AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE APRIL 1982 THE 1982 WORLD'S FAIR MAY•OCTOBFR 1982 KNOXVILLE. TENNESSEE USA "THE BOSS" by ettiada Power enough for 100 squares— twice the power of our previous models, yet small and lightweight for 4 1\ quick, convenient portability. 0 Exceptional Reliability— proven In years of square dance use. A $1,000. Value— but priced at Just $635.! Why the P-400 is the Finest Professional Sound System Available This 17-pound system, housed In a 14"x14"x5" sewn vinyl carrying Is easy to transport and set up, yet will deliver an effortless 120 R.M.S. watts of clear, clean power. Conservative design which lets the equipment "loaf"results in high reliability and long life. Yet this small powerhouse has more useful features than we have ever offered before: VU meter for convenient visual sound level Indication Two separate power amplifiers Two separately adjustable microphone channels Optional remote music control 5-gram stylus pressure for extended record Ilfe (Others use up to 10!) Int3rnal strobe BUILT-IN music-only monitor power amplifier Tape Input and output Convenient control panel Exclusive Clinton Features Only Clinton has a floating pickup/turntable suspension, so that an accidental bump as you reach for a control knob will not cause needle skip. Only Clinton equipment can be operated on an inverter, on high line voltage, or under conditions of output overload without damage. Only Clinton offers a dual speed control— normal and extended range (0-80 r.p.m.) and automatic speed change from 33 to 45 rpm. Clinton alone rates power output, supplies a comprehensive service handbook including SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS for easy emergency service, and makes available plug-in components for such service. We Back Up Our Products If you don't like the P-400 for any reason, return it within 30 days for a full refund (except shipping). Parts and labor for any factory service within one year are fully warranted. For as long as you, the original purchaser, own your Clinton, we will supply loan equipment should you wish to return it for service. If price were no object, the P-400 would still be the best performing and most reliable system on the market. Yet this new standard of excellence Is priced at a modest $835. THE BOSS Is the best choice at any price. Say you saw 11 In ASD (Credit Burdick) CLINTON INSTRUMENT COMPANY, PO BOX 505, CLINTON CT 08413 Tel: 203-888-7548 2 AMERICAN 10 SOURRE ORNCE VOLUME 37, NO. 4 APRIL. 1982 THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE WITH THE SWINGING LINES LEADERSHIP TIPS 19 The New Dancer AN FEATURES FOR ALL 4 Co-editorial 5 By-Line ROUNDS 7 Meanderings 71 Flip Side/Rounds 11 The Case of the Shocked Secretary 71 Choreography Ratings 13 Viewing Our Reviewer 79 Facing the L.O.D. 21 Aloha 81 RID Pulse Poll 23 Getting Started 25 Encore 27 Hemline 28 Puzzle Page SQUARE DANCE SCENE 34 Callerlab Confab 35 Best Club Trick 15 Delightful Detroit 40 Dancing Tips 31 Good Fun Guaranteed 45 Coming Up Roses 39 31st National SID Convention 49 Square the Bard 50 Challenge Chatter 63 Sketchpad Commentary 53 International News 64 People in the News 70 Steal A Peek 93 Book Nook FOR CALLERS 94 Finish Line 40 Calling Tips 96 Laugh Line 46 Easy Level Page 56 Chreative Choreography OUR READERS SPEAK 61 PS/MS Flip Side/Squares 6 Grand Zip SID Pulse Poll 29 Straight Talk Underlining 55 Feedback Workshop Editors Ed Fraidenburg Publishers and Editors Bob Howell Stan & Cathie Burdick Feature Writers Harold & Lill Bausch Dave & Shirley Fleck Member of NASRDS Mary Jenkins National Association of S&RID Suppliers Russ & Nancy Nichols Gene & Thelma Trimmer AMERICAN SQUAREDANCE Magazine Editorial Assistants (ISSN 0091-3383) is published by Burdick Mona Bird Enterprises. Second class postage paid Mary Fabik at Huron, Ohio. Copy deadline first of Pat Gillam month preceding date of issue. Sub- Bob Mellen scription: $9.00 per year. Single copies: Mef Merrell $1. each. Mailing address: Box 488, Record Reviewers Huron OH 44839. Copyright 1982 by Bur- Frank & Phyl Lehnert dick Enterprises. A41 rights reserved. John Swindle American Squaredance. April 1982 Square dancing is not important. That's an April fool-ish statement to make in a square dance magazine, so let's qualify it: Square dancing is not as important as the people who dance. C11-foiTORIflL "Weighing priorities" is a common phrase today in the study of goals and life styles. We need to consider our priorities— what is really important to us now? What is really important when we look into the future? Look at the current square dance scene. Look long and hard. What are our