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President’s Message
I
encourage each of you to attend the September USA Dance on
9/8/10 at the Rhapsody
Ballroom.
This will be a celebration of
National
Ballroom Dance Week,
and we have a deal for you!
First of all,
admission will be waived for SouthernStar Chapter members as our way of
thanking you for being a
member. So if you like to dance
for free, this is your
event! For non members we are offering a
once in a great while deal
of
discounted membership and free admission if you join
that
evening. For $15 you can sign on as a social member for one
year and enjoy the evening dance without charge. As a
member you will continue
to enjoy discounts to USA Dances at
SouthernStar and our neighboring chapters such as Lakeland,
Treasure Coast, White Sands,
etc. You will
also receive the
American Dancer magazine and the StarDancer newsletter so
you
can be up to date on local and national dance events.
Membership
chairperson,
Peggy
Johnston,
will be on hand with
applications,
so plan on joining up that evening. This offer
may not be repeated for
a long time!
The September dance will be a
“Black
and White”
Ball in which
we
encourage everyone to wear all
black
or
white
or a
combination of both.
Shouldn’t be too hard, most ballroom
dancers have a closet full of clothing of these colors. We’ll take a
group picture as well so plan on dressing
up
for
the evening.
The
entertainment will be
Frank
Sliwa
and his
students.
These will be your local fellow dancers so you need to be
there to cheer
them on. Let’s make this a fun and
memorable event!
Speaking of fun, the
August Dance was a pleasant surprise. Lately we have had less attendance
than normal, but not this
past month. Folks I haven’t
seen in months suddenly showed
up
and everyone had a great time. We celebrated
Pete
Peterson’s
birthday
with a huge chocolate cake and a
funny
card to celebrate his latest and greatest birthday.
Carol,
his wife,
told us not to make a fuss. Sorry Carol, but
sometimes we just don’t listen.
Everyone had a piece of
cake and it added to the enjoyment of the evening. It was a
good thing we had a cake as
Lurlene
Gough,
our cookie lady,
was out with a bad cold. We want to thank
Bobbie
Nicholas
for
helping
Jackie
Blount
out with the refreshments. Our
other helpers included
Mike
Nolan
and
Scott
Coates
at the
front door,
Elaine
Derby
and
Edie
DeOlivera
with the door prizes, and Stan Sheppard and
various helpers eith clean
up. Get better soon Lurlene, we all miss you
(and the cookies)!
The Show from Suncoast Ballroom was entertaining as always, and you
can read about in in this newsletter
Thanks to everyone for a great time, and I will see you on the
dance floor.
Mike
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