Archive for Square Dance News
Jun
30
KSD Weekly June 30, 2014
Posted by: | CommentsHappy 4th of July Week, Square Dealers!
Wow, I cannot believe that June is almost gone and July is upon us! That said, we have an opportunity to begin recruiting for new members on Thursday evening at the City of Kennesaw's Salute to America event from 6:00 til 9:30, when fireworks begin. We would like to start handing out KSD flyers and fans as people begin arriving, which means KSD members need to be there by 5:00 or so. An area will be staked off in front of the train depot with red table cloths and our KSD signs. Don't forget to bring your favorite lawn chair, cold beverages, and snacks to eat or share! We hope that many of you will come out to support and participate in our club's recruiting efforts, and enjoy the fellowship, program and fireworks that our city does for us. We have heard that the bands will be showcasing the music of the BEE GEES! Hopefully that will entice many future square dancers to be in the audience!!
What can we do to pick up our visitations?
Just as we do, other area clubs depend on visitors to fill their halls and coffers. Several clubs are still within easy driving distance, and others require a little planning and effort to get there. When we have a couple of squares visit another club, the dance is a lot more fun for everyone. Also, it lets the club we are visiting know we care about our passion (square dancing) and want to continue the fellowship and exercise that we get while dancing with other dancers and callers.
There has been some interest expressed in going back to a scheduled visitation, so KSD members can dance with more clubs in our area. Friday, July 4th, would be a great time to visit the Rebel Reelers in Newnan. This club normally dances the same night that we do, so this is a great opportunity to visit them. Can we get a couple of squares willing to make that trip? Maybe we can even carpool so more would be willing to travel. What more could you ask for on a Friday night – eating ice cream and dancing to Bob Sloman and cuer, Carlene Bohannon!!
A big Yellow Rock and thank you 
to everyone who visited Cherokee Squares, Dudes 'n Darlings and Danc'ing Singles over the weekend. If you have suggestions on how we can pick up our visitations, please let your officers know.
to everyone who visited Cherokee Squares, Dudes 'n Darlings and Danc'ing Singles over the weekend. If you have suggestions on how we can pick up our visitations, please let your officers know. We are still looking for a few members to step up and coordinate or co-chair with your officers, a few committees and events:
- Pigs and Peaches
- Decorations for Dances and Events
- Big Shanty Festival
- Kitchen Coordinator for Thursday night lessons.
Please let one of us know how you would like to support KSD!
And, remember, that the most important recruiting activity is how YOU find potential students and bring them to class! It all starts in September, so share our FB Fan Page far and wide! www.facebook.com/KSDClub.
UPCOMING EVENTS (8:00-10:00 unless noted):
July 3 — Recruiting event at City of Kennesaw's Salute to America! More info coming soon!
July 4 — Visitation at Rebel Reelers, Ice Cream Social with Bob Sloman. 8:00-10:00, Coweta County Recreation and Parks Dept., 39 Hospital Road, Newnan.
July 5 — Visitation at Wheel Arounds Celebrate Our Heritage Dance, Mountain View Community Center
July 11 — Visitation at Cherokee Squares Ho-Made Ice Cream Dance, Woodstock Jaycees Bldg.
July 11 — Alternative visitation to Dudes 'n Darlins Regular Dance Mountain View Community Center
July 12 — Visitation at Dancing Singles Luau Dance, St. Jude Episcopal Church – Casual Attire permitted
July 18 — Chris Burchfield visits KSD again and joins Ray and Anne for our Luau Dance
July 19 — Join the Silver Stars at the North Georgia Mountain Fair Square Dance Pavilion in Hiawassee (10 am to 4 pm)
July 25 — Visitation Cherokee Squares Favorite Team Dance, Woodstock Jaycees Bldg.
July 26 — Visitation to Dudes 'n Darlins Farewell Dance (they are disbanding and will not be dancing anymore), Mountain View Community Center
Aug 1 — KSD's Pie and Ice Cream Dance. Bring your favorites!
Aug 2 — Visitation Lads 'n Lassies Elvis' Blue Hawaii Luau, St Joseph's Episcopal Church, McDonough
Aug 3 — Pink Ribbon Square Dance, 2:30 – 5:00pm, Mountain View Community Center – **We will collect donations at our July 18th dance.
Attached is the newest KSD Kitchen Duty Roster beginning with our next dance, July 18th. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Marian Ley.
Don't forget that Anne has her surgical procedure on July 2nd. Please keep her and Gup in your thoughts and prayers.
See you in a square!
Julie and Bill Jarrett
KSD Presidents
Jun
24
KSD Weekly 06242014
Posted by: | CommentsHi, Square Dealers!
Bill and I (yes, of course, I am writing this newsletter) want you to know how excited we are to be taking the helm as presidents of our wonderful club! We look forward to working with Tom and Ann Ryan, Raiford Peacock, Elaine Vess, and Elisa Pate, and you, our members, to continue moving our club forward, in great squares, and dancing to terrific callers. Also a big shout-out goes to Marian Ley for volunteering to oversee Kitchen Duty Scheduling, and to Johnny and Linda DeBoard for being our Procurement Chairs. They will make sure we have plenty of plastic ware, plates, cups, napkins, etc.
We had a great time at our KSD Anniversary and Caller & Cuer Appreciation Dance Friday! Thank you to everyone who attended and made this dance special. We were also happy to see many of our members who have not been with us for awhile! I am positive that both Ray and Anne appreciated all the wonderful thank-you cards. Thank you members for supporting the most important people in our club!!!
An Update on Anne: She has an exploratory surgical procedure scheduled for July 2nd. KSD sent cards and flowers, but if you want to send her a card, her address is in the attached, current club roster.
