Board
Members
Gary and Kathy Willmes 343-3309
Henry Olivier and Linda Splittstoesser 399-9813
Dennis and Arlene Wilkerson 255-4383
Don and Elaine Reed 343-8929
Treasurer – Dennis Wilkerson 255-4383
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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ATTN: Treasurer, PO Box 9583, Rapid City, SD
57709.
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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
http://rap.midco.net/reedde/www
Notes From the board
Due to a lack of
candidates to fill the officer and committee positions for the new dance year,
those in attendance at the April general membership meeting decided on the
following:
(1) The
Dakota Territory Dance Club; will be run by the current board members: Gary and
Kathy Willmes, Henry Olivier and Linda Splittstoesser, Arlene and Dennis
Wilkerson, and Don and Elaine Reed.
(2) Dennis
Wilkerson will remain as Treasurer.
(3) Board
members will rotate chairing the monthly meetings and contributing the “Notes
from the Board” column for the newsletter.
(4) Quarterly
newsletters will be published in May, September, November, and March.
(5) Most
communication will be handled by e-mail to notify members of upcoming events
and items of interest.
(6) The
DTDC Board will continue to meet monthly during the dance season on the 2nd
Tuesday of the month from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. before dance practice at the
Canyon Lake Senior Citizen’s Center.
(7) Dance
lessons and practice sessions will tentatively continue to be held on Tuesday
evenings from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. during the months of October through April
at the Canyon Lake Senior Citizen’s Center.
(8) Due
to low attendance this year, the club-sponsored dances will be limited and will
be planned at a later date.
(9) All
members are encouraged to email suggestions or recommendations for the board to
consider.
(10) All members are
encouraged to attend the monthly board meetings or volunteer to join the board.
The DTDC Board wishes
to maintain as many dance functions and activities as we can, but we need
your support by attending scheduled events to cover expenses
incurred.
Have a great and safe
summer! We’ll see you on the dance floor or again in September at a DTDC event.
april,
2004 Meeting Minutes
Dakota
Territory Dance Club
April
13, 2004
The meeting was called to order by President;
Gary Willmes. A motion was made by
Henry Olivier and seconded by Arlene Wilkerson to approve the March ’04 meeting
minutes as published in the April 2004 Newsletter.
Treasurer’s Report:
Activity from 3/9/04 to 4/13/04:
Beginning Balance:
1,524.43
Income:
Membership renewals: -
0 –
Tuesday Dance Lessons 240.00
Newsletter Advertising
75.00
Total: 315.00
Expenses: Hall Rent: 200.00
Civic Center Rent: 185.00
ASCAP Renewal: 183.00
Copy Country: 20.37
Total: 588.37
Ending Balance (4/13/04): 1251.06
Activity
from 4/13/04 – 5/01/04:
Beginning
Balance 1251.06
Income:
April dance 455.00
Tuesday
practice 241.75
Total 696.75
Expenses:
Hall Rent 160.00
Civic Center 242.50
Total 402.50
Ending
balance (5/01/04) 1545.31
We still owe
the Civic Center approximately 200.00 for the April dance.
Old Business:
Discussion of the Treasurer’s Report: during the
current dance year (Apr.’03–’04), the club sustained approximately $600.00
total loss for the year. Tuesday night
dance lessons continue to be well attended and cover expenses. Henry Olivier moved to approve the
Treasurer’s Report. Arlene Wilkerson
seconded the motion; Treasurer’s Report approved as read.
Upcoming Graduation Dance: Dave and Wanda Pakalski will D.J. the
upcoming “Spring Fling Graduation Dance”, to be held at the Civic Center (Room
H) on Saturday, April 24th from 7:30 – 11:30 p.m. All those who have taken dance lessons from
any of the area instructors are especially invited to attend. This is an opportunity for DTDC members to meet
and welcome new or returning dancers, to join our club or participate in DTDC
activities.
