Summer Festival 2024 is now in the books, and there were many smiling faces all weekend. We were even graced by a welcome message from Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, who even stuck around and did the first tip with us!
Because of some issues that occurred recently, we had some lively discussions at the Summer Festival about how to handle dancers who have a health issue is mid-square. Callerlab established a program to handle this, and we have an article below that includes the poster.
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The next Federation meeting will be hosted by the Tualatin Valley Council, and will be held at the Kinton Grange in Beaverton on September 15, 2024. The Tri-Squares will host a dance on Friday, September 13, and the TVC will host the dance on Saturday, September 14.
The meeting on Sunday will include the changeover of officers to the newly elected set.
The next Mid-Winter Festival, "Dancing Around the World," will be held in Albany on January 24-26, 2025, and will feature callers and cuers from outside the US.
The next Summer Festival, "Load The Boat 2025" will be held at Blanchet Catholic School in Salem on July 11 to 13, 2025.
The latest news about the National Square Dance Conventions® is located in the National Squares magazine, produced by the NEC. You can find the latest issue here at National Squares.
There is no USAWest scheduled for 2024.
The 74th National Square Dance Convention® will be held in Shreveport, Louisiana, June 25-28, 2025.
The 2025 Washington Summer Festival will be held in ??, Washington, July 10-12, 2025.
The 2025 USAWest Convention will be held in Spokane, Washington, July 24-26, 2025.
The 75th National Square Dance Convention® will be held in Waco, Texas, June 24-27, 2026.
The 76th National Square Dance Convention® will be held in Loveland, Colorado, June 23-26, 2027.
All clubs in the Oregon Federation are required to maintain their status as non-profit corporations with the State of Oregon. The Secretary of State's office mails out a renewal notice about a month before your registration expires every year. The following clubs expire this month:
August 21 -- R Square D
August 23 -- Portland Area Council
Download a complete list of the Federation club dances this month, all sorted by date and city.
Everything in the When & Where is extracted from the state directory information. If you find that your club information is wrong, you can fix that by going to the directory information area and fixing your data.
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National callers Tony Oxendine and Jack Pladdys will be the callers for the 34th Indiana State Square and Round Dance Convention at French Lick Springs Hotel in French Lick, Indiana November 8, 9, and 10. It will be a royal gala with three days of dancing, fun, and friendship dancers won’t soon forget.
Oxendine has been calling for 50 years and has performed across the country and the world. He and Jerry Story founded Royal Records in 1986, which has become a powerhouse in the square dance recording industry.
Pladdys has been calling for more than 40 years and records on the Royal Records Label founded by Oxendine. He has also called across the United States. Both Pladdys and Oxendine serve on CALLERLAB’s Executive Committee.
These callers will headline the President’s Gala on Nov. 8 from 8 to 11 p.m. and will also conduct a caller seminar Saturday morning. Dancing will take place from 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday with a gospel finale featuring local and regional callers. Last year more than 30 callers and cuers participated. Dancing levels include mainstream, SSD, plus, and advanced as well as phase II-VI rounds. Special events will include a singles meet and greet from 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, and an intro to hex workshop and a (friendly) squares competition focused on mainstream calls on Saturday. Vendors will also be there selling square dancing clothes and accessories.
Now’s your chance to join our noble square dance kings for a magnificent time. For more information see https://insquaredanceconvention.com.
Say you're dancing in a square. As you circle to the right, one of the members of your square falls down and twists their ankle. What should you do?
This question has come to a head recently because there have been couple of incidents that were mishandled, so it's time for a refresher. The number one piece of advice is "don't move them". If they're able to hop up on their own and continue dancing, that's fine, but don't try to force them to sit up, or move them to the side. Moving an injured person before qualified medical personnel have evaluated them is an invitation to further injury.
The next step is one that used to be widely publicized but seems to have disappeared. Callerlab established the "ECMA" protocol -- "Emergency Call for Medical Aid". One member of the square should kneel down to comfort the injured dancers. The other six members of the square join hands and raise them high. Callers are trained to look for this special signal, and will alert a club officer, who can use the Emergency Medical System to call for medical attention. These raised hands not only serve to alert the caller, but they provided much needed buffer space, keeping other curious dancers away from the injured person.
The attached poster should be posted at every one of our dance halls. In some states, it is mandatory that students be taught the ECMA protocol during each set of lessons. That's probably a very good way to handle it.
