American Square Dance Vol. 34, No. 8
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We'd like to meet you! 2 VOLUME 34, No. 8 AMERICAN 1%) AUGUST 1979 SaLIRRE DRNCE 1 Co-editorial 6 Grand Zip THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE 7 By-line WITH THE SWINGING LINES 8 Meanderings 11 Who Needs Gas? 13 Professional Profile 15 28th National Convention 17 Square Dancing In Italy 19 Looking Around 23 Can You Teach An Old Dog New Tricks? 25 29th National Convention 27 Rhyme Time Publishers and Editors 29 Straight Talk Stan & Cathie Burdick 31 Best Club Trick 33 A Grand Square Workshop Editors 35 Square Line Ed Fraidenburg 37 Encore Bob Howell 38 Dancing Tips 39 Calling Tips Record Reviewers 40 Easy Level John Swindle 42 Callerlab Programs Frank & Phyl Lehnert 44 Hem-line 45 Sketchpad Commentary Feature Writers 46 Challenge Chatter Harold & Lill Bausch 47 Problem Clinic Jim Kassel 48 Creative Choreography Mary Jenkins 52 Rave 54 People Dave & Shirley Fleck 56 International News 59 Dandy Idea 60 Product Line Editorial Assistants 61 Flip Side - R/D Reviews Mona Bird 61 Choreography Ratings 62 Flip Side - SID Reviews Mary Fabik 66 Events Ruth Garris 70 S/D Pulse Poll Pat Gillam 71 R/D Pulse Poll Bob Mellen 72 Steal A Little Peek 73 Underlining Mef Merrell 75 Speaking of Singles 77 Feedback 81 Book Nook AMERICAN SQUAREDANCE Maga- 82 Finish Line zine (ISSN 0091-3383) is published by 84 Laugh Line Burdick Enterprises. Second class pos- tage paid at Sandusky, Ohio. Copy deadline first of month preceding date Member of NASRDS of issue. Subscription: $8.00 per year. National Assoc. of S&R/D Suppliers Single copies: $1 each. Mailing address: Box 488, Huron OH 44839. Copyright The appearance of advertisement in 1979 by Burdick Enterprises. All rights American Squaredance does not consti- reserved. tute an endorsement of the product. American Squaredance, August 1979 3 How much do you care about square chosen level program? dancing? Do you care enough to put Or will you gather your group to gripe effort into its preservation, to work that callers are ruining square dancing? towards fun and friendship in square How much do you care? Do you care dance clubs, to consider what's best for enough to rave to your friends about the everyone in making key decisions? fun, the activity, the interests of square Or are you watching a diminishing dancing and encourage a whole new set club membership list, a stifling of good to sign up for lessons next month? Do feeling in overly-zealous workshopping, you care enough to don "angel's" a reluctance to come out to dance or get wings and help? up on the floor, and thinking, "If this Or will you be wringing your hands by continues, I'll drop out, too." New Year's because no new dancers How much do you care? Are you will be joining your club in 1980? going to ingeniously discover ways to How much do you care? combine errands and dance driving to Picture your life without square save gasoline? Are you going to pull dancing. List the things you've done neighboring couples together to car pool (trips, tours, festivals) since you started to coming dances? to dance that are really special Or are you going to put square memories. Consider what other activi- dancing near the bottom of your priority ties you and your partner might enjoy list, forsake all that good exercise, and together. save gas by turning on the "boob Are there things in square dancing tube." you'd like to change? Can these be How much do you care? Will you take changed? Can you help change them? a stand for your chosen club level and Weigh all the factors and decide. Is tell the caller who calls spin chain the square dancing important to you? flippety-scoot that he has overstepped Should it be preserved into the 1980's? his boundaries? Will you veto re-hiring Those who care will make the the caller who does not adhere to the difference. 4 American Squaredance, August 1979 DO YOU NEED CURRENT NEWS? PLUG IN. PLUG INTO A M E RICAN SOURRE DRNCE Hui: off Please start my subscription NOW. My check (or money order) Is enclosed. One Year at $8 Two Years at $14 Canadian and Foreign add $1. per year postage. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP CODE VABOIN mill/ RECORDS ' THE RECORD DESIGNED . WITH THE CAILER IN MIND 6-1 Try this One WW600— I If They Could See Me Now ATTENTION: all dealers Order all new records from ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRIBUTING CO. 6156 Richfield Way, Denver CO 80239 Tel: 303-371-6297 American Squaredance, August 1979 5 change this a little bit. The Heidelberg Hoedowners S/D Club is located in Heidelberg, West Germany. (Yes, the old German town 6tmut Zip with the well-known castle above the river where ye olde publisher had problems making a phone call — See ASD, Jan. '79). The club is one of the largest in Europe and also one of the oldest. Being some 25 years old, the Hoedowners have 140 members, about 60% of them being US service personnel and DOD civilians and the remaining portion German dancers. Language is no problem; some of the best German dancers don't speak English! "Level" seems to be the thing, so We love your magazine. Is there any here is our identification: Mainstream chance of adding a monthly feature on and QS and some from the + 1 and + 2 styling? Are there official rules for programs. A workshop our caller is styling? running is straight + 2. The average At the workshop at the Atlantic City level here in Europe seems to be up to Convention we learned to raise the Quarterlies. skirts with the left hand on the "chain Should you happen to get to the across" call. But last year in Oklahoma Heidelberg area on your travels (milita- City we were told to raise the skirts with ry or tourist, if anyone can afford the the right hand while chaining. One latter), we'd be more than happy to woman in our square managed to get a welcome you among us as our guest! piece of my skirt, too and I had trouble We dance every Wednesday at 7:30 getting loose!— which made me think p.m. in the Patton Barracks Recreation that the first way I learned was best. Center ballroom in Heidelberg. Our I notice that many dancers don't use caller is Al Stevens, taking over from the skirts on "chain across"— maybe Ron Everhart who is leaving for a new I'm not the only one confused. Where assignment at Ft. Knox, Ky. can we find help? Clumski Baloo Betty Stover Heidelberg, Germany Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15227 See Dancing Tips, p. 38 Hello, fellow square dancers around the world! Chances are that you never heard about nor from us. We want to HALL CHAMPAIGN. N_ • I 0, • v N 0111 [SABLE FEW TOWN I 404 per letter ••• • ••• 1-3 .1•••••. 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Many areas overseas are in the processes of organization through which states and localities have already progressed. Bernard Linley tells the status of dancing In Italy. Working together and finding areas of mutual agreement are Important to standardizing our dancing so that visitors and new residents find similarities wherever they go. In February 1979, a survey dealing with round dance cues was published; this month Fred and Kay Haury discuss the results. "We've always done it this way," is one of those phrases that may spell out terminal disease in any organization. Can we learn "new tricks"? Read Al Eblen's article on page 23. Instead of the usual humorous center spread, these two pages this month list the current Callerlab programs. Familiarize yourself with the lists and where your dancing ability lies.