WESTERNSTARDANCERS QUARTERLY SELECTIONS

FALL, 1989
Western Star Dancersdidn't begin with fireworks.
It didn't even begin with a full square. But it
did start with five people, three phantoms, a
sense of purpose and some strong desires. There
was aiso a large kitchen space, a short handbook
on square dancing published in 1954 and the
usual haggling that occurs when ever!/one thinks
they know how to execute a call but no one
knows for sure. A month later, in February, u'e
were seven people and anxious to get underu'a1':
as the song in Chorus Line goes, "All we needed
was the music and the mirror arrd the chance
to dance.t'

That's the ua! Scott Carel started the very-
STAR, published in
f irst issue of THE WESTERN
\larch, 1983 to commemmorate\\'SD's f irst anni-
versar!.
\lell, those five people didn't even knou'uhat
\lodern Western Square Dancing was, but from
those home-spun beginnings came our wonderful
Club. Now we're in the middle of our eighth
year, and what a long u!,a)'WSD has come from
that kitchen! Nou' u,e dance the Callerlab programs
from Basic through Plus, we're incorporated as
a public non-profit benefit corporation, we helped
to start the International Associationof Gay
Square Dance Clubs; hundreds of dancers have
iearned to square dance at Western Star - and
some have moved to other places and started
new Clubs.
Square dancing seems to be on a gradual decline
a s a r e c r e a t i o n a la c t i v i t y . i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s ,
but in the Gal Community.it's viable and growing
fast. It's said that most revolutions start with
only a handful of people - that's certainly the
case u,ith Gay square dancing, although those
f ive intrepid dancers probabll,'had no idea what
would happen! Eventuall), they made contact
with other I,rcups, and the whole thing got started!
These eight lears have seen classes and conven-
tions, parties, demonstrations, picnics, talent
shows, the Gay Games,dances, retreats, potlucks,
workshops and Fly-ins. AIso meetings, committees,
frantic mailings put together in the middle of
the night, schlepping equipment in the rain,
brakes going out on the float vehicle the day
before the Parade, entire dance programs put
together in minutes when the scheduled caller
doesn't show up. Also incredible transformations
of dingy halls by inspired decorators, whole
events pulled off brilliantly, rescued from almost
certain disaster by committed people working
together.
In the course of getting from where \te uere
to where we are, Western Star Dancers have
wrestled together and individually with all the
problems and issues that beset square dance
clubs everyu'here, plus our own Gay issues, plus
all the cross-cultural things involved in going
out and darrcing in the larger Straight dance
communit).
What's the best dance level for our Club?
!b'r' Co r.\re sat isf y- olr dancers' nepd f or
challenging dancing, yet still provide Sood
experiencesfor beginners?What about expanding
into C,W and Rounds?How do you get people
to help u'ith the work of running the Club?
How do t'ou deal u'ith people who are rude,
or unethical? How do you select good Club
officers, support them and keep them responsive
to the needs of the Club? How much Communit)'
involvement is comfortable? How do you 8,o
out and create a good impression for !'our
Club in the Straight dancing communitS'?
Should the Ciub part icipate in Communitl'
p o l i t i c a l a c t i ri t i e s ?
While I've been reading the old issues of THE
WESTERNSTAR, American Square Dance and the
o t h e r C l u b ' s n e w s l e t t e r s ,I ' v e n o t i c e d t h a t i s s u e s
like these keep coming up over and over. At
first I thought, "Wht can't we just deal with
this one and be done with it?" But fru can't!
And the reason is that square dancing is a dl'namic
activitt' - with new people ahvays coming in
and bringing their ideas, these issues are constantll
new. \'ou can't just resolve one f or the Club
today and expect the "resolution" to apply to
the Club membershipa )'ear or two from now.
WSD's QUARTERLYSELECTIONSis dedicated to
discussion of these issues that concern square
dancers everywhere, especiaily Gay square dancers.
- Patt-vWhite
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BOB BELLVILLE,
CALLERLAB ACCREDITEI)
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Before a larg,e gathering of his Western Star
Dancers friends, students and supporters, Bob
B e l l v i i l e $ a s p r e s e n t e dw i t h t h e C e r t i f i c a t e o f
A c c r e d i t a t i o nf r o m C a l l e r l a b o n A u g u s t 9 , 1 9 8 9 .
WSD's Plus Class that evening was dedicated
t o r e c o g n i t i o no f h i s a c c o m p l i s h m e n t .
Bill Hanzel, a caller rvho is a former presrdent
of the Northern California Caliers' Association
and instructor for about three !ears for Western
Star Dancers, made a surprise appearance just
t 0 m a k e t h e p r e s e n t a t i o nt o B o b . B i l l e x p l a i n e d
that the process of accreditation requires the
a c k n o u l e d g m e nat n d s u p p o t ' to f a c c r e d i t e d c a l l e r s
u h o c a n v o u c h f o r a p e r s o n ' sa b i l i t l ' t o t e a c h ,
hold a class together, produce competent dancers,
and conduct hoedowns. He stated that "whiie
s o m e s i g n a t u r e sa r e e a s y ' t o g e t , " h e k n e w t h a t ,
i n B o b ' s c a s e , t h e s i g n a t u r e so n h i s a p p l i c a t i o n
were from quality callet's. Bill was invited to
do a guest tip alter the presentation,while
B o b d a n c e d u i t h h i s r o o m m a t ea n d d e a r f r i e n d ,
Chris Anderson.
It was just three )'ears earlier, in July, 1986,
t h a t B o b u a s e l e c t e d i n t o t h e N o r t h e r nC a l i f o r n i a
C a l ! e r s ' A s s o c i a t i o na s a f u l l c a l l e r - m o v i n g
from an apprentice status. During the presentation
ceremont, it was noted that this accomplishment
had nationai significance to the Gal community
in that Bob's admission marked the f irst t ime
that an openl)' Cay person had gone through
this process. Claire Meisel, who had supported
Bob br faithfullf'attending the caller meetings
as his taw, attended the presentation and was
acknowledgedfor her contributions.
T h e e v e n i n g ' sf e s t i v i t i e s w e r e a s u r p r i s e t o B o b ,
w i t h s o m a n y o f h i s l o n g - t i m e W S Df e l l o w m e m -
bers present for the class just to show apprecia-
tion for his work. His biggest surprise was Bill
Hanzel's presence. Bill has been supportive
of Bob from the beginning of Bob's application
for membershipinto the Northern California assoc-
iation. Bill and his wife, Janice, have been long-
t ime supporters of the Gay- community. Janice
for many years has worked with the Barbarl'
Coast Cloggers in instruction and choreographl'.
Much commotion ensued during breaks between
tips as members and friends enjoyed punch and
cookies. A good time was had by all (just had
to get that line in there, for all those small-
tou/n reporters out there!)
The Certificate of Accreditation from Callerlab
is signed by John Kaltenthaler, who has been
the organization's Executive Secretary since
19i6. Ivlr. Kaltenthaler was one of the featured
cailers for "Peel the Apple," the Sixth Annuai
Convention of the International Association of
Gay- Square Dance Clubs, held in New \ork City'
in Jull, i989.
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ON BOB'S ACHIEVEN{ENT
by' Pattl' White
W h a t F r e e m a nd i d n ' t m e n t i o n , a n d w h a t I h a d n ' t
realized till I finalll put tu,o and two together,
is that Bob uasn't even a square dancer until
19 8 3 .
H e s t a r t e d u ' i t h a \ l ' e s t e r nS t a r c l a s s ( S c o t t s a l s
w e e v e n h a v e a i i d e o o f B o b r e c e i v i n gh i s d i p l o m a
at Graduation!)
Bob has progressed from being a non-dancer
to being a fuliy accredited caller in just sir
y'ears. He went from being a non-dancer to being
e l e c t e d a s a f u l l c a l l e r i n t h e N o r t h e r nC a i i f o r n i a
Associationin just three years!
In reading old issues of THE WESTERNSTAR,
I found several references to Bob's participation
in the Caller Apprentice Program, and found
Jason Fontaine'saccount of the ceremon]'when
Bob received his first Caller's badge at the Star
Thru the Colden Gate Convention in 1986. An
excerpt of Jason'sarticle:
I uould like to mention a very'personal, to
Western Star Dancers. moment that occurred
at our Fridal' night banquet in the Palace's
Gold Room. This was quite a surprise to most
of us Bill Hanzel. our dedicated WSD
club instructor for our new class dancers,
walked to the podium and asked WSD member
Bob Bellville to join him. He then presented
Bob with a badge denoting membership as
a FL]LL CALLER in the Northern California
Association Bob is the first gat caller
of this straight organization. Bill \r'as joined
in the presentation by Steffany "Lad)' S"
of Sanchez& Chicken Ranch fame. Chris Ander-
sgn, (Bob's) longtime friend and companion,
pinned the badge to Bob's bosom. A standing
ovatron couid not conceal the emotion-charged
moment as mascara ran freelr-, deep sighs
were taken and manly' sobs hardll, suppressed.
To me, this was the highlight of our convention.
Having been in WSDonly since 'g7, I didn't know
all the background to the achievement we celebra-
ted a few weeks ago. I really admire Bob's commit-
ment to persevere through ever)'thing and reach
his personal goal.
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2. Command of F$damentals - Absolutely
The following two articles, b-"" Bill Heimann and critical. If you can't split circulate, who
Barr) Ciasper, are included here by permission cares if you know the latest and greatest
from the Zip Coder, the publication in which call? I think a dancer is allowed one of
they' first appeared. Biil and Barry are both these types of mistakes every time the
Challengedancers, and thel use Challengetermin- United States loses a war!
ology to illustrate their points. Although the
calls thel talk about are unfamiliar, \rhat Bill Here are just a few examples of what
sa)s about good dancers goes for i\lainstreanr I consider fundamentals: split circulate,
and PIus dancers as u,ell as Challenge dancers. counter rotate, single rotate, pass in or
The problem Barry analt'zes, that the capabilities out, roll, left from right, beaus and belles
of the dancers at a giren lerel decline over identification, and the most difficult call
time because dancers rush to "higher" levels of all. cast 3,,4.
before they"re ready', is something Clubs at all
lerels contend uith. These articles are repro- 3. Degree of Help - How much help can
a dancer provide at the level he considers
duced in toto because the\ articulate so uell
himself? It's probabll not unreasonable
t h c s e i d e a s t h a t c o n c e r na l l s a u a r ed a n c e r s .
to erpect him to provide some help to
someone standing next to him, and to
A LOOK AT- OL]R.SEI,VES
some extenl to the square as a whole.
br Bill Heimann Feu' people have the abilitf to provide
H i l l s i d e ,I L d)'namichelp to a u'hole square on a cons-
istent basis, but to be considered realll
competent at a level, a dancer should
Let's create a scenario.\'ou and I are friends
attending a C2 dance with someone'*,e never be capable of providing this help on an
occasionabl asis.
sau before. After the dance ! ou ask me if I
danced with that couple in tlre red shirts. I
4. Abilitl to adapt to neu: situations
said, "No, I didn't. Whl'?" \'ou repll, "The5're
lVust a dancer be u'alked through a familiar
realll' good dancers."
call from a new setup before he can dance
;'t nnrrontlr'? A onnd rlancor rlololnnc the
T h a t ' s a s c e n a r i o t h a t ' s p r o b a b l l h a p p e n e dt o
you if you'\'e been around challenge dancing ability to adapt to these new situations
at a dance, and at dance speed.
for ant length of time. But let's take it one
step further. What do y..oumean b) sa)'ing the1,'."
good dancers?Did !'ou ever try to analyze exact- 5. Abilitl' to recognize and deal u'ith a
distorted figure - Examples are T-bones,
ll what )'ou observed that created that impres-
concentric setups, magic columns, phantoms,
sion? iVost people probabll' couldn't verbalize
triangles, and parallelograms.
the precise reasons. It's just that their "general
sense," their "gut feeling" was that the people
6. Precise formations - Some people seem
uere good dancers.
to spend all night dancing at a 45 degree
angle with the walls. Can a dancer cir-
That's happened to me too, but those kinds
of emotional responses to a rational setting culate exactl)' two positions on a Perkup
even if the centers are T-boned to them?
bother me. Consequently,I'r'e tried to quantifl
what's really involved in leading me to such Does he know where he is relative to
the other dancers in the square? Does
a conclusion. Here are some of the criteria
he stand exactl) alongsidehis partner?
I use in evaluating a dancer.
1. Abilitl' to recognize when something
1. Mistakes - This is the most common
doesn't seem right - For example, it cons-
f ailing of most dancers. Thet simpl)' make
tantly amazes me that some dancers can
too many mistakes. Dancers must be able go several calls T-boned to the rest of
to execute the routine steps flawlessly.
the square and not know it. Some dancers
It's just like baseball. Nobody wants a just seem to be dancing to the beat of
shortstop who is capable of making the
a different caller.
spectacular plaj's if he can't be relied
upon to make the routine ones. It's simply
8. How does he react when he doesn't
a matter of numbers. There are hundreds
know what to do? Does rigor mortis immed-
of routine ones for every spectacular
iately set in? Does he move any'wayhoping
opportunity. In this case the price of
no one will notice he doesn't know what
the spectacular pla-'-is too high.
to do? Or, does he immediately find his
 opposite, listen for a cue from the caller
or someone in the square, or try to blend
in with the other dancers who seem to
know what the;-'re doing? Does he know
how to wait?
9. The dancer's demeanor - Does he dance
with confidence? Does he appear to have
control of the situation? Does he dance
with the other dancers or is he a solo
artist? How's his timing? Can he dance
at the right pace, not too slow or too
fast?
T h e s ea r e s o m e o f t h e q u a l i t i e s I t h i n k c o n s t i -
tute a good dancer. Okay, there mal be others.
It wasn't ml' purpose in uriting this article
to specifically exhaust the possibilities. Mf
purposewas somethingelse.
Take another quick look at the list - go ahead,
I'll wait!
How many of the items are related to level?
Malbe some of the distorted figures in number
5, but other than that, none of them! In other
words, BEING A GOOD DANCER HAS NOTHING
T0 DO WITH LEVEI-!Other things being equal,
if dancer A makes fewer mistakes than dancer
B, dancer A is a better dancer. If he can exe-
cute fundamentalsbetter, he's a better dancer.
If he makes more precise formations, he's a
better dancer. How about if dancer A attends
C3 dances and dancer B dances no higher than
C2? Is dancer A therefore a better dancer than
B ? A b s o l u t e l yn o t . A c c o r d i n gt o t h e l i s t , c o n s i d -
erations like what dances a dancer attends,
how man) calls he knorvs, how long he's been
dancing, or uhat workshop he's in have absolute-
ll' nothing to do with evaluating his performance.
Aren't the criteria on the list the ones usualll'
used by the challenge community to judge other
dancers? Unfortunately, thel' don't seem to
be. Let's look at an example at our C2 dance.
I've heard man)'people sa)'things like, "That
last tip should have gone better than it did
b e c a u s ew e h a d t w o ' C 4 c o u p l e s ' i n i t . " I s n ' t
the implication here that the square was poten-
tially strong due to the presence of the two
C4 couples? In other words, these couples were
'C4
good dancers simply becausethey're dancers.'
But does that fact mean they"re an)' good?
Not according to the above list. lt's been m)
experience that people can be incompetent at
'dances'
any level. Just because someone C3
doesn't mean he's a good Cl dancer. Indeed,
that fact alone doesn't mean he's a good dancer
at all! It simply means he spends part of his
life inhabiting a C3 floor.
Why is it that we as a dancing community seem
to value progressing through levels more than
we value good dancing? Why do we value level
movementmore than quality? I believe the an-
swer is ego, or status. We want others to think
well of us, and the most visible wa!, to do
that is by advancing through the levels. lvlanl
think the progression through levels is the only'
means we have of showing our prowess. That's
how we keep score. So much energy is put into
learning a new level. Feelings are irreparablt
hurt because someone wasn't invited into that
next level workshop, or perhaps asked into
a star tip. His life is over. What a shame that
we treat this wonderful activity that wa),. Just
imagine how great it could be if this energ!
were funneled into improving our performance
rather than our egos.
On the other hand, u,ho are these people that
many'think will be impressedby their movement?
I realll don't know. They certainly'aren't the
people who dance u'i1h them when the! ob','iously
aren't prepared. The good dancers aren't fooled.
The callers aren't. \['ho is? So much t ime and
energl goes into the charade, to u'hat end?
\\rho's impressed? Honest f olks, nobody is! The
honest to gosh real fact of the matter is that
nobodt' is.
What's the ansuer? We as the challenge commun-
it5' need to clean up our act. We need to appre-
ciate the activitt for what it is rather than
use it as a means to improve our self-image.
We need to take harder iooks at ourselves,
to more accuratel)' and honestll, evaluate our
ability'before decrding to attend a dance. We
need to understand that it's no disgrace to
spend time at a level, to become good there,
to become comfortable dancing the level, to
enjoy it, before moving on. We need to accept
the commitment to the other dancers to be
reasonablycompetent at a level before attending
a dance. We must understand and believe that
it isn't fair to impose ourselves on other dan-
cers who in many cases have spent considerable
time and mone) to be there.
I guess what I'm reall)' trying to sa)' is that
we have to stop abusing this activity. I've
always felt that the most wonderful aspect
of square dancing is that there's a place for
every level of abilitt and interest. Some people
only qant to dance once a month while others
enjo-r workshopping several times a week, or
dissecting the calls, or studying hours at a
time. There's a place for everyone. But dancing
a higher level doesn't make you a better person.
It simply means you know a few more steps
than someoneelse.
In the grand scheme of things, how important
is that, really?
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bl Barry Clasper
165 KingslakeRoad
North York, Ontarro, Canada,iU2J3C4
In a recent article, Bill Heimanndid an exceilent
job of delineating the difference between high
qualiti' and hieh level dancing. I would like to
take the libertl of summarizingthe main points
of Bill's article (or at least what ! perceived
to be the main ooints) so that I can use them
as a springboard for m."-own remarks. Bill made
the following points:
l. Good dancers are usualll recognized as
such bl' other dancers,and most dancersaspire
to be in the group that is so recognized.
2 . B i l l d i s c u s s e dt h e c r i t e r i a h e u s e s i n e v a l -
uating hou well or hou' poorli a dancer per-
forms. In point form, the5 were:
a. Number of Mistakes: better dancers
m a k ef e u ' e r m i s t a k e s .
b. Commandof Fundamentals: better dancers
hare a superior g,rip on cerlain fundamental
elements that form the basis of a large
number of calls arrd concepts - examples
are circulate, rotate, trade, lringe, roll,
etc.
c. Ability to l l e l p : b e tt e r dancers can
a s s i s to t h e r s .
d. Adaptability: better dancers can adapt
to a situation that representsa logical
extrapolation of known material without
having to be taught or walked through.
e. Abilitl' to Handle Distortions: better
dancers can handle distorted setups that
are legal at the level being danced.
f. Precision:better dancers make precise
lormations and adopt precise facing directions.
g . A b i l i t y t o R e c o g n i z et h e " l r n r i g h t " :
better dancers realize when something
does not make senseand therefore a mistake
has been made.
h . A b i l i t f t o R e c o r e r : b e t t e r d a n c e r st e n d
to recover their own mistakes without
assistance.
i. Confidence:better dancers displa-v-
confi-
dence that thet' know what they are about.
3. The above characteristicsare level-independent.
They transcend the material associated with
ant' given Caileriab program. Thus, it does
not foliow that any given C4 dancer is neces-
sarily a better dancer than any given A2
dancer, simpll' b), virtue of their habitual
dance leve1. lt is entirelt'possible for an
A2 dancer to be a better dancer than a C4
dancer, despite the fact that the C4 dancer
probabll' knows more calls.
4. Because the square dance movement has
not done a good job of articulating the char-
acteristics that contribute to good dancing,
a great man! people mistakeniy assume that
there is a direct correlation between the
leveI somebody dances and how well the-i
dance. Thel conciude that attending a higher
level dance makessomeonea better dancer.
5 . S j n c e u e a l l u i s h t o b e w e l l - r e-dance ga,'ded
bl our peers, this mistaken idea that
l e r , e l i s s ) , n o n l m o u sw i t h d a n c i n g a b i l i t y f o s _
t e r s a n i n a p p r o p r i a t e c o m p u l s i o nt o a d , , a n c e
t h r o u g ht h e l e r e l s .
6 . T h e e q u a ito n b e t w , e e n d a n c e - l e v e l a n d
p r e s t i g e h a s r e s u l t e d i n a n u n f o r t u n a t ed e c l i n e
in the average dancing skills exhibited at
t h e A d v a n c e da n d C h a l l e n g el e l e l s .
S i n c e m l p u r p o s ei s n o t t o r e v i e u ' B i l l ' s a r t i c l e ,
but rather to expand upon it, I offer these points
merely to refresh )'our memor). If y,ou have not
l ' e t r e a d B i l l H e i m a n n ' sa r l i c l e . I h e a r t i l v r e c o m -
mend that I'ou do so.
In reading Biil's article, the first thing that
struck me was that Bill's list of "good dancer,'
c r i t e r i a a c t u a l l ) c o n s i s t so f a s i n g l e p o i n t , w i t h
a number of supporting elements. I think that
better dancers make fewer mistakes because
they have a good grasp of fundamentats" ;.e
adaptable, can deal with distorted setups, are
precise, recognize errors, and knou. how to reco-
ver. Moreover, dancers u,ho make f eu,er mistakes
tend to be confident and are more liable to
be able to help others. Therefore. I think that
B i l l ' s l i s t a c t u a l l - vb o i l s d o w n t o a s i n g l e p o i n t :
better dancers make feu'er mistakes.
While I do not uish to argue that a lou, error
rate represents the onit virtue a good dancer
need possess, it seems clear that it is far and
awa5' the most important.l This being so, I think
it might be instructive to examine dancer per-
formance from this point of view. How man!,'
mistakes is it reasonablefor a competent dancer
to make in the course of an evening? How many'
sequencesout of a tip is it reasonableto expect
a square to execute successfully?
First, I need to define "mistake".I'm not talking
about momentary hesitations or false starts.
I'm referring to those killer mistakes that cause
squares to crumble - the fatal errors. I define Now let's examine how well dancers u'ith various
a fatal error as an incorrectfction (or inaction) probabilities for dancing error-free might be
which: expected to do. Let's suppose that each of the
dancers in the square dances 909o of the se-
f. if left uncorrected, would result either quences without f atal error. A mark of 900,ois
in the square breaking down or an incorrect usually considered pretty good in school. ln dan-
resolution, and cing terms that means that you blow one sequence
in ten. We want to know the probability of E
2. is not recovered bl, the perpetrator before dancers, each with a 90% probability of dancing
it damagesthe square. error-free, making it through a sequencewithout
an), one of them making an error. Statistics
So ml' question is, "Ho\L man!. such errors is tells us that the formula for this calculation
it acceptablefor a competentdancer to make?" is to take the product of all the probabilities.
Therefore, a square composed entirell of 900,o
l..rnderll'ingour concern u,ith errors is the fact dancerscould expect to make:
t h a t m i s t a k e sc o n t r i b u t ed i r e c t l t t o b r o k e ns q u a r e s
which, in turn, cause dancers to be transformed .9 x .9 x .9 x .9 x .9 x .9 x .9 x .9 = 43qo
into spectators who stand and watch the other
squares dance. Our problem is that we consider LESSTHANH{LF of the sequences!!!
the proportion of time spent spectating to be
growing to unacceptablelevels. This iine of Or in other words, the-r would be standing idle
thought splits my original question into two: more than half of the trme. I do not think manl
would be prepared to argue that spectating for
l. For what portion of the total dance time m o r e t h a n h a l f o f t h e t i m e i s s a t i s f a c t o r .) L e t ' s
i s s p e c t a t i n ga c c e p t a b l e ? look at this from another angle. How s'ell do
the indrvidual dancers have to perform in order
2 . H o w d o m i s t a k e si n f l u e n c es p e c t a t o rt i m e ? for the square as a whole to make 9090 of the
sequences? We need a number N such that:
The first question is a matter of personal judge-
ment, but the second is opento analy'sis.Perhaps NxNxNxNxNxNxNxN=0.9
if we undertake the anal5,'siswe w.il be better'
positioned 1c make the judgsrnent required for lf tou uork it out, it turns out that N = 0.98;
the first question. First we need to quantifl or 98.loro.
our terms in a wal that makes analysis possible.
This seems like a ver! high performance level!
I think the most useful way to quantif)'mistakes After all, in school only' genius-level students
is to express them as a rate using the number consistentl), g€t 96.79o.When you consider that
of sequences danced as a base. For instance. the average 2\2 hour dance comprises 7 or 6
if a dancer makes fatal errors at the rate of tips, each containing 10 or 12 sequences,then
i error every 5 sequences,it follows that he 98.7o,orepresents at most ONE mistake per night.
or she dances faultlessly 4 out of 5 sequences. Perhaps attempting to ach-]Ive a 90oo level of
In other words, you could sa)' that the dancer success for the square is shooting too high.
executes without error 80qo of the sequences Table I shou,s the dancer performance levels
called. This value can also serve to express that are necessar!' to achieve several different
the probability of that dancer executing any success rating,s for the square. How much spec-
given sequence successfully. Henceforth, I u,ill tating time are )'ou willing to accept?
refer to such a dancer as an 809odancer.

# of Dancer Ertpro
fuuare Succere Dancer Rating Per Dsnce
l ' h o l c a l l e d s e o u e n ( e \s u ( . ( * o f c a l l e ds e q u e n c e s
cessfulll' complered r-r thc danced u'tthorrt error bv each ,(t0 .eequ.enceo)
per
lnrunDer ot errors
squrre) dancerl 2 l t - h o u r d a n c e r m p l r e db 1 '
d a n c e re r r o r r a t e )
50? 9t.7q( t
60? 93.$Tc 5
70qc 95.6% 4
80To 97.2% 2
90% 98.77o I

