On Friday through Sunday, July 15-17,  the Oregon Summer Festival was held in Salem, OR at Blanchet School.  There were only 3 Single Trees in attendance: Connie, Seamans, Gaynor Hintz and Sharon Hahn.  I don't remember seeing anybody else from our area.  Total registered attendance was only between 140-150, but they always have drop ins on Friday or Saturday as well as people like Vickie who heard  we were short of advanced dancers and came on Saturday to help out.    The featured caller was Pat Carnathan from southern California, and he was a super good caller as well as a nice person, very sociable and gregarious as most national callers are and need to be.  It was  a fun event and I only hope that next year it will  be better attended.

It was a relief to see Randy Dibble doing his usual great calling as he had had a minor stroke just 10 days before.  He told us he would be off all medications within a month according to his doctor.  Besides Randy and the featured caller I danced to Scott Zinser and Ian Craig's calling in the advanced hall. Ian did a super good job keeping us on our toes.  Way to go, Ian!  His wife is now an advanced dancer and doing well.  

Our next dance will not be until August 24, the last Friday of the month with K.C. Curtis calling and Jackie Gale cueing.  Wear your Hawaiian outfits to join in on the fun.