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One of our CCCA members is a new dad. Mike Kious and Camille's baby was born September 1, one day after Christina's birthday August 31.  Aidan Alan Kious  weighed in at 9.1 pounds!  We can't wait to meet Aidan but have seen the cutest pictures of him with his mom and dad! Welcome Aidan!

Our next Fifth Saturday dance is September 30.  We canceled our July 29th dance because the clubs in Roseburg had a barn roof benefit.  We heard that this benefit day was a huge success, and we thank our dancers for attending. Over $20,000 was raised to add to the money raised in June at the Buckeroo Round Up. It looks like they’ll be getting a new roof.  

    

Our dances start with pre-rounds at 7:00 and mainstream from 7:30 - 9:30. The hall is air conditioned. 

 

Happy calling, cueing and dancing!

Christina Corelli - Secretary

We had one fun dance in August and one very successful dance now in September on the 10th.  One of the August dances had to be canceled because we didn't have enough dancers signed up to be assured we would have a square.  On Sept. 10th we fell just short of two squares, but our coordinator Fred Beisse kept the tips short so no one had to sit out for too long.  Moreover we dance with cards so he kept us rotating so we would dance with everyone at one point or another.  It was disappointing not to have two squares going but just being one shy told us that we are building back up.    Of course November is coming and our sun birds will be taking off for Arizona and other southerly climes.

You can check for our tentative schedule online at cas-sd.yolasite.com.  This is a tentative schedule so if you are not on Fred's email list for last minute notifications, please give Fred ( 458-221-3564 ) a call to check on whether we are dancing on any given Sunday.

One dance I am confident will be well-attended will be held on Nov. 12 with Kris Jensen from Albuquerque, NM calling.  Kris generally comes our way at least once a year and as our fellow club member Kurt is her brother, she always stops by to visit and will call for both CAS and Spin Cycle Squares while she is here.  She is a very personable caller and always does a fine job of calling advanced for us.  We are so lucky to have her ,so please mark your calendars and let us know you're coming!  The more the merrier.

We dance in Hall B of the Emerald Square Dance Center twice a month on Sundays from 1:30 to 3:30PM.

Keep on dancing,

Gaynor Hintz

Club Reporter

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We are back to dancing twice a month on the third and fourth Fridays at the Emerald Square Dance Center in Springfield from 7:30 to 10:00PM.  We do 15 minutes of pre-rounds to start followed by 15 minutes of plus and then mainstream with every third tip plus thereafter.

We often have a theme so if you are interested in joining in on the theme please check our website at singletrees.blogspot.com to see what the dance theme is.  In August we had a watermelon and cornfields dance on the second Friday and then our Hawaiian Nights dance on the 4th Friday.  Bruce Lowther called the first dance and Mark Wheeler the last.  Both were fun dances, and well attended with 2 to 3 squares on the floor.  We were greatly surprised by the number of Hawaiian shirts and muu-muus that showed up.  A group photo was taken which can be seen in the photo section.  Looks like many dancers have taken cruises or vacations in Hawaii.  Our president Joy Pitts and her sister Melba Walker love give-a-ways so quite a few watermelons were give away on Aug. 10 and pineapples on  the 24th. 

As of this writing we have not had our 3rd Friday dance Sept. 15 which is to be a Sock Hop with Craig Abercrombie calling and cueing.  This is always a fun dance.  Thank goodness we have air conditioning as it is supposed to be in the 90's by Friday.  Jeans and felt poodle skirts will be a mite heavy but the A/C should help.  Mark Wheeler and Jackie Gale will call and cue for the Ducks versus Beavers dance Sept. 22.

In October we will have our regular third (Chili Contest with Bruce Lowther and Judy Russell) and fourth (Ian Craig and Jackie Gale) dances and of course the 4th Friday will be our Halloween dance with prizes awarded for best costumes so get with it and come up with a great costume idea.  You'll be hard pressed to beat our president Joy Pitts who always has something super zany every year.

See you in a square,

Gaynor Hintz

Club Reporter

We dance from 4 - 6 on Sundays at the Emerald Dance Center in Springfield. Everyone is welcome.  All our dances are casual.  Tim calls all levels and helps us if there are any figures giving us fits.  

