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Happy December to everyone from the Muddy Frogs!

We're delighted to be back on the dance floor starting with a successful dance in October.

Coming Events

Muddy Frogs Square Dance Club invites you to dance with us!

Date: Sunday, December 3

Time: 2 - 4 p.m.

Caller: Thell Rooney

Location: Milton Freewater Community Building

Address: 109 NE 5th, Milton Freewater, OR.

$8 per person

A potluck will follow.

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Plans are in the works to begin lessons in January!

Students: $4 per person - first three lessons are free

Angels: $2 per person

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Have questions or need to confirm details, please contact Merri Anne at 541-861-9055

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Our next scheduled dance is supposed to be December 30, but with New Year's Eve the following night, we are canceling the CCCA's Fifth Saturday dance. Roger Putzler and Christina Corelli are hosting the New Year's Eve dance with pre-Rounds at 7:30 and squares from 8:00 to 10:00. Cost is $2.50 per person. No kidding! This was the cost of a dance a few decades ag’so! We'll celebrate NYE on New York City’s and Chicago (Roger's hometown) time and go home early to avoid the rush and also be able to celebrate with family and friends. Poppers and sparkling cider will be provided! Dancers bring the FUN!

Therefore, the next scheduled dances are March 30, 2024, June 29, 2024, and August 31, 2024 which is also Christina Corelli's birthday! Our fall of 2024 Fifth Saturday dance is November 30, 2024.

One of our members, Mike Kious and his wife Camille are new parents to a precious boy, Aidan. They have been bringing Aidan to dances when Mike calls. We all get a turn cuddling and holding this beautiful baby!

Christina Corelli

Secretary and Cuer / CCCA

In October we were only able to hold one dance because at the time of our second one we had several people out with COVID. We were lucky that this happened then because on November 12 we had national caller Kris Jensen come to call for us and the Spin Cycle Squares afterwards, and it would have been such a shame to miss getting the opportunity to dance to her. She is amazing! We hope she will be out here on the West Coast again soon, but if not then next November.

We normally dance in Hall B (behind the building)at the Emerald Square Dance Center at 2095 Yolanda in Springfield from 1:30 to 3:30 on the 2nd and 4th Sundays. However, since we only have one and a half squares that attend regularly, we might have to cancel when there are not enough available dancers. Please be sure to check our website cas-sd.yolasite.com or the OFN to see what our schedule is supposed to be and then call Fred Beisse at 458-221-3564 one or two days in advance if youi are coming in from out of town and/or are not on Fred’s email list. Hope to see you in a square soon.

Gaynor Hintz

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We started back dancing twice a month on the 3rd and 4th Fridays this past summer. We get callers from out of town to come call for us and Jackie Gale comes from Sweet Home to cue for us; however, Jackie is on a leave of absence as they wait for Bill Gale’s health to improve. Meanwhile, Christina Corelli has kindly been filling in for her. Jackie tells me she hopes to return in the near future.

In October we had two really fun dances each with a theme. The first one was on Oct. 20 with a Western Hoedwon and Chili Contest theme with Bruce Lowther and his wife Judy Russell cueing. The second one was a Halloween Costume Ball with Ian Craig calling and Christina Corelli cueing. Both dances had fantastic decorations with lots of photo opportunities (see our website at singletrees.blogspot.com to view some photos).

Our dances in November will be the 17th and the 24th (night after Thanksgiving) with the 1st dance featuring pie and ice cream and the second one turkey of course. Craig Abercrombie will call and cue on the 17th and Roger Puzler will call on the 24th. We do not know yet who will cue for us that evening. We’ll have two dances in December, the 14th and 22nd. Please come and join us if you are in the area. We dance from 7:30 to 10PM.

Gaynor Hintz

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We continue to dance every Sunday from 4 to 6 with Tim Matteson calling mainstream and plus. We rarely go dark, but once in a blue moon it happens. Please call David Lajoie, our president, at 541-520-7311, to make sure we are dancing.