We will be handing out flyers about our upcoming square dance lessons to the crowd at the City of Kennesaw's Salute to America on July 3rd. The program runs from 6:00 – 9:30. We hope that many of you will come out to support and participate in our club's recruiting efforts, and enjoy the wonderful program and fireworks that our city does for us. Please remember that the most important recruiting activity is how YOU find potential students and bring them to class! It all starts in September, so share our FB Fan Page far and wide! www.facebook.com/KSDClub.
We are looking for a few members to step up and chair or co-chair a few committees and events:
- Pigs and Peaches
- Decorations for Dances and Events
- Big Shanty Festival
Please let one of us know how you would like to support KSD!
We appreciate and applaud the efforts of our out-going officers. Thank you all so much for your dedication.
You will notice in the upcoming events that Dudes 'n Darlins are folding and their last dance is July 26th. Last Saturday four of our KSD members visited the Wheel Arounds dance, and they had a total of three squares. Unless we start visiting other clubs, we are headed in the same direction as other clubs in our area.
UPCOMING EVENTS (8:00-10:00 unless noted):
June 28 — Visitation at Dudes 'n Darlins Hot Dog Dance, Mountain View Community Center
June 29 — Visitation at Danc'n Singles 5th Sunday All Plus Dance, 2:30-5:00, South Cobb Community Center, Mableton
July 3 — Recruiting event at City of Kennesaw's Salute to America! More info coming soon!
July 5 — Visitation at Wheel Arounds Celebrate Our Heritage Dance, Mountain View Community Center
July 11 — Visitation at Cherokee Squares Ho-Made Ice Cream Dance, Woodstock Jaycees Bldg.
July 11 — Alternative visitation to Dudes 'n Darlins Regular Dance Mountain View Community Center
July 12 — Visitation at Dancing Singles Luau Dance, St. Jude Episcopal Church – Casual Attire permitted
July 18 — Chris Burchfield visits again and joins Ray and Anne for our Luau Dance
July 19 — Join the Silver Stars at the North Georgia Mountain Fair Square Dance Pavilion in Hiawassee (10 am to 4 pm)
July 25 — Visitation Cherokee Squares Favorite Team Dance, Woodstock Jaycees Bldg.
July 26 — Visitation to Dudes 'n Darlins Farewell Dance (they are disbanding and will not be dancing anymore), Mountain View Community Center
Aug 2 — Visitation Lads 'n Lassies Elvis' Blue Hawaii Luau, St Joseph's Episcopal Church, McDonough
Aug 3 — Pink Ribbon Square Dance, 2:30 – 5:00pm, Mountain View Community Center – We will collect donations at our July 18th dance.
See you in a square!
Julie and Bill Jarrett
KSD Presidents
Jun
18
KSD Weekly 06182014
Posted by: | CommentsHi, Square Dealers!
Friday's dance is our KSD Anniversary and Caller & Cuer Appreciation Dance! Ray and Anne do an AWESOME job for KSD, so it is really important that we demonstrate our appreciation for all they do for our club. We encourage our Life Members and folks who haven't been to a dance in some time to please join us for this annual event. We would love to visit with you and have you in our squares! Thank you in advance for supporting the most important people in our club!!!
This is the last dance that our current officers will be at the helm, as the new officers take over in July. Please give them all the support you can! If you are willing to volunteer to help the club, please contact them any time. They will surely be able to identify opportunities for you to support our great club. For example, we are still looking for a VOLUNTEER TO TAKE OVER THE PHOTOGRAPHY for the next year. If you have a camera and a computer and would like to volunteer, we would love to hear from you!
Here's a special note from Jim and Karen Mann: Thank you, KSD, for the privilege of being your officers for the last 3 1/2 years! We appreciate the efforts from all of the officers with whom we served, Randy, Patti, Dan, Andrea, Denise, Albury, Al, Julia, and Heather. We have enjoyed working with you and becoming good friends! We wish all the best to our incoming officers, Julie, Bill, Tom, Ann, Raiford, Elaine, and Elisa. We hope you enjoy the experience as much as we did! Thank you, Square Dealers — we'll see you in a square soon!
We will be handing out flyers about our upcoming square dance lessons to the crowd at the City of Kennesaw's Salute to America! We are checking with Kennesaw Parks & Rec to see if they would like us to do a demo dance, too. We'll share scheduling info with you as soon as it's available. Please remember that the most important recruiting activity is how YOU find potential students and bring them to class! It all starts in September, so share our FB Fan Page far and wide! www.facebook.com/KSDClub
UPCOMING EVENTS (8:00-10:00 unless noted):
June 20 — KSD Anniversary and Caller & Cuer Appreciation Dance
June 21 — Visitation at Wheel Arounds Summer Sunset Dance, Mountain View Community Center
June 28 — Visitation at Dudes 'n Darlins Hot Dog Dance, Mountain View Community Center
June 29 — Visitation at Danc'n Singles 5th Sunday All Plus Dance, 2:30-5:00, South Cobb Community Center, Mableton
July 3 — Recruiting event at City of Kennesaw's Salute to America! More info coming soon!
July 5 — Visitation at Wheel Arounds Celebrate Our Heritage Dance, Mountain View Community Center
July 11 — Visitation at Cherokee Squares Ho-Made Ice Cream Dance, Woodstock Jaycees Bldg.
July 18 — Chris Burchfield visits again and joins Ray and Anne for our Luau Dance!
Aug 3 — Pink Ribbon Square Dance, 2:30 – 5:00pm, Mountain View Community Center
See you in a square!
Your KSD Officers