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BOX 687 BLUE S IN1 L] RIDGEWOOD, N.J. 07451-0687 EXCLUSIVE MASTER DISTRIBUTOR FOR "STING" AND SNOW AMERICAN CO SQURRE ORNCE VOLUME 43, No. 9 SEPTEMBER, 1988 THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE WITH THE SWINGING LINES ASD FEATURES FOR ALL OUR READERS SPEAK 4 Co-Editorial 6 Grand Zip 5 By-Line 31 Straight Talk 7 Meandering with Stan 39 Feedback 11 Touch Someone 13 Sept. School Bells Are Ringing SQUARE DANCE SCENE 15 Friends Across the Square 21 USDA 17 Suspense! Adventure! Mystery! 47 A/C Lines (Adv.-Challenge) 19 Teen Topics 60 International News 23 Encore 77 Date-Line 25 Hem-Line 27 Best Club Trick 29 Hats Off to Manny Amor! ROUNDS 33 Party Line 34 Product Line 17 Suspense! Adventure! Mystery! 51 Dancing Tips 41 Cue Tips 53 Puzzle Answers 45 Facing the L.O.D. 54 Cartoon Contest 67 Flip Side/Round 62 Disc-Count 73 R/D Pulse Poll 64 People in the News 97 Sketchpad Commentary 65 Plumb Line 79 Puzzle Page 80 Narragansett Callers FOR CALLERS 81 Rhyme Time 44 Steal A Peek 82 Front Line Coverage 48 Easy Level Page 83 Food For Thought/ECMA 53 Calling Tips 84 Square Dancers' Compassion 56 Creative Choreography 89 Linear Cycle Around the Globe 59 PS:MS/QS 92 Dandy Idea 68 Flip Side/Square 105 Book Nook 72 S/D Pulse Poll 106 Finish Line 101 Underlining the Note Services 108 Laugh Line EEEEEEE IFEEECE. EWEE.VEEE,.C..EEE.IE. E. %E. Editorial Assistants Publishers and Editors Mona Bird Mary Jane Connerth Stan & Cathie Burdick Mary Fabik Connie Maike Member of NASRDS Bob Mellen Jean Wright National Association of S&R/D Suppliers Workshop Editors American Squaredance Magazine (ISSN-091- Ed Fraidenburg Bob Howell 3383) is published by Burdick Enterprises. Walt Cole Second class postage paid at Huron. Ohio. Feature Writers Copy deadline five weeks preceding first day Harold & Lill Bausch Bev Warner of issue month. Subscription: $10.00 per year Mary Jenkins Ed Foote plus postage. (U.S. Postage $2. per year. Can. & Foreign postage $3. per year.) Single copies: Record Reviewers $1.25 each. Mailing address: PO Box 488, Frank & Phyl Lehnert Huron OH 44839. Copyright 1988 by Burdick Canadian Representative Enterprises. All rights reserved. Orphie Marcellus 3 American Squaredance. September 1988 eptember has rolled around again. S Square Dance Month is upon us. Many clubs and associations have ordered the LEGACY promotion packets over the last two years, and we feel confi- dent that those who implemented several of the promotional ideas were rewarded with increased class memberships. For most of 1988, we have included in these pages stories of square dancers helping other square dancers, both friends in home clubs and strangers on the road. We have highlighted occasions where the special bond among those in the activity has been in evidence. We have experienced again, just a few days before this writing, an example of long distance friendships. A caller and taw from southernmost Florida visited two of their club's dancers in northern New York, to join in good conversation. and took an hour off to come by and have By the way, a good friend from many coffee with us at Silver Bay. When we talk conventions, photographer Ichiro Fujima, about friends in square dancing, their ad- has been seriously ill and is recovering dresses range from coast to coast, north from stomach surgery. Square dance to south. This is not just because of the friends may send greetings to Ichiro at magazine; many dancers who attend 3-38-3 Daita, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 155, dance conventions and/or seminars have Japan. Ichiro is a familiar figure, wheel- friends all over their states, the country ing his tripod around the square dance and the world. floor, shooting thousands of pictures. Just after this issue is delivered to the Why all the repetition about square printer, your editors will be heading slight- dance friendships, you ask. We think this ly north for the Canadian National Con- is one of the greatest assets of the activi- vention in Hamilton, Ontario. After