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Box 50 • Marlborough, NH 03455 (Callers & Cuers only - others send 54.00) AMERICAN 7) VOLUME 50 , No 11 SQUARE DANCE NOVEMBER 1995 THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE WITH THE SWINGING LINES •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• THE ASD LINE-UP SQUARE DANCE SCENE 2 Editor's Notebook 6 45th National 3 By Line 24 A/C Lines 4 Tempo Advanced & Challenge 8 SID Caller/Heritage 51 What's Going On In 10 Viewpoints Square Dancing 18 The Country Line 75 People and Events 23 Teaching Children 81 International News 29 Fur Rendezvous 89 Dateline 31 A Shot In The Ann 32 Dancing Contra ROUNDS 33 Diamonds 19 Flip Side Rounds 37 How To Become A Turkey 83 Cue Tips 43 Meandering 86 Round Dance Pulse Poll 50 Rhyme Time 58 Hemline FOR CALLERS 69 Peaceful Explosives 25 P.S. MS/QS 77 Contra Corners 44 Caller Line-Up 78 Caller Outline 47 Creative Choreography 79 As I See It 56 Caller-Instructors 85 Notes From A Veteran Caller 59 Underlining Note Service 88 Puzzle Page 61 Easy Level 92 Classifieds 64 Square Dance Pulse Poll 66 Three Rs OUR READERS SPEAK 67 Calling Tips 36 Line Of Fire 65 Grand Zip • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • OOOOO•• • • • • • • • Publishers and Editors Editoral Assistants Jon & Susan Sanborn Jeanne Briscoe Phyllis Arthur Phone: 408-443-0761 Fax: 408-443-6402 Dorothy Walker e-mail: AMSDMAG4AOLCOM Member of NASRDS Notarial Assoc lotion ol S&R/I) Suppinirs Workshop Editors American Square Dance (ISSN-0091-3383) is Bob Howell Walt Cole L&S Kopman published monthly by Sanborn Enterprises, 661 Don Ward Jack Murtha Jim Chomondeley Middlefield Rd., Salinas, CA 93906-1004. Sec- Tony Speranzo ond class postage paid at Salinas, CA and additional mailing offices. Copy deadline five Feature Writers weeks preceding first day of issue month. Sub- scription: $20 per year U.S., $23 per year Harold & Lill Bausch Ed Foote Canada, $32 per year Foreign. Single copies: Phyllis Mugrage Mac McCullar 52.50 each. POSTMASTER: Send address Stan & Cathie Burdick Bill & BobbieDavis change to American Square Dance, 661 Record Reviewers Middlefield Rd., Salinas, CA 93906-1004. © 1995 Frank & Phyl Lehnert by Sanborn Enterprises. All rights reserved. American Squaredance, November 1995 E ditor's 1, NOTEBOOK trust that this issue finds all of you in the best of health. If the November issue seems Ilate, there is a good reason. At the comple- tion of the last issue a major transformation took place here at the ASD office. We upgraded all our computers, changed to Windows '95 and changed from Ventura to PageMaker. Now I was told by my computer guru that there would be you" is the subject of our cover this month. a few problems. Needless to say, there were When you clap at the end of a tip, or at the end many. My scanner quit working, PageMaker of an evening, your enthusiasm is aimed in wouldn't and still doesn't recognize my fonts. many directions. Of course, it reflects your ap- I'm sure that will be resolved when I receive preciation of your caller, but it's far more than version 6. As for the scanner, it's being worked that. If you enjoyed a particular dance then you on. So much for Plug and Play. are showing appreciation to its author and to This being the Thanksgiving month I the musicians who recorded the music. You are thought it was a good time to single out a few saying "thanks" to the folks who provided the ingredients as a means of saying "thank you" place where you dance, those who brought the to those who deserve credit. refreshments and those who serve as greeters We'll begin by pointing to you dancers and at their door. saying "thank you" for filling the halls