All Trailblaz ers Dances at Mel s Dance Center

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1 Volume 34, Number ä Your current Square Dance skills... ä Positive, friendly, helpful Trailblazers dance environment... ä Unmatched calling skills of the Gentle Giant... Want to serve on the Trailblazers Board Let either Bruce & Nancy Rosenblum or John & Barbara Marshall know you re available. Your contribution will be greatly welcomed and appreciated. Upcoming 2015 Trailblazers Dances and Session Schedules Saturday 1st Session C1: 11:15 AM to 1:45 PM; 2nd Session A2: 3:15 to 5:45 PM Sunday 1st Session C2: 11:15 AM to 1:45 PM; 2nd Session C3A: 3:15 to 5:45 PM Feb Bill Haynes... Gilbert, AZ Mar Vic Ceder... Los Olivos, CA Apr DARK (Easter) May Dave Heffron... Austin, TX Jun Ben Rubright... Punta Gonda, FL Jul DARK (Fourth of July) Dance Location Map shown on page 10 All Trailblaz ers Dances at Mel s Dance Center

2 Page 2 Contents TRAILBLAZER February 2015 A1/A2 Class (added)... 3 Anniversaries, Members & Friends... 7 Bill Haynes Profile... 3 Birthdays, Members & Friends... 7 Board Election Dates, Upcoming... 2 Board Members, Board Vacancies, Magic Squares Schedule... 9 New Trailblazers Members... 8 Ray & Liz Lee PACE, Southern California Dance Schedule... 9 Phantom Squares Schedule... 9 President s Message Second Call for Nominations Board... 1 Statement of Policy, TRAILBLAZER... 9 Trailblazers January 2015 Dance... 4 Trailblazers Dances, Upcoming Trailblazers Square Dance Schedule, Location and Maps Trailblazers Sunshine... 8 Volunteer Staff, Trailblazers... 9 Where s The Dance... 6 Swing Along The Trail Bill Fryxell... 5 C1 Class Members and Angels, of December 2014 Class... 4 Cindy (Farley) Wampler... 5 Gordon Morris... 4 Marvin Fishman... 5 Sherry Ginsberg... 4 Steve & Mickey Klinger... 5 Suzy Reis... 4 Trailblazers Friends... 8 Fred & Patti Jackson Bob & Peggy Bednar Photography Credits: John Melstrom and Rod Anderson Trailblazers Board Election Upcoming Dates March 7-8, 2015: Final Candidate Slate Presentation, Final Call for Nominees, Nominations Closed May 2-3, 2015: Trailblazers Board Election June 6, 2015: New Board Installation Trailblazers Board of Directors Vacancies Two vacancies need to be filled for the upcoming Board of Directors elections. The duties for each office are: Third Vice-President. (1) Arrange for refreshments, to include, but not limited to: purchase, storage and set-up and clean-up at each dance session and (2) Manage and account for the Kitty fund. Treasurer. (1) Prepare a Treasurer s Report for each Board Meeting, (2) Collect and manage the door fees and dues, (3) Maintain the Club checking account and signature card, (4) Arrange the payment of: callers, facility rental, advertising, Association dues, annual insurance fees, member badges, and any other Club expenses, (5) Provide properly prepared records for an annual presentation to the Board in April of each year, (6) Maintain 50/50, (7) Maintain updated Club membership records and the Club roster, and (8) Arrange for the preparation of tax forms for callers and federal and state tax forms for the Club.

3 Page 3 Bill Haynes Trailblazers February 2015 Caller Bill Haynes of Gilbert, Arizona was born in Texas and moved to New Mexico in Upon completion of basic square dance lessons in 1959, he danced for two years before beginning his calling career when he taught his first class. Ever since Bill has been pursuing square dance calling and promotion of the activity. Bill taught school for a short time before fulfilling his Army ROTC military obligation by serving as a Platoon Leader in Korea for 2 years. He returned to Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1971 to resume both his teaching and calling careers. While teaching school, he earned a Master in Education Administration. His calling ranges from Basic through C-3B. Bill has attended several caller seminars with Bob Fisk, Melton Luttrell, Marshal Flippo, all of whom are well known callers. He has been the featured caller at many festivals in the United States and has an especially good following in the Southwestern states - Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. In 1984 Bill moved to Mesa to open up a new RV park, Carriage Manor. From November through March Bill calls a full-time A2 through C3B Square Dance program in Mesa, Arizona. Bill is an American Callers Association member. A complete listing can be found in the January 2015 TRAILBLAZER, Issue 1, on pages 7 and 8. Following is one new A1/A2 Class event. ADDED: A1/A2 Class, Phil Farmer (Instructor/Caller), Bloomin Squares, 4:00-7:00 pm, Sundays Intro to A & Advanced Dance, February 15, Class Starts February 22, 2015 (Closes Mar 8) Tujunga-Sunland Municipal Building, 7747 Foothill Blvd, Tujunga CA Contact: DianaLee Bartera ( ) or DianaLeeBartera@gmail.com A2 Angel star tips will be part of the class format. Retreads and brush-ups welcome. If you want a deeper understanding of Advanced, this is your class. THE CLASS GOAL: Start with A1 and work through A2. Provide the students with the knowledge to transition to C1 easily.