Trble l.
Bl' now, many of 5'ou u'ill be saying to yourselves,
"But that doesn't make sense. I've danced in
squares u'ith totalil, incompetent dancers, dancers
who were performing at well below 50%, and
we stili got most of the sequences.Thesenumbers
can't be right." And, of course, they are not.
\\hat the above calculations overlook is the fact
that man!' mistakes are corrected before the
square dissoives. In tact,-ffiIoancers know
one another well. man! mistakes are anticipated
and prevented berore they are made. That is,
there are dancers in the square who not only
dance their own parts flawlessly, they also cor-
rect at least some of the mistakesof others.
Another wa)' of looking at this is to say that
dancers who correct others are, in effect, dancing
higher than 1000,o.Thet' are dancing 1009; of
their ou'n parts, plus some parts that should
be erecuted bf other dancers. For instance,
a dancer performing at 1200,0theoretically could
compensate for another dancing at 80o.6(i.e.,
10090of their o\r'n part plus the 209o that the
80o,0-lev'eldarrcer is missing). Therefore, the
square could average out to 100o'osuccess,even
though not ail dancers are contributing to that
successin equai measure.
T h i s p h e n o m e n o ni s a n i n l e-strhaal np a r l o f t h e d a n -
crng, process. More olten
dancer makes a mistake, another dancer is able
to correct it and avoid,Jamage to the square.
This process is essential to a healthl, square
and is a normal part of good dancing. We all
make mistakes and require steering upon occasion.
In a balanced square, the individual dancers
participate both as providers and receivers
help. The dancer who fixes somebodyelse's mis_
take during, one sequencereceives help for their
own mistake during a later sequence - perhaps
from the same dancer they had previousiy.aided.
The process becomespathological, however, when
the help always flows in a single direction: when
one person alwa!'s helps and another always receives
help.
If we appl), tlris vieu' of square dynamics to
the more general square dancing scene, some
interesting features emerge. If we were to survey
the dancer population at any given level, the
skills of the dancers could be grouped into three
categories:
1. Dancers who are not fully competent at
the level. They would make few sequences
were it not for the presence of other dancers
who correct their errors.
2. Dancers who can dance the level compe-
tently. They can dance their own part without
assistance, provided the other dancers in
the square do likewise. A square of such
dancers consistently should be abie to attain
success levels in excess of 9006.
3. Dancers who are not only' capable of dan-
cing their own parts at the 1009" level but
aiso are capable of helping others. These
are the people who make it possible for the
dancers in the first category to survive on
the fioor.
At this point it is important to understandthat
this mix of competence levels is not onl)' un-
avoidable, it is necessar)'. Some might think
that if we dispense with the dancers in the
first categort, our problems are solved. Not
so! \'ou can quickl"'.' see why if you look back
at the three categories and viev'' them as three
phases of growth that a dancer mo\ies through
as he or she gradually masters a dance level.
Therefore, in an ideal world, "phase 1r' people
would be the novices at the level. They might
know all the calls and concepts on the "list",
but we cannot reasonabll' expect a novice to
flawlessly execute all possible contortions of
the material. Even after y-ou intellectualll under-
stand Magic Diamonds, hou' many times do t'ou
have to work in them before you can dance such
not, when one
material with any' panache?
So we cannot just dump these "phase 1" ciancers
- they are the future. Since they require help,
however, the! must be balanced by a corres-
ponding number of "phase 3" dancers. Back in
our ideal world, any given level would alway's
of
be populated with dancers from all three phases
in balanced proportions - for instance, 209o in
phase l, 6096in phase 2, and 20% in phase 3.
But the world is not ideal and therein lies the
crux of our problem. Because of the pressure
to advance from level to level, man)'people
are short-cutting the three phases.They'progress
from phase I to phase 2 and then move up to
the next level (where they revert to phase l).
As this phenomenon becomes more common, the
proportion of phase 3 dancers at all levels erodes,
thereby diminishing the help that is available
to the new dancers. With less help available,
phase I dancers mature to phase 2 less rapidll
- or not at all"
Now comes the most insidious part of the process-
New dancers arriving at a level find that there
are no phase 3 dancers available to help thern
become competent. "Nobody at this level seems
to know what they're doing." But, of course,
we all know that the better dancers all dance
at some level higher than we do. Therefore,
the answer is to read through the calls on the
list for the next level and move on up. This
 process results in dancers who have yet to master
Cl showingup on C3 floors!
As Biil Heimann said towards the end of his
article, it is time to clean up our act. We must
acknowledge the fact that when we join other
dancers in a square, we incur an obligation.
That obligation is to dance our fair share of
the material.To the extent thafnv-frlffiit-&nce
our fair share, we representa burdenon the
other dancers, one which we impo-se upon them
unilaterally by arriving in their square. What
is our fair share? I belier,'ethat it varies accord-
ing to our experienceat the level:
1. Phase 1 - When ue first attempt a level,
our-Iair share will be relatively low, perhaps
is?o to 80o,o.Our mistakes, however, shouid
not be due to ignorance of the documented
list material. Thel should result onlt' from
a lack of experiencein executing the material
at dance speed - experience which can be
gained only-on a dance floor.
2- Phase 2 - r*'ith experience, our fair share
increasesto 1009o.Other dancers have a right
to expect us to dance our own part virtually
error-free.
3. Phase 3 - With a great deal of experience
at the level, our fair share again increases
to something bey'ond 1009o. It is now our
responsibilitl. to help those who are nov'ices
at the level and compensatefor their inexper-
ience.
It is important to recognize that while we are
in the first phase we are imposingon the strength
of others. The justification for doing so lies
in the premise that, in time, we will progress
from phase 1 to phase 3 and, in effect, pay
back the help we were given.
If we move on without repaying the help we
were accorded, we are short-changing the people
who follou' us into the level. lf we move on
before we are competent at the level we currently'
inhabit, then we are short-changing both the
level we leave and the level to which we move.
But most important of all, when we move pre-
maturely, we short-change ourselves. There is
no feeling quite like the rush of exhilaration
that comes with the dawning realization, "Hey,
I can actually dance this stuff!"
I positioning and we can keep dancing when our
I think that a discussion of the other char-
acteristics of a "good" dancer would make excel-
lent fodder for a future article - or even a
series. Anyone interested in contributing?
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This article is printed here with permissionfrom
The Call Sheet, the newsletter for the Gay'Callers'
Association.
Se><r.al Ident it:z Crisis
by Jana Hollingsworth
One of the commonestcauses of a square breaking
down is uhen someone discovers that, due to
a previous rnistake, he,she is dancing the "wrong"
part. If you normally (standardll'?) dance onlt
the man's part and suddenly find yourself dancing
girl, don't panic! Don't stop dead and say, "l
can't do that, I'm a bo5"'. If you freeze up there's
no question about what will happen: the square
will break down. Instead, be wild and reckiess!
Take your ne,tr, identity and struggle with it
as best !ou can. That w?)', there's a chance
that your square will finish the sequence, at
which point ) ou can adjust and resume y'our
previous identity. (it might be useful to sat'
"l am a girl nou'!" so that others in the square
are aware that a sex change has taken place.)
Until you reach Challenge, there are only a feu
calls where it matters which sex role you are
dancing (for example, Star thru, Slide thru, Cali-
fornia Twirl. .)
The vast majority of calis are defined without
reference to genderrole. Even though some calls
are commonly called from a standard formation
(e.g., Pass the Ocean from standard couples)
thel can be called half-sashayed, from same-
sex setups, and other variations. The implication
here is for callers to teach this to their students
as they' teach the calls. It is critical that the
caller teach students that a Recycle can be called
with girls on the end of the wave. Boys can
lead a Flutterwheel and girls can lead a Reverse
the Flutter.
If _"-oudo not teach this, you are not doing a
thorough job of teaching the call. In addition,
you wili avoid the embarrassinS situation of
having a guest caller come in and call a half-
sashayed Pass the Ocean (Recycle, etc.) and
have your dancers unable to do the call and
find that you did not teach them as well as
you thought.
Callers often say that Cay clubs have some of
the best dancers around, and part of the reason
for this is that our dancers don't rigidly adhere
to gender roles. Thus we can handle unorthodox
squares get mixed up. So, if you unexpectedly
find yourself dancing the gender role that you
are not used to, be kinky and go with it. You
might discover a whole new side of yourself.
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IS NOT GOOD ENOUGI{
by-Anna Damiani
\l:hen I f irst went to Angel Island on the Fourth
of July, 1986, I met a group of peopie who opened
their hearts and souls to me. i was trying to
learn to dance the dances for the Gay' Games
and was ver!' nervous. I hadn't been dancing
for ver) long and r{,as ver} unsure ol' myself.
That was 0.K. with them. They asked me if I
needed some lielp with the calls and if the!,
could help me. I kneu then that I would someda5
like to be a part of that wonderful group of
p e o p l ec a l l e d W e s t e r nS t a r D a n c e r s .
Time passed and I went on to join Western Star
and participate in as manl'activities as I could.
I found that I loved coming to Western Star.
There uas always something going on! Sometimes
rt u'as a dance or a party' or other fun activity.
When I u,ent on m)'first retreat, I felt like
a kid going off to campfor the first time.
I s o o n d i s c o v e r e dt h a t a l l t h e s e a c t i v i t i e s h a p -
pened because there were people who put a lot
of time and energy into the planning and execu-
t ion. I marveled at the creativitl' involved. One
dal, I asked u'har I couid do to help. i was
told that there were plenty of things to choose
from and that I could take my pick. I soon found
ml,self deeply involved.
For the f irst time in my' lif e, I f elt as though
there were something to which I could contribute
a part of m-"-self.I had become a part of a group
of exciting, caring individuals.
As time went on, I felt that there was more
that I could contribute. I began to offer ideas
and suggestions whenever talk turned toward
planning for new events. What a thrill! I found
myself involved in planning things to do which
would be fun and exciting for people. I wanted
ver! much to share with others the fun and
friendship which had been extended to me.
There came a time when I found myself doubting
whether or not I was doing the right thing. I
began to think about whether I should continue
spendingso much time and energy trying to give
to Western Star. I began to feel that I needed
to stay away for a while in order to regain
a better perspective and keep myselffrom becoming
useless to a group which had become such a
major part of my life.
After staying away for several months, I found
and do nothing for a group that had become
so important.
Now, what about my future with Western Star?
lvly plans include running for the Board of Direc-
tors and continuing to attempt to give the Club
m!, best efforts in whatever projects I undertake.
\ou ma) wonder what makesme wish to continue
spending time doing a lot of those things which
no one eise seems to want to take the time
to do. The reason is simple: I continue to feel
a strong desire to attempt to give back to \\'est-
ern Star some of what it has done for me.
I have heard it asked wht an)'one could feel
it is necessar) to u'ork hard for an organization
which is, after all, onI! voluntary. i think it
is vital that u'hen ) ou do something, that ) ou
are aiways careful to do the best )'ou can. Some-
times that meansworking a little more. Sometimes
t h a t m e a n sc a r i n g a l i t t l e m o r e .
I am sure there were times in school uhen some
of )ou felt that you could "get by" simpll bi
getting a "C" on your Geography test. Some of
you may have done this with the knowledgethat,
u'ith a little more rvork, you could have gotten
a "8" or better. But, really, how often could
the capital of Hungar)' come up in everyday
conversation,right? I compare this ty'pe of think-
ing with that which will make the dilference
between Western Star's continued success as
a Club and its ultimate demise.
With Board elections coming up, we have an
opportunit)' to form a strong and loving core
of leadership which will, with the help of many
caring, hard-working individuals, lead Western
'90s.
Star into the
I strongly suggest to you that, if t'ou wish to
help Western Star to continue to be successfui,
that you do so uith all the energ! and dedication
which it takes to achieve an "A*". Any task
you undertake, no matter how "small" !'ou mal
regard it, should be completed u'ith the utmost
care and thoroughness.If not, you are short-
changingyourself and WesternStar.
Don't let tourseif settle for a "C" u'herever
Western Star is concerned.
Love,
Anna D.
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BOARD MEN4BER.__
SF{OLJLD I.
OR. SI-IOIJLDN'T I2
b! FreemanStamper
In the June, i989 issue of THE WESTERN STAR,
I mentioned that there are two issues which
are never broached directly but which are the
underpinnings for man) discussions at Western
Star. In the first article, I discussedmy opinion
of the social,'dance club complications. Now I
want to talk about running and voting for the
B o a r do f D i r e c t o r s .
Ever5'oneknous a good Board member, but most
people don't know a bad one. \\hy'? Becausethe
bad ones are discussed behind closed doors for
fear of offending someone.Also, the Board oper-
ates on an unwritten policl' of secrecy concerning
the actuaI discussionswhich transpire at Board
meetings. Therefore, the offensive actions of
bad Board members never come to the attention
of the general membership.That's good and bad.
P u b l i c c r i t i c i s m i s k e p t t o a m i n i m u m ,b u t i n c u m -
bents are reelected regardlessof their worth.
Iwant to be honest in this article. but not
abusi','e. Therefore, I $,on't use actual names
or sex identities in relating these events.
Some people believe that being a Board member
means being involved in the actual performance
of the myriad tasks required to keep Western
Star functioning. Some people believe that being
a Board member means attending meetings, par-
t i c i p a t i n g i n d e c i s i o n - m a k i n g ,b u t n o t a c t i v e l ) '
being involved in other Club tasks. So let's go
on from here.
During 1982 and i983, WSD didn't have these
problems. The Club was small, and you knew
almost everyone. E'u'er-,-one
was invoived in almost
everything. Everything was new. It was rather
obvious who was doing what. But the Club grerv,
and new people wanted to get involved in making
decisions. 0lder membersstarted to drift away
from active participation but maintained their
memberships.Having learned to dance elsewhere,
new members started to join WSD. Member-
application processing became rote. So the pro-
cess of electing Board members became a rather
uneducatedsystem.
Let's take some examples. Two Club members
(who were part of a faction which believed
that the "worker bees" in the Club were power-
hungry because they did so much work) were
successful in being elected to the Board. Both
were physically attractive and fun-loving. Their
claim to fame was being in the majoritl' vote
to sell beer and wine at a WSD anniversary
dance. Not only' did it create a turmoil on the
Board and in the Club, but the measure was
resoundingly defeated when proposed to the
general membership.Were they good Board mem-
bers? I contend they were not because they
did not have the ability to look at the whole
needs of Western Star. They' were looking onl!'
at todal' and at their own personal needs.
One Board was almost successful in defeating
a motion to bring Paul i\{arcum from Tennessee
to call the WSD6th Anniversary Dance. Because
of Paul's renown, there were l9 squares stuffed
into the YNICA.At that point in time, it was
the largest ga! square dance ever to be held
in the Bal Area, with the exception of the
1986 IACSDC Convention. Paul Ivlarcum called
at the first IAGSDCConvention in 1984, and
again in 1985, 19E6and 1981. It is widell' known
that he is a croud-pleaser. Were the opposing
Board members good Board members? I contend
they were not because they' did not have the
abilit-"- to understand the entire scope of gay
squaredancing.
WSD had no retreat in 1988 for one reason
and for one reason only. The majoritl of the
then-sitting Board felt that, since the 198i
retreat had a $2000 deficit, the Club could
have no more retreats. There were 80 people
who paid $90 each to attend the 1987 retreat.
The problem was not lack of interest, but failure
to avoid the previous mistake - and it wasn't
a mistake! The camp which had been selected
required a guarantee of 100 attendees. Due
to the growing popularity of the retreat and
the new location, the organizers had ever)'
right to believe 100 people would attend. We
didn't meet that guarantee in 1987, so we lost
money. Were the Board members in 1988 good
Board members?i contend thel,were not. They'
were so concerned about the lost money that
they couldn't even create a financial plan for
the successof the next retreat.
These examples taken by themselves and spread
over severai y,earsmay not seem to be critical.
However, these examples have been chosen to
underscore the overall deficiencies of a signifi-
cant number of Board members who have served
over the last several years. It is because of
the cumulative effect of this ineffective leader-
ship that Western Star almost died in December,
1988. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
And nou: Western Star Dancers is plagued with
a Board-member mentality that says, "l was
elected to serve on the Board. I am not expected
to be active in the Club." Get real, people!
WSD is made up of many people, with many
personalities, with man!' concerns, with mant'
abilities, with many needs. The complexity of
this mix is ver)' dynamic, because of the cons-
stantly' changing membership. How in the world
can a person ask to be a representative of
a bodl' of peopie uith u'hom he does not even
associate? If all these Board members do is
attend Board meetings (and an occasional dance
about ever) six to eight weeks), how can the)'
possibly make inteiligent decisions concerning
the delicate balance of constantly changing
concerns, abilities, and needs? I contend that
thel cannot, and therefore are not good Board
members.
\lestern Star is an all-volunteer organization.
Just because ure are a square dance club does
not exempt us from the problems of volunteer-
ism. All such clubs have a small number of
people who just naturalll are workers. Thef
work because theS like to work. The others
reap the reu'ards generated bl those who work.
The committed workers just surface and find
a \r'ay to do what thel' like to do. Some people
believe that the)'re workers, and make a lot
of noise with no follow-through. One thine
is for certain - Western Star has no room for
Board members who uish to have authority to
direct the efforts of others without being them-
selves actively involved in ail the activities
of the Club.
If -'-ou think you want to be a Board member.
here are some thoughts:
l. There is little or no glory, in just being
a Board member. \'ou deal with a lot of big
issues right along with a lot of petty issues.
Most members don't even know how many
hours y'ou put into the decision-makingprocess.
If it's fame and fortune you want, you should
find some other job in Western Star that
will bring recognition for your star qualities.
And you can rest assured that, when someone
does think to acknowledge the Board as a
governing body, the public adulation is polite
without much true depth of caring.
2. lf you have an ax to grind, there are
less stressful ways to grind your ax than
being a single-issueBoard member. Try solici-
ting support for your issue from the general
membership and bring the issue to a general
meeting. You'll get your political stump, win
or lose your campaign and not be saddled
with i4 months of issues f or which you have
no concern.
3. Asking to be an elected Board member
is asking for responsibility over and above
the responsibiiity for being an active Club
member. Board membershipis not a replace-
ment for attendance at Club events or for
performing some tasks that help move the
Club along.
But - being a Board membercan be rewarding:
1. If !ou enjol working for the benefit of
o t h e r s , ' l ' e l c o m ea b o a r d .
2. If y'ou have ideas for the future of Western
Star and f eei that sen,ing on the Board is
the best wa! to accomplish those goals, wel-
come aboard.
3. If 5ou're happt' uhen you have been a
part of the planning and execution of healtht
d a n c ea n d s o c i a l a c t i v i t i e s , w e l c o m ea b o a r d .
4. if lou have the time and need for \\'estern
S t a r i s s u e s t o c o n s u m ea s i g n i f i c a n t p o r t i o n
of l,our life, welcomeaboard.
5. If y'ou want to find other work-aholics
to add to r--our realm of f riends, u,elcome
aboard.
So, what do tou do u'hen you're given a ballot
to vote for those weird masochistswho are asking
to serve on the Board of Directors of \|estern
Star Dancers?First of all. think about all those
who are running. The Ciub needs a balance of
maturitl and youth in square dancing experiences.
At this stage of its life, WesternStar probablt
n e e d sa l i t t l e m o r e m a t u r i t l ' t h a n y o u t h .
lnvolvement in organizational tasks in just an)'
volunteer group may or mal not be helpful. It
could show promise for square dancing, but square
d a n c i n gi s a m o t o r a c t i v i t y c o m b i n e dw i t h m e n t a l
exercise - the combination of which creates
strange bedfellows when it comes to a social
setting open to anlone who wishes to participate.
Ask the people who are running, n'hat ther think
about ideas or concerns that )'ou have. if !''ou
don't see them regularl! so that you can ask
them, then that's a good sign you may need
to vote for someone else. If you yourself do
not attend regularl)' but are concerned about
the composition of the Board and health of the
Club, call the nominees. They are all listed in
your Director!'.
If ),ou don't know whether someone is qualified
or not or whether an incumbent is good or l-.ad,
don't just vote for a name. Just because you
can vote for seven people doesn't mean that
you must vote for seven. As awkward as some
individuals would have you believe it is to have
run-off elections because seven people did not
all receive at least 50% of the votes cast, with-
holding your vote is your right and responsibiiity
when you believe you cannot make an informed
decision.
Western Star Dancers has seen good da)'s and
bad days. The good dats happened because the
Club had a majority' of the Board dedicated to
hard work and to planning f or the future while
at the same time handling the affairs of today.
The bad dal's have been there when the Board
became idle and assumed the Board "chambers"
were sacred grounds for the minds and left the
activities of the Club to happenstance.The bad
dat's have been there when the Board failed
to look to the future and concerned itself for
hours with issues irrelevant everi for the present.
The Board of Directors is thre forefront of leader-
ship for this Club, which is a legal entitl known
as a public benefit corporation u'ith both tax-
exempt and non-profit status. Serving, on the
Board means you are accepting, certain legai
responsibilitiesas well as certain social respons-
ibilities. Exercising )'our right to vote means
,'ou have a responsibilitf to the corporation
io eieci a iioard oi iiit ectors wlto can and wiil
work cooperativell and progressi,,,el1,f or the
benefit of all those who wish to participate
with the Club.
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HO\v TO R.UN
(OR NOT R.TJN)
A SQIJARE DANCE CLIJB
by Scott Carey
It could be a simple matter to operate a square
dance club - get a hall, hire a caller and dance-
0h, and then apply a quick and easv philosophv:
it goes something like this:
1. Since square dancing is just dancing,
you can limit the club's activities to strictll'
dance-oriented events. In other words, don't
bother with social events (any'wal',that's what
the bars are for).
2. Since newer dancer classes can reduce
your dance time, hold it to just one class a
year - max! You do need to bring new blood
into the activity, but it takes time and effort
to promote new classes as well as to angel.
Angelling means dancing at a program below
!'ours, being bumped from a square for a newer
dancer and standing around a lot when neu,
calls are being taught - in other words, angel_
ling isn't realll dancing.
3. T-shirts, newsletters, directories, flyers,
announcements, general meetings, videos, scrap
books, talent shows, music libraries, potlucks,
worksnops, retreats, picnics and such should
be eliminated or substantially reduced^ Thel.
take work, lots of work, and the), have nothinl
to do with a hall, a caller and a dance_ which
is square dancing, right?
4. Teach the nevr class in as feu, weeks
as possible so that t'ou can move the quick
learners up to !,our program as soon as possible
(never mind about the ones who don't catch
on so fast, you don't need them anlwa!.). When
the quick learners are at !,our program, then
you can not only' dance uith them,
but aiso
f i n a l l t s t a r t t o g e t t o k n o u 't h e m .
These are some \ery real attitudes that I have
found in our square dancing community. The
basic idea is a selfish one: contribute as little
as possible and get back as much as you can.
It's not uncommonto find it among,our leader-
ship as well as our dancers. It affects not onlS'
our behavror on the dance floor, but also the
goals and directions that r',e set for cur club.
Running a club is not eas!' if you're looking
for a club with some qualit)' about it, something
)'ou can be proud to be a part of. To create
that requires good old hard work, dedication,
constant care and a commitment to principles.
there is just no quick and eas)'substitute. To
prorride challenging dancing, create opportunities
to enjol' friendships and camaraderie, and give
quality' instruction so )'ou can share the jof'
of square dancing u,ith newer dancers requires
work. Period.
Running a club could be made easier and more
fun if we could develop a program that encour-
'pitch
ages ever-v-one to in" that allous us all
to share in the responsibilities and rewards
us for doing so. .but that's something for
the next article. ln the meantime, we have
'no-
to decide what road we wish to travei - a
frills'club, o r s o m e t h i n gw i t h s o m e s u b s t a n c e
and qualitt'.
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 QUARTERLYSELECTIONS
In this rssue'sfeature article, Scott exploresin depth
a seriousproblem which the IAGSDC Community
may now be facing. The sarne undertyingfactors
could be catsing the decline in membenhip in the
largersquaredance communityas well. . .
A QUESTION OF BAI-ANCE
by
ScottCarey
When Western Star Dancers was formed some
eight yearsago,we set about to incorporatethe
traditionsand sensibilitiesof SquareDancingin
general. It's true that we did modify some
particularaspectsto reflectour own Gay culture,
eliminatingthe requirementfor crinolinesand
long-sleeved shirtsin favorof jeansand T-shirtsas
one example;but the prevailingphilosophywas
'Vhy reinventthe wheel?" Hundredsof years
of
squire dance evolution had alreadyproven the
wisdom of standardizedcalls. the value of
conventions, and the need for a specificteaching
order as developedby Callerlab,to name a few.
Adopting these time-proven principles and
understandingthe forces or reasoningsbehind
them has servedus well.
We approachour second decade of operation
whilevarious"non-Callerlab"formatswhichsprang
up in the early eighties (some of which were
extremely popular) are now extinct. By taking
advantageof the lessonsalready learned from
previousbattles,WesternStarDancers,aswell as
other Clubs of the IAGSDC, have been able to
build a strong and viable foundation for our
activity.This does not mean, however,that there
are no problems.
If you read the current literature, publications
suchasIAGSDC Clubs'newsletters andAmerican
Square Dancer lou will basicallyfind the same
issuesbeing discussed.Gay and Straightsquare
dancersnot only share in a common ground of
tradition and experiencebut also in the current
WINTER, 1989
problems of square dancing. What is often
overlookedin addressingtheseproblems,however,
are some of those same time-honoredprinciples
and forcesof squaredancing- what makessquare
dancingwhat it is and why - that have servedall
of us so well. One important recurring problem,
and one that I would like to addressin this light,
is what I call the "balancebetweenthe programs"
issue.First, somebackground.
When Callerlab set up the teaching order, it
divided the calls into successivegroupingsand
referredto them as "levels."I-ater,it droppedthe
designation"level"becauseit was promotingthe
unfortunateperceptionof a hierarchyof dancing
ability: that is, that a Challenge dancer was
"better" than an Advanced dancer who was
"better"than a Plus dancerand so forth.
Insteadof "level",Callerlabbeganto usethe term
"program",which more correctly describedthe
integralunits that havetheir own identities,value
and place in the whole square dance picture.
These programsgive squaredancerschoiceson
how they wish to allocatetheir time, energyand
interest. Each successiveprogram requires
additionaltime to learn and masterand offersan
increaseddegreeof complexity.In a way, square
dancing as a whole is faced with the same
decisionsthat the individualdancerfaces- how to
allocatetime and energy.With limited resources,
and varied programs,how can we :rsa community
supportand promote our entire activify?
There are no easy answers.Some call for the
elimination of all upperJevel dancing, or the
consolidation of Basic, Mainstream and Plus
programs into one new master program of 75
calls.Already,we have seenthe consolidationof
Plus 1 and 2 into a single proganr, and A1 and
A2 are for the most part treated as a single
Advancedprogram.Whatever shapethey may
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take in the future, the basic nature of differing
programs is likely to stay with us becauseit
reflectsa principle or force of square dancing:
dancerswish to havechoicesaboutthe amountof
time and effort theyput into the activityand what
they desire out of it. The important thing, I
believe,is to maintaina healthybalancebetween
the programsso that they supporteachother and
encourage the wholeactivity.And this balance,as
we shall see, is another principle or force of
squaredancing.
Although we are alwaysstriving to keep as many
newer dancers as possible,we know from our
experiencewith 13 classesunder a variety of
conditionsthat we can expectto keep only 40 to
60 percent of our students.Not surprisingly,this
retention percentageis experiencednot only by
other Gay clubs, but by the square dancing
communityin general.After Mainstreamand then
Plus graduation,we will continue to lose some
dancersfrom each class as they move to other
activities,or move from the zuea,or becomeill, or
go on to the upper programs of square dancing.
Again,we try to keep as many dancersaspossible,
but as time goes by, many will move on. This
process,of course,continuesin a similar fashion
with Advancedand Challenge,so that the overall
structureof the activity can best be describedas
a "pyramid".
At the base of the pyramid, with the greatest
numbers, are the newer dancers; then Plus,
Advanced, and tapering to the top (with the
fewestdancers)are the Challengeprograms.As
dancersmove through the programsand up the
pyramid,or out of the pyramid entirely,we must
haveevenmore new recruitscomingin in orderto
keep our activity growing. The size of the base
directly determinesthe proportionatesize of all
the programs.If one of the upper programs
becomestemporarily larger than the base, it
signals that there will not be enough newer
dancerscoming in to sustain or increasethat
programin the future.It signalsthat that program,
as well as the entire activiiy,wiil be downsized.
WSD is a textbook case of the above scenario.
After yearsof promotingnew classes, we reached
a point, in about our fifth year, where we had a
substantial membership dancing at the Plus
program.The resourcesof the Club were then
shiftedin favor of activitiesfor the Plus dancers.
New classes were reducedto once a year while at
the sametime we ran a weeklyClub night with a
different guest caller every week as well as full
Plusdancingon everyother Fridaynight.Pluswas
our biggestprogram,but only for a while.
Gradually,our Plus dancersmoved on to other
activitiesor to Advanced and then Challenge.
Efforts were made to find out what we could do
to keep them, but unfortunately, we didn't
understandat the time that therewasnothingthat
was going to keep the majority of thosedancers.
Meantime,our neglectednewerdancers'program
was not in a position to provide us with enough
new dancersto stem the erosion.When we woke
up, our Club had downsizedto a fourth of its
previousnumbers.
Western Star's near "collapse"is now rippling
throughthe upper programsof Midnight Squares.
The falling-off of our numbers the past few years
has, of course, reduced the population pool of
Advancedand Challengerecruits that we, along
with Foggy City Dancers and other Bay Area
Clubs,provide. And Midnight Squaresis now, in
turn, activelylooking for new studentsto revitalize
their Club. Where will thesenew studentscome
from?
One way out of this dilemma would be to rush
newerdancersthroughMainstreamand Plus and
into the upperprogramsas soonas possible.This
quick fix, besidesbeing unfair to newer dancers
who havethe right to expecta learningexperience
with their best interestsat heart, is doomed to
failure. Another way would be to "follow" the
dancersby changingthe primary dance level of
the Club to the next level up. Again, this
procedurebegsthe questionof wherewill the new
studentscome from?
There is one way to deal with this problem:it's
the sameway that helpedWesternStar out of its
hole,anCit's the sameway that wrl! help anyclub
wherethe balancebetweenthe programsis out of
kilter.Quitesimplythe answer, usingthe modelof
the pyramid,is to increasethe sizeof the base.By
continually bringing in newer dancers and
nurturingthcm, we build a steadilygrowingbase
that will naturallyprovidenew studentsfor all the
successive programs.Nothing will be forced or
strainedin this balancedstate,and all programs
can look forward to a healthy and prosperous
future.
I believethat the IAGSDC couldwell be entering
a periodwherethis balancebetweenthe programs
is going astray.Many of the clubs are now into
their third throughfifth year, about the sametime
period as the "life" of an averagedancer.Some
dancersare currentlyor will soon be leavingthe
activityaltogether.Others are moving on into the
upper programs. If you look at convention
attendance,)ou do see an increasingnumber of
dancers each year, but the rate of growth is
getting slower and slower. You also see the
increasinglydisproportionatepopularity of upper
programs. The pyramid alarm signalis ringing.
So what do we do? Well, one answerto that is to
look at what not to do. For example,I recently
saw some newsletter articles and flyers touting
Advanced as the fastestgrowing and most popular
program. First, this kind of advertising plays off
programagainstprogram.The emphasison being
in 'vogue' dismissesimportant considerationsof
what competence is required to enter the
prograrn, subtly negates the value of other
programs,and strikesagainstthe very reasonthat
we have prograrns- namely, to give dancersthe
opportunity to choose a program that matches
their own interests,time and energy.Secondly,it
ignores the consequencesof that popularity. If
Advanced does become the most popular
program,then just where are the new students
neededto sustainthat popularitygoing to come
from in the yearsto come?
If we say,"Well, we'll just put a lot of effort into
gettingnewer dancers,"then where will the time
and energycome from? Advancedand Challenge
dancerswill need to and want to danceat their
programson a regular basis.kadership will be
busypro..'idingfcr ha!!sand classesand Cancesat
those popular programs. We cannot expect
substantialadditionalenergiesto alsopromotethe
newerdancers'programs.Where,then, will these
resourcescomefrom? And - particularly- where
will theseresourcescome from if the majoriryof
our populationbecomeupper programdancers?
So what can we do in a positive way? First, we
can understandthe crucial role that the newer
dancersplay in our pyramid of programs.To keep
that base strong, a significant portion of our
squaredancingcommunity'sresourcesshould be
devotedto promoting and maintainingour newer
dancers.Second,we can changethe attitudethat
upper program dancing is "better" than other
programs.We can get out there and dance and
socializewith dancers- whatevertheir program.
Third, we can respect our dancers by offering
instructionand programsthat allow them to learn
and progressat their own rate and accordingto
their own desires. rather than someone else's
wishesor concerns.The specificaction plans for
theseideaswill vary from Club to Club and from
city to city. Fundraisersat al! programs to raise
money for advertising newer dancers' classes,
more tips at dancesthat are geared to a class
level, socialsand workshopsfor the new students
are just a few possibilities.
Western Star Dancershas been moving along in
thesedirectionsfor the pint year and a half, and
that effort will continueto developand strengthen
aswe move towardsour seconddecade.We do, of
course,run Basic,Mainstreamand PIusclassesat
WSD; and our effort to restore the balance
between those programs in our area has been
instrumental,not only in our recoveryas a viable
Club, but also in developinga new spirit of
purposeand care.
Gettingbackto the basicsof what squaredancing
is all about and why, of appreciatingsomeof the
underlying principles and forces of our activity,
would be a worthwhile processfor our whole
community.Imagine a year when all dancers,
whatevertheir program,cametogetherto actively
recruitnewerdancers,and then encouraged those
dancerswith a spirit of patienceand respectand
social bonding. And imagine that many of the
newerCanccrscamsto the annualconveniionarid
in fact made up the "most popular" program.
Think of the exciting,promisingfuture it would
meanfor all of us.
Ed. note: As Scott points out, we recognizethat
eachprogramhasits own characterand concepts.
But eventhoughwe try to get awayfrom this old
idea of "levels",there seemsto be no adequate
language to use when we're talking about a
dancer'smovementfrom one programto another.
All our phrasing denotes the movement from
Mainstreamto Plus,from Plus to Advanced,as a
progressiort
The implicationof the languagewe use,no matter
how hard we try to avoid the "levelsconcept",is
that one will narurally expectto move up to the
next program as soon as one gets "good enough"
at one's current program. The unfortunate
inferencewhich may be made, of course,is that
if one is not moving up, one must not be "good
enough"to do so.
Students start picking this up from our
conversationsvery early. Worrying whether they'll
eventuallyget good enoughto make the gradejust
adds to the ego battering many beginners
experienceas it beginsto be obviouswhich ones
are learningfaster.
HELP, CALLERI-AB! Pleasecomeup with some
other way to refer to this, so we can stop
perpetuatingthe "levels concept" just because
there'sno other way to talk about it!
THANK YOU, WESTERN STAR DANCERS!
The "Classof the Quake '89" would like to send
our many thanks to everyoneinvolved with our
educationinto the world of SquareDancing- to
tbe instructors,callersand angels. We've all had
a great time with class,and met somewonderful
people. Thank you, WesternStar Dancers!
- Classof the Quake'89
I FELT THE EARTH MOVE!
by
Anna Damiani
It was Tuesday,October 17th at a couple of
minutespast 5 PM. I had just returned from a
wonderfulweekendin Albuquerque.I was sitting
in my living room looking over my mail and
sippinga cool drink. It was unusuallyhot and the
air was very still. I reachedover to turn on the
TV. Suddenly,the cats ran out of the room and
the walls began to shake.There was a noise as
thoughsomeonewere standingon the roof above
shaking the house. I ran for the doorway. The
shakingdidn't stop.I grabbeda pair of shoesand
ran outside.
NeighborsI had never seenbefore were outside
asking if I was OK Some were obviously very
shaken.My heart was racing. After checkingto
see that everyone in my building was well, I
walked up the street to see friends. Some were
not home from work. I went to try to place a call
on the pay phone. This was not possibledue to
busy circuits.I went back home to get my radio,
stopping along the way to listen to reports of
downed bridges and burning buildings. I was
beginningto realize that this was far greater than
any of the previousearthquakeswhich had shaken
us in the past.
I ran inside (I had left my door open without
realizingit), grabbed my radio, fed and watered
the cats,grabbedmy keys,and ran outsideagain.
The City wasbeginningto grow dark. Peoplewere
returning from downtown with stories of where
theywerewhen the 'quakehit. Thousands walked
home in the dark. In the horizon, you could see
the glow of the fire burning in the Marina district.
I started shaking.Thinking it was nerves,I soon
realizedit was an aftershock.
Sittingout on the sidewalk,a groupof us listened
to reports on the radio. Bob and Chris made
fudge.Bill went and got the little TV. Only a few
stationswere on the air.
Feelingvery aruiious,I werr'uto Scoi^rand John's.
Walking through the Castrowasvery eerie.It was
quiet. It was dark. Someonehad a radio which
was giving reports of damagein the City. There
were citizensin the streetdirectingtraffic.People
were incrediblypolite.
When I arrived at Scott's,a few othersbeganto
arrive. Scott pulled some chicken out of the
freezer which needed to be cooked before it
defrosted.We lit the barbeque and sat back
swapping'Vhere were you" stories.
Shortlyafter 9 PM we hearda cheer.We looked
aroundthe City and sawsomelightshad comeon.
We continuedlisteningto the radio. At about 12
midnight, the lights came on. We turned on the
TV and sat in stunnedsilence.We saw parts of
our City in ruins.However,I soonbeganto notice
that the scenesthey were showingwere the same
onesover and over again.
I went home the next morning to rearrangethings
which had been knocked over. Verv little was
broken, only a few glasses. The gas was
reconnectedon Thursday.
Much of Wednesdaywas spentcalling to checkon
friends,cleaningup the mess,trylng to get things
back in order. Slowly, life seemedto be getting
back to normal.
During this unsettlingtime, I sawsomethingsthat
made me proud of my fellow human beings. I
watchedpeoplepitching in to help when needed
without being asked.Severalof us receivedcalls
from fellow squaredancersacrossthe country.
Overall,we were very lucky.Most of us sustained
little or no physicaldamage.(We are still a little
jumpy.) The areas which were most severely
damagedare relatively small parts of the Bay
Area.
I am thankful to all my friends both here and
aroundthe continentfor all the care and concern
which they have shownin this unsettledtime.
l-otsa love and Yellowrocks!
- Anna
THE RENT ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE
by
Freeman Stamper
The Rent Attendance Committee exists to
facilitaterecordkeepingfor paymentof our rent to
the Eureka Valley RecreationCenter. WSD has
long abandoned the standard tradition of
individualssigningan attendanceroster (except
To allow this area of freedom,the
for our classes).
Rent AttendanceCommitteekeepsa recordof all
dancerspresentwheneverwe are at the EVRC.
Max Robb has served faithfully by recording
Wednesday night attendance since the
Committee's inception, but he is now stepping
aside to allow others to become involved in the
life of WSD and to concentrateon his duties as
Red89 (Basics) Class Archangel and Club
Treasurer.Thank you, Ma:<,for your dedicationto
this smallbut essentialCommittee.
l*e Chandler will continue his reliable
for this recordkeepingon Monday
responsibleness
nights.Gary Gray is replacingMax for attendance
on Wednesdaynights, and Pablo Candelaria is
assumingthe responsibilityas first alternate.I will
continue to serve as second alternate and
CommitteeChair.
Thank you, ke, for continuing.Welcome,Gary
and Pablo,and thanlis!
OFF TO THE WOODS!
by
Lilac Wood
Well, the weekendat CAMPCAZ provedto be as
woodsyas I expectedit to be. Treeseverywhere!
It was truly a heartwarmingsight. There were
maple and pine and oak and even some willow
trees dotting the scenery.I knew then that this
wasgoingto be a truly wonderfulweekend.
After settling into our room at the Redwood
I-odge(of course!),*,heres'rof the Wood family
and I hosteda receptionfeaturingmulled wine
and hot cider.This helpedto take the chill off and
warm us down to our roots.This alsogavea lot of
people a chanceto stretchtheir limbs after the
long drive. After dinner, we clearedthe tables
from the polishedhardwoodfloor andgot readyto
danceto callingby Bob "NatalieWood" Bellville
and Chris (ShirleyI. Wood) Phillips.We whirled
and wirled, scooted and swung. A few of our
Septemberclassmemberswere there, so we all
had a chanceto brushup on our Basicdancingas
well as dance some very challengingPlus. The
evening'sdancingwas followedby sittingaround
the fire in the RedwoodIndge. The bonfire which
was planned as an outdoor activity had to be
movedinside due to rain. It wils very cozy and
warm. Entertainment consisted of a game of
Charadessuch as never been played before. I
believethe gamecameto a screeching halt when
the title "Oklahoma:Creature from the Black
I-agoon"was given.
Morning brought more rain and breaKast.
Followingbreakfast,workshopshelpeddancersto
6
learn the other role and workshop some of the
Basic calls. After lunch, workshops continued
while some of us were in the Redwood I-odge
dancing to some of Chris' most challenging
Advanced calling.
The Margaritavilleparty hostedby Gold Rushwas
the sceneof the "drink that levelled the camp".It
is my understandingthat the bartenderswere
becomingincreasinglycreativewith the Margarita
recipe. At one point, Eddie was collecting lime
slicesin order to recycle them into new drinks.
(Truly a creative group!) Terry was trying to be
the perfect host by not allowing anyone'sdrink to
ever be empty.I think he succeeded.Meanwhile,
the "Hairdresserfrom Hell" was running amok
through the festivities.(Check with Jim Rosevear
of Miami for a recommendation. Fer sure!) The
Bradley family was kind enough to donate some
cranberryjuice for the cause.(Yes,for Margaritas,
sort of.)
Oncethe bar at Margaritavilleclosedfor good,we
were readyfor dinner and the evening'sactivities.
Jim "DistressedWood" went to throw Chris
"ShirleyI. Wood"into the showerso that he could
be ready to call the evening dance. Upon his
arrival,Chris seemedto be concernedabout the
fact that squareswere going around in circles
beforehe'd called"CircleI-eft". Soon,however,we
wereall movin'andgroovin'anddancin'thenight
away!
Ms. Pi I'd (Freeman"Holly Wood" Stamper)was
stunningin her role as emcee of the pie eating
contest.This event was won by the "Bag-ettes"
(Mike Hoban and Rod Morrell). Terry was able
to maintaina bit of dignitywhile introducingthe
contestants in the Mr. and Ms. Cazaderocontest.
There was really no contestin this event which
was handilywon by Myrtle and Burl Wood (John
"Myrtle" Conleyand Scott"Burl" Carey).Burl was
lookinglovelyin her yellowpetticoatsand simple
jewelry to match.Was that her own hair? Only
her hairdresser(Holly Wood) knowsfor sure!
During all this, the judges for the cabin judging
contestwere busy tallying up their votes. Prizes
were awardedto severalpeople for their attempts
to decorate. I must say, however, that there
seemedto be less effort than usual to dressup
thosehomey wood cabins.(Oh, yes,in the midst
of all this frivolity there was a lot of dancingfor
all.)
The pajamaparty which followed the dancingwas
warrn and cozy and friendly. By this point, many
were looking a little bleary-eyed,so things were
rather low-keyed. Folks had an opportunity to
exercise their creative spirits and set about
decoratingsome tiny pumpkins. Some of the
resultantcreationswere simplywonderful.Others
were somethingelse (I'm not surewhat!)
After breakfaston Sundaymorning, the Bradleys
(using the names of some of your favorite
charactersfrom "Mame") hosted a fox hunt.
Mother Burnside* (also known as Steffany,
ImogeneCharlene',Holly Wood*, Ms Pi I'd',
Mama Jo Bradley, and sometimesFreeman')
reignedas the quintessentialmatriatchin her gold
lame' jodphurs and matchingumbrella.It was an
interesting party in that, after Saturday's
Margaritas,Mother Burnside and the gang had
lots of alcoholleft over.Another thing - I thought
the housewhichwasknownasBradleyManorwill
make a lovely place for the Wood family to call
home in yearsto come.(' Only thesecharacters
madean appearancethis weekend.)
After lunch, we gatheredfor a "last chanceto
dance".Afterwards,we packedup our belongings
and left the woodsfor anotheryear.
For thoseof you who were unableto join us for
the good company,fun times,greatdancin',good
food and relaxing romp in the woods, you will
haveanotheropportunitynext year on September
28-30th.This is when WesternStar Dancers(and
the Wood family, of course)will return to Camp
Cazadero.Rememberthe Wood Family Motto:
SOME FAMILIES CAN BE MADE
BY ANY FOOI.S,
BUT ONLY GOD CAN MAKE A TREE!
love, Lilac
In the last issue, Bill Heimartn and Bany Clasper
talkcd about a dancer's obligation to be competent
at his/her level before attending a dance. . . here,
Iana offen somepractical sugestioru on studyingto
hone your skilk. She kindty gcve perrnissionfor me
to edit this for the QS.
SOMEBODY PULL ME THROUGH!
by
Jana Hollingsworth
There'snot a danceramongus who doesn'tneed
help once in a while, but there's a difference
between"once in a while" and "all the time." If
you've been dancing your present program for
more than a year and you're still expectingto be
"pulled through" or helped on a regular basis,
something'swrong. No one minds helping a
novice,but anyonewho's not a fully competent
dancer after dancing a program for a year needs
to put in someextrawork to get up to speed.It's
not fair to expectyour fellow dancersto do the
work for you by constantlypulling you through.
How can you bring yourselfuD to speed? C)ne
way is to repeata classas a student,not an angel.
That meanscomingto classeveryweek, dancing
every tip and paying close attention to the
instruction.For most people who are still being
"pulledthrough"after a year'sdancingexperience,
however,some seriousstudy will probably help
more.That doesn'tmeana lot of studying- fifteen
minutes every two or three days is plenty. . . but
it does mean a slight, temporary change of
attitude.In order to squaredancewell, one must
occasionally - and temporarily- get seriousabout
it.
First, get a list of definitions. Then make
flashcards.On one side of a card, write the call
name.On the other,write the startingformation,
definition,and endingformation. Set asidefifteen
minutes every couple of days for studying the
definitions. tnok at the front of the card and
(without peeking) recite the definition on the
back. Don't just say,"Yes, I know that." Actually
reciteit. When I'm havingparticulartroublewith
a call, I find it helps to recite it out loud
(preferably in private). Don't say, "I can't
memorize." That's just an excuse.Memorizing is
surprisinglyeasyonce you get the hang of it.
Then when a difficult call comesup in the square,
recite it to yourselfas you danceit, either silently
or out loud. In a square (unlike, say,on a bus),
people will not think you're weird if you do this.
They may find it useful if they've forgotten the
definitionthemselves. You'll be changingfrom a
heloeeto a heloer!
Besidesgetting your definitions down pat, the
other most importantthing is to learn to identify
your formationsasyou dancethem.Your studying
will help, since along with definitions,you'll be
learningthe usualstartingand endingformations.
Most calls, however, can be performed from
unexpected formations,soyou shouldnot consider
the startingand endingformationsto be chiseled
in stone.Crossfire,for example,usuallybeginsin
two-facedlinesand finishesin columns,but it can
be performedfrom outfacinglines,in which case
it will finish in a quarter-tag.
A better way to learn your formations is
consciously to note the formationsas you dance,
watchinghow they changefrom call to call. As
you get good at it, you'll be able to predictwhat
the endingformationwill be as soon as you hear
the call. Next, begin to notice consciouslywhere
you are in the formation.Are you a centeror an
end? lrad or trailer? When you get so you
alwaysknow not only what the formationis, but
exactlywhere you are in it, then you'll really be
dancing!
Whenthat happens,and you get in a squarewith
sevenother people who are equally competent,
you have the makingsof squaredance nirvana.
Nothingin the squaredanceworld comparesto
the feeling that comes from all eight dancers
workingtogetherand gettingit right,with no one
havingto be draggedalong like dead weight.If
you're still havingto be helped through everytip,
you're missingout on a real high!
ON THE ROAD AGAIN!
by
Anna Damiani
A couple of weekendsago, Marie and I had the
experienceof going to Albuquerque for their
Balloon Fiesta - it was a first for both of us!
After our flight, we met landr4 our hostess,and
off we went to see a bit of the city before getting
ready for the evening'sdance and potluck.
At the Albuquerque Social Club (ASC), we (and
about 125 other dancers) registered for the
weekend and wandered over to check out the
sumptuousbuffet table loaded with New Mexico
treats.(The cuisineof New Mexico is influenced
by Mexican cuisine but it is not one and the
same!) After eating,we dancedto the tunesof
our two callersfor the weekend- Bill Eyler and
ShelbyDawson.Both helped to get the weekend
off to a great start.
Saturdaymorning found us up at 4 AM so that we
could meet the rest of the folks at the ASC. We
left there at 5:30 AM to catch the busesfor the
Balloon Ascension.This was truly a remarkable
experience.There were literally hundreds of
balloonswaitingto take off. Shortlyafter watching
the mostspectacular moon settingI had everseen,
the balloonsbegan rise. They were beautiful-
to
brightly colored - and some had very unique
designs!In the basket of the Carmen Miranda
balloon,a couplewas getting married.After the
ceremony, they threw small helium balloons
insteadof rice. The Pepsi Can, the Burger King
Whopper, and the Champagne Bucket were
surroundedby other balloonsof all colorsof the
rainbow.A sadnote waswatchingthe clown come
apart at the seams(literally!)
Saturdayafternoonwas spentat workshops,sight-
seeingand shopping.The eveningdance was a
night to be remembered.Shelbyand Bill kept us
hopping till midnight. One number which we will
never forget was Shelby and a band of cohorts
doinga veryuniquelipsynchof "Old MacDonald's
Farm." It was truly stunning (at least I was
stunned!)
On Sundaymorning we played "turista"and went
out for brunch before heading to Los Amigos
Stablesfor an afternoonbarn dance.
While at the ranch, we went on horse-backrides
(I felt so Western!), danced,and rela;<edin the
woods.Shelbyand Bill continuedto dazzleus with
their calling.This was truly a Western adventure
which many of us city folk don't often have the
opporfunity to experience.After dinner at I-a
Pinta, a local restaurantwith a Southwestern
flavor, we went off to the ASC for more dancing.
We diehardscontinued dancing to Bill's lively
callinguntil our feet gaveup in agony.
Monday morning dawned clear and cool. We
packedup the car and joined a group of dancers
on a "Sliceof New Mexico"tour. We stoppedat
the top of the SandiaCrest (11,000feet) for a
view of Albuquerqueand a quick dance (gasp!)
After riding along the TurquoiseTrail (an area
where lots of turquoise is mined) we found
ourselves in Madrid.This usedto be a ghosttown
and is now an artists'colonywith an almosteerie
air to it. Our tour took us on a quick ride around
Carillo (another former ghost town) and on to
SantaFe. This is a shopper'sHeaven! If you ever
happen to stop there, hang on to your charge
cards,kids! Rugs,pottery,jewelry,and all kinds
of trinketscanbe found in this southwestern town.
While we were there,we touredthe churchwhere
a truly miraculousfreestandingspiral staircaseis
found. It is definitelysomethingworth going out
of your way to see.
After some shoppingand browsing,Marie and I
saidgood-byeto the rest of the groupand headed
for Taos.This town sitsup in the mountainsnear
some of the finest ski areasin New Mexico. We
stayedat a truly charmingBed'n BreaKastcalled
'The Ruby Slipper." It is owned by two women
who left Brooklyn about a year and a half ago.
They havea wonderfulhot tub and provideall the
amenitiesof home (breaKastis great,too!) Taos
is a charmingtown with many shopsand a bit of
"small town" charm. I highly recorlmend it to
anyonetravelling in the area.
Tuesdaymorning,we headedto the airport just in
time to return the car and catch our flight home.
I want to thank all of the membersof the Wilde
Bunch for all their work in helping to make this a
truly memorableweekend.
YellowRock News.Few Gay dancerclaow that bi-
dancuality (is this a word?)is not at all uncommon
in the larger sEtare dance community, especiallyin
the Bay Area Dorothy Peeler,who has calledfor us
in the past, gwes her own caller's perspectiveon
dancingthe other role. . .
ROLE REVERSAL
by
Dorothy Peeler
Startingthis summer,I have been calling for a
group of retireeswho have been a squaredance
club for the past nine years. The distinguishing
featureabout this group is that it consistsof all
ladies.From the start,asnew dancers,someladies
haveelectedto learnjust the man'spart. Many of
them learn both parts. At first, there were
betweeneight and nine squaresin the club,but in
recentyearsthey have lost members.Anci, like all
of us, their beginnerclasseshave been smaller.
Now we danceabout four squareseachweek,but
they havehad to changetheir byJawsto include-
(ready?)men.
During the 1960's,the biggest growth time of
square dancing, we took it for granted that a
coupleconsistedof a man and a lady.In the time
sincethen, singlesgroupshave found themselves
more and more top-heavywith ladies, causing
some ladies to pinch-hit as men. Youth groups
attract more girls than boys. Callers' wives have
alwaysknown they could be askedto do the man's
part. Two recentphenomenaare the gay square
dancegroups and the retirees groups,where the
acceptedidea of a "couple"can vary. And, often
through the years,I have seen a whole squareof
people reverse roles, just for fun. I am not
questioningwhetherthis shouldbe acceptableor
desirablefor squaredancing.I am observingit as
fact. I am personallyglad to see people enjoying
squaredancing,whoever they are.
Those who "take the other part" do cause
problems for regular couples dancers in some
cases.The most obviousplace is at an open dance
or festival.I do not think the fact of two ladiesor
two gentlemendancingtogether bothersmost of
us, it is the confusion it causesin the square.
Simplecommandslike "BoysTrade" or "Girls U-
turn Back" could give the other three couplesthe
impressionthat there was a mistakeand resultin
just enoughpauseto missthe nextwordsfrom the
caller.Dancersin their first year or two of square
dancingcould be thrown by this more than those
of us [who are] old-timers.We are all taughtto be
good sportsabout boo-boos,but more than one
such tip a night would take the edge off the
eveningfor most of us. So,I would saya groupof
ladies or gentlemenused to dancingwith each
other would be better off to plan to have a
partnerof the oppositesexfor opendances.Or, in
the caseof the ladieswho do not know the lady's
part, take your own squareto the dance.
the caller is keeping track of all the squares
during the calling, any help the dancerscan give
is appreciated.In our ladies' group, those who
alwaysdo the boy'spart wear slacksand the ladies
wear squaredancedresses.Those who can dance
either part wear slacks,and there is a supply of
elastic-topskirts on hand each time for them to
put on if they are switchingparts.It alsohelpsthe
caller if a couple will partner up severaltimes in
a row rather than changepartners every tip.
During our plus workshops my husband hardly
everneedsto subas a lady.But the pasttwo years
in our beginnerclassesand advancedclasseshe
hasbeenneededas a girl more than half the time.
He would muchprefer a pretty girl by his side(he
thinksall girls are pretty) than anotherguy.Well,
he got his wish the other day - our ladies'group
needed one more to fill a square. But - you
guessedit - he was neededfor the girl's part!

