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)
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ATTN: Treasurer, PO Box 9583, Rapid City, SD
57709.
Newsletter
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Chairman, PO Box 9583, Rapid City, SD 57701
http://rap.midco.net/reedde/www
Notes From the PRESIDENT
Thank you to our members that supported our
Valentines dance at the Civic Center.
About 20 couples attended an enjoyable evening of dance. I received some very positive comments from
our dancers but our goal of meeting the necessary revenue to continue these
types of dances fell about 15 couples short.
Like so many things, it is a good news-bad news report.
We had a few members show up for our left over
ham and potluck lunch at the Moose Club on Sunday, February 22nd. As always, we had plenty of good food and
Linda provided some music for a Sunday afternoon dance.
The election committee (Henry) reported at our
February club meeting that filling the slate of officers for the coming year
would be difficult. The lack of
attendance at monthly meetings the last couple of years, has made it very
challenging to operate or function under our by-laws. We will discuss this at our annual election meeting on April
13th. Some changes to our club
organization might have to be made.
The coldest part of winter should be behind us now and we can start looking forward to spring. Hope to see many of you out and about.
Gary Willmes
President
feb. 2004 Meeting Minutes
Dakota
Territory Dance Club
February
09, 2004
The meeting was called to order by President;
Gary Willmes.
Old Business:
The minutes were approved as they appeared in
the Jan. Newsletter.
No Treasurer’s Report.
New Business:
The next dance will be held on Feb. 14th in the
Civic Center from 7:30 to 11:30 PM.
Admission is $5.00 per person.
The member party that was scheduled at the Moose
Lodge on February 29th has been rescheduled to the 22nd due to a
conflict on their calendar.
No nominations for 2004 – 2005 DTDC officers have been presented
therefore the club will be operating differently in the future. See the President’s message in this
newsletter.
Meeting
adjourned at 7:00PM
Paul Arthur, Secretary
PRACTICE
THE DANCE CLUB NEEDS YOU & YOU & YOU! We can’t have too many people!
Our
lessons in March will be 2-step and jitterbug in the basic class
(7:00
to 8:00) and 2-step for the first class of intermediate;(8:00 to 9:00). There are
5 Tuesdays in March so the second class will be various dances. Dave and Wanda
are going to be guest instructors for March. So if you should see them out and
about put in a request for something you would like to learn! Its nice to have
different instructors because we all have different moves to teach!!! Again we
do need extras to dance with people who need partners. It’s especially
important at the first class to keep people coming back. So help if you can.
Henry
& I (mostly me) will be doing another DJ thing at the Moose on
Friday
March 12th from 8:45 to 11:00 or so. This is done on a donation
basis,
so we will have a bucket out.
It’s
nice to have a place to go on
Friday
nights. I'm scheduled to do this through April; but if we get a lot of requests
it could continue through the summer. So let me know
if you
like it!!!!!!!!
Well
enough of this. Thanks to everyone who attended Cha-Cha lessons in Feb.
Remember keep practicing. See you at lessons next Tuesday if not before.
If anyone
has something they would like to review or teach at the intermediate classes,
be sure and give me a call. I’d sure appreciate it.
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
The wind is howling today and the snow is coming down as I write
this. Spring in South Dakota must be
here!
Elaine Reed had an accident on the ski slopes. It could easily have been more serious, and we all wish her a speedy recovery. The members that attended our potluck lunch at the Moose Club all signed a
get well card which was sent to her.
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
Jim Andersen
Jim's occupation is in livestock
nutrition and sales. He has made the Black Hills area his home for over thirty
years. We've seen Jim around the DTDC dance scene over the past six years, as
he's taken dance lessons from several area instructors, including Wanda and
Dave, Ritchie Nordstrom, Les Harrington and Linda & Henry. He recently
joined the DTDC in February 2004. Jim's interest in Country Dance focuses on
the primary basics of: Two-step, Waltz, Cha-cha and Jitterbug.
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:
Mar.
05
Judith
Higgins
12
BJ Cole
27
Carol
Black
Anniversary’s:
Mar.
06
Carol & Ronald Kazmierczak
Encourage
your friends to join us.
See
you on the dance floor!
Elaine Reed,
Membership Chairman
UPCOMING
EVENTS
- Second
Friday of March ‘2004.
Linda &
Henry invite you to join them in dancing to DJ music at the Rapid City Moose
Lodge, 8:45 PM until ???
03/12-03/14
2004 “Cool
Country 9” Laughlin, NV 909-276-4459 CW, LD www.djdancing.com
03/25-03/28 2004 “Reno Dance
Sensation” Swing & Salsa Championships.
Reno, NV
916-966-9727 SW, SL www.renodancesensation.com
03/26-03/28
2004 “Chicago
Dance Challenge” Chicago, IL 800-GOBECKER
SW, HU
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.wandave@rap.midco.net
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
I see
the problem! I’m Shagging & you’re doing the West-coast Swing; or there’s
going to be nine more weeks of winter!
DANCE BASICS
Resist Part I
The art of
resistance while dancing is very difficult to explain and even more difficult
to execute well. A very basic explanation would be: The leader exerts a force
either pushing or pulling you in a specified direction. You exert an ALMOST
equal force in the opposite direction. For example, while holding both hands
the leader wants to push you back. If you exert NO force pushing back towards
him, you will not move at all. Exert too much force and you will push him back
instead. Exert just the right amount of force pushing back towards him and you
will end up in the exact position that he would like you to be in. This holds
true for pulling motions as well.
There are
many variables that affect the amount of resistance that you will exert. Some
are: your partner's dance style. the way you are feeling at the moment. the way
your partner is feeling at the moment; the
character of
the dance; the dance tempo and much more.
Developing a
good resistance is an intuitive process that requires time. Awareness is the
first step. Now that you have a basic under-standing of it, you are on your way
to mastering this art and becoming a better follower.
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.
*Article by
Mariann Cataletto Visit www.dancestudent.com Copyright © 1998-2004 “
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