4 Page 4 At Trailblazers January 2015 Saturday Square Dances the dance hall was filled with Squares Dancer from end-to-end... A2 had 10-plus squares, and C1, 8-plus. Outstanding calling and friendly, happy dancers. Comments from our TRAILBLAZER readers: Suzy Reis: Dear Trailblazers, Thank you so much for that beautiful and thoughtful Birthday wish. We'll be seeing you the first weekend of February. With Love. Sherry Ginsberg (Received January 2): Happy New Year! Even though I'm taking a break from square dancing, I still really enjoy getting the newsletter an amazing job with the Newsletter - it's really "professional"...thank you. Gordon Morris, Vice President, of Tinseltown Squares: Thank you very much for including us in the TRAILBLAZER calendar. Congratulations to the C1 Class Members and Angels who completed, in late December 2014, their C1 Class instructed by Lloyd Lewis. This C1 Class was sponsored by Trailblazers. The Class Members and Angels included: Earl Adams, Les Amer, Sybil Armen, Patricia Baker, Jane Carroll, Alisa Cohen, Sharon Goldman, Henry Grisset, Marty Handman, Kirk Lang, Nick Leary, Pete & Dagmaar Lestrel, Don Margolin, John Michaelson, Gordon S Morris, Delores Yvonne Nirk, Jeff & Shirley Semel, and Cheryl Sullivan. The Trailblazers invites you to our dances and our Square Dance family looks forward to sharing dances with you. Swing Along The Trail (continued next page)

5 Page 5 SWING ALONG THE TRAIL (continued from page 4) Congratulations to Marvin Fishman upon being elected as the General Chairman for the 2018 California State Square Dance Convention. Marvin is one of our newest Trailblazers member. Cindy Farley and Jim Wampler were married on November 25, Cindy was a former Trailblazers board member and Square Dancer. She now spends most of her dancing time perfecting her round dance skills with her new husband. Bill (William) Fryxell, a square dance enthusiast, was a past Trailblazers friend who enjoyed dancing Advanced with our club. A longtime Downey resident he succumbed to his three-month struggle with advanced stage kidney cancer on December 29, Bill (Willy) worked for North American Aviation, Rockwell and Boeing on defense and space exploration projects with a focus on the Apollos and Space Shuttles, including ground control. He was born in Moline, Illinois on January 4, 1938 and moved to Arizona in his early childhood. {Thanks to Barbara Shimomura for her contributions to this article.} Steve and Mickey Klinger, you both are in our positive thoughts. We are wishing Steve a speedy and thorough recovery and Mickey the strength to help Steve on his path to a complete return to wellness. In late November Steve had a bad fall resulting in a head injury that in mid-january developed into some severe, life-altering medical issues. Now and every day he is doing better. A more detailed reporting will be published in the TRAILBLAZER shortly. Meanwhile, some requests from Mickey and suggestions. Please do NOT call Mickey. She has adequate supportive help from family and neighbors but still she had many, many pressing and necessary thoughts to process and items with which to deal. Get-well cards may be sent to Steve at: st St, Manhattan Beach, CA {Editor s suggestion: A card or of encouragement to Mickey would also be nice.} Mickey publishes a daily report about Steve s progress. If you would like to receive these updates, please let Mickey know through at klingersrmk@earthlink.net. Please try to keep your request for the daily updates list short and understand it will be some time before Mickey will be able to reply to s. At this time Steve CANNOT have visitors. As soon as Steve is able to receive visitors, Mickey will let you know.