It may be interestingto thoseof you who havenot

tried to do the oppositepart that there are just a
few basic calls that require retraining.In these
daysof dancingby definitionand A-1, A-2, most
of our calls are done from any position.One of
the biggestgrabbersis Allemandelrft, Right and
kft Grand.A ladytakingthe gentleman's part for
the first time would tend to face right instead of
left to find a corner. Box the Gnat meansthe
beau does a right-facedturn, the belle a left-
facedturn. The sameis true of Star Thru, Slide
Thru, California Twirl. Roll a Half-sashayand
Fluttenvheelrequirelearninga new directionand
a new startinghand if you are doing the opposite
part. Dixie Style to an Ocean Wave also would
take some practice.For new dancers,Passthe
Oceanand Recycleseemcompletelyforeignwhen
donehalf-sashayed. My husband,who is required
to fill in as a girl more often than you might
expect,sayshe has never learnedto do a decent
swing in the girl's position, so he just signals"no
swing".And he definitely does not want to be
rwirled just before a promenade.

Samesexdancingcan causeproblemsfor callers,

too. For a large group,all the caller has to do is
switchattentionto anothersquareif a mixed-bag
squareis confusing.But in a small group where
 The Chicken Ranch
(FaII Manor of the Bradleys)
225 Sanchez St
San Francisco, CA 94LLA

October 3, l-989

Albuquerque t92
c/o Ylr. Terence Wilder
B0O Buck Trail SE
Albuquerque, NM 87),23

Dear Mr. Wilder (I know, proper business correspondence etiquette

dictates that the salutation should be
rrDear Sir'r or Madame or Gentlemen or
Gentleperson or Gentlereader or ad
nauseum, but we are trying to accom-
modate t h e P o s t a L S e r v i c e a l s o while at
the same tirne atternpting to set a
gentler, personal tone) :

We (or at least some of us) supported Albuguerque's bid to be the

L992 IAGSDC Convention host. We are extrernely concerned that, dt
the present tirne, Do theme has been set for your convention.

We know that our concerns are not shared by all those who will
attend the Convention, but we are most anxious to begin shopping
for the fabric for our l-992 dresses. You may not be aware that
there are many details to creating an appropriate image at these
Conventions, and selecting appropriate accessories takes additional
time. For your inforrnation, our 1990 Vancouver rnaterial was
purchased in October, 1988, no less than 3r000 rniles away. The L991
Florida preparations are well underway.

W€, therefore, ask that you allow the Bradley Farnily to shop for
fabric we like and feel appropriate, and then we nill suggest an
appropriate theme for the ?-992 Albuquerque Convention.

t?rLwours,
":,
h'*/Ya /,/
Mama Jo"Bradley

cc: Ms. Marilyn Martinyak

Mr. KarI Jaeckel
AII of the Bradleys individually

P.S. The tone of this letter could have been much more gentle if
you and others in your ej*+rcaC arid gang had but subscribed to
BRADLEY BELL. Mr. Ric Gonzalez is a fine tribute to The Wilde
Bunch.

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Here's a short article which will ako appear in the
newsletterthat Marilyn Martinyak does for all the
IAGSDC Representatives. ..
THERE ISN'T A PROBLEM YET, BUT. . .
by
FreemanStamper
Can we talk? As we are all very aware,the 1990
Conventionis an "early" convention- only nine
months after New York. All of us probably
startedBasic/Mainstreamclassesin September.
WesternStarDancersis committedto introducing
all-positiondancingvery early in its classes.We
take just a little longer (maybea few weeks)to
graduatestudents,but we believethey are, as a
whole, a better group of dancers. Most of us
cannot comfortably complete Mainstream by
Vancouverand have providedany "floor time."
We are all also awarethat the Basicshall closed
early(and neveropenedagain)in New York, and
that wasprobablya good decisionfor New York.
However,precedencesometimessetsprecedents
that are not necessarily
accurateall the time. It
would be easy to slip into the syndromethat
becauseBasicwas not "popular"in this year then
it won't be popularin that year.We, the home
clubs,therefore,can be convincedthat we must
race to completeour classesbecausethere will
not be enough Basic dancing at Convention.
(Actually,"Basic"is a synonymfor "lessthan full
mainstream.")
If you are facedwith this situation,WesternStar
Dancerswould like for you to encourageyour
Board of Directors to take it easy with your
classesand to let the schedulingcommitteein
Vancouver know that you can "comfortably"
provide"X" numberof dancersat call "numberso-
and-so."
My mind keeps going back to the Denver
Conventionin 1985. Severalyearslater,a dancer
who currentlydancesAdvancedcommentedto me
that he wasimpressedthat so many "Mainstream"
dancers(that was about as advancedas we were
back then) came and danced with them even
thoughthey hardly knew how to dance.
t2
Basic has to be fun to those who are dancingthe
progam; otherwise,why should anyone believe
that there will be fun by going to other programs?
Freeman Stamper,
Alternate Delegate
WesternStar Dancers.
San Francisco
FROM THE EDITOR
The Ouarterly Selectionsstarted out to be just
opinionessaysaboutissueswe're dealingwith; but
there'smore to this edition.
Originally,I thought the QS would be a way we
could put a foot forward to create a good
impressionfor WSD and our Communityin the
larger square dance world. My feeling about
creatinggoodwilloutsideyour own group is that
you have to gently emphasizecommon ground,
and simultaneously avoid causing rejection
reactionsin the peopleyou're trying to be friends
with. It's clear to other dancersthat we all have
fun dancing(eventhoughsomemight not wish to
dancewith us!)
Stepping-stonesmayalsobe laid alongintellectual
paths;particularly,I seephilosophicalissuesbeing
addressedby Advancedand Challengedancers.
The QS is a means for us to let other people
know that we also havethe sameproblemsarise
and that we are putting thought and action into
solvingthem.
Now I've found that WSD folks would like to see
humorincorporatedinto the QS - so herewe have
a lightertouchin Mama Jo'sletter, and more will
be in future issues.With humor, there is less
commongroundto emphasize;to an extent,what
is funnyto us may be alien to manydancersin the
larger SD community.
As we incorporate humor, the QS will become
perhapsmore relevant for us and definitely less
relevant for the larger dance community.I have
no objectionto this emphasis- the QS should be
first for the entertainmentand enjoymentof WSD
members - but / needfeedbackfrom you to make
it the publicuion we want.
Please contribute anicles! I'll try for March
publication for the Spring '90 issue, so the
deadline for subrnissions is Februarv 15.
TWO CENTS'WORTH
by
Party White
The compensation for being an editor is that you
get to read everybodyelse'scontributionsbefore
you write your own article.Nobodyseesit till it's
in print, and then it's too late for opposition!For
someonewho always likes to get a word in
edgewise(preferablythe last word), this is great!
My two cents'worth this time is about teaching
new dancers,a subjectalreadyaddressed here by
both Scottand Freeman.
As a'public non-profitbenefitcorporation,'WSD
has a responsibilityto provide some type of
community service. One way we do that is by
producingqualitydancers.We spenda lot of class
time on APD and DBD drill.
Actually, this is a double service- first to the
dancer,who getsa strongfoundationfor his future
dancingactivity,whateverprogramhe choosesto
dance; and second, to the Square Dance
community,becauseour dancersare preparedto
enterthe advancedprogramswith a solidgraspof
APD and DBD.
A consequence of spendingso much classtime
this way is that we don't get as many calls taught
in a given amount of time. Eventually, as our
studentsbroadentheir dancinghorizonsand start
makingfriendsin other Clubs' classes(a process
we encourage), they discoverthat theydon't know
as many calls as their new friends do. Of course,
their friends are anxious to show off their
expertisein calls our studentshaven'teven heard
of yet!
Our studentsstart doubtingtheir own ability.Even
though few of them bring it up, they wonder,
13
"'What'swrongwith us,why aren't we'getting it' :N
fast as everyoneelse?"This self-doubtfeedsback
to impede their learningprocess.Theyalso begin
to question the quality of instruction they're
receiving.
This startsat a critical time, about six weeksinto
a class,when they're just beginning to have a
conception of the larger world square dance
world. This, just when we're starting to try to
developtheir loyaltiestowardsWSD. This, just at
the time when the faster students are really
pulling aheadand the gap benreenthem and the
slower ones is beginning to be all too clear,
especiallyto the slowerones.This, just at a time
when they're realizing that this learning surve
might not be all fun, when they're especially
wlnerable to discouragement, when egoproblems
are croppingup and confidenceneedsbolstering.
This is the time when classattrition really gets
going.
It's too early for the studentsto understandour
strong philosophicaljustificationsand practical
reasonsfor doing it this way. What they want to
do is dance,not discusssomesociological valueto
the Gay squaredancingsubcultureor debatethe
relativemerits of variousteachingmethods.They
certainly don't want to think of themselvesas
guinea pigs in a scheme to enhance the
capabilitiesof 'upper-level'dancers.
How canwe dealwith this?It happenseverytime,
and the problem doesnot go away.
Someof us are FANATIC about squaredancing.
And some of us chooseto devote our energyto
bringing new people into this wonderful hobby
rather than commit ourselvesto dancingat the
Advancedand Challengeprograms.
What we want to do is provide our studentsa real
grounding in APD and DBD so that they can
experienceall the challengeand enjoyment the
Mainstreamand Plus programscan offer.
And when our dancerschooseto move on to the
other programs,we want them to enhance the
floor level at Advancedand Challenge,not drag it
down.
But it's tough to hold the line in the face of ttrt:r DOODLES arrrr
increasingpeer pressureto "get'em through Plus
and into Advanced as fast as possible." I think
that the only way we can stop this tendencyis for
many Clubs to unite in an effort to teach quality
dancers,at whateverspeedhappensto work for a
givenclass.

Freeman asked other IAGSDC Clubs in our

position to let the Vancouver Convention
Committee know so that we can have a Basic
Hall. I go farther than that: I ask all Clubsto
actively fight this pressure to rush students
through - not only so that we'll have dance
opportunities for our newerdancersin Vancouver,
but so that we canmaintainthe qualiryof dancing
at all programs.

After all, even though we dance at different

programs,we are one squaredancingcommunity.

,rr'*r LosT AND FOUND trr**

BEIGE DOWN JACKET: Found after the dance

at St. Pauluschurchon November25. Call Patty,
(4ls) 681-2970.