Then, after the emergency has passed, a club officer needs to fill out an accident report form and sent it to the current Insurance Chairman. Links to the form are on the Federation's web page. The online form is most convenient, because it gets submitted directly to USDA, but the printed form can also be used.
ALL such incidents need to be reported. These are not insurance claim forms -- they are warning our Insurance Chairman and the USDA contact that an incident occurred, so they are prepared when claims are filed later. In the insurance business, surprises are most unwelcome.
Now you know the steps to follow. Spread the word, so we can all be prepared when the unexpected happens.
Tim Roberts
OFN Editor
LEONARD TURNER had been a dancer for 55 years! He started out square dancing and then about 35 years ago switched over to round dancing. He round danced until very recently. Dancing was a significant part of Leonard’s life. Leonard passed on 1 July 2024, and he will be celebrated on 16 August 2024. The funeral service will be at 11:00 am at Willamette National Cemetery, 11800 SE Mount Scott Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97086, with a reception following at 12:30 at the American Legion (Post #150), 8329 SE 89th Ave, Portland, Or 97266.
ABOUT LEONARD TURNER: Leonard was born on 9 August 1937. He was the last survivor of 6 brothers. Leonard was born in Lamar, Arkansas. He left Arkansas and joined the US Navy in September 1954, where he served honorably during the Korean War. When he arrived for fire technologist duties on the USS Watts, he overhauled & significantly improved their entire system. The Navy then promoted him to be an Electrical Instrument Repairman. Leonard achieved the rank of Petty Officer 2nd class in only 3 years. Leonard married Jacquita Prentice in California in July 1958. They have three children. Leonard was a brilliant man and a MENSA member. His Navy experience set him up for success in the private sector. He worked for Intel for over 20 years as a manufacturing engineer, with only a 12th grade education. Leonard was the sole inventor or primary inventor of 16 Intel patents. His last invention was the Pentium II. In 1979, Leonard was asked to help set up the Intel Hillsboro, Oregon site. He fell in love with northern Oregon and hasn’t moved away from the area since.
Leonard loved to round dance and did so as often as possible, sometimes going to 3 or 4 dances in the same day! Joanne (his ever-faithful dance partner and friend for the past 13 years) went with him on all of his dance trips and they danced until their legs were rubber! Leonard also enjoyed singing and playing his guitar and tinkering around with mechanical products. Leonard was a man of the utmost integrity and leaves behind the following family:
Daughter - Cindy Adams, Dave Adams, and their 3 children DJ, Ben & Amy.
Son - Kevin Turner, Laura Turner, their 2 daughters, Amanda & Hannah, and a daughter-in-law, Bailey.
Daughter- Shelley Turner and her son Ira Turner.
Leonard was so intelligent that he refused to accept his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. He had his well water tested, his soil tested, and even the inside paint of his home tested. Unfortunately, he lost his battle with Alzheimer’s on 1 July 2024, surrounded by all 3 of his children and some of his grandchildren. Leonard’s genius mind & dancing prowess will be sorely missed.
A Celebration of Life for Jack Hilton, who passed away May 16, 2024, will be September 14, 2024 at Woodburn Estates and Golf in the dining room next to the office at 1 PM.
Longtime square and round dancers, Jack and his wife Rita were members of the (recently folded) Golden Squares and the Checkmates.
You can download this list of callers and cuers who are available and ready to call or cue a dance for you.
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The Mid-Willamette Council has chosen July August OROM:
"I Can't Get to You from Here", Phase II Waltz, choreographed by Randy & Lorraine Pratt. Song is performed by Don Williams on "Listen to the Radio", but should be slowed by about 10%.
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A brief graduation ceremony followed by a dance is planned for Sunday, July 21, from 2 - 4 p.m. in the Milton Freewater Community Building, 109 NE Fifth Avenue, Milton Freewater, OR.
Between tips, Carol Ernst will teach a line dance or two. A potluck will follow.
Questions? Please reach out to:
Kim - luckymunk50@yahoo.com
Merri Anne - merrianneh@charter.net
August 8 (2nd Thu)
August 17 (3rd Sat)
Please join us for our next Fifth Saturday dance August 31. It's also Christina's birthday. She'll bring cake and ice cream!
November 30 is the next scheduled CCCA Fifth Saturday dance after the one in August. Put both dates on your calendar.
