Emerald Square Dance Center in Hall B from 1:30-3:30PM one to two Sundays a month. Let’s hope so.

We dance to recorded music but do have a live caller every once in a while. We generally have between 1 and 2 squares of dancers and use cards so everyone has a chance to dance whether they have a partner or not. All advanced level dancers are welcome to join us when we start dancing again. Please keep an eye on our website where Fred Beisse posts the schedule of dances: cas-sd.yolasite.com.

Hope to see you in a square soon,

Gaynor Hintz

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We have been dancing most months since last May but up until February we only danced once a month on the 4th Friday. We did not dance the 4tgh Friday in January because of Mid-Winter. Because we are the only dance club dancing regularly in our area, our members decided that until the Buccaneer club or the Whirl-A-Ways start up their dances we will offer two dances a month on the 2nd and 4th Fridays. The club also voted to temporarily increase our door fee to $8 per person as we are only getting about two squares at our dances. Once our numbers increase back to normal or until we can drop to only one dance a month that rate will be in effect.

We dance starting with 15 minutes of pre-rounds at 7:30 and then a plus tip. Thereafter we have two mainstream tips with every third tip plus until 10PM. We offer rounds in between every square dance tip. Masks are required while the mandate is in effect and no shared food or beverage is encouraged. Hand sanitizer is put out for all dancers to use in between tips.

I am sorry to announce that we lost one of our Lifetime Members, Gloria Gardner, who had been one of the group to find our square dance hall and help get it purchased for use by our square dancing community. She served over 20 years on the Hall Board as Treasurer, and was as already mentioned, a Lifetime Member of Single Trees as she first joined in 1997. Her memorial service will be held Thursday, Feb. 24 at 2PM at Buell Chapel, at 360 6th St., Springfield.

Please come and join us if you can dance at the mainstream level; singles, couples, families are all welcome. We’ll have K.C. Curtis and Neil Koozer on March 11 calling and cueing, and Jim Hattrick and possibly Jackie Gale on March 25.

Hope to have you join us,

Gaynor Hintz

Spin Cycle Squares is meeting socially at the hall albeit being socially distant. We meet Sundays from 4 - 6 at the square dance center at 2095 Yolanda in Springfield. Our dances are always casual dress. Right now we are not doing shared food. Dancers, please bring your own water. Vaccinated dancers only please and thank you. Call president David Lajoie at 541-520-7311 to make sure we are meeting and/or DANCING! And hopefully, by the time you are reading this, we are back to dancing! Our caller, Tim Matteson, makes sure the level is spot on for the floor. Fun to be had by all!

Thank you! Come and join us! We meet almost every Sunday whether we are dancing or not!

Christina Corelli / Member-at-Large

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We haven't been dancing but hope to return in March. We are going to have square dance lessons starting in March too. Look for our flyer coming soon. Janet Geiger will be calling the first Saturdays and myself Sandy Harris will be calling the 4th Saturdays.

Hope to see all the dancers joining us soon.

SANDY

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Our beginner class participants that started in the Fall have now graduated and we are pleased to announce that there were six of them that continued with classes after the first of the year. We are glad to have them as members of our club. However, we are saddened by the fact that our beginner instructor, Grace Allen, moved out of the area so she is no longer with us. Mary Bray, one of our original founders of the club back in

1989, has stepped back in to teach this class. Mary taught all levels of clogging for many years and then took a hiatus to raise her family. She is now retired and has returned to help. She is energetic, engaging, and humorous and we love having her back.

The club also hosted the "Stamp Out Winter Workshop" Saturday February 12 at the Square Dance Center. It was sponsored by the Northwest Clogging Association and we had several very talented instructors from Washington and Oregon. It was nice to have a workshop in our own backyard. Georganne Pfnister

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Golden Squares is looking forward to starting up dances in the spring. I will keep you posted! Thank you - Teija

The club danced once in January and will dance twice in February. We will put plans together for our 62nd birthday dance on the second Saturday of March. Check out the flyers for our dance.

Our president’s wife had a heart attack and has had a stent and balloon procedure done. Bonnie and Eugene Ivy will be home to work on getting better and stronger. The club members will help with the set-up of dances until Eugene is ready to come and lead again.

We had a club meeting and we have changed our fiscal year and month of elections. We had several dates each year when something was due so we combined some of them into a more even renewal time.

We hope to see some of you at our dances. We enjoy company at our dance hall. Just face masks or face shields are required. Proof of vaccination is not needed. Marilyn

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The club finished rumba right before Mid-Winter and we took a week off due to low attendance for the evening. The week after Mid-Winter, we started Jive for those in phase 2 who are ready to move up in rhythms.

We will start looking for new officers in February and let everyone know that dues will come around in March.

It is time to start the planning process for a spring dance. We will also be hosts for the dance on Thursday of Summer Festival week in July. So we have a couple of events to work on for the future.