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D QTJARTERLYSELECTIONS
One of the issueswe've been addressingin WSD
publications for the past several months is the
tendencyfor dancercto rush (or be rushed)on to
additional programs before they're competentat
tlrcir currentprogroms.
Here is a very clear statementby Walt Cole, a
nationallyrespectedcaller and teacher.Directedto
other callerc,Walt'scommentsort pushingstu.dent
dancerctoo fast appearedin the October, 1989
issue of Ameican Squaredance.reprinted there
from Lead Rigltt Notes.
TEACHING - THOROUGH
AND EXPLICIT
by
Walt Cole
Your first reactionis - not again!Broachingthis
subject is like trying to do a dancer
improvementsession.No one attendsbecause
"no one needsimprovement."Or as one woman
told me, "I have my own styling."
We callers/instructors
are teachingpeople to
square dance, not teaching square dance.
(Followme?)
When I say teach thoroughlyand explicitly,this
is not to mean talking dancers'headsoff with
long and windy discourses.Teach with clear,
conciselanguagethat they understand.
Teachall
the points of the movement,includingstyling
and timing. This does not mean to use that
movement from all positions during that
particularteachingsession.
Take time to smellthe roses!Once a movement
is taught, let the dancersdance it (over and
over again). What's the rush? Teaching by
-1gt*"t-
sPRlNG, 1990
definition should not be something we have to
advertise. It should be done from the very first.
Even though the Callerlab recommendation for
teaching the entire MS program is 41 weeks at
2 U2 hours per sessionweekly, no one said you
couldn't take longer.
In our rush to get Mainstream dancers into
Plus movement, we sometimes confuse being
popular with the regular club members and the
new dancers as one who can really get you
through .in a hurry. Are you also popular with
those folks you have driven out of square dance
with this haste? Haste makes waste, and you
have probably wasted folks you could have
contributed to square dance for longer than
those brilliant folks to whom you catered with
the big rush. Why not be a hero to many rather
than a few?
There are ample aids for teaching in a thorough
and explicit manner. The previous Callerlab
committees on Styling,Timing, Definitions were
composed of callers with earnest intent to
produce good usable information and correct
products. I, for one, was always in a quandary
as to teaching order, styling, timing and
definitions, and now I am pleased to accept
what has been done by these committees in
order to save my time and effort.
From where I sit in the winter, calling/ teaching
in RV parks, I see a lot of poor instruction
going on, just to get folks through the programs
before they return home. Consequently, many
are returning home with a very weak S/D base.
One could almost think of thorough and explicit
teaching as a branding iron. We all "brand" the
(continuedon page2)
folks we teach in one way or another. What
kind of "branding iron" do you want to use?
One that saysto other callers and dancers-
"stayclear of that caller'sstudentsfor they are
weak dancers,"or, '!ou can sure tell they
learned under that caller by the way they
style,time and dance the movements."
It takes disciplineon your part as a teacher,
but the rewardsare more and better dancers
staying longer in the activity. Economically
speaking,would you rather have 20 squares'
fees for two vears or for 20 vears?
The Quarterly Selections is a
publication of the Western Star
Dancers, a Modern Western Square
Dance Club primarily sewing the San
Francisco Gay and Lesbian
Community. It is dedicated ro
discussionof those issueswhich face
square dancerseverywhere,especially
Gay squaredancers.
Becausewe are trying to addressissues
which concern us all, we hope that
other Clubs will be interestedin our
articles. Club newsletter editors are
fre€ to reprint WSD material;we ask
that you credit the author and cite the
QuarterlvSelections.
All articles which have been selected
from other publicationsappearhere by
permissionof the appropriateeditors.
If you want to reprint any of these,
pleasewrite them for pcrmission.
Our addressand hotlincs:
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San Francisco,CA 94114
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The Quarterly Selectionsis edited by
Patty White and printed by Denise
Young.
IS THERE DANCING AFTER A
TRIPLE ARTHRODESIS?
HELP! I have a bum left foot, no arch and a
tendon is missing; consequently, the whole
structure of the foot has shifted towards the
instep. With age (53) and activity, the situation
gets worse, and my orthopedist has
recommended a triple arthrodesis (I think
that's spelled correctly), where they take bone
from your hip and insert it into your ankle,
thereby wedging your foot in a more "correct"
position.
My doctor says it's a relatively common and
generally successfuloperation. He also says
that the moventent of the foot should be
almost normal but that there will be some loss
of motion side to side.
What he cannot tell me, however, is whether
this is going to affect my dancing, or whether
I am going to be able to dance at all
afterwards.Is there anyone among the readers
who has experiencewith this operation or has
had it performed? I hesitate to do anything
until I've heard from someone who has had
the operation and is satisfiedwith the results.
Can you help? Thank you for your assistance.
- Luis Torres
If you can help, Luis' addressb 9757 Early
Sping Way, Columbia, MD 21046, or see him
in Vancouver!
Whenyou give blood, you give
Another birthday,
Another anniversary,
Another day at the beach,
Another night under the stars,
Another talk willt a fiend,
Another laugh,
Another hug,
Another chance.
- from a Red Crossposter on Califuntia Street
WSD'sBoard of Directorcdeah with sintadons,sometimescontroversial,that come up in the
courseof our dancinguteachingand Communiryacdvities.From time to rtmq WSD's actiort
on an rssaen so important that the Board formulates a Policy Statementto guide future
Boards when it comesup again. The Poliry Statementsgive a picrure of how we actually try
to operatein accordancewith our philosophy.

Although some of theseno longerapply in quite the same way they were oiginally intended,
othercare still imponant to the way WSD worl<stoday.The currentBoard is witing new Policy
Statementsto set down our cunentphilosoplryand operatingprocedures;we recentlydecided
to publish these,one or two at a time, in the QUARTERLY SELECTIONS. Here are the
latest two:
WESTERN STAR DANCERS, INC.
WESTERN STAR DANCERS, INC. Poliry StatementNo. 13
PolicyStatementNo. 12 PUBLICATIONS
REPEAT STUDENT CLASS FEES
GENERAL
GENERAL
The purposeof WSD's publicationsis to
Any paid-in-fullclassmembermay repeat improve communications(1) within WSD
that same level of classwithin the same and (2) betweenWSD and the IAGSDC
year at no additionalcost. Community. The content of each
publicationis directedspecificallytowards
DISCUSSION the audiencewhich readsit. The selection
of materialis the prerogativeof the Editor
Western Star Dancers has no policy of and is directed by the purpose of the
refund of classfees paid. Some students particularpublication.
find it necessaryto drop out before the
end of a particular class, and some Opinionsexpressed are thoseof the author
studentsmiss significantamountsof class. of any given article and reflect the
Some students have gained inadequate opinions of WSD or the Board of
proficiencyin that particularprogram,and Directorsonly when specificallynoted.
the Club may wish to suggestthat the
studentrepeatthe class.In all instances, it ADVERTISING
is best for the dancerand the Club for the
studentto repeat that class;however,the WSD will not advertiseany event,product
Club does not wish to causea financial or servicewhich discriminatesagainstany
burden. person or group on the basis of race,
religion,ethnicbackground,age,genderor
For purposesof this policy,"sameyear" is sexualorientation.
generally defined as a 12-month period
from the beginningdate of the student's THE WESTERN STAR
originalclass.
1. The purpose of THE WESTERN
ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF STAR is to dissemi nate
DIRECTORS information of a time-sensitive
August 8, 1989 nature to all members. It is
mailed monthly to all members,
 and as a courtesyto all IAGSDC clubs.
2. The categoriesof informationwhich
may be includedhave the following
priority:
a. Calendar and time-sensitive
announcements of WSD
events
b. Members' personal
advertisements- these are
complimentary
c. Announcements of other
IAGSDC club events at the
Basic, Mainstream and Plus
programs
d. Announcements of other
square dance events at the
Basic,Mainstrearnand Plus
programs, or other events
which may appeal to the
majority of our membership
e. Other advertisements for
events, goods or services
which may appealto WSD's
members.Chargesfor these
will be according to a
schedulepublishedin THE
WESTERN STAR. Copy for
these ads must be provided
in camera-readyform for the
size ad being purchased.
J. Editing is directed solely towards
achieving accuracy of scheduling
informationat presstime; errors in
contributed material are the
responsibilityof the contributor.
Schedulechangeswhich occur after
press time will be noted in WSD
TODAY! or, if time allows, in
subsequent editions of THE
WESTERN STAR.
WSD TODAY!
1. The purpose of WSD TODAY! is
to provideinformationof particular
interest to people who participate
on Dance and Class nights. It is
also intended to rnaximize the
evening'sactivity time by reducing
the time spent making verbal
announcements-ameansto
conveyinformation quicklywithout
detracting from the program.
Therefore,it is normally limited to
one page.
2. Becauseit is written and printed
on the day of distribution,WSD
TODAY! can contain last-minute
scheduling changes and late-
breaking news which cannot be
included in THE WESTERN
STAR. Priorities for the limited
spaceare:
a. Calendar information of a time-
sensitivenature
b. Members' or Class members'
advertisements
c. Reminders and future-event
announcements.
3. Paid advertising will not be
includedbecauseit is inconsistent
with the purpose of WSD
TODAY!.
4. Authorship of any given issue of
WSD TODAY! is by invitation of
the Editor. Content and style are
the prerogativeof the author of
that particularissue.
OUARTERLY SELECTIONS
1. The purposeof this publicationis
to provide thought-provoking
articles of an editorial nature and other
material of general interest or entertainment
value for WSD members. The emphasis of
QUARTERLY SELECTIONS is on relevance
to square dance issues, philosophical
substance,and literary quality.
Because the content is not time-
sensitive, QUARTERLY SELECTIONS
is published quarterly on a flexible
schedule. It is mailed to all WSD
members, and as a courtesy to all
IAGSDC clubs.
2. There is no limit on the size of any
issue of the QUARTERLY
SELECTIONS (except that which may
be imposed by Board restrictions on
printing and mailing costs).Accordingly,
articles submitted by the members may
be any length the author considers
necessary to cover the subject; also,
each member may submit as many
articles as s(he) wishes.
3. In addition to members' articles. the
Editor may include material from other
Clubs' newsletters or square dance
publications. Reprinting will be done
with permission only.
4. The article content, presentationquality
and style are determined by the
authors. All authors will be credited.
5. Editorial changes will be at the
discretion of the Editor.
ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECfORS
November28, 1989
EDITOR POSITION AVAILABLE
by
Patty White
This is my last issueas editor of the Quarterly
Selections.and Februarvwas mv last issueof
The Western Star (Scott did the March one
and will do April's). After Vancouver, I'll be
going into seclusion to work on a video
enhancement project for our workshops (sq
exciting!) So the position of Editor will be
available right after Convention.
Everyone who's watched me bitch about this
job for the last year and a half thinks it's a
horrible job and wouldn't even consider taking
over, so I want to explain that the problem
I've had doing this job is not because of the
actual work of editing the publications.
The difficulty I have had in doing this editing
has to do with rne. I simply do not have
whatever personality trait it takes to motivate
people to contribute articles and meet
deadlines.(I guess I just never learned to do
that since my work doesn't require me to have
that kind of motivational ability.) If you have
that ability, and enjoy detail stuff, you might
find the editorship easy and fun. Listen to the
advantages:
1. The guidelinesare laid out for you already.
The Publications Policy above reflects what
WSD needs. The Board will support you in
doing your own thing, within these guidelines.
2. This is a high-profile job. The Western Star
and the Quarterly Selections go to all WSD
members and all IAGSDC Clubs. ! think our
publicationsare the finest in the IAGSDC (of
course, I am prejudiced, but still...) You'll
have fans all over!
3. You get to be in the center of what's going
on in the Club (you actually lmve to be, in
order to coordinate everything).
4. You can split it up and only edit one
publication if that fits your situation.
5. You get to champion your own causesto
your heart's content.
6. I'll help you. Call me!
WSD SPECIAL ELECTION COMING UP
A WSD special election is coming up - after
Vancouver.Watch for details, dates, etc., in
THE WESTERN STAR.
The election committee is Eddie Smith, lre
Chandler and Piers Greenhill, with Eddie as
Chair. Nominations are open now, although
the official two-weeknominationperiod won't
start till after Convention.
If you'd like to run, let Eddie, Ire or Piers
know;if you'd like to nominatesomeoneelse,
tell one of them and they'll check with the
personto ensurethat he or she is available.
The six current Board members are Anna
Damiani,FreemanStamper,Gary Gray, Max
Robb, Rod Morrell and Scott Carey.
TRUE CONFESSIONS:
AN EX-BOARD MEMBER TELIS ALL!
by
Patty White
Actually, there's no scandal - I .;ustwanted to
get maximum attention, because this is
important.
We're about to go throughour secondspecial
election this year to fill a vacancyon the
Board. For most members, this is just an
administrativeexercise,but for the Board
members,it's alwaysa trauma.
WSD is a large club, and we have a very
active,high-qualityprogram;runningthis club
takesmore work than you can even imagine
unlessyou've done it. We need all seven
Boardmembersto direct it all. Wheneverone
resigns,it meansthere'sa long time - weeks
or months - before someoneelse is available
to take over his share on the Board. Also,
're's usuallya period before the departing
rmber resignsduring which he is having
difficulty handling all the responsibilities.
During all this time, the other Board members
are doing all the things the departing one
would have been doing, and there is simply
too much to do! The result is BMB (Board
Member Burnout). BMB victims forget things,
neglecttheir jobs and personaladministrative
affairs, and miss meetings. As BMB pro-
gresses,victims become less and lesseffective
at getting things done, both for WSD and for
themselves. The other Board memberstry to
compensate, when they alreadyhave their own
BMB to deal with, so thq get more stressed.
Another thing that happensis that the stress
of BMB lowersresistance;the BMB victim is
lucky if all he gets is a cold that lasts for
weeksand weeksinsteadof somethingserious.
WSD has survivedthis before,sometimesjust
barely. Board members have remained
employed,despitethe negativeeffect on their
job performance. And victims have been
known to regain their health.
But there is another effect which doesn't
necessarily go awayas easily,and that is what
BMB does to people'spersonalrelationships.
BMB victims are people on the edge - they
neglecttheir loversand they'reshort-tempered
with their lovers and friends. I-overs can only
take so much;the threat of impendingdivorce
adds to the stresson the BMB victim. And
friends vary in their ability to withstand
continualgrouchiness and still remainfriends.
It's not uncommonfor people to resignfrom
the Board - sometimesit's unavoidable,for
health reasonsor some unexpectedpersonal
disaster.But I believethat this happensmore
often because people really do not know
ahead of time what is required of a Board
member- they run for the Board, are elected,
and then discoverthat it takes far more of a
commitmentthan they are able to make. I'm
definitely not suggesting that any Board
member has run with anythingother than the
best intentions.lt isn't anyone'sfault, it's just
that people do not know what is involved.
Here is why it happens: In addition to the and is almostready for a preliminary proposal
many details involved in handling the to the generalmembership.
administrative affairs of a large club, WSD's
Board often has to deal with thorny issues - So our entire way of operatingmay be totally
like incidents of dishonesty,misunderstandings different within a very few months, and right
between Clubs, legal things - that would create now we have an available Board position. A
even more hurt feelings or legal problems or new Board member coming in now will be
whatever if they were openly discussed,out of able to help influence the very fundamentals
context, with the rest of the Club. To allow all of how we operatein the Nineties!So this is
Board members to speak freely in Board a very good time to join the Board.
meetings about these things, so as to get the
most representative possible solution, WSD's Much is erpectedof WSD Board members;if
Board has always had a poliry of you're able to make the commitment, please
confidentiality about this type of Board run for the Board.
business.I agree with this poliry, which allows
these things to be handled informally.
'M
t)'L wu *uepy up)
Unfortunately, the confidentialitypolicy,which mfts T7*e
is intended to protect people, also tends to
insulate the rest of the Club from all the other
types of Board business - so that most
members don't realize how much emotional
and physical energy the Board puts into
running WSD.
:lu
Board members have a tendency to downplay
,_:;s
.'L'-
the work involved, especially before elections,
so as not to discourageothers from running.

My own feeling is that it would be better for

TW{I'
everyone to know ahead of time, so people
can be prepared. Sure, it would mean that
fewer people would run, but it would also
mean that we wouldn't keep going through
Kx
this every year, because folks would know
what they're getting into. It would also mean
that people wouldn't innocently run for the
Board not knowing what's involved and then
be traumatized and maybe leave square
dancing becauseof it.

This year's Board is working on a long-term

solution - a whole new way of managing DOODLES
WSD's teaching and dance and social
programs. There will be more opportunity for
everyone to participate to whatever degree
they're comfortable, and the structure of the
Board will be determined by the jobs that
need to be done to carry out our activities.
The project has been in the works for a year,
 THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE?
by
Pattv Wltite
Often I sense that people in WSD are sick to
death of hearing me harp on teaching the
courtesies to our students. Sometimes my
determination to get the point across wavers
in the face of apathy from other members,
and even from officers. It's lonesome to carry
on a crusade when you feel like you're all
alone (or worse yet when you feel like people
are laughing at your efforts), even when you
know you're right.
But my enthusiasm for the task is renewed
when I hear about incidents on the dance
floor like the one recounted by Dot Schmidt
(American Squaredance, December, 1989).
She was having a good time at a State
Convention until five squares of Advanced
dancers walked onto the floor during a tip,
squared up, and just stood there until the
caller finished the tip, so they'd have good
places on the floor for the next caller.
I think Dot was remarkably reserved in her
comments about this rudeness.I would place
those people in a private hall somewhereand
let them do only the right-and-left-thrufor all
eternity. They definitely are not suitable to
have on a dance floor with the rest of us.
Surely all 40 of the most discourteouspeople
in the recreation did not by some monstrous
coincidenceshow up on the same floor at the
same time - there must be more of them out
there. Where did they come from? How did
they get to be that way?
The source, I think, is the Clubs who didn't
teach them to behave properly in the first
place, and who didn't require a standard of
behavior at Club level dances. Thesedancen
are educationally dbadvantaged! Not that that
excusesthem one whit for doing something
that plain common sense would have
prevented - but the responsibility for
producing dancers like that rests squarely
upon their Club officers and callers.
Walt Cole, speakingto other callers,said "We
all "brand' the folks we teach in one way or
another. What kind of 'branding iron' do you
want to use?" (American Squaredance.
October. 1989).H" was speakingof dancers'
technical competence, but the same idea
applies to other attributes of good dancing,
like demeanoron the dance floor.
Clubs also have reputations,not just for how
good their dancersare technically,but also for
how comfortablevisitors and callers feel with
them. I'll bet the other people on that floor
knew which Clubs those 40 dancers came
from. How embarrassingfor the others in
thoseClubs!Still. it's their own fault. . .
In almost every issue of American
Squaredance, and in almost every Club
newsletter,there'sat leastone article or letter
lamenting the decreasingpopularity of our
wonderful recreation,pleadingfor people to
be less impatient with slow learners,
recountinga rude encounter on the floor,
wondering why students drop out, or
freneticallyexhorting everyoneto "havefun!'
There is an awarenessthat not everyone rs
having fun, or it wouldn't be necessaryto
constantlytell people to do it!
Everybodywonderswhy we just can't seem to
attract lots of new people. But when new
peoplejoin a classor even come to a dance
to 'check out' the activity, they can see that
there's tensionalong with the fun. They can
see that it's only fun if you're a fast learner,
only fun if you're fleet-footedenoughto avoid
the squareswith the rude people.Why would
new folks voluntarily get involved,when they
can seeothersbeing embarrassed or ridiculed
and they know they may be next if they join
a class?
The basis for the wonderful square dance
cameraderiethat seemsto be disappearingis
everyone'swillingnessto adopt a cooperative,
friendly demeanor on the floor. This square
dance esprit d' corps is what makes dancing
enjoyablefor most of us - all the personal,
professional, even national differences don't
matter at all when you're dancing in a set that
works for everyone in it. All that's required
for this to happen is for everyone to be half-
way decent dancers and follow the few simple
rules of square dance courtesy, but dancerc
can't know how to behave unless they're taught!
CRINOLINE!
Remember two years ago when the Bay Area
Clubs had the Giant Crinoline float in the
Parade. Scott and John made a lovely video of
the Giant Crinoline Sewing Bee and all the
festivities.

Club officers aren't asking callers to
emphasize the courtesies in teaching new
dancers, Club members aren't showing the
studentsby example, and nobody is censuring
dancers who behave like boors.
Well, the Crinoline is anxiously awaiting
resurrection - either as a float in this year's
Parade or as a dance decoration or whatever.
It is stored at my house, all cleaned and ready
to be used again.

Dot hoped this was not "a pattern to come in The Crinoline actually belongs to all the Bay
the A/C levels of dancing." I'm afraid this may Area Clubs, not just WSD, so if anyone has
be the wave of the future in all programs - we ideas, please call me and we can plan
can expect more and more rudeness to ''CRINOLINE - THE
RETURN''.
impinge on our dancing untjl we begin to turn
things around by teaching the courtesiesand Patty
requiring our dancers to observe them! (415) 681-2e70

The Canadian Consulate in San Francisco told me that tlrcse are the conect words to the Canadian
National Anthem, but they didn't sound very sure about it. . .

O CANADA

home and
troit - Iove

thy 30ns With- glow ing hearts we_

rise, The- True North strong and free;

free I -

t hee,

dal We stand on guard for-

Here are some thoughts about Angels - the
frnt rr excerpted from lrisgay Civellai's
letter ht the December 1989 issue of
Ameican Sauaredance (repinted therefrom
Il'here & Wten, Houstott, Texas).
When an Angel gets off into excess
flourishing and distractions,it becomes
harmful to the beginner, to the square,
to everyone.

...But what makes a good angel? The best
angels know when to keep their mouth
shut. (OK! I'm working on this!) They do
not give directions or show the class
members how to do moves while the caller
is trying to teach. An angel is friendly and
never puts a student down for making a
mistake. Angels never dance while a class
member sits out.
...An angel never pushes, shoves or drags
a new dancer through a move. Angels do
not group together talking and laughing
while the caller tries to teach over their
chatter. Angels save their twirls, kicks and
fancy footwork for more experienced
dancers...Thevery best angels follow the
rules of square dancing and pass them on
to the new class members by example.
They also follow the golden rule...
If you are dancingBasic,danceBasic.If
you are dancing with hands up, keep
them up.
If you know what the next call is going
to be, please wait for the call with
everyoneelse in the square.
In the long run, we'll all be dancing the
same soon enough. Again, I'm very
appreciativeof all our Angels.I just want
to relaywhat manybeginningdancershave
expressedto me.
And we all know that an Angel is there
for the beginners'benefit.

The very, very best angels become good

friends!

Artd tlis is a beginner'sperspectiveby Kenic

Brown,from tlte Capilal City Capers,Marclt
1990.

This beginneris very appreciativeof the

Angels that hover over us, while we're
learning many, sometimescomplex calls.
They are invaluablein putting what we
learn into practice.

But at the same time they can also

become devils - from a beginner's
perspective.
There'sso muchto remember,
and so much happeningat the sametime.
About three yean ago, I was blithely iporing the whole idea of getting educatedabout AIDS; I
figured it all didn't really apply to me. Then an article in The WestemStar raised my consciousness.
ThoughI now try to keepinformed about theprogressof cunent AIDS research,I haven't beenable
to figure out how and why blood test resultsare intrepetedthe way thq are. Freemanshowedme
this article, which really helps to claify the meaning of thesetests.

Some readersmay questioninclusion of this article here becauseit's not a dancing issue,and it
certainly doesn't quahfy for inclusion as entertainment.But since probably nothing has a more
profound effect on our thoughtsthan this disease,this anicle is here becauseit's relevant.

This is from BETA, which is publishedfour times yea$ by the San Francbco AIDS Foundation.
The November, 1989issuealso containedarticlesabout Compound Q, hevention of PCP, and an
AZT update. This excellentpublication is available by subsciption: 863-AIDS (SF'residents),or 1-
800-327-9893full otlrcrc).

TESTS TO HELP PREDICT

HIV DISEASE PROGRESSION

Most people who are HlV-positive remain
healthyfor long periodsbefore developingthe
severeimmune dysfunctionand opportunistic
infectionswhich define an AIDS diagnosis.
Although many people appearhealthyduring
this first phase, some show changes in
laboratory values before progressingto ARC
or AIDS. Interpretingcertain laboratorytest
results as well as the appearanceof any
clinical symptomsmay make it possibleto
predictHIV diseaseprogression. Recently,the
questionof whether and when a personwill
progress to AIDS has become especially
critical because drugs are now available to
treat HIV and HlV-related infections.
Anticipating disease progressionmay give
people time to intervene and possibly
postponethe onsetof seriousdisease.
presence or absence of clinical symptoms is
also an important consideration in making
treatment decisions.Becauseno single test can
accuratelypredict diseaseprogression,people
should not feel frightened by the results of
any one tests.
Since certain treatments may affect test
results, caution must be used in interpreting
tests while taking any treatment. Monitoring
test results over time may be useful in
predicting illness, giving people the
opportunity to begin preventative treatment
before symptoms appear. Many doctors
recommend repeating the following tests every
3 to 6 months, especially if initial results are
abnormal or the individual has symptoms of
HIV infection.

A seriesof blood testsis the most usefultool T-HELPER CELL COUNT

for helpingto determinewho is more likely to
progressto AIDS. Some of these tests are
intended to determine the health of the
immunesystem.Other testsseekto determine
whether HIV is actively replicating.Taken
together,they can help peoplemake informed
treatmentdecisions.
The decision of when to begin treatment
should be based not on any one test, but
rather on the resultsof a varietvof tests.The
T-helpercells*,a qrpeof white blood cell, are
criticalfor a healthyimmune system.T-helper
cell counts are routinely used to monitor
immune status in people who are HIV-
positive.In peoplewho are HlV-negative,the
normal number of T-helper cells ranges
betweenapproximately480 and 1800cellsper
ffiffi3, although the number may vary from
laboratory to laboratory.This number is also
frequentlyreported as a percentageof all
T-lymphocytes*,with normal countsgenerally
above40Vo.A rapid decrease(more than 100
or 1.0Voin three months) in T-helper cell
number is strongly correlated with an
increasedrisk of severeopportunisticinfection.
BecauseT-helper cell countsvary widely from
day to day and from laboratoryto laboratory,
the number of T-helper cells shouldalwaysbe
consideredin the contextof previoustests.To
minimize variations,tests should be taken at
the same time of day and by the same lab
each time. The percentageof T-helper cells
has been associated with less day-to-day
variationthan the absolutenumber. For this
reason, many physicians consider the
percentagemore reliable.
Some physicians now recommend AZT
therapy for people with fewer than 500 T-
helper cells.A few physiciansalso urge PCP
prophylaxisfor people with a T-helper cell
count below 400, especiallyif the number of
T-helper cells is falling rapidly. Most
physiciansrecommendboth AZT and PCP
prophylaxisto those with either fewer than
200 or less than 20VoT-helper cells.
BETA-2 MICROGLOBULIN
Beta-Z microglobulin is a protein* particle
found on the surface of most cells, which is
releasedinto the bloodstreamas the cellsdie.
HIV and other infections,suchas CMV*, can
causeincreasedbeta-Zmicroglobulinlevels.In
peoplewho are HlV-positive,an increasemay
indicatethat HIV is destroyingT-helpercells,
macrophages*, and/orother cellsthat the virus
infects.Some researchers considerhigh levels
of beta-2 microglobulin the best single
predictorof progressionto AIDS.
Beta-2microglobulinis measuredin milligrams
per liter of blood (*dl). lrvels below 3 mgl
are considerednormal in healthyindividuals.
When the amount of beta-2 microglobulin
rises above 3 mgA, there is greater risk of
disease progression. Irvels above 5 m$
indicate a very high risk for progressionto
AIDS. In a recent San Franciscostudv.69Vo
of those with greater than 5 mdl developed
AIDS within three years,while only 12Vowith
less than 3 mg/l progressedto AIDS within
the same period.
p24 ANTIGEN
This test measuresthe amount of a protein,
commonly called p24 antigen,that is a part of
HIV. The presenceof p24 antigenmay reflect
active HIV replication. The test is usually
reported as either positive or negative.Some
doctors recommend beginning antiviral
treatment, such as AZT, for people who test
positive for p24 antigen.In the San Francisco
General Hospital study,59% of asymptomatic
seropositives*testing positive for p24 antigen
developedAIDS within three years.Only I5Vo
of those testing negativeprogressedto AIDS
in the same period. However, 47Voof those
testingpositivedid not progressto AIDS.
p24 ANTIBODY
The p24 antibodytest measuresthe amount of
antibody the body has produced againsl the
HIY p24 antigen. Asymptomatic seropositive
individuals usually have high levels of p24
antibody in their blood. High levels of
antibody without detectableantigen seem to
indicatethat the immunesystemis successfully
suppressingthe virus. A decrease in p24
antibody may indicate a drop in the body's
defensesagainstHIV or a significantincrease
in the level of p24 antigen.
The test may be particularly useful in
predictingthe appearanceof free (unbound)
p24 antigen.In some people the p24 antigen
test becomes positive following a drop in
detectable free p24 antibody. Consequently,
the p24 antibodytest may be useful for earlier
detection ofdiseaseprogressionthan the p24
antigentest.Currentlythis test is not routinely
done, although it is available at certain
laboratories.This test may eventuallybecome
more useful than the p24 antigen test in
predictingdiseaseprogression.
 NEOPTERIN
Neopterin is produced from macrophages and
enters the blood as part of the body's immune
response to a foreign agent. Neopterin levels
have been used to predict HIV disease
progression much in the same way as the
beta-Z microglobulin test. However, neopterin
levels do not have independent predictive
value in regard to disease progression. In
uninfected people, the neopterin level is
approximately 5.4 nanomoles* p". liter of
blood (nmolfl). lrvels between 20 and 50
nmol/l have been reported in PWA. Like the
beta-2 microglobulin test, neopterin levels are
a general indication of immune function. They
are not specific to HIV infection.
HEMOGLOBIN
This protein is responsible for transporting
oxygen throughout the body, and gives the
blood its characteristic red color. Normal
levels are generally above 13.5 grams per
deciliter. A drop in heloglobin is a general
indicator of declining health, and in people
who are HlV-positive, it may indicate that the
virus is destroyingred cells that are forming in
the bone marrow. However, hemoglobin level
may change for various reasons that are not
related to HIV infection. For this reason, the
test should not be used by itself to determine
diseaseprogression.
HEMATOCRIT
This test measuresthe percentageof red cells
in the blood. Normal values range from 40-
54Voin men and from 37-47Voin women. As
with the heloglobin test, a drop in hematorcrit
level may ineicate that HIV is destroyingred
cells in the bone marrow. However, a drop in
hematocrit level may not be related to HIV
and should not be used by itself as an
indicator of diseaseprogression.
OTHER TESTS
Abnormal findings on certain tests are often
seen just before clinical symptoms of HIV
infection appear.
These include low white blood cell count,
elevatedsedimentationrate, elevated globulin,
abnormally low serum cholesterol, and
abnormal liver enzymes.
GLOSSARY
T-helper cell: A type of white blood cell (also known
'I{
as a cell) which helps the body fight off certain
infections. HIV invades these cells and weakens or
destrop them. Regular monitoring of T-helper cell
counts in HlV-infected individuals helps provide an
idea of the progressionof HIV infection.The "normal'
range for T-helper cells in people who are HIV-
negativeis 480-18fi1,but this may vary, dependingon
the laboratorywhere the test is given.The lower the T-
helper cell count, the greaterthe risk for opportunistic
infections.
mm3: Cubic millimeter
A type of white blood cell. T-helper cells
Lvmphoc.vte:
are lymphorytes.
Protein:A group of compoundswhich occursnaturally
in plants and animalsand other organisms.Proteins
provide the structures essential for the growth and
repair of animal tissue.
CYtomesalovirus (CMV): A herpes virus. CMV
infection can occur without causingany symptoms.In
PWA however,it can cause blindness,pneumonia,
colitis, and/or death.
Macrophaqe: A large scavengercell which ingests
degeneratcdcells, blood tissue,and foreign particles.
Macrophagesexist in large numbers throughout thc
body,and are key to the developmentof immunity to
a variety of organisms.They may be a major reservoir
of HIV infection.
Seropositive:Infectedwith HIV, or a person infected
with HIV. Asymptomaticseropositivesare people who
are HlV-positive but who have no symptoms.
Nanomole:One billionth (10'e)of a mole (molecular
weight).
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The June 1990 edition of American Square Dance publication of Llestern Star Dancers,
contained "A Ca1l for Help" from a gentleman in Inc. , a modern western square dance
Roswell , NM. He \^tas considering forming a club serving primarily the
group of square dancers which would be San Francisco Bay Area gay and
'ihe
predominantly women, and he was seeking advice lesbian community. purpose of
and suggestions on handling the identity this publication is to provide
problems which would arise. F R E E M A NS T M P E R thought-provoking articles of an
responded to him with the following letter, editorial nature and other material
sending a copy to 30 national a n d local of general interest or enEertainment
callers--almost all o f w h o m y o u h a v e d a n c e d to. v a l u e f o r W S Dm e m b e r s . T h e e m p h a s i s
of QuarterTy Selections is on
relevance to square dance issues,
Dear Mr. Snodgrass, philosophical substance, and
literary quality.
Your call for help in the June I99O Anerican
Square Dance caught my attention. I sincerely Original articles in this
hope that you will "come o u t o f r e t i r e ment" and publication are copyrighted but may
bring the j o y of square d a n c i n g t o ( o r m a ybe be reprinted with appropriate credit
back to) those Iovely w o m e n in R o s w e 1 l , N ew fo the author and citation of
Mexico. Quarteriy S e t e c c i o n s .

