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The Remainder of our 2007/ 2008 Dance Schedule.

DATE

CALLER

CUER

May 16, 2008

Debbie Steinkirchner

 

Bill Holm

JJuly 13, 2008

Roger Schappell

Bill Holm

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Where do we dance?

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Dances are held each First, Third, and Fifth Fridays of each month, September, thru May at the City Park Building, also referred to as "The Club Tico" just north of the City Park Lake, which is located just north of West Mulberry Ave.The stree address of "The Club Tico" building is 1599 City Park Drive, Ft.Collins, Colorado.

Rounds begin at 7:30 PM, square dancing begins at 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Visitors and Singles are welcome.We do have hearing enhancement equipment available at all dances.

As with most square dance clubs, our regular dance season begins early in September, and runs through the fall and winter, and comes to an end in the spring time near the end of May

However , there are summer square dances at numerous places in the state and the country. Click Here to access a partial list of summer dances.

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THE BARN DANCE on July 13 2008

Yee Haw! Come to the Square Dusters' Barn Dance!

Sunday July 13, 2008

Rounds 2:00 -2:30 Squares 2:30 -5:00 Barbeque Supper 5:00

Donation: $10 per person

Berthoud Barn 619 1/2 4th Street  Berthoud , CO

Caller : Roger Schappell Cuer: Bill Holm

Casual Attire.

We do have hearing enhancement equipment available.

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  Summer Dances

.Red Rock Ramblers in Lyons, Colo. Has dances every Saturday evening thru the summer.

June July & August at the Lyons Elemantary Gym-4Th and Stickney, Lyons, Colorado

Rounds begin at 7:45 PM, Square dancing, 8:15 PM to 10:30 PM

Berthoud Barn Owls.-----Summer Time Squares 619-1/2 4Th Street Berthoud Colorado

Second and Fourth Wednesdays 7:00 to 9:00 PM June, July and August 2008

July 4th, 2008 Cheyenne Frontier Days, with Prairie Promenaders.

For More information, call Dave or MaryAnn Guille @ (307)-638-3541.

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LESSONS

ATTENTION: A NEW BEGINNERS CLASS WILL BEGIN SUNDAY SEPTEMBER, 14, 2008 7:00PM, AND RUN THRU DECEMBER 2, 2008. SIGN UP DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

The introduction Dance will be a FREE Ice Cream Social with Club Members.

Y'all Come! Heah?

The lesson location will be at T.R. Paul Academy for Arts and Knowledge,

4512 McMurry Dr. Ft. Collins, CO (This is one block north of

E. Harmony Rd.)

The instructor is Roger Shappell, a well known Square Dance Caller through-out Colorado.

Lessons will be held on each Sunday and Tuesday evenings from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Costs of the lessons will be $5.00 per person (a real deal for a 2 hour lesson). Adults are $5.00 each, Youth, age 9 to 18 is $1.00.

Singles are welcome, as partners will be available.

Hearing enhancement equipment will be available.

Any questions, call

Bonnie Buck- (219-0549 cell) Square Dusters,

or John Pedas (403-9526) Ft. Collinaders.

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Club Officers

Co-Presidents-Larrry and Jeri Frederick (970)-577-0859

Co-Vice Pres- Cindy & Bill Focht (970) -351-6737

Co-Secretarys Nancy & Jeff McNair (970)-225-9626

Co-Treasurers -Edwin and Clair Rehme (303)-776-6809

Club Caller: Roger Schappell (970)-229-0288

To Contact us by email, write to---<dusters@fortnet.org>

Return to top of page                      History Of Square Dusters Club

We have been attempting to find as close as possible, just when the name "Square Dusters" was chiseled in stone. But so far no one has found any buried stone tablets in or around Ft. Collins. Perhaps there may be some buried beneath Horse Tooth Reservoir! So it seems that a reasonable guess might be about 1959, thus the club will celebrate its' 50th anniversary in the year 2009.

In the mid 1950's square dancing was going through a renaissance and began to be of interest to more and more people. A group of workers at Woodward Governor Co, here in Ft.Collins, began to square dance among themselves, and soon had a small private group of square dancers. They danced in a small company warehouse at lunch time or other off work hours. But, as is always the case, there was a party pooper in the form of one of the company higher-ups who did not appreciate workers dancing on company property. Suddenly, they had no place to dance. But the activity provided so much in the way of social fun, no one wanted to end it then and there. No one can recall the exact year all of this occurred but it was after the company relocated the new plant at Lemay and Drake in the early 1960's.

In order to continue dancing, it was necessary to find a place in town, which could be rented, but the costs of dancing in a rented building made it a priority to increase membership in order to spread the costs over a wider member base. So, the word was passed around the area and one by one, they gained new members. A name was needed for the club, and thus the Square Dusters square dance club came into being. The first club caller was Jim Vitch. In the mid 1960's Ray Boyd became the caller and called for many years. He is now one of Square Dusters charter members. The club flourished and over the years Square Dusters and square dancing evolved as we know it today.

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Member Message Board

On Thursday evening, August 21, 2008 at 6:00 PM, all members are urged to participate in a Pot Luck Supper andbusiness meeting, at one of the shelters in City Park, just north of Club Tico. Look for a homemade sign or some club members which will indicate which shelter we shall use.

LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SQUARE DANCING

Check This Link!
It connects to a very interesting web page which features animated circles (ladies) and squares (men) demonstrating all square dance calls. Check it out, it is fun to watch!
It even has music!
A very interesting web page of animated figures demonstrating sq dance calls.
http://members.tripod.com/~noriks/ENGLISH/English-Index3.html.

A good source of all kinds of square dance stuff-next line down:

http://www.dosado.com

Fort Collinaders The other square dance club in Ft. Collins.


FortNet A great web site to find more about Ft. Collins!

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