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1 S U M M E R & & & $ the$ P.O.Box2001,RanchoMirage,CA92270$2.00 President s$message$ We have settled down into a pleasant routine of simply enjoying each other s company and our dances. Even with the excessive heat our Tuesday dances have averaged over 40 people, which is amazing for this time of year. Our membership continues to grow with the latest count at 147 total members. If you haven t renewed your membership it s never to late. For those of us that have been around awhile, let s make an effort to dance with our new members and make them feel welcome and supported as they get into the swing of things. We are pleased to now offer lessons before our Sunday evening dances. We need your support and we are sure that these lessons will increase your interest in joining us on Sundays. Ray Stanton will be teaching Night Club Two Step or Country Club Two Step on the 2nd Sunday of the month. Julie Gubb will be teaching intermediate WCS the 4th Sunday of the month of July. Our golf, dinner and dance we had in late May was so much fun We are grateful for the efforts of Rich Stenton in organizing the whole event. It was a small group but not lacking in enthusiasm. I hope we are able to do it again sometime. Our intermediate workshop with Trish Connery and David Walcup was a big success. We had 31 participants. We learned about musicality, extensions and syncopations in WCS. The Night Club Two Step lesson taught us the importance of timing and other tricks to make sure the dance ebbs and flows. Trish and David could not have been nicer to have joined us. They were as impressed with our friendly and open group as we were with them. Jay Byam's event is coming up Aug-15-18th. He is still looking for volunteers to help out. The conference offers something for every kind of dancer. It s a wonderful way to get instruction both in basic and more advanced WCS, to watch the champions and be inspired by all the great dancers from around the country and finally to enjoy the open dances. Of course, as many of you know, the conference is a great place to shop and buy good WCS dance shoes. Let us enjoy this lovely respite that the summer WCS club offers and be thankful for our friends, fellow dancers, and good health. We are a fortunate group. - Ann DSDC activities are licensed through affiliation with the National FastDance Assn. PRESIDENT AnnMcGowan (760)832:9229 amcgo3300@aol.com VICEPRESIDENT & MARKETING&PUBLICITY MargaretHines (760)904:0912 margaret@desertsunbelt.com SECRETARY LornaCiaramella (206)947:0003 lattelorna@yahoo.com TREASURER SaraRoth (630)536:6819 sir704@gmail.com LIAISON PollyCulbreth:PastPresident (760)698:8198 dsdcsecretary@yahoo.com DIRECTORSATLARGE EVENTS JosieNelson (760)328:6611 MEMBERSHIP&OPERATIONS JillKroesen (760)285:2075 sierramoonlucy@aol.com CARES&CONCERNS RonBishop (951)927:3655 rbdancealot@verizon.net OFFBOARDAPPOINTMENTS WEBMASTER LarryKroeze (562)799:9274 larrykroeze@aol.com Visitusonlineat desertswingdanceclub.com

2 DSDCNEWSLETTER SPRING2013 DANCE - Tuesday Nights 7 to 9 PM: Indian Canyons Golf Resort, 1100 E Murray Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, Ca $7 members $10 non-members. LESSON Beginning and Beyond at 6-6:50 PM $10 for lesson without the Dance, $12 Lesson with the Dance for members and $13 for lesson with dance non-members. DANCE - 2nd& 4th SUNDAY NIGHTS: 7 to 9 PM Indian Canyons Golf Resort 1100 E Murray Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, Ca $7 members, $10 non-members. SUNDAY LESSONS 6-6:50 PM 2nd SUNDAY Intermediate WCS, Country Two Step or Nightclub Two-Step with Ray Stanton and the 4th SUNDAY Julie Gubb will teach Intermediate WCS. Let s brush up on those skills OUR&NEW&DANCE&VENUE&is&Indian&Canyons&Golf& 2 Our$Schedule$$ DSDC needs you to LIKE us on FACEBOOK and View this Newsletter on our Website If you like our newsletter and our photos then DSDC needs you to access these newsletters online. Why? It s a geeky answer. We ve increased the number of pictures in our newsletter but that also greatly increases the file size. And a large file is not very good for ing. Images take up more bits and bytes than words. Then when we compress them for they are not as clear as you probably would like. The solution is for our members to access the newsletter from the DSDC website by clicking on the PDF link and opening the PDF file. We will send you a link to the Newsletter in . Then your is not clogged up with an attachment that the Internet Provider doesn t like, and it s easier for you to directly save that file on your computer. Some of the images can then be removed from the newsletter for your use. But we will save that for another article. Please link to us on FACEBOOK. We now have 53 LIKES on Facebook but we have 147 members. So where are you guys? If we had more of our members on Facebook, we would post more of these pictures. And once you are on Facebook, you can share your mug with friends, children, grandchildren, and the press and show the world what a wonderful dancer you are The truth is we haven t done much of this because we know you guys aren t on Facebook. WE NEED YOU ON FACEBOOK. It s fun and easy, and convenient for getting the word out HERE IS HOW TO SIGN UP FOR FACEBOOK: If you don't have a Facebook account, you can sign up in a few easy steps. To sign up for a brand new account, enter your name, birthday, gender, and address into the form on Then pick a password. After you complete the sign up form, they will send an to the address you provided. Just click the confirmation link to complete the sign up process. Now all you need to do is search for the Desertswingdanceclubdsdc and click on the LIKE button. Then you will be notified if we post something to Facebook. You can also access Facebook from your smartphone. And if you take a great picture at one of our dances, you can post it directly to our Facebook page. Now that is cool We can t wait to see all those new likes members signing up