We hope your clubs are starting to dance again or shortly will be back on the dance floor. Think positive. Marilyn Schmit

Our Annual Wear Red dance was awash in various shades of red on February 4. George Hermann was our guest Caller and Rikki Lobato was our guest Cuer.

On February 5 we lost a great member of our club, Danny Rickard, who passed away quietly that morning with family and friends surrounding him. Danny was the inspiration of the Chicken at our Annual Corn and Cluck dances. Danny went all out on the decorations for our Annual Hobo dances. He was the Membership Chair for many years and his love for square dancing was evident. He spent time placing flyers and talking to people, encouraging them to give it a try. Danny had a great smile and infectious spirit. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him. We are all praying for his wife, Lanie and family as they navigate the coming days without him. Watch our Facebook page for details on the funeral to held in March.

Rikki Lobato will be our Guest Cuer on our February 18 dance. Our March dances are March 4 and March 18. On March 18 we will celebrate St. Patrick's Day, so wear your green. Sheila Machado

We graduated thirteen youth just before Mid-Winter Festival and eight of our new graduates attended the Festival. We are looking at doing a second set of lessons but it depends on how many students we get. If we don't get enough, we will continue with Tuesdays as practice and dance time.

The Pacific Northwest Teen Square Dance Festival has been cancelled again this year. BUT Silver City Squares is going to be hosting a Teen Square Up May 6-8, 2022, at Waldo Hills Community Club. This will be youth dancing and a mini competition. The details are still being worked out. Watch for flyers and club reports. If you have youth who might be interested, get ahold of Karyn Buchheit.

We have also gone to two dances a month. Watch our flyers for definite dates for our second dance of the month.

Our youth will be having a Fundraiser Dance on March 6, 2022, to help raise funds to host our Teen Square Up. We will be dancing 2:00-5:00 p.m. with a silent auction, raffle baskets, cash raffle and a brunch. Brunch will be served from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Petrina Buchheit

We have been planning month to month due to Covid but it looks like things might loosen up in March so we hope to get in a dance March or April. We will post a flyer as soon as we know. Sandy

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Our students have graduated and we’re launched for another fiscal year.

Our president still believes there are too many clubs for the number of dancers we have. In that light, we are always looking for clubs that would like to merge with us, or have us merge with them. This will combine talent, resources and dancers to continue the hobby we so much love.

April 29th, we will be hosting our council dance at Abernethy Grange. It will feature Sarge and Cece Glidwell, the caller and cuer for the Klamath Country Squares. It’s really a treat to welcome and dance to entertainment who doesn’t usually come up this way.

Jim

The Buzzin Bees are back and we have a new home.

We will start dancing on February 19th at 7pm . Our new home is Messiah Lutheran Church 905 NW 94th ST. Vancouver, WA 98665. This is where we will be dancing on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month at 7pm. Everyone is excited to get back on the floor. Come join us!

Reflecting on the last couple of years, during this era of COVID shutdowns, isolations, event closures, mandates, vaccinations, etc., while some clubs have indeed struggled, even closed, it is comforting to know some events, like Mid-Winter Fest have continuity.

To all the Mid-Winter Festival (1/28-1/30/2022) Team - Thank you for a much needed weekend of dancing and seeing old and new friends!!

Chaps and Petticoats continue to dance on first and third FRIDAY’s: March 4th we host a PAC Visitation dance, Scott Zinser and Stephanie Lozano will call and cue, March 18th Mark Wheeler calls and Leonard Snodgrass, indeed, will cue. Our April 1st HIPPIE dance (dress in costume, if you prefer, as all dancers will also judge) opens with Scott Z. doing Plus at 7:30pm and Mark McDonald will entertain us with Rounds…come join us!

Happy Feet,

Betty Chipps

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We continue to dance every second and third Saturday, and also begin lessons in January.

We will be having a new dancers jamboree on Sunday March 13. It will begin at 4 P.M and callers from the floor will be invited to call. Julia Buchheit will be the cuer.

We will also be having a used square dance attire sale that weekend. It will be a huge sale since we have a whole storage room full of clothes. There will be great bargains galore. The clothing sale will begin before and after our Saturday dance on March 12 and again before and after the new dancer jamboree on Sunday March 13.

We hope that you will join us for all our fun activities.

Happy dancing,

Carol Mendenhall

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Charlie Brown Squares

We started a new SSD class and have a fun group learning!! We are still doing mainstream and plus FunShops on Thursdays and can always use more dancers!

Our next dance is February 19th with Pre rounds at 7pm with Rikki and alternating plus and Mainstream starting at 730pm with Chuck. Our March dances are on the 5th & 19th. On the 5th we will "Feed The Need" with guest caller/cuer Phil Ramey & Sarge Glidewell. We will also be collecting canned goods for the local food bank. On the 19th, we have J Domis & Bob Dingman who will be ready to "Clover on Over." J is is a local caller who we are always thrilled to get to call a dance or two for us - he's has a great energy & personality!

