[Squaredancing] RE: [Square-dancing] Re: funny clothes

[JOEY DUHAMEL]

I have about 8 pairs of knit western pants. I can only wear 2 pairs now
(somehow most of them shrunk). I wear jeans to most of my dances, whether
I'm calling or dancing. I at least try and choose the ones that look nice. I
only wear a tie (bolo) about 1/4 of the time, and almost never wear a jacket
(although I have 7).

JOEY AND BEVERLEY DUHAMEL
JUST FRIENDS SQUARE DANCE CLUB, MONROE, LA:
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SOUTHERN SWINGERS SQUARE DANCE CLUB, SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY, LA:
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JUBILEE IN JEFFERSON, FEBRUARY 17 - 19, 2006, WITH WADE DRIVER, JOEY,
OTHERS:
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CARIBBEAN CRUISE, NOVEMBER 2005, WITH JOEY, OTHERS:
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Loren Castro" <lfc32 at earthlink.net>
To: "This list for discussing all aspect of MWSD" <Squaredancing at rbnsn.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Squaredancing] RE: [Square-dancing] Re: funny clothes


> I wrote the next two paragraphs a few years ago after another purist
> sounded off about proper square dance attire.  They are the last two
> paragraphs of my little tirade.
> ====================
> Third, I wear jeans to all dances.  Sometimes they are brown, sometimes
> they are black, and sometimes they are white.  Sometimes they are dark
> blue, and sometimes they are light blue.  I have worn jeans to many
> previous Golden State Roundups, to Silver State, to USA West, to Las
> Vegas, to Bakersfield, to Tulare, to Turlock, and to other smaller
> festivals.  I wore jeans the last time the National Convention was in
> Anaheim, and I WILL wear jeans to Anaheim in 2001.  Nobody has ever
> suggested that I was not "properly attired" or tried to remove me.
>
> Lighten up about "proper attire" or suffer a further decline in the
> number of dancers.
> ====================
> A local caller (Hi, Eric) teases me about this occasionally.
>
> I thought I remembered that Nasser Shukayr had written one of his wicked
> little satires about this subject.  I save everything he posts here, but
> either my memory fails me (again) or I just didn't save this one.  Maybe
> he'll come up with something.
>
> lfc
> -----
> James W. Spinks wrote:
>
> >Group,
> >
> >I have been a SD'r (Square Dancer) since Sept. 1966 when I
> >was a Junior in HS. Below describes how I became a square
> >dancer.
> >
> >A classmate introduced me and several other classmates to it
> >via a first nighter. She (the classmate) asked me a several others to
> >party on a Friday night a couple of weeks down the road, that she
> >was going to attend.
> >
> >I asked her how'd I get to it as I didn't drive yet (at a rec. center
> >in Wheaton Md) 9 or 10 miles from the HS we attended.  She said she
> >and her older brother who drove, would pick us up and take us to it.
> >My classmate and her brother showed up in his 1962 Ford Falcon
> >in "Funny Clothes/Outfits" (Square Dance attire...didn't know it was
> >a square dance first nighter) I was shocked, ask her if it was a
> >costume party and had she forgotten to tell me. She said "No", I
> >would see what was going on when I got to the rec center.  It was
> >a first nighter for the "Teen" square dance club she and her brother
> >belonged to. Also her brother was one of the club's 3 teen callers.
> >
> >The Square Dance attire adds to the fun of square dancing. The thing
> >I most HATE is people who show up in BLUE JEANS and Blue Jean Shirts.
> >I have seen BOTH Men and Women at dances in BLUE JEANS. A matter of
> >fact there are TWO couples in one of my clubs that have several MATCHING
> >Blue JEAN outfits with "TIE-DYE" patches on the knees and elbows and
> >pockets of the jeans and shirts.
> >
> >The WHOLE purpose of Square Dancing attire is to eliminate the FALSE
> >impression that MOST Americans have that Square Dance is a Back Road
> >Rural "HICK" activity.
> >
> >             <snippity-do-dah>
> >
> >
>
>
>
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