    

One of our members, Cheryl Hagey, had successful neck surgery and is without pain now. Yippee!  She's not able to dance just yet nor drive, but we hope that will happen very soon.

    

We invite you to join us any Sunday. It might be wise to call David Lajoie at 541-520-7311 to make sure we are dancing.  We shouldn't have any dark Sundays, but one never knows.  We dance in Hall A at the Emerald Dance Center, 2095 Yolanda in Springfield.  The floor is cushioned, and we have heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer.  

  

Kris Jensen will be calling for us on November 12, 2023.  Kris is a national caller from Albuquerque.  Kris is Kurt Jensen's sister. This is going to be one special dance!

 

Christina Corelli

Member-at-Large

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We are back to our usual schedule of the second and third Saturdays, but  September 16 was dark.. We have Plus from 7:00 - 7:30 and then Mainstream with rounds.  

    

Mike and Camille's baby boy was born September 1 weighing in at 9.1 pounds.  Wow, 9.1 pounds and born on 9/1.  That baby knew what he was doing!  Congratulations Mike and Camille and welcome Aidan Alan Kious!  We can't wait to meet you.  We have seen the most adorable photos of you and your parents!

    

Carol Reetz's memorial service was held late August.  Many people from Carol's life attended.  Carol was active in many things and made a difference.  The service was beautiful and meaningful.  Carol is sorely missed, and we continue to support and love her family. Larry and Carol met at an Emerald Teens dance.  

   

We are having another free community dance September 23 at 7:00.  Dave Cooper will be calling and maybe cueing too. He's pretty versatile!  We hope this dance will reap many new dancers for the fall classes which start ion October 3 and 10 with Roger Putzler teaching.   The last free community dance had over 7 squares and lots of people who had never square danced.  We had enough angels to show everyone a great time.  Please join us on September 23 for the free community dance. 

    

September 9 was a memorable dance as we hosted the state meeting that weekend.  It was awesome seeing so many faces we don't usually get to see until Mid-Winter.  Tim Roberts and Kathy and many delegates and state officers were there.  Mark Wheeler called that dance as Mike was home being a new father.  Thanks Mark!

Our annual Whirl-A-Ways picnic was canceled due to the extreme heat. We want to thank Todd and Kathy Jensen for being willing to take this on and are sorry it didn't happen.  Thank you both for your sound thinking and keeping us all safe.  

 

Christina Corelli

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The club held their first dance of the new season at the Salem Square Dance Center after their relocation from Polk County Fairgrounds. We had six squares in attendance with three dancing regularly. Randy Dibble was the guest caller and Stephanie (John) Lozano started her season as the new cuer for the club. The Welcome dance was held on September 9th. Plus a visitation from R Square D was there to help us welcome Daryl Clendenin as our new caller. He is also their caller.

The “big move” from Polk County to the Salem Square Dance Center was accomplished by a crew of volunteer members who gathered and had everything out in about an hour. Then the caravan to the Center to find room for everything and stash where there was room until some spaces were made. Things are still in a state of “where did we put it?”

Since Daryl is not available to teach lessons, the club has initiated a contract with Bruce Lowther to teach mainstream for the fall session. The club will co-sponsor with Willamette Squares with income and expenses being shared equally. Lessons will be

held at the Salem Square Dance Center starting on September 17th at 6 pm.

Marilyn

Lebanon Square Circlers have been highly active over the summer with lots of activities, including garden parties, potlucks, a campout, and even square dancing!  Although we are officially “dark” for the summer, we have been helping host free square dances for seniors at the Lebanon Senior Center on Tuesday afternoons. Our regular dances started up September 16, and our Mainstream and Two-Step lessons started on September 17. Additionally, Lebanon and Corvallis Squares are hosting Advanced (A1) lessons on Saturdays starting the first week of November.  Square dancing is alive and well in Lebanon!

Please note that all Lebanon events will be held at the Senior Center, 80 Tangent Street (NOT the IOOF Hall) going forward, unless otherwise noted.

