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Howdy Dancers!

We have had to make a huge change in our Country Fever Dance/Campout Weekend on Oct 7-9 2022 with Jet Roberts. With his home base work schedule and trying to get an affordable flight to fit his schedule and our Club's contracted budget with him, we and Jet had to make the difficult decision to not have him as our featured Caller for this scheduled weekend.

Jim Steele has been a fantastic caller since 1961, and instead of sharing, will now be the featured caller for the entire weekend! Everything is still the same with price, food menu and dance schedules, everyone can still bring RV's and camp right on the property as the dance hall.

Please make note that our Pre-Registration date has changed from Sept 1, 2022 to August 15, 2022 as we need to know further in advance the headcount for our food menu as we feed everyone every meal all weekend long!

Please check our revised Country Fever Flyer.

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We had our Fifth Saturday Dance the end of July. Not a large turnout, but it was fun. Calling and cueing were Pat and Cherie Cox, Janet Geiger, Tim Matteson, Sandy Harris and Christina Corelli. Cherie came via her wheelchair as she had foot surgery earlier. We wish her a speedy recovery. Sandy Harris came sporting a cane. Gail Jackson, our treasurer, was unable to attend as she suffered a severe shoulder injury just days before. We pray everyone heals up quickly.

Lennie Ludiker (Sheila) retired this past year. We wish him a good retirement to do what he wishes. He is taking care of his wife Sheila who is undergoing a lot of physical therapy right now.

Royal Greenman, former caller and member of CCCA, passed away recently. His late wife was Sharon Greenman. Sharon passed away in 2019. We keep their families in our thoughts and prayers.

Sandy Harris is teaching social square dancing starting August 20 at 4:30 on Saturdays at the Emerald Square Dance Center in Springfield.

Roger Putzler will teach mainstream lessons on Tuesdays starting October 4 at 7:00 and Plus at 8:30.

Our next Fifth Saturday Dance is December 31, but that is usually asked for by a local club. Can you believe it'll be 2023! The Fifth Saturdays in 2023 include April 29, July 29, September 30, and December 30.

Keep on calling and cueing!

Christina Corelli

Our club continues to dance one to two times a month depending on the availability of the hall and dancers. Please check our web site at cas-sd.yolasite.com for tentative dates. In July we only danced once on the 4th Sunday after Diamond Lake Festival. In August we hope to dance two times—Aug. 14 and the 28th and again in September on the 11th and 25th in Hall B from 1:30 to 3:30PM. We dance to recorded tips by national callers. Be sure to contact Fred Beisse for up to date information about our dances.

Please join us when you can,

Gaynor Hintz

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Single Trees dances on the 4th Friday of every month except when festivals or holidays fall on that Friday or the 4th weekend. For example, we opted to go dark in July again this year as Diamond Lake Festival would be in full swing. In August we will dance on Aug. 26 with K. C Curtis calling and Jackie Gale cueing. We’re all looking forward to that dance.

In July we had our annual club picnic which we held at Suzanne Peterson’s lovely country property just outside Eugene off Seavey Loop Road. No matter how hot it gets it stays nice and breezy under the huge shade trees on her property. We had over 20 members and some friends as well as one of our former callers, Dale Hornberger who was visiting in the area. We all enjoyed the barbecued hamburgers and hotdogs supplied by the club and barbecued by our President Larry Reetz. Besides eating and talking some enjoyed the hayrides Suzanne likes to give so we can see her 5 acres up close and in comfort. Some opted to play croquet or the dog race game which our club treasurer Joy Pitts always brings. We did not do any dancing this year.

We are looking forward to our 2022-23 dance year starting in September. Jim Hattrick will do the calling on the 4th Fridays alongside Jackie Gale who’ll do the cueing. Do check our website at singletrees.blogspot.com for more information about our dance schedule.

We dance from 7:30 to 10:00PM starting with pre-rounds for 15 minutes, a plus tip and then mainstream tips with every 3rd tip plus until 10PM.

Hope to see you in a square soon,

Gaynor Hintz

We dance every Sunday from 4 - 6 at the dance center in Springfield on Yolanda. Tim Matteson is a great caller and will call whatever level we can muster. We've had a few fairly new dancers who are having a great time. We have individually wrapped snacks on hand. We invite you all to join us! We're a fun bunch that's for sure. All dances are casual.

Please call our president, David Lajoie, at 541-520-7311 to make sure we are, indeed, dancing. Once in a blue moon we are dark.