This response to your call for help will be Editor: Freeman Stamper
lengthy, so p l e a s e b e a r w i t h m e u n t i l t h e e n d. (41s) 43r-6272
Copies of this letter a r e b e i n g s e n t t o m a ny
OPINIONS EXPRESSED ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS AND DO
international callers w h o m y o u p r o b a b l y k n o w
NOT NECESSAR]LY RETLECT THE OPINIONS AND POLICIES
and have danced o r w o r k e d w i t h b e c a u s e I OF 9ESTERN STAR DANCERS. INC., NOR ITS MEMBERS.

believe my advice to y o u i s a b r e a k - t h r o u g h i n
MENTION OF A PERSON'S NAXE IN THIS PUBLICATION IN
+Li-l-:--
Ll I r I rK r r r6 . NO I.IAY INDICATES HIS/HER SEXUAT ORIENTATION.

First of all, Iet me call your attention to a

thought on p a g e 8 3 o f t h e v e r y s a m e i s s u e of
ASD in the article "Keep Y o u r B r a i n Y o u n g ( and Smart)." "[P]eople. .at age 80, on
average, showed amazing m e n t a l a b i l i t i e s . . t A ] c o n t r o l l e d t e m p e r a m e n t is one ability
that seems to help keep the brain y o u n g , a n d t h a t , a l o n g w i t h b r a i n e x e r c ises such as.
. .square dancing, can keep the b r a i n t h r i v i n g a n d e n g a g e d . " T h i s "new" c o n c e pt will
require yot' and those you teach o r c a l l f o r t o e x e r c i s e y o u r b r a i n s b y w o r k i n g w i t h a new
concepc.
A11 of the "problems" you have indicated are couptre which is the traditional position for
based upon two assumptions: (1) square the man is an odd number. Correspondingly,
dancing is rnainly for permanently coupled the right-hand dancer which is the
pairs and (2) pairs must always be of the traditional position for the woman is an even
opposite sex. Both assumptions are number. There is the solution to your non-
cornpletely false. Square daneing is for traditional situation. Numbered dancers, not
eight people to perform geometric patterns sexual dancers.
devised by a caller.
Try these on for size:-
From an historical perspective square dancing
is done as opposite sex partners because the Heads to the center
traditional concept of dancing is as opposite Sides promenade half
sex partners. Traditionally, opposite sexes Evens chain across the set
wear different types of clothing. Odds put the evens back to back and promenade
Traditionally, the caller and dancers fall outside the set
prey to the easy identifier of pants and Allemande your corner
dresses. Probably, a woman just one d"y Sides do a right and left thru
thought that she and her partner dressed in Heads star thru
matciiing cosi-Limes wo.ild Le 1.rreity, so she
made them. The fad caught on. A11 of that . and we could go on and on through all
is just traditionally easy stuff. 4000+ calls in Burleson's. Now, you describe
the process of executing pass the ocean using
But, you are trying to resolve a non- only the words "odd" and "even" and numbers
traditional situation with a traditional 1 through 8. Whil-e seemingly awkward at
solution. That is impossible for anyone to first, it will develop. And after aI1, if
do. You must use a non-traditional solution that is the only concept your dancers know,
for the non-traditionat situation. how are they to know the difference?

Look at the following illustration. It is Why, Mr. Snodgrass, your people could be nude
just a p1ain, ordinary old square isn't it? and this concept would work; but being nude
in public isn't very attractive and that
CA LER concept will take longer to incorporate into

tr tr traditional
dancers wi11.
square dancing than numbered

tr tr The facE that

definitions
your ability
Callerlab

to transfer
has standardized
and programs will further
your
enhance
former

tr tr knowledge to your new concept.

call men "ment' and women "women," what
difference
If you don't

does it make whether a woman or a

rnan is an odd or an even. If you don't call
t6l the right-hand dancer a vroman, a man
t-l
shouldn't feel effeminate being in thac
position. The label of "woman" is the only
But, do you see any sex labels or colors attack on his masculinity. So, why not go to
associated with ic? Yet, you realized that the local veterans' home and have an a1l-
it is a traditional square. What makes it male square dance club? Why not let a lone
traditional? The dancers' relationships to man come into your club and learn the even
the caller, that's whaE. You see couples, part if that's the only spot open? htl:o cares
don't you? You also see heads and sides. whether your members are widowed, never-
You see right-hand dancers and left-hand married, or married? They are aIl just
dancers. You see partners, and you see numbered dancers in your squares who learn
corners as well as opposites. That all to love each other as human beings and get
souncistraditional doesn't it? But you sti11 great joy from working together to make the
haven't identified anv sex. square work and resolve the patterns you
cal1.
Now notice that the left-hand dancer in each

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But, we all nant to nake it a llttle easier traditional square dancing would leave
for the caller (especially) and the dancers behind. There is no need to be alone just
(who probably won't care). Sor 1rou could because tradition says you should.
have fabric "sandwich boards" made that slip
over the head and hang to about the waist on
which a number has been attached to the front ANDMR. SNODGRASS
RESPONDED
and back. And, to rnake it even easier, 1 and
2 could be the same color, 3 and 4 the same Your. .call. .asking for my mailing
color, etc . address in order that you might supply
information on Iall girls square dancing] was
However, there is a major advantage to not indeed a pleasant surprise. I had never
taking the easy way out with obvious numbers thought of getting such quick action in rhis
being worn and being color coded. Your day of pass the buck. I should have realized
dancers must learn to look at the other that square dancers Iare] a different breed.
dancers' faces and make mental notes that
Jane, Lois, Ann, and Betty are odds and Sue, Thanks for your interest and concern for some
Claire, Alice, and I are evens. That just of square dancings forgotten people as well
further enhances t h e c l o s e p e r s o n a l feelings as your heloful suggestions. Perhaps some
square dancing engenders. And as for you, non-traditional ideas would be of greax help.
the caller, your mental or written notes are Once I had given some thought to odd and even
the faces in the p o s i t i o n s of couples one and numbers but had not pursued the thought--
rour ( w h i c h , I b e l i e v e , a r e the pilot dancers possibly because I enjoy looking into those
used i n a p i l o t s q u a r e ) . T h e n y o u c o uld use faces and visualizing their personal
those unnecessary "cue c a r d s " w h e n y o u have attributes. I fear that, were they nude, the
guest callers who are so traditional that dance would never even get started.
they need he1p.
That reminds me of what a ballroom dance
Do not worry about putting people together j-nstructor said in class one day, "Never take
as couples. Just begin the music and let a lroman in your arms until you know what
individuals walk onto the floor and form steps you are going to take. " T thought,
couples and squares. Some will form couples "Bo), he don't know much about nature."
before, but that's traditional and not
necessary for your non-traditional situation. I am not averse co breaking with tradition,
especially if it seems to be the easy way
Try it. Ic will be exciting to teach with a out. I do wonder if perhaps che older
new concepE. "Teach" i s t h e k ey word. Your dancers especially would prefer to at least
singing calls can use the traditional words fantasize that they are dancing with their
o f t t m a n ," t ' w o m a n ,t t " g e n t , " " p e x , " e t c . T h g s e former partners of whom Chey hold some very
dancers are using their brains, and those fond memories. I certainly would not want
brains are young because they are active. to forget some of the lovely ladies I have
Youth doesn't know boundaries. You te11 them held in my arms while we did the two step.
to subsEitute in their minds the concepc of I take |'lr . Webster' s oef inition of danc ine
odds when you say "men," and they wiII do it. seriously.
I'm certain they will.
For at least 15 years the gay comrnunity has Your statement that the !/ord "teach" is a key
been using this concept to teach at least word brings back a statement rnade a short few
five to six thousand lesbians and gay men to years ago (I think by Dick Leger) in which he
square dance. No one ever worries about sex stated that. unless v/e returned to the
or clothing idenrification. They just learn practice of using timing--as in music--into
to square dance and have fun. MosE of those our square dancing instead of seeing how many
people are the most proficient dancers you numbers (figures) could be offered to the
can find. They dance all prograrns from Basic floor before the music ran out, we no longer
through ChaIlenge. couLd hold Isquare dancing] up to the public
as being a dance (or words to that effecc).
This concept of numbered dancers with odds There are fewer callers who can make a patter
and evens may be new to you. But, so was call sound like a song than Ehere are who
allernande lefc once upon a time. I applaud can't.
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Thanks again for your helpfulness. I shall charged.
give your suggestions much thought.
If we change our terminology, what will
happen if someday we are welcomed at straight
IilHAT'SIN A NAI'IE? square dances where the "gent" or "boy" and
O RA P E TI S A G I R L "pet" or "girls" terminology is used, and we
break down the square because we can't make
IS A FOLLOI.I IS A BELLE the translation? Let's use whatever terms
are clearest and easiest, and hang the hang
R O B I N A L P E N G L O W ,S a c r a m e n t o , CA
ups! C'mon, let's dance!
(reprinced froo , Jme, 1990, Nevs Organ
of the Capltal Clry Squares, Sacrmento, CA)

R O B I N A L P E N G L O Wg r a d u a t e d in Ju1y,
THERANTINGS
OF A HONKY
TONKQUEEN
IEd.
1986. from Western Star's Mainstream class.
Greetings, greetings, love and kisses to all
While still a W S Dm e m b e r , s h e m a d e h e r d e b u t
my serfs, peasanEs, and peons. This is p.!{r
calling. I lras present that night and
Queen. How can I ever repay you, my J-ittle
remember she showed exciting flair for
people, for crowning me? But again, I guess
challenging hash. She now lives in the Sac- you all know a Big Queen when you see one.
a-tonlatoes area wich her lover Fave,I
Thank goodness !

At the Vancouver convention. a number of our

In order to reign in good conscious, and
club members were assaulted by violent square
spread my love of small animals and children
dance lexicographers who proclaimed that
(as I am soon to become, like all beauty
"pet" is a dog, cac, bird, or reptile, but
pageant winners, either a veterinarian or a
not a square dance partner. And there are
nurse), I would be terribly remiss if I did
straight clubs that dance by definition who
not throw a crumb of credit for my successful
eschew the terms "boy," "girls," "gent," and
entry in the 1990/9I Honky tonk Queen conl-est
"pet." Should we fo11ow their lead (pun
to my sister She-Devils. Yes, yes, they may
intended?) and the Hitlerian dictates of
have helped sway the judges a tad, I admit.
o t h e r I A G S D Cc l u b m e m b e r s i n a ( I t h i n k ) v a i n
. . so let me introduce you to them up close
attempt to de-sex sguare dancing? (I once
and toooo personal:
attended a square dance where there were
"eagles" and "hawks" - - that was really
The first of my sisters whom you saw strewing
confusing!) [Ed. That was probably a WSD
confetti for my Grand Enterance Isic (and
club night when Pam McEver from Albuquerque
Ehat's for sure, Ea. )] in the contest (which
was the guesL cal1er. l
I won I might add! ) was the funny and
popular, LfL BIDDYDICK. LIL is a She-Devil
Let's get our priorities straight (pun
foundling. By that I mean, she was one of
definitely intended! ). Claricy, not politics
che original rnembers, like Florence BalJard
or semantics, should be the most important
was and Cindy Birdsong wasn't. LIL is known
thing in sqLiare dance terminology. "Beau"
for her loveIy eyeglasses, hard core
and "belle" hawe lhe -sameini-tial consonant
eyebrows, and Ann Landers hair. For an
sound and can be confused. "Lead" and
attorney, she does a mean comb-out on all the
"folLow" don't sound alike. but "lead" and
She-Devi1s.
"head" are sirnilar enough to cause some
confusion. And "follow" is just plain hard
Following Li1 in my entourage, was LOTTA
to say. Besides, there are no "Ieads" or
R E C K O N W I T Hu n d u l a t i n g a fan to keep my make-
"follows" in square dancing.
up from running. .more. LOTTA is quite a
girl ! Everyone agrees on this ! She is the
The easiest to say and differentiate between
She-Devil with the most dresses in her
is "boy" and "gir1." And I hope those of us (look that
closet, running the gamete Isic
who've had to substitute "significant oLher"
one up, readers, for a realIy funny
and "friend" and "partner" for "spouse" or
misspelling, Ed. )] from lace to leather. Any
"girlfriend" or "boyfriend" won't get hung up
picture of LOTTA will show you her own unique
on the idea that the terrns are juvenile or
trademark. .head thrown back with eyes
degrading. Somewhere in between are "gent"
pointing heavenward. Wishful thinking on her
and "pet" that are clear and less emotionally

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part, no doubt. ROMANTIC.

Quietly treading a few steps behind, while Kiss kiss to all my sisters, and to you, my
gently carrying rny lovely red net train on every loyal subjectlings. 'TiI next time,
that Triumphal Entry in Vancouver, were LoANN this is your Queen, LAYONNA DAVENPORT,
BEHOLD, and the newest She-Devil, IMA inviting you to sEop by Chicago and visit the
DEVERAUX. LoANN became a square dancing She- She-Devil School for the Cosmecically
Devil just this past year, and has shown her Incontinent.
diversity not only inside a square, but also
inside Sonia's Square Dance Attire shoppe (SPREAD & CIRCULATE, VoL III, No. X, Jme 1990. Newslerter
for CHI-TOWN SQUARES.)
where she can snatch a crinoline dat'rgling at
12 feet! LoANN is also one of the few She- This article caused a serious strain
IEd.
Devils who can actually dance in heels ! on WordPerfect spe1l check. And, which She-
Certainly something to laude over the others. Devil do you Chink is WSD's owrr SADIE's twin
s is ter? ]
Several of the She-Devils, whom I'11 mention
a bit later, were not able to accompany me on
the trip to Vancouver. Fortunately for me,
a last minute replacement was found in IMA
DEVERAUX (her name shows her spiritual
FLAi'iiNGO
FOLLY
FESTIVE FLORIDA FUND-RAISER
affinicy with Golden Girl, Blanche) . To have
FALLS FI.AT
become a She-DeviI, enter the Honky Tonk
Queen contest, and be a member of che winning
Miarni, FL- -At a press conference late Tuesday
court all ax the same time has simply
night l{ay 22, 1990, representatives of the
transformed her dull life, and increased her
C A S T A S H A D O WI N T H E S U N c o m m i t t e e a n n o u n c e d
dance partners by the throngs.
the mysterious disappearance of " . . one
small white bag" allegedly containing raffle
My two sisters, L U C I E A N N A P U R C H A S E& L a B E L I A
tickets. These stubs are reported to be the
DaBALL, were unable to fravel to Canada last
drawing portion of tickets sold at the Nortlr
April (something to do with passport photo
Star Promenade in Vancouver as a fundraiser
mis - identification) . Tut tut , girls , it' s
f o r C A S T A S H A D O WI N T H E S U N .
time to stop the mourning and get on with
life. I am the Queen, and that's an order.
Officials informed us that prizes for this
LUCIE ANNA has endeared herself with nearly
raffle are to be:
all the She-Devils ever since it was
1) Registration fee for the I99l IAGSDC
innocently discovered that she can make her
Convention
own skirts ! And have we had her make skirts !
2) 1991 Convention polo shirt
and skirts ! and skirts ! Her other telling
3) 1991 Fun Badge Tour
feature is her p a s s i o n a t e obsession with
"Love that R e d " lipstick.
When questioned as to how this disappearance
could occur, che following possible scenarios
And what can I say about LaBELI-A?
l.'ere of fered:
Sophiscicated, stylish, and trashy all at
1) Tickets were seized during customs border
once, and the She-Devil with the best blush
inspection leaving Canada.
you ever brushed. LaBELI-A is not one to
2) Tickets and b"g were of experimental
follow trends. .DO, she has become quite
biodegradable material and
famous for her traditional Lil' Abner blouse
dis incegrated.
of big ye11ow polka dots and plunging
3) Wayne Paull has them. [Ed. You'd have
cleavage. She is proud to say she doesn't
to have been around a few years to
o \ ^ r na p a i r o f p u m p s ! L a B E L L A h a s b a l l s .
catch that, but o1d-timers wilL be glad
to te11. l
As one would expect, on the heels of my
4) Raged lover finds bag and deposits it at
victory (and that's 4-I/2" heels I might add)
the Dania dumo.
came an onslaught o f n e \ 4,r w o u l d - b e S h e-
Devils. Several have been n a m e d , b u t h ave
Regardless as to the method of disappearance,
not, as of yet, made their official first
it is not likely that these tarnished tickets
appearance. She-Devils to look forward to
will turn up. Despite this emotionally
are LOIS CARI-IEN DENOMINATOR and HOPE LIZ

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shattering setback, CAST A SLIADOWofficials Square dancing is not only an activity or a
announced. "THE RAFFLE SHALL GO ON!" hobby. . [but also] a way of life and needs
life breathed into it just as any living
In order that those peeved people who have thing does. I . I H A To r W H O i s t h e l i f e b l o o d of
previously purchased tickets may properly square dancing? Of course, it is the dancers
participate and possibly partake of prizes, themselves who are the breath of life in
the following plan has been painstakingly put square dancing.
in place:
How many people can remember their very first
The ICBWLTT (I Can't Believe We LosE The night of beginning square dance class?
Tickets) HOT LINE has been established. Hopefully, most everyone can because of how
P1ease c:rll one of the following numbers and much fun was had and how welcomed they were
provide our operators with your Name, Phone made to feel. Who were the people who made
Number, Club affiliation, and number of the class fun and made the students feel
tickets previously purchased. welcomed? Was it the caller? Was it the
KEN ( 3 0 s ) 8 9 9- 1 7 1 0 caller's wife? lEd. I n t h e n o n - g ay
J E R R r( 3 0 s ) 9 2 0 - 7 6 2 7 community, the caller's taw, or wife, is an
integral part of his activities. I Not
The Comrnittee assures all those r"ho cal-l that real,ly! Mostly it was the people who were
they will again be eligible. dancing with the students and helping them to
l-earn the square dance figures. Just who are
these people who are there to help the
HISTORY I N T H EI , I A K I N G students learn? In square dancing we call
( A N DY O U ' R EI N I T ) them "Angels. " And Lrhy do !/e call them
Angels? A c c o r d i n g r o L E G A C Y , I E d . L E G A C Yi s
LUIS TORRES, a member of Chesapeake Squares an entity representing all facets of square
in Baltimore, Maryland, is a historian by dancing. ] an Angel is defined as an
profession and made a proposal to the IAGSDC experienced dancer who attends classes to
Executive Board in Vancouver to prepare a fill out the squares and help the caller
history of gay square dancing. The proposal demonstrate the proper way to perform various
was adopted, and the targeted publication movements.
date is the Tenth IAGSDCConvention in 1993.
Included in this edition of AngeIs, the breath of Iife for square
QuarterTy
S e L e c t i o n s a r e t w o m e m o sw h i c h h e h a s w r i t t e n dancing, are most important fo our way of
explaining the project and solicicing wide 1ife. Without them, square dancing would
participation. WSD strongly encourages al1 surely die ! Angels who attend classes and
of its members to participate. Please help callers teach at ANY level not only help
respond to Luis. If one of you wants to work those who are learning but also help the
closely with him and act as a liaison for activity to continue growing and improving.
Western Star Dancers, you are certain to find
the project rewarding. Whether you make As experienced square dancers, the breath of
friends or enemies wi 11 depend upon what you life for square dancing as a whole is you and
have the gall to publish (certainly the m e! A s w e h a v e r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s in life, we
sordid tales of WSD could fill a book also have responsibilities in our square
themselves). dance lives. These responsibilities are to
promote square daneing, to preserve the life
of square dancing and to procure new members.
In order to breathe new life into square
}.IHATDOESBEINGA SQUARE
DANCER
MEAN?
uorrL rrrb l^-^i-.-
wE mus t
r Caf fy OUE ouf
responsibilities ! This means getting in
W A L T E RJ O N E S , C r e s c e n t City, CA
there and doing. .not sitting and
(reprinted from Qg!5!g!!ggg, Vol. XVIII Sprlng 1990, Nevsletter complaining about poor attendance at classes
for members, subscrlbers and afflllate organlzatlons of and dances or eomplaining about the lack of
Cal Ie rI ab )
interest and decreased membership in square
dance clubs. New dancers are the lifeblood
How many of us can remember when \re started
of our activity! Only with their enthusiasm
our squar:e dance life? Yes, I mean life!
and ideas can square dancing continue to
flourish.

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Do you want to see square dancing breathe a story tellers of PHILIP's great New York
new life and continue to flourish? Do you adventures. (ERNIE was a very close 2nd in
feel that being a square dancer is something story telling also.)
special? If so, make it a priority in your
square dance life to get out to a class. Congratulations, LEE!! We know you will
.bring a friend and be an Angel. Help uphold the title, and \.re look forward to
someone else enjoy the fun and fellowship seeing who you hand the Golden Slut Award to
that square dancing has to offer. Help at Cast a Shadow in uhe Sun. Also, good luck
square dancing LM! !! goes out to ERNIE. Keep it up; we know you
can do it.
(contrlbutcd by ANNA DAXIANI)

A LETTER
FROI'I
HOME
L'AI.IARD
du SLUT ( or , You' re l'lother' s Call ing)

EDNA LOUISE. San Francisco. CA MARTHA WEYAND, Cincinnati, OH

A tradition was begun at the North Star Mrs . Weyand has attended t\,ro
IEd.
Promenade Convention, Vancouver, BC, i990. Assoclation Conventions. Her first was PeeI
In honoring the Golden Boot Award, the GoIden the Apple where her son, Michael Weyand, is
Slut Award was started. Congratulations are a member of Times Squares. Boch years she
j.n order for LEE CHANDLER, this year's
has escorted l,lickey Pearl in the Honky Tonk
recipient of che GSA for 1990!
Queen Contest. ]

The award r^ras actually scarted at the Peel Dear I.A.G.S.D.C Friends,
the Apple Convention, New York City, 1989.
It v/as well noted that PHILIP STOVER was Hello from Cincinnati ! Once again I have
missing from a lot of the square dance been with the best group of square dancers
activities in New York. He vras accepting this side of heaven. What a joy to be so
some native New Yorkers' hospitality away welcomed into your group. Opening night was
from the Convention site. Names started ever so special; one could feel the love and
flying at him either in jealousy or en\ry. see the happy faces of true joy. My thoughts
He became the topic o f many a conversation- were, if only every mother and father could
-even well afcer the apple had been peeled.
be w i t h y o u , they w o u l d be so p r o u d .
Hence, the Golden Slut Award was begun. It
n r u s t a l s o b e n o t e d t h a t E R N I E C A S T E L L Om a d e The world is missing one of God's greatest
a very close runner-up! gifts by refusing to accept aI1 people just
they way they are. So much time is spent on
During North Star Promenade's firsc night, trying to dig into the unknown to find new
L E E C H A N D L E Rw a s m i s s i n g . He turned u p two ways to hate instead of freely loving.
days laf,er with many a life-changing story
to share about the nen of V a n c o u v e r . "I'11 Back io basics--e'hat can I say anC rghere Co
never have sex again after last night wich I start? The N o r t h Star Promenade in the
Iwhatever their names were]," LEE exclaimed beautiful city o f V a ncouver was truly a
with a funny smirk on his face. It was soon fabulous e x p e r i e n c e . H a v i n g b e e n to Peel the
realized that he didn't finish the sentence, Apple last year, I was overjoyed to know how
which should have ended with "until the next many of you remembered me and gave me a hug
time . " to welcome me back. How blessed I am to hAve
a g a y son t h a t i s w illing to put up with
On the last day of the Convention, LEE was Mother.
awarded ( a m a z ingly, he was there) the first
official Golden Slut Award, a North Star To describe my feelings of being there is
coffee mug. It must a l s o b e n o t e d t h a r E RNIE impossible. The Honky Tonk Queen contest is
CASTELLO came i n lst R u n n e r - u p ! I t was a sheer delight. The banquet and meeting the
passed on by PHILIP to LEE, w h o w i l l p a s s it o f E n g l a n d - - fun, fun, fun! The Grand
Queen
on at Cast a Shadow in the Sun, M i a m i , I 9 9 L . March in your elegant costumes ending with
PHILIP thought of LEE ( f o r obvious reasons) the beautiful gay voices singing brought
and also since LEE was one of the biggest

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tears of joy and sorrow. The Fun Badge Tour [Ed. RON DOUCIASS is one of the five
was a very good time to rest the tootsies and founding members of Western Star and is
see the sights to remember where we have currently an Honorary Member by declaration
been--and to dance and show off your positive of the Board of Directors.]
side to the world at large ! How can we
refuse to allow one child to be free and
another striving for freedorn? Equality. We P E R S Q N A L I T YP R Q F I L E
must make it happen! i , l S D , S B O A R DO F D I R E C T O R S

I'm still on cloud nine and thank each and pATfi CAKES, San Francisco, CA
every one of you for the wonderful time I
shared w i t h y o u . U n til Miarni, keep on A nubile young dancer named ANNA
dancing. I love you just the eray you are. Got locked with Marie in the sauna.
- -Mama Pearl To escape, it is true
That she knew what to do;
But when queried, she said, "I don't wanna!"
GARAGE TO DEATH!
SALESED
A desperate dancer named BIL
Word is out. The garage sale on Jtne 16 and Cried out in a voice somewhat shrill,
17 brought in $970. Saturday alone saw sales "I played hooky from dancing,
of $700+, and scopping there would have been (too busy romancing!)
a record-breaking amount. The most common Now my knowledge of Mainstream is nil!"
rernark among the workers was, "What did we
sell to make all this money?" This could A Gay exhibitionist named FREEUAN
easily turn into a subsidiary business for Once fought with the cops like a demon.
WSD--gataEe sales barking. It must be confessed
He resisted arrest,
It's dangerous to try to mention people by And was carried off kickin' and screamin'.
name, but a few people spent numerous hours
or energy to make this a success: RON An intrepid dancer named GARY
D O U G f A , S Sf o r m a k i n g t h e f r o n t stoop of his Replied, when they called him a fairy,
home available and his friend DAVE for "You know perfectly well
-"++:-- uP
.w' r:L* h Ron's involvement, ANNA That I'11 never tell,
PuLLrrrS

DMIANI , BIL B I , A . D E ,S E D Z E I G L E R , E D D I E But the truth is - - I like my men hairy ! "

I I A I G H T - S M I T H , F R E E M A NS T A M P E R , J O H N C O N L E Y ,
KENT HANSEN, MARIE MOHR, MAX ROBB, PATTY There was an archangel named MAX
irtlITE, RONALD BOZEI"IEN, SCOTT CAREY, TIM Whose angel performance was lax.
M c K E N N A ,a n d T O D D T R Y O N . T h e r e i s n o r e c o r d When God said, "What's the matter?"
of all those who donated items, but here's a He excused it with patter,
big kisser-roo for you! Saying, "I suffer mysterious attacks. . ."

If there are individuals who have been An exuberant dancer named ROD.
inadvertently overlooked in your The others considered quite odd.
contributions, please let it be known, and Though he thought it a blunder,
you'11 certainly get your acknowledgment in They rent him asunder.
a later issue. He complained, "This is hard on the bod!"

Part of this money is being allocaced to the There once was a dancer named SCOTT
purchase of a transcribing machine so that lnrhose adrninistration was surely a bloc
transcribing tapes and records for On his reputation.
instructional purposes will be more (Though he was a sensation,
efficient. Additionally, keeping the He insisted, "I care not a jot!")
treasury healthy a11ows the Board of
Directors to keep members' fees as low as
possible while providing quality dances QUARTERLYSEI,ECTIONSIS YOUR
without the fear of quantity in attendance. PUBLICATION!
USE IT TO EXPRESSYOURVIEWS & TALENTS

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 T H EC I R C L EF O RS H A I R E Well, you are right. Until more research is
done in the field of square dance addiccion,
SHAIRE ALLOTE, Albuquerque, NM you are going to have to enjoy ic as much as
you can.
[reprlnt.ed fror !@Jlf&llggE, nevslett€r of The lltlde
Bmch, Albuquerque, NHI
Next time we'11 take a look at another
important issue in square dancing. We'11
As you recal1 in ny last htriting, the
talk about those grief issues related to
discussion focused on the signs of square
Iosing your partner in a singing cal1. Until
dancing addiction and some of the conmon
then, "Work, work, work, and don't forget the
symptoms of withdrawal. I promised to pass
turn through! "
through tips to you for recycling some old
habits.

Many square dancers have come to me and said,

FROM
O U RS I D EO F T H EM I K E
"Shaire! Where can we go? What can we do!"
begging, H E R B E G E N D E R ,A u r o r a , CO
On their knees; crying, crying,
pleading for help. I am here to telI you,
(rcprlnted from Guldel!re, VoI. XVIII Sprlng 1990, Nevsletter
recovery from square dance addition is no ior aembe=s, cab;c=!b:;s anC:ff!1lace crg,anlzatL=ns of
simple process. Cal le rlab )

In L965, on a cold February evening in Recently I had a call'from a dancer with a

problem: Some family members took square
Milwaukee, I,lisconsin, two men, Lyle and Ken,
and one vroman, Beth, met in Beth's living dance lessons in another state. The .caller
Their purpose? taught all or most of the Plus program but
room, small as it was. To
support each other in the effort to break little, if any, of the Basic and Mainstream
addition. They called programs. When the graduates went to dance
free from the
themselves Dancers United In expecting the fun promised them, they heard
"Square
Defecting" (SQUID). Word of mouth passed many calls they had not been taught. Of
the grapevine about SQUID and soon course they were confused and discouraged.
through
other addicts came forward. By the end of The phone call was to see if I was aware of
March of that same year, there \rere eight a video tape that could be purchased to hel-p
steady members and, on March 28, one more these dancers learn the calls of the Basic
gentleman, Will Beiler, came into the fold. and Mainstream programs.
He lras a caller. His story was quite
here, but he was This is an example of a caller who,
touching. Too long to tell
up to calling for twelve clubs per week. apparently, knew little about good teaching
practices and let his ego and desire to work
Each week!
at a "higher" level stand in the way of his
After telling his most painful and exposing responsibility to the class. It is a
there was not a dry eye in that situation that's much too common and
story,
crowded living room. Then, within the huddle contributes to the high dropout rates. My
of sobbing, recovering square dance aciciicts, reaction and comment to the dancer who phoned
was that this caller should be horse-whipped.
as if by magic, Will cried out, "CircIe
Ieft! ! !" That was the last meeting of SQUID,
Good teachers know that it is best to proceed
as it was known in March. 1965
from the simple to the complex, from the
name, but the meaning known to the unknown, and to use success and
They have kept their
is now known as SQUID enj oyment as a motivator for further
has changed. It
(Square Dancers Under the Influence of Iearning. I t i s c o m m o nk n o w l e d g e t h a t p e o p l e
prefer to do that which they do well. Nobody
Dancing). There are SQUID chapters in 39
and 4 countries. outside the United Iikes to look foolish or inept. If new
states
States today. There are over 10,000 members, dancers know the basics, can dance well, and
seven days per have fun, they stick around. If they are
dancing up to seven levels,
confused, unable to follow the calls, and
week.
unhappy, they look for another activity
without the stress and where they can enjoy
So, you may ask, "So, Shaire, Say, Sorry, but
themselves. An exarnination of different
that's not the answer I rvanted to hear!"