Kaynor

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The club was dark for two weeks during August due to a lack of personnel to dance and pay the bills. We did dance on August 31 to celebrate Randy Lewis’s birthday with cake and cards. Only five dancers but we made the best of it anyway.

We scheduled the beginning of our season on September 14 with Slow Two-Step review at 6:30 p.m., followed by Phase 3-4 dancing from 7-7:40 p.m. Then another class for Cha from 740-8:25 p.m. and another session of Phase 3-4 dancing until 9:15 p.m. We are looking forward to some dancers from Silver City Squares to attend the Cha class to add another rhythm to their abilities. Should make for some good fun with more dancers in the hall. Stay tuned for next month’s report to see how the first few lessons went.

We are scheduled to host the New Year’s Eve dance, so that is the next important thing in our schedule to work on.

Marilyn

It is officially FALL!! Yay! September brought us three dances, including our Annual Corn and Cluck, a 5th Friday Plus Dance, and we graduated seven students with a Masters in Square Dancing from our Plus Class on September 6.

Our Fall Mainstream lessons began on September 13, followed by a new Plus class. We are looking forward to introducing square dancing to many more people.

Our October 6 dance will be a Hawaiian Beach theme to keep the good summer vibes going. There are several of us planning to attend the Seaside Sashay at the end of October. Last year we had about thirty of our club members attend.

Salem Swingin' Stars extend a warm and friendly welcome to the Independence Wagon Wheelers as they join the Salem Square Dance Center family. See you on the dance floor.

Sheila Machado

We had a beach trip with our club with 17 in attendance. We started with the bus taking us to dance on a covered bridge, then off to get the bus’s gas tank filled and we danced at the gas station. Then we headed to Newport and lunch at Arctic Circle. We were at Agate Beach and did squares, rounds, and lines in both the dunes and the surf. Cooked hot dogs on a portable grill at the bus in the parking lot, then headed home. Lots of fun for everyone who attended.

Lessons started for us in September, both mainstream and 2-step. Ian Craig will be teaching the squares and Mark McDonald the rounds. Mark asked Julia and Petrina to be his assistants.

Silver City participated in the youth dance at the state fair. There were about 45 who showed up that day (including youth dancers. Transportation, and other non-dancing family members). There were three squares up for most of our assigned time.

Petrina Buchheit

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Bachelors 'n' Bachelorettes dance on 1st, 3rd and 5th Wednesdays at Abernathy Grange in Oregon City. All dancers welcome.

We had a very successful "Back to School Dance" on September 6, collecting cash and school supplies for "Bloomin' Boutique", a nonprofit serving needy children throughout Clackamas County.

Our next dance is scheduled for Wednesday, September 20. Melissa James is working to schedule a caller to substitute for KC Curtis.

Darrell Kalmbach will be calling on October 4th, and Terry Halley will be calling our Halloween dance on October 18. Our wonderful Tami Helms will be cuing for all 3 dances.

Mike Kious will be teaching this year's Mainstream lessons on Wednesdays, 6:15 pm to 7:15pm, starting September 13. The first three lessons are free. Then $5 per dancer, per week.

We are also looking forward to celebrating 70th birthdays with Melissa James and Robert Lumsden on October 22. This FREE dance will be held at the Boring Barn from 2 to 5 pm. Come join in the fun.

Kathy Polley, Secretary

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Hope you had a wonderful summer!

Chaps and Petticoats have returned to square dancing after being dark for the summer. We opened our season on Friday, September 15th with Caller Darrell Kalmbach and Cuer Connie Clark. Yeah!! Sure felt good to be dancing at the Maplewood Grange again.

Speaking of the Grange, on October 28 from 3:00-6:30 PM, Maplewood Grange will co-host a Harvest Festival Fundraiser (donations at the door). Proceeds benefit a local school’s lunch program. Bring the kiddos and enjoy pasta dinner and activities for the whole family, such as costume contest, face painting, other games, prizes, raffle, and pumpkin decorating.

