The new dance year got off to a good start at the Single Trees Sept. 15, 2023 Sock Hop Dance with Craig Abercrombie calling and cueing.  Craig always does a fine job of calling and is especially good with this theme.  We were happy to dance to his cueing as well that night.  We had fewer out of town visitors that night, but those that attended enjoyed themselves and also liked the root beer floats that our president and vice president served at a formal sit-down break.  We had lots of over-sized white shirts as well as t-shirts paired with blue jeans just like in the 50's.  There was also a few poodle skirts on hand.  Just the way to kick off a new dance season.

Our next dance will be this coming Friday, Sept. 22 with Mark Wheeler calling and Christina Corelli cueing.  These two should keep the floor happy by calling and cueing their best.

Here is a group shot from Friday, Sept. 15's dance.  My thanks to Melba Walker's camera for the photo.

 

Our president Joy Pitts in yellow is front and center.

See you all in a square soon.,

Gaynor Hintz

Club Reporter

On the fourth  Friday, Aug. 25, Single Trees had another fun dance with Mark Wheeler down from Portland to call for us and Jackie Gale from Sweet Home cueing for us.  Mark always finds good music, and we love his friendly manner of calling.  He learned well from Jim Hattrick whom we still miss and think of frequently.  Thank you, Mark and Jackie, for the fine calling and cueing.

The theme that night was Hawaiian Nights.    We had quite a turnout of dancers wearing their Hawaiian finery--muu-muus, Hawaiian shirts, leis, and flowers in the hair.  It was quite festive.  There was a give-away of pineapples.  Everyone had a great time and I'm sure are looking forward to our next dance in September.  Here are 23 dancers, one caller and one cuer wearing their best, minus Bill Gale who wanted to protect his foot which had just had surgery performed on it recently.  There were some not in the photo who had forgotten to dig out their Hawaiian gear.

Betty from Single Trees dancing with Pete from Roseburg.

                                 Irene from Sweet Home dancing with Dick from Roseburg.

We had 7 dancers come from Lebanon to dance with us and a couple of dancers from Roseburg.  They definitely added to the fun that night.

In September we will dance on the third and fourth Fridays at the Emerald Square Dance Center on Yolanda and 20th in Sprinfield.  Sept. 15 will be our Sock Hop dance with Craig Abercrombie both calling and cueing for us.  This will be a really fun night with root beer floats provided by the club and our president and vice president.  Please let all your square dancing friends know about this fun event.  Mark Wheeler will be back calling for us at our Ducks versus Beavers dance  and Jackie Gale will be cueing.

See you all on the floor.  Let the new dance year begin!

Gaynor Hintz

Club reporter