SWINGIN SINGLES NEWSLETTER www.swingin-singles.com MAY 2018 May Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Swingin Singles Mother Goose Day Dance 6 7 8 Board Meeting 13 Mother s Day 14 15 Swingin Singles 52 nd Anniversary! Chocolate Chip Day Dance 2 3 4 7:00 Frontier Twirlers 9 10 11 12 7:00 Happy Time Squares 16 17 18 19 7:30 Docey Dandies 62 nd 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 5 Anniversary Dance 27 6:00 PM KC Plus 28 Memorial Day 29 Swingin Singles Memorial Day Dance 30 31 June 1 2 Board Meeting May 8, 2018 Host: Bill & Sherre Foreman Location: 6447 Maple Drive, Mission KS 66202 913-362-3704 www.swingin-singles.com May 2018 Newsletter 1
VISITATION SCHEDULE FOR MAY 2018 Date Dance Details Location Caller/Cuer Friday, 5/4 Frontier Twirlers MS, +, Rnds Osawatomie City Auditorium 425 Main Street Osawatomie, KS Vic Perry/Pam Young, Stash Tosio Saturday, 5/12 Saturday, 5/19 Sunday, 5/27 Happy Time Squares MS, +, Rnds, Lns Docey Dandies MS, +, Lns, Rnds 7:30 PM KC Plus +, Adv 6:00 PM First Methodist Church West Campus 867 Highway 40 (6 th Street) Lawrence, KS 66044 Grange Hall, JoCo Fairgrounds 136 E. Washington Gardner, KS 66030 Colonial Church of Prairie Village 7039 Mission Road Prairie Village, KS Chris Wildhagen/Vernon Wilson Mike Salerno Dana Schirmer/ Stash Tosio VISITATION SCHEDULE FOR JUNE 2018 Date Dance Details Location Caller/Cuer Saturday, 6/2 Maysville Wranglers MS, +, Lns, C/W 7:30 PM Maysville High School Lobby 601 West Main Street Maysville, MO 64469 Dean Dederman Friday, 6/1- Saturday, 6/2 Saturday, 6/9 Sunday, 6/10 Sunday, 6/24 Wednesday, 6/27- Saturday, 6/30 Kansas State Convention B-N-R Squares Special MS, + 7:30 PM KC Plus +, Adv 6:00 PM Savannah Sashayers MS, +, Lns, C/W 3:00 PM 67 th NSDC Convention Tony s Pizza Events Center 800 The Midway Salina, KS Gashland United Methodist Church 7715 N. Oak Trafficway Gladstone, MO 64118 Colonial Church of Prairie Village 7039 Mission Road Prairie Village, KS Savannah Middle School 10500 State Route T Savannah, MO Kansas City Convention Center 301 W. 13 th St Kansas City MO 64105 Jerry Storey/Mike & Pat Schrant Lanny Weaklend Dana Schirmer/ Stash Tosio Jerry Storey/Stash Tosio Various www.swingin-singles.com May 2018 Newsletter 2
SPECIAL NOTICE!! Tuesday, May 29 th, the carnival equipment for Old Shawnee Days will be in our parking lot, eliminating most, if not all, of the parking spaces available to us. The Baptist church to our east has given us permission to park in their lot for that evening. They ask that we park near the little footbridge. We thank them for being a good neighbor! Also, due to the National Convention, the following dances have been cancelled: June 24 - KC Plus June 30 - Pistols N Petticoats Letter from the President... Spring is finally coming as we can tell by our Swingin Singles Snowbirds returning to nest in the Kansas City Area. Speaking of birds, our first dance, May 1, will be the National Mother Goose Day Dance. The first five to recite a Mother Goose rhyme, when asked, will receive a gift. May 15 will be our National Chocolate Chip Day Dance. I can t think of a better way to celebrate than chocolate. Bring your favorite chocolate chip goodies to share as we celebrate the Swingin Singles 52 nd Anniversary. May 29 is our Memorial Day Dance. We ll pause to remember those brave souls who died defending our country and to whom we owe so much. Welcome to our new members, Renee Wycoff, Robert Ferguson, Harold McElhinney, and Tom Miller! Thanks for your support of our Visitation Program. The numbers attending have been great. The larger numbers also benefit smaller clubs, helping them meet their financial responsibilities. Bill Foreman www.swingin-singles.com May 2018 Newsletter 3
