From WA8VEC at ARRL.NET Wed Jan 17 00:29:00 2007 From: WA8VEC at ARRL.NET (Mike Gormley) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:29:00 -0500 Subject: [Squaredancing] Pizza party Message-ID: <45ADB41C.1030004@ARRL.NET> We are having a pizza party at our dance on the 25th. Any ideas for music , lyrics, singing calls, gimmicks, costumes, etc. Mike Gormley Florida Keys From WA8VEC at ARRL.NET Wed Jan 17 02:13:04 2007 From: WA8VEC at ARRL.NET (Mike Gormley) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:13:04 -0500 Subject: [Squaredancing] [sd-callers] Pizza party In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <45ADCC80.5080801@ARRL.NET> DaveHash at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 1/17/2007 12:37:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > WA8VEC at ARRL.NET writes: > > Any ideas for music , lyrics, singing calls, gimmicks, costumes, etc. > > *Hi Mike,* > ** > *You could take a pizza board (round one they put the pizza on and > make it look like a pizza, cut a couple of holes to you can see and > breath and wear it as a mask. Or make a smaller version and wear it > like a round graduation type had after you have decorated it. You > could even use real food.* > ** > *The only song I can think of is "That's Amore" but I don't even know > if it was ever a sd tune. > > *Dave Hass > East Hampton, CT > Member of Callerlab* > * I forgot to mention that I work for Papa Johns Pizza. I certainly will be wearing my uniform to call in. Maybe I can borrow some of the props from work, such as a pizza paddle, cutter, bubble popping fork, car topper, car flag, apron (should I bring a dirty one or a clean one?), etc. Corporate Papa Johns has a complete costume that looks like a pizza slice, that would be nice to have, but it rents for hundreds of dollars. I could bring some real dough and toss a spinning pie into the air, but unfortunately I don't know how to do that. Mike Gormley -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jazzgirl7496 at bellsouth.net Wed Jan 17 07:38:31 2007 From: jazzgirl7496 at bellsouth.net (Sandy Caldwell) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:38:31 -0500 Subject: [Squaredancing] Pizza party In-Reply-To: <45ADB41C.1030004@ARRL.NET> References: <45ADB41C.1030004@ARRL.NET> Message-ID: <45AE18C7.1030306@bellsouth.net> Can your serve your pizza from a "leaning tower of pizza"? Something like the tiered wedding cakes, especially the one we saw that was leaning badly. We found someone to take it apart before it really fell. The bride and groom only saw it assembled in the video we made. Sounds like fun. Pizza and dancing, my favorite combination. Wish I could be there! Sandy Mike Gormley wrote: > We are having a pizza party at our dance on the 25th. > > Any ideas for music , lyrics, singing calls, gimmicks, costumes, etc. > > Mike Gormley > Florida Keys > > _______________________________________________ > Squaredancing mailing list > Squaredancing at rbnsn.com > http://rbnsn.com/mailman/listinfo/squaredancing_rbnsn.com > > > From WA8VEC at ARRL.NET Wed Jan 17 14:44:03 2007 From: WA8VEC at ARRL.NET (Mike Gormley) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:44:03 -0500 Subject: [Squaredancing] [Fwd: Re: Pizza party] Message-ID: <45AE7C83.5000705@ARRL.NET> This came privately to me, but I have permission to forward to the list in hopes it may spark more thoughts. Mike Gormley -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Pizza party Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:13:49 -0800 From: Pacque Ratte To: WA8VEC at ARRL.NET References: <45ADB41C.1030004 at ARRL.NET> <001c01c73a45$8c9073e0$6401a8c0 at your55e5f9e3d2> depends on the age range of your dancers ... but ... anything Italian ... oldie but goodie "Come On-A My House" as sung by Rosemary Clooney ... have heard a couple of callers use this (don't know what record producer put this out, didn't see it on Debbie Ceder's website) Dean Martin and Perry Como did a lot of Italian-style stuff, obviously ! one that comes to mind is Arrivederci Roma .. oh yeah, do play "Roll Out the Barrel" ... because most people drink beer with pizza ... obviously you can't have beer at the PARTY, but "sparkling cider" .. especially if served in beer mugs, would be fun ... ginger ale would work too most any polka type music can work for "pizza music" if you think they'd go for it, for one tip, "rename" the dancers; Ladies become Tomatoes, Gentlemen become (maybe) Sausage, or Cheese ... (are you old enough to remember when an attractive woman was referred to as "one hot tomato" ? ) "weave the pizza" instead of "weave the ring" ? "Grand Pizza Square" ???? how about a "toss the pizza" ... otherwise known as Scatter Promenade; everyone has to get into a different square (or an "explode the pizza" ... everyone has to scatter individually) or ... make up index cards (or something smaller) with names of pizza toppings ... eight of each, then hand them out randomly to dancers and they have to find "their square" ... a follow-on .. they keep the cards and reform squares so there are four, or eight, different "ingredients" in each square (depends on how many squares you get at the dance) since the caller "delivers" the message ... makes sense to dress as a delivery-person; also logical to be the pizza MAKER, in which case your apron, etc ... could be either clean or dirty, might be funny to change from clean TO dirty as dance progresses, and make jokes about dancers throwing tomatoes or sauce at you ... (in which case the Scatter Promenade I mentioned above, could be renamed Food Fight ... grin !) "Toss the Tomatoes Across" instead of Ladies Chain ? just some stuff off the top of my head sounds like great fun, will have to remember some of these ideas when we do a ONS for teens ... Candy (still freezing in the snowy Pacific North Wet) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bobkeith1 at cox.net Wed Jan 17 17:36:16 2007 From: bobkeith1 at cox.net (Robert Keith) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:36:16 -0500 Subject: [Squaredancing] Club 25th Anniversary In-Reply-To: <45AE7C83.5000705@ARRL.NET> References: <45AE7C83.5000705@ARRL.NET> Message-ID: <006801c73a87$e7ab7d00$b7027700$@net> Hi, Our square dance club is celebrating it's 25th anniversary in April and I was wondering if you'all had any unique ideas for fun and games. It's rather formal with a sit down meal at a banquet hall and our club caller and cuer and spouses are paid performers and also attending the $25 a plate gala gratis. The affair has a $1000 budget including centerpieces and professional photogs. We will be inviting the Governor of RI, who with his wife was an avid square dancer many moons ago. Should we invite Jimmy Carter(lol). Any ideas would be appreciated. Bob Keith Swinging Squares SDC Smithfield, RI From: squaredancing-bounces at rbnsn.com [mailto:squaredancing-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf Of Mike Gormley Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:44 PM To: sd-callers at all8.com; This list for discussing all aspect of MWSD Subject: [Squaredancing] [Fwd: Re: Pizza party] This came privately to me, but I have permission to forward to the list in hopes it may spark more thoughts. Mike Gormley -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Pizza party Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:13:49 -0800 From: Pacque Ratte To: WA8VEC at ARRL.NET References: <45ADB41C.1030004 at ARRL.NET> <001c01c73a45$8c9073e0$6401a8c0 at your55e5f9e3d2> depends on the age range of your dancers ... but ... anything Italian ... oldie but goodie "Come On-A My House" as sung by Rosemary Clooney ... have heard a couple of callers use this (don't know what record producer put this out, didn't see it on Debbie Ceder's website) Dean Martin and Perry Como did a lot of Italian-style stuff, obviously ! one that comes to mind is Arrivederci Roma .. oh yeah, do play "Roll Out the Barrel" ... because most people drink beer with pizza ... obviously you can't have beer at the PARTY, but "sparkling cider" .. especially if served in beer mugs, would be fun ... ginger ale would work too most any polka type music can work for "pizza music" if you think they'd go for it, for one tip, "rename" the dancers; Ladies become Tomatoes, Gentlemen become (maybe) Sausage, or Cheese ... (are you old enough to remember when an attractive woman was referred to as "one hot tomato" ? ) "weave the pizza" instead of "weave the ring" ? "Grand Pizza Square" ???? how about a "toss the pizza" ... otherwise known as Scatter Promenade; everyone has to get into a different square (or an "explode the pizza" ... everyone has to scatter individually) or ... make up index cards (or something smaller) with names of pizza toppings ... eight of each, then hand them out randomly to dancers and they have to find "their square" ... a follow-on .. they keep the cards and reform squares so there are four, or eight, different "ingredients" in each square (depends on how many squares you get at the dance) since the caller "delivers" the message ... makes sense to dress as a delivery-person; also logical to be the pizza MAKER, in which case your apron, etc ... could be either clean or dirty, might be funny to change from clean TO dirty as dance progresses, and make jokes about dancers throwing tomatoes or sauce at you ... (in which case the Scatter Promenade I mentioned above, could be renamed Food Fight ... grin !) "Toss the Tomatoes Across" instead of Ladies Chain ? just some stuff off the top of my head sounds like great fun, will have to remember some of these ideas when we do a ONS for teens ... Candy (still freezing in the snowy Pacific North Wet) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From NShukayr at aol.com Wed Jan 17 17:53:20 2007 From: NShukayr at aol.com (NShukayr at aol.com) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:53:20 EST Subject: [Squaredancing] Club 25th Anniversary Message-ID: For a milestone anniversary dance (20th, 25th, 30th, 50th, whatever) I like to research which songs, movies, celebrities, news stories, etc. were popular in that year. Then plan the dance around those facts. You can also research 10 years ago, 15 years ago, 20 years ago, 25 years ago ... and thus "count down" to the date of the club's beginning. The first tip can be from 5 years ago, the second tip 10 years ago, and so forth. Each tip goes further back in history, and the last tip is based on the year the club was formed. There are a trainload of websites where you can look up the popular songs, movies, TV shows, news headlines, etc. from any year. Most of the time a caller can find a song from that year which he/she either already owns, or can easily order from dosado.com. If not, just do like I do: make up your own facts. :-) :-) Congratulations on your club's 25th anniversary, and best wishes for many more anniversaries to come! Nasser "available to call your club's 50th anniversary" Shukayr Harlingen, Texas _www.NShukayr.com_ (http://www.NShukayr.com) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bobkeith1 at cox.net Wed Jan 17 17:58:11 2007 From: bobkeith1 at cox.net (Robert Keith) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:58:11 -0500 Subject: [Squaredancing] Pizza party In-Reply-To: <45ADB41C.1030004@ARRL.NET> References: <45ADB41C.1030004@ARRL.NET> Message-ID: <007401c73a8a$f713db40$e53b91c0$@net> Hi Mike, The obvious costume accessory would be chef's hats. I purchased them at the local mall in the kitchenware store. Bob Keith Smithfield, RI -----Original Message----- From: squaredancing-bounces at rbnsn.com [mailto:squaredancing-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf Of Mike Gormley Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:29 AM To: sd-callers at all8.com; This list for discussing all aspect of MWSD Subject: [Squaredancing] Pizza party We are having a pizza party at our dance on the 25th. Any ideas for music , lyrics, singing calls, gimmicks, costumes, etc. Mike Gormley Florida Keys _______________________________________________ Squaredancing mailing list Squaredancing at rbnsn.com http://rbnsn.com/mailman/listinfo/squaredancing_rbnsn.com From WA8VEC at ARRL.NET Fri Jan 26 15:13:41 2007 From: WA8VEC at ARRL.NET (Mike Gormley) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:13:41 -0500 Subject: [Squaredancing] [sd-callers] Pizza party [Report....Loonnnggg] In-Reply-To: <002d01c739fe$d0771510$6701a8c0@Maxlaptop> References: <45ADB41C.1030004@ARRL.NET> <002d01c739fe$d0771510$6701a8c0@Maxlaptop> Message-ID: <45BA60F5.9030304@ARRL.NET> > > Would you be willing to create a report for the caller's forum after > this? I am rather interested to hear how this turns out. Good luck!! > > Maxwell Rounds > Youth Caller > roundsm at gmail.com Well, time got in the way for this one and I did not get to finish the planning in time, using all of the ideas submitted. Here is what I did do. This was a special dance also in that we invited our class to attend. They had only 6 hours of class up to this point. We are snowbirds down here remember. So calls were limited to the very basics. Attendance was 46 dancers. Our largest dance this season. I wore my Papa Johns uniform complete with hat. The dance location is not within the delivery area (down in the Keys some locations are rather isolated), so I actually stopped at the store and picked up the pizza myself. By design, I arrived as late as possible