A handful of Chaps and Petticoats enjoyed the Port Orford Labor Day “weekend of dancing” hosted by the Beachcombers. Besides the excellent BBQ and potlucks, there was dancing on the beach Saturday, Pancake Breakfast and spud-gun shoot Sunday. Then, Monday morning we were sent home with homemade cinnamon rolls. The smiles present were infectious; thank you Phil Ramey, Darrell Kalmbach, and Terry Halley callers, and Dave Cooper and Kathy Houson, cuers. Our prayers were with KC Curtis (& Linda) who was scheduled for Friday but could not be there due to KC’s illness.

Chaps and Petticoats Mainstream lesson nights began Sept.10 and will continue, 5-7 PM, at Maplewood Grange each Sunday thereafter through the end of the year. You can pay as you go, $5/night, or inquire about upfront payment discounts.

October 6th features our Pirate Dance with “Ahoy-matey’ Caller, Scott Zinser and Wench Cuer, Julie Stiers. Our dancers will choose the costume prize winners. Our third Friday, October 20, will have Terry Halley and Sandra Pinion entertaining us as Caller and Cuer. Please join us.

Happy Feet,

Betty Chipps

You may get this in time to come out to our 5th Saturday all Plus dance on September 30th with Scott Zinser and Stephanie Lozano.

October is a busy month at the Barn! We start out the dance schedule with an anniversary dance on October 7, with Craig Abercrombie. Wear your club outfits, bring a pie to share, and if you have extra garden veggies, bring them to share. The 4th Saturday dance will be called by Scott Zinser and cued by Julie Stiers.

There will also be a special birthday dance on October 22 from 2 to 5 pm for our beloved president, Robert Lumsden, and for our friend Melissa James. They are turning 70 only a few days apart this month. A chance to dance for free! Scott Zinser will be calling and Tami Helms will be cueing. And if you know Robert, there will be plenty of cake and goodies!

Our Annual Pancake, Ham and Egg Breakfast will be on Sunday, October 15 this year, starting at 8:00 am, ending at 1:00 pm. There will also be crafted items for sale and raffles. Don't miss this all-you-can-eat chance; ask any Cut-Up for tickets.

If you have been wanting to learn Two Step round dancing, you can sign up at the Barn. Lessons are scheduled to start on October 1 from 6 to 7:30 pm. Julie Stiers will be teaching. We still have line dancing lessons every Wednesday and Thursday afternoon with Lynn.

Looking back, it was fun dancing on the outdoor floor. Kudos to the guys in our club who put a nice new coat of paint on it. Looking ahead, we will be holding our first Craft Show fundraiser on November 11. Contact Bev De La Bruere if you are a crafter and interested in selling your products. All of you should plan to come and do some Christmas shopping!

Bev De La Bruere

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The Ramblers held a community dance featuring a free taste of square dancing at the Sellwood Community House on September 9. Ian Craig called the dance for us, putting our first-timers through the paces and generating lots of laughter. We were excited to get contact information from almost 40 potential new dancers!

Our fall lessons started on September 13, and continue through December. We dance every Wednesday at Bridgeport United Church of Christ, 621 NE 76th Ave., Portland, 97213. We will be teaching Social Square Dance (SSD) again this year. The lessons are from 7-8:30 pm. The first two lessons in the series are free.

We look forward to our monthly social dance on October 14. Terry Halley will be calling. Our theme will be Halloween Costume Party! We alternate Social Square Dance and Plus tips from 7 to 9:30 at the Oak Grove Community Center, 14496 SE Cedar Ave., Milwaukie.

SYIAS!

Jeff Knapp

We are so happy to be back and dancing. New classes started on Tue 9/12 with about 17 new dancers. We are hopeful for more of the same next week!! We look forward to welcoming the dancers into this fun activity.

Those who came to our "Mexican Hat Dance" on 9/13 were treated to a fun nite with guest caller Scott Pearce from Folsom, CA and cuer Rikki Lobato. I wish more would have attended, BUT everyone who did come had a great time and we certainly appreciate those who attended. We had dancers from Klamath Falls, Medford, Roseburg, Yreka and of course Grants Pass. We will not have a dance on 9/16 as some of us are attending Scot Byar's Memorial Dance. Our caller and wife were attending, but due to some family circumstances, they are now unable to attend. We will still have a nice representation from our area to honor a great caller and friend. I(Rikki) am very honored to be part of the celebration as one of the cuers for the event.