On Nov. 12 Kris Jensen, national caller, from Albuquerque, and Kurt Jensen's sister, called advanced at Cast-A-Shadow and also Mainstream and plus at Spin Cycle Squares. Our caller, Tim Matteson, had a chance to dance! We had dancers from Single Trees and Whirl-A-Ways join us. Kris did an awesome job!

We dance at the Emerald Dance Center at 2095 Yolanda in Springfield, Oregon 59477. All are welcome to join us any Sunday for fun dancing and camaraderie. It’s casual dress always.

Christina Corelli

Member-at-large

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We dance the second and third Saturdays in each month through June. We start at 7:00 with plus and 7:30 to 10:00 it is mainstream and rounds. We hosted a Veterans's Appreciation Dance on November 11. Marvin and Karen Baker presented a rose to the veterans in attendance. It was very special. Thank you Marvin, who is also a veteran, and Karen for making this dance extra special.

One of our former members and president of Whirl-A-Ways, Ken Cornelius, was able to attend Honor Flight. There were two buses of veterans from Oregon and their guardians. Ken's guardian was his son, Steve, who is also a veteran. Ken remarked that next time Steve can be the veteran, and Ken the guardian. There was a special Welcome Home for the veterans with flags, etc. It was a real tear jerker for sure. We appreciate our veterans and our current service members.

We enjoy Mike and Camille's new baby boy, Aidan, and take turns cuddling and holding him. He's already on the stage with his dad calling. He is also enjoying round dancing with Camille or Mike. What an awesome beginning to his life!

Christina Corelli

Cuer

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At our November 18 Turkey Trot dance, we gave out homemade pies as door prizes. Board members graciously volunteered to bake the pies.

Braids and Braves will host a table at the Grange Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, December 9, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. We will have craft items, homemade knitting/crocheting/sewing items, woodworking items, photos, jewelry, etc. Come and join us.

At our last Board meeting, it was suggested for fund raising, we collect bottles and cans as we now have a Bottle Drop facility in McMinnville.

Norma

The club will hold a New Dancer dance on December 17 in the afternoon. All new students are encouraged to attend and have a chance to wear their Christmas finery. They will also have some time to connect with other new students from other clubs.

Our future plans are to collect dues in January and work on plans for the Spring Fling in March 2024.

Marilyn

Cherry City Cloggers is very excited to have a full dance floor each time we meet and for all three classes.  We have at least 15 cloggers that are taking the Introduction to Clogging Class at 5:30 each Tuesday evening.  There are at least 15 Intermediate/Super cloggers at the 6:30 class, and at least that many at the 4:00 class each week.  We are soooo excited for them and for us in keeping the tradition alive.

Balloting and election of officers was held in October and the winners will be announced in November.

Cathy Drawson

The Corvallis Square dance lessons are going well under Bruce and Judy’s capable guidance!

In October, we hosted Oktoberfest and Halloween dances and had a wonderful time. In November we are planning a visitation and then are looking ahead to our festive Holiday dance on December 9. We will hold a potluck dinner beforehand.

We are extremely grateful for every visitor to our dances and have thoroughly enjoyed the dance season so far!

Karen

Now that we have had some dances at the Salem Square Dance Center, things are settling down a little. We know more of where things are, the shed from the fairgrounds has been moved to the backside of the dance center and we are hoping for more fun to come.

November will see us wearing red, white and blue for the November 11 dance, and we will have a visitation from Corvallis Squares. The second dance on December 9 is our annual silent auction, Christmas and New Dancer dance. Come and join us for a night of excitement as the dancers vie for the goods in the silent auction. See the flyer elsewhere here in the OFN.

There are about twelve students in the mainstream class on Sunday evenings. They are progressing well under the tutelage of Bruce Lowther.

Marilyn

Coming up is our Wild, Wild West Dance in November, and our Toy Drive Dance in December (discounted fee with the contribution of a new, unwrapped toy).

We are pleased to report that our Mainstream class has over twenty students and our Two-Step class is off to a great start. Unfortunately, we had to cancel our Advanced lessons as we did not quite have enough for a square. However, we plan to have Plus lessons, probably starting in February, once our Mainstream students have graduated.

