SWINGIN SINGLES NEWSLETTER www.swingin-singles.org JANUARY 2019 JANUARY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Dec 30 31 8:00 PM New Year s Eve Dance 1 No Dance 2 3 4 7:00 pm Live Wires 5 6 7 8 Board Mtg 9 10 11 Lotawana Sailors 12 Happy Time Squares 13 14 15 Swingin Singles Dance 16 17 18 Frontier Twirlers 19 20 21 Mainstream Graduation 22 23 24 25 26 Docey Dandies 27 6:00 PM KC Plus 28 29 Swingin Singles Dance 30 31 BOARD MEETING JANUARY 8, 2019, Host: Bill & Sherre Foreman Location: 6447 Maple Drive, Mission KS 66202, 913-362-3704 swingin-singles.org January 2019 Newsletter 1
VISITATION SCHEDULE FOR JANUARY 2019 Date Dance Details Location Caller/Cuer Friday, January 4 Live Wires MS, +, Lns Belton Christian Church 409 Airway Lane Belton, Missouri Peery Lindsey Friday, January 11 Saturday, January 12 Friday, January 18 Saturday, January 26 Sunday, January 27 Lotawana Sailors M, +, Lns Happy Time Squares MS, +, Lns, Rnds Frontier Twirlers MS, Rnds Docey Dandies MS, +, Lns KC Plus +, Adv, Rnds 6:00 PM Vesper Hall 400 NW Vesper St. Blue Springs, MO First Methodist Church West Campus 867 Highway 40 (West 6 th St) Lawrence, KS 66044 Osawatomie City Auditorium 425 Main Street Osawatomie, KS Grange Hall, JOCO Fairgrounds 136 E. Washington Gardner, KS Colonial Church of Prairie Village 7039 Mission Road Prairie Village, KS 66208 Jay Krebs Chris Wildhagen/Vernon Nelson Beth & Stan Niedecker /Stash Tosio Mike Salerno Dana Schimer/Stash Tosio VISITATION SCHEDULE FOR FEBRUARY 2019 Date Dance Details Location Caller/Cuer Saturday, February 2 Jacks N Queens MS, +, Lns Little Blue Barn 8245 Noland Road Kansas City, MO 64138 Ron Swartz Friday, February 8 Friday, February 15 Saturday, February 23 B-N-R Squares MS, + Ramblers MS, + 7:15 PM Frontier Twirlers MS, +, Rnds Gashland United Methodist Church 7715 N. Oak Trafficway Gladstone, MO 64118 South Valley Middle School 1000 Midjay Drive Liberty, MO 64068 Osawatomie City Auditorium 425 Main Street Osawatomie, KS Lynn Nelson Bill Kanai Guest Caller/Stash Tosio swingin-singles.org January 2019 Newsletter 2
Letter from the President.. Ready or not, it's 2019. Happy New Year to you! Reflecting on 2018, some of our dances come to mind. We pulled up the crazy holidays list to choose some of our dance themes. My favorite was our "Yellow Pig Dance", replete with yellow pigs that some dancers took home. The costumes for our Halloweenthemed dance were terrific. Even I broke out of my rut and came up with one, surprising my bride of 54 years. Closing out December, the "Ugly Sweater Dance" brought out creativity in some of our dancers that still makes me smile when I think of them. You know who you are. We're grateful Dora Newsom captured many of our dances in pictures to share on Facebook and to reference when memories begin to fade. Swingin' Singles will hold club dances January 15 and 29. Don Adkins has lined up 6 great visitations for us beginning Friday, January 4, with the Live Wires. Keep up-to-date with the rest of January visitations by referencing our calendar. Connie Templin is heading up the nominating committee for our 2019-2020 dance year. There are several openings. Per the club bylaws, the list of nominees shall be read at the last dance in January, and shall be published in the February newsletter. Voting will take place the last dance in February. Newly elected officers shall take office on April 1. Bill Foreman Thanks to everyone who donated to the Marines Toys for Tots collection at the dance on December 4! Reminder! Don t forget the joint New Year s Eve Dance with Docey Dandies on Monday, 12/31, 8:00 pm 12:30 AM at the VFW Hall, 9550 Pflumm Road, Lenexa, KS. Tickets are available at the door for $12. Guests are encouraged to bring a snack to share! swingin-singles.org January 2019 Newsletter 3