Respectfully submitted,
Christina Corelli
Please be sure to call Fred Beisse at 458-221-3564 to make sure we are dancing on any given date and/or to ask him to be placed on the email list so you can get notifications timely.
We may get a live caller visiting us again in the near future so stay tuned for that. You can also check our website at cas-sd.yolasite.com for more information.
Gaynor Hintz
Our second dance on June 28th was even better attended with five squares on the floor at one point, and four the entire evening including the last tip. The hall was nicely decorated for the Hawaiian theme and many guest came in muu=muus and Hawaiian shirts that added to the fun theme. Bruce Lowther did a fine job of calling to the crowd of happy dancers and had a new caller, Shaun McKamey n, do a tip, for us. Bruce’s wife Judy got to cue a round dance tip for us as well. Jackie Gale as always did a fab job of cueing, and we appreciated her husband Bill manning the door for a while and then dancing rounds with some of the ladies. Many dancers came from the Alliance clubs in support of Bruce and Shawn. We hope they will continue to come throughout the summer since their clubs go dark for July and August.. What a fun dance! We hope to see it’s like at our next dance on July19 with Roger Putzler and Jackie Gale. This dance has a Watermelon, Tie Dyes, and Crazy T-shirt theme. Casual clothes are fine all summer long. We’ll be dark on July 26 as many are headed to Diamond Lake for the big festival hosted by Star Promenaders. We hope some go to the Summer Festival in Salem this year too.
We hope to be dancing the 2nd and 4th Fridays this fall. Our President Melba Walker is busy seeing if the callers hired for the third Friday will be able to do the 2nd Friday instead and then we will be back to or old schedule of yore. Check the OFN listings in September to make sure we are dancing before driving to dance with us on the second Fridays. We will let everyone know as soon as we can to avoid confusion.
We dance at the Emerald Square Dance Center at 2095 Yolanda in Springfield from 7:30 (plus, 7:45 pre-rounds, 8 mainstream with every 3rd tip plus and rounds in between tips) to10PM . We do not take formal breaks, but have open grazing after 8PM. For more information please visit our website at singletrees.blogspot.com. We post lots of photos there too.
Gaynor Hintz
We enjoy dancers from other clubs who join us from time to time. We welcomed Izzy who had recently moved to Eugene. She dances contra and picked up square dance figures easily.
Please come and join us from 4 to 6 on Sundays. It's casual dress always.
Christina Corelli
This fall we will be dancing on the third Saturdays. Roger Putzler will be calling. Come at 7:00 for Plus and 7:30 to 10:00 for Mainstream with rounds. Christina Corelli is cueing.
The Camp Sherman campout in June was a success, as always. One of the highlights is Saturday's omelet in a bag. Two or three eggs are put into a freezer bag along with diced ham, bacon, onions, peppers, etc. You squish it well, getting as much air out of the bag before sealing and dropping it into a huge pot of boiling water. When it's done you can add cheese or salsa. It pops out of the bag nicely! So much fun!
We do miss our former caller, Mike Kious, his wife Camille and baby Aidan. The Kious family had become part of the Whirl-A-Ways family. It was so much fun watching baby Aidan grow. We all took turns holding him. We hope they can come down for a visit when we start back up in September.
Christina Corelli
Our lessons start September 15, 5:00-6:30 p.m. at the McMinnville Grange, 1700 SW Old Sheridan Road, McMinnville, OR.
We have been dark for the summer, but we will start dancing again the third Saturday of the month on September 21, 7:00-9:30 p.m. Come join us, and celebrate National Square Dance Month.
Trena Worthington
Our next meeting is September 22, at 1:30 p.m. at the Salem Square Dance Center. We invite any callers or cuers in the area to come and join us to share ideas, and to ask any questions that they may have.
Marilyn Schmit
The popular International Butterfly Dance on May 11 was well attended with five squares. We were colorful dancers as most tried to match the butterflies, even a couple of butterfly wings. Teams created butterflies out of punch out designs, then competed to see whose butterfly flew the longest distance. Roger, Rachel, and Jaga’s team, much to everyone’s surprise, won. We also learned a lot about butterflies. Thanks go to Cynthia for planning this special event.
Our potluck and membership meeting were held at Jana’s house on May 17. Officers were elected with a sigh of relief since there were no contests and the incumbents volunteered for another term. A big Thank You for their willingness to serve. We also made our plans for our coming year.
