Lead Story Headline. Myrna and I hope that everyone gets involved in this year's THEME Be Part of the

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1 O k l a h o m a S q u a r e D a n c e F e d e r a t i o n, I n c. E s t a b l i s h e d On the web at: Volume 54 No.1 Inside this issue: Lead Story Headline President Mike & Myrna Perkins Feb/March 2017 President Myrna and I hope that everyone gets involved in this year's THEME Be Part of the 2017 C.I.A. Square Dancers We want dancers to be COMMITTED to helping our New Dancers, our Clubs, our Districts and our state. We want dancers to be INVOLVED in all activities. Not just club or district dances, but in fund raising, lessons and special events. Look into being officers or committee chairman. Whether it be on a club, district or state level. We thank each of you for the opportunity to serve this year as your OSDF President. We look forward to serving with the other elected officers; Bill Guthrie and Wanda Oliver as 1st Vice president, Lonnie and Jody Billings as 2nd Vice president, Norvell and Mary Dalley as 3rd Vice president, Vernon and Lois Schimmels as Secretary, Gene and Barbara Morton as Treasurer and Jim and Julia Reese as Immediate Past President. We appreciate each of the following volunteering to serve as committee chairmen. Glenn and Roselind McCulley as Accountant, Mike and Iris Huddleson as Caller Coordinator, Cecil and Barbara Burton as Education, Ron and Barbara Smith as Growth and Development and Parliamentarian, Avis Strasner and Lorraine Conner as Historian, Rod and Lois Ford as Insurance, Terry and Sonya Savell Jones as Program Book and Webmaster, Jim and Julia Reese as Program Ads and Visit Nine, Glen and Linda Bray as Publicity, Bob and Melissa Thomas as SASHAY Editor, and Glenda Reynolds and Stan Taylor as Singles Coordinator. A new committee this year, one we hope will get a lot of participation, is Hall of Fame. Jim a nd Ruth Ford are chairman. They will be contacting the district presidents with information. We thank all of the above and the district presidents for helping make our informal meeting such a success. We want dancers to be AMBITIOUS to improve the FUN, Fellowship and Square Dancing that we all enjoy. If we all become C.I.A. Square Dancers and fulfill this theme, square dancing everywhere can't help but GROW. As the comic strip POGO from the 50's said "We have met the enemy, and he is us!" Those of us that have only been dancing will see more dancers to dance with and more dances to attend. Be part of this 'wave of growth' so you can say "I helped make this happen!" District Presidents have all been sent district assignments for the Spring Round-up to be held in Ada March 18-19, They will need volunteers to help do these assignments. The more volunteers the smaller the job each dancer has to do. Be a CIA Square Dancer! District Presidents, it is also time to send us your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice for the state officers to make an official visit to your district. We want to make a year's calendar of events and dances to attend. Please send those to us ASAP. Please contact us and keep us aware of dancers with health issues. Everyone needs a little 'pick-me-up' when life puts us in the 'dumps'. We hope everyone is aware by now that the Federation purchased yard signs and furnished the clubs and districts one each free. We still have a few that can be purchased by any OSDF member for $38. Please contact us for delivery to you. Mike and Myrna Perkins

2 2017 OSDF Officers Next SASHAY news due Mar 20, PRESIDENT MIKE & MYRNA PERKINS 6 SANDRA RD, Clinton, OK bmperkins1@sbcglobal.net 1 ST VICE PRESIDENT BILL GUTHRIE 2147 NW OZMUN AVE, Lawton, OK charlesguthrie652@yahoo.com AND WANDA OLIVER 1378 NW Mcintosh Rd Elgin, OK olivereastern1@yahoo.com 2 ND VICE PRESIDENT LONNIE & JODY BILLINGS 1808 NW Lake Lawton, OK jody.billings@att.net 3 RD VICE PRESIDENT NORVELL AND MARY DALLEY 974 BURNSIDE DR Davis, OK mad-end@brightok.net TREASURER Gene and Barbara Morton TH ST Vernon, TX gbmvernon@yahoo.com IMMD PAST PRESIDENT JIM AND JULIA REESE PO BOX Mannford OK jdreese@hotmail.com 2017 Committee Chairmen ACCOUNTANT GLEN & ROSELIND McCULLEY PO BOX 1626 office WEATHERFORD, OK mmcpas@cebridge.net CALLER COORDINATOR MIKE & IRIS HUDDLESON