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AS: FEATURES FOR ALL OUR READERS mu 4 Co-editorial 6 Grand Zip 5 By-Line 41 Feedback 7 Meandering 83 Rave 11 Reach Out 13 You Don't Have to Be An Oficer 15 Pro Side of Caller Run Club ROUNDS 15 Pro Side of Committee Run Club 25 Roundalab 17 Fish Camp 61 Flip Side/Rounds 19 S/D Wedding 61 Choreography Ratings 21 Than-n-k You 75 Facing the L.O.D. 23 State Line 27 Encore 29 Linelight SQUARE DANCE SCENE 31 Rhyme Time 52 Challenge Chatter 33 Linear Cycle Round the Globe 66 International News 39 Hemline 71 32nd National Convention 42 Dancing Tins 84 Speaking of Singles 51 LEGACY Spin-off 91 Date-Line 64 People 80 Plumb Line 81 Steal A Peek FOR CALLERS 87 Quest 43 Calling Tips 93 Book Nook 44 Easy Level Page 93 Finish Line 54 Creative Choreography 59 PS/MS LEADERSHIP TIPS 62 Flip Side/Squares 77 S/D Pulse Poll 13 You Don't Have to Be An Officer 79 Underlining the Note Services
Workshop Editors Publishers and Editors Ed Fraidenburg Bob Howell Stan & Cathie Burdick Howie Shirley Feature Writers Member of NASRDS Harold & Lill Bausch Dave Fleck National Association of S&R/D Suppliers Mary Jenkins Russ & Nancy Nichols Gene & Thelma Trimmer Bev Warner AMERICAN SQUAREDANCE Magazine Editorial Assistants (ISSN 0091-3383) is published by Burdick Virginia Bridgman Enterprises. Second class postage paid Mona Bird Bob Mellen at Huron, Ohio. Copy deadline first of Mary Fabik month preceding date of issue. Sub- Mef Merrell scription: $9.00 per year. Single copies: $1. each. Mailing address: Box 488, Record Reviewers Huron OH 44839. Copyright 1983 by Bur• Frank & Phyl Lehnert John Swindle dick Enterprises. All rights reserved.
American Squaredance, March 1983 3 Yesterday was a "crazy" day in the of- fice. Each phone call, letter and remark produced a new laugh, perhaps because of the variety of requests and work being handled. We were mailing one issue and gearing up for the last mad plunge toward deadline for the next. Advertisers wanted more space and more copy in ads already crammed full; a telephoner wanted the graduation ceremony he "knew we had;" a bill collector wanted our accounts to pursue. We changed hats so quickly our heads spun and ultimately we all became immersed in laughter— a day we'll remember! During the same day, the mail brought our exchange copy of the Washington unintended humor of reality." True! State Footnotes, and editors Lee and The next few months include Catherine Eason posed a question we'd meetings for Callerlab, LEGACY and the like to repeat: "Are we taking ourselves National Convention. Much serious too seriously?" We echo their sentiment discussion will occur. When recreation that in light of our National Folk Dance leaders gather, their humor is part and status, we need to extend the "fun" to parcel of the agenda. Let's keep it everyone and perhaps concern there— right in the foreground. The ourselves less with the "burning topics weightier the problem, the more a of the day— dance levels, dropouts, humorous approach will help. We're only teaching methods." in trouble when we lose the ability to While one of our intentions has been laught at ourselves— and to share a for much of ASD to take a light, laugh with others. humorous and joyful approach to square Square dancing has problems? Your dancing, we bog down in serious discus- association/federation/club is confron- sions of problems and in the "mundane" ting them? Meet them with humor— the problems like making ends meet. And problem won't go away, but you'll feel then there comes the day when laughter better able to deal with it positively. just takes over, making tasks more fun Laugh it up this month! Humor may and refreshing one's whole outlook. We become a habit you'll never break! feel better today for the frivolity. Steve Winter fades. Spring is around the cor- Allen says, "Nothing is as funny as the ner. • TNT175 WROTE ME A LETTER by Hank Hanke TP41176 WALK RIGHT BACK '81, RD by Ted May TNT177 STRAWBERRY BLONDE by Wynne Mahler TNT178 JUANITA JONES by Mike Trembly INT179 LET IT SNOW, RD by Stan Riede mu TNT180 ROGER TWO STEP. REI by Gene Trimmer RFD #2 Rt. 7 INT181 WALKIN CHA CHA. RD by Vern Porter St. Albans VT 05478 TNT182 THE MATADOR by Hank Hanks TP11183 LOVE IN YOUR HEART by Jack O'Leary Jane deck Ken Crowley TNT184 ALPINE HOEDOWN/EXPRESS HOEDOWN Li Rrundage lien Miner TNT185 JOURNEY by Hal Petschke TN1186 MY BEST TO YOU. RD by Bill Kansorka TNT187 SWINGING DOWN THE LANE. RD by Betty Mueller THT188 ROW ROW ROW by Al Brundage THT189 IF I WERE A RICH MAN by Ken Crowley TNT19O HAPPY GO LUCKY MORNING. Rd by Jerry Packman TNT191 RING ON MY FINGER by Jim Harris Mike Trombly INT192 MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY by Jack O'Leary 4 American Squaredance, March 1983 BY-LINE 1[1\ < Two "double" articles are highlighted in this issue. Two clubs who wanted to show appreciation to retiring callers, sent stories for publication written by Ila Jean Boggs and John Talbert Smith. The second "double" was taken from Canadian Dancers News and contains rationales for caller and dancer-run clubs by Burt and June Har- vie and by Ron and Barbara Lowe. The question of who should operate SO clubs is an often asked one. Shelia Popwell, author of Clogging and Teaching Clogging, becomes a published poet this month. Don't miss her "fugue." Shelley Emshoff, a student at Texas A & M, upped her grade by sending her ac- Continued on Page 80
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