3 DSDCNEWSLETTER SPRING2013 A&special&thanks&to& Trish&Connery&&&David&Walcup& for&leading&our&summer&seminar.& & Summer&WCS&is&going&Strong&& $ TOP10QUALITIESTHATMAKEAPOPULARSOCIALDANCER?By#Kelly#Casanova 1.Greetsthedoorpersonbynamewithasmileandhasmoneyathandsoastohelpthelinemovemore quickly. 2.Storesbelongingswellunderachairsoasnottocausesomeonewalkingbytotripoverthem. 3.Respondsimmediatelytoarequestforadancewithaquickandauthenticsmileandanenthusiastic response. 4.Enters/exitsthedancefloorwiththeirpartnerwithoutdisturbingotherdancersalreadyonthefloor. 5.Showsconsiderationforotherdancersterritoriesandmaintainsaslotappropriateinwidthandlength relativetothespaceavailable. 6.Staysalerttoshiftingslotsofotherdancersandquicklyadaptschoreographyandfootworktoavoid collisions. 7.Protectstheirpartnerfrominjuriesandcollisions. 8.Profuselyapologizesforcausinganyinjuryorcollisionand,ifnecessary,walksinjuredpartyoffthefloorto receivemedicalattention. 9.Paysattentiontohis/herpartnerwithpositivefacialexpressionsandfrequenteyecontact. 10.Showsappreciationofapartner sdanceabilitieseitherverballyorthroughfacialexpressionsandbody language. ThisexcerptisfromanarticlecourtesyoftheDesertSwingDanceClubMarch/AprilNewsletter. 3

4 DSDCNEWSLETTER SPRING2013 VintageSwingProject:DoYouRecognizeyourFellowDancer? A"big project is underway Our very own WCS membership directory, Jill Kroesen is collecting & photos of our members in their youth Here s a summary of the project from Jill: I d like young adult photos but earlier ones are really fun too. We are going to have a contest to see who can identify the most pictures. I'm having a blast and already have some amazing photos I'm hoping everyone will participate. Please bring your photos to the dance and I will take a photo of it and you can take it right back home. You can also or send a photo in US mail. You can also text me a picture, it you take a photo of the photo with your camera phone. My number is My address is Jill Kroesen, P.O. Box 2001, Rancho Mirage, ~ Jill Can you guess your fellow WCS dancer?# 4

5 DSDCNEWSLETTER Summer&Dancers&and&Golf&2013& SPRING2013 5

6 DSDCNEWSLETTER Wow$7$Do$We$Have$Birthdays$ SUMMER Cherie Aguilar-Ricco 5 24 Donna Lofgren 7 9 Richard Gamache 8 6 Gaetan Carrette 4 3 Les Davidson 5 25 Jerry Griffin 7 12 Nancy Nastri 8 8 Tony Alba 4 5 Philip Highducheck 5 26 Carla Hanks 7 18 Chase Berke 8 15 Russell Bucklin 4 11 Virginia Ashenbrenner 5 29 Kathleen Smelser 7 19 James Draper 8 18 Cheryl Frenchi 4 12 Josie Nelson 6 1 Laurie Hirth 7 22 Larry Kroeze 8 18 Maria Nolasco 4 14 Jeri Sigler 6 5 Valery Carpenter 7 22 Christine Lyon 8 22 Jerry Jacques 4 16 Ann Mc Gowan 6 6 Tony Ricco 7 23 Shirley Hammer 8 26 Dee Boyd 4 20 Jerry Pollack 6 7 Bobby Lewis 7 25 Kathy Hirsch 9 2 Jill Gover 4 30 Raymond Stanton 6 8 Keith Johnson 7 26 Bob Engel 9 8 Tom Barry 5 3 Al Dyer 6 13 Joe Pastelak 7 31 Bert Anderson 9 11 Mary Beth Treen 5 5 Margaret Hines 6 14 Barbara Mueller 8 2 Marian Mohler 9 12 Richard Cordobes 5 12 Jill Kroesen 6 17 Susan Byron 8 2 Camille Victour 9 15 Barb Cohen 5 16 Tamara Smith 6 23 Don Burnett 8 3 Gussie Twomey 9 20 Tom Hile 5 17 Joyce Greene 6 25 Lorry Meyer 8 4 Dieter Ammon 9 21 Deborah Lloyd 5 22 Rich Stenton 6 29 Jenny Lare 8 4 Barbara Dyer 9 26 Lorna Ciaramella 5 22 Scott Tansor 7 8 Ron Bishop 8 4 Sandra Ripp 5 23 Terry Clarke 7 8 Bob Kemp 8 4 Linda Watkins 5 23 Shirley Tretta Jill Kroesen P.O. Box 2001, Rancho Mirage, CA FORWARDING & ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED