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October/November 2009-Newsletter:
LASRDF Officers-2009/2010 President/State Delegate-Garland/Ada Cooper Executive Vice President-Terry Riddle Vice President-Cindy Riddle Secretary-Jo Ann Smith Treasurer-Ginger Kelemen Past President/State Delegate-Loyd/Mary Cowan State Delegate-Wayne/Lynda Herrington Committee Chairman-2009/2010 Bylaws/Spring Festival-Linda Wood Camping-Jim Coats Chaplin-Charles Spoon Dates & Events-Terry Riddle Exhibition/Growth/Sound-Charles/Ellen Spoon Historian-June Lange Insurance-Ginger Kelemen Membership/Photographer-Danny Kingsley Parliamentarian-Jo Ann Smith Publication/Newsletter-Ada Cooper Publicity-Cindy Riddle Square/Round Dance-Garland Cooper Federation Dances-2009-2010 09/05/09 Mike Bramlett/Lynn Myers Host-Hub City Wheelers 10/03/09 Tom Roper/Kathy Stevens Host-Levi and Laces 11/07/09 Jerry Stover/Lynn Myers Host-Lone Star Promen-A-ders 12/05/09 Darryl Lipscomb/Kathy Stevens Host-Solo Squares 12/31/09 Dick Parrish/Renee Horton Host-Tuesday Rounds 02/06/10 Bob Baier/Kathy Stevens Host-Diamond + Dancers 03/06/10 West Texas Callers & Teachers Host-WTC&TA 04/09&10/10 Ande Petrere/Kathy Stevens (Spring Festival) Host-All Clubs 05/01/10 Toby Thomason/Renee Horton Host-Hub City Wheelers From the President:
Dear Square and Round Dance Friends,
Hope your summer was a good one and you are ready for the cooler weather and a new square and round dance season. Check out the great lineup of callers and cuers for our Federation dances this year. You can find a schedule on the front inside cover of this newsletter, on our dance cards, and on our new website, www.squaredancelubbocktx.com. Pat and Joy Kotal along with Lynn Myers helped to start this dance season off right by calling and cueing our first Federation Dance on September 5, 2009. Mike Bramlett, our scheduled caller, was unable to be here because of job obligations, so arranged for Pat and Joy to substitute for him. Pat, one of the Texas Po Boys, did a super job calling and Joy sang harmony with him on most of his singing calls to make them even better. We thank this cordial couple for coming on such short notice and for doing an outstanding job. We also had many round dancers take advantage of the excellent cueing of Lynn Myers. A big thank you also goes to Lynn and the round dancers for helping make our first dance a great one. We had a total of seven and one half paid squares attending the dance. Hub City Wheelers received one third of the honeypot for hosting the dance. Diamond Plus Dancers received both halves of the second one third (one half for having the most members present and one half for having the highest percentage of members present). The remaining one third went to Larry Johnson who held the winnng ticket. We hope you will make plans now to attend our next Federation Dance October 3, 2009 with Tom Roper calling and Kathy Stevens cueing. Also, encourage your fellow club members to join you and maybe even help win part of the honeypot for your club. Because or some problems with our former website and the fact that two of our former webmasters have moved away, we have set up a new web site with a new name, www.squaredancelubbocktx.com. Our new web has an entirely different format and we hope that you will like it. Please visit us and take a look around. We do need information and input from you. If you have any news, suggestions or comments, please call us at 997-7040 or email us at adaj62@windstream.net. Don't forget our Federation Dances first Saturday of each month. See you there. Garland and Ada Cooper Diamond Plus Dancers
Plus/DBD Square Dance Club
Diamond + Dancers meet every 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Hub City Wheelers 2nd and 4th Fridays-8:00-10:00 pm Maurice Stephenson, Caller President-Jim Dickens-806-795-6877
Garey Smith, Caller 1st, 3rd, 5th Fridays
President
Jess & Vicki Ritcherson -863-2499
Solo Squares Dance on 2nd & 4th Thursdays at 7:30 pm
What an exciting time of the year with the coming of October and
the array of fall colors spreading throughout a beautiful Indian summer.
