DAKOTA TERRITORY
DANCE CLUB
NEWSLETTER
MAY
2003
Volume 10, Edition No 8
May 2003
Our Primary Goal is to Promote Dance!
Officers
President Elect – Gary Willmes 343-3309
Vice President – Henry Olivier 399-9813
Vice President – Jerry Mc Martin 787-5768
Treasurer – Dennis Wilkerson 255-4383
Secretary – Paul Arthur 341-5682
Past President- Jim Bob Stephenson
Committees
Cards: Kathy Goodrich 343-3309
Clean up: Need Volunteers
Telephone/E-mail/Newsletter & Web page -
Donald Reed
(reed_de@hotmail.com) 343-8929
Membership:
Elaine Reed 343-8929
Practice:
Linda Splittstoesser 399-9813
Public Relations: Terry Marvin 341-1285
Area
Representatives
Belle Fourche / Deadwood / Lead /
Spearfish
Sturgis / Whitewood / Vale
Patrica Hofer - 644-1649
Rapid City
Arlene and Dennis Wilkerson 255-4383
Linda Splittstoesser 399-9813
The Board of Trustees
includes all elected positions at large, area representatives, and the last
past president. If your area appoints a
new representative contact the president so he/she can be included.
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ATTN: Treasurer, PO Box 9583, Rapid City, SD
57709.
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Chairman, PO Box 9583, Rapid City, SD 57701
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We’ve reached the end of another dance season,
so I would like to thank those who contributed their time, effort and talent
into the club activities this past year. I would also like to extend a welcome
to the new officers for the the
coming year:
Henry Olivier and Jerry McMartin - Vice Presidents
Dennis Wilkerson – Treasurer
Paul Arthur – Secretary
The
primary function of our organization has been the sponsoring of club dances and
providing dance lessons and practice sessions. We will continue to focus our
efforts on these two areas. The Tuesday night dance lessons continue to be very
successful, thanks to the efforts of Linda and Henry. Financially, the club-sponsored
dances need to be evaluated.
Our
last dance of the year, held at the Civic Center was well attended by our club
members, as well as numerous non-club dancers. We appreciate all the non-member
support and hope to recruit many into our club. I had many positive comments on
the dance and wish to thank Wanda and Dave for their organization of the dance
and their great DJ service.
As this is our final Newsletter for the
‘2002-‘2003 dance season; I hope you will all have an enjoyable summer and that
we’ll continue to see you on the dance floor!
Our next event will be the pre-season potluck dinner and dance next
September.
Gary Willmes
On Saturday, June 14, 2003, all DTDC members are invited
to help celebrate Jerry Mc Martin’s sixtieth (60th) birthday
at Canyon Lake Park, at the shelter nearest the spillway.
Pot-luck picnic begins at 4:30
PM with cake and ice cream later.
The May meeting was called to order by
president Gary Willmes at 7:15 PM. The
minutes were approved as presented in the last newsletter.
Gary submitted the finical report, which
included the dance report for the year to date and the yearend income/expense
statement. The only dance showing a
profit for the year was the graduation dance at the Civic Center. Yearend balance is $1877.02. Jerry Mc Martin made a motion to approve the
report, seconded by Arlene Wilkerson.
Old Business:
There was no old business.
New
Business:
It was decided that the club would sponsor
four dances next year, the fall dance in October, the Christmas Party dance on
Dec. 6th, the winter dance, for Valentines Day in Feb. and the final
dance in April. Linda Splittstoesser
will head up the committee in October, Elaine Reed February and Dave and Wanda
Pakalski April. There will be a Pot
Luck dinner in September. Jerry
McMartin will check on a date, which will coincide with one of the Canyon Lake
Senior’s dances.
