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American Square Dance, January 2004 3 Callerlab Viewpoints 44 Square Dance Graduation Fun 46 Editorial 5 Sewing 101 47 From The Mail Room 6 Sundancers Square Dance Club 48 Square-Up 8 The Country Line 49 On The Record — Squares 10 Beijing? 52 ACA Viewpoint 17 Round Dance Pulse Poll 55 Hanhurst's Top 10 — Nov. 17 From Buffalo News Nespaper 56 Easy Level 19 Point Of Order 57 Leadership Notes 22 From Sets In Order 58 Fun Dances 2003 24 Music As Used By Callers 59 Philippine Square Dancing News 25 Seminar Committee Presents 62 Creative Choreography 26 The Lloyd Shaw Foundation 62 The Wal-Mart Dance 29 What's Ahead 63 Square Dancers Wanted 29 Classifieds 66 The Koreo Korner 30 Advertiser Index 69 Notes In A Nutshell 31 On The Record — Rounds 33 If you don't see your festival or con- 53rd National Square Dance vention information listed in the Festival® Ceremonies 35 What's Ahead section ask, "Did Diane Jenkins and The someone remember to send the infor- Governor's Challenge 37 mation?" We can only print what we Cue Tips 39 receive - and it must meet the listed All Things Considered 41 qualifications on page 57. Moore on Contra 42 to Volume 59 AM E RI CAN Number 1 SQUAREDANCE January 2004 "The International Magazine of Square Dancing" Publishers - Editors Cartoonist William and Randy Boyd, Jean Ferrin Corben Geis 4 American Square Dance, January 2004 For my New Years resolution I will try to find common ground between several of the different square dance factions. Years ago in Florida we had a rift between Cloggers and Square Dancers. As a result Cloggers no longer are a part of the Florida State Square Dance Convention. Why bring this up? Because I love to dance. Why bring this up? Because I fear that our internal bickering about the time and complexity of our dances is going overboard. At a Mainstream dance with a guest caller I polled several of the dancers and asked if they had a good time. The answer was an overwhelming YES. Why did I ask? Because the guest caller using Basic calls moved people into very unusual formations and had them dancing in and out of these positions using basic and directional calls. Some of the formations included Galaxy Formations, Hour Glass Formations, three and one lines and more. The caller had people dancing, laughing, and most of all having fun. We at American Square Dance magazine receive letters saying that modem square dancing is too difficult and too complex to learn. We also get letters from dancers who say that they are getting bored with square dancing, as it no longer represents a challenge. We are at a crossroad, Callerlab, ACA, and especially individual callers; we seem to look for differences. We need to look for agreements. First, we must remember that Square Dancing is "friendship set to music." Second, we must remember that Square Dancing is a recreation, it is meant to be FUN. Third, Callers are professional entertainers; make sure that you entertain your dancers. My hope for the New Year is that we start with these three principals and build on them. My hope for the New Year is that our positive enthusiasm will make a difference in bringing in new dancers. My hope for the New Year is that we all relearn to have fun. My New Years prayer is that we find agreements ensure happiness and dance for FUN. A&F D Ed Foote 's All Position Workshop SQUARE DANCE TAPES Basic/Mainstream Levels VIDEO Two Tape Video Package ?.R6V1)4\::Ft $34.95 INSTRUCTIONAL DANCE TAPES 3649 Whittier Blvd. L.A., CA 90023 • (323) 262-5942 FAX) 262-0443 or 262-2714 • E-Mail: [email protected] VISA - MC - DISCOVER Accepted American Square Dance, January 2004 FROM THE MAIL ROOM I read the November From The Mail Room and was very disturbed at the reference to "asquared.org". I have always found this to be a very good website. I checked it again and did not find anything negative about beginning students. If she found anything like this it must have been on a different website. Jim Cholmondeley I am writing in response to a "From The Mail Room" article in the October 2003 issue of American Square Dance magazine. The article was written by Mike Burke and included his concerns about the work being done by the CALLERLAB Applica- tions Review Committee (ARC). In his article Mike says "CALLERLAB, in my opinion, has encouraged more and more complicated formations, figures, and applications over the years." While this may have been true at one time, it simply is not the case now nor has it been for the past few years. During the past three - four years CALLERLAB has been providing more emphasis on less complicated choreography including Square Dance Parties (also known as "Fun Nights") and other avenues to bring fun dancing to dancers. Part of this emphasis is seen in the "Beginner Party Leader Seminars" conducted immedi- ately prior to the CALLERLAB conventions. It is also evident in the CALLERLAB convention themes and interest sessions over the past few years. The theme for the 2004 CALLERLAB convention next April in Reno, Nevada is "Realize Every New Opportunity." These "New Opportunities" are primarily in the area of recruiting and retaining new dancers.