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In August, the social attracted a great number of callers from nearby Orange County, even Palm
Springs! It was a great time to meet and mingle, and see how others are doing.
Ken Bower presented a workshop of choreographic ideas emphasizing smooth flow and
unique yet easy maneuvers to make an event interesting and fun.
One promising experimental call is "Retain Your Lane". Starting in parallel ocean waves, the centers do a Remake (single hinge, centers trade, cast off three-quarters) while the ends Circulate two positions. He credits Bob Elling as the originator of the call, but Bob says "Nope, not me". Ah, the vagueries of experimental calls!
Afterwards, Ken headed a discussion on the challenges facing the
dance community including increasing hall rents, the ratio of dancing time to
non-dancing time during the evening, retaining existing dancers, and new dancer recruitment.
Special thanks to our hostess, Donna, who was instrumental in arranging
the meeting place!
At the June meeting, John Marus performed a surprise quiz to demonstrate recent Callerlab
changes to the Basic and Mainstream lists.
Complicating the quiz was the fact that some of the calls were formerly Quarterly Selections or had been on the Plus list for a long time before they were moved. Fortunately, some members correctly remembered that higher levels incorporate all of the lower levels. Thus answers of "Oh, Challenge" were correct, if unexpected.
Overall people did well on the exam, even when Acey Deucy (from the Plus list) was presented.
At the April meeting, stars were investigated at length: two couple, four couple, same gender,
and "head man with your corner make a star".
Robert Woodard, Ron Nelson, Carl McCullough, John Marus, Jane Marus, Jimmy Akin, Steve Woodard, and Dave Heffron participated in the review and Q&A.
At the January meeting, the existing slate of officers was thanked for their service over the
past year. Dick Neumann, Jimmy Akin, Steve Van Keuren, Carl McCullough, and Buddy Weaver (not shown) did a great job! Dick, Jimmy, and Steve were railroaded returned to office.
John Marus is the new Program Chairman, George Crissman is the new Vice President. Now George will
HAVE to give us a picture!
At the October and November meetings we had plenty of time to sift through donated
music from Ann Walker. Many favorite hard-to-find and out-of-print tunes were
available. Thank you, Ann!
Pictured are Jimmy Akin, Steve Woodard, Robert Woodard, and John Marus against a Christmas background.
At the September meeting, Ken Ritucci (Callerlab accredited caller-coach) presented
a clinic on choreography, presentation, and music. Each member present was allowed
microphone time for evaluation.
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