Our next dance is a Community Dance on Oct 7th with J Domis. There will be no rounds that evening, but J always does a great job and he spreads the word to his group and we usually get 60-80 dancers for the evening. Those who aren't attending the Community Dance will be in Roseburg for the Country Fever Weekend with Jim Steele & Mark McDonald. We will be dark for our 10/21 dance to support The Potato Festival in Klamath Falls.

As a reminder, our birthday dance on Dec 16th will feature the wonderful Buddy Weaver. We hope you can join us. Also, 2024 Boatnik is being planned and we have a wonderful caller/cuer couple joining us - David & Dawn Mee. Please preregister and plan to attend.

The weekend of 9/22-24 dancers from our club have a wonderful opportunity to dance to some great callers/cuers. The Rogue Valley Rendezvous is happening in Medford with Don & Marie Wood, Jay Henderson and Rikki Lobato. Come and join in the fun!

We hope to see you on the dance floor soon.

We held our "Patriots Day" dance on Sunday September 10th. We want to say "thank you" to our dancers from the north in Oregon and our stead fast club dancers for coming out to support us. We held a graduation ceremony for 6 dancers who have completed the SSD program. We are making plans to hold another Sunday afternoon dance in early November, date TBD. We started a new dancer session on Thursday the 14th. And will offer another open session to anyone interested in learning to square dance on September 21st at the Karuk Wellness Ctr.

Our Club has begun our Fall Season home program dancing schedule which is basically

Mainstream Workshops on 1st - 2nd - 4th Sundays 4:00-5:30pm

Mainstream Dance on 3rd Sundays 5:00 - 7:30pm

We will not be having rounds on our 3rd Sundays until Dec 17th

Cuer: Mark McDonald

Plus Workshops - Every Wednesday Nights 6:00-7:30pm

Caller: Jim Steele

Our Dance Location:

Pleasant Ridge Community Hall

7067 SW Canal Blvd * Redmond, OR

As of this report, we are prepping with all the details to be ready for our upcoming event....

Country Fever Dance/Campout Weekend

Location: Buckeroo Barn / Roseburg

5051 N.E. Stephens St * Roseburg, Oregon

We have over 4 squares of pre-registrations, and there are several more southern Oregon dancers that had told us they are coming but most of the last minute registrations will be coming in at the door that weekend.

We feed all the cowboy dinner meals all weekend and we want everyone to feel they are at home and make boot stompin' great memories while they are there with us for the entire weekend.

Our Caller: Jim Steele Cuer: Mark McDonald

Next year 2024....

Our Callers: Jim Steele calling with Jet Roberts

Cuer: Rikki Lobato

We hope many of you dancers will plan to pre-register early before the deadline! Going to be a hoot of a fun time this year and next year!

Jim & Jan Steele

The Star Promenaders classes began on Monday, September 11 with a new SSD class and on Thursday, September 14, with a new “Mainstream to Plus” class. Dancers must have the basic mainstream moves to advance to plus. The first “Square Dance 101” class had 15

new students. There were 4 squares dancing all evening and a few extra Angels. Everyone had a great time. There were lots of smiles and laughter!

In August, the Stars laid down new flooring in the Men’s and Ladies' rooms and in the hall between. It is beautiful. The additional air conditioning unit is working great. Even when the temperature was bouncing around 100, it stayed pleasant in the hall.

On Wednesday, September 20, Wayne Weaver will begin a new Advanced class for those who have danced the level of Plus for at least one year or more.

On October 14, the Family and Friends of Gary Gent will gather to “Yellow Rock” and “Remember”. Please come and share your thoughts with the Stars and Gary’s Family.

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Have you ever had a big bite of ice cream and had a brain freeze? This is what I am having a case of right now. What to say about October dancing with the CRDs? We had a great summer with mainstream workshops on Sunday evening with Daryl Clendenin working us through all the mainstream calls. Three and four squares would be there except when it was just too hot.

Daryl will be calling our first dance in October on the 6th and Mark Wheeler will call on the 20th. Mark stepped forward when Jim was ill and we are very appreciative of his filling in.

