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The Newsletter f WesternStar Dancers, 84 CastroSt., Suite480,Sa nFrancisco A 94114-2588. -Mail:[email protected] Contemporarymerican quareDanceClubprimarilyervingheSan Francisco ayand Lesbian ommunity. ubscript ionso Th eWestern tararefeeto SD Members,18toothers. dsare omple-mentaryo members; ommercial dvertisers aycontact s forpric-ino nformation.TheEditor 's olumnI cannotwai t or Nick o get back o get hisnewslet terut . So as Edi tor wi l l ake hecolurnnhis month. I wil l speakwitheitherofmy wohats Newsletter ditor r ClassArch-angel .Fi rst ,would ike o say, hat heGreenClassisdoing erywell. Theyare ustmoving long.In act heyhave inishedBasicand are mov-ingon to Mainstream. ainstream i l lbeginFebruary . TheMid-Semester ance hatweare having s to give hema li t t le ract icendancingwi th othersand with othercal lers.Although, am sure hatwewouldhave nter-rupted lassso we couldhavea cal ler ikeiJcward ichman al l or heclub.Theclasswi l lcont inue nd heywi l lgraduate n Mon-day,Apr i l27. I am el l ing ou at this ime ogiveyoua chanceo markyourcalendars ndconre ownandwelcomehem nto he com-muni ty f SquareDancers.We st i l l eedyourhelp n beingAngels. getthe feel ing he classbel ieveshat hereareonly ive cr ixmembers f WesternStar,be-caLrseheyare the onlyones hal hey haveseen.Won' t ouplease ome,Jownndhelpus. ln March,one of our class nemberssgoing o LosAngelesand as surch e are re-al lygoing o needyourhelp hen. I imploreyouonbended nee, lease ome ndHELP!

I guess he preceding as a unpaidunpolit i-cal announcementrom he Archangel.Thelast hing wil l say,as Archangel, am proudof thisclass.Now o geton to other hings. l guess his swhere wearmy Editor'sHat.) On behalfofthe Boardand staffof WesternStarDancersI wishyou a very HappyNewYear. I under-stand hatJimwil lbe sending ormOnes oeverybodyor renewals or 19 98. Let us notwait oo ong o send hemback.Alsocoming n the near uture s a bal lot orthe newboardof WesternStar. JimPellmanwas s chargeof hiselection. put n a call ohim and havenot received message s towhenandwhen heballots redue back.Thiscanbe a headsup as to what s coming.I hope hatal l wi l l be oiningus for our 16thAnniversary anceon Saturday,March14thwithDarrenGal l ina t 7:30PM. Detai lswi l lbe comingwith your March/April ewsletterand hope o get hatoneout he astweekofFebruary.Be sure o join us Monday, anu-ary26 or HowardRichman, ullBasic,Main-streamand Plusdancingat the EurekaVal-leyRecreat ion enter , 00Col l ingwood. esure o checkout he otherclubsdancesonourcalendar age.Hoped ou ike astmonth's r iv iaquest ion.Did all of you get the right answer? Don'tworry, didn'tget the answereitherwhen twasaskedof me.So keep dancing. Don' t Stop! Don' tSlowDown.YellowrocksFel ix


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BirthdavsJanauryBirthdaysChrisAnderson 1JesseAlvarez 3BertSwerer 4Chr isStone 4ScottPrebble 8JamesOzanich 10TomTripp 13HarryOhira 21AngeloProsperi 23LeonJ. DuBois 25FebruaryBirthdaysDavidBaker 1BNobuYamaji 25

WSD Boardof DirectorsJim AndersonNick CarlsonLeeGianfrancescoRonMaskerWro'sDoingWhatLee G. - AdministratorRonM. - Instructor/DanceoordinatorFelixF. - CIass rchangelNick C. - BoardSecretary/AGSDCTM epPatS. - DangleDivaLee G. - Attendance akerJimA. - Database/TreasurerlCalendarFelixF. - WesternStarEditor