mhuddleson@aol.com HISTORIAN AVIS STRASNER PO BOX KEYES, OK astrasner@ptci.net AND LORAINE CONNER PO BOX KEYES, OK LoraineConner@sbcglobal.net PROGRAM BOOK CHAIRMAN Sonya & Terry Savell-Jones 5412 Midway Dr. Newalla, OK webmaster@cdsda.com PROGRAM ADS CHAIRMAN JIM AND JULIA REESE PO BOX Mannford OK jdreese@hotmail.com INSURANCE ROD & LOIS FORD PO Box Gage, OK wb5ovt@pldi.net GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT and PARLIAMENTARIAN RON & BARB SMITH ECR Altus, OK rbsmith27@gmail.com PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN GLEN & LINDA BRAY 7420 High Meadow Ln Piedmont, OK theonlyeagerbeavertree@aol.com EDUCATION CHAIRMAN CECIL & BARBARA BURTON 501 N 5th Ponca City, OK burtonrockinb@sbcglobal.net SASHAY EDITOR BOB & MELISSA THOMAS PIEDRA DR, EDMOND, OK bob@sdbob.com SINGLES COORDINATOR GLENDA REYNOLDS PO Box Prague, OK glenda@kinslowsonicgroup.com & STAN TAYLOR CR Allen, OK papa71nova@gmail.com VISIT NINE JIM AND JULIA REESE PO BOX Mannford OK jdreese@hotmail.com WEBMASTER Sonya & Terry Savell-Jones 5412 Midway Dr. Newalla, OK webmaster@cdsda.com Page 2 Feb/March 2017

3 1st Vice BILL GUTHRIE & WANDA OLIVER First and foremost we would like to thank Mike and Myrna Perkins for having us on there board. We are looking forward to working to working with "All Square Dancers In Making This A Wonderful Year!" We had a meeting January 12 with Tower Hotel in Oklahoma City. The 71st Oklahoma Square Dance Federation Festival will be November 4, Rooms will be $93.00 plus tax with breakfast. Reservations MUST be done by the Square Dancers. CUT OFF DATE for that will be October 21,2017. When making your reservations let the hotel know you are a member of the Oklahoma Square Dance Federation or you risk the possibility of a higher rate. Assignments for the Festival will be distributed at the March Round Up or prior. See you in a square somewhere!! Bill Guthrie and Wanda Oliver OSDF 1st Vice President 2017 District Presidents Active Past Presidents Central District Steve & Terri Denton 1208 Cambridge Dr Shawnee, OK dentonterrid@gmail.com Terry Cell: Green Country District George & Shirley Hazlett 9016 S LAKEWOOD CT TULSA, OK gshtulsa@gmail.com Northeast District Ken & Sue McCoy 3535 E. 4th Place Tulsa, OK sdmc1@juno.com Home Phone: Her Cell: His Cell: Northwest District James & Katheryn Cole E County Road 57 Mutual, OK katheryncole.cole@gmail.com Panhandle District Martha Thurman 1021 S Colgate St Perryton, TX South Central District Bill Sickler 4733 NW Motif Manor AptB3 Lawton, OK billsickler3150@gmail.com Angie Sickler 5350 NW Cache Rd Apt11W Lawton, OK angie_thesickler@gmail.com Southern District Shawn & Mary Lloyd 213 E Tulsa Sulphur, OK Him: Her: Southwest District Gene and Barbara Morton TH ST Vernon, TX gbmvernon@yahoo.com 2016 Jim & Julia Reese gc 2015 Vernon Willis c & Joyce Winfield c 2014 Bill Guthrie sc 2013 Glen & Linda Bray c 2012 Ron & Barb Smith sw 2011 Ray and Patricia Mills sw 2010 Jim & Julia Reese gc 2009 Robert Orman c 2008 Chuck & Janice Bookout ne 2007 Mike & Myrna Perkins sw 2006 Marvin & Donna Kay Pierce c 2005 Mike & Phyllis Thomason c 2003 George & Shirley Hazlett gc 2001 Dean & Rose Lloyd s 2000 Gene & Barbara Morton sw 1997 Louise Courtney sc 1995 Norvell & Mary Dalley s 1994 Pat Nelson c 1989 Elton & Phillis Ferrell sc 1988 Paul & Wanda Kittredge c 1986 Vernon & Lois Schimmels sw 1974 Pat Nelson c Volume 54, Issue 1 Page 3

4 2nd Vice/Ticket Chair LONNIE & JODY BILLINGS Hi guys, looking forward to meet you. We are from South Central District, some people know us but if you don't hope we meet Ford Mustang Coupe the Car of the year!!!!!! Think back to that year and time hope it was a good year for you. The mustang is red with a black strip down the front hood. Low mileage. What we need it the list of each district in Oklahoma and there Presidents and ticket chairman's. If you have a date that you might want the car you can me or call and we can hopefully full fill your wish. The only thing if you need the car over a 100 miles you will need your district president or ticket chairman to come pick the car up. Also the car is NOT to come off the trailer! So after February give me a call and we can hopefully get you logged in on the date you need. Ticket prizes will be announced at the spring roundup so