If you’ve never visited our website, we encourage you to pop in at www.lebanonsquarecirclers.com.

Kaynor

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The slo-two step class is small but doing well, and the Cha class is going like gangbusters. Our regular dancers are not attending very well since they mostly already know the dance moves for these two rhythms. Hopefully, they will return once this set of lessons is over.

We have the hall reserved for New Year’s Eve and are in the planning stage now. We are hoping for a good show of dancers for a fun evening. Our cuers, Randy Lewis and David Vomocil, have plans for an entertaining program of various rhythms and levels.

The Sunday two-step class had a setback with the resignation of the cuer, Mark McDonald, effective immediately. Stephanie Lozano was asked to finish out the season and she has agreed. So, between her and Marilyn Schmit, the two of them will get the job done and see how we do.

Marilyn

It's almost Christmas time and New Dancer Dances.  It is incredible to think of all the new dancers that we have in the area.  Our club alone has 29-30.

Our November 17 dance is our Thankful dance and word on the street is that Chaps and Petticoats will be coming down to dance with us.  YAY!!

Our New Dancer Dance is December 1, and our Christmas Dance is December 15. Also, we are having a New Year's EVE eve eve dance on December 29.  Flyers will follow. Come join us for one or all of our dances.

Sheila Machado

Our lessons - both mainstream and 2-step - are still going strong. We have students attending the Mid-Willamette Area new dancer dances, and they are having fun doing so.

Teen Festival pins are again available and several of our youth are selling them. It will be in Auburn, Washington, again this year. We are in the process of starting to figure out how many youths we are taking. The kids are excited about going.

We will be having an overnight dance on New Year's Eve. This will be an intro level dance for squares, rounds, lines and Old English Country dancing. We are telling our youth to invite their friends to come try things out and hang out with the group. See you at a dance soon.

Petrina Buchheit

We have changed our schedule to only dance on the first Friday of the month. Our start time is 7:00 p.m. with 15 minutes for pre-rounds and 15 minutes of plus, and the rest of the dance will be mainstream.

We had a fun Mickey Mouse theme last Friday. We will be dark for the first Friday of December as our New Dancer’s dance will be the first Sunday of December. This will be held at the Salem Square Dance Center from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Watch for our flyer.

Sandy

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Here's what's happening at the B 'n' Bs:

B 'n' Bs are happy to welcome back 3 former members. We have several fun events scheduled for November and December. Tami Helms will be cuing through the rest of 2023.

On November 2, we will welcome new dancers (and angels) to our jamboree, called by Mike Kious. Darrell Kalmbach will be calling on December 6.

KC Curtis is scheduled to call on December 20, which is our Christmas dance and the night of our Christmas Basket Raffle. There will be several large, beautiful baskets, so buy lots of tickets to win your favorite one.

Kathy Polley

The Bees are dancing December 9 and 23 at Messiah Lutheran Church in Vancouver. KC Curtis will be calling, and the dance will start at 6 pm. We are looking forward to our Christmas Bingo party which is always lots of Fun. Hope to see you in a square.

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We hope you are all enjoying the holidays with family, friends, and dancing.

We had a busy and enjoyable November with our continued dance lessons and club dances and visitation.

Our dance on November 11 also had a gently-used square dance clothing sale, giving our students and others the opportunity to get clothing at a very affordable price. On Sunday November 19, we took our students along with our club members to Chaps and Petticoats’ Turkey Trot new dancer jamboree and turkey dinner.

At our club dance on Saturday November 25, we will host a new dancer jamboree and another used clothing sale before and after the dance.

We are looking forward to welcoming guests to our dances on December 9 and 23, as we celebrate the holiday season together. We dance the second and fourth Saturday of each month.

Wishing you all a happy dancing and joy.

Our November 11 social dance was a barn burner, with Kris Jensen calling. We had 6 squares, including a visitation from Happy Hoppers, who took home another Ramblers banner. We were thrilled to welcome visitors from Vancouver, BC, and Eugene. Eight of our current students attended this dance—their first experience dancing outside of a class environment. Judging from their ear-to-ear smiles, we think they had a great time.