On May 25, Veterans’ Recognition, Charlotte Jeskey and Sandy Harris called and cued at the First Baptist Church. The veterans were thanked and recognized for their service. Cynthia shared some interesting stories about her family’s service. The club gave Charlotte, retiring this year, a token of our appreciation and recognition for her lengthy career as a caller.
On June 8, the Luau Dance was the last dance until September. We met at the Congregational Church with Bruce Lowther and Judy Russell calling and cueing, and we had tropical themed entertainment and snacks. We cheered to see the volcano erupt then enjoyed the chocolate cake surrounding it. A little lesson on Hula dancing was fun and not that difficult. Another thank you to Cynthia for planning this event.
The club will be dark from June 10 until September 14. Lessons will begin on Thursday, September 26. The first lesson is free. Lessons are at Corvallis Community Center, 2601 Tyler Ave., 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. To sign up, call CCC 541-766-6959, or register at the first lesson. Our new location is the First Baptist Church in Corvallis starting September 14.
For more information: Oregon Federation News (OFN) or call or text 541-752-1282.
Rachel Nettleton
The August dances will have Bruce Lowther as guest caller on the first Saturday. and our club caller, KC Curtis, will return for the second Saturday. No themes as of this writing, just comfortable dancing with friends.
We are looking forward to lessons in September with KC Curtis as the instructor. Lessons begin September 15 at 6:00 p.m. at the Salem Square Dance Center.
Marilyn Schmit
Our next dance is our Silo Dance, held at Frank and Marianne Cawrse’s farm on Sunday, September 1 at 2:00 p.m. The Silo Dance is part of a four-day campout (day trippers are welcome) with a potluck every day at 6:00 p.m. If you would like more details about what Lebanon Square Circlers are up to, we encourage you to pop in to our website at www.lebanonsquarecirclers.com, and we hope to see you in a square (or a potluck)!
Kaynor Heineck
All intermediate level dancers are invited to join us on Thursdays from 7:00-9:00 p.m. to dance to all the various rhythms.
Marilyn Schmit
Sheila Machado
We will be starting mainstream, plus and waltz lessons in September. Watch for our flyers.
We used the trailer in the Mt. Angel Fourth of July parade. The kids who participated really enjoyed themselves. We are planning to participate in the Homer Davenport Days parade in Silverton the first weekend in August.
Petrina Buchheit
Sandy Harris
See you on a dance floor!
On August 7, Darrell Kalmbach will be calling, with Tami Helms cueing. The theme for August 21 will be Hot Summer Nights—hopefully not too hot! Terry Halley will have calling honors, while Tami Helms cues.
Dancing starts with pre-rounds at 7:30, followed by Mainstream and rounds from 8-9:30. There’s a break at 9:30 for announcements, followed by one Plus tip.
Come join us at the Abernethy Grange in Oregon City.
Bev De La Bruere
August 3 (1st Sat)
August 24 (4th Sat)
August 31 (5th Sat)
Happy Hoppers will be dark in July and August. Our club will be back to lessons and dancing in September. We ask everyone to check our website happy-hoppers.com to keep informed.
The club plans on participating in two summer parades. Sharing square dance information and cheer in hopes of keeping this wonderful dance/sport alive! We thank those who can join the fun!
The Happy Hoppers will have a picnic for members this summer. The date is set for Sunday, August 4, 2024. More information on website. Many dancers continue dancing in the summer...we cheer you on and might see you along the way!
See you dancing...Denise and Roz Buddenberg
Carol Mendenhall
August 10 (2nd Sat)
August 24 (4th Sat)
On June 26, we performed before a packed house at the Reser Performing Arts Center in Beaverton. We did two singing calls. The first was a mash-up of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and What a Wonderful World. The second was Mamma Mia. We earned two standing ovations from the nearly 500 people in the audience. Our favorite audience comment was, “You made something I thought was stodgy and old-fashioned into a beautiful expression of joy and inclusivity.” This is how we are going to grow our favorite activity! Many thanks to Stephen Cole for coming down from Seattle to share his love of music and entertainment.
Over the July 4th holiday, a passel of Ramblers headed east to Durham, NC, for the annual IAGSDC square dance convention. They reported having a fabulous time, enjoying southern hospitality and a line-up of stellar callers. Next year’s convention will be much closer to home in San Francisco. Check it out—it’s hard to find a more fun place to dance.