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areas around the country shows clearly that POLICY
those where new dancers are well-taught have
the lower dropout rates and stronger clubs. 1. Any square dancer who is or ever has
Areas with caLLer/xeachers like the o4e in been a dues-paying member of Western
this case have problems. This is fact, not Star Dancers may enroll in any Western
opinion. Star class for which they have had
prior instruction as an official
I hope I was able to help the dancer who student. "Dues-paying member,, are the
called to some extent, but isn't it a shame operative words. Having cornpleted a
that graduates of a square dance class, who WSD class but never becoming a Club
paid good money for proper instruction, are member is not applicable.
seeking a video tape to learn the Basic and
Mainstream calls? 2. The class fee to any student enrolling
under the provisions of this policy is
(contributed by ANNA DAIIANI) one-half the advertised fee for that
class. Members who may have taken a
'class
but now wish to learn the
POLICYSTATEI'IENT
NO. 15 following program, will be expected to
pay the full class fee. For example, a
CI^A,SSFEES FOR CURRENT& PRIOR CLUB MEMBERS dancer who became a member after the
Mainstream class but now wishes to
GENERAL learn the Plus program would pay the
full class fee for Plus.
WSD uses angels to complete squares in its
classes. Many of the Club members like to 3. Students under this policy will be
angel to learn the other role or to reinforce given an identifying marker for their
prior instruction. However, the Club is regular Club badge and wilI receive the
committed to having the beginning students same privileges and instructional
dance at all times, and it is frequently attention as regular students. They
necessary for angels to be asked to step out will not be considered angels and be
of a square to be replaced with a beginning subject to removal from a square in
student in the program being taught. favor of newer dancers.

Additionally, the CIub usually has current 4. Students under this policy wilI be
members who for various reasons have periods expected to adhere to the expectations
of inactivity and wish to attend class to of regular students, especially as
regain lost proficiency. Also, from time to concerns regular attendance,
time, former CIub members wish to rejoin the punctuality, and attentiveness to the
Club but feel they need to go through class instructor. These students are not to
again because of the amount of time lapsed consider themselves angels and should
since their last regular dancing. assist in correcting problems in their
square only if they are certain their
assistance is accurate and can be done
PURPOSE unobtrus ivelv .

The purpose of this policy statement is to A P P R O V E D :B O A R DO F D I R E C T O R S ,A p r i l 29, 1990

establish the criteria, fee structure, and
responsibilities of current and prior Club
members who wish to be considered students
in current classes. Through this policy, the CONTRIBUTING TO
Club believes it will encourage its members
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to stay with square dancing for longer IS PUBLICITY FOR YOURSELF!
periods of Eime and, at the same time,
maintain a higher proficiency in its regular ZSA. ZSA SAYS, "THE ONLY BAD PUBLICITY
dance programs. IS NO PUBLICITY. "

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 DANNY
DEE and red faced, into the other,s arms.
COIJNTRY-WESTERNADVICE COLUMN
FOR GAY URBAN COWBOYSLIKE MYSELF Hold your head high! And remernber--you have
EVERY LETTER a n€rme, Anonlmous! ACT like you,re still
GUARANTEEDGENUINEI Prom Queen! We'11 two-step together, sadly
and beautifully. And when people ask, "Who
Dear Danny Dee, are they?" I'1I get this look on my face--
like Julie Andrews doing ,'Climb Every
I need your help. At our graduation Mountain." And you can do Shirley Maclaine
ceremonies from Mainstream classes last year, crinkly- snile - through- tears .
I became a Prom Queen in the Gay & Lesbian
square dance world. However, I recently lost And years from now, when one more star-eyed
my crown to a new Prom Queen. young thing finds herself di,zzy wirh rhe
excitement of being crowned the new prom
I need to know what to do now that I,m not Queen, and the press finds you alone in a
opening square dance shops, rnalls for mercifully darkened corner, and they ask you
children, and being regal at all times. How in a hushed whisper , ,'What was it like? "
can I hold my head up at affairs when I have Talk to them like Gloria Swanson in ,,Sunset
no crowrr to wear? I read your advice column Bouievarci"! "Pork off, news hound! I'm
and know you have all the answers. Please STILL a big star! The dresses got smaller!,,
help !
I love you, Anon.
Love & Kisses
Anonymous Fondest joy,
D.D.
Dear Anonlamous,
IEd. This is an ernergency. Write Danny Dee!
Sweetheart, this letter of yours has warmed Pick up a pencil at the next dance and jot
the cockles. ft's a plea to a fellow something, AIryTHING down on the back of a
compadre who has also fallen from flyer and send ic to him. The man is a mess.
grace. That's right. Hold my hand, honey. His address is: Danny Dee, 484 W 43d St
Our problems are parallel. #29G, New York, NY 10036. l

I'll explain.
Y O UT O OC A NB E A S T A R !
"Danny Dee, why hasn't your column appeared
in the last two issues of Times Squared?,, The next issue of QuarterTy SeTections should
many people have asked me. Actually, two be out around the first of September. Any
peopJ.e have asked me. My editor. And the literary and artistic offerings will gladly
sanitary engineer who found me in the men's be considered for publication. About the
room at Grand Central crying, "I AM NOT AN only thing one could offer for publication
A N I M A L ! I ' } , 1 A C O L U M N I S T! " that would be questioned would be something
deemed distasteful by the membership of WSD.
I'11 be terse, Anonymous. Nobody writes
Ietters to Danny Dee any more. That,s right. Just give your typed or handwritten material
Now I'm not wallowin' in self-pity. Am I to the editor or send it .to the Club,s
wallowin'? No. But I made a splash once, address to the attention of the editor. If
and now fickle public Well, you yourre a computer nerd, you can send your
and I have joined the ranks of Gale Storm and rnaterial in WordPerfecr 5.0 on 360K S-L/4
Kate Smith. I^le're yesterday' s gardenias . disk or 720K or I.44 3-I/2 disk.

Let's you and I get together sometime. I,1I

haul- out the o1' letters; you haul out the C L O S EE N C O U N T E R S
old prom dress. And we'11 show each other,
O F A N E L E C T R O NK
I CI N D
and do "Remember when ." and drink and
laugh raucously- -until finally one of us We're trying really hard to simplify life in
loses it completely and eollapses, sobbing the administration of Western Star- -

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especially in these publications. For
instance, the masthead of this edition of
QuarterTy SeTections is e n t i r e l y e l e c t r o n i c .
IREEI'IAN STAI,IPERhad the QS logo scanned into
a graphics file compatible with WordPerfect,
and JOHN CONLEY created the WSD logo in PC
Paintbrush+ and "grabbed" it into a
WordPerfeet graphics format.

I'm so-o-o-o excited! I know, I know, I

know, I like it! --Editor

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 T o : A 1 1 N o r t h s t a r P r o m e n a d eP a r t i c i p a n t s a n d m e m b e rc l u b s o f t h e I . A . G . S . D . c .

From: Luis Torres

Chesapeake Sguares, Baltimore

Shortly after PeeL the Apple, our nationaL convention in New York last
JuIy 1988, I presented to the IAGSDC board a proposal for an ORAL IIISTORY OF
C'AYSOUAREDAI|CING(preliminary working title) to be released in celebration
of the 10th AnniveraarA, conventlon ln Seattle ln 1994. The board welcomed the
proposal and has authorized me to proceed with some initial work on the
project.

BACKGROUITD

During the convention in New York, i in'"erviewed severai people for an

article on the convention and on gay sguare dancing in general that I planned
to submit to The Advocate. I also had a Iengthy interview with Mike de Sisto
and John Preston (later on also with Dayle Hodge) in order to get some insight
into their views and their experiences in working with Gay square dancers.

Although the Advocate article didnrt materialize, the material that came
out of these interviews turned out to be so interesting that I started
searching around for a way to preserve it, to find and collect additional
related material, and, finally, to devise a way to make it availabl,: to those
who are interested in Gay sguare dancing and would Iike to find out more about
i+

Drawing on my experience as a trained historian and as someone who has

pursued oral history (the preservation of peoplers e><periences through
interviews) in various forms over the years, I suggested to the board putting
together a volume that would cover various aspects of the history of gay
sguare danci.ng, with release or publication timed to coincj.de with the 10th
anniversary convention in Seattle.

Listed here are some of the kinds of material that could be included in
such a volume:

EDITED TRN{SCRIPTIONS OF INIERVfEHSj

I think that as many as possible of the people who have played key roles
in establishing square dancing within the Gay cornrnunity should be interviewed.
This would include the people who organized the first clubs, the Gay people
who surfaced early on as callers in our conununity, the straight callers who
eventually became involved, and the people who have been instrumental in
keeping sguare dancing going in the corununity and in helping to spread its
popularity. At this point in the development of the project, I would be hard
put to give any sort of exhaustive list of the people who should be included
in any of these groups. I expect that as the project develops, the names wiII
become evident.

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 PRESS COVERAGEOF GAY SOUAREDANCING

With the help of the individual clubs, I would like to collect copies of
articles from local gay or straight newspapers and magazines that have dealt
with sguare dancing. Although certainly not aII of these wiII be worth
including in their entirety, I think that it would be interesting to at Ieast
have selections included.

IOCAL HISTORTES

This section would include short histories of all the gay sguare dance
clubs active up to the closing press time of the book, as weII as historical
vignettes of clubs that were organized, developed, and, for one reason or
another, langruished or disappeared. I would Iike to include in this
historicai overview of the clubs as accuratb as possible an estimate of the
local strength of each club. I think it should be possible to collect and
include information on such things as:
- total membership
- participation by women, ethnic minorities and/or other special
minority groups (for example, the deaf)
- Ievels of dancing
- recurring special activitj-es or events, etc.
This would also gi.ve us an overview of the strength of sguare dancing as an
activity in the conrnunity.

TIIE HII.fAlt AIIGLE

Nothing makes gay sguare dancing as attractive as the people one meets
through it. I am sure there are a hundred funny, illuminating, sentimental,
outrageous, or touching storj.es out there arnong our dancers, and I would Iike
to col-Lect and preserve them throuqh this vol-ume.

I think this could be done at two level-s. At the first level, I would
Iike to ask people to sit down and write down their favorite sguare dancing
experiences or storj.es, which would then be edited for publication. There are
always people who are not comfortable putting their thoughts on paper, and for
those, I would llke to offer the oppcrtunity to caII me or sit down with me to
telL me their story orally. I would then transcribe their stories for
inclusion in the publication-

At the second level, I woLld Iike to offer people the opportunity to

provi.de us with short items, perhaps one to three lines in length. These
could be included under a heading such as "Short Takes," and could include a
wide variety of items: ttItII never forget...,ttrta Gay sguare dancer should
never be without..., " etc. We could open this section to the proven
inventiveness and humor of our dancers.

PHOTO AI,BI]I'I

This would seem a natural category to include, but it j.s the one that is
Ii-kely to be the most problematical. It should be possible to coLlect
photographs that illustrate the development of sguare dancing in the

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 10th Anniversary History Project
Memo *2

May L, 1990.

To: IAGSDC Members

From: Luis Torres

I hope that by now all the members of our IAGSDC individual

clubs have been made aware that the board and the general
membership meeting at the "Northstar Promenade" convention in
Vancouver adopted the prcposal for a history of square dancing in
ttre qav conu',runitv to be piepared fo
the 1993 convention, the 10th anniversary convention of the
T Lr:qnr-

Each reqistered participant at Vancouver received the merno

(for purposes of the project, w e ' 1 1 c a l l t h a t o n e I ' M e m o# 1 ) i n
which f described the origin of the project and the contents
envisioned for that publication.

I hope that we will not be lulled bv that far-awav soundinq

date--1993--into thinkinq that we have all the time in the world

ed.itinq
text, lavout, reproduction, and, finallv. bindi-nq, wiII all take
time, and we need to start working on this riqht awav.

Here are some thinqs that need doinq now:

1. T{HO ARE THE K.gY PEOPLE !{HO SHOIILD BE IMIERVIEI{ED FOR ITIIS
PIIBL
aanEma, so I need the input of those of you who have been around
from the beginning, or at least for several years. At the
moment, I would like to create a directory of these key
inCividual-s. The directory would include the following:
- F"ULL NAIITEOF TIIE INDIVIDUAL
- Address, zi-p, phone ntrmber. If not available, is there
anyone else who might know?
- If the person has passed away, please indicate when, and,
if you can, names of those closest to him/her, who may provide
insight into the personr6 involvement in square dancing.
- A SHORT PARAGRAPH OR OITILTNE DESCRIBTNG WITY THE TNDIVTDUAI.
SHOIILD BE TMIERVTEWED OR C'THERWISE TNCLIJDED IN TI{E PTIBLTCATION.

2. It will be impossible for me to talk individually to al-l the

persons I hope this directory will ultimately i-nc1ude. WE NEED
VOLU}TTEERSWHO CA}I TAKE ON TIIE TN:rERVTSWING A}TD TRANSCRTBING.
e
aware of some techniques for conducting the interview.

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 Transcribing is a bit more difficult and time-consuming, but is
also not an impossible task.

A SHORT TTUE, I HOPE TO HAVE fidO SEPARATE MET{OS

T{Ifi{IN , ONE
ON IMTERVIET{ING A}ID THE OTHER ON TRANSCRIBTNG WHTCH SHOTJI,DMAKE
THE JOB A LOT ER AITD ![UCH MORE EFFECTIVE FOR OT'R PURPOSES.
Ln anv case, I am alwavs willinq to answer anv specific questions
iou mav have about the iob. Just qive me a caII or drop a line.

3. FROttl fHE LAWYERSO(JI[ THERE: We need some help in f ormulating

a re viewees to sign, so that the
editor, the interviewer, and IAGSDCcan be protected from
unforeseen lega1 liabilities. I would like to hear from you also
about any ramifications from the project you may see.

4. A}IYONE OIJITTHBRE INVOTVED TN PRTNTTNG OR PTJBLTSHING? Before

we g t what
the publishing costs are tikely to be, what options are available
for format, etc. IF YOU HAVE EKPERIENCE IN THAT AREA, PLEASE
CONTACT ME AS SMW .

5. A}IYONE OIIT THERE WITTI EKPERTE}ICE IN EDITTNG? TN LAYOUT? TN

DESIGN? We certainfv c o u l - d u s e r r o u! Let me know who vou are.

6. FROM SQUARE DANCERS AT LARGE:

- fs there anythinq else y
a pub
for the material f proposed in the Vancouver memo?

For ex Would there be interest in a section on

callers w ve been ved in our conventions a o and
bio of each? Should there be a sr,ec a1 section ntroducin ouI
qav callers _in each_ ocal cIuD. even thev have not on a
convention's callinq staff?

7. ARE THERE ANY CARTOONISTS OT'II THERE? GET Ot':T YOUR PEI{ AI{D
PAP

DONELAN? COT'LD WE GET HITIT TO CONTRIBI.ITE A CARTOON?

As you can see, there is a lot we could and should be doing.

Let me hear from you. Do it NOW;don't leave it for later...AND
THATIS AN ORDERI

Luis Torres
9757 Early Spring Way
Columbia, MD 2L046
H.3OL/498-1189 wk.202/B2B-5484

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 comrnunity. These could be included in the volume either all in one place, or
a few pages at a time as a break between one section and another.

The problems f foresee begin with the cost of photo reproduction and end
with the variety of photo material that is likely to be available (prints from
film of varying sizes and t1pes, slides, etc.). In between there is the
guestion of the photographic guality of individual items. Still, I think that
this could add a great deal to the volume and make it more attractive.

HOII CA}I YOU IIELP?

1- Get in touch with me and let me know the names. addresses, phones, of
people you think should be interviewed for this project. TeIl me briefly what
you know about them and why you thlnk they _should be included. Ii possible,
give their address and phone number.

2.Suggest ways in which you think you could help with this project.
G8T IMIOLVEDI For example, offer to interview any individuals in your home
club who seem likely subjects, to transcri-be the interrrier, and to submit it
for consideration. ff you cannot do this yourself, coordinate l-ocal efforts
to get 1t done.

f,OTE: Before vou undertal<q such a pl.oiect, qet ln totrch with rc so that
we can talk about guidelinee for protectinq privacv, qettlnq releases for the
materi.al trou collect, etc.

3. Try to verify the existence locally of material related to your club,

to fly-ins, or to national gatherings that could be included in the volume.
and let nre know about it.

4. ARE YOU EIPERIENCED IN I,AYOUT, EDITING. ITORD PROCESSING, OR PRINTING?

COT'I.D EI' CONTRIBUTE ARTNORK? CA}t YOU HEI,P fiITH PHCITO REPRODUCTION? I{AKC
yourseJ-f known, and let us know how you can help- This wiII be a big project,
and no one individual can carry it out.

Above aII, we need the help of people who can look into or offer
alternatives for reproducinq, bindinq, and distributing t h e w o r k , A N D _NEO EAN
GfVE US SO!{E IDEA OF ilItAT THE FII{AL COST HOULD BE. After ail, we have to be
realistic.

I will be at Northstar pr'ornenade. If the project sounds rnteresting to

you, let the board know and let me know.

r+ After the convention, you can reach me at the

address .l-risted below.

Luis Torres
Address: 9757 Early Spring Way
Colurnbia, W 21046

H: 301/498-1189
wk: 202/828-5484

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publication of Western Star Dancers,
RUSS KING Inc., a modern western square dance
club serving primarily the
On Saturday, August 18, it was time to "Square San Francisco B^y Area gay and
Up and Fight A. 1 . D. S . " as the Northern lesbian community. The purpose of
California Callers Association sponsored a this publication is to provide
benefit dance ac St. Paulus Lutheran Church. thought-provoking articles of an
A total of $1,312 was raised, to be shared by editorial nature and other material
the AIDS Food Bank and che ATDS Ernergency Fund. of general interest or entertainment
Dancers from all over the Bay Area had a unique v a l u e f o r W S Dm e m b e r s . T h e e m p h a s i s
opportunity to see old friends and share of Quarterly Seleccions is on
memories of the friends we've 1ost. relevance to square dance issues,
philosophical substance, and
A few days earlier, I talked wit-h one of the I iterary qual ity .
prime movers of the event, BILL HANZEL. Bill
\ras Western Star Dancers' primary caller ^v t - : r S -l l :r a- t^ ' r
in ^ " *Li- c l e s
this
/ at

instructor from 1983 to I98l:. his wife JANICE publication are copyrighted but may
is the teacher and artistic director for be reprinced with appropriate credit
Barbary Coast Cloggers. Bill is also a past to the author and citation of
presicienc of the Northern California Callers Ouarterlv Selections.
Association. It was Bill who helped guide BOB
BELLVILLE through the process of joining the Editor: Freeman Stamper
Callers Association and, in che process, (41s) 43L-62t2
becoming their first rnember from a gay club.
O P I N I O N S E X P R E S S E DA R E T H O S E O F T H E A U T H O R S A N D D O
NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE OPINIONS AND POLICIES
RK: BiIl, I believe you were the first openly O F W E S T E R NS T A R D A N C E R S , I N C . , N O R I T S M E M B E R S .
straight caller to call for a gay club.
MENTIONOF A PERSON'S NAME IN THIS PUBLICATION IN
NO WAY INDICATES HIS/HER SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
BH: As far as I know. veah.

RK: Lrhen did the idea for the dance first come
around?

BH: WeIl, to tel1

you the truth, at Bob's funeral. It had been something I'd been
!L Ll l I:r-l Nr -t r"1-6^ ^Lrut;
and, at the mortuary, BEN GOLDBERG
duL and I actually started talking
about it. Bob was a memberof our Callers Association, and we felt that, as a fellow
ca11er and as a member of Western Star Dancers. a club for whom we callers have
 called, we could put together some -^-.^+ r^i*-
LrrrrrS
>vlltE . This is it. I don't
kind of event where l,re could rai-se \dant to call a lot; I' 11 M.C. and
some money anddonate it to an AIDS call for the beginners; but the other
organization that the group decided callers will get up there and do
on. 'LLl t ^E r: t- 'LLr r;r -r r-S a n d l e t t h e d a n c e r s h a v e
a good time. I want to see it, and
The callers that are going into this I think it's going to be a fun dance.
know it's a charitable dance, know
what the charities are for, and RK: 8i11, do you think there's anything
they're more than willing to donate that you and the straight calling
their time. And I think it's greac community may have learned from Bob?
that the church has donated the space I know you taught him a great deal-
to us. so we can turn over -you were his first teacher, and you
everything, basically, to the helped him through the process of
charities. I think it's just a Lu g^L^U ^i l -r r:r-1 -6 ^ mernber of the Northern
d

little something we could do for Bob California Callers Association.

and for all the persons with AIDS in
Bob's name. BH: He joined. I think he became a
sponge. He soaked up as rnuch
The other thing that drove me to do information as he could. and
something was I hear names of I'11 always remember Bob for "Rock
people that I have taught, and I try the Boat." For a caller that hadn't
to put a face on that name. I pulled been around but a couple of months,
out the graduation picture of a class and he comes up with a call that is
f rorn I'm not even sure what: a #1 experimental for I don't
year. IIt was July, 1984. RK] Bob rernember how many months, and was a
was an angel in that class, and he Plus Quarterly for a full year
was up on stage at the mike, and That' s an accompl ishment .
everybody else was on stage getting He talked to many callers at
their picture taken--we had to do it Callerlab in Reno the first year he
in two shots because the group was so went up there, and they were
big- -and I was looking ax that complimentary--I mean, it's a smooth-
rr^..:-- ^^11 T rL:--I. iF a
picture, and I recognized some faces tIUWtrt6 Ldrr. I LtlrltN tl drrJ ur the

that aren't with us today And callers learned anything from Bob,
that was another reason to \rant to they learned that "Hey, he can do it,
put on this dance. So, I asked ANNA why can't Vg?"
to do something about having a
collage or montage-type thing there But helping Bob get his white
with the pictures of the people that badge was something else. At the
we knew, and their names. Callers Association. we have t\do
callers badges. The black badge is
P.K: TIRP.Y |RDSLEY is cooi:dirratins the for the subscriber or associate
photo exhibition. member, which is what Bob was when he
first joined; after doing a year of
P,ll: One thing I feel bad about I calling for a group, and a few other
knew a lot of names, and I knew a lot requirements- -calIing before the
of faces, but I couldn't always put Association and getting approved by
them together, so many many people the Association Board- -Bob was voted
carne through the classes in the five in as a full- caller member.
or six years that f was down here
teaching. When I hear, "Oh, by the Unfortunately, the Board kind of
way, did you know . ?," I'm dragged its feet and didn't get his
trying to put two and two together. badge made, and the San Francisco
Convention was coming around I in
The big kicker was seeing the Quilt August, 1986--RKl, so I took it upon
and recognizing some of the names on myself to get the badge made. With
the Quilt from l^lestern Star. That the cooperacion of BERT SWERER, r.re
gets to you, and I had to do got it together and presented bob his

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 badge at the dinner that night. put together a moving tribute with the
There w e r e n ' t a w h o l e l o t o f d r y eyes narnes and photographs of the many friends
in t h e r o o m , a n d C H R I S [ A N D E R S O Nw h o we've lost.
was present at this interview--Ed.]
can attest to that. FRED McENROEand other members of Foggy
City Dancers coordinated beverages for the
RK: When Bob was going through the e v e n i n g ; E L L I O T S C H N E C K( m u n c h i e s ) , PATTY
Callers Association, how much support htlITE (decorations), G O R D E ND R E Y E R , D O N
did he initially get? GRECO, FREEMAN STAMPER, and ANNA DMIANI
were among the many other dancers also
BH: We1l, Bob was like any other new helping out. In addition to the
ca1ler in the Association, shy and San Francisco cl.rbs, the Capital City
retiring, but he wanted to get Squares and the El Camino Reelers helped
involved, so he found out what the make the event a success through the
requirements \rere. He got up and he willingness of large numbers of their
did his tip--he was well received, he members to travel quite a distance to
:r
had some figures ouc there that the >UPPU! L r u.

group found interesting. Bob wasn't

a good singing-call ca1ler, but then One dancer who was noc able to attend was
not evervbodv is. He could put ANDYSHORE. During the final break of the
together some good patterns, some evening, BiIt read Andy's letter of
interesting patter, and he had no regret:
problems that d"y going through his
audition. "Dear Bill:

He volunteered co help in little "Thanks very much for your invitation to

different ways, and he was accepted, call at the Memorial Dance on August 18.
just like any other caller. At Reno Unfortunately, I will be out of town
he got involved in as many clinics as attending 'Superschool' Caller College in
he could. He talked with a 1ot of Pennsylvania. How ironic that my own
travelling callers up there, the guys interest in calling prevents me from
that have got the big names, you taking part in this important occasion.
know, the ones that get paid beaucoup
bucks; I think he sucked up a lot of "Bob Bellville was an inspiration to a
information from them, and he was whole collection of new gay and lesbian
learning. It takes a long time to callers, myself included. I know that Bob
become a caller; it takes even longer would be pleased to learn that I am
to become a good caller, and Bob was pursuing calling in this manner. My
working on being a good caller. He warmest regards to you and everyone at the
was learning. Unfortunately, he menorial hoe-down.
didn't have a whole 1ot of tirne to
1earn. "Very truiy yours, Andy shore."

RK: Witl the callers that are calling A D D E N D U M :L I S T O F R A F F L E P R I Z E S ( c o m p i l e d

Saturday be people that Bob knew by Steffany Stamper)
through the Callers Association?
The generosity of the raffle prize
BH: Wel1, I don't know that he knew them contribut or s/ arr angers added s igni f ic an t ly
through the Association, but I know to reach the total contribution of $1,312.
Bob knew them to dance to. I know
he's danced with Eric and Vanya. Two 2-hour blocks of time of Computer
Software and/or Hardware Training
**** contributed by KEITH BTSHOP
PODESTA BALDOCCHI GifI Certificate
I think t h e d a n c e w e n t ^PrL^ Yf L L j t s r r -l l, r' -u lL- r r <15 a r r a n g e d b y l " ' l A XR O B B
Bill hoped. B i 1 1 , E R I C HENERI/,U, VANYA COWBOY COUNTRY Gift Certificate
LEIGHTON, and JILL MARCI put the dancers contributed by the owners: Don,
through some lively paces Terry Presley Terry, Chris, and Lee

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CHINA COURT dinner for 2 arranged by the nearly demolished hospital and several
GORDENDREYER other buildings in the vicinity.
1a MEDITERRANEE lunch for 2 arranged by
FRED McENROE Finally, we got to what was to be our
Gift Certificate to Nordstrom contributed picnic area, whereupon several of us
by ANNA DA}{IANI picnickers changed into shorts- -including
Dance Passes to I,ISD October 12 and 13 M A XR O B B ' s g o o d - l o o k i n g f r i e n d ( w h o , a l a s ,
dances contributed by FREEI'IANSTAMPER was with his wife). Then it \^ras lunch
3 separate Collections of Videos tirne. ROD MORRELLgot out his imported
contributed bv J I M S N E E D a n d DAVID French table cloth, and the rest of us got
EVANS out our great spreads of food and placed
A11 4 Episodes of "Crossfire" contributed them on less-grand table linens.
by C&C STUDIOS, SCOTT CAREY & JOHN
CONLEY After lunch, it was time to dance, so ANNA
Bradley Bell 1990 Subscription contributed DAI'IIANI got out some tapes. We started on
by THE BMDLEY FA.T{ILY (MAMA JO, SUZIE the blacktop and taught some of the new
J O , J A N I E J O , I ^ M { O N N AJ O , I N A J O , a n d class members how to swing so that we
BLANCHIE JO) could do more than the ever-dreaded
2 separate Certificates for Haircut and "Barnacle Bill. " On we went to the beach
Beard Trirrr conCributed by PHILIP for a performance co an audience of both
STOVER sun bathers and sailboats. After dancing
2 sets of 2 Boarding Passes aboard in the sand, we tipped in the water where
Hornblower Dining Yachts contributed TIM McKENNA, TODD TRYON, TOM SHAW, GORDEN
by JAMES FOWLE DREYER (with his friend DON from
Vancouver), [Ed. Don is now an Honorary
members of WSD through our Sister City
Be your own PR agent. Club Poli"y.l S A - 1K
. {O H L E R , a n d E D Z E I G L E R
earned our dolphin fun badges. We were
Volunteer a contribution joined by several Basics class members:
to S T U A R TC O H E N , K E N E V E R E T T , F E L I X F O R N I N O ,
QUARTERLY SELECTIONS BOB LESLIE, DAVID ELKINS, RON JABLONSKI,
and ALMA PRINS and her lover who's not a
member of the class.

Returning to the picnic area, we said some

farewells t o G R E T C H E NM E S S E L T w h o w a s
A N G E LI S L A N DP I C N I C moving to Seattle the very next day. To
rr< dn] nh i nc' s- " ur ^ lr iP I I S- ^e , rL] .n
' oe r e were
ED ZEIGLER interlopers at the tables in the form of
late-comers who rnissed the first ferry--
It was looking to be a beautiful day, and n a m e l y , G A R YG R A Ya n d h i s l o v e r J E S S I E a n d
it did turn out to be so. It was the 4th RAY POULIN, another Basics class member.
of July, and members of Western Star were The remainder of the afternoon was
l o o k i n g f o r G R E G O S M O N ,o u r t o u r g u i d e , dedicated to sitting, sunning, and tossing
and the Club flag being carried by SCOTT a frisbee--all the things necessary for
C A R E Ya s w e w e r e g e t t i n g ready to board mighty athletic training.
the ferry to take us to Angel Island.
It was time to start the seemingly much
After we arrived on the Island. we made shorter journey back to the docks. On the
sure we had everyone together and started w a y , M N D Y S C H O E S L E Rt o o k B a s i c s R A Y i n
off on our long hike up what seemed to be hand to make sure he didn't miss anything
at least 400 steps! The last eouple of else- -most particularly the ferry home.
steps r,rere murder; PATTY WHITE had to h n r r e ,w, ^ ai +r, 'L' . r- r r g IF o^ - r |L1 n
LTl^il^ -^
e lo- ^o^ tas E , +c1n- ,e r e w a s a
crawl up the final ones. After the steps, wee more dancing, and FREEMAN did an
we had a much easier walk down a road outstanding j ob directing traffic. He
v;hich took us to one of Angel Island's own instructed people to, "Move GAY-Iy forward
tour guides who regaled us with history of to the Tiberon boat." In the hustle and
hassle to boar:d, we noticed a few people

Q U A R T E R L YS E L E C T I O N S FA],L 1990
too far back in the crowd to make the first straight caller to be seen in drag
first boat. Left waiting was our ever- in a Honky Tonk Queen Contest--but MIKE
so-faithful cameraman JOHN CONLEY, who B E S S I E M A E M U C H OD e S I S T O b e a t h i m l h a s
taped us leaving hirn behind. Once on the been advised that a large contingency of
ferry and headed to Oz, we squeezed in a gay dancers is going to be encouraged.
square or two. He's excited, of course. TED OAKES, from
Desert Valley Squares and formerly of
I know I don't speak for myself only in San Francisco, has volunteered to arrange
this matter, but I wish I could find every to have the IAGSDC banner hung in the
copy of "Barnacle Bill" and destroy them convention hal1 in Las Vegas.
d I I .