WSDEVENTS ALENDARJanuary5-C lassNightJanuary 2-ClassNightJanuar,v9- M.L.KingDay WSD DarkJanuary26 - Mid-SemesterDance w i thHowardRichman t 7:30 PM at EVRC.FullBasic,Mainstream nd PlusTips. $3.00 ornon-class embers.Janaury 1- ElCaminoReelersl3th nniver-sary Dancewith HowardRichman. PM atCubber ley Communi ty Center , 4000Middlef ield, aloAl to.Plus,Advanced ndClassLevelTips. $7.00. 3.00 or Class.February - ClassNight ,Mainstream eginsFebruary 'Class NightFebruary 6 - President 's ay WSD DarkFebruary 3 - ClassNightFebruary 4 - Fal Tuesday MardiGras!!February 5 - AshWednesday LentBeginsFebruary 8 - DiabloDancers resent nneUebelacker .ainstreamndPlusTips. 8.00atPleasant i l lMiddle chool , 100OakParkBoulevard, leasant i l lMarch14- WesternStarDancer's 6thAnni-versaryDancewith DarrenGal l ina. Detai lsto be announcedn next ssue.March 1 - Capi talCi tySquaresDancehaveno detailsbut I am sure hey are forthcom-ingApr i l27 GreenClassGraduat ion.May4, 11 ,18 ClubNights

Flyers or dances ot by WesternStarcan begotten n anyMonday.Flyers avedirectionsto the placeswhere heeventare.

Comeon downandalsopickup yourWeavethe Rose legistration orm.All eventsat the EurekaValleyRecreaticnCenter EVRC),100 Co l l i ngwoodbeh indCala),SanFrancisco nless therwise oted.


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BirthdavsMarchBirthdaysRussKing 1Carlos Mosca 2DonaldC. SchumacherLarryQueen 16Bil l Roberts 17Ed Mah 25Ron Hirsch 25Jim Pellman 29April BirthdaysMichaelHealy 6Dennis urner 13Don Greco 13KiethHenderson 19PattyWhite - 19

WSD Boardof DirectorsFabianAlvaradoFelixForninoBob LeslieHaroldLittleCarlosMoscaRichardRockwellWho'sDoingWhatFelix F. - AdministratorRon M. - Instructor/Dance oordinatorFelix F. - ClassArchanselBob L. - TreasurerVacant - Board SecretaryFelix F.- IAGSDCTURepPat S. - DangleDivaVacant - AttendanceTakerJim A. - Database/CalendarFelix F. - WesternStarEditor

WSDEVENTSCALENDARMarch2-C lassNightMarch9 -ClassNightMarch16- ClassNightMarch17 - St. Patrick's ayMarch21 - CapitalCitySquares lmminentlySpringDance"with Ben Goldberg. 7:30 to10:30Ful l P lus and fu l l Ma ins t ream.$0.Je f fe rson E lemeentary Schoo l 2OO1PebblewoodDrive, Sacramento. Soft soledshoesonly. For mor nfo call George@ 916-929-8697March23 - ClassNightMarch30 - Green97 ClassGraduationApr i l -C lubNightApr i l 10 - Good Fr idayand First NightofPassoverApril 12 - EasterSundayApr i l13- ClubNightApril20 - Club NightApril 25 * Western Star Dancer's16th Anni-versaryDancewith DarrenGall ina.7.30PMatTempleUnitedMethodist hurch, uniperoSerra Blvd and 19th Avenue. Admission$8.00.Apri 27 - Club NlghtMay4, 11,18 - ClubNightsJuly 2-5 - Weave The Rose IAGSDCTM on-vention n PortlandJuly13 - PlusClassBeginsFlyers or dancesnot byWesternStarcan begottenon anyMonday.Flyershavedirectionsto the placeswhere he event are.Al l events at the Eureka Valley RecreationCenter(EVRC),100 Col l ingwood behindCala),San Francisco nlessotherwise oted.Comeon down and alsopickup yourWeavethe Rose RegistrationForm.6ptil 4 - Cslifornis ] ' lcn'sGqthering of Harvey l' l i lkCivilRights ,cqdemy, Hoe-down for Their ScholarshipFgnd. 7 PM o lO PM

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' l 'hc Rosetown Ramblers, Fleads to the Center, :rnclRainbow Vranglers invire you ro :

Weave the RoseThe 15thannual convention of theInternational Association of Gay Square

Dance ClubsJrly 2-5,1998

At the Portland Oregon Doubletree InnsJantzenBeach and Columbia River(1-800-733_U66)

Registration Fees:. lu tv1-1. 991 October 1,1991: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5150November .1997 , \ [arch 1.1998: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5160. ' \pr i l . 19t8 , - \ r he Doon . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .S170Non- l ) : rncersc.Est r : rnon: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .575Make checls payable to : PORTI-AND In'98. \ n r r c i c l t c i : r c kc r

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F TheffifestelntaTrVolume 5 May/June 998 lssue3

The Newsletter f WesternStarDancers, 84 CastroSt.,Suite480,San Francisco A94114-2588.E-Mail: elixl@ix. etcom.comA Contemporary mericanSquareDanceClubprimarily erving heSan FranciscoGay and LesbianCommunity.Subscriptionso IheWestemStarare ree o WSDMembers, 18 o others.Ads are comple-mentaryo members; ommercial dvertisers aycontaclus or pric-ing nformation.