Christina Corelli

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August 21 is our club picnic which is hosted by John and Carolyn Pape in their very enjoyable, large back yard. They live on the east side of Springfield. This is a potluck which we are famous for! Thank you John and Carolyn!

Dances start in September. We dance the second and third Saturdays. Our first dances for the new dance season will be September 10 and 17. Mike Kious is the caller. Christina Corelli is the cuer. Please come and join us! 7:00 is Plus and then Mainstream and rounds begin at 7:30.

Roger Putzler will begin new dancer lessons on Tuesday October 4 at 7:00. There will be Plus lessons at 8:30. We encourage angels to attend. Thank you! This is open to all. Families, singles and couples are welcome. There is a family rate for families with 2 or more kids.

Sandy Harris will begin square dance lessons on August 20, a Saturday at 4:30. We encourage angels to attend. Sandy's classes are open to families, singles and couples.

All classes and dances are at the Emerald Dance Center, 2095 Yolanda in Springfield.

Happy dancing!

Christina Corelli

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We just had our semi-annual meeting to plan for the remainder of the year. We will be doing our final demo for the season at the State Fair on September 3 around 12:00 p.m. We are also gearing up for our introduction to clogging lessons to begin on September 20. This will be taught by Glee Johnson and for those who preregister the cost will be $50. More information can be found on our website, cherrycitycloggers.com.

We are also preparing for election of officers in the fall. We have a committee putting together nominees for each office. They will be voted on in October and take over the position January 2023.

Georganne Pfnister

The Corvallis Squares club is planning to hold regular dances again, starting in September! Our dances are the second and fourth Saturdays, and usually are at the First Congregational church in Corvallis, our regular venue. Vaccination required, but masks optional. And — ta da! — we’re holding lessons again! Social Square Dance lessons with Sandy Harris will start Thursday, Sept. 29, 7 - 8:30 p.m. at the Corvallis Community Center (formerly called the Senior Center) and run through Dec. 22.

Karen Karplus

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August is a slow month for the club since we do not dance because of the Polk County Fair. But we will meet to have our Annual Meeting on the second Saturday to vote for officers, discuss the Federation By-Laws changes, celebrate some Honored Members, and discuss future dance ideas.

Lessons will start on September 11 at 6:00 p.m. at the Salem Square Dance Center. George Hermann will be the instructor.

Marilyn Schmit

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We held our summer meeting during Summer Festival in the round dance hall at Blanchet Catholic School. We welcomed a new member, Molly Fairly, gathered some dues money, and listened to a presentation about DanceWizard from Tim Keck. We heard updates from the Members at Large about dancing in their respective areas. Sounds like round dancing is doing well despite the pandemic.

Sympathy cards had been sent to the families of Janne Norton, Ray Walz, and Joyce Brown. Our next meeting is scheduled for some time in October pending availability of the hall in Springfield.

Marilyn Schmit

We successfully hosted the Trails In dance for Summer Festival in July. We had 50 people in attendance and plenty of food on the goodies table. There were four squares on the floor most of the evening and a good sized round dance circle to make the evening a great time. Thank you to Randy Lewis for being the MC. We had some guest callers and cuers to help him out during the evening and a good-sized split the pot.

We continue to dance on Thursdays with the first Thursday in August being an ice cream dance to celebrate the end of the hot weather. We may talk about future lesson ideas during the 30-minute break as we eat ice cream. Time for some ideas to surface.

The club will sponsor Phase 2 Waltz lessons at 4:00 p.m. at the Salem Square Dance Center. The instructors will be Molly Fairly and Marilyn Schmit.

Marilyn Schmit

Whew, it's been so hot! Thank goodness the hall has air conditioning and fans to keep all the dancers cool while having fun on the dance floor. Our 5th Friday Plus dance on July 29 was hot, hot, hot outside but so cool and comfortable in the hall.

The first Friday dance in August had five squares of dancers and it was much cooler. 😀 We will dance on the third Friday in August as well.

Get the word out, Mainstream Lessons begin on Wednesday, September 14 at 6:30 p.m. with instructor Randy Dibble. Free the first two weeks, $5.00 per dancer per week thereafter.

Mark your calendar for our Annual Corn ‘n Cluck dance on September 16.

Thank you to all the dancers for coming out and supporting square dancing with us. See you on the dance floor.

Sheila Machado

We are still dancing!! Friday, September 9 is Ian Craig and Julie Stiers. Saturday, September 24 is K.C. Curtis and Julie Stiers. Mainstream lessons will start on Tuesday, September 20. Contact Karyn Buchheit for more information. 503-873-5241 or buchheitfarmkm@gmail.com

Julia is planning on graduating her waltz class on September 6.

