TOLEDO 49'rs SQUARE DANCE CLUB
Toledo, Oregon
Square Dance is the official State dance of Oregon

Our Caller/Cuer Team

Callers - Sandy Harris, Andy Rawlinson

Cuers - Sharon Greenman, Goldie Restorff

Dances are the First and Third Saturdays
 Gleneden Beach Community Center
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Mainstream and Rounds (3rd Tips are Plus)
7:00 pm Pre-Rounds, 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. Dance

Most of us

Recent Club Events:

Eighth Annual Loyalty Day Dance Weekend. Our May 4-5, 2007 Loyalty Day dance in Newport was attended by approximately 100 dancers.  The weekend began with the Friday night Trails End jamboree dance with invited guest callers and cuers. Featured caller Les Seeley again performed his calling magic, and the featured cuer was the always- bewitching Tami Helms. The Saturday afternoon Plus and A1 workshops and the advanced round dancing, the Saturday pot-luck dinner, and the silent auctions each night were among the special features of the dance weekend.  Dance visitors also enjoyed the Newport Loyalty Day 100-unit parade and of course the many coastal sights.

Our 2007 Loyalty Day square dance              click on a picture to enlarge
Friday night jamboree callers and cuers	Sign-in greeters	President's welcome	Giving away the Travelers Trophy	Getting ready for pot-luck dinner	... and dancing

2007 Loyalty Day 100-unit parade in Newport                click on a picture to enlarge

Some coastal scenes                    click on a picture to enlarge

Many of our club dancers were among the 8,001 dancers from throughout the world that attended the 54th National Square Dance Convention in Portland, OR, June 22-25, 2005.  A few of the dancers, 642 in all, then took the square dance Alaska cruise June 23-July 3. There was dancing on the ship and at a special hootenany at the convention center in Juneau.  A few pictures of the convention and cruise are shown below.

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Donations to the Community 

Since 2003 we have held several dances each year to collect fuzzy animals that we donate to the children's ward of the Newport Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport.  At our December 2006 "fuzzy" dance, stuffed animals worth more than $250 were collected. The photo below shows some of the collection with club secretary, Daisy Stoutsenberger, left, and club treasurer Dora Weaver.

     At a November dance each year we collect dry/canned food for donation to the local food share programs. In November 2006 the collection was 80-pounds.

    Each year we also make monetary donations to the H.O.R.S.E.S organization sponsored by the Square Dance Federation and to support local organizations. These have included; the Toledo and Newport high schools to help their extra-curricula projects and to fund alcohol-free graduation parties, to KidsZone to help pay for after-school care for youth in Depoe Bay, and to KidSwim to help pay for transportation, lessons and snacks for needy kids from Yachats and Waldport being driven to Newport for swimming lessons.

Recent and Upcoming Events:

Notes:
          Plus dancing to tapes is held in the Newport Adult Activity Center, Mondays, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.,   (541-574-0132).

Club meetings are held in the Newport Adult Activity Center the 2nd Monday of each month, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

An A-1/A-2 workshop and dancing to tapes is held at the Newport Adult Activity Center, Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

   Square Dance History...and more     (click here)

 

This page last updated   March 30, 2008