New Business:
Recommended changes in the operation of the
Dakota Territory Dance Club were proposed and accepted. (See “Notes from the
Board, page1).
Linda and Henry will host a Friday
Night D.J.
Dance at the Moose Lodge on E. St. Patrick St. at 8:45 p.m. (April 16,
2004).
Linda will check with the Moose Lodge regarding
the possibility of monthly D.J. dances during the summer months.
The DTDC Board will meet at a later date to
determine the fall dance schedule.
Event times and places will be published in the September DTDC
Newsletter with reminders to members sent by email.
Meeting
adjourned at 7:00PM
Minutes reported by:
Elaine Reed
PRACTICE
THE DANCE CLUB NEEDS YOU & YOU & YOU! We can’t have too many people!
Thank you
Bill Gabbert and Zee Caldwell; for the Waltz lesson they gave us on April 27th. They were visiting Bills’ relatives in Rapid
City and were spending a couple of weeks in our area; they drove from
Albuquerque, NM where they live.
The 2003 –
2004 dance lessons were a big success with lots of new beginner faces, to go
along with some of the older ones. We enjoyed the camaraderie, had lots of fun
and laughs and learned a few new moves.
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.
Our lessons
are held at the Canyon Lake Senior Citizen’s Center, Tuesday’s October though
April. 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
Editor’s Note:
Please let Henry and
Linda, know how much we appreciate and enjoy their hosting the DTDC Tuesday
dance lessons. They’ve done a wonderful job of instruction and have brought a
lot of attention to our club; not to mention the monies received that have
helped keep our club afloat!
Thank you, Henry and
Linda!
Don Reed
Editor
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
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Profile
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your picture and member profile here!
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:
May
07
Gina Nania
08
Dennis
De Smet
14
Dan
Driscoll
17
Judy
Boysen
23
John
Talley
24
Susan
Sullivan
29
Marty Delp
30
Janet
Russ
31
Elaine
Reed
June
15
Howard Munsell
17
Paul
Arthur
18
Terry
Marvin
20 Jerry
McMartin
24
Lois
Fisher
25
Greg
Iversen
26
David
Gwinn
29
Pete
Mazio
30
Richard
Leinen
July
03 Debbie Ellerton
13
Ronalda Driscoll
25
Heidi
Critser
Aug
07
June Delp & Rose Jacobson
08
Bonnie Kelter
20
Dennis Finch,
Matthew Murrey
22
Kathleen
Kolb
24 Linda
Wolden
25 Jim Andersen
Sept
14
Linda
Splittstoesser
19
Dennis Wilkerson
Anniversaries:
May
02 Jim
Andersen
26
Jane
& Dennis De Smet
27
Debbie
Ellerton
June
08
Colleen & Terry Marvin
15
Lorry
& John Talley
July
03
Nancy & Dennis Finch
31
Sandra
& Darwin Knudtson
Aug
01
Janice & Greg Iversen
07
Arlene & Dennis Wilkerson
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
EVENTS
5/21 DJ
Dance at Rapid
City Moose Lodge
with Linda
and Henry. 8:45 PM.
5/25 –29
“Memorial Day Tangofest”
Denver, Co.
www.tango.org/dance/memday2004.htm
6/17 –20
“Colorado Star Ball”
Denver, CO.
803-802-7743
6/25, 7/30, 8/27 Dance to Wandave DJ’s Inc. at
the Recreation Swim Center (Wooden floor and smoke free). $7.00 p/p.
Sponsored by the Rapid City Rec, Dept.
