Feb. 10th - Caller Les Seeley for Sweetheart 48th Birthday Dance

Join us when Les Seeley calls for our Feb. 10, 2012 sweetheart birthday dance.  Since 1990 he has been the primary caller for the River City Dancers in Milwaukie, Oregon.  Club members say that he is not only a good, patient and fun teacher, he is always an innovative caller.  He has been calling since 1987.  He is a favorite caller for many other clubs in Oregon.

Les called for two caller run clubs for many years -- the Columbians, a Plus level club in Portland, Oregon; and the Shadow Casters, an advanced level club.  The Seeleys continue to call regularly for the River City Dancers and have an all position / dance by definition group for Plus dancers known as the Diamond Cutters.  Les does lots of guest appearances for other clubs, time permitting, and calls regularly for the Tumbleweeds, Plus and, once each month for the B & Bs.  Les’ favorite thing in calling is singing with other caller friends.  Les is one of the founding members of The Crew which is Daryl Clendenin, Randy Dibble, Jim Hattrick and, himself.

We are looking forward to a wonderful Single Trees 48th Birthday dance. We invite members from other clubs to join us to celebrate our best dance of the year!

We're all going to Mid-Winter Festival

January 27-29, 2012:

 

This is the time of year when we all get together from the Emerald Area and sashay up to Albany to have a great time with lots of fellow square dancers.  Hope to see you all there.  Single Trees will be dark on January 27th for that reason. Find out more about the festival by clicking on the link below.

 

Mid-Winter Festival

Linn County Fairgrounds

Albany, Oregon

January 13, 2012 - Black Cat Dance and New Dancer Dance

Our Black Cat dance is lots of fun when the blacklight goes on and we dance with white gloves, or white shirts with most of our clothes being dark.  It is a challenge, but we only do it for a few dances.  I wonder if we will have the black cat wandering around between squares this year?  We hope all the new dancers show up and have a great time.

Our caller this time is Reneé Ruud from Oregon City.  We've had the pleasure of her wonderful voice when she came down with Les Seeley for our birthday dance last year.  She has called for the Bachelors and Bachelorettes, the Mix and Mingles in Tualatin, and co-called with Les Seeley and Randle Dibble at the USA West convention and has also co-called with Daryl Clendenin.  Reneé been co-teaching plus, basic and mainstream lessons for the River City Dancers, the club she belongs to. So come and dance your hearts out, support our new dancers, and have a great time with Reneé. I'm sure you'll be glad you did.

Great time had by all: Christmas Square Dance Video

Thanks to George Hermann for calling a fun holiday dance!

Harvest Dances in November!

Nov. 11th - Western Round Up and Chili Feed - caller K.C. Curtis
K.C. has called for the Toe Draggers in Kinton, Oregon, just outside of Beaverton since 2006.  He has one of the nicest singing voices around and a good sense of humor. He also sings (and calls) in harmony with the Wild Cards.  We have all enjoyed K.C.'s calling in the past, so come out in full measure and enjoy a fun night of dancing; and wear your western gear if you have it!  We'll have a chili feed at the break.

Nov. 25th - the "after turkey" dance - caller Peter Wood
Nothing like a little square dancing to get you back in shape after the Thanksgiving feasting.  Peter will keep you moving and grooving to his fun dance tunes.  It's a fine thing to support our local callers and get together with square dance friends. Peter has called for Pioneers and Petticoats in Canyonville, Oregon but he lives just around the corner from us. He has also called at several of the U.S. West square dance conventions that many of us have had the privilege of attending. So come on out and move those feet!

October Dances are Fall Festive!

14th - Octoberfest Dance and a Food Drive, with caller Mike Halley, one of the Wild Cards.  He has a really good singing voice! Hot dogs and all the fixings will be served.  We ask members to bring canned food that the club will donate to FOOD for lane County.

28th - Halloween Party Dance, with caller Scott Zinser who called for our Sock Hop in September. We often have some very interesting costumes and a few prizes for some of the best ones.

29th - Cascade Callers and Cuers will have a Halloween Dance as well at our hall, making it a double-header weekend to stretch your imaginations and drag another costume out of the closet.

September Dances and Callers - 2011

9th -   Terry Halley from Gresham was the caller.
He is a member of the square dance callers group the "Wild Cards" composed of KC Curtis, Mike Halley and himself who call in harmony.  This fall the other members of the group will call at our club.

23rd - School Daze Sock Hop, Caller: Scott Zinser from Portland.  

Scott is a "regular" on the circuit of clubs in neighboring Oregon and southern Washington cities. He has called for clubs in Tacoma, Vancouver, Salem, Eugene/Springfield, Roseburg, Grants Pass, Medford, Redmond, Bend, Prineville, Coos Bay, Port Orford, Toledo, Rickreall, Seaside, and Yreka. He travels from 8,000 to 9,000 miles per year around Oregon to dances. Scott has been on the program at Oregon's Summer Festival and Mid-Winter Festival for many years. He also attends and calls at Central Oregon Round-up each year. Besides all that, he has been the caller on a number of parade floats in Oregon, including General Canby Days in Canby, the Rose Festival Star-Light Parade in Portland, and the Grape Festival in Milwaukie. And, he was also the caller for "International Showcase of Dancing" held in Portland each year for several years.