If you are looking for some excitement over the summer, check out the Ramblers in the Portland Pride Parade on Sunday, July 21.
We resume our social dances on September 14, with the stupendous Scott Zinser calling at Oak Grove Community Center. Although our club focuses on creating a safe space for the LGBTQ community, everyone is welcome at our dances, and we encourage you to stop on by if you are looking for a high-energy, friendly dance environment.
Then, in October, we’ll host our mostly annual fall square dance festival, Scares and Squares. This year, our three-day event will take October 11-13 (corresponding to our regular dance weekend), so no conflict with Seaside Sashay! Our featured callers are Hunter Keller and Eric Henerlau. We’ll have 14 hours of dancing at all levels from Social Square Dance to C-2. We’ll be dancing at the Beaverton Elks Lodge off Canyon Road near OR 217, so this will be a convenient location for all our friends in Washington County, as well as Portland and Vancouver. Check out rosetownramblers.com or the flyer under Special Dances on this site for details and registration materials.
SYIAS!
Jeff Knapp
New SSD classes will begin on 9/10 with 2 nights of classes open to new dancers. We will also have a booth at the Josephine County Fair to help promote dancing from Aug 7-11 in Grants Pass. There will also be 2 nights that we will be dancing at the fair. We hope everyone has a wonderful summer and we hope we will see some visitors down south when it works out!
All Sunday Mainstream Workshops and Wednesday night Plus workshops are canceled for July, August, and September due to Jim's recovery. We are hoping maybe sometime in September to resume the workshops.
Jet Roberts will join Jim for Country Fever in October at the Buckeroo Barn Oct 4-6. This is a not-to-miss weekend!! Rikki Lobato will be cueing the weekend and doing a teach on Saturday afternoon. We need your pre-registrations to make this the fantastic weekend that we are planning. Pre-registration helps us to plan and prepare for the weekend - with caller/cuer costs, hall rental, food, and various other expenses. You are fed, entertained, and guaranteed to have a great time. Please consider signing up. If for some reason you can't make it - we are happy to give you a refund or rollover your ribbon to next year. There is dry camping available at the Barn and both your callers and cuer are all staying on site for the weekend. There will be a wonderful and fun afterparty on Saturday nite - inside the barn with guitars, a fireplace, friendship, and whatever drinks and snacks you bring. Laughter and smiles are also guaranteed!! Contact Jan if you need a flyer or want to pre-register (rockinoutlaws@gmail.com)
Have a great rest of your summer!
August 10 (2nd Sat)
August 30 (5th Fri)
The TVC 5th Saturday dance was held on Saturday, June 29th at the Oak Hills Community Center. There were over seven squares in attendance which was pretty good considering that this was an outside, “Dancing in the Park”, event and it was dampened a bit by a light rain. We did not have to move indoors, however, the showers were brief. Attendees brought finger food snacks and their own lawn chairs. Darrell Kalmbach called a lively dance and Tami Helms cued right up to the end. She even did one last request round as the showers began again with all the round dancers braving the rain. All in all, it was a very fun evening and the comments on the venue were positive.
The next TVC event will be in September at the Kinton Grange where the Council will host a Saturday dance and a Sunday Federation meeting on the 14th and 15th.
Ferrous Steinka
Our workshops review mainstream moves starting at 5 PM and going to 6:30. Right after the mainstream workshop we may also have a couple plus move lessons. It is a pleasure learning from Daryl Clendenin.
Nick Johnson
July 1st we had our Independence Day Dance. Four squares dancing Plus. Lots of red, white, and blue with fun was had by all. We have a photo in the OFN. Darrell Kalmbach called a great dance. Tami Helms was great filling in for Jeanine Norden who is recovering from surgery. We wish Jeanine the best and hope to have her back with us soon. She is missed.
We are fortunate to dance in air-conditioned comfort at the Aloha Grange every Monday afternoon from 1:00 to 3:00, and would love to have you join us! Casual dress is welcomed. This summer we are welcoming Hawaiian Attire on the 2nd Monday of each Month.
For current dancing information, please see our website at http://EagerBeavers.info. (see link above).
Alice Hendricks
August 5 (1st Mon)
August 19 (3rd Mon)
We are working with the Sunset Promenaders getting ready for the Seaside Sashay in October.