From he AdministratorI alwayswon-dered howhard his wasand now amf ind ing out .Last month Iwrote asArchange l ,and that waseasy be-causeall I had to talk aboutwas the GreenClassand hat was easybecause basicallyknew what I wanted o say. But now that Ihave o spouta littlewisdom t s not hateasy.I guessall the peoplewho came beforememustof felt hisway at one ime.

Well its bes t to get started. I never realizedhowhard he ob of administratoras. I meanthereare timeswhen hat'sall I do. Maybeas timegoeson and it is not new hen I wil lhavemore ime.Thatsaidheregoes TheBoardhas notbeenresting n ts aurels.Believet or notweplanon havinga Quarter lymeet ing n May 11.This s to set rightour By-Laws.Thechangesthat are beingpresented re to bring he By-Laws nto he practice hat has been ollowedby previousBoards.

One thing hat I am proudof the Board s theBrushup or Everyone lubnights n June. Arequest ame n for his andwithin2 days hiswhole conceptcame together. The days forthis s the Mondaysn June,1 8,15 or Main-stream and 22 and 29 for Plus. lf you wantcomedownand oin us.One hing hat would ike o talkabout s ourpresence tConvention. raditionellsme hatfor Grand March each club dresses n theirclub shirt,dress,vest,or colors,e.9.,TimesSquareswear heirblackshirtswith he NewYorkSkyline n magentasequins or some-thingclose ike hat)and he RockyMountainRainbeauswhere their white shirt with rain-bow ringe. Tradition lso ellsme that West-ern Star Dancerswear Pink Shirtswith ClubVestsand would ike o suggest lackpantsbe added to that. I did not notice oo manypeople n the last ew yearswearing he Cluboutfit. Granted he last few years I did notmarch nwithWSD,but noticed.Also wouldlike to request, hat the same outfit be wornfor the Club Picture. Maybe his stems romDonGrecoand GoldRushwherewe didwearourCluboutfits or GrandMarchand pictures.I just think hat his makesa good showing.We emphasizedur ing classes hat manysquaredancemovescome rom raditionandtraditionaldances. Herewe can carryon thetraditions f WSD. I am aware hat newmem-bers do not have vests, but we have peoplewilling o lendvests or the convention. f youdon't have a pink shirt, hen a white shirt orother solidcolor ong sleeveshirt with a vestwould be the dress. I am sure hat therewillbe some peoplewho may object,but this isonly a suggestion not a commandment. Iwould ike o hear rom you about his.(continuedon page 3)


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BirthdavsMay BirthdaysAgnes Smith 4BubBudlong 13S. BobLehr - 13CurtVantine 16

June BirthdaysFred Papapietro 10Ron Jablonski 16Scott Carey - 27

WSD Boardof DirectorsFabianAlvaradoFelix ForninoBob LeslieHarold LittleCarlosMoscaWho'sDoing WhatFelix F. - AdministratorRon M. - InstructorFabianA. - DanceCoordinatorFelix F. - GreenClassArchangelBob L. - TreasurerHarold L. - BoardSecretaryFelix F. - IAGSDCt" RepVacant - Dangle DivaVacant - Attendance TakerJim A. - Database/CalendarVacant - Western StarEditor