While it is happening in September, I will report in the November Newsletter on the results of our “Free Dance Nights” program that we are doing in an attempt to show people that the modern square dance is nothing like you learned in elementary school. How many times have we heard that?

Hope to see you in a square.

Nick Johnson

The Eager Beavers had five squares at our July 31st dance which included a celebration of Karen and Ferrous Steinka’s 60th wedding anniversary.

We are looking forward to our Halloween dance on Monday, October 30th.

Eager Beavers dance Plus with Phase II and III Rounds every Monday from 1:00 to 3:00pm, featuring Darrell Kalmbach calling and Jeanine Norden cueing.

For current information, please see our website at http://EagerBeavers.info. (see link above)

Alice Hendricks

The Hayshakers continue with lessons every Sunday (except the 4th) beginning with a PLUS lesson from 5:00 until 5:30 pm, followed by a Basic lesson for new students until 7 o’clock, then wrapping up the evening with a Mainstream lesson ending at 7:30.

On the 4th Sunday we have a Basic level dance beginning at 5 o’clock and ending with a potluck dinner and meeting at 7.

Accomplished, motivated dancers visit R Square D in Kelso on a regular basis.

Craig Holt

August zipped right by, and September was right there. We all know what that means, back to school and cooler weather. A recent Sunday Donnie and I went to the local theater, armed ourselves with popcorn and soda then took a trip back on memory lane. We went to see the 50th anniversary of American Graffiti. It happens on the last night of summer. It features great music, great cars, a beautiful drive-in with roller skating carhops and Wolfman Jack. Could you hear Wolfman Jack when you were growing up? His broadcasts did not reach into northern Montana but every summer we visited relatives in southern Idaho which meant sitting in a car at night, on a hill and fiddling with the radio until you heard his voice. It’s the perfect homage to the end of summer. Hope you had a chance to see it on the big screen or on your TV as a rental.

Our Root Beer float dance was on August 12th and featured Ian Craig calling and Randy smoothly cueing. We also featured all those root beer floats we served. It was so refreshing in our air-conditioned hall. The dancers had a chance to cool down.

We were dark on August 26th. Vacation fever hit our membership and we decided to let everyone go, go, go.

What’s happening in October you ask? October 14th is our famous, infamous Pizza Dance. Don’t miss it! What about October 28th your ask? We’re going dark to attend the Seaside Sashay.

Krystal Laas

M&M’s will be celebrating our 39th birthday on Oct 21st at the Winona Grange. Mainstream dancers are invited to come as it will be a Floor Level Dance. Randy Dibble is calling, there will be a guest cuer (TBA) and, since it’s not a celebration without cake and ice cream - - - THAT will be served about 10pm!

Check our website for updates.

Lindie Noonan

Oak Hills Squares have been enjoying summer dancing with many dancers from other clubs. We welcome all, as we've had lots of fun making new friends and learning from them.

Our club was dark on August 14th due to extreme heat. As of this writing we are not planning to dance on Labor Day, Monday, September 4th but have been active otherwise.

The schedule is to start lessons for beginners on Monday, September 11th at 6:30 PM. Lessons are to be from 6:30 to 7:30, then mainstream dancing from 7:30 to 8:30.

For additional information visit our website, http://oakhillsquares.com/. (see link above)

Lynne Fonner

R Square D collected school supplies at the “Back to School” dance on August 9th and donated them to a local elementary school. August 23rd was our “Summer’s Last Hurrah” dance and we had over five squares in attendance.

Our August club meeting was at Pat Faires’ summer house on Mayfield Lake. It was a fun afternoon of food (BBQ/potluck), boat rides and fellowship with other club members. R Square D had a booth at Longview’s Squirrel Fest on August 19th and handed out cards and flyers promoting our September lessons.

October 13th and 14th is Fall Festival at Kelso Senior Center. Callers are Craig Abercrombie and Adam Christman and our Cuer is Susan Healea. Friday night dance is from 7:30 to 10:00. Saturday’s schedule includes an afternoon round dance (1:00-2:30), plus dancing (2:30-4:00), River City Riders at 7:15 and an evening dance from 7:30 to 10:00. This promises to be a fun weekend!