Our next social dance will be on December 9, at Oak Grove Community Center, 14496 SE Cedar Ave., Oak Grove. Our caller will be Leo Catt, and the theme is Nuttier Than a Fruitcake. The fun starts at 7 pm. We alternate Mainstream and Plus tips.

Looking ahead to 2024, you will want to put January 13 on your calendar. That’s our annual Black and White Ball, with Seattle’s stupendous Stephen Cole doing the calling honors. And our next lesson series will start on January 17 at Bridgeport United Church of Christ, 621 NE 76th Ave., Portland 97213.

Happy holidays, everyone!

SYIAS!

Jeff Knapp

Classes are going well and everyone is having a lot of fun!! Graduation is set for December 19th.

Our December dances include 12/2 "Great Gatsby Dance" with Chuck and Elaine, and an SSD dance with Chuck on 12/8.

We are very excited to welcome Buddy Weaver for our birthday dance on 12/16!! He is a fantastic caller and ambassador of square dancing and this should be a fantastic nite!! Advanced squares begin at 6pm and pre rounds at 7pm with Rikki. Mainstream and Plus with rounds starting at 730pm. Please plan to attend if you can!! Looking ahead a little - we will have an Amateur night on January 20th; so come try out calling and cueing! Always a fun night!

Don't forget to plan for 2024 Boatnik with David and Dawn Mee as our featured talent.

We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and hope to see you in a square soon.

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We continue to have our Plus Workshops every Wednesday Evening 6:00-7:30pm.

We have had some interest in adding in a little bit of Advanced moves, with Jim calling it directionally and our 6-7 couples of Plus dancers seem to really enjoy a refreshing change at least to PLAY with some Advanced, but it's not actually lessons.

We continue to have our Mainstream Workshops every Sunday 4:00-5:30pm.

Our attendance of dancers has been really poor, with barely getting 4 couples to come, we had two Sundays in a row that we only had 3 couples total that showed up so had to send dancers home, but still had to pay for our hall, that's just not right. We honestly don't know why the dancers in our area don't want to support our Mainstream Workshops. We may not continue come January if the attendance doesn't change.

We will put on our Christmas Party & Dance Sunday, Dec 17th, Caller: Jim Steele, Cuer: Mark McDonald.

Thinking of making it a Xmas Potluck and dance 5:00 - 7:30pm so in case our winter weather turns ugly on us, everyone can still drive home early evening instead of late. Also, may have our dancers donate warm cozy blanket throws for us to give away to a local organization, these details are still being worked on.

Our Country Fever for 2024: Our Featured Callers, Jim Steele & Jet Roberts. Cuer: Rikki Lobato.

We will be honoring our 2023 prices of $45 per person until January 31, 2024, right after Mid-Winter Festival.

Our 2024 prices for Pre-Registration will go up to $55 per person (includes 4 meals for weekend) from Feb 1, 2024 until Sept 15, 2024. Prices at the Door will be $60 per person

Our 2024 Country Fever Flyer with dance schedule and registration will be coming out in December 2023, and will have flyers at Mid-Winter Festival!

The Stars will host a "Game Night" the Saturday after Thanksgiving - November 25th. The potluck will be at 530pm and the theme is "Thanksgiving Leftovers." We will play games, such as Mexican Train and Cribbage - or whatever you would like to bring.

December 9th will be the "Christmas" dance since we are dark on December 23rd.

We will, however, have our Annual New Year's Eve dance and celebrate the New Year at midnight on New York time or 9pm PST. That way everything starts at regular dance time and we can get home before the revelers are on the highway. The caller and cuer are mysteries again this year. Come out and see who it is.

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December is going to be a great month to dance with us. On December 1st Mark Wheeler will be calling and will probably have Elvis with him. On the 15th our own Daryl Clendenin will call. Those dance nights will feature plus from 7 to 7:30 and mainstream from 7:30 to 9:30.