WSD EVENTSCALENDARMay4 - Club Night RickGrantMay 10 - CapitalCity Squares Mother'sDayDance"withJohnnyPreston.2:00 o 5:00FullPlus and full Mainstream.$0. JeffersonEl -ementary School, 2001 PebblewoodDrive,Sacramento.Soft soledshoesonly. For morinfo call George@ 916-929-8697May 11 -GeneralmembershipMeet ingat7:00PM hen Club Night CarlosMoscaMay 16 - FoggyCityDance/s Pinic. LindleyMeadows n GoldenGate Park. 11 o 3.May 18 - ClubNight Jim MavrikiosMay25 - MemorialDay - WSD DarkJune1 - Mainstream rushup CarlosMoscaJune 6 - Diablo Dancerswith Eric Henerlau7:30 o 10:30 PleasantHil l EducationCen-ter. $6June8 - Mainstream rushup RonMaskerJune 13- FoggyCityGraduation ancewithAndy Shore. HarveyMilk CivilRightsAcad-emy, 19th Streetand Coll ingwood, :30 to10:30PM. 6.00June15- Mainstream rushup RonMaskerJune 22 - Plus Brushup Ron MaskerJune29 - Plus Brushup RickGrantJune 27 - Western Star Dancer 'sAnnual"PromenadeWith Pride" Dance with AndyShore. 7:30 PM at St. Aidan'sEpiscopalChurch,101 GoldmineDr ive(at DiamondHeightsBlvd, next to Safeway). Admission$8.00.June28 - GayPrideParade Comeand oinus for dancing n the Parade.July 2-5 - Weave The Rose IAGSDCTMon-vention n PortlandJu ly6-WSDDarkJuly13 - PlusClassBeginsFlyers or dances not by WesternStar can begottenon anyMonday.Flyershavedirectionsto the placeswhere the event are.All events at the Eureka Valley RecreationCenter (EVRC),100 Col l ingwood behindCala),San Francisco nlessotherwise oted.

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From he Administrator(continued rompage 1)Can anyone out there help us in settingupand designing he Web page? Some of youmay know hat the IAGSDCTMow has theirown domainand therefore new Web page.Pointyour rowser owww.iagsdc.org. hat'swhereour pagewill be. Thanks.In Junewe will marching ownMarketStreetin the 1998 SF Pride Parade. We will bemarching nderthe AGSDCTManner.Comeand oin us. Wherewe will be meeting hatSundaywillbe announced tthe PrideDanceon June 27 withAndy Shore.In July,we plan on startingout Plus class.Thatwill beginon July 13. lf you know any-bodywho would ike o take Plussend themto EurekaValley.InJunewe areholding Brush-up lassesorEveryone."The first hreeweeks of une wewill be doing Mainstreama nd the last twoweekswe will be doingPlus. Comeon downand on in the fun of helpingotherpeople e-memberhow o squaredance.Atthe astBoardMeeting, e discussedmanythings.Butoneof he tems hat umps o mindis recruitment f new members. Obviouslythatmeansgettingnewstudents.We plan ohavea newclass Blue'98)startingn Octo-ber. We need your help. Over the next fewmonthswe planon doingmany hings o helpget a new class. We will startby handingoutflyersat the Gay PrideParade n June. Weplan on doing Intro o squaredanceevents.We have one scheduled n September. Weplan to have recruitmentbooths at FolsomStreetand CastroStreetFairs. We alsoplanto bringbackGuerilla quares.We needyourhelp in staffing,handingout flyers and ofcoursedancing.We couldalsouse a personto be in chargeof recruitment.We could alsouseyour nputfor deaswe mayhavemissed.We can also use your help in pointingstu-

There are a few vacancies hat need to befilled.Thejob of DangleDiva, he personwhohas chargeof all the dangles, s vacantandwe can use a newperson.The next ob thatneedto be filled s that of newslettereditor. Imust step down as editor because of all theother hings hat I do. I have o cut back andthis is the way. We need someonewilling ogive imeand energyas wellas being espon-sible enough that the newsletterwill get outon time.One lastcomment or hismonth s the Boardhas been alkingaboutWesternStar,FoggyCity and MidnightSquaresholding a Fly-in.San Francisco s the only major city without afly-in. We are thinkingaboutearly2000 andthen every wo yearsafter that. We envisionall three clubs shareingequally. The fly-inwouldbe a MainstreamhruChallangeDance.Mainstreamand Plus in one room and Ad-vanced and Challenge n another. To helpkeepdownexpenseswe wouldbeaskingyouto givehousing or he peopl lying n. Maybeyou out there couldhelp hinkabouta placeto have it.My astcomment or thismonth. There s talkthat EVRCwill be closing or earthquake et -rofitting.This maynot happenwithin hisyearor next,but it is imperative hatwe start ook-ing for a home now. We cannotwait until helastmoment. So if youcan hinkof anaythingplease et the Boardknow,Yellowrocks,FelixP.S.This July is USA-WESTSquare DanceConventionathe MosconeCenter. lt is $30for 4days of dancing. The dates are July22,23,24, and 25. Let see if we can get a largeturnoutfor the convention. Let's show themwhat we got. Oh yes, appropriatesquaredanceaftired equired. Men mustwear longsleeveshirts and good eans. Women canwear pantsbut dressesare better.


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HAPPY16thANNIVERSARY

CallerDarrenGall ina

Dancers avinga good ime.