and for But more than all of this, your applause ex- encouraging your non-dancer friends to join the presses your own personal joy at being able to next beginner classes. We also say "thanks" for dance. It says "thank you" to the others who encouraging your callers and teachers by your shared your square. It says to your partner, "I very presence at their dances and classes and enjoyed dancing with you." The clapping of by your applause. hands says much but most of all it says "thank Applause, the dancers' way of saying "thank you." 0 le,, PRESENTS ROUND DANCES Scope 55 DESTINY . A waltz by Ken and Elena Mac McCuNar Scope 54 NEVER SAY NEVER by Ken and Elena Ken Croft San Luis Oblapg, CA CURRENT RELEASES Elena de Zorda Sin Francisco, CA BM 169 Jeepers Creepers by Mac BM 164 Frieriy by Ted Wegner BM 168 I Could Have Loved You For BM 163 Dtde On My Mind by Mao A Lifetime by Mac BM 162 Wolverton Mt. by Earl Rich BM 167 Hoop De Do by Mac BM 160 Smoke Smoke by Jeanne Briscoe BM 166 Downtown KnoxviNe by Mac BM 1010 Ruby/Dragging The Bow Hoedown BM 165 King Of Country Music by Ron NEW CATALOG NOW AVAILABLE PO Box 1448, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 Tel: 805-543 2827 A tt,crtt. .11) ,Nyit.trectance. Ni'srmhcr I995 Our new editors of Round Dance Pulse Poll are introduced this month in our feature by the same title. We look forward to their new formatTA direct result of reader input, Dancing Contra with \ BY•IINE Don Ward, is something not to be missed and will be seen monthly here in ASD. Is there such a thing as Peaceful Uses of Explosives? Dennis Callin of Hemet, Calif., gives us his answer to that question. Jack Murtha shares with us in Viewpoints some very useful information about Assistive Listening Systems (ALS). Be sure to share this one with your club members. Do you know what Fur Rendezvous is? Find out by reading Over Sixty Years of Tradition, A Historical Look at Fur Rendezvous. Lauraine Thomas of San Dimas, Calif., tells us How to Become a Turkey, an appropriate article for this time of year. 0 1 A & F Music 41,43,52 28 John's Notes 55 55 Shirley's 71 2 Alaska Cruise 4 29 Keltone 54 56 Silver Sounds 82 3 Asilomar 17 30 Kirkwood 69 57 Solid Gold 30 4 Bill Davis 53 31 Kopman's Caller School 39 58 Square Dance Action 47 5 Blue Ribbon 46 32 Kopman's Choreo 49 59 Square Dance Videos 23 6 Burdick 55 33 MacGregor 7 60 Square Dancers Closet 26 7 Burdick School/Florida 67 34 McDonald 57 61 Square Dancetime 70 8 Burdick School/Hawaii 55 35 Meg Simkins 62 62 Stitch In Time36 9 Capital Engraving 33 36 Merrbach 12 63 Supreme IF,OB 10 Cardinal 63 37 Mike's Records 91 64 Tic Tac Toes 22 11 Cascade 19 38 Mikeside Management 91 65 TNT 89 12 Charmz-Reaction 90 39 New England Caller 45 66 Travelcall 89 13 Dot's Western Duds 18 40 New Line of Fashions 16 67 Vee Gee 60 14 Eagle Records 42 41 NSD 87 68 Walt Cole 90 15 Ed Fraidenburg 90 42 NSDD 89 69 Western Sqs Intl 72 16 Elite Records 39 43 Palomino Records IB 70 Yak Stack 20 17 ESP 74 44 Perry's Place 8 71 Your Man Tours 34 18 Four Bar B 63 45 Quadrille 63 19 Global Music 38 46 R & R Video 13 20 Gold Star 28 47 Random Sound 73 21 Gorham 9 48 Rawhide 40 22 Grenn 31 49 Red Boot 14 23 Hi Hat 46 50 Reeves Records 11 24 Hilton 35 51 Roundolab 5 25 Italy 68 52 Royal Records 84 - 26 J & J Manufacturing 89 53 RV Resort 6 27 Jo Pat 74 54 Scope 2 TEXAS 1996 • • • • • • • • • • • • • OOOOOOOOOO • • • • • • • • OOOOOOO • • • • • • • • ADVERTISERS LISTING Circle the number of each advertisers from For extra convenience to readers, we are listing whom more information is desired our advertisers (space ads only) and numbering Please mark no more than 20 each. 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