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PO Box 2046, Geelong Vic 3220 White Eagle House Fellmongers Road, Breakwater, Geelong Melway Ref 452 F12 Bendigo Bank BSB 633000 Account 107909 -723 President: Cass Allen 0402 447 687 Dance Bookings: Fay Gell 0432 503 997 V. President: Janet Butcher 0414 394 691 Newsletter: [email protected] Secretary: Paul Shadbolt 0419 657 417 Committee Members: Glenda 0411 146 763 Fay 0447 156 418 Treasurer: Warren Butcher 0432 656 650 Yvonne 0447 653 039 Adrian 5243 7874 Social Night: MEMBERSHIP DRAW 7:30pm. Mondays There is a $50 cash prize to be Lessons: won at every one of our club 7:00 p.m. Thursdays dances. Every member who buys a ticket to the dance will Dance: be automatically entered into Monthly - 1st Saturday of the month the draw. President’s Report… Hi everyone, Our Christmas dance, the last dance for this year, was another massive event with over 200 attendees again. Thanks to all our members, visitors and friends that came to GJR's from all over Victoria to celebrate Christmas. Honey B & the Stingers put up their best dance songs and kept the floor full all night. Thanks guys, well done!! The Children's Christmas Party was also of mammoth proportions. We had 39 children and 70 adults. It was a great night, the children soaked up all the dancing and games and had a ball. Santa was a huge hit and the kids swamped him when he gave out the treats. Thanks to Andy for being Santa this year and thanks to “Mrs” Claus (Janet) & Elf (Jan). Thanks also to Larry for his great photos and giving them out to our members which was a nice touch. Thanks also to Yvonne for a great list of music - the kids just loved it. The bit I loved was when the kids sat down on the dance floor and watched their Grandmas and Grandpas do the Maltese Cha Cha. They were so in awe pointing and clapping, it was beautiful to see. Also a big thanks to everyone that helped set up that great night, as well as all of you that attended. Your support at these functions is wonderful for our club so thank you all. On Party Night, which was our last club function for the year, we all said our goodbyes to Malcolm and Fiona with a plaque and flowers and wished them well. We had another great turn out; we gave out 52 certificates to everyone that took part in this year’s lessons. We also welcomed our new Rock n Roll teachers for next year - Chris and Raelene Palmer who are professional teachers from Ballarat. Our lessons start on Thursday February 9th, 2017. I'm sure the interest in learning to Rock n Roll is definitely growing around Geelong. Chris and Raelene have a great line up of dance steps to teach you, so tell your friends to keep Thursday nights free for the best fun you'll ever have learning to Rock n roll. The Summer Festival is just around the corner. What a great start to a new year and I'm so looking forward to it. All the preparations are in place for an exceptional weekend with a great line up of bands. For the Friday night dance we have The Fender Benders, for the Saturday dance we have The Lincolns from SA and on Sunday these bands plus Jump n Jive, with a DJ and Chad Gates Elvis Tribute Show. GJRs are having our own sausage sizzle this year with our brand new BBQ to raise money for Geelong Mums. I'm asking for more helpers to put their name on my roster in half hour slots to do some preparation and selling. 2-3 people each half hour would be good. We need about 24 helpers so please ring me if you can help this great cause. Have a good read of all the newsletter as I'm sure Janet has put some new great stories for you all. The feed-back about our new look newsletter has been very positive. I love that it's colourful and fresh! Don't forget that if you have some stories or reports to add, just email them to Janet and she will be happy to add them to our next edition. I would like to personally wish all our new committee and every one of our members, friends and visitors a very Merry Christmas and safe and healthy New Year. Love to you all and Keep on Rockin’ Cass Love to you ALL .CASS x On a Wing and a Prayer! Hello Lovelies! Thank you so much for all your positive feedback on the last article! This month I have had a few ladies ask me about eyeliner so I have put down a few thoughts. Hope it inspires you to give it a go! Firstly, I cannot recommend Youtube highly enough! There are hundreds of tutorials out there to help you get this right. Pinupdollashleymarie and Denitslava are both gorgeous and have great, quality videos that will help you heaps, but here are a couple of things I have learned along the way… Who knew that winged eyeliner is actually a wedge shape??! I always thought it was kind of a sideways “S” shape where you follow the lashes and then flick out at the end. Nope. This will always come out looking a bit strange. It should be a kind of squashed triangle or wedge shape with the apex about halfway between the outer edges of your eye and the tip of your eyebrow - a good tip is to pencil your brows first so that you have a clear guide as to where your eyeliner should start/finish. The sides of the “triangle” should be pretty close to straight when your eyes are closed. Open your peepers and Voila! Perfect winged eyeliner! If you are anything like me and your eyesight isn’t up to scratch invest in a pair of make-up glasses that have lenses you can flip up. It’s important they flip up not down as you will get better access to your eyes that way. You can get these for about $15 on Ebay. Failing that a shaving mirror or magnifying mirror is a good option. Make sure you have good light and never try to put on eyeliner in a hurry! That’s just a recipe for disaster! And keep a fan handy to dry your eyeliner before you open your eyes. This will prevent wet eyeliner from running into your crease. Aaaargh!! Make sure your hands are steady. Rest your elbows on a table or vanity – even the tap will do. If you have nothing to rest your elbow on rest your pinky on your cheek as a last resort. You don’t have to apply your eyeliner in one sweep – it just looks that way. You can stop and start as often as you like. And remember to BREATHE! Oh, and always make sure there is enough product on your brush. Most tutorials I’ve seen start the eyeliner at the inner corner and work out but I actually prefer to work from the outside in. I just find I can pin point the outer corner better that way. There’s no right or wrong way - just go with what works for you. Always use an eye primer as your eyeliner will last longer - even better if you apply eyeshadow as well. I always wear powdered eyeshadow – it’s just usually skin coloured as I like the bare lid look. Don’t use a cream shadow as they go runny as soon as you get a bit warm and don’t provide a good base for the eyeliner. Always apply your eyeliner before false eyelashes, mascara or curling your lashes.. Don’t pull your eye while you are applying eyeliner. Having said that I usually have to pull just a little to get the inner corners to apply smoothly. I have tried a LOT of eyeliners! As a general rule I find that gel eyeliners don’t go the distance. I usually get to morning tea time and they have started to smudge and smear. Not good. The felt tipped ones usually don’t like going over eyeshadow and are not a true black. They also don’t make it past breakfast! By far and away the best for staying power is an old fashioned waterproof liquid eyeliner. Having said that try and avoid the ones with the long, skinny, soft brushes - leave these for the makeup artists as they are just too hard to control. The best brushes have a nice point and are almost like a Texta. The best eyeliner I have found is called Essence and it’s about $5 or $6 at Priceline. The waterproof one has a blue lid – don’t worry it is black! This stuff stays put no matter what but is easy to remove with Micellar Water. The brush is not great though as it doesn’t come to a nice point but perservereand you should get used it, I did. Last but not least – practice, practice, practice! I wear eyeliner every day and I still have days when things don’t quite go to plan and I have to start over but when you get it right it looks amazing and you feel a million bucks! A man is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished. Zsa Zsa Gabor Summer Festival Packages are now available Please book in soon to secure your spot! Psst! Ladies, at last count we had 17 stalls booked so bring your purse!! Lonnie Lee & The Leemen at Geelong Arts Centre Sat 25th Feb 2017 Paul Shadbolt is taking bookings if you would like to attend a great night of Rock n Roll! Paul Shadbolt 0419 657 417 GJBR would like to welcome Chris and Raelene Palmer as our new teachers for 2017.