Boatnik is fast approaching and we are excited to be having the festival this year during Memorial weekend. Featured talent includes caller Eric Henerlau and cuer Dan Drumheller. Get your ribbons!!

See you on the dance floor soon!!

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The Columbia River Dancers will be celebrating our 7th anniversary with a special dance on Saturday, March 12TH. We will have Adam Christman from Spokane as our caller that evening. We usually dance on the 1st and third Fridays so this is a change from our normal routine. Dangles will be given to the first 50 attendees.

Our classes continue on Sundays with beginners at 6 PM. We usually have mainstream at 7PM but with our smaller classes Jim has been able to move the classes at their pace. New classes begin the first Sunday of each month. Watch our website, columbiariverdancers.com for our next beginner’s dance. It is coming soon.

So much has transpired in those seven years. We have gone from dancing in an YMCA room full of mirrors to a room full of echoes to the Hazel Grange and now to our great home at the Manor Grange. Most of our time has seen Jim Hattrick as our caller. We have been with him through his thick and thin. We consider ourselves fortunate to have a master caller such as Jim.

Our club continues to thrive in spite of a long hiatus due to Covid. We are following Washington State guidelines and require that all dancers wear masks, not shields, that confirm to those guidelines. At this time we do not have a vaccination requirement.

Check our website for upcoming events. If you would like to be on our mailing list to receive notices of dances in the area there is a place on the website to sign up.

Nick Johnson

The Eager Beavers began the year with a Centennial Award presentation by the United Square Dancers of American to Paul Swenson, our founder along with his wife, Dottie. We had four squares in attendance to honor Paul and join in the celebration.

We ended the month of January with a Black and White dance to add some sparkle to the gray days of winter.

Congratulations to our own Darrell and Erin Kalmbach for being the recipients of the TVC Recognition Award for 2021. It was presented to them by TVC President Mike St.Clair at the annual Presidents’ Appreciation Meeting. They are very deserving of this honor.

Our Plus lessons are scheduled to begin on Monday, February 14, from 12:00 noon to 1:15, followed by our regular dance from 1:15 to 3:00. Darrell Kalmbach will teach the first class, alternating weekly with Jim Hattrick. This will be a great opportunity for your Mainstream dancers to step up to Plus, as well as an excellent refresher for those who need it.

We require proof of vaccination along with the required face masks or shields, to ensure the safety of our members and guests. Please join us on Monday afternoons for fun and fellowship with our excellent caller/cuer teams.

Alice Hendricks

The Hayshakers remain dark in March 2022. We’re looking forward to dancing again soon.

Craig Holt

WOW, January was fun! I saw so many old friends across squares both at Hoedowner dances and at Mid-Winter Festival. Let’s keep it up. We began the New Year with a dance on January 8th. Was there a theme? No, but warm comfy clothes were suggested. I didn’t see any gloves, but sweats and sweaters were the norm. I even saw a knitted hat. Scott Zinser did his best to keep us warm and moving throughout the night. Randy Lewis soothed everyone when he called rounds.

On January 22nd we had a Randy and Randy dance. Are you mystified? Randy Dibble challenging us in the squares and Randy Lewis keep us twirling in rounds. Randy Dibble always makes us THINK! The man always has a challenge. Something I know I need more of. It was a great group of dancers. A special thanks to the Valley River Dancers who joined us.

Mid-Winter was a gas! (Does anyone use that phrase anymore??) As usual we kicked off the weekend with dinner at Novaks, then off to the Linn County Expo Center. Our after party was fun and we didn’t even have one complaint about noise. Saturday saw a full day of new dancers, mainstream, plus, and we even peered in to check out advanced. The round hall was busy, and we’re always tickled to hear our own Randy Lewis cueing. This year the Showcase of Rounds featured club members Randy Lewis and Debbie Olson along with Sarah Richmond and David Boultinghouse. Of course, the Hoedowners dined together at the Cascade Grill before dancing and then had a post dance fling Saturday night. Did we shop? Yes, we did. Did we win a raffle basket? Yes, we did. Did we make memories? You betcha!

Please join us for our regularly scheduled dances in March on the 12th and the 26th. Masks and/or shields are required.

Krystal Laas

We are open and dancing! Masks and proof of vaccination are required. Come join us on 1st and 3rd Saturdays for rounds with Jeanine starting at 7:30 and Plus squares with Randy starting at 8pm. We’ve been doing the closing circle at 10pm and if there is anyone wanting to stick around for more dancing, Randy will do one last “overtime” tip.

Lindie Noonan

The Oak Hills Squares continue to meet every Monday from 6.30-8.30pm, at the Oak Hills Gym on NW 153rd Ave, Beaverton with caller Mark Wheeler.