For current information, please see our website: http://r-square-d.info/. (see link above)

Chris Poole

On Friday August 4th, we made a visitation to Valley Squares. On August 20th, a few members did a demo dance at the Homestead Club house. We hope to interest some new dancers to join our beginning square dance classes coming up in January. We had a super fun Hawaiian Luau dance on August 5th with 7 squares and even a few times 8 squares! Many THANKS to Richard Cason who is very faithful about taking club pictures and does an AWESOME job!

The Sunset Promenaders plus dances will be held on October 5th and 19th with Darrell Kalmbach calling and Tami Helms cuing. October 7th is our anniversary mainstream dance celebrating 38 years! There will be a lasagna dinner served at 6 pm; pre-rounds from 7-7:30 pm with mainstream and rounds from 7:30-9:30. Darrell Kalmbach is calling, and Tami Helms is cuing. We sure hope you can join us for this special evening! October 21st is a mainstream dance with Darrell and Tami.

October 27-28 is the Seaside Sashay Square dance festival at the Seaside Convention center. The festival is co-hosted by Sunset Promenaders and Hayshakers. As of this writing we have 90 dancers signed up. This is a really fun event! We hope to see many of you there!

Every Sunday in October from 2:30-4:00 waltz classes continue with Tami Helms and Tim Keck teaching at the Hillsboro IOOF Hall.

Tom Sminia has resigned as a TVC delegate and July Schnase has taken his place. Janice Sminia will continue to also represent us.

For current information, please see our website: http://sunsetpromenaders.com/. (see link above)

Terri Browning

On August 5th we had a terrific visitation to the Sunset Promenaders, with 17 of our members - At one point there were 8 squares! On the 13th we held our annual potluck picnic at Snyder Park in Sherwood, and 22 of our members made it out there in the 100 degree heat! (I couldn't handle it personally.) There was a short meeting to discuss plans for how to get new members, and Charles McAuley again played the acoustic guitar afterwards, which is quite lovely in the park in the summertime. And on August 19th we made a visitation to Valley Squares with 12 members. We sure are thankful for granges with A/C, since we go dark in the summer ourselves.

In October our lessons continue on Sunday afternoons, with Two-Step at 2:00 and Mainstream at 3:30, at the Kinton Grange -- except on the 15th and 22nd we will relocate to a different place, since the Grange isn't available. Please check with our club for the other location, because as I write this it hasn't been announced yet.

Another change is that our first dance in October is moved up one week to Friday, October 6th (because of a Grange conflict), and it will be the "Autumn Apple Fest". Our second dance is on Friday, October 27th, "Come As You Aren't!" and Halloween costumes are welcome! Both dances will be with our caller, Terry Halley, and our cuer, Sandra Pinion.

And on October 20th we are following our caller and cuer to visit the Chaps and Petticoats in Aurora. A busy month!

Gloria Davis

Our Friday, Oct 6th dance, 7pm to 9:30pm, every third tip Plus, with Darrell Kalmbach calling and Connie Clark cueing. Refreshments at 9:30pm.

Our Saturday, Oct 21st "Spooky Dance" is from 7pm to 9:30pm, every third tip Plus, with Scott Zinser calling and Connie Clark cueing. Refreshments at 9:30pm. Wear costumes if you like or a mask, be spooky.

We dance at the Aloha Grange from 7 pm to 9:30 pm, Mainstream with every third tip Plus. Come join the fun!

Carolene Siebert

On August 10th the Wavesteppers performed on stage at the Tillamook County Fair. In addition to the dance demo, several of us volunteered to work assisting fair visitors. Part of this was parking cars in the sun. Of course this was coastal sun, not your valley sun so it was mostly comfortable. We always hope someone at the fair will be interested in our demonstration dance enough to visit us or perhaps take lessons.

Our dance venue is the Tillamook Senior Center, 316 Stillwell Avenue. Located on the corner of 4th and Stillwell there is no on site parking and little street parking. The huge Tillamook Coliseum Theater parking lot is directly across the street. Our dances are held weekly on Tuesdays from 4:00 to 6:00. Our caller/cuer is Lane Clem. 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. (see above link)

Bob Allen

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