7/07 –10 “Twin Cities Open”
Minneapolis, MN. 952-892-0876
7/08-11 2004 “8th annual Rocky
Mountain Regional Dance Festival” Casper, Wyoming
Club Dance West 307-234-8811 or 259-2501
08/19 –22 “Swing-time in the Rockies”
Denver, CO. 303-480-1655
10/01 – 02 “Fall Fest” Dakota Country Dance Club,
Sioux Falls, SD
jknusz@pfire.net 605-334-6056
10/22 –24 Twin Cities Rebels “Swing Challenge and Masquerade
Ball”
Minneapolis, MN. 952-941-0964
DANCE BASICS
A Common Error:
Whenever
I'm scanning the dance floor at a social dance event, I can
usually
spot several couples who are making one very common error. It's something that
I see even among the intermediate level dancers and it's a dead give away that
more work is needed before the advanced level can be reached. I call it the
error of exaggerated movement.
Somehow
people get the idea that if they make larger movements and move more body parts
during each dance measure, they are better dancers. I see this especially in
the Latin dances among the women. Their hips, shoulders and everything in
between get thrown in every direction. They think this is impressive but it
really just looks out of control and unpolished.
With
men the error usually takes a slightly different form especially among the
beginners. They tend to take super large steps and accent their dancing with
even larger steps in various directions. This can make dancing to fast music
especially difficult.
An
important point to remember is that the further your foot extends
Out,
past your hip line, the more time and energy you waste. If you do this in every
measure of your dance, it will make your movements choppy. It may even throw
off your timing.
Now I'm
not saying that you should never use your hips and shoulders
or take
large steps. These things are all very acceptable as accents during a dance.
Just be aware that for something to qualify as an accent it should occur at
well spaced intervals during your dance.
An
accent will lose its impact if you do it too often. The best dancers are always
in control over ALL of their movements. Even their accents are well thought out
although they may appear to be spontaneous and free.
Control
is at the center of even the wildest performance that you can remember seeing
professionals dance. Seek to maintain control of your movements first. Start
with the smaller movements and then you can gradually expand on their size.
Dancing With Cabin Fever
I had
absolutely no idea what to write about when I sat down at my
computer
to produce this newsletter. I felt totally out of touch
with
dancing for two reasons:
Recovering
from surgery does not include anything dance related.
The
Winter has really hit the East Coast hard AGAIN this year
making
it difficult even for healthy people to leave their homes
and
travel to dance events, etc.
Endless
days of cold, ice, snow and gray skies have taken their toll
on me.
My mind was a complete blank.
Then I
looked up to see Michael working through some new dance moves
and
using his dance notation to record them. When I told him my
problem
he said, " Why not write about your problem?"
Great
Advice! Everyone experiences a time of Winter in their life
literally
or figuratively. We all have those times when dancing gets
pushed
out of the picture for one reason or another.
What
can you do to keep your love of dancing alive and your skills
sharp
when your Winter arrives?
First,
give yourself permission to leave dancing when necessary and
attend
to more important matters. Adding guilt for dropping your
dance
agenda will only make matters worse.
The
dance studio, club, or whatever will still be there (or an
equivalent)
when you're ready to get back into the dance scene. Your
skills
can lie dormant for a time without any permanent damage being
done.
You may
need to return to dancing slowly and gradually build up to
full
power again. Use the same process that you would use if you had left a gym or
any other sport for some time because dancing does
require
similar physical activity.
A large
part of dancing lies in the mind. Use your imagination to
create
new dance patterns, stylings and so on. See and feel yourself
dancing
to your favorite (Hustle, Mambo, etc) song with your favorite partner. Make it
as real as you can in your mind and you'll end up feeling as refreshed as if
you've just left a great dance session.
You'll
be surprised by the effect this can have on your dancing. You
may
come back from your Winter with a fresh style, stronger and better than ever.
I've had this experience many times during my dancing years. It's more common
than you think.
Enjoy!
Social
dancing, is meant to be enjoyed! Sometimes we can get so caught up in the
learning process that we forget to have a good time. Let's start this ”new
year” by not taking ourselves so seriously that we forget to enjoy our dancing.
*Article by
Mariann Cataletto Visit www.dancestudent.com Copyright © 1998-2004 “
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