don't miss the roundup. YES the 1969 Mustang will be there to see. Lonnie and Jody Billings 2nd Vice President 3rd Vice NORVELL AND MARY DALLEY Here are the assignments for the Spring Round-up to be held in Ada, OK on March 18 & 19. As of now we have no plans for Friday night. We hope that you will accept these assignments. The Theme will be Circus, Circus, since Ringling Bros. is closing their circus, this can be a fitting tribute. Encourage your District to participate in the costume contest. The more people, the more fun!! Green Country South Central Southern North West Panhandle Central South West North East OSCTA Registration (you will need to provide registration sheets and a book to be presented to the President) Get Acquainted Hospitality Room Court/Entertainment Table Decorations Will need to provide 20 decorations (one for each Federation Officer and each District President). (The Federation President usually gets a special one ). You have a $ budget Afternoon Workshop (you will provide the MC/caller, callers present will be allowed to call). Costume Judging Church Evening Dance Note: Since we now have eight participating District and eight assignments to fill, the PP s will be getting a break this year. They will help with their District s assignments. Norvell & Mary Dalley Round-up Chairman Page 4 Feb/March 2017

5 Visit Nine JIM AND JULIA REESE Visit 9 It is a new year and we are excited about the Visit 9 program. This travel program is one of the best anywhere. It provides a lot of opportunities to visit the 8 districts in the State of Oklahoma Federation several times throughout the year. We hope to see you at several of these dances. March 17, 18 & 19, OSDF Spring Round-up Chickasaw Community Center, 700 N. Mississippi, Ada, Ok; (THIS IS NOT A VISIT 9 DANCE BUT A MUST ATTEND FOR ALL AVID DANCERS WHO WANT TO HAVE FUN & SO- CIALIZE) March 25, Northwest Dist. Spring Festival Alva, OK; Grand march at 7:00 PM and the theme is Rain Drops (watch for flyers from NW District) April 1, Northeast Dist. Festival Glenpool Conference Center, S. Yukon Ave, Glenpool, OK; Dancing on Friday, 3/31 and all day Saturday beginning at 11:00 AM NE District Callers April 9, Panhandle Dist. Spring Dance Perryton, OK at the VFW 2:00 to 4:30 PM with Tom Roper calling. April 15, Southern Dist. Spring Fling, Chickasaw Community Center, 700 N. Mississippi, Ada, OK. Grand March at 7:45 PM with Nicky Boone calling. April 22, SouthWest Dist. Spring Festival Weatherford, OK Mike McCormick calling (more info to follow) May 6, SouthCentral Dist. Spring Festival (more info to follow) July 7, SouthWest Dist. Rt. 66 Jamboree Elk City Convention Center, dancing on Friday and Saturday (watch for flyers) July 15, Panhandle Dist. Perryton, OK at the VFW, Dean Determan calling July 22, NorthEast Dist. Christmas in July, Memorial Community Center, 8310 E. 15 th St., Tulsa, OK - Lee Main calling July 29, Central Dist. Summer of Celebration Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 700 N. Air Depot, Midwest City, OK 8:00 PM to 10:00 ish Justin Russell Calling. Singles Coordinator STAN TAYLOR & GLENDA REYNOLDS Stan and I are grateful for the opportunity to serve as the State Singles Coordinator and look forward to working with the OSDF Board and all the dancers of Oklahoma. We are so excited the 38th HASSDA Festival will be held this year in Claremore, Oklahoma. Mark your calendars for April 28th and 29th. Holiday Inn Express and Conference Center: 1400 Country Club Rd., Claremore, OK. Callers Scott Bennett, Jeff Holley, Noah Siegmann along with Cuer: Sonya Savell-Jones. Flyer and Registration are located on uaredance.com or your websites: / if you don't have access to the Internet or can't print one, contact Stan (405) or me (918) Whether you're single or married please make plans to attend this fun event. Hurry and get your registration completed and come join us! Let's show what a big turn-out we can have from Oklahoma. Be sure to save October 1, 2017 date for the Annual Benefit Dance that will be held at the India Shrine Center located at 3601 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City. This is a Wonderful Cause where ALL PROCEEDS go for the Transfer of Critical Burned Children to the Burn Center. We will be giving more details regarding this dance at a later date. Thank you, we're looking forward to a fun year. Stan Taylor & Glenda Reynolds Singles Coordinator Volume 54, Issue 1 Page 5