to have the pizza hot. It was a 20 minute drive from the store. The other equipment already set up for pre rounds, I set up my laptop and called one tip. We then ate the pizza sitting at pre-arranged tables. .............. Nothing too special about the tips, other that one of my singing calls was "She Didn't Know - Hi Hat - 376". I changed the lyrics to: "She didn't know the pizza had onions (anchovies), and she will never, never do it again!" Also, "...of a gal with a pizza that wasn't made just right" ............. I was considering using the record "Beautiful Noise - Cross Country - 509" and changing the lyrics to something like the following in no particular order, but did not have time to refine the tune for presentation: What a Beautiful pizza (smell), it's the kind that I love Extra cheese and pepperoni, cooked well done, in a hot oven Promenade to the kind that I love.... And it tastes so well, like an old leather glove!!!!!!! But there's even romance, watching the cheese bubbles dance When the heat is just right What a beautiful pizza ...coming through my front door That will be $13.29, I'll tip the driver, that's fine And go get some wine Optional first line above: What a beautiful noise....the ringing of my door bell .......... Other tunes in consideration were: Turn out the Light (the party's over) Hey Good Lookin' (what's you got cookin') Burgers and Fries (changing the lyrics) I'll be back for more (pizza) Cookin' up a Storm (patter) Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight (Hot Time Eatin' Our Pizza Tonight) .............. We did have pizza fun badges to sell. .............. I also held a "PIZZA SLAPPING CONTEST" You probably know a pizza starts with a ball of dough, it is then kneaded into a small disk shape and finally "slapped back and forth from hand to hand" to stretch it into its' final size. I simulated the slapping by providing 18 inch x 18 inch "micro fiber cloths" (a chamois cloth might work too) to serve as a pizza. Be sure to get the cloths wet, it's easier. I showed them how to slap from hand to hand and then divide the group into men vs. women teams. I set my timer for 15 seconds and we counted the number of "slaps" each member did and kept a running tally. If they dropped the cloth, we resumed the count from the point where it was dropped. For the 46 participants it was taking too long, so we quit after 7 per side, with the ladies declared the winners. I then had them pick the best of their team, and we had a "slap off", with the man winning that one. He was presented with a FREE 3 TOPPING PIZZA card from Papa Johns as a prize. The booby prize went to the lady, consisting of my "picture dangle" specially autographed on the back as the booby prize. ........... We did have them sign up 2 dances in advance for the pizza, choosing from a list of 4 one topping pizzas. It made it easy to order the pizza allowing 2 slices per person. I suggest keeping all pizzas the same number of toppings to avoid, conflicts concerning who owes what. A donation basket was passed once we knew the bill and could suggest a donation amount to cover the cost, with any extra ($19) going to the driver (me) as a tip. It came out to $3 per person suggested. Mike Gormley Florida Keys From WA8VEC at ARRL.NET Sat Jan 27 04:12:39 2007 From: WA8VEC at ARRL.NET (Mike Gormley) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:12:39 -0500 Subject: [Squaredancing] Valentines Day Dance Message-ID: <45BB1787.7060809@ARRL.NET> Ok, I stirred the pot with my Pizza Night question, now tell me about what you do for Valentines Day Dances. In the past we have taken old valentines and cut them in half like a jig saw puzzle edge. One half goes in the men's stack and the other half goes in the women's stack. Each stack is mixed. As they come through the door each dancer gets their gender half. They are then to find their other half by the 3rd or 4 th tip. Each matched half are then partners for the tip. I have bought mucho grande chocolate kisses and then did a Monti Carlo game where the winner "Gets a Big Kiss from the Caller". Other prizes have been a small heart shaped box of chocolates. There is always the typical Yellow Rock, but have you done the "Erase the Yellow Rock" gimmick? Then there is the gimmick of a Box 1-4, pass thru, girls UTB, ...scratch his back, ...boys UTB, ...scratch her back........"Don't forget to reach around her, boys!!!!", ...swing, promenade Mike Gormley Florida Keys (Ohio Key) www.Mike-Gormley.com