February 2012
Newsletter of the Whirl-A-Ways Square Dance Club
www.whirl-a-ways.com
March Newsletter will be Monday, February 27. I would appreciate reports from the Hall delegates, Area Delegates, caller, cuers, President, Vice President and any other committees that have been formed by that date. It would be nice if I could get these reports from you without having to remind you. If you have any news about an illness of one of our members or another member of the dance community, I would also like to have that information. You can e-mail the information to me: write it on a piece of paper and give it to me at a dance or marilyn42howard@yahoo.com . Sometimes I am given information verbally at a dance. If I’m not where I can write it down or if you don’t write it down, I will probably forget what you tell me. Please remember if YOU don’t tell me about it, it won’t be in the newsletter . Thank you for your help with this. Also, you can read the newsletter on our website, that address is: www.whirl-a-ways.com Marilyn Howard, Communications Coordinator
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Feb. 11 – WAW Sweetheart Dance – Host Gary & Carol Smith
Feb. 25 – WAW Regular Dance
March 3 - Winter Campout – We need hosts for this or it won’t happen!
May 12 – WAW Fiesta Dance – Marc & Lori Stern hosts
June 3 – Special Dance (more details below)
Buccaneers plus dances – first Friday of each month – Roger Putzler calling
Boots & Sandals have decided to continue their dances throughout the winter with Peter Wood calling until Lennie returns from Arizona in April. Pre-rounds with Pat Hintz will start at 7PM; mainstream will go from 7:30PM until 10PM.
Single Trees Dance 2nd and 4th Fridays – various callers
Danebo Circle Eight dance 1st and 3rd Saturdays – Roger Putzler will be the caller for one dance each month and guest callers the other dance.
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Member News
Welcome back to the club, Dan, Teresa and Matthew Clark. Here is there info:
3875 Aster St. Spfld OR 97478
541-285-6418 Teresa's Cell
541-285-6419 Dan's Cell
TClarks@comcast.net
Birthdays
Teresa 2/20
Dan 2/25
Matthew 1/5
Anniv 5/4
Sandee Thompson had her surgery and said it was a success.
Sweetheart Dance
It is time to make your nominations for Sweetheart Couple of 2012. You can send your nominations to: Gary Smith at
email: gasmith@uoregon.edu phone: 541-342-2385 mail: 115 Daniel Dr., Eugene, OR 97404
We will vote for the couple at our Feb. 11 dance. Previous recipients, and thus excluded from being nominated are Ivan and Donna Koehn, Jim and Annette Bassett, Ron and Debbie Lown, Gary and Carol Smith, John and Carolyn Pape, and Rick and Sharon Stuller.
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Kitchen and Host duty--
Feb. 11, 2012
Door:Bill & Ona Lee Mosier
Kitchen:Lyle & Earlene Oswald
Kitchen:Marvin & Karen Baker
Feb 25, 2012
Door:Terry & Sue Nelson
Kitchen:Chuck & Sandy Eddings
Kitchen:Gary & Carol Smith
If you can't fulfill your obligation please find a replacement and notify Gary Smith.
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Hall (ESDC) News
Emerald Square Dance Center, Meeting Jan. 9, 2012
New Officer Installation and these notes:
1. Used clothing to go to Mid Winter Festival will be tagged/bagged at 10 AM on Saturday, Jan 14th. Help is needed. Just show up. The committee will be very happy to see you.
2. If you can take a couple of bags to Mid Winter Festival, please let Gloria Gardner know.
3. Lights have been left on in the building. Every club needs to follow the list provided especially the last minute de-tails on closing the building.
4. There will be a meeting after Mid Winter to sort through the Christmas decorations and repack those we want to keep. Watch for an announcement.
5. Boots and Sandals has applied for a grant to help repair their building in Cottage Grove. They need to provide a his-tory of the club and its activities in the area. If you have a memory to share about the hall or the club, e-mail it to Dennis Chapman dfcfarm@hotmail.com
6. Rental Committee Report: The following recap of the plan was submitted to the ESDC.
Fees for non dancing events, sponsored by individual members such as birthdays, anniversaries, memorials, etc.
These fees will not be used for any event where participants or attendees are charged a fee, or dancing is promoted.
*Note: The leasee must be an active member of one of the following clubs: (The report did not include all clubs and needs to be updated or this line revised so I'll not list all the clubs.)
These fees apply only to Hall A: $50 for 4 hours. An additional $10. per hour after 4 hours. Fee time starts when the doors are unlocked for entry and ends when the doors are closed and locked at the end of the event.
This reduced fee is provided as a service to our membership and may be amended or discontinued at any time by our board of directors at any scheduled meeting.
(John Pape suggested that if the spouse of an active square dancer dies, the Hall be provided at no charge for a memo-rial service.) Carolyn Pape, Delegate
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!
June 3rd, 2012, 2:00 - 4:30 with pre-rounds @ 1:30. - THE CREW featuring Daryl Clendenin, Randy Dibble, Les Seeley and Jim Hattrick will be calling in Eugene. This is a special dance sponsored by the WAW and voted on at the general meeting held in Sept. Pat Hintz will be our featured cuer. It took a while but we finally have everything pretty much settled so please schedule your life accordingly. Just joking but this will be a fun filled afternoon. Ron & Debbie
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General Square Dance Info.
I was going through some of my square dance material when I came across the following except from a 1997 Parade magazine article. I hope you will distribute this on your email network because occasionally we all need some positive reinforcement about our dance activity. Gary Smith
With its spins, turns, and arm and leg movements, square dancing can be as good as any other regular exercise activity--and it's not competitive, so everyone who participates is a winner. Square dancing provides the health benefits of walking, the mental stimulation of a chess game and the fun of moving to music, all rolled into one, just like an aerobic workout.--Parade magazine March 30, 1997.
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Birthdays and Anniversaries
2 - Sandee Thompson; Rick & Sharon Stuller 2 – Aaron & Linda Gibbens; Terry Nelson; Bill Mosier
4 - Todd & Kathy Jensen 4 – Debbie Lown
6 - Barbi Ashwill 6 – Ken & Karen Cornelius; Shirley Miller
7 - Jan Bolton 7 – Zola Jones
10 – Paul Cunningham 12 – Jim Bassett
16 – Linda Gibbens; Eric Mustoe 13 – Christine Mustoe
17 – Barb Ewing 14 – Christine Corelli/Kirby Goode-ann; Ethel Weltman
18 – Floyd Bard 18 – Betsy Madsen
19 – Vern Parker 19 – Mark Stern; Ralph & Eunice Mitchell
20 – Teresa Clark 22 – Gary Smith
22 – William Mosier 30 – Erich Feller
23 – Lyle Oswald; Jim Shannon
24 – Larry & Carol Reetz
25 – Aaron Gibbens; Dan Clark
28 – Ermol Koch
