Volume 1, Issue 10 March 2018 GLENVIEW SQUARES NEWSLETTER Pictured below is last years Dinner Dance. Just a wonderful evening. This years Dinner Dance is fast approaching. Included is news on preparation and tickets. Presidents Message Page 2 GVS T-Shirt Page 10 GVS Dinner Dance Page 3-5 Social Media Quiz Page 11 Key Events Page 6 Test Dancers Appreciation Page 12 Membership News Page 7 Illinois State Convention Page 13 Community: Benefit Page 8-9 Membership Lists Attachment 1
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE Happy Spring, Glenview Members, It s hard to believe that we only have 2 more regular Friday night dances before our Dinner Dance on May 18. Our Dinner Dance Committee is busy working on plans and organizing our Raffle and Silent Auction. You will read more about that and find out how you can help later in this newsletter. But before our dinner dance there is one more important event for Glenview Squares. On Saturday, April 7, at 9:30am, at the Glenview Library, 1930 Glenview Road, we will have our yearly General meeting with elections for our Board for next year. This is an important meeting as several of the people presently on the board are stepping down or changing offices starting in June. The slate of candidates for next year is: President: James and Janice Cha Vice-President: Carol and Phil Moulden Treasurer: Vicki Jennings Recording Secretary: Judy Zaleske Co-Responding Secretary: Linda Warren Additional nominations can be taken from the floor that day. We hope you will come to this meeting to support our candidates, who devote time and effort to Glenview Squares, and to find out what's been happening behind the scenes. Then on May 18 we can celebrate a year of successful lessons and a growing, thriving square dance club. Carolyn & Bob Lopez President Glenview Squares 2
GVS DINNER DANCE MAY 18 Tickets for our May 18 Dinner Dance will be available at our regular Friday dances, all Tuesday night lessons and any other dances or events that there are Glenview members. You can purchase tickets from Joy Nachtrab, Fred Bruegmann and Carloyn Lopez. 3
GVS DINNER DANCE: SILENT AUCTION Our first Glenview Squares Silent Auction! We have secured several creative and practical donations for you to bid on. Items currently available include: A Caller for your very own Intro/Beginners Square Dance Party, A Fly- by Chicago Plane Excursion, A Summer Evening Sail for Two out of the Wilmette Harbor, A Massage Session, A Wine of the Month Wooden Crate (12 bottles!), A Taste of Italy Basket, and gift cards to Oberweis and Gail's Carriage Grove. The auction committee is in the process of seeking out more donations, but you can help! Do you know anyone that would donate a family photography session, an hour of in-home computer technical support, a handyman? When you dine out or visit the hair salon please ask for donations. We have included a Donation Request Form that you may leave with any business. With your help we can make this year s dinner dance Raffle and Auction so successful that all funds raised over our expenses will go to our scholarship fund to help foster square dancing in our community Be sure to let Kathy Tucker (kathy_tckr@yahoo.com) or Myrnice Ravitch (myrnicer@gmail.com) know what you will donate so we can put it in the program book. Myrnice will collect your donations at lessons and our dances. Mark your calendar, locate your checkbook and get excited! We are looking forward to enjoying this new event with you! 4
GVS DINNER DANCE : IN SEARCH Of Plenty of Pasta but Wanting Wine! Thanks so much to all who contributed to our Taste of Italy basket. It over flows with great Italian fare so we don t need anything else. If you haven t participated and would like to be a part of the action, we could still use a few bottles of wine to fill our Wine of The Month crate. Just seek out your favorite or something you might like to try. You can bring it to lessons or our next dance April 20. Myrnice or Kathy will happily take your donation and I m sure they won t taste test it but will get it into the crate! A Bench The Dinner Dance Committee is looking for a small (about 39 in.), light weight love seat/bench for our Garden Photo Booth. If you have something similar to the above pictures and are willing to share it with us for a night just let me know. Thanks, Joy joylmn@yahoo.com or text 847-262- 0000. 5
KEY EVENTS Mark Your Calendar. These are too good to miss! Check the Glenview Squares Shutterfly Calendar for full details and to sign up. Glenview Squares membership committee meeting, Wednesday, April 4, 2018 7:00. See Membership section that follows for detail. Special Dance C.A.R.E. Fundraiser, Thursday, April 5, 2018 6:30-9:00 Ed Foote will be calling alternating Club 50 and Plus at the Book Market 2651 Navy Blvd in the Glen. Glenview Squares General Meeting, Saturday, April 7, 2018 9:30-11:30 Glenview Public Library 1930 Glenview Rd Glenview Squares Dance, Friday, April 20, 2018 7:30-10:00 Jed & Lincoln Siegmann will be calling alternating Club 50 and Plus Glenview Squares Dance, Friday, May 4, 2018 7:30-10:00 Curt Braffett will be calling alternating Club 50 and Plus Glenview Squares Dinner Dance, Friday, May 18, 2018 6:30-10:30 Dean Dederman will be calling alternating Club 50 and Plus Looking forward to seeing you at these fun events. 6
