From WA8VEC at ARRL.NET  Sun Feb 27 09:56:10 2011
From: WA8VEC at ARRL.NET (Mike Gormley)
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:56:10 -0500
Subject: [Squaredancing] All women's square dance club
Message-ID: <4D6A660A.5090002@ARRL.NET>

I work in an RV resort of 400 sites.  The other day while at work I 
wandered into our recreation hall and found the line dancers in 
session.   There was at least 40 dancers there and ALL were women.   At 
the swimming pool,  I find 30 to35 women in the morning doing aqua 
exercises with their leader.    I have asked the first group, in the 
past,  to consider square dance, but the response is usually some like 
"I would love to do it, but I can't get my husband to come."

Thinking outside of the box:

Whether in a resort or even a small city, has anyone ever tried an "ALL 
WOMEN'S"  square dance club?   Yes, I know there are the lesbian groups, 
but I am talking about "straight" women who just want exercise and 
entertainment, while their husbands fish, shoot horseshoes and golf.

Mike Gormley
www.Mike-Gormley.com
Sebring, FL






From ASDSC at aol.com  Sun Feb 27 12:50:50 2011
From: ASDSC at aol.com (Bonnie Abramson)
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:50:50 -0800
Subject: [Squaredancing] All women's square dance club
In-Reply-To: <4D6A660A.5090002@ARRL.NET>
References: <4D6A660A.5090002@ARRL.NET>
Message-ID: <000001cbd6a6$dfda9330$9f8fb990$@com>

When I lived in El Centro, CA, several (many) years ago, they did have a
predominantly women's club ... it is an area in Imperial County, CA, that is
very popular with snowbirds so they would have square dancing in the
wintertime. As you said, while they may have had husbands, many were widowed
or other wise single so they just set up the club where they just had some
of the women learn the beau's part.  This was back in the '80s so I don't
know if the group still dances, but they were "thinking outside the box" way
back then.

Bonnie Abramson

52nd ASDSC Harvest Hoedown - October 21 - 23, 2011 - Yuba-Sutter
Fairgrounds, Yuba City, CA
Randy Dougherty - Dan Nordbye - Charlie Robertson - TJ & Bruce Chadd -
www.asdsc.org 

51st California State Square Dance Convention - Escape From the Wild! -
April 8 - 10, 2011
Ken Bower, Marshall Flippo, Steve Kopman, Gary Shoemake
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA - www.castate2011.org

Capital City Squares/Prime 8's Stumptown Stomp - May 20 - 22, 2011 -
Guerneville, CA
Joe Saltel & Andy Allemao - www.iagsdc.org/capitalcitysquares




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Subject: [Squaredancing] All women's square dance club

I work in an RV resort of 400 sites.  The other day while at work I 
wandered into our recreation hall and found the line dancers in 
session.   There was at least 40 dancers there and ALL were women.   At 
the swimming pool,  I find 30 to35 women in the morning doing aqua 
exercises with their leader.    I have asked the first group, in the 
past,  to consider square dance, but the response is usually some like 
"I would love to do it, but I can't get my husband to come."

Thinking outside of the box:

Whether in a resort or even a small city, has anyone ever tried an "ALL 
WOMEN'S"  square dance club?   Yes, I know there are the lesbian groups, 
but I am talking about "straight" women who just want exercise and 
entertainment, while their husbands fish, shoot horseshoes and golf.

Mike Gormley
www.Mike-Gormley.com
Sebring, FL




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