Hopefully, we will be finding out this month what is happening with the Pacific Northwest Teen Square Dance Festival this year. More news to come later.

Petrina Buchheit

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Willamette Squares next regular dance at the Salem Square Dance Center on the fourth Saturday of the month will be their watermelon dance. Come enjoy cold juicy slices of watermelon and dance to your heart’s content. Bruce, our caller and Judy, our cuer are still going on cruises and enjoying their travels. John and Doris are making plans for a trip to Ireland next month. They will be renting a car and seeing the country on their own. Shari will be having surgery on her arm. We wish her a speedy recovery. We hope to see many of you in a square.

Jodee

We had a great dance August 3rd, although not too profitable. Six couples came to our dance, so most of the night we had six couple squares. The variation was new to some dancers, so it was a great introduction to the concept. Everyone got to dance all night!

Jim

The Buzzin Bees have had an active summer with two outside dances and a picnic at the Curtis’. We have done some visitations and are looking forward to starting our regular 1st and 3rd Saturday nights.

We will begin on Saturday September 17th 2022 at Messiah Lutheran Church 905 NW 94th Vancouver WA at 7pm. Come join us!

WOW, September is a big month for the Chaps and Petticoats!  OUR very first dance of the new season is: Friday, Sept.16th, we will open with excitement when we host the Trails-In Dance (to the September STATE Federation Meetings) starting 7:30 PM at Maplewood Grange.  

A handful of Chaps and Petticoats went “Dancing under the Stars” in Newberg on July 22nd at the Les Schwab Tire Center & there were actually stars to be seen!   Darrell Kalmbach and Leonard Snodgrass thank you for a fun evening of at least four squares dancing with four Callers on the floor as well.

On July 29, PAC and River City Dancers co-hosted the 5th Friday dance and C & P dancers added to the fun.  Five squares, four callers and two cuers were also present. Thank you, RCD, for hosting a lively event!

Chaps and Petticoats will host, at Maplewood Grange, two FREE Introductory MS Lesson nights from 5-7 PM on September 11 and September 18.  We also hope to see you September 16th at our Trails-In Dance. 

Happy Feet, 

Betty Chipps

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We have been enjoying dancing all summer every second and fourth Saturday in the comfort of our air-conditioned hall. We are looking forward to continuing in September.

September is lesson time for us. Square dance lessons start Sunday September 18, at 5:30  and go for an hour and a half each Sunday. Our round dance lessons will start October 2. The price of lessons is $60 for the first 12 lessons which is a savings, or $6 a lesson.

Other things happening in September are the state meeting September 17 and the PAC dance September 30. 

Keep your feet dancing. 

Carol Mendenhall

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New Classes start Tuesday 9/13/22. We hope to have a good turnout. No dances are scheduled in September due to Labor Day and the Rogue Valley Rendevoux dance weekend. We hope everyone has had a great summer and we look forward to seeing you out dancing soon!

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Lessons will start again on September 4th with the desire to have a beginner dance on the 25th. The only restriction would be if it is so hot we can not hold a complete series of lessons during the month.

The Columbia River Dancers will begin its fall dance calendar on September 2nd. It is our back to school dance with Jim Hattrick calling and cueing.

Columbia River Dancers members walked in the Battle Ground parade this last month, promoting dancing and healthy living. We handed out over 120 brochures and over 100 business cards giving our dates for lessons and dances. As of this writing it is too soon to tell of any response as we had to stop lessons because of the heat.

In the meantime, we have been visiting clubs in support of their dances. It is fair to say that we were particularly looking for halls with air conditioning. The weather is getting back to near normal so will start looking for more clubs to visit. If we don't support each other we will all suffer.

Hope to see you in a square soon, both at our dances and at yours.

Nick Johnson

Eager Beavers and guests have been especially grateful for the air conditioning at the Aloha Grange during the hot days of summer. Jim Hattrick was our caller and cuer for our 4th of July dance as well as on July 18th, and Darrell Kalmbach was caller on the 11th and 25th. Jeanine Norden is our cuer, with Connie Clark filling in for her when needed. We have been averaging three to four squares at our dances.

We dance Plus with Ph II and III Rounds every Monday afternoon from 1:00 to 3:00, including holidays, which means we will have a Labor Day Dance on Monday, September 5th. Though most of our dancers are vaccinated, we currently do not require proof of vaccination and masks are optional. For current information, please see our website at http://EagerBeavers.info.