6 Page 6 WheresTheDance.com now has over 100,000 dance events listed in their most informative Square Dance website locator. Thanks Robert Ameeti for all your diligent and hard work. Robert remarks: We are very anxious to hear comments from you about our Square Dance website service. We are close to sharing a new, fun feature but we would appreciate your help. Do you attend any special dance events? Multi-day dance events? If so, please use our schedules link and enter the name of the event in the 'Club Name or Event Name' box. Are your favorite special events listed? If not, please share some information about the event with us so that we can ensure that we have captured all of your favorites. at Events@WheresTheDance.com Robert also recently announced that Where s The Dance has gone metric!!! (Well, ok, not all the way.) An awful lot of [international] friends have been patiently waiting for those silly miles to go away. Now everyone has a choice. He also adds, When you go to a dance event, please do tell the person who takes your money that Where's The Dance helped you decide where to go. We need more clubs to know that you appreciate their events on our site.

7 Page 7 Trailblazers and Friends February and March Birthdays February 2015 Debbie Ceder Donna McCullough Tim Robinson Todd Fellegy Sharon Simon Rod Anderson Sharon Golden Lois Goodman Tom Roberts Jim Hill Trailblazers and Friends February and March Anniversaries (The number in parenthesis = anniversary years) David & Heidi Heffron John & Barbara Marshall Rich & Debbie Cornick Rod Anderson & Hal Anker Tom & Kris Heffron Nick & Carol Esser Ralph & Sharon Simon March 2015 Heidi Heffron Hal Anker Kris Heffron Barbara Lane Theresa Johnson Vickie Morris Karl Springer Carolyn Melstrom Dawn Farabee Connie Chevalier Joe Sirks Edie Walker Pat Rothwell Barbara Jones Dee Langevin Sue Batema David Moorhouse Barbara Shimomura Lori Guss Ben Teller

8 Page 8 Welcome to our newest Trailblazers Ray and Liz Lee Thanks for becoming a part of our Square Dance family. We look forward to joining you in our Squares. Bob & Peggy Bednar Fred & Patti Jackson Trailblazers Sunshine Know or heard about a Trailblazers member who needs an extended hand of friendship in a time of happiness or sadness. Please inform Barbara Lane, our Trailblazers Sunshine Representative, so a big Yellow Rock can be sent through a written note. Barbara can be contacted in person, by phone ( )

9 Page 9 Magic Squares Upcoming Dances Schedule & Location Changes As noted below Carl McCullough and Richard Bass February 28, 2015 La Mesa Methodist Church 4690 Palm Ave, La Mesa, CA Schedule: Session 1: C2, Session 2: C1 Please check website for times Sandie Bryant March 28, 2015 Our Redeemer Lutheran Church 1370 Euclid St, San Diego, CA Schedule: Session 1: C1, 12:30-2:30 pm Session 2: C1, 4:00-6:00 pm (C2 stars) Southern California PACE Sunday Schedule: C3A at 10:30 am & C2 at 2:30 pm Mel s Dance Center 5846 Westminster Ave Westminster, CA Barry Clasper... February 22 March Dark Rob French... April 19 Vic Ceder... May 17 June Dark Dave Heffron... July 19 Phantom Squares Dances Friday Schedule: Pre-Rounds: 7:15p-7:45p A2 with Rounds: 7:45p-10:00p Saturday C3A Work Shop Schedule Session 1: 11:00a-1:30p; Session 2: 2:30p-5:00p Sunday Schedule C1: 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM; C2: 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM Johnny Preston... February 13 & 15 Rob French... March 13, 14 & 15 Kris Jensen... April 10 & 12 May Dark (Mother s Day) Michael Kellogg... June 12 & 14 Canoga Park Women s Club 7401 Jordan Ave, Canoga Park Trailblazers Board Members Presidents... Bruce & Nancy Rosenblum 1st Vice President... John Marshall 2nd Vice Presidents... Rod Anderson and Jerry & Ruth Blackmar 3rd Vice President... Barbara Marshall Secretary... Bruce Crabtree Treasurer... Sam Mehlman A Square D Rep... Joe Fortenberry Trailblazers Volunteer Staff Historians: John Melstrom and Hal Anker Photographers: Rod Anderson, John Melstrom, and David Moorhouse Sunshine Representative: Barbara Lane TRAILBLAZER Editor: Hal Anker Webmaster: Karl Springer TRAILBLAZER STATEMENT OF POLICY: TRAILBLAZER is published by Trailblazers Square Dance Club for the purpose of providing a means for dissemination square dance information to the Advanced and Challenge Community. The Editor and Publisher reserve the right to exercise their discretion in the acceptance, rejection or editing of any proffered information, listings or advertising based upon their determination of the best interest of square dancing. The opinions which may be expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Editor, Publisher or Trailblazers. Your views are encouraged. Any article herein may be reprinted with credits to TRAILBLAZER and the author. PUBLISHING DATA: TRAILBLAZER will be published monthly. MAILING ADDRESS: Address all correspondence to: Trailblazer Editors, 5740 Adams Ave, San Diego, CA TRAILBLAZER STAFF: Hal Anker ( ), TommyEditor@yahoo.com TRAILBLAZERS WEBMASTER: Karl Springer, webmaster@trailblazers-socal.org DANCE, CLASS & WORKSHOP LISTINGS: No charge for listings. Regular dances will be listed under special events. Call schedules will not be included in regular dance listings. However, if a schedule of callers is sent, we will include a listing on our website. ADVERTISING: Advertising must be camera ready copy, black ink on white paper. Full page originals cannot be reduced to a half-page. ADVERTISING RATES: Full Page (8 x 10) = $30; Half Page (8 x 5) = $20; Qtr. Page (3.75 x 5) = $10; Bus. Card (3 x 2) = $ 6.50 ADVERTISING REMITTANCE: Make all checks for advertising or listings payable to Trailblazers. Payment must accompany all orders for advertisements and listings.