Then, on Sunday, the 17th, we will have a beginners dance from 6 PM to 8. Daryl will call beginners at floor level. We all know the best way to improve is get out and get floor time. If your club will be sending beginners, regular dancers can show support by being there with them.

Finally, the CRDs will be hosting the annual New Year’s Eve dance with Adam Christman and Craig Abercrombie doing the calling and cueing. The theme is New Years In Chicago. We will plan on celebrating new years eve at the same time as those in Chicago. That is, when it is 12 o’clock midnight in Chicago ( 10 PM here) we will celebrate and have a last tip. Our dance will be from 7 to 10 mainstream with third tips plus. This gives young dancers time to go somewhere and ring in the new year as they wish. It also gives us old-timers time to get a good nights sleep and get up to see the parade in Pasadena on new years day.

Remember we dance at the Manor Grange at the corner of 179th Street and 72nd Avenue.

So, what has been happening otherwise? Our beginners class has two plus squares moving along under Daryl’s instruction. He has been aided by his caller student, Renee Ruud.

We had a good club turnout for the Seaside Sashay this year. It was great to see over 260 people filling the hall and to dance with new and old friends. The weather was clear and cold and the dancing was wonderful.

Your reporter is looking forward to the new year. Come join us and help us ring in a new and better year of square dancing.

Hope to see you in a square.

Nick Johnson

The Eager Beavers celebrated Halloween with a dance welcoming costumes on October 30th, which was as festive as always. In December we will be dark on Christmas Day. Our Christmas dance will be held on December 18th.

We had 17 members attend Seaside Sashay. Our club caller Darrell Kalmbach shared the calling duties. It was a fun weekend. Gary Clark delivered on his promise for a sunny weekend. See current OFN pictures for a collage photo of dancing on the turnaround.

We 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

Some Hayshakers are considering going to the Midwinter Festival in January by taking a bus from Astoria to Portland, boarding an Amtrak train to Albany, and then taking a free Albany bus from the train station to the fairgrounds. We plan to stay in a hotel adjacent to the fairgrounds. Zero driving in unpredictable weather.

Craig Holt

October is always a month of transition, fall to winter, warm, sunny days to rain. Hoedowners were keeping our lessons on track and our regular dancers dancing. On the 14th we had a Randy and Randy Dance, Randy Lewis and Randy Dibble. Dancing with dibble, dibble is always lots of fun. Then to add to the festivities, we had pizza, pizza in the dining room after so everyone could sit round a table and nibble, nibble. Whew! Double Duty.

On the 28th we all headed west for the Seaside Sashay. Dancing at the turnaround, dancing at the convention center, and dancing at the outlet mall! It was cool, crisp, and sunny! Hope you had a chance to get down. As always, the Hoedowners dined at our favorite spot, Finn’s with an after party at Laas’. We had a big bonfire, but it was too cold to eat and visit outside so we watched the flames from inside. A great end to a great weekend.

What’s ahead?? In December we’ll be dancing at the Aloha Grange on the 9th and we’ll be dark on the 23rd. We’re assuming you’ll be shopping, wrapping, baking or napping that day. Merry Christmas to everyone. See you in 2024.

Krystal Laas

Thanks to all who attended the M&M’s 39th birthday dance in October. There were 4 squares - including one “phantom” dancer”. Oh what fun we had with the old faces, new faces, Randy Dibble and Lane Clem.

Maybe we’ll see you in a square in December, celebrating friends and saying goodbye to 2023.

Lindie Noonan

Oak Hills squares continue to enjoy a good turnout for our Monday Night dancing with Mark Wheeler as caller. Lessons are from 6:30 to 7:30. A few newbies depart after lessons, and then our "regular" dancers continue with mainstream dancing until 8:30. We had lots of laughs recently as we learned "Grand Colonel Spin" and "Load the Boat" this past month. Thanks to Mark for his patience!

On October 30 we held our Halloween Dance with members wearing costumes and enjoying refreshments between tips.

As of this writing, the club plans to hold a Holiday Dance with decorations and refreshments on December 18. Come join a fun group of energetic people as we dance, form friendships, and create a community together.