MEMBERSHIP NEWS It s Onward and Upward for Glenview Squares - 90 Members Now! We cordially welcome our newest member Manny Kohl. His contact information is included in the newest Membership List attached to this newsletter. Join Us as We Work to Continue This Fantastic Trend! The next meeting of the Membership Committee is Wednesday, April 4, 7:00 PM. Joy and Bruce are hosting at 1115 Mulford St. in Evanston. We are in need of new, fresh ideas to help our club remain vibrant and growing. Please join us. It would be helpful but not necessary to let Joy know you re coming so we can have enough seating available. joylmn@yahoo.com 847-262-0000 The Membership Committee Mike A., James C., Janice C., Bruce H., Sherry J., Bob L, Carolyn L., Carol M., Phil M., Chris M., Linda W. and Joy N., Chairman 7
COMMUNITY: BENIFIT On Thursday, April 5, from 6:30 pm 9 pm, join us at The Book Market in Glenview for a special Benefit Dance for Community Animal Rescue Effort. Here are five reasons to attend this dance: 1. We ll have a national caller Ed Foote calling the shots. Ed, who lives in Pennsylvania, spends most of his mic time on the East and West coasts, so this will be a rare chance to dance to someone new. Dance levels will be Club 50 and Plus. 2. We ll be dancing for a Good Cause. C.A.R.E. is in the process of renovating a building in that will serve as Adoption & Shelter Center. All the money raised at the dance will go to help get that building open for business. 3. Our fabulous hosts at The Book Market have offered a 20% discount on purchases that night. 4. Glenview Squares will not repeat, NOT be dancing on Friday, so by dancing on Thursday, April 5, you ll get your week s dance time in. 5. The cutest dog in the world will be on hand to give out kisses. (A little dog, not the Big Dawg you may have seen before!) Why C.A.R.E.? Janice and James have both volunteered for this animal rescue organization for more than 15 years each. In fact, C.A.R.E. is where the two first met. When Janice and James aren t volunteering with square dance, they are working on behalf of homeless animals. Dosado, little doggie! 8
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GLENVIEW SQUARES T- SHIRT Our club color is green, our club motto is fun, and our club garb is... coming soon in the form of a T-shirt! The shirts will be used when we do outreach events, from dances to tabling at fairs, even angeling at lessons! The shirts would also be ideal to wear at State and National Square Dance Conventions, or even for stealing and retrieving. The T-shirt s details are being worked out the color will be either green, black or possibly gray. The logo will be our club s word square, placed on the back of the shirt with the words Glenview Squares on a sleeve. Shirts will come in two styles, male or female. Cost is TBD that s going to depend on how many we order. If you want to have input on the T Shirt color and design, please contact Janice ASAP to join the GVS T shirt Committee 10
GLENVIEW SQUARES SOCIAL MEDIA QUIZ When s the last time you really checked out your square dance club s various online sites? Can you match the question with the right answer? (Hint: there may be more than one right answer!) 1 GlenviewSquares.org 2 GlenviewSquares.Shutterfly.com 3 Facebook.com/GlenviewSquares 4 Glenview Squares Newsletter GlenviewSquares.Shutterfly.com a. You want to show a friend photos and videos of recent GVS dances. b. You have photos from a recent GVS dance you want to share with other members or you want to check out photos from a recent GVS dance or event. c. You want to confirm the date, caller, location for the next GVS dance. d. You want to find out what other club members will be attending another club s dance, and maybe share a ride or offer a ride. e. You want to share details about square dance lessons with a friend. f. You want to find details about square dances coming up at other Chicago-area clubs. g. You want to share details about GVS s late-summer Intro to Square Dance parties. h. You want to see details about GVS s upcoming Gala In The Garden Dinner Dance. i. You want to sign up for stealing/retrieving or to bring snacks. j. You want to read all the latest GVS news in one spot. k. You want to check GVS s bylaws or read the club Handbook. j. The weather is horrific, and you re wondering if the dance or lesson might be canceled. l. You want to read back-issues of the GVS newsletter. Bottom line, be sure to BOOKMARK the sites above, and visit them often! 11
TEST DANCERS APPRECIATION A heartfelt THANK YOU to all the Glenview Squares members who have stepped up to help our newest callers practice and learn during the Chicago Caller School workshops. Without you, our Test Dancers, the caller-trainees might have to resort to moving around dance chess pieces or dancing themselves while trying to learn. Thanks to your able assistance, caller-trainees can gain instant feedback as they practice the intricacies of calling. You really, really rock!! If you are interested in serving as a test dancer at an upcoming Caller Workshop, which take place every few months at The Book Market in Glenview, email Janice and ask her to add your name to her Test Dancer list. Janice.cha@sbcglobal.net 12
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The Glenview Squares Newsletter is written by, and for, members of the Glenview Square Dance Club. You can submit articles and photographs to Dave Parr, at: parr6@sbcglobal.net 14