If youtve got a few extra pennies in your

pocket and a fer^/ extra vacation or sick
If you v/ant to reach the highest days [Ed. See Sceffany for makeup hints
star, begin at the lowest" to create the illusion of illness. L
consider this Las Vegas extravaganza.
- -Quote of the Week
Burger King, Sacramento, CA
He took a mernory ccurse and
memorized one hundred phone
numbers. Now he can't remember
the names that p,o with them.
D A N C I N&
' CHANCIN'
1n
LAS VEGAS
S K IP - A - L U N C H
Well, it's arrived. A no-host fIy-in. FOR
Attached to this edition of Quarterlv P R O J E CO TP E NH A N D
Selections is a copy of the flyer for the
first Sands International Square Dance At the August 28 meeting of the Board of
Festival to be held in Las Vegas Directors, MAX ROBB suggested that WSD
December 3, 4 & 5. It's extremely cheap, participate in this projecE. It \^ras
but with some fabulous callers. How does unanimously agreed, and the Board's
Paul l"larcurn, Elmer Shef f ield, and Vern secretary, KENT HANSEN, volunteered to
Weese gxab ya? coordinate the project for the Club. It
is the editor's understanding that the SF
You'11 note that singles are welcome. AIDS Foundation Food Bank is to be merged
It's being co-sponsored by an independent with Proj ect Open Hand the first of
convention planning group called The September.
Interface Group and the National Sgrrare
Dance Directory. For those of you who do Ireprinted from MEAL TIMES, the quarterly newsletter of
P:.ji:i Cper. Iland, Nc. tr Swner 199C1
not know, the NationaL Square Dance
Directory is published by Gordon Coss out
FIRST ANNUAL FUNDMISER
of Mississippi. Western Star was the
€i -^+ ^t KICKS OFF IN SEPTEMBER
raL>L 64J Lr ub to list in the
international directory, and Gordon Goss
l^rho'sthat high- stepping waitress with the
said, "What the heck," and took che risk
airborne lunch box? t Ed. There' s a
to annotate our entry as " gay." WeLl, he
graphic in the article. ] l"thy, it's Sally
got a lot of flak, but he and his - symbol of
Skip-A-Lunch Project Open
publication are still alive and strong.
Hand's upcoming citywide fundraiser.
You'11 see her popping up al} over town
There are several WSD members who are
from now until the end of Septernber.
already registered, and Desert Va11ey
Squares in Phoenix reports that there will
Sally lsants your lunch money. That is,
be ten or nore of their members attending.
she wants you and a1I your friends to
VERN WEESE. who was a featured caller in
Skip-A-Lunch--or several lunches--once a
Phoenix [Ed. who we expected to be the
week--or more than once--during September

QUARTERLY SELECTIONS FALL 1990

and send the money to Open Hand. $10
would feed one of Open Hand's clients for He bought his wife some fine
two days; $35 w o u l d f e e d o n e f o r a w h ole china so she wouldn't trust him
week. to wash the dishes.

"It's the best lunch you never ate," says

founder RUTH BRINKER. "The campaign will A G .L . O .E .I N G E X P E R I E N C E
help us keep turning out 2000 meals a day
for people whose lives depend on not ANNA DAI,TIANI
skipping g4y meals. "
Last spring WSD sent out a mailing to
To be launched on September 10 with a gala several hundred non-profit organizations
noontime show which ACT's KEN SONKiN is advising them that the Club would be
producing in Justin Herman Plaza, Skip- willing to assist them by means of a
A-Lunch is che firsc public campaign that learn-to-square-dance event for their
Open Hand has ever mounted. It invites groups. One response requesting a strong
the whole San Francisco community to join woman's presence provided me with an
in, while particularly targeting employees opportunity to call for the women of GLOE
of corporations and businesses. (Gay/Lesbian Outreach to Elders). In the
past, I had attended and assisted with
Corporate sponsorship is being sought to many such events, but this was my first
help underwrite it, and "Top Bananas" are time calling/teaching solo. Needless to
being recruited to serve as leaders within say I was nervous as I kept forgetting to
companies. "Top Bananas" IEd. That's breathe. [Ed. WSD has provided Sunday
you, Kent. ] distribute donation envelopes recreation for the larger GLOE group
and posters, or ganize in -hous e before also. ]
competitions and provide information.
l^hen I arrived at the hall a half hour
Look for "Just Say No To Lunch" in ads and early and no one else was there, I was
on billboards; "We Don't Know You But We certain no one would show up. But, it
Want Your Lunch Money" on bus shelters; wASn't lons. before some of the women
"Lunch, Smunch" on the sides of buses. started showing up. They v/ere very
fr i endly and exc i ted about learning to
Bay area radio and TV shows, ma1azines and square dance; many recounted memories of
newspapers are working with Skip-A-Lunch square dancing in school and couldn'f wait
to spread the word. Supermarkets, retail to try again. I soon began to relax and
stores and theaters are distributing breathe normally.
envelopes and displaying posters.
Lrleen the time came, everyone in the room
Joining in is real simple. Skip-A-Lunch. was instructed to grab a partner and form
Convince a friend. Grab an envelope. a big circle. They didn't know it, but I
Wri te a check. Or call I the WSI) rw ,u^J ,r l. F ' L
^.._-,
LullLLrrrgu
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dL
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LIIIJ
-^int
Pv
with
coordinator Kent at 863-2383.]. whether or not there !/ere enough dancers
for an even number of squares. They were
IEd. It seems to me that ic would be taught several calls such as honors, do-
quite easy for each of us to send money. si-do, and circles. After a call was
But- -equally important is the act of F ^"-L+
Ldu6rlL,
^ rt a; L+u +
d rE
r: bit of hash was done to
skipping 1unch. Y o u r f o o d d e p r i v a t i o n reinforce the l-earning of that caI1.
(doesn't that sound Catholic lent) will After the reinforcement hash, a longer bic
enhance the importance of our individual of hash was given which included all the
sacrifices of such a small amount of previous ca11s.
noney--there are friends and fe11ow square
dancers who would have sustained periods Breakl But a short one. We reformed the
of food deprivation were it not for the big circle to incorporate some latecomers.
caring hands of Project Open Hand. ] Everything was reviewed, and a few calls
were added. From here, smal1 circles were
formed and all the material presented thus

QUARTERLY SELECTIONS FALL 1990

far was reviewed--adding, of course, just no reservaElons.
a little more. The transition from the
big circle to the smaller ones meant that I have, in the process, learned how to
some of the women would become spectators love myself. I am no longer a know-
for awhile. I assured them that everyone nothing little old lady. I am a
would have an equal chance to dance, and worthwhile person. I am important and
several willingly volunteered to sit out loved and whole. ldhat I say and do is
as we had been working really hard. meaningful. My body is perfect, my
dancing is perfect, and I enjoy it, and
After learning a few more cal1s, I played what I say is intelligent.
the first singing call. (No, I did not
attempt to sing. I allowed the record to 1 owe it all to you. Ic wasn't anything
do that for rne.) [Ed. Ii]eew! I was special that you said or did; it was just
present the one and only time, I believe, being you. You never criticize me. You
the attempt was made. But I must te1l always treat me as though I am someone
you, gentlereaders, Anna is better than special. You make me proud to be
Leslie Clark. ] Everyone was giggling and associated with you.
having a blast dancing to the Iikes of
Barnacl-e Bill IEd. O h , m y g o d ! N ot I'rhen I wore my beautiful new dress you
again!] and other siliy songs. Continuing gave me to a dance, I felt loved and
with a few more calls and singers, cherished. I thought to myself, "They
everything was done twice to ensure aIl would be proud of me if they could see
tt
had a chance to dance. rne .

By the end of the afternoon, I was really Thank you so much for everything I love
glad they had asked me to come. The you. - -DORIS
experience was a lot of fun for me, and
the energy and enthusiasm in their faces IEd. A word of background. For those of
was great food for my sou1. The dancers y o u w h o h a v e a t t e n d e d a n I A G S D CC o n v e n t i o n
were very grateful and expressed the beginning with Phoenix in 1988, you may
desire to do it again--soon. I'd love to remember Doris as the short. white-haired
do it again for these wonderful womenwith grandmotherly-looking !/omaninvolved up to
joy in their faces and spirits as they her eyeballs with The Times Squares.
danced and played. They focused my Well, she is a grandmother. The story, as
realization on the excitement of having a I understand it. is that Doris is a
room full of new dancers who are having a retired teacher who moved to NYC to live
festive experience because of something I with her son. She once announced to her
was having so much fun doing. My god, I son, when requested to stay with the
was having fun! Is this real? ^ - ^ - ^ r ^ 1 - i1 r - ^ - tIhat s h e h a d a d a n c e to
Srarruurrrru!sll,
^'F^-^r
dLLCItU-
^L^
_5tlg Wd5 not a babysitter. I do
not know why, but Doris has returned co
-where she was living
S H EL I K E SU S . Southern California-
S H ER E A L L YR, E A L L Y prior to moving to New York.
L I K E SU S .
As a square dancer, if you do not put
lreprinted ftor l1!gj--!g!glgd, newsletter of The Times forth an effort to befri-end or accept
Squares, Vol. 5, No. 12, August 1990] dancers or put forth at least a few simple
words of encouragement to another dancer,
Dear Times Squares Dancers, something is missing. Square dancing is
a cooperative effort, not an activity to
I don't know how I can ever thank you for promote our natural selfishness. As
all you have done for me. You have important as being a competent square
changed my whole life--for the better. dancer is the ability to assist and
encourage others. ]
I have learned how to hug and kiss--with
rneaning. I have learned how to love--
with sincerity and frue meaning. I love
you all from the bottom of my heart- -with

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 dance or another special dance. We found
He pins badges on frankfurters callers who teach cal1s according to what
and sells them as police dogs. figure is in the song they want to do. We
have gone Eo a " greenie" dance (for newly
graduated dancers or new dancers), and the
PROBLEI-IS
I,IE HAVEOBSERVED callers were trying to impress the crowd
instead of trying to keep the dance at the
BILL WHEELER, DeRidder, LA leve1 of the new dancers.

(reprlnted f rom Gutdellnes, VoI . X\rMtmer 1990, We have, on many occasions, had dancers in
Nevsletter for members, subscrlbers and affillate
organizatlons of Callerlab)
our square, 3t a dance featuring a
national caller. and had not known until
I am \,iriting this to express our the square broke down, or after the tip
observations of square dancing in our area that a couple or a dancer has not yet
and on our tours through Oklahoma, graduated or has not been to lessons for
Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas. that 1eve1 of dance, or are new dancers.
We got into square dancing for the I am willing to help new dancers, but I
exercise and to meet people when we first cannot help if I do not know they are new
moved to Louisiana from Indiana. dancers.

We found that square dancing takes a We have found callers who pride themselves
certain amount of dedication and regular in breaking the floor down or trying to
participation to maintain proficiency. It show the dancers they can call better than
seems that many people do not \tant to put the dancers can dance. We have visited
forth the effort. I feel eventually all cl-ubs where the caller workshopped
dancers and callers will have to be advanced figures or calls, and the club
certified by an organization. they are calling for cannot dance the
Basic program properly. We have run into
The problems we encountered in our lessons experienced clubs that are selective in
were dancers who delighted in turning neu/ the members they want to attend their
dancers r^/rong or confus ing them ; and classes or club dances. Some dancers and
callers who didn't teach by definition but clubs are so "hung up" on what level a
l^^^^ +tr-^., ^-l^^^iti^l ^ -^^l
by using similar calls to explain the udrrLE LrrsJ d!c Lrd>5r!rcu d5 r d Suuu

pattern ( i.e. , star through, California caller can make any level dance fun if
twirl, pass through for the centers part they do their homework. Any caller can
of load the boat). Now that's challenge a floor just doing basics if
lEd.
different. Works if you happen to be in they do their homework. Are the club
the correct "sexual" position. And gay callers lazy, not wanting to work at their
people are supposed to be queer.] The profession, or are the dancers wanting the
ca11s, if taught by definition, make a variety that will present a challenge? I
good foundation for continued dancing. If think it all can be defined as EGO. If we
they are not taught by definition frorn can eliminate egoism from the c1ubs, the
every imaginable position, the dancers are dancers, and the callers, we wilL have a
getting shortchanged. lot of the problem licked.

We found dancers who only go to one or two We also have the politics; the bickering
special dances a year and think they can within the c1ubs, the cliques, the
dance as well as dancers who dance three bickering between the clubs. Many c l u bs
and four times a week. We found dancers are not run by Roberts Rules of Order but
who do not think they need to work shop by one or two people who are either the
even though they only dance once or twice most popular or are willing to take an
a month. We found clubs and callers who office. In many clubs and associations,
want the whole Basic, Mainstream, and Plus the ladder of progression is merely
lisLs taught in the three months of summer getting voted into the secretary's job,
vacation (when school is out) or within a and 5 or J years later they are president,
time convenient for a club to have its and the same thinking is perpetuated.
class ready to dance at the anniversary Some of these organizations try to take
the fun out of square dancing. In some

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areas it seems to be the round dancers who your dances. What a charge it is to be a
want the square dancers to be prim and part of it!
proper, like they seem to v/ant to be. For
the most part, the best clubs I have seen I always appreciate the opportunity to be
are caller-run clubs. [Ed. This is not an invited guest in your city, to gec to
the trend in the gay comrnunity, but is know you all better, and to learn a little
prevalent outside the gay community. ] more about a different perspective on
Iife. f'm sure it's no secret that I
We have been asked by a group of dancers thoroughly enjoy myself whenever I'm in
if l^te could do anything, through town, and the constant bantering between
Callerlab, about a caller who follows his all of the "girls" and me does add
ov;n rules. We told them that the immeasurably. Besides, where else could
organizaXion is not a governing body, buc I go and be able to return home with
an association of callers trying to stories about how I went to a dance and
standardize square dancing so that people found myself being tLre BefLe of the Bal7r.
in one state or country could go to (Ask Anna or Blanche. )
another state or country and dance. Some
Callerlab guidelines are not being adhered A11 kidding aside, it was, as always, a
to, but then, not all callers belong to ol-easure to see a1l of you. I look
Callerlab. forward to seeing you again later this
year.
With respect to the younger generation,
the problem I have run into is they learn Si n c e r e l y ,
quickly and gec bored when the over-21 Paul Waters
group does not catch on as quickly. In
the future I will only teach younger P.S. The rumors that I was auctioned off
people in their own age group so I do not for Saturday night are totally unfounded
lose them. . the minimum bid was never reached.

No, I do not have any answers I just IEd. Paul will be calling the WSD
n L - ; ! J - +L U- I^o ^J n^.-^^ -/
know some of the p r o b l e m s I have vrl! udltug , December .l
encountered. I don't know how to get
anyone or any club to change. Maybe if
the clubs would subscribe to Callerlab's If he should ever change his
guidelines and ethics, the dancers could faith, it'11 be because he no
be assured of the level of dance Ionser thinks he's God.
advertised. and the association would have
some control over the caller. This would
be similar to the Good Sarn Club for
RV'ers; not every campground is endorsed V A I L E DV A G A R I E S
or lisced in their campground guide bur (0R BIRTHIN',BABIES)
you can rest assured, if the Good Sam Logo
is on the sign, the rating is correct.
FREEMAN STA.I.{PER
(cont.rlbuted by ANNA DAMIANI)
ZOOMto the Rockies, the Rocky Mountain
Rainbeaus' f1y- in July 20 through 22,
marked their sixth anniversary. It was
S U P EC
RH A R G E
t.D
lITH much like any other fly-in except for the
PAULWATERS birth that occurred. Read on to learn of
the announcement of this international
Dear Western Star Dancers:
birth. It was trulv awesome.

Thank you for allowing me to be a part of

A s I h a v e b e e n t o m a n y I A G S D Cc o n v e n t i o n s -
your Pride Weekend festivities. As - including the first, I have been to many
always, calling your dance was exhausting €
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and invigorating- -both at the same time. B.Le<lL
fortune of being with dancers as they
It never ceases to amaze me how much
experience their first whatever. All of
energy and electricity can be generated at

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these events have a similar format in that Early Saturday morning, a whole busload of
they provide dancing, dining, and us set out for Vail. Coffee, juice, and
diverting side trips. It is with great muffins were served enroute. We stopped
relief that I report that ZOOI4 had no at Che Eisenhower Tunnel to square up in
workshop sessions. Workshops just seem the parking lot. The plan was thaE DENNIS
out of place at a fly-in, since the would bring the equipment in the car and
primary emphasis seems to be interpersonal then return to Denver. DENNIS was there
experiences in an activity-packed as well as the equipment, but one itty
schedule. (Now I'11 step off my soapbox. ) bitty cord was overlooked that was needed
to connect it all together. No problem.
Arriving at Stapleton Airport v/as wretched Just form squares, put ANDY SHORE in the
for most flying f1y-iners. Weather was middle calling some hash, and a good time
not glamorous so flights \{ere delayed. was had by all. I did hear KATHY ask the
The last thing I said to myself before driver if we could stop there coming back.
leaving home was, "Should I pack my Lihen queried why, she simply stated that
umbrella? Nah ! Not Denver in the she did not trust a toilet on a moving bus
summer." occupied mostly by men. The toilet didn't
seem soiled to me, but it certainly was
BJ, one of iny hosts (his lover is uncomfortable. You see. it had the
G U E N T H E R )p, i c k e d m e u p a t t h e a i r p o r t and portion with chemicals over the engine,
deposited me at a used record store where and chugging up the mountains creates
my objective was to persuade an employee l^^^+
It's the only time in my
to allow me to take one of their reference recollection of people burning their
books and copy it. (I had discovered it bottoms while havine frost bite on their
there a year ago. ) You see, the book is noses.
out of print and two professional book
searches have not been successful in Oh, the season? Christmas. Yep, complete
locating it. Success! Dodging tn/ater r,rith Santa hats, caroling books, and
drops with no umbrella, I found a copying Christmas cookies. We did sing one Jewish
facility. Then it was off for a visic song to rnake it kosher. Getting Lo Vail
with my longest-standing friend, KAREN. and deciding what to do was no problem.
She and I were prayer partners at the Each person chose what they wanted to do
Baptist Student Center at Northeast with the three hours we were there. But.
Louisiana University (then a State the story goes on.
College) during our freshman year in 1963.
She has her 1aw practice in a wonderful Being duly cautioned by the ticket seller,
o1d house. Our conversation necessarily 16 of us decided to cake the gondolas up
had to leap frog from topic to topic. the mountain to Eagle's Nest. Round-trip
fare was $9 with no refunds for any
Then it was off to the Haylofc for Friday reason. Should the gondola systen be
night potluck and dancing. The food was closed, the alternatives were: wait until
dellcicus ar.C.rarieC as cne r . r o u l - de x p e c t - it reopened. walk down the 7-mile road,
-except for those peaceful little white walk down the 2000-fooc slope at 45", or
beans with unpretentious green particles be suburbaned down. Suburbaned down?
mixed in. Jalapenos are not nice for That's riding in a van for only 8 people
e a s t e r n p a l a t e s ! S A U N D R AB R Y A N T( a n d i t ' s at a time. And, of course, no self-
Saundra or Sandie [but I don't know for respecting person from San Francisco or
certain whether it's with "ie" or "y"), New York is going to do anything suburban!
but never Sandra) and BILL EYLER
(sometimes Billy Bob) did a fine job The sun was out with a few questionable
ca1ling. clouds at a distance. No problem. We'11
Ji u* "s t" r i d e u_ rD ,. l o o k a r o u n d f o r a m i n u t e
Now one thing was different. This party (How long does it take to look at
had a 4th of July theme. Red, white, and mountains when that's the only scenery?),
blue decor, Uncle Sam and Molly Brown, and and turn around and ride right back down
a piano sing-a-long of patriotic songs. for a delicious lunch in Vail Village.
You see, each event was a different W r o n g ! l , J ed i d t h e f i r s t two, but, when we
holiday theme. were next in line to board the return

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gondola, the system was shut down because libations, good naps, and fun chatter.
of lightning. No estimate of how long it
would be shut down, so we decided we We were at the Continental Hotel for the
should have lunch at the outdoor barbecue Saturday evening meal and dancing.
in case we didn't have time when we got Holiday? Thanksgivirg--complete with
back to Vail Village. By the time we turkey, dressing, and cranberry sauce.
finished, it's looking worse, and the The food was satisfying but not very
furniture and food is being covered in elegantly displayed on the buffet tables.
plastic. The desserts were displayed next to the
plates which, I was informed, was supposed
co remind you to save room for dessert.
ADULT -4- What it did do was make the wait longer
a>\,hit:c for food at the other end of the line.
flurrrrner How could anyone forget dessert?
Flourrtalrr
^Fldven rre
JUL 21s'O Dancing started, a n d t h e B R Y A N T - E Y L E Rt e a m
| 1zso<, kept us on our toes until 11 p.m. I am
constantly refreshed emotionally to see
We11, it's L2:30 and the bus leaves at friends new and old acting so civilly and
2 p.*. The road walk takes about two kind and truly enj oying the energy of each
hours, they won't rent bikes during other. I was asked to assist with the
inclement weather, and the queue for the 50/50 raffle, and I'm happy to report that
suburban duds is already pretty long. $300 was gathered in about an hour. Once
Take a deep breath because we did it! the pot was up to $200, the additional
Y"p, 2000-foot descent at 45" or more. $100 was raised by selling double-inseam-
Everyone was in sneakers except me, and I lengths of tickets for $5. It vras a
was wearing my boots. Tall wet grass, glorious sight for which I was on my knees
rocks, rough terrain, soft dirt--we all in thanks. The winner was JIM GUITTEREZ,
took our turn at falls and stumbl-es- formerly of Albuquerque but now of Denver
Making it down in three waves of people, since having his heart stolen by
we arrived at the bus safely but sore. I Rainbeau/belle MITCH B.
was extremely grateful for all that
practice I've had in heels, and we all Sunday brought a brunch at the gorgeous,
decided that "Climb Every Mountain" was an sprawling home of DICK RIEDEL. Sunny
anachronism. weather and scrumptious food featuring ANN
H O W A R D ' ss p e c i a l w a f f l e s . The quiche and
Thus , the von Tramps were born. fruit salads weren't bombers either.
Introducing the family born on a mountain Holiday? Easter. Yep, there was egg
top (not in Tennessee): dying, and che Easter Bunny appeared to
help celebrare DENNIS COSSEY's birrhday
A N D Y S H O R E ,S a n J o s e , C a l i f o r n i a with a surprise cake and cards. .
BOB BECKING,Los Angeles, California
BOB LINN, New York City Off to the Continental again for more
C H U C KN O V A K , G r a n d R a p i d s , M i c h i g a n dancing in the afternoon, dancers seemed
CI-AY LYMAN, Pueblo, Colorado a little sluggish but anxious to go. BUD
D O U GE L D R I D G E , S a n F r a n c i s c o , California BENNETT, a local caller who has worked
FREEMAN STMPER, San Francisco , California with the Rainbeaus, stopped by and brought
K A R E NF I E L D S , D e n v e r , C o l o r a d o two other callers. Sorry, I forget their
KARL JAECKEL, Denver, Col-orado names, but they are well respected callers
K I M N A G E L E ,L o s A n g e l e s , C a l i f o r n i a around the U.S. It was their first time
MEL GARCIA, Denver, Colorado to call for a gay group, so I hopped up
MIKE STAPLES,San Francisco, California like a bunny to get a chance to be among
M O N I C A H A Y W A R D ,V a n c o u v e r B C & D e n v e r , C O their first.
R A N D YC I A R K E , S a n J o s e , C a l i f o r n i a
R I C G O N Z A L E Z ,A l b u q u e r q u e , N e w M e x i c o It was dinner on your own and then three
R I C K P E T T E R S E N ,V a n c o u v e r , B C more hours of dancing at Buddies, a bar
where the Rainbeaus dance regularly. ANDY
The trip home was refreshing with cold S H O R Ed i d a n o u t s t a n d i n g j o b h a n d l i n g t h i s

sELEcrroNS
eUARTERLY 11 FAIL 1990
dance. Exhausted, the dancers said good the best caller in the city; he is also
bye and went home to collapse. calling for the Balloon Fiesta in
Albuquerque. IEd. H i s n a m e i s R u s ty
RUMORMILL: According ro HARI-ANDJYLHA, Fenne1l, and American Square Dance feels
S a n A n t o n i o ' s c l a s s ( A 1 a m oC i t y W r a n g l e r s ) he has the clearest illustrations in his
s h o u l d s t a r t S e p t e m b e r 1 0 . S A U N D R AB R Y A N T callers notes.] So, ya'Il go on out to
is not having a lot of complications with ABQ and support the ALAMO CITY WRANGLERS,
her pregnancy. MARLIN CRIDDLE, formerly and hopefully I can get him as a permanent
of Tinseltown and now of Salt Lake City, ca11er.
will probably have a group going this fal1
( T E M P L ES Q U A R E S ? ) . A N e w Y o r k d a n c e r w a s Fall session should be real fun. I
trying for a Chicago dancer, but lost out have found out that one of my instructors
to a Los Angeles dancer (who earlier in is a Jesus freak, which is fine. I just
the day had become a von Tramp). HOLLY have to tell him I accept Jesus and it's
W00D, spent quite a little time in a taxi an automatic "A." Little does he realize
trying to find a seedy motel on Saturday that I'm more of a TammvFae Bakker.
night. SYBIL PRESLEY's name was mentioned
in vain even though she's so poor she I went out to the bar where we will
wasn't there. TOMTRIPP found chocolates conduct cl-asses and was asked to do an
by Stephany (too close for comfort; exhibition in two weeks. tletter was
Steffany's considering a copyright dated July 10] It will have to be a t\,/o-
infringement suit. ) couple square since we're short 2 people
for a fu11 square. We will have to make
it look good and fun. The bar is having
He says if it hadn't been for country & western dance competition finals
Thomas Edison we'd all be that night, and we were asked to be the
watching TV by candlelight. entertainment. Free publicitv- - I ' 11 take

IEd. As a postscript to this article,

FROM
T H E D E S KO F C R I C K E T S C O T TC A R E Yt e l l , s m e t h a t T a m m y B a k k e r i s
so concerned about foundations cracking in
C R I C K E T M A T H E S O N .S a n A n t o n i o . TX California earthquakes that she is working
on a foundation cream that will not
Since the "challenge" in Vancouver to get crack. ]
a Eay club started in Texas was so
graciously expressed, it has been becoming
a reality. Fathers' Day weekend, P A M P E R I NMGY S E L F
San Antonio had a "mini fly-in." There
vJere two squares of dancers who came from THE THREER's OF CHANGE:
Albuquerque, Denver, Baltimore, Seattle, RECOVER,REFOCUS, REGENEMTE
and Portland. We had a fantastic time.
I reprinted from C U R R E N T SB
, ay Pacific's Member Nevsletter,
Sumrer 1990l
The Names Projecc was also in town, and we
went to see that. There was also much As we aII know, change is the only
ballyhoo with all of the other touristy constant in the lives we lead. Both
things people do. And yep, pawdners, we positive and negative changes happen to us
did a first. B I L L E Y L E Rc a l l e d t h e f i r s t
all the time. Promotions, relocations,
ever gay tip in front of the Alamo. [Ed. parenthood, and numerous other
divorce,
Mr. Eyler is from Albuquerque and is the
evenLs IEd. including unemployment] can
guest caller for WSD's Cazadero Retreat. l
and do affect everyone. Learning how to
^ ^ ^ ^ -w 'r iL rtl s r - L^l L
LUf'r
^-^1 enables us to deal with
ldrlSr
The people of San Antonio seemed to enjoy
the stress these changes bring. Taking
the dancing, and I have had a decent the time to recover, refocus , and
response. I have been so busy that I regenerate following f-ife changes can help
managed to get a caller to start teaching us survive and even thrive.
classes on September 10. I think he is

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Recover. After a life changer 1rou need to P E T T I C O AO
TSNW H E E L S
regain your sense of balance and routine.
Your situation right now may be stressful, Ireprinted fror !!9I4{l_!4I, September 1990]
and your body may react by developing
physical s)rmptoms such as headaches or The mountains may be rugged, the rivers
emotional ones like depression. You need wide, but from the driver's seat of her
to take a step back and get "in touch" 60-foot rig, JUNE SCHLOSSER makes sure rhe
with yourself. Plan a weekend get-away. petticoats always get through. lnls
Take time for yourself. It's necessary petice, 64-year-old grandmother from
right now. Exercise and talking with Brownsville, Oregon, sells hard-to-find
others are excellent stress reducers which square-dance apparel from her rolling
can help you get back on track. store.