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

Lynne Fonner

R Square D hosted Fall Festival in mid-October with Callers Craig Abercrombie and Adam Christman with Cuer Susan Healea providing great music and fun dancing throughout the festival. River City Riders’ performance on Saturday night was a treat, as always! The festival was well-attended and our club has decided to host this again next October.

Beginning lessons continue on Wednesday evenings with seven students. We are encouraging them to attend “new dancer” or “class level” dances as much as possible. The Plus class is also going well and we are grateful for the help of our angels.

R Square D has only one December dance, which is “Sounds of the Season” on December 8th. Craig Abercrombie and Susan Healea will call and cue this dance.

Our annual Christmas party will be December 18th at Kelso Senior Center. We’ll enjoy ham with potluck side dishes and goodies. The gift exchange is always great fun with people being able to “steal” gifts others have opened or select a new gift.

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

We wish all our dance friends a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Chris Poole

For December, the Sunset Promenaders will have a mainstream dance on December 2nd with guest caller Scott Zinser and guest cuer Leonard Snodgrass. On December 16th, we'll have a mainstream Christmas dance with a cookie contest .. so, dress in your Christmas colors and bring your favorite homemade Christmas cookie to be voted on. Darrell Kalmbach will be our caller and Tami Helms will cue. December 7th and December 21st are our Promenaders Plus dances with Darrell Kalmbach calling and Tami Helms cuing.

The TVC's New Year's Eve dance will be held in the IOOF Hall: Darrell Kalmbach is calling, and Tami Helms is cuing. Pre rounds at 7 pm, a plus tip at 7:15, mainstream and every third tip a plus until 9:30. At 9:00 pm the new year will be celebrated on eastern time.

We would also like to mention that we have beginner square dance lessons starting on January 14th from 2:00-4:00pm at the IOOF Hall with Darrell Kalmbach teaching. We would sure love to have a large class! Please pass the word!

We had a great October with our 38th anniversary dance on October 7th. We had over 8 squares in attendance .. it was a great evening with lots of fun and dancing! Waltz classes have been a big hit with other 10 couples in attendance they will run on Sundays until Thanksgiving.

We co-hosted the Seaside Sashay in Seaside Oregon. The dance was a huge success! I will report more details on my next report when all results are in.

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

Terri Browning

In October we had our two Friday dances, including a Halloween dance with prizes for costumes. Our lessons continued well each week, and two of them were at the Twin Oaks Air Park hanger because our grange was busy with their fall festival. Ten of us visited the Chaps & Petticoats on October 20th and won a banner! And several of us attended the Sunset Promenaders Anniversary Dance, too.

In December our lessons for Mainstream and Two Step are ending on the 3rd. Mainstream continues in January. We do not plan to make any visitations during the holidays. We have two Friday dances: "Rat Pack Reflections" (music from Frank Sinatra's era) on December 8th, and on December 22nd "Sounds of the Season". Plus, our annual Christmas party is on the 10th at the Royal Panda in Tualatin again, because they have a nice side-area for our group, besides great food. And yes! There WILL be another White Elephant Gift Exchange!

Gloria Davis

Our Plus dancers attended the Promenaders Plus anniversary dance and had lots of fun. We try to attend all TVC Club's anniversary dances.

Our first Friday dance is December 1st, "Brrr, Let's Be WARM", Darrell Kalmbach calling and Connie Clark cueing, 7 pm to 9:30 pm at the Aloha Grange

Our third Saturday dance is December 16th, "Hear the Sleigh Bells Ringing", Scott Zinser calling and Connie Clark cueing, 7 pm to 9:30 pm at the Aloha Grange.

Come join us and have fun,

Carolene Siebert

As we do each year the Wavesteppers go dark for December and January. We have several snowbirds who fly south for warmer weather which leaves us without enough dancers to have a dance. We will resume dancing on February 6th.

Our caller, Lane Clem, has resigned his position so we are looking for a new club caller. We have a couple of months to accomplish this.

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 except the dark months in winter.

For up to date information see: www.wavesteppers.org. (see above link)

Bob Allen

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