Officers
President – 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-Willmes 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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Fliers $.03 (150 flier minimum)
Send payment
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ATTN: Treasurer, PO Box 9583, Rapid City, SD
57709.
Newsletter
article deadline is the 20th of the month previous to publication. Contact a
board member or send information to Dakota Territory Dance Club % Newsletter
Chairman, PO Box 9583, Rapid City, SD 57701
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Notes From the PRESIDENT
Just a reminder, that we have our annual
membership meeting at 6:30, Tuesday April 13th, at the Senior
Center. Even though we do not have
officers running for election, we will discuss committee assignments and other
club issues. As always, the more input
we can get, the better off the club is.
Gary Willmes
President
feb. 2004 Meeting Minutes
Dakota
Territory Dance Club
March
09, 2004
The meeting was called to order by Vice
President; Henry Olivier.
Old Business:
The minutes were approved as they appeared in
the Feb. Newsletter.
Treasurer’s Report:
Activity from
1/12/2004 through 3/09/2004
Beginning balance of Checking Acct.1583.56
Income: Members
Renewals 90.00
Tuesday Dance Lessons
494.00
Valentine Dance
205.00
Total:
789.00
Expenses: Hall
Rental 320.00
Postal 37.00
Moose Lodge
180.00
(Share cost for band)
Copy Country
10.16
Insurance 239.00
Wandave Enterprises
50.00
SD State Sales tax 11.97
Total: 848.13
Ending balance of Checking Acct: 1524.43
New Business:
Still no nominations for 2004 – 2005 DTDC officers have been presented.
Therefore the club must decide at the meeting on April 13, 2004; the new
organization and operating scheme of the club for the future.
Meeting
adjourned at 7:00PM
Paul Arthur, Secretary
PRACTICE
THE DANCE CLUB NEEDS YOU & YOU & YOU! We can’t have too many people!
Spring is
here and another season of dance lessons are almost over. I would like to take
a minute to thank Dave and Wanda for the nice job they did on jitterbug and
2-step during March. It was kind of nice to be the student instead of the
instructor for a session. We had a nice turn out and everyone had a lot of fun.
Thanks again Dave and Wanda. In April Henry and I will teach beginning east
coast swing and maybe a little review of jitterbug if we have requests for it.
The second class I think we will start with east coast and end up with whatever
the majority wants to do!!!! How is that for not having to make a decision?
All members
should plan on attending the meeting April 13th as there will be some decisions
made on the direction the club takes next fall.
We need
volunteers for everything!!! Speaking of volunteers if any would like to volunteer
to teach a move at the second class please get a hold of me. If you have never
done this kind of thing before and would like to try it now is the time. Again
just call me. That's all from my corner. Remember we have some exciting things
coming up in April. Our east coast swing lesson of course, and the Black Hills
Dance Festival is at the end of the month. Put them both on your calendar!!!
Our lessons
are held at the Canyon Lake Senior Citizen’s Center, Tuesday’s October though
May. Beginner level lessons,
emphasizing basic footwork, are at 7:00 PM..
Intermediate level lessons, emphasizing patterns and moves, begin at
8:00 PM. The charge is $2 per person.
[We need single men and women!]
Linda Splittstoesser, Henry
Olivier
Practice
Chairmen
Kathy’s kard korner
No cards sent this month. See you all on the dance floor!
Kathy Goodrich-Willmes,
Cards Chairman, 343-3309
Email
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
jackets
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
Member
Profile
Patricia & Jerry Wright
Remember these folks? Their profile appeared in our Newsletter so
long ago I can’t find it for reference; but we never got a photograph to
accompany the article. So we’ll run the “Not so brief” profile once again.
My name is Jerome Thomas Wright; I operate under the alias of
Jerry or Captain Trash. I am presently
a very happy garbage man. I have lived
in Rapid City all of my life except when Uncle Army took me away for a while
and while I toured the great state of Montana as a railroad guy. There was also a year and a half I lived in
Indiana attending grad school. I have actually been dancing since about my 4th
or 5th grade when I used to dance with my little sister Colleen (alias “Killer”
or also know as Colleen Marvin) at the Interior, SD and Elm Springs, SD
dances. The rest of my earlier dancing
career was for the sole purpose of getting close to girls. I have gotten more
serious in my dancing career lately because my wife (Formerly Patricia
Lang) loves to dance and I want to stay on her good side. Kind of important in my life, you might say;
I joined DTDC through a marital merger in July of 2002. The types of dancing I enjoy the best are
the waltz and the ones where I do not have to count a lot. My dear wife has refreshed my basic math
each time we take a dance lesson or go out for a dance. So you see, I am getting additional
educational benefits along with the aerobic and romantic exercise in dancing. What I enjoy most about dancing is being
with Patricia and the chance to visit with our dancing colleagues. My favorite
dance event and my most memorable dance event was dancing with Patricia three
years ago to Anne Murry “Can I Have
This Dance’. As a matter of fact,
Patricia and I danced into our new lives as husband and wife to that tune on
our way out of the church last summer.
Patricia Wright, Software Development Specialist, Respec
Engineering and Consultants. 40+ years
as a native of South Dakota; other than a seven year stint in Wyoming during my
previous married life and in Spearfish during college, I’ve lived in Rapid City
all my life. My dance interest was
renewed in 1995 when I became newly single. I began with the Leroy Oleson dance
classes and was introduced a few years later to the DTDC lessons on Tuesday
nights at the Senior Center. I love
Latin dance steps as well as the waltz.