10 Page 10 Trailblazers Presidents Message For the second year in a row, the year started off bitter sweet. Our January Dance weekend with Todd I mean Bronc Wise calling, was fantastic with the best attendance we have had in a long time. A great start for a new year. On January 16th, an was sent out from our long-time member Mickey Klinger. Please see article about the Klingers on page 5 of the February 2015 TRAILBLAZER. Those members that only dance on Saturday may not know them. The Klingers have been members of the Trailblazer family for over 22 years. From 2001 through 2011 Mickey was our Newsletter Editor one of the challenging, volunteer Trailblazers jobs. Steve is now in rehab and on his way to a very slow recovery. Please join us and keep both of them in your positive, healing thoughts, and for Steve to have a very successful recovery. Candidates for our Board of Directors are needed. At this time we are still seeking some new Board Members. We don t have many Board meetings. Some of our Board Members have been on the Board for over 10 years, with the Marshalls, I believe, having the record for being on the Board. And they are still dedicated to stay on. Thank you John & Barbara. Thank you to the other Board Members who are also willing to stay for the next year. However two Board Member spots need to be filled: Treasurer and 3rd Vice President. If you have any questions about these positions, feel free to ask us this weekend or contact us. If you are interested, please let us know at this dance weekend. The Board makes the decisions about the future functions of our club. What a great way to help your club. The Treasurer duties are responsible for the club s finances. The 3rd Vice President is in charge of refreshments and the kitty. Barbara Marshall has been taking care of this for a few years and would like to give the opportunity to another member to be on our Board. PLEASE HELP HER. It takes several volunteers to run our great club, and some of the work is behind the scene. We couldn t do it without them. Thank you to all of you that help out when you can. Your help and attendance at dances is what has made Trailblazers the great club that it is. We are looking forward to our February Dance weekend with the Dr. Bill Haynes from Gilbert, Arizona. We hope to see all of you there. For those who have never danced to the Square Dance doctor Bill is easy. See you in a square. Bruce & Nancy Rosenblum

11 Page 11 T R A I L B L A Z E R S Callers Schedule February 7 & 8, 2015 Bill Haynes (Gilbert, Arizona) March 7 & 8, 2015 Vic Ceder (Los Olivos, California) April 2015 DARK (Easter) May 2 & 3, 2015 Dave Heffron (Austin, Texas) June 6 & 7, 2015 Ben Rubright (Punta Gonda, Florida) July 2015 DARK Happy Birthday, U.S.A August 1 & 2, 2015 Rob French (Woodland, California) September 5 & 6, 2015 Barry Clasper (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) October 3 & 4, 2015 Darryl Lipscomb (Mission, Texas) Dance Schedule 1st SATURDAY of the Month C1: 11:15 AM to 1:45 PM Last tip increased difficulty at C1 A2: 3:15 to 5:45 PM Last tip increased difficulty at A2 SUNDAY following 1st Saturday of the Month C2: 11:15 AM to 1:45 PM Last tip increased difficulty at C2 C3A: 3:15 to 5:45 PM, Last tip is C3B Singles Welcome Singles Rotation Available Square Dance Attire is Optional Location Map Mel s Dance Center 5046 Westminster Ave, Westminster, CA November 7 & 8, 2015 Anne Uebelacker (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada) December 5 & 6, 2015 Sandie Bryant (Chicago, Illinois) January 2 & 3, 2016 Bronc Wise (Denver, Colorado) Information: Bruce & Nancy Rosenblum (951) or - John & Barbara Marshall (626)