MAINSTREAM LESSONS We are now on the downhill slide for mainstream lessons. Graduation is the night of January 21, 2019. We plan on having some funny things happen in the squares that night. Students have been coming to our club dances and look like they have learned enough to keep up with Jay s calls. Plus lessons will start at 7 pm on February 7, 2019 at a new location this year -- Colonial Church of Prairie Village KS, 7039 Mission Rd. Park in the back. Tom & Dora Newsom, Lessons Chairpersons JANUARY BIRTHDAYS Janet Guiheen 01/03 Jay Templin 01/23 Kathy Battiest 01/09 Betty Lynn 01/25 Bill Foreman 01/09 Chris Martin 01/27 Angel Rarick Smith 01/10 Mike Sullivan 01/28 Tom Lenahan 01/13 Dora Newsom 01/29 Dennis Ralston 01/19 Jeanne Schlotzhauer 01/29 Betty Dickenson 01/21 Karen Dean 01/30 Kitchen Klatter Please note the "Kitchen Sign-Up" sheet on the Pot of Gold table at each dance. All members, male and female, singles and couples, are asked to serve in this capacity. Your cooperation is most appreciated. It isn't necessary to arrive before 7 p.m., thanks to those members who do arrive early, handle set-up and start the coffee. A special thanks, too, to those who remain after the dance to make certain the facility is left better than we found it. swingin-singles.org January 2019 Newsletter 4
VISITATION RESULTS JUNE 1, 2018 MAY 31, 2019 Date Dance Attendance Date Dance Attendance 06/01 Kansas State Convention 10 09/04 Lotawana Sailors 12 06/09 B-N-R Squares 23 09/07 Live Wires (unscheduled) 7 06/10 KC Plus 10 809/08 Shooting Stars 18 06/24 Savannah Sashayers 8 09/15 Harmony Dancers 14 06/27 NDSC 37 09/21 Ramblers 20 06/28 NDSC 43 09/22 Docey Dandies 15 06/29 NDSC 52 09/29 Pistols N Petticoats 30 06/30 NDSC 61 09/30 Annual Picnic 58 07/07 Maysville Wranglers 9 10/05 Live Wires 23 07/13 B-N-R Squares 26 10/13 Shooting Stars 8 07/14 Docey Dandies 22 10/14 KC Plus 23 07/22 KC Plus 11 10/20 Missouri State Festival 17 07/26 Dan s Dancers 8 10/27 Docey Dandies 18 07/28 NW Missouri District 26 11/03 Ottawa Promenaders 26 08/04 KAMO Callers & Cuers 28 11/04 Shooting Stars 12 Festival 08/10 B-N-R Squares 24 11/09 Lotawana Sailors 21 08/14 Crady s Capers 33 08/25 Happy Time Squares 16 swingin-singles.org January 2019 Newsletter 5
2018 BOARD MEMBERS President Bill Foreman C: (913) 238-1256 E: MrBillinKS@gmail.com Vice-President Don Adkins H: (913) 962-1743 E: donaldadkins41@gmail.com Recording Secretary Connie Templin H: (816) 982-9374 C: (913) 375-7008 E: connie.jay26@yahoo.com Treasurer Ed Dean H: (816) 761-8244 E: cedean100@gmail.com Corresponding Secretary Donna Pearson H: (816) 216-7684 C: (785) 691-5249 E: donnajpearson@verizon.net Assistant Treasurer Floyd Bartley H: (913) 722-3349 E: fbartley1957@gmail.com Lessons Chairpersons Tom Newsom C: (913) 485-0244 E: bandaro@everestkc.net NEKSDA Delegate T. J. Rowe H: (913) 381-2442 Dora Newsom C: (913) 488-3937 E: newsom200@gmail.com NW MO District Delegate OPEN HOA Fed Delegate Chris Martin C: (913) 481-3468 E: chrismart@comcast.com Webmaster Floyd Bartley H: (913) 722-3349 E: fbartley1957@gmail.com Newsletter Editor Karen Juarez H: (913) 268-4180 C: (913) 660-3948 E: kjjuarez@yahoo.com swingin-singles.org January 2019 Newsletter 6