Linda Splittstoesser has arranged to rent
the main hall at Canyon Lake Senior Center for dance lessons starting the first
Tuesday in October. Lessons will be
offered each month through April except for December. Two-step will be offered in October. It was noted that there are generally more women taking lessons
than men and that it would be helpful if some of the men in the club would
volunteer to be available as partners for the beginning session each practice
night.
There will be two opportunities for club members to get together this
summer. Jerry McMartin’s family is
planning a birthday party for him in Canyon Lake Park on June 14th. He invites all club members to attend and
Gary and Kathy Willmes will look into a reserved space for the Club to meet in
the German Tent at the Fair. Check your
E-mail for final details. Those without
E-mail will receive a phone message.
The certificate of authority for the bank
account at Black Hills Federal Credit Union needs to be updated. Paul Arthur will sign off on the account and
Dennis Wilkerson and Gary Willmes, will be the current officials.
Linda Splittstoesser made the motion to
adjoin.
Paul
Arthur, Secretary
PRACTICE
THE DANCE CLUB NEEDS YOU & YOU & YOU! We can’t have too many people!
Henry and I would like to thank everyone
for the support of the dance lessons over the past year. It’s
always nice
to see new faces at the basic lessons where response was very good; we also had
a few attending the intermediate lessons; now if we can just keep them
interested! It’s always great to see the regulars making the newer dancers
welcome. Henry and I had an awesome time teaching.
Our lessons are held at the Canyon Lake
Senior Citizen’s Center, Tuesday’s, October though May and are usually located
in the Main Hall. Beginner level
lessons, emphasizing basic footwork, are at 7:00 p.m. Intermediate level lessons, emphasizing patterns and moves, begin
at 8:00 p.m. The charge is $2 per
person.
[We need men, men, men!]
Instructors; if there is something you would like to
teach, give me a call.
Again, all of you dancers remember these
instructors volunteer their time for the lessons;
that’s one reason the price stays so reasonable.
Please, thank them for their efforts and
patience.
In the mean time have a great summer and keep on
dancing.
See You on the Dance Floor!!
Linda Splittstoesser,
Practice
Chairman
Another dance season has come
to an end for us. Things seem to be looking better for the club, as we had a
very successful last dance at the Civic Center and even made a little profit
this time.
No cards were sent this month.
Last month a card was sent to Dennis Wilkerson, wishing him a speedy recovery
from his misfortune. Hope things continue to go well for him and also for the
Wilkerson family.
Also last month, Darwin
Knudtson had surgery; but before I could get a card into the mail, he made a
speedy recovery. Now it’s too late to send a card, so please let him know how
good and healthy he looks.
Kathy
Goodrich-Willmes,
Cards Chairman, 343-3309
We appreciate
all of the E-mail addresses we have now.
It has saved many hours on the phone when notifying members of club
activities. More addresses can save
more time. We encourage those of you
who have not shared your E-mail address with us to do so.
Send
your E-mail address to: reed_de@hotmail.com
The new style jacket is available and can
be purchased individually but at a savings if several are ordered at one
time. Call Elaine Reed @ 343-8929 or
reed_de@hotmail.com for more information.
Ron
& Ellen Haffner, have lived in the area for 29 & 22 years respectively;
Ron is an accountant and Ellen a secretary.
We’ve just gotten started dancing at this level, with some social
dancing after we met two years ago.
We joined DTDC in April, 2003.
The
types of dance/music we enjoy/prefer, are the Oldies & Country Music (new
& old). We’ve just learned the 2
step and jitterbug and enjoy both of them
Our enjoyment with dance is it’s something
we’re learning together. It’s fun to
meet new people.
Our
favorite dance event(s): So far, the
lessons are all we’ve been to; but the most memorable dance moment was the
first night we danced together 2 years ago.
Many
of our members participated in the annual Black Hills Dance Festival held
during the last weekend of April. As
always, it was a great event, with top-notch instructors and wonderful
entertainment. If you were unable to
attend this year, be sure to put it on your calendar for next year!
