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Mainstream dancing each Friday |
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Dances at the historical Eldorado Train Station |
Getting there |
Club Happenings:
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| Club meeting | Club party |
Beginner lessons were held for several months in 2009 as part of each dance evening. Beginners were able to dance in several "Tips" (dances) during the evening. The new dancers graduated "with full honors".
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| None was left | Instructor Holly teaching "how to listen" | |
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| President Robinson dancing with the substitute "dancer" in the square | New and "old" dancing together |
In late 2009 we had an open house and free introduction to square dancing prior to starting the new class with Delbert Teeple as instructor.
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Delbert shows them how... |
...and then they try it. |
On July 4 we participated in the annual Eldorado parade and danced as part of the entertainment at the Community Center.
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| Ready to parade | Ready to parade | |
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| Our dancers | Dancer Amy in the Community Band |
We often exchange visits with the White Rock/Los Alamos Mountain Mixers.
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| Waiting for the Call - December 11, 2009 | Not waiting to talk - December 11, 2009 | |
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| Dancing inside - July 3, 2009 | Dancing outside - July 3, 2009 |
May 1,
2009 was a special night for the Club. Bruce Blossman was recognized for all his
work in getting the Club started. A plaque made by Mike Holly was presented by
the Club president, Richard Robinson, and a "Thank You" poster was signed by all
members. Bruce died August 1, 2009. He will be remembered in Club history as
"The Founder".
December 2008 ended with us being introduced to Contra dancing. Since Contra dancing is mostly square dance movements performed in lines instead of squares, the transition had not many mis-steps. Another combined learning and fun evening.
When there are not enough dancers to completely fill several squares, a Caller often has us form up into a rectangle (2 dancers at each Side position, 3 dancers at each Head position). As long as we do what he calls, it works out fine!
At a regular dance:
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Delbert Teeple stands still but makes us move! |
Good excercise! |
Demo dancing at the Agora plaza in Eldorado:
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| Depot Dancers Club Contacts, 2008 | |||
| President | Richard Robinson | 505-466-7319 | rgrcpa@attglobal.net |
| Secretary | David Lovro |
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dlovro@aol.com |
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Bill Keeffe |
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nmjuniper@msn.com |
| Social Chairpersons | Len Stovall & Dori Smith | leonard@stovall.net | |
| Publicity | Allen Brown | alandsue@xoweb.com | |
| Some Internet Links | |
| Albuquerque Square Dance Center | http://asdc.org |
| United Square Dancers of America | www.usda.org |
| Western Square Dancing | www.dosado.com |
| Eldorado Residents Association | www.eldoradoresidents.org |
Square Dance History...and more (click here)
This page last updated January 04, 2010