priorities? What should they be? People are important, high-priority items in the scheme. Perhaps focusing on the people problems will solve some of the square dance problems. Consider the new dancers. They are important— to themselves as well as to the club. Do we help them, dance with them, compliment them, encourage them to build a confidence that will carry square dancers enjoy our social activity them not only into the world of square or to insist on couples because it's a dancing but into all other later "couple activity?" endeavors? Or do we concentrate on Today in the square dance scene, their mistakes, their awkwardness, their more leaders than ever are working to insecurity, their tendencies to make provide dancing. We know this because wrong turns? What's important— one or of organizational lists of callers, cuers two night's dancing or cheerful, self- and leaders. No one of these leaders is confident new graduates? perfect— not one! Mistakes are made— Take the teen-age "tempest" that some can be rectified; some must be liv- storms periodically through areas. ed with or lived down. What's impor- Teenage square dancers are enjoying a tant— to recognize the efforts of our wholesome, healthy activity, perhaps a leaders and appreciate them— or to bit more energetically than their elders; harp on each error as if it meant the end they learn to be part of an adult group, to of square dancing forever? What's im- mix, to be friendly, to be "high" on fun. portant— to keep the leaders leading or What's important— to encourage this tear down each valiant neck-sticker- good, clean fun or to shut those under 18 outer? out of dances because they are too People and their feelings are impor- boisterous or too lively? What's impor- tant. Pappy Shaw said of square tant— support for teens as they grow in- dancing, "Keep it simple, keep it folk!" to responsible adults or the push into Keep it for the folks to enjoy. We add, "their own thing," perhaps drugs, "Keep the folks to enjoy it." Nicer people alcohol, vandalism, or worse? will make nicer dances. People are im- What's important— to let single portant! CUSTOMIZED SOLID Bronze Buckles Square Dancers of American have your club logo or emblem cast on a solid bronze belt buckle by the Bronze Bear. Send us lilt EACH your design or copy of your club badge and a 25't, deposit and the Minimum Oreltr N Brc Se IAS.N buckle will be delivered to you in 6 to 8 weeks via United Parcel Men. Order 24 Barham Service. Balance collected on delivery. Free brochure on request. $8.50 EACH (Minimum order, 24 buckles) INE BRONZE BEAR P 0 BO It 9109 • Huntsville. Alabama 35812 M Phone (205) 883 9333 alter 600 p m CST 4 American Squaredance, April 1982 BY-LINE IL This April issue turned out to be a whopper! First of all, it grew and grew until we called a halt at 96 pages— one of the biggest in recent months. The vacation listing, "Guaranteed Good Fun" is the longest listing we've ever published, which means a large variety of special events, weekends and vacations in which to enjoy all the square dancing you want. Of course, April is always the month to inject a little extra humor (we know why April Fool's Day follows winter so closely) so we include a story by Sue Donym, who also helped write the February 1982 poems, and a collection of comments that William Shakespeare might have made about the square dance scene. Shelia Popwell, the able and humorous author of Clogging, Teaching Clogg- ing and Solo Dances, visited a record review session and describes it for all the readers who wonder just how the records are rated. Bev Warner wants everyone to know just what Detroit is really like, set fears aside. and sign up for the convention in June. Bev has written so many articles for ASD recently, that readers must know she "tells it like it is." Classes are going down to the wire now, so this seems an appropriate time to reprint a presentation that Don Starr made at the last convention in Seattle, concern- ing the new dancer. We hope it will encourage clubs to make a positive effort to welcome new dancers into the world of club dancing. Our roster of authors is com- pleted by Erma Reynolds who just happened to send a Hawaiian-flavored puzzle in time to accompany the story of the ASD tour in February. One more note on the condensed type: we have not used it in this issue for any feature articles, following the direction of half a dozen letters which asked us to use the regular type for legibility. However, it was necessary to continue using it on the record reviews because there were 43 of them this month! Bear with us— we printed them in entirety but had to use the small type in order to do it.