Being a romantic at heart I consider these “dances of romance”. The slower dances with elegant, “big
ballroom” styling, are a thrill for me. I enjoy the socializing, dressing up
for special occasions, and aerobic affect that dance offers. My favorite dance event is definitely the
Christmas ball that combines the essence of glitz, wonderful food, and a
festive spirit. My most memorable dance
moment was attending the Colorado Classic in Denver and watching an
inspirational level of dance I had never dreamed possible.
Membership News
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. E-mail recipients
will receive a follow up memo. regarding their due date. Please use the
attached membership registration form to send your renewal ($15/ person.)
Happy Birthday to the following members:
Apr.
02
Vern
Erickson
06
Rita Patterson
18
Bonita Ley
23
Ronald Kazmierczak
25
Darla Reddick
Anniversary’s:
Apr.
02
Carol & Ronald Kazmierczak
Encourage
your friends to join us.
See
you on the dance floor!
Elaine Reed,
Membership Chairman
UPCOMING
EVENTS
04/09-04/11
2004 “Dance!
Because You Can” Albuquerque, NM 505-821-4733
SW, CW
04/24 2004 “Spring Fling/Graduation Dance”
The area
dance class instructors will host a graduation dance at the Rushmore Plaza
Civic Center, room “H” from 7:30 to 11:00 PM. Sponsored by the Dakota Territory
Dance Club $5.00 per person at the door.
04/29-05/01
2004 “Black
Hills Dance Festival” Rapid City, SD CW, SW
www.blackhillsdancefestival.com
Welcome to
the eighth annual event of the “Black Hills Dance Festival”
We've
planned a fun-filled weekend schedule, with workshops Thursday, Friday
and
Saturday, featuring international and regional instructors. Enjoy open dancing
on Friday and Saturday nights, offering two dance floors, spotlight dancers and
mixers. All of this and more, at the Rapid City, South Dakota, "Rushmore
Plaza Civic Center". (444 Mt. Rushmore Rd.).
John
Robinson and Ron Shepard - Featured Instructors. John is Mr. Showcase!!! http://www.mrshowcase.com.
While Ron,
is a Professional Couples Dance Instructor from Omaha, NE.
We also have
several regional instructors:
Machelle
Cook-Holloway is from Casper,
Wyoming;
Kathy & Jerry "Loose Cannon" Nusz join us from Sioux Falls, South
Dakota; visiting us from Billings, Montana are Donna & Tim Pattison.
Register for
a Fri-Sat "All events pass" $40.00 (18 & older) $35.00 for
pre-registration
prior to April 1, 2004
$30.00
(Under 18) $25.00 for pre-registration, otherwise it's $6.00 per workshop or
dance.
Thursday April 29 Workshops:
6:30-8:00 p.m. Line dance
8:15-9:30 p.m. Couples, intermediate
West-coast swing.
($5.00 per person. This is an additional fee to the event
pass)
Friday April 30 Workshops:
2:30-4:30p.m. Intermediate-advanced
7:30-11:30 p.m. Open dancing, mixers
and spotlights
(Two dance floors-Line & Couples) Saturday
May 1, 2004 Workshops:
9:00-Noon (Three rooms every hour)
1:30-4:30 p.m. (Three rooms every hour)
7:30-Midnight Open dancing and
spotlights.
(Two dance floors-Line & Couples)
Directors
of the Black Hills Dance Festival
Wanda &
Dave Pakalski,
http://www.wandave@rap.midco.net
Naomi
Johnson & Les Harrington, spindr4015@aol.com
Debbie
Ellerton,
http://www.ellerton2@rap.midco.net
Nancy &
Jim Bob Stephenson, stephenson@rushmore.com
Colleen
& Terry Marvin,
04/30-05/02
2004 “Phoenix
Dance Festival” Phoenix, AZ
www.azbodydance.com ds97nelson@quest.com
07/08-11 2004 “8th annual Rocky
Mountain Regional Dance Festival” Casper, Wyoming
Club Dance West 307-234-8811 or 259-2501
DANCE BASICS
Traveling Turns Part I:
All dancers
reach that point where they must learn how to do a rapid succession of turns
while traveling. This is the mark of an
exceptional
dancer. How do you travel in a specified direction while spinning WITHOUT falling
on your face? You use a technique called "spotting".
First KNOW
what your end destination will be. If you are going in a straight line as you
would in a slot dance, look in the direction
that you
want to travel in as you start your turn and try to focus on a specific
stationary object that is just beyond your end point.
As you
complete each full turn keep focusing on the SAME object or "spot"
every time. You will travel in the direction that you focus on. The line that
you travel in will be as straight as the accuracy of your focus.
Traveling Turns Part II:
In last Part
I, I discussed how to do a rapid succession of turns while traveling in a
straight line by using a technique called "spotting". I said that
focusing on a specific object or "spot" that is just beyond the end
point of your destination would keep you from getting dizzy and disoriented. It
would also keep you moving in the right direction.
Well that's
great for straight lines but what do you do when you need to spin in a circle?
It is not
possible to focus on the same spot because you are ending up in a different
direction each time you complete a full turn. Your original "spot"
will only be visible AFTER you have completed the full circle and you will
probably fall on your face before that happens.
The solution
here is to focus on a specific area of your partner. As a follower, I usually
focus on my partner's left forearm for double-handed turns as it is easily in
view each time I complete a turn. For single-handed spins I focus on his tie or
shirt color. A leader who is spinning in a circle can focus on his partner's
necklace simply the color of her blouse or dress.
When
spinning in a circle your partner acts as the center of that circle. Focusing
on your partner will keep you spinning along the
circumference
of that circle without getting dizzy and disoriented.
*Article by
Mariann Cataletto Visit www.dancestudent.com Copyright © 1998-2004 “
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