6 Webmaster SONYA SAVELL-JONES Yellow Rocks and Kisses to all my wonderful Square and Round Dance Friends. Hope you have had a moment to look over the website: I've made a lot of changes starting with updating the Calendar!! the complete year is up and as I receive your "Special" Dance/ Festival information and flyers, they will be posted to help spread the word. This will also enable you and your club to better plan your special event when there is not another dance scheduled. So, get your information ASAP and be the FIRST to hopefully book that date and have a wonderful showing!!! By not double booking a date, will enable dancers to freely make the choice to come visit and not be torn between two obligation and decide to just stay home so not to hurt anyone's feelings. All VISIT NINE dances will be indicated in RED Clubs!! I have incorporated ALL the clubs (that I now of) to this one location. No matter what District you dance, there are times you might want to travel and see is dancing in that area. Please be sure to check this out since I gathered most of my information from newsletters. Callers/ Cuers, if you have a Caller/ Cuer run club within a certain District, please let me know and I will get it posted. There are a lot of Advance and Challenge Dancers out there that do not know of some of these and therefore are left out. Special Events!! If you are planning a "Special Event", Graduation, Anniversary, etc. and have a flyer, please get it to me ASAP so I can post it. If you have a recent photo of the Caller/Cuer for this event, it would be very helpful sending that to me as well. It takes a lot of time for me to surf the net looking for pictures!!! Caller/Cuer Photo's Caller & Cuers, please send me a current photo of you for me to use when I post your special events! Send one by yourself or with your partner, the choice is yours and would be very beneficial when dancers can see who the Caller/Cuer for the dance is. I'd like to post everyone's picture on their club's listing. I've been burning the midnight oil almost every night since the 1st and think I've just about got the website looking good. There will be updates ALL THE TIME so be sure to log on and see what's new! Until next time, Loads of Love, Yellow Rocks and Kisses - Remember, your webmaster loves you! Sonya Savell- Jones XOXO's Central District A lot of our clubs have started or continuing lessons, and graduating dancers in January. It does seem that all the parades, exhibitions etc. have helped. I am encouraging all districts and their clubs to participate in any thing that comes up. Lets build up Dancing. CD Jamboree is in the next few months, just finalizing up preparations at this time. Will let you know when, where and what time as soon as possible. This will be a visit 9 dance also. Central District Summer Celebration Dance (formerly Barn Dance) will be on a 5th. Saturday in July. We have a young and upcoming caller by the name of Justin Russell coming in to call. We hear he is wonderful and fun. I am excited to hear him. This is a Visit 9 dance also. I would like to encourage ALL dancers to go visit. There is a dance somewhere almost every night. Dancing is good for you, and keeps you young. Go to different clubs, go to different districts. Just visit! See you at a dance soon! Remember "Dancing adds Color to Life!" Steve and Terri Denton Central District Presidents Page 6 Feb/March 2017

7 Northwest District It has been a busy fall and winter in Northwest Oklahoma. We missed the past December/January Issue. Our apologies for that. The benefit dance for Jim Robertson held in November was a huge success. Rod Ford wrote a summary of the State Officers attending, District representation, total square dancers. State Officers: President, Jim and Julia Reese 2nd Vice Pres: Mike and Myrna Perkins OSDF Secretary: Vernon and Lois Schimmels OSDF Visit Nine: Carl and Bobbie Wilson OSDF Parliamentarians: Bill Guthrie & Wanda Oliver OSDF State Insurance Chairman: George and Shirley Hazlett Totals by districts: Northwest 38, Central 5, Green Country 4, Panhandle 6, Southern 2, Southwest 9, Northeast 2 Total attending 66 Over $ was