News For August 22 - 31, 2005

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• Starlite Stumblers
• Square Dance ABC
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Starlite Stumblers

By George V. Schubel

It all started at the New Dancer dance hosted by the new dancer class of the Starlite Shufflers’ square dance club of Sacramento, California. Three club members (Joyce, Sharon and Betty) asked my wife Patty and I if we would like to join the Starlite Shufflers’ comedy demonstration team, the Starlite Stumblers. I knew they wore a big sack over their heads and it was sure to be hot in there. I get very hot when I dance even without a sack over my head. In fact I think most of the club members knew me as the new guy who always fans himself before they even knew my name.

To get ready for out first performance we would have five Sunday afternoon practice sessions. The first two would be in regular street clothes; the next practice would add the swim flippers. Then there would be one with the sack over my head and the flippers and the last practice would be in full costume with the sack, the jacket with the fake stuffed arms and of course the swim flippers. The large burlap sack had a face on it and the costume made you look like you were 4 feet tall.

Roy and Evelyn, past Stumblers, gave us a beautiful set of matching costumes. I could not resist trying mine on in my house. On went the flippers; over my head went the comic sack head. Inside the sack I held onto the plastic pipe that held up the sack. Patty fastened the fancy jacket with the great false arms around my waist. I tried to walk around in the house, but right off I stepped on the dog and banged into the walls a few times. No doubt about it, I was getting the hang of this. This will be a piece of cake.

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Square Dance ABC

Square Dance ABC is an introduction to today's square dancing.

Enjoy three fun, easy beginner square dances with no experience necessary.

The A, B, and C dances can be experienced in any order. (This is the main difference between Square Dance ABC and traditional "lesson-based" approaches. You can do the three beginner dances in any order.)

New dancers can start Square Dance ABC at any time (and all the time)!

After attending the individual A, B and C dances, dancers have learned 22 square dance calls. The next step is the combined "ABC" dance featuring the 22 calls. New dancers and their friends can join Square Dance ABC at any time by dancing the individual A, B and C dances in any order. Square Dance ABC spells an easy way for people to try square dancing at any time, with little or no commitment but with lots of opportunity for Fun, Fitness and Friends!

Rio Grande Valley Callers Association

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Larry Letson
Darryl Lipscomb
Joe Saltel
Nasser Shukayr
Jerry Story

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Last updated Saturday 8 December 2007