work- ty, and we haven't emphasized it enough ing at the U.S. events for 20 years, the in recent years. We need to stress all the thought of attending a convention for fun benefits of square dancing—good exer- was appealing. We also know that old and cise, better health, less stress, fun, good new friends are waiting to square up and friends—as we persuade others to join us. WAGON WHEEL RECORDS 8459 Edmaru Ave.. Whittier CA 90605 (213-693-5976) New Round Dance Release WW812 RED CARNATIONS A smooth and easy waltz by Dave & Opal Hallman 45 rpm flip/inst. with cues by Dave Hallman Special Hoedown Release WW121 BILLY JOHN/FREDDIE'S FANCY ATTENTION, CHOREOGRAPHERS: Sets In Order Label Round Dance Music is now available for new dances. For information, write Bob Ruff at the above address. 4 Amencan Squarectance. September 1988 M y! How time rolls by! Jo Jan Nunley reminds us that the school bells of BY-LINE September are calling us to another season of fun in square dancing. Follow- < ing through on the "Co-Editorial," Beverly Ruuth describes a friend who is no longer with us in a story that will remind many of us of dancers we have known. Gloria Kilner, in her round dance newsletter, Grapevine, published her Sherlock Holmes tale, a good one for both round and square dancers. Did you ever stop to think that you miss opportunities for friendship by not attending your association meetings? Marilyn Niebart, co-producer of Square Dance Videos, sent us the article on her friend and caller, Manny Amor, a man of great humor and many hats! Finally, don't miss "Teen Tempo" by Karen Saxton. Karen originally wrote about this problem in May, 1987, and sent her follow-up after the Anaheim Convention. We hope it will generate some discussion. Teens are the dancers of the present and the future. Do we want to shut them out? Let's hear from you! Happy Square Dance Month to all of you from the staff at ASD! 1 ASDS 89 26. Eureka Records 85 51. Mustang Records 39 76. Scope Records 6 2 ASD Tours 14 27. Fine Tune Records 64 52. Nat. S/D Campers 44 77. Sea Squares 96 3 Ashton Electronics 24 28. Ed Foote 61 53. Nat S/D Directory 76 78. Shirley's Shoppe 92 4 Authentic Patterns 104 29 Four Bar B Records 28 54. New England Caller 35 79. Silver Sounds 94 5. Bach. & Bachelorettes 61 30 Gateway S/D Ent. 84 55. Nickel Records 68 80. Meg Simkins 72.95 6 Badge-A-Minit 69 31. Gold Star Video 86 56. Nita Smith 88 81. So. Cal. Callers 60 7 Badge Holders 51 32. Grenn Records 105 57. October Square Up 86 82. Sophia T's 60 8 Bermuda Convention 50 33. Barbara Harrelson 37 58. Ox Yoke Shop 41 83. Square Cuts 88 9. Blackwood Travel 47 34. Heartland Studios 22 59. P-D-0 Recordings 36 84. S/Dancers Closet 63 10. Bonnie's Boutique 62 35. Hi-Hat Records 87 60 Palomino S/D Service 76 85. S/Dance Videos 50 11 The Catchall 33 36. Hilton Audio Prod. 20 61. Bill Peters 52 86. Steppin' Out 40 12. Chaparral Records 26 37. J & J Upholstery 88 62. Pettipac 58 87 Supreme Audio 2, 107 13. Charmz-Reaction 61 38. Kalox Records 71 63. R & J Specialties 73,77 88. Swing Thru 107 14 Chinook Records 52 39. Kirkwood Lodge 94 64 R & L Records 32 89 Thunderbird Rec. 102 15. Jim Cholmondeley 105 40. Lee Kopman 67 65 Ranch House Rec. 34 90. TNT Records 62 16. Chores Connection 61 41. Kroening's 70 66. Random Sound 27 91 Tortuga Exp. Tours 10 17. Cimmaron Records 31 42. Lasry Caller Supply 62 67. Rawhide Records 16 92 Triple R West. Wear 101 18 Circle D Records 66 43. London Bridge Fest 93 68. Red Boot Boys 102 93. Twelgrenn 66 19 Daisy 0 81 44. LouMac Records 80 69. Red Boot Prod. 12 94.Ute Records 65 20 Bill Davis 95 45 Don Malcom 62 70. Rhythm Records 38 95. VeeGee Patterns 90 21 Dell Enterprises 23 46. McAllen C. ot C. 18 71. Ritaa's Quiltique 11 96. Venture Records 45 22 Double D Productions 63 47. Merrbach Rec.Serv. 98 72. Rochester Shoes 100 97. Wagon Wheel Rec. 4 23 Eddie's & Bobbie's 49 48. Micro Plastics 60 73. Royal Holiday 30 98. Western Sq. Int. 87 24. English Mountain 46 49. Mountain Records 63 74. Royal Records 103 99 World S/D Cony 42-43 25 ESP Records 82 50.