L i fe t imemembers (L to R) - FreemanStamper, ohnConley,ScottCarey,Rus King,andAnnaDamiani

Darrencall ing

At left,oneof the Founders,ScottCarey, ut-t ing he cake.All the peopleat the dancehada good ime.To all that hat missed t,wishyouwere here.


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W E S T E R N S T A R D A N C E R S

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WEAVE hEROSE' I 'hc Rosetown Ramblers. Fleads to the Center. rnclRainbow Wra.nglers nvire you to :

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The 15thannual convention of theInternational Association of Gay SquareDance Clubs

Jrly 2-5,1998At the Portland Oregon Doubletree Inns

Jantzen Beach and Columbia River(1-800-733-s466)Registration Fees:

. lu lv1-1. 997 October 1, , 997:. . . . . . . . . - - . . . . . . . . . . . .$150November .1997 NIarch 1,1998: . . . . . . . - . . . . .. . .$160. ' \pnl . 1998 . ' \ r The Dooc . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .S1Non-[ ) r rucen cgrst renon: . . . . . . - . . . . . . .S75Makc checl,s payablc to: PORTIAND In'98

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W E S T E F | N S T A F I DANCERS

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AUGUSTBOARDMEETINGThis month's Board Meeting was held on the28th. Topicsdiscussedwere: l-re pcomingGeneralMeeting,Blue Class,& the 1999Anni-versaryDance {scheduled or 3/13/99)Attempts are beingmade o "gatherup" allWestern Star equipment& items from whereeverthey may be & gettingtheminto a centralizedplace. If you have been"storing" any items forWestern Star pleasecontact any Board membsrto makearrangementsor their collection.We are alsoworking on developinga Web Page.GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGDo not be a"slug"

in ou r SquareDanceGardenll!!Come o the meetingon WEDNESDAY

Sept. 9th at 8 PM @ UVRC and find outwhat is going on &.wherehelp is needcdHelp us "bloom", not "wither & die"

Come andget reacquaintedwith someoldfriends and meet new onesat the same ime.Come andbring your ideas o help make WSD aclub for al l to enjoy.And most of allComeandsupportyour club. For it is necessaryfor it to thrive and grow.Remembert is up to YOU - no oneelselBIRTHDAYS

SeptemberRickGrantSerge luessKori FujitaniPatriciaSmithOctober:RhondaSwererDarryl RaszlJimMavrikiosRick MayRodOdgersDonaldQueen

EVERYONECAN.... .Thereare2 thingsEWRYONE in the clubcando without much effort or need of any spe-cial talentsl. Comeon Monday nightsandangel he greenclass.Make them eelwelcome&partof the club.If your scheduledoesn't allow that right away2.Plan now to bringsomeoneo theBlueClass ndbe anangel hen.Both actionswill bringyou back o activitywithin the club AND bring new members ohelp he club revitalize tself.

BLUE CLASSBEGINSWewill starta newbeginning lass,ThcBlueClass, nNovember '1998.Wewillhave intronightson Octoberl9th,26th& November nd.Plannow o helpwith promotingheclass, articipatingn guerillasquaresbringing omeoneo oin theclassGuerillasquares re scheduledorSaturday,October24th & Thursday,October 9th.We will havebooths at both theCastroStreet& Folsom StreetFairs.PLEASE keep hesedates open &helpus promote his class.Remember heseare he new ife of evervclub

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Leather earnToSquareDanceOctober 0LiveOakSchool7:30PM o 10:30PM

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To My Square anceFamily:Some f youknowwho I amandsome f youdo not. My name s GregOsmon, formermember f Western tarandGoldRush.I am running or GrandDuke.I wouldgreatlyappreciateoursupport.Enclosed, leaseind a schedule fevents.Hopeyou oin meoneof these venings.Formore nformation, lease ontact415)621-3917.


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Food& Funat lVlarlena's's eptember, i998 rom8:00 o ii:O0

MeettheStarburstCandidate t TheGiraffe September6, 1998 rom 4:(X) o 6:00

TheEdgeParty September , 1998from 7:00 o 9:fi)

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The Newsletterof Westem Star Dancers,584 Castro St.,Suite 480, San FranciscoCA 94114-2588. E-Mail: e-lixl @ix.netcom.comA Contemporary mericanSquareDanceClubprimarilyserving he San FranciscoGay and LesbianCommunity.Subscriptions o The Westem Slar are ree o WSDMembers, 18 o others.Ads arecomplementaryomembers:commercialadvertisersmavcontactus forpricing nformation.