KITCHEN KLATTER The saying Many hands make light work is proving true in the kitchen at our dances. Some come early and pitch in without being asked. Some show up and get things going before those who have volunteered arrive, then stick around to make certain things run smoothly. Dora Newsom, she of the great smile and winsome ways, has helpers signed up through June. She ll be making the rounds again very soon. Go ahead, make her day! LESSONS UPDATE All lessons are finished, and students are all out and about dancing at visitation dances and our club dances. It s great to see so many of them squaring up together. Lessons start up again September 10 th. Swingin Singles members, ask friends, relatives, or anybody else you can think of to come and learn Modern Square Dancing. The first 3 lessons are FREE. We need new members to keep our club growing, and this is one way to get them started. Tom & Dora Newsom, Lessons Chairpersons MAY BIRTHDAYS Carl Taylor 05/04 Jim Carmack 05/14 Glenda Danner 05/07 Wilber Auernheimer 05/15 Debbie Wilson 05/07 Meg Huber 05/15 Ryan Wilson 05/11 Lee Williams 05/22 Vera Crick 05/13 Charlie Smith 05/22 Tommie McKown 05/13 Jim Lynn 05/30 www.swingin-singles.com May 2018 Newsletter 4
PREVIOUS VISITATION RESULTS December 2017 March 2018 Do-si-doers 30 Live Wires 9 Lotawana Sailors 16 Ottawa Promenaders 7 B-N-R Squares 22 Shooting Stars 12 January 2018 Happy Time Squares 8 Live Wires 17 Frontier Twirlers 14 Ramblers 15 Crosstrailers 20 Docey Dandies 11 HOA Festival 3/23 32 KC Plus 11 HOA Festival 3/24 27 February 2018 B-N-R Squares 23 Live Wires 10 APRIL 2018 Ramblers 18 Livewires 23 Crosstrailers 22 Jacks N Queens 11 Crosstrailers 11 Pistols N Petticoats 25 KC Plus 12 Harmony Dancers 27 Recipe by Request.... Judy s Apple Raisin Bread Pudding (With Vanilla) And Custard Sauce - *see modification below 3 T. butter melted 7 eggs 1 (1lb.) loaf cinnamon-raisin bread, cubed (Pepperidge Farm) 2 1/2 c. half-and-half 3 c. chopped tart apples 3/4 c. sugar 3 tsp. vanilla extract Pour butter into a 13 x 9 dish. Combine bread cubes and apples and sprinkle over butter. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, half-and-half, sugar, and vanilla. Pour over bread. Cover and store in refrigerator overnight. Bake uncovered at 325 degrees for 45 minutes or until knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Pour Vanilla Custard Sauce over top and serve. Yield: 12 servings. Vanilla Custard Sauce 1 c. sugar 1 c. water 1 1/2 T. cornstarch 2 egg yolks, beaten slightly 1 stick butter 2 tsp. vanilla extract Mix sugar, cornstarch, butter, and water. Heat until sugar is dissolved and bring to slight boil, stirring constantly. Blend a small amount of sugar mixture into the slightly beaten egg yolks and return to pan and bring to boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Store covered in refrigerator until ready to use. After baking bread pudding, spread custard sauce over it. *Ok, instead of putting the cinnamon bread in the recipe, I added donuts. I don't know how many, but I think it was more than 2 dozen. I did cut them up or slice them. Then I added 1 cup of raisins and probably 2 teaspoons of cinnamon to the recipe. I did have to bake it a few minutes longer -- just until a knife inserted in the center came out clean. I did put the mixture in the refrigerator overnight and baked it the next day as the recipe said to do. www.swingin-singles.com May 2018 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 OPEN Lessons Chairpersons Tom Newsom C: (913) 485-0244 E: bandaro@everestkc.net Dora Newsom C: (913) 488-3937 E: newsom200@gmail.com NEKSDA Delegate T. J. Rowe H: (913) 381-2442 NW MO District Delegate Robert Ferguson C: (785) 214-3651 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 www.swingin-singles.com May 2018 Newsletter 6