November is right close behind and Thanksgiving-a time to be thankful for
America---and its forefathers. With summer almost behind us we still have a few
hot days to go. Like the ole cowboy used to say, "It has been hotter than a
pistol". But with the wind and a little rain here and there we have managed to
survive the triple digits. One of the hot spots in the nation in June was the
Texas State Festival in Waco, not because of the heat and humidity (which there
was plenty of) but because of the fantastic festival held there. The attendance
was the best it had been in seven years-and everyone had a great time.
Tuesday Rounds Dance every Tuesday night President
Charles & Ellen Spoon (765-8736) ellen.spoon@gmail.com We do not host traditional lessons, instead we have a rhythm workshop. We begin and work on a different rhythm each quarter. Since each rhythm can be learned independently of any other rhythm and we learn from the beginning for each rhythm new people can come out and start learning at the beginning of any quarter during the year.
Texas State Federation of Square and Round Dancers Dance by the Bay — Escape the Everyday! Galveston - 2010 News from the State Federation Hello! We would like to introduce the Texas State Federation of Square and Round Dancers 2009-2010 elected officers to you. Howard and Sandra Rowan from the East Texas SRDA are Vice President. They live in Henderson. Jon and Veronica Steffens from the Austin SRDA are Treasurer. They live in Austin. Wayne and Micky Daniels from the Alamo Area SRDA are Secretary. They live in San Antonio. We (Preston and Carolyn Smith) are President. We are from the Houston SRDC and live in Katy. Together the elected officers have been dancing more years than any of us want to admit! We have served our home clubs and districts as officers. We want to help Texas dancers promote the growth of square and round dancing. What is the Texas State Federation? It is an umbrella organization for the 17 member organizations in Texas. Our purpose is to promote square and round dancing and assist the member organizations in their promotional efforts. The Federation provides liability and secondary accident insurance to its members for a small fee. It provides website hosting and publicity matching funds. The Federation has four meetings a year: Presidents Meeting (October), Nominating Meeting (January), Conclave Meeting (March) and Festival Meeting (June). The Federation also holds an annual festival in conjunction with the Texas Callers Association and the Host District of the Federation. This year will be the 48th Annual Texas State Square and Round Dance Festival and will be held on Galveston Island. The Texas Callers Association will host the Trail End Dance on June 10, Houston SRDC will host the Pre-Festival Dance on June 11, and Festival will be on June 12-13. The theme is Dance by the Bay — Escape the Everyday! We would like to invite you to attend Presidents Meeting and dance on October 9-10. Top of Texas SRD will be the host. The event will be at the Amarillo Civic Center, 401 S. Buchanan Street. You can find more information on this event and other Federation events on the website: www.squaredancetx.com and in the Federation newsletter, The Texas Star. We look forward to meeting you on the dance floor and hearing from you. Our email address is carolynann@consolidated.net and pmsmith@consolidated.net. Yellow Rocks! Preston and Carolyn Smith, TSFSRD President
LASRDF Past Presidents
1970-1972-Othie/Rue Nell Upton 1972-1973-Bo/Margaret Wilson 1973-1975-Bo/Roxie Carter 1975-1976-Harmon/Joy Wilson 1976-1977-Jon/Jean Lamberson 1977-1979-John/Jean Neal 1979-1980-R. B. Young 1980-1981-R.B/Susan Young 1981-1982-Susan Skipper 1982-1984-Johnny/Pat Gutherie 1984-1986-Wayne/Betty Brasell 1986-1988-Bill/Patsy Snead 1988-1989-Ray Tyler/Jo Ann Stewart 1989-1991-Carlton/Theron Tanner 1991-1992-Loyd/Mary Cowan 1992-1993-Kenneth/Marion Beikmann 1993-1994-Wayne/Betty Brasell 1994-1996-Garland/Ada Cooper 1996-1997-Ann Anderson 1997-1999-Garland/Ada Cooper 1999-2000-Barry/Jo Ann Smith 2000-2002-Jess/Vicki Ritcherson 2002-2003-Doc/Mary Helen Cross 2003-2004-Bob/Pat Raef 2004-2006-Jess/Vicki Ritcherson 2006-2007-Loyd/Mary Cowan 2007-2009-Garland/Ada Cooper
Don't forget! Visit our new website: www.squaredancelubbocktx.com !
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All LASRDF Dances, Lessons and Meetings are held at the LASRDF Dance Center 2305 PR 7330 (120th Street - 1 block East of University) Lubbock, Texas
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Levi and Laces
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