From dave at daveswebplace.net Wed Apr 18 21:01:54 2007 From: dave at daveswebplace.net (Dave Hinde) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:01:54 -0400 Subject: [Squaredancing] The Riptide's 44th Anniversary Message-ID: <003901c7821e$53084870$6c00a8c0@dave4200> The Riptide's square and round dance club, in Virginia Beach, VA, will have their 44th Anniversary Dance on May 4th. Matt Worley will call and Eric Jaworski will cue the rounds. The dance is at Bayside Presbyterian Church, 1400 Ewell Road (at Independance Blvd.), Virginia Beach, VA. We'd like to extend a special invitation out to anyone that has ever danced with the Riptides. It's been a great 44 years, and we've had a lot of dancers visit us over they years. The club callers have included a great list, too. I can't remember them all, but they included: Jim Horton, Al Stevens, Ron Nelson, Ron Williams, Tim Marriner, and Matt Worley. Our guest callers over the years have included many of the world's top callers, and we hope to continue that trend. If you are near Virginia Beach on May 4th, come on out. If you are near Virginia Beach on any other 1st Friday night, drop in and enjoy some great dancing. Dave Hinde -------------------------------------------------------------------- __/, at __ dave at daveswebplace.net /O____O_| http://www.evadsti.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kenrbnsn at rbnsn.com Wed Apr 18 22:32:25 2007 From: kenrbnsn at rbnsn.com (Ken Robinson) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:32:25 -0400 Subject: [Squaredancing] Square Dancing Leadership Seminar in New Jersey on May 12th Message-ID: One of the reasons that clubs have been folding (at least in Northern New Jersey) has been the lack of people interested in becoming club leaders. Up until the mid or late 1990's there had been a number of Mini-Legacies held throughout the US with names like LUST (Let Us Speak Together), LETS, DIET, and a few others. These were usually one to two day seminars that concentrated on club leadership, recruiting, etc. The last one in NJ was held in 1996 (The Gathering). In the ten years since the last one was held, the number of clubs in the Northern New Jersey Square Dancers Association (NNJSDA) has shrunk from about 45 clubs to about 25. The NNJSDA has decided to revive The Gathering to try to stem this tide. The Gathering is being held on Saturday, May 12th at the Douglass College Student Center, 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ. The seminars are being held from 12:00 Noon to 5:30 PM and there will be a dance in the evening from 7:30 PM to 9:45 PM. The dance will be alternating Mainstream/Plus/Rounds with Tom Miller calling and Roy Gotta cueing. The cost is $8/person for the entire day. The dance can be attended without coming to the seminars, but the price is the same. We already have people coming from Rochester, NY, Deleware, New Hampshire, Vermont, and other states. More information can be found at . Ken Robinson Webmaster, Committee Member, & Speaker , The Gathering kenrbnsn at rbnsn.com