Welcome
to our
new members:
Ellen
& Ron Haffner
Membership Due Dates are printed on the
newsletter-mailing label “Membership Due” is stamped on
newsletters the month previous to and the month of your membership due date. “Last
Newsletter” is used the month after your due date. Please use the membership
registration form enclosed to send your renewal ($15/ person.)
Happy Birthday to the following members:
May:
07 David Gwinn
08 Dennis De Smet &
Charlene Smith
14 Dan Driscoll
17 Judy Boysen
24 Susan Sullivan
29 Marty Delp
30 Russ Ochsner
31 Elaine Reed
June:
06
Evelyn Leite-Jansen
07
June
Delp
15
Howard Munsell
17
Paul
Arthur
20 Jerry
Mc Martin
25
Greg
Iversen
26
Gina
Nania Gwinn
28 Bob
Olson
29 Pete
Mazio
30
Richard Leinen
July:
03
Debbie
Ellerton
13
Ronalda Driscoll
25
Heidi
Critser & Riley Wallingford
Aug:
07 June
Delp & Rose Jacobson
09
Bonnie
Keltner
20
Matthew Murrey & Dennis Finch
22
Kathleen
Kolb
24 Linda
Wolden
Sept:
14
Linda Splittstoesser
Anniversary’s:
May:
26
Jane
& Dennis De Smet
27
Debbie
Ellerton
Jun:
15
Lorry & John Talley III
Jul:
03 Nancy
& Dennis Finch
07
Arlene & Dennis Wilkerson
31
Sandra & Darwin Knudtson
Aug:
01
Janice & Greg Iversen
17
Judy
& Al Boysen
21 Ellen
& Ron Haffner
Sept: None
Encourage your friends to join us.
See
you on the dance floor!
Elaine Reed,
Membership Chairman
UPCOMING
DANCE EVENTS:
May (DTBD) “Magic City Dance Festival”
Billings,
MT 406-259-0610;
buzzbee@twoalpha.net
May 21 – 27 “Memorial Day Tango-fest”
Denver, CO www.tango.org/dance/memday2003.html
June 10 – 22 “Colorado Star Ball”
Denver, CO 303-412-1213; www.coloradostarball.com
June 19-23, 12th annual “Colorado
Country Classic” Denver, CO Starts
with a club crawl at 6:00 PM Thursday the 19th; ending with a golf
tournament on Monday the 23rd. In between are hourly dance lessons,
competitions, a pizza party and a dinner dance show.
http://www.coloradocountryclassic.net
July 10-13 7th
Annual “Rocky Mountain Regional Dance Festival”, Casper, Wyoming. Club
Dance West (Machelle Cook-Holloway, Director).
This workshop begins with a “Kick-off Dance Party” at Club Dance West on
Thursday evening. Dance workshops are
held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
There is a dinner show on Saturday evening. This event will feature the
following instructors: John Robinson,
Barry & Darianne Amato, Martin Moser, Joe & Linda Fabian, Machelle
Cook-Holloway, Dave & Jodi Crandell.
For more information or registration packet,
contact Machelle Holloway at 307-234-8811; email: clubdancew@aol.com or; www.centralwyoming.com.
Aug 1 – 3 “Summit of the Rockies – Dancesport
Championships”
Denver,
CO 303-596-5644
www.summitoftherockies.com
Aug 8 – 10 “Swing-time in the Rockies”
Denver,
CO 303-480-1655;
www.denverswing.com
DANCE
BASICS
When
Good Dancers Go Bad!
Do you consider yourself a fairly good dancer yet find yourself
feeling inadequate when you dance with someone for the first time?
How is it that we can be admired for our skills when dancing
with someone familiar yet look far less than adequate with someone new?
Have we gone bad suddenly? Why does it seem like others can
change partners with ease?
Well, the truth is that those who change partners with ease have
probably danced with each other several times before. Dancers tend to travel in
the same circles so chances are they