raised between donations and silent auction. The Presidents ball will be held on February 18 th, 2017, Woodward Wranglers hosting. It should be noted the dance time for Woodward is 7:00 pm, effective January 21, Another change that occurred, the Christmas Dance for Harper County is going to be held on February 19 th, 2:30pm to 4:30pm, at the Kingman, KS armory. There is a flier attached. Christmas parties and Christmas dances were held by the district respective clubs. Club election of officers has been completed, with most officers remaining the same. Red Carpet Squares are having lesson on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm, at the Higgins Community Building in Higgins, TX. Please keep Joanne Price, Alva Twisters, in your prayers. She has had a couple of surgeries recently. We look forward to seeing her up and around as healing permits. Twisters have started spring lessons too. Graduation for the fall set of lessons will be on January 28 at Alva. The recent ice storm has affected members in our area. Electricity was restored quickly to most towns in Oklahoma, but there are members in the Texas panhandle that are still without as of this writing, and look to be out for many more days. Please keep affected members in your thoughts and prayers. Rodney & Margaret Wiederstein Panhandle District Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are thawing and hopefully by the time this publication goes out everyone will have their power back on. We really appreciate all the crews that have come to our aid during this ice storm has got to get better. We have some really great dances scheduled in the near future. The following dances will be at the VFW hall in Perryton. Feb. 4 Jimmy Gouge Mainstream/Plus This dance will benefit the local Food Bank. Admission will be 3 cans of food or a monetary donation per person. A great chance to have fun and to help others. Feb. 16 Don Main Plus Dance March 4 Rod & Lois Ford Mainstream/Plus March 16 Lanny Weaklend Plus Dance Currently Robert Hutton is giving lessons in his garage south of Liberal. Lessons are on Tues. at 7:30. You can contact Robert at for more information. Robert will host a garage dance on March 25 at his home south of Liberal. Mark your calendars for 2 special dances in April. Sunday, April 9 we will have the pleasure of dancing with Tom Roper at the VFW hall in Perryton. It will be a fun afternoon dancing from 2 until 4:30. Saturday, April 29 Perryton Promenaders will host the Panhandle District Dance with Rod & Lois Ford doing the calling. We would love to have guests at our dances. All clubs are struggling and the only way to build is to support each other and to support your club. The distance you travel to another club is the same they will have to travel to visit you. YOU make the first move and go visit. Judy Tindell Volume 54, Issue 1 Page 7

8 Southwest District When the snow and ice come most of us would rather be in Florida, but when Florida has the hurricanes, we are sure glad we aren t. Well it s kind of the same story here. When you guys in Oklahoma got the snow and ice, I was glad we lived in Texas. Hope all of you made it through ok without too much damage. I have seen the same situations around here, so you have our sympathy. Things are going great in the Southwest District, three of our five clubs are having classes. Don t know how many new dancers we will wind up with, but they will be truly welcome. I always enjoy dancing with the new dancers. They are so enthusiastic, having fun, and just enjoy the hobby. The Southwest District will have 4 Visit-9 dances this year. They are: Spring Festival, April 22, 2017, in Weatherford, OK; Rt. 66 Jamboree, July 7-8, 2017, in Elk City, OK; Fall Festival, October 21, 2017 in Elk City, OK; and the New year s Eve Dance, December 31, 2017, location to be determined. We would be delighted to have you visit with us and any of our events. Gene & Barbara Morton SWD President Southern District Happy New Year! Southern District reeled in 2017 with a New Year s Eve dance in Ada. The weather was nice and dancers from all four clubs participated in the food, fun and fellowship. Great calling by three of our district callers, Skip Gates, Dean Lloyd and Larry Currie. They had us up and dancing till midnight. Shawn & Mary