Craig Holt
On the 22nd we had our infamous “Strawberries and Cream Dance”. We welcomed Thomas Buchheit to the stage. A lovely evening of dancing and knowing those Oregon Hoods were lurking in the dining room. There were bowls of sliced strawberries on the buffet table accompanied by whipped cream, extra sugar and a variety of cakes. I can attest to the fact that not a sliver of strawberry was left. GONE!
Please join us on August 10th for our "Knobby Knees and Popsicles Dance". We’ll have Mark Wheeler calling and Randy Lewis cueing. Then on August 24th for our "Back to School Sock Hop" with Randy Dibble calling and Connie Clark cueing.
Hope to see you!.
Krystal Laas
August 10 (2nd Sat)
August 24 (4th Sat)
Lindie Noonan
The TVC sponsored another wonderful evening of dance on June 29th at Oak Hills and many members from clubs all around the TVC came to enjoy. The dance was held in the outdoor space at the Oak Hills Recreation Center and Oak Hills Squares proudly took home the attendance banner!
Our club recently held yearly registration for members and is thrilled to accept nine new members who have been attending our dances for several months. Welcome new members !!
We hope to see new dancers come for lessons we are planning to begin in September.
For additional information visit our website, http://oakhillsquares.com/. (see link above)
Lynne Fonner
In June we were able to bring home a Happy Hoppers banner after attending their Anniversary Dance. The Kelso Senior Center begun renovation in June and we started dancing at the Catlin Grange, 205 Shawnee Road, Kelso WA. 98626. Once the Center renovation is complete we will move our dances back there. The rest of our summer dances are held on the second and fourth Wednesdays, August 14th and August 28th. Please come and dance with us.
For current information, please see our website: http://r-square-d.info/. (see link above)
Susan Fowler
August 14 (2nd Wed)
August 28 (4th Wed)
Our August 3rd mainstream dance will be a Hawaiian Luau theme. Please wear your Hawaiian attire and enjoy some luau foods with us after the dance. Darrell Kalmbach is calling, and Tami Helms is queuing. Please come and join the fun!!
We will be having a mainstream dance on August 17th with Darrell Kalmbach calling and Tami Helms queuing.
Dan & Terri Browning are hosting a club picnic at their home on August 11th at 2 pm. All Sunset Promenaders and those that frequently dance with us are welcome. It will be a potluck and the pool is open as well.
In June we had a well-attended ice cream social mainstream dance on June 15th. On June 29th many of us attended the TVC dance at Oak Hills. We made it through most of the night dancing outside with very little rain! Many clubs attended and it was a super fun event! Thanks to Darrell for calling and Tami for queuing!
For current information, please see our website: http://sunsetpromenaders.com/. (see link above)
Terri Browning
August 1 (1st Thu)
August 15 (3rd Thu)
August 29 (5th Thu)
In August we are dark due to the heat, but we plan two visitations: to the Bachelor & Bachelorettes in Oregon City on the 7th, and to the Silver City Squares in Silverton on the 24th, where Terry will be calling. We're so glad some clubs have A/C!
Our board keeps meeting over the summer on Zoom, finalizing plans for the upcoming year, including waltz lessons for September.
Also we're having our annual Tri Squares potluck picnic on August 18th, at 5pm in Snyder Park in Sherwood, on a shady hilltop with lovely views of the surrounding area, very laid back and comfortable.
Gloria Davis
Valley Squares first Friday, August 2nd, dance will have Mark Wheeler calling and cueing by Connie Clark. Our third Saturday, August 17th dance, will feature Scott Zinser calling and Connie Clark cueing. Both dances are from 7 pm to 9 pm, Mainstream and Plus, with refreshments at 9 pm.
Come join us at our dances, let's have fun,
Carolene Siebert
August 2 (1st Fri)
The address of the Tillamook Senior Center is 316 Stillwell Avenue, Tillamook. Located on the corner of 4th and Stillwell there is no on site parking and little street parking. The huge Safeway parking lot is directly across the street. Our dances are held weekly on Tuesdays from 4:00 to 6:00 and we always have food and snacks.
We will be dancing at the Tillamook County Fair August 8th from 11:30 -12:15 on the stage in the courtyard. Come enjoy an old fashion county fair and be sure to check out the Pig 'n Ford races.
For up to date information see: www.wavesteppers.org. (see above link)
Lynda Sherman
August 6 (1st Tue)