We started lessons on January 17th and at this time have 9 new dancers, which is very exciting. Lessons are on Mondays, from 6.30pm-7.25pm and then we continue with a Mainstream dance.

In January we enjoyed a visit from the Tri Squares and Craig Abercrombie who did some calls and sang along with Mark, a very fun night for all.

We welcome visits from any clubs and dancers, we are a fully vaccinated club and ask for proof of vaccine at your first visit.

Our thanks again to Craig Abercrombie for stepping in and calling when Mark was unavailable, always entertaining and we learned some new moves.

Please contact Linda Kitchin: linda@kitchinonline.com for any information about the club.

Linda Kitchin

R Square D’s “Back in the Saddle Again!” dance was January 14th and we had 4½ squares in attendance. It was great fun seeing dance friends whom we hadn’t been able to dance with for almost two years! Huge thanks to a large group from Columbia River Dancers and also to Cougar Squares members and others who are faithful in supporting our club. We danced again on January 22nd and enjoyed Craig’s calling and Susan’s cueing to the theme of “Snowflake Sashay”. Thankfully, we didn’t see any snowflakes that evening!

Our beginner’s class has 12 students who are returning each week for lessons. Their enthusiasm is contagious! We are continuing plus lessons/workshops at 6:30 PM on Wednesday evenings (prior to the beginner’s class). Our club caller, Craig Abercrombie, is going to Arizona in late February to attend Mariners’ spring training games and Jim Hattrick will teach our lessons while Craig is away.

A class level dance is scheduled for Friday, March 11th with guest caller Jim Hattrick and Susan Healea cueing rounds. Our Spring Celebration dance is Saturday, March 26th, again with Jim Hattrick as our guest caller and Susan as cuer. Our dances begin with plus dancing and intermediate rounds at 7:00 and mainstream from 8-9:30 (on March 11th it will be class level calling after the plus hour).

R Square D dances at Kelso Senior Center, 108 NW 8th Ave, Kelso, WA. We do not require proof of vaccination but face masks are required (face shields are not allowed in place of masks in WA State).

Chris Poole

We are continuing to Mainstream 1st and 3rd Saturdays at 7pm. Also we are dancing Plus on the 1st and 3rd and 5th Thursday same time, both at the Hillsboro Odd Fellows hall. We have a great turn out for the Plus dances, we had four squares this last Thursday dance. Averaging 2 1/2 at mainstream dances.

We also started lessons in January with seven students. Our lessons start at 4pm till 6pm. We are hoping for a few more next lesson. So that's a good start.

Also Tami is having an intermediate round dance Workshop on Sundays at our hall. They start at 2.30pm till 4 pm.

We still require masks and vaccinations to dance at our hall.

Hope to see you soon....

Mike St.Clair

I’m happy to report that we had a very fun dance the last Friday in January. The festivities were all centered around the theme “Alice in Wonderland”. The Cheshire Cat (aka Kathy Roberts) and her handsome escort, The Mad Hatter (aka Tim Roberts) made a dashing couple!

We are very thankful to the many clubs that visited, and to the wonderful calling of KC/Linda Curtis, & Darrell Kalmbach/Erin, and the lively cueing of Tammy Helms, and Tim Keck. We had 2 squares on the floor most of the evening.

Toe’s will be dark for the month of March. More news on when we might be stating back up in my next report.

Take care.

Kathy Degman

A few members of our club have ventured out to visit other clubs since we are still not holding our own dances. However, at our February board meeting a fresh, new idea was put forth which sounded exciting! And the board will poll all our members and talk to our caller, Terry Halley, and cuer, Sandra Pinion, to get their input on it. In any case, Covid numbers are decreasing and we are really hoping to be having refresher lessons and/or dances again within the next few months.

I think I may be seeing some daylight at the end of this pandemic tunnel!

Gloria Davis

Our Mainstream lessons have been put on hold because of students who came down with Covid and an injury, so we plan to resume lessons in March.

Our Dances will continue to be held on the 2nd Fridays of March for Plus and the 4th Fridays of March for Mainstream. Masks and proof of vaccination are required.

Dances will be at the Newberg Chehalem Community Center in Newberg.

Judy Zimmerman

Valley Squares March 19 dance, 7-9 pm at the Aloha Grange. Scott Zinser will be our Caller, Connie Clark our Cuer. Come join us and enjoy Scott's calling and Connie's cueing. At the date I write this report, our class is expected to be finished by the end of February. We invited our students to attend our February 19 dance. We have been having a great time in our classes, Craig has kept us moving and learning. Our dances will be at dancer level, which will be Mainstream. We will include some Plus as well.

Come join us.

Carolene Siebert

No change in March. No dances at WaveSteppers until further notice. For up to date information see: www.wavesteppers.org.

Bob Allen

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