Lloyd will be our District President again for the next year. (Practice makes perfect!) We have the dates for our special dances of the year. All are Visit 9. They are: April 16 Spring Fling caller Nicky Boone, August 19 District BBQ District callers, October 14 Fall Bash caller Jim Howard. All dances will be held at the Chickasaw Community Center in Ada. Yellow Rockers are getting set to have lessons starting on Feb. 7th. They had to cancel their first dance of the year because of weather, but will be at the Sulphur United Methodist Church on all other 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month. Holdenville Boots & Bows graduated 7 new dancers on Jan. 7th. Be looking for some new dancers in your square this year! Ardmore Southern Circle is still dancing the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month at Village Hall. They eat at 6:30 and dance at 7:30. Visitors are always welcome. Sparks Twisters dance 2nd and 4th Thursdays at the Sparks Community Center at 7pm. As always, please keep in your prayers all those with health concerns. Till next time! See you in a square! Larry Currie/ Dorothy Keyes South Central District TED...INVOLVED AND AMBITIOUS. It only works when all members do their part. I can't do. on my own. We get to visit our first club tonite, Chickasha will graduate new dancers into our South Central District has a newly installed President. It was a great dance at the Center of Creative living..we still need a few positions to be filled...be COMMITgreat hobby. I am excited about serving as the S.C. District President..CUNA SQUARE Page 8 Feb/March 2017

9 Cincinnati, Ohio Kansas City, Missouri June 27-30, 2018 Convention Website Atlanta, Georgia Spokane, Washington June 26-29, 2019 June 17-20, 2020 Convention Website Convention Website June 21 24, 2017 Convention Website Editor Bob & Melissa Thomas We hope you all enjoy the Sashay this year. We are honored to be your editors again this year. This will be the second issue that we will send out a notification of publication of the Sashay and a link to download it. read the newsletter on the state website.: Of course you can always We have gathered all the s we could but there Volume 54, Issue 1 by clicking on the newsletter link and choosing the issue you wish to read. are a lot of districts we don t have s for. also have a link to unsubscribe from the . You can manage your own subscriptions. If you do not get the , then click on the link below to register. You can always us at bob@sdbob.com to subscribe or unsubscribe. Thanks, Bob & Melissa Thomas With every you will Page 9

10 Oklahoma Square Dance Federation, Inc. SASHAY Piedra Dr Edmond, OK Phone: THE SQUARE DANCER S PLEDGE With all my ability I will do my best to keep Square dancing enjoyable, wholesome, friendly, and the inspiring activity I know it to be. This I pledge in the sincere desire that it may grow naturally and unexploited in the coming years and be available to all those who seek the opportunity for friendship, fun and harmony through Square Dancing. Square Dancing is Friendship set to music. The Purpose of the Oklahoma Square Dance Federation, Inc. The Oklahoma Square Dance Federation, Inc. was originally formed in 1947 with the following purpose: 1. To promote square and round dancing as a recreational activity of the highest standard. 2. To provide for member district associations promotional and organizational assistance with regard to new or existing clubs within their area. 3. Encourage, support and assist the member district associations in their efforts toward development and advancement of leadership in the various phases of square and round dancing activities such as club management, promotional activities, callers, instructors, musicians, etc. 4. Promote and have active charge of an Annual Oklahoma Festival. 5. To Maintain communication between member district associations with regard to information of square and round dance activities within the association. 6. Encourage the member district associations to police and prohibit alcoholic beverages at any function within their districts. Use of alcoholic beverages at any Oklahoma Federation function shall be prohibited. 7. To operate as a Non-Profit Association. We are on the Web at: www. oklahoma-square-dance-federation.org