Alice Hendricks

Busy planning Seaside Sashay with the Sunset Promenaders. Save the date: October 21st and 22nd. See special dances area for registration form.

Craig Holt

July is just a blur in my memory bank. We came down with Covid while in California and were largely absent the entire month, but the Hoedowners sashayed on without us.

On July 9th Hoedowners enjoyed the calling of Scott Zinser with Connie Clark cueing rounds and on July 23rd K.C. Curtis joined Randy Lewis on stage for an evening of square dance and rounds.

The most exciting news is that our lessons for 2022 begin September 13th, Tuesday nights at 7 pm! Are you feeling a little bit tentative on the dance floor because of reduced floor time?? We all are so come, bring those friends who are anxious to learn. We love and need new dancers. So, let’s step up, brush up and get back in the swing of things.

Krystal Laas

Goodbye Summer - Hello Fall - and M&M’s have scheduled a dance for Sat. Sept 19th to start the season. There COULD be a glitch with that date however so PLEASE check our website to confirm that we are indeed dancing on that night before heading to Winona Grange in Tualatin. If it’s easier you can also call Lindie at 503-282-4414. Our remaining 2022 calendar is a strange one with at least one “dark” dance night each month. The randomness of our dancing is frustrating but we are doing our best with what comes our way. Just keep our website (or Lindie’s phone number) handy so you can stay up to date.

We appreciate all of our very special “Regulars”, and Guests, and thank them for hanging in there with us.

Lindie Noonan

The Oak Hills Squares continues to dance on Monday evenings 6.30-8.30pm. Our new members have now graduated, and we are enjoying some dance time on Monday evenings as they gain experience and confidence.

We will be looking to go on some visitations and plan to go to a dance each month as a club.

New classes start on October 3rd, 6.30-7.30pm and we will take new dancers through October 17th.

We meet at the Oak Hills Gym on NW 153rd Ave, Beaverton 97006. Our caller is the one and only Mark Wheeler. We love to have visitors, so please consider stopping by on a Monday evening and joining us for some fun.

Linda Kitchin

R Square D will resume our regular schedule in September, which is the second Friday and fourth Saturday at Kelso Senior Center. We’ve had a fun summer with ice cream served at all of our dances! We very much appreciate the consistent support from our sister clubs and the great calling and cueing that has made these successful dances.

September 9th is our “Pajama Dance”. Should be interesting to see what people wear to this dance, but at least we will be comfortable! Craig Abercrombie is our caller and Susan Healea will cue this dance.

Craig will call and cue a Neil Diamond tribute dance on Saturday, September 24th. Come prepared to sing along with Craig to your favorite songs!

Our dances start with plus and intermediate rounds at 7:00 PM and the mainstream dance is from 8:00 to 9:30.

Lessons will start on September 7th so we are gearing up for this and promoting square dancing whenever we can. Plus lessons will start at 6:30 PM and beginning lessons at 7:30 at Kelso Senior Center, 106 NW 8th Ave, Kelso, WA.

Chris Poole

Julie and Mike Stout announced their retirement from cuing and calling effective in September. We will be having a dance on September 3rd to honor them. It will be a Hawaiian theme. Please join us!

September 9th will be the club camp out at Wapiti RV Park near Lincoln City. We always have a great time on our camping trips. September 16th the club will be doing a visitation for the State Federation meeting at Maplewood Grange in Aurora. September 17th will be our regular mainstream dance and the last dance that Mike Stout will be calling with Randy Lewis cuing. Our club meeting will be on September 22nd at 7:30 via zoon. Tom and Janice Sminia have been nominated for the annual 2023 Randall award. They are very deserving of this award and we're all rooting for them! For July, there was a red, white and blue dance on July 2nd .. a good time was had by all. We went dark on July 16th to support the Summer Festival in Salem. Our hall was rocking at the TVC 5th Saturday dance on July 30th. There were quite a few people from many clubs and had 4 squares going all night.

Terri Browning

July was fun as the TriSquares visited the River City Dancers and Valley River's "Dance Under the Stars."

In September we begin our own dances again, but at our new grange in KINTON. Our first dance will be on September 9th, "Aloha! Welcome to our New Home!" And our Anniversary Dance will be on September 23rd, "Celebrate Good Times!"

We hope you will join us, and our caller Terry Halley and cuer Sandra Pinion. (Please note -- our dances start 30 minutes earlier than before, now at 7:00pm.)

Also, in September our lessons finally begin again! On Sunday afternoons starting September 11th, with Waltz Rounds at 2pm and B51 Mainstream at 3:30. (Waltz is $70/adult for 10 weeks. B51 Mainstream is free for the first 2 weeks and $56 for the next 8 weeks.) Our masking policy is this: If the CDC recommends masking that week, Tri Squares will require it. If they don't, then masking is optional. We will have some extra masks if you forget yours. Check our website before coming - We will keep it updated about masking.

In September we plan to visit the Chaps and Petticoats "Trails-In Dance." Plus, we will have a booth advertising our KINTON lessons at the Tigard Farmers Market, on September 4th.

Gloria Davis

“Dance Under the Stars” special dance, July 22nd was a success. Weather cooperated although by the end of the evening those who brought a sweater were glad they dressed in layers. We had 4 squares dancing the entire evening. There was an open break with a variety of snacks. Perrin made some delicious chocolate fudge brownies and cookies, and the sliced watermelon and fruit really hit the spot. We had several dancers visiting from the River City Dancers, Chaps and Petticoats, Sunset Promenaders, the Salem Swinging Stars and several independents with about 50 dancers in attendance. The Les Schwab Tire Center was a good alternative location, but next year we most likely will be back at the tennis courts on 6th and Howard Streets next door to the Old Fashioned Festival. Darrell Kalmbach was our awesome guest caller for the evening and our cuer Leonard Snodgrass put on a nice mix of rounds. KC Curtis, Terry Halley and Randy Dibble each called a tip. We had an especially nice split the pot of $56—the lucky winner was Egan. As you can imagine there is a good deal more work involved with an outdoor venue. The Valley River Dancers appreciates and especially recognizes club members Dan and Perrin who coordinated the details of this fun event with limited VRD members available for this dance. We want to thank some special friends of VRD who volunteered to help--Jonee and Jim, and Caroline and Rick and even others--who came early and stayed late to do whatever was needed. Special thanks to Erin Kalmbach who was quick to pick up a broom to help us sweep up the ground tires! Also Anthony Egan came early and stayed late volunteering to help with a variety of things including lights and other setup and lugging stacks of chairs and tables and the stage which were transported to and from the community center. We were blessed with a lot of help from the dancers, Thank you everyone who came and helped make this a nice dance. The crew at the end of the evening got an unexpected chuckle. When complimenting one of our club members, Kevin, for his help in packing chairs back into the community center closet, he said as he was hurrying into the building with a load, that he was able to pack all those heavy chairs so effortlessly because… (wait for it)… “I have been throwing a lot of chicken *!*!.”

A Waltz workshop continues through the first week of September as the new and refreshing dancers learn/review figures from Phase II and the most popular phase III cues you will hear in a phase II song. Leonard Snodgrass instructing on Tuesdays 6:30-8 p.m. at the Chehalem Community Center. Come waltz with us the first Tuesday in September for a good opportunity to polish skills in a casual atmosphere with others that are new to waltz. Cost is $6. Stay tuned for the upcoming round dance lesson schedule.

Our Advanced workshop on Tuesday evenings has been dark for the tail end of summer resuming September 13th at the Chehalem Community Center, 8-9:30 p.m., called by Randy Dibble. Cost is $8.

Mainstream lessons, taught by Randy Dibble, begin Tuesday evenings, September 13th, 6:30-8 pm at the Chehalem Community Center.

We will be dancing in September on the 2nd and 4th Fridays. We plan to be dark on our 4th Friday dance in October so our members can attend Seaside Sashay as Randy Dibble, our caller, will be one of the featured callers for the festival

Josie Rosenbury

We're still in the three digits heat wave when I write this. Valley Squares was DARK for the Summer Festival, so no report on a dance in July. We will be DARK for the OFSRDC dance on September 17th, hope to dance with you there. On October 7th, Valley Squares will begin dancing twice a month, the 1st Friday and our usual 3rd Saturday of the month, 7-9:30 pm, Mainstream with every third tip Plus. Craig Abercrombie will be calling for our October 7th dance and Mark Wheeler calling for our October 15th dance, Connie Clark will be cueing for both dances. This will be Connie's 36th year as Valley Squares Cuer. Thank you Connie, you are much appreciated.

See you in a square, Yellowrock

Carolene Siebert

So far we have not had to cancel a dance due to low attendance. Mostly only one square. Our new club caller is Lane Clem with Terry Halley has been filling in when Lane is busy elsewhere. Our dances are held weekly on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 7:30 at the Elks Lodge in Tillamook. We are using the hall upstairs. It is a good idea to call before you make the trip to see if we have enough folks for a square. For up to date information see: www.wavesteppers.org.

Bob Allen

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