On behalf f the Board f DirectorsfWestemStarDancers,would ike owisheveryone HappyHalloween, appyThanksgiving,appy hanukah, appyWinterSolstice, erryChristmas, appyKwanza, nda HappyNewYear.Hopehaven'tmissed nyone.To hosewhomissedheGeneral ember-shiomeet in-onSeotemberwi l lsumma-rizewhathappened. he hree mend-mentspassedwithsomeminor orrections.Dueswere aised o $36peryear. f $36seems dd hat sbecausehatnumbercouldbe usedwhetherheamendmentaboutduespassed r not. lt didseemashame hatonlyseven eople howed pfor themeeting, ut he By-Laws tate hatthat s a quorum ndbusinessouldbeconducted. nd inallywe discussedheBlueClass.TheBlue'98Classwil lbestarting ovem-ber9 withOctober 6 andNovember asOpenHouses. f youknowof anyonewhois nterestedleasenvitehem o comedown. We staffeda boothat theCastroandFolsomStreetFairs.We handed utover1200 lyers or heclass. would iketo thankall hepeoplewhocameby andhelped andout lyers, ancing, ndcall-ing. hope hat heseedswe haveplantedwillbear ruit. As I write hiswe stillhaveGuenilla quareso get hrough. f these

methodsare successful, e will have o dothis again nextyear. I thinkwe shouldandcouldget some timeon the CountryWest-ern Stages or SquareDancingat bothfairs.We sti l lneedyourhelp. We needangelsto show up at the open housesas well asfor classes. We are not askingyou to do iteveryweek (i f you could hat would benice) but every so often so that we canshow he class hat here s a largegroupof peopleon whom theycan rely.We have scheduled wo dances so far neXyear. March 13, 1999 or our 17hAnniver-saryDancewith Bil lEylerof AlbuquerqueandSeptember 5, 1999 or our Leatherand Lace 99 DancewithAnne Uebelackerof Vancouver,BritishColumbia,Canada.We told Anne she couldwear her leatheroutfitat the dance and Fair. Anne has alsoagreed o call on Sundayat the FolsomStreetFair. We have not made any deci-sionson the PrornenadeWith Pride'99Gay Pride Danceon June 26 , 1999.We have broughtbackanother radition.Thisyear on December 1, we will haveourAnnual White ElephantHolidayGift Ex-change. So dustoff thosegifts hat youhavebeen hidingand bring hem with youon the 21"t. We will also have a quickQuarterlyGeneralMembershipMeetingbe-fore the Exchangeand, f we have ime,somedancing.Hope o see you soon.Yellowrocks. Felix


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Who's Doins What

Administrator&IAGSDC RepFabianA DanceCoordinatorBob L TreasurerHarold L SecretaryCarlosM Board MemberBlue ClassArchangelJim A Database/CalendarSteveS DangleDivaRon M InstructorKathy H WSD Newsletter EditorMarie M WSD NewsletterEditorVacant AttendanceTaker

ON THB HBAD OF A PfN ...Is your halo on straight? @leaseexcuse heexpression.) It is important that asmanyofour club members spossible ome o theBeginnerclassas "angels". What areangels?They are the wonderful peoplewho volunteertheir time to ensure hat a classhas he bestpossible earningexperience.Angels provide the new classmemberswiththeir first real look at the club. How angelsbehaveand treat the new dancers,otherangels,and visitors will affect classmembers'decisionswhetheror not to join our club.Angelsare also role models.No matterwhatthe instructor and club try to communicate othe students oncerning tiquette& attitudes,classmembers nevitably ake their cues romwhat they see he angelsdoing. So it is impor-tant that angles mile,be enthusiastic, ndenjoy he dancing.Be friendly,courteous,andgentle.This is sometimes asier o say hanto do, especiallyf it hasbeen a long day. Al-thoughmost of us do the right thingsinstinctively,at leastmost of the time, it can'thurt to reiterate certainpoints. So in the nextfew issueswe will go over specialpointers orangels.In the meantime, COME ON OUT and BEAN ANGEL! I !

Blue ClassBeginsWe will starta new beginningclass,TheBlue Class, n November 16,1998.We will have ntro nightson October19ttL26th& November Znd.Plan now to helpwith promoting heclass,participatingn guerillasquares&bringingsomeoneo join the classGuerillasquares re scheduledorSaturday,October24th & Thursday,October29th.

PLEASE keep hesedates open &helpus promotethis class. Remembertheseare henew ife of everyclub!!!


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