Refocus. Your feelings are mixed and June drives 20,000 miles a year with her
you're not thinking very clearly. But if racks of the colorful, ful1-skirted
you accept that, it's one step closer Lo dresses and lace-ruffled bloomers favored
understanding everything that is going on by square dancers. Bouffant petticoats in
with you and your new situation. Take more than 40 colors sway from ceiling
time to think about what has happened, hooks. BeCecked with delicate lace or
rhy, and what it mighc mean. smooth satin, these gorgeous chiffon and
taffeta creations sell for $30 to $250 or
For example, if you have recently moved to more.
a new city, you may be excited about a ner4/
job, but feel a bit scared about moving to Spending weekends at dance festivals
a new location, leaving family and throughout the Northwest, June has nore
friends. Lrith tirne, these feelings will than 5,000 regular customers and is booked
change. TaIk to friends, family members, years in advance. During the week, her
or a counselor or human resources husband, Robert, helps with paperwork and
professional. shipping. Married 26 years and parents of
six grown children, the Schlossers have
Regenerate. Your body reacts to change been square dancing since the '50s. June
and stress. It's important to take extra started her business in I9lB and hopes
good care of yourself at this time. Get that Robert will be her partner on the
proper rest, eat correctly, and avoid road as soon as he retires.
unnecessary alcohol/drug and cigarette
intake. Meet new people or reestablish "This isn'c just a job, I feel like I'm a
old acquaintances By doing so, your special part of square dancing," she says.
circle of support will gro\.r, and you'11
contr!buted by PHILIP S T O V E Rw ! t h an able assist from EDNA
feel stronger and better. LOUTSEI

Change is not easy co deal with--it takes

time. But you will get through it, and PLUCKED THE
FRO},I
the change might make you a better person.
Accepting the fact that change has taken
GRAPEVINE
place is important. When you take steps
T A I ' , 1 IW Y N O T T E[ E d . I pray to someone that
to recover, refocus, and regenerate, you
it's spelled correctly. She can be such
may find that you're rnore content than you ^ Lu l :L Lrr^r ,LI t -r Y^P-v^! - l - r
d that the Fire Island
were before.
dances this summer were a smashing
success. Most successful was the making
o f c o n t a c t s t o g e t a C & Wb a r g o i n g i n N Y C .
K E N N E T HV O L K , t h e e v e r - e b u l l i e n t SATB'er
A square like him they could reports chat DR. M. RECORT, from the
build a to\rn around. Ministry of Health for the Province of
British Columbia, nas responsible for
supplying 1000 condoms to the North Star
Promenade Convention. A\L 'CI.NL\" KLEIN
and MITCH MER]"IELof The Times Squares

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proudly announce the birth of their have on only one earring. ] . Thus, we
adopted son MICIIAEL JOSEPH KLEIN on would have the chance of a correct
April 4, 1990. The Klein-Mermels have inference as 90 in 100
been attempting to adopt a child for
several years and have just celebrated Some survey highlights :
their 14th anniversary on April 1 [Ed. No
fooling.]. 'Tis reported that Michael U. S. S/D population !/as 373,232 +/- 8,857.
Joseph will be in drag in Miami. Canadian S/D population was 30,898 +/-
2.0I7 .

Population for California was 43,618 with

1.491 error.
Population for BC, Canada, was 9,3I7.

An estimaced 3.85t of the U.S. and 7.46t

of the Canadian clubs folded during
1 9 8 9- 9 0 .

An estinated 33.52t of the US and 35.48t

of the Canadian clubs did not sponsor any
cfass regardless of the program danced.
Iexeerpted from LEGACYLOG, Sl"lmer fssue 1990, newsleiter
of the Internatlonal Assembly of "Trustees" of the Square
Dance Actlvltyl Average club membership was slightly
greater for those clubs offering both
IEd. Legacy is a non-profit body of square and round dance programs than those
square dancers or "Trustees" representing offering square dance programs only;
all facets of square dancing including however, the dif ference \,ras not
dancers, calLers, round dance cuers, s i gni ficant .
suppliers, publishers, and special
interest groups. Legacy has been defined rMr uor r cL rsurLr r wv Ep _v! rr cr qr lurI lU >! ^ -W' it L IL I
dPPCdL
'-
in futurg
as a leadership-communications e center. e<litions of Q U A R T E R L YS E L E C T I O N S .
Trustees meet every t"ro years to exchange
ideas and to formulate proposals and
guidelines for the good of the overall NO-SHOt.lS
square dance activity. The editor is now
an Affiliate Member--one step at a time. Reports were requested, but not received,
This is an item of interest in Legacy about the Strawberry Dance and the Club's
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informat ion : -it's a miss-conceDtion.

. 2. Cards were mailed to those

randomly selected from contacts listed in
the Nacional Square Dance Directory.

4. Results are exoressed as means

(average) and standard error of the mean
(SME) and percent error (SME divided by
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Q U A R T E R LS
YE L E c T I o N s T4 FA].L 1990
 Policy StatementNo. 14
I N S T R U C T I OPN
HILOSOPHY
C O N C E R N IC
NLGA S SS T R U C T U R E

GENEML

Western Star Dancers periodically offers classes in the Basic, l'lainstream, and Plus
programs as definedby Caller1ab. The purpose of these classes is to prepare the students
to be able to enjoy square dancing activities at their current levels of proficiency
orrtside their class both within and outside the C1ub.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this policy is to establish guidelines by which the students and the Club
can attempt to measure the accomplishment of the instructional goals. Additionally, this
polic.r outlines a philosophy by which students may make choices among other available
social and recreational activities.

A. I N S T R U C T I O N A LG O A L S & P R I M A R Y P H I L O S O P H I E S

W S Dp r o v i d e s i n s t r u c t i o n that is paced in a particular program to bring an average

student to a standard of proficiency at which the dancer may independently support
himself or herself in a square.

W S De x p o s e s s t u d e n t s i n i t s c l a s s e s f o r a l l p r o g r a m s C o n o n - s t a n d a r d d a n c e r / p a r t n e r
positions. This is referred to as DBD (dance by definition) and APD (a1I-position
dancing).

In addition to square dance instruction, the Club provides sufficient non-dancing

social activities so that the students have the opportunity to develop friendships
outside of c1ass.

4. Western Scar Dancers subscribes to and emphasizes the etiquette standards as

prescribed by CallerIab or which are generally accepted by the greater square dance
community.

Al1 class and Club-related activities which are considered necessary for instruction
or are primarily for square Cancing are substance free.

Teaching styling which impedes an understanding of the definition of calls or

allowing stylingwhich is learned outside ofWestern Star's class is not encouraged.
Styling may be incorporated in the instruction at the discrecion of the
caller/instructor (s) .

WSD encourages aI1 students to dance with many different dancers.

It is Ehe policy of this Club to have the greatest degree of latitude possible in
recommending graduation from a particular program. Graduation from the Basic,
Mainstream, and Plus programs is not considered to be automatic. A consensus of the
instructor(s) and Club members responsible for the coordination of the class is
derived from an evaluation of current knowledge, demonstrated progress, and the
ability to continue to progress.

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 B. DISCUSSIONS

Duration & Fee

a' The length of a class is stated in number of weeks but is not

to be considered
an absolute. The general personality of each class and the administrative
details for the CIub, as well as other factors, may increase or decrease the
duration of the c1ass.

b. The fee announced for a particular class is considered to cover all the calls
in that program, not a specific number of weeks.

If completion dates are extended, other types of club dance

activities may
already have been scheduled on nights which are newly-designated
as class
nights. Attempts will be made to provide class-leveI d"r,.. Jpportunities on
those dates; however, a supplemental dance fee may b.
Attendance
at these non-class evenings is optional to students. "r.""s.i.

DBDIAPDConcepts

A11 programs taught will emphasrze the Callerlab concepts of DBD (dance by
definition) and APD (aI1 position danci.g). To achieve average proficiency
requires an understanding of these concepcs.

Teaching non-traditional, or non-standard, positioning is particularly

important in allowing the Club to provide dance opportunities which are both
fun and challenging. This "double exposure" may necessitate extending a
class beyond the normal, or standard, duration. Incorporating the ApD/DBD
concept from the beginning builds stronger, more flexible dancers.

c' The Club recommends that a student dance only one partner position
throughout
the entire instruction for a particular program. rn the gay square dance
community exists the word "bidancual"--meaning a dancer is capable of dancing
either the left- or right-hand position with enough proficiency to support
that position in the square. ln}ith experience, students as weLl as Club
members are encouraged to become bidancual. This is encouraged, not required.

3. Workshops

During instructional periods, the Club attempts to provide workshops for

which attendance is optional. The purpose of workshops is to provide
instruction for those who have mlssed a class, need additional
exposure co
particurar calls, or simply wish to have additional dance experience.

b. From time to time, the consensus of the instructors and the class archangel
may result in the recommendation to a student(s) that attendance at workshops
is beneficial to his or her best interest, as well as that of the other
students.

4 Square Dancing As Social Activity

Square dancing is fun, as well as physically and mentally stimulating.

Square dancing is a cooperative activity and requires dancers to develop the
ability to interact with many different p"r.on.iities.

b. As with any education process, aIl learning ;^ not fun. Classes require a
balance of fun in learnine and sat i sfac tion of achievement by the majority
of the students.

QUARTERLY SELECTIONS L6 FALL ].990

 Students are encouraged to attend as many activlties as possible which are
socially, not instruction, oriented. It is believed that these social
activities outside the class environment will help to minimize the need of
some students to use the class solely as a fun social experience.

Etiquette

a. Etiquette is considered as vital to square dance education as learning calls.

With a few exceptions which are closely aligned with the gay square dance
community, WSDpractices the etiquette standards as prescribed by Callerlab
or which are generally accepted by the greater square dance community.

b. The speeific points which are addressed below are not all the aspects of
etiquette which are part of the Club's program, but they are of paramount
importance and need to be emphasized early in the class environment.

Punctuality allows class to begin on time. Other students are not disrupted
by rearranging partners and/or squares once the tip has begun.

d. The cal1er/instructor(s) are supreme during the tip. If mistakes in

instruction are made, continue with the tip and clarify the situation during
the break. Corrections by the cal-Ter/instructor(s) can be made at the
beginning of the next tip.

Rough/rude dancing will not be tolerated as it is not only impolite but also
unsafe. Others can be injured by unexpected forceful movements. A forceful
dancer could be wrong in attempting to correct other dancers.

Once a square has formed or the tip has begun, it is extremely discourteous
to leave a square for any reason other than an emergency. Learn to hang in
there and do your best. There can always be a different square next time.

o' Use of alcohol and other substances is not part of standard square dancing.
The enjoyment of those in a square depends upon everyone performing his/her
part independently and accurately. All people (students and Club members)
who arrive at class intoxicated or under the influence of other substances
will be asked not to participate that evening. There are some activities
sponsored by the Club at which the consumption of alcohol is permitted.
However, where the primary purpose of a Club-sponsored event is square
dancing, alcohol is not permitted. The presence of alcohol would prohibit
participation by those dancers who desire not to associate with these
substances. It is important to remember that the primary purpose of our club
being a square dance club is to square dance.

Instances of behavior.or performance which is disruptive to the class will

be addressed by the caller/instructor(s), the Board of Directors. or the
Board's designee on an individual basis.

Styling can be fun, but it is extremely disrupcive when not executed the same
way by all dancers. Students are taught the basic calls without styling in
order to build a strong, flexible dancer in the DBD/APDconcepts. One of the
cardinal rules of etiquette is that styling is dropped completely for the tip
when the styling becomes disruptive to any of the members of the square.
Therefore, the basic definitions of all calls must be understood and practiced
without styling.

QUARTERLY SELECTIONS L1 FAIL 1990

 6. Prearranged SBrares

a It is standard courtesy for all students to dance with each other, not just
a seleet few. Students should take the initiative to ask someone to dance
or move immediately to the floor to the nearest existing uncompleted square
or to form a new square and wait for someone to join them as a partner.

b Western Star Dancers is considered a singles club in both the gay and non-
gay square dance comrnunity. The Club recognizes the importance of couple
relationships, whether as domestic partners or friends. Couples are not
discouraged from consistently dancing together. However, groups of students
should not consistently form squares so that they do not have the opportunity
of dancing frequently with other members of the class.

From time to Eime, it may be necessary for the caller/instruccor to rotate

couples or individuals from square to square in order to diplomatically allow
less-proficient dancers the opportunity to dance with more-proficient ones.
It may also be necessary to rotate entire squares in the hall to ensure that
the caller/instructor(s) has the opportunity to observe all students as they
dance in the front of the hall.

Angels

a. A club member who is not the instructor will be designated as the archangel
to serve as a Liaison between the students and che instructor(s), the angels,
the Board of Directors, and the Cl-ub. The archangel acts as the students'
confidant(e) and advocate should issues arise.

Club members who have already completed the class program are available to
assist in the orderly administration of class activities and are called
"angels." Angels are present to help students, not impede them. If an angel
is disruptive, students should discuss the matter with the archangel.

Students may ask specific angels to be a partner or angels rnay frorn time to
time choose specific students as partners in order to reinforce instruction,
However, it is the policy of this Club that students should get as much time
as possible. Angels will be asked to withdraw from a square in order co gec
a]I students on the floor. This is true even for occasional tardiness.

Graduation

Tbere are no specific ::leasurements by which to determine proficiency in a

given program. Assessing proficiency is a highly subjective process, and the
recommendations vary according to t-he individual. Being a good dancer is
related to experience--how often one dances while learning and how considerace
one is of other dancers in che souare.

b Dancers are not expected to be of equal proficiency. The ultirnate

consideration is w hether or not a student can have enjoyable dancing
exPeriences after graduaEion and whether or not other dancers will enjoy
dancing with the studenL at his/her current level of proficiency.

The following points are part of the evaluation process but are not
conclus ive :

Command of fundamentals such as corners opposites, circulate, trade

turn through, and facing 1ines.

QUARTERLY SELECT]ONS 18 FAIL 1990

 2. Frequency of mistakes and repetitiveness of certain mistakes.

3. Degree of assistance which the student can provide to at least his/her

partner or corner.

4. Ability to adapt a familiar call to a nevr formation.

5. Precision in finishing calls such as circulacing exactly once and a

half and aligning with walls for linear movements.

6. Ability to recognize the need for recovery assistance and willingness

to accept assistance.

7. Demeanor when dancirg- -one of confidence and control or one of confusion

and frustration.

9. Besinnins Successive Prosrams

'vJestern
a. The policy of Star Dancers is not to encourage a student to begin
another program until he/she has an adequate understanding of the calls in
the program he/she is currenrly dancing.

b. Since learning more square dance ca1ls is a building-block process, it is

unfair to the students for the Club to introduce n e w p r o g r a m s too quickly.
Additionally, it is disruptive to other dancers for students co incorrectly
assess their proficiency and begin another program prematurely.

c. It is the policy of Western Star Dancers to provide adequate experience to

improve response tirne in executing calIs so that students beginning another
program will be strong, flexible dancers.

A P P R O V E DB Y T H E B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S
August 28, 1990

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" I ' v e g o t t e n n o t h i n g b u t w o n d e r f u l ,w a r m
s u p p o r t f r o m a l I t h e k i d s ," h e s a jd .
" I ' v e n e v e rh a dm u c he x p o s u r et o c h j1d r e n ,
I ' v e a l w a y sb e e na f r a i d o f k i d s a n d n e v e r
re a l1 y u n d e r s to o dth e m ve ry w e 11, but
t h e y ' v et a u g h tm es o m u c h . T h e s ek i d s a r e
s o o p e n ,t h e y ' r e s o c o m p a s s i o n a t eI.t ' s
just a joy."
Schneck also r e m ani s u n a b a s h eyd l
Q U A R T E RSLEYL E C T I O N S
o p t i m is t i c a n d p o s it i v e a b o u t h i s o w n
health from his eight years of l'iving with
AIDS. " I h a v e m y s h a r e o f h e a lt h
p r o b le m s , a n d I r e a l ' i z e I ' m l u c k y a n d I ' m
p r o b a b l yo n e o f t h e e x c e p t i o n s . B u t t h e r e
a r e m o r e a n d m o r e e x c e p t io n s a l I t h e
t i m e ."
TI,IO"FRIENDS"
AWARDED
}|SDMEMBERSHIP
KAORIFUJITANI and MICHAEL
HEALY were awarded l.lSD
m e m b e r s h i pass a " F r j e n d "
by the Boar d of Dir ector s
at its November1990 meeting. T hejr
badgeswer e pr esentedat the De c em ber 7
d a n c e a t S t . P a uul s L u t h e r a n C h u r c h .
A l t h o u g hM i c h a e l w a s u n a b l e t o a t t e n d ,
K a o r i w a sg r e a t l y s u r p r i s e da n d a c c e p t e d
t h e h o n o rf o r b o t h . O b v i o u s l ys u c c e e d i n g ,
Scott Car ey had accepted the tas k of
cr eati ng a decoy r easonfor the honor ees
to attendthe dance. [Ed. What? Scott
lje? I don't believeit!]
A s y o u m a yr e c a 1 1 ,t h e r e a r e t w o s p e c i a l
t y p e s o f m e m b e r s h i np t h e C l u b w h j c hc a n
be awar dedby the Boar d of Djr ec tor s .
Accor ding to Po1i cy Statemen t N o. 7,
" p e r s o n sw h o a r e n o t s q u a r ed a n c e r sa n d
provide significant services to Western
Star Dancer s m ay be awar ded the
d e s i g n a t i o no f ' F r i e n d o f W e s t e r nS t a r
D a n c e r s' ". " S ig n if i c a n t " i s c o n s d j e r e dt o
b e " s u s t a i n e d ,e x e m p l a r oy r e x t r a o r d i n a r y
per for m anceof ser vjce. " The Po1i c y
S t a t e m e nftu r t h e r m e n t i o n st h a t " t h e C l u b
j s the r eci pi ent of ser vices fr om
i n d i v i d u a l sw h oa r e n o t s q u a r ed a n c e r sb u t
thej r effor ts add inmeasur ab l yto the
o v e r a l l o r g a n i z a t ' i o no f t h e C l u b a n d t h e
r ewar ds i nur e to the m ember sphi as
i n dj v i d u a sl . " A F r i e n d b a d g e " ' is a
r epl i ca of the standar d Club b adge i n
r e s e r v ec o l o r s , c o m p l e t ew i t h r h i n e s t o n e d
s t a r p o i n t s , w i t h t h e a d d j t j o no f t h e w o r d
' F r j e n d ' i n t h e u p p e rI e f t c o r n e r ."
Mjchael and Kaori join only two other
people to have been awar de d F r i end
m ember shi ps si nce the po1i c y w as
' i
establ shed i n Apr iI 1985. They c am eto
l . l e s t e r nS t a r t h r o u g h t h e i r p r o f e s s i o n a l
r e l a t j o n s hpi s w i t h S c o t t C a r e y a n d J o h n
C o n l e y . K a o r i a n d M i c h a e lh a v e a t t e n d e d
} l I N T E Ri 9 9 O
n u m e r o usso c i a l f u n c t i o n sa n dr e t r e a t s f o r
ma n y y e a r s a n d h a ve co n tri b uted an CAZADERO
e x t r a o r d in a r y a mo u not f b e h in d -th e- scenes
w o r kt o a d d t o t h e j o y a n d f r i e n d s h i p so f r.990
t h e m e m b e rosf t h e C l u b . T h e ya r e t r u l y
e x e m p l a r yf r i e n d s n o t o n l y to l .l S D
but also Ed. TheCazader o Retr eatwasSeptem ber 28
t o t h e g a y c o n m u n i t ya s a w h o l e . thr ough 30, 1990, and was coor di natedby
ANNADAMIANI and GARYGRAY. The weather
Th e t w o o t h e r F ri e n d s o f We ste rnStar ar e was gor geousfor thi s event a nd the ai r
M a r kC a r e ya n d D e m i a n Quesnel. w a sf i l l e d w i t h t h e m a g i co f g o o d w i l la n d
abandonmenti n wholesome f un. T he
ar ti cl es which fol I ow r epor t v ar i ous
YOU,ANDONLYYOU aspectsof the Retr eat and ar e w r i tten by
CANFILL THESE
SHOES m ember sof the Club and the Or ange90
C l a s s ( w h i c hw a s i n B a s i c sa t t h a t t i m e ) .
Y o ud o n o t h a v e t o b e a r e g u l a r ' l ya c t i v e
me m b e rt o he lp th e C lu b . T h er e ar e
i rme dj a t e o p en ni g s i n th e fo l I o w in g ar eas: FIRST-TIMER
REVEALS
IT ALL
i ti o n
Ad m ' i nstra MICHAEL S
M M ONA
I n s t r u ct'io n
Pu b 'lic a ti o n s I e a g e r l ys j g n e du p f o r t h e R e t r e a ta t t h e
l ti ons
P u b l ' i cR e a end of September .Myexpectati onsw er eto
Events d a n c e ,a n d d i d w e e v e r d a n c e . H o w e v e r ,
F in a n c e i n t e r s p e r s e dw i t h t h e d a n c i n gw e r e o t h e r
fun thi ngs I ' ike par ti es and gam es ,
A t a g e n e r a lm e m b e r s h m i pe e t i n gi n 1 9 9 0 , especial I y the FamI'yi Feud. After danc n i'
t h e B o a r d p r e s e n t e di t s p r o g r a mo f i o b all day, I could barely stay up for this
d e s c r i p t i o n s . T h e e n t i r e " w o r k i n g s "o f famouo s n - g o i n gf e u d . B u t I ' m g l a d I d i d ,
t h e C lu b h a v e b e e n s t r u c t u r e d i n t o for j t was great 'l fun meeting the l,loodand
s p e c i f i c j o b s , s o m eo f w h i c ha r e o n - g o i n g Br adley fam i i es. [Ed. Fam'i I y F eudw as
an d s o m e ,s h o rt-te rm. F o r e xa mple,ther e a g a m e ? I t ' s m y u n d e r s t a n d i n tgh a t t h e
is a n e e df o r a n e q u i p me nma t n a g er . That exper ence i was m or e I j ke the M id- Eas t
d o e s n ' t m e a ny o u m u s t t a k e p o s s e s s i o o nf s h e lI i n g s . ] B u t , I ' m g e t t i n g a h e a do f
t h e e q u ' i p me n t,b u t yo u d o n e e d to be m y s e l f . L e t m es t a r t a t t h e b e g i n n i n g .
wi 11i n g t o I e a rn h o w th e e quipm ent
f u n c t i o n s , c o n n e c t st o o t h e r e q u i p m e n t , l,le I eft San Fr ancisco about 6 p.m . w ith
a n d w h e r ea n d h o w t o c o o r d ' i n a t er e p a i r s RODODGERS dr i vi ng and M NDYSC H OESLER ,
a n d g e n e r a lm a i n t e n a n c e . LARRY KELLEHER, SAMKOHLER, an dm egetti ng
b e t t e r a c q u a i n t e d . H u n g e rt o o k o v e r a t
Even 'if you have been " away f rom the G u e r n e v i l l e ,a n d I s u c c u m b et od t h e g r e a s y
1ights" of l.lSD and "into a purplehaze," b u r g e ra n d f r i e s f o r w h i c hI s u f f e r e dw e l l
' into the night. Someother s ' i n the par ty
t h e r e j u s t ma y b e a w a y to re acquaint
yourself with the Club without a large w e r em o r es e n s i b l ea n d a t e " I i t e . " A f t e r
c o r m i t m e not f t i m e . J u s t t o g e t t h i n g s di nner we cont' nued i towar ds C az ader o.
s t a r t e d , c a 1 ' lM A XR O B Bt h, e a d mni j s t r a t o r , ( N e x t t i m e , w e l e a v e e a r l i e r b e c a u s et h e
a t 4 3 1 - 6 2 3 8 . H e w ' i lI d i s c u s s y o u r r oad ' into the Campwas DARK-- s pel l ed d- a-
i n t e r e s t s a n d c o o r d ni a t e y o u r g e t t i n g r-k!) l,Je final 1y made it and saw
i n v o lv e d . S T E F F A N Y ,w h o g r a c i o u s l y ( a 1 b e i t ,
s w a y ' i n g l yd) i r e c t e d u s t o a p a r k i n gs p o t .
The guys went one way, and I w ent another
to my cab'ni which was dec or ated w 'i th
H e ' s s m a r t e rt"h a n h e C h r i s t m a st r i n m j n g s - - s n o w b a l l e
sven-'and
I ooks. Thof at C h r i s t m a sm u s i c ( L 0 T So f i t ! ) . FELIX
I e a s t i s r e a s s u rni g . F0RNIN0 and B0B LESLIEwer e r es ponsb'l i e
for the decor ations, and they w er e
b e a u t fi u l .

Q U A R T I R LSYE L E C T I O N S I.IINTER
I990
I q u i c k l y t h r e wm y t h j n g s o n t h e t o p b u n k
( a n o t h e rr e a s o n I ' m g e t t i n g t h e r e e a r l y
n e x t t i m e ) a n dw e n tt o d a n c e . T h es i z e o f
t h e c r o w dk i n d o f th re w me , b u t th e e n er gy
v {as c o n t a goi u s . T h is w a s my fi r st
e x p o s u r et o " s t y l i n g " i n s u c h a l a r g e
g r o u p . I m e a n - - y o uj u s t d o n ' t s i m p l y
w eaveh e r e - - s o m e o nwea s co min ' a t me al' l
a r m s a n d l e g s a n d G o d k n o w sw h a t e l s e !
A f t e r a f e w m inu te s o f p a n ic I se ttl ed
d o wna n d r e a l ' i ze d th a t ma yb eso me dayI
w i l l b e k i c k i n ' u p a l s o . G o o dd a n c i n ' a n d
g o o dp e o p l e .
A n ds o t o b e d a n d I t h o u g h tt o s l e e p , b u t
'it wasn't to be in this cabinwith about
1 2 p e o p l e . I w a s b u n k i n gw i t h L A N D R A
W H I TaEn dM I M IM U E L L E RT.h e yw e r eq u i e t ,
but 'i n t h e n e x t ro o ms th e re w a s m uch
t a l k i n g a n dl a u g h i n ga n dr u s t l i n g o f p a p e r
a s t h e y o p e n e dt h i n g s t o e a t . [ E d . J u s t
w h a t k i n d o f p a p e rw a s r u s t l i n g a n d j u s t
whatwerethey eating?] I thjnk Landra
a n d i r e a d t h e sa mep a g e s j n o u r b ooks
a b o u tt h r e e t i m e s b e f o r ew e d e c i d e dt o p u t
t he b o o k s d o w n a n d e a ve sd ro p . The
c o n v e r s a t i o inn t h e n e x t r o o mw a sf a r m o r e
i n t e r e s t in g a n d s c ' i n t i1l a t i n g ( a l t h o u g h ,
at one point, I wasgoing to climb down
a n d w a s hs o m e o n e 'm s o u t ho u t w i t h s o a p ) .
} l h e n F e lj x , B o b , J E F F J U D D ,a n d P HLI
SCHR EUkRn e w w e w e re 1i ste n in g , they
t e a s e du s u n m e r c j f u l l y . I t w a s q u i t e a
w h i l e b e f o r ew e g o t t o s 1 e e p . 0 f c o u r s e ,
the next day at breakfastthe guys told
w h o e v ewr o udl I ' i s t e n t h a t t h e w o m einn t h e
c a b i n k e p t t h e mu p a l l n i g h t .
Speaking of
breakfast, the
f ood was
w o n d e r f uI and
plenty of it. it
seemedto me TODD
T R Y ON w a s fo rever
setti nq the
ta b l e , b u -tw e al I
h e lp e d i n t h e c1e a n -u p . Me t the
S a c r a m e nbt ou n c hd u r i n g t h e m e a l sa n d h a d
a c h a n c et o d o s o m es m aIl t a l k .
S a t u r d a yb r o u g h t m o r e d a n c ' i n g - - c l o g g i n g
e v e n ( f o r w h ic h I d ' i d n ' t h a v e t h e e n e r g y
d u e t o l a c k o f s l e e p b e c a u s es o m ep e o p l e
w o u l d n ' ts t o p t a l k i n g ) . I t o o k a b r e a ka t
t h e p o o l. So m epe o pel e ve n sq u a re du p i n
t h e p o o l w j t h A N N AD A M I A NdIo i n g a g o o d
j o b c a l l i n g . A n o c e a nw a v et a k e s o n a n e w
O U A R T E RSLEYL E C T I O N S
m e a n i n gi n a s w i n r n ' i nPgo o .l
A par ty was held I ate Satur dayaf ter noon
s t a r t i n g w i t h a m a r c hw i t h w h i s t l e s a n d
other noise maker sand I ed by W Y N ONJN0A
B R A D L EaY s d r u mm a j o r ( e t t e ) - - ( s ) h e d o e s
great workwith that baton. [Ed. This
p a r a d e a c t u a l1 y f o l I o w e d t h e e n d o f
a n o t h e rp a r t y , b u t t h i s i s R a m o n a 'sst o r y
of her s' igni f i cant events. l' lhen th i s
over sight t.{ as quer ied of BLAN C H IE J 0,
J A N I EJ 0 , A N DS U Z I EJ 0 B R A D L E Y t h, e i r
r e s p o n s ew a s , " W h oa r e w e t o c o m p l a i n ? " ]
l . l ew h i s t l e d , s a n g , a n d m a r c h e d
to Bradley
M a n o r ;d r a n k ; t a l k e d ; a n d w a t c h e da s s o m e
v e r y t a l e n t e d p e o p l ep a r o d i e ds h o wt u n e s .
A f t e r a l I t h i s a n d m o r e d a n cni g , t h e
e v e n i n gw a s t o p p e do f f b y a F a m i l y F e u d
gamebetweenthe Br adleys and the tl oodsI
was j n a quandar yas to whomto r o ot for .
It seemed the Br adleyswer ethe fav or i tes .
B u t I l i k e d t h e W o o d s( I ' v e a l w a y sl o v e d
t r a s h ) , s o I t h i n k I c h e e r e de v e r y o n eo n
tr yi ng not to havefavor i tes. As j f ther e
w e r e n o t e n o u g he n t e r t a i n m e n t ,t h e r e w a s
a g r e a t f a s h io n s h o w d u r in g t h e
n o m ' i n a t i o nf os r M r . a n dM z . C a z a d e rw oh ' i c h
was hosted by W ELLABALSAM di r e c t fr om
V a n c o u v e rB, C . S c a r l e t t 0 ' H a r a l i v e s a s
RODMORRELL not only tor e the dr a pes and
cur tai ns fr om hi s r oom but al s o h'i s
b e d col t h e s , t o oI A s i g h t t o b e h odl .
However ,hi s ef for "t was ' in vai n as the
cur r ent Mr . and M z. Cazader oar e fr om
Stockton. I t w a s a w e lI - d e s e r v e d
c o r o n a t i o n ; I n e v e r s a w s o m a n yo u t f i t
c h a n g e isn m y l l f e ! I b e l ' i e v et h e r e i s a
v i d e oo f t h i s M a s t e r p i e cS e h o ws o m e w h e r e .
C H E CIKT O U T ! [ E d . T h e v ' i d e oi s c a l l e d
" H e r o sa n d F r i e n d s "a n d i s a v a i I a b l e a n y
weeklyclass and dancenights for free
rental.l
After br eakfast on Sunday, ther e t,l as a
h i g h h e e l r a c e ( l ^ l h e rdeo y o u g e t a l l t h o s e
shoes?) won by RICHARD C0PtL AN Dthe ,
f a s t e s t f e e t i n t h e } J e s tg i v e n t h e o d d s .
Next, the gr oup fr om Sacr amento h os ted a
p a r t y a n d B I L L E Y L E Ro, u r g r e a t c a l l e r
f r o m A l b u q u e r q u (ew h od j d a n o u t s t a n d i n g
job all weekend and js to be especially
conm ended for hj s pati encewjth the 0r ange
9 0 c l a s s ) ( a n d h e 's g o o d -o1o k in g , t o o! ) ,
did an impromptu c a ' 1 1 - - ac a p p eIla y e t - -
r i g h t t h e r e o n t h e d e c ko f t h e m a i n1 o d g e .
0 t h e r t h i n g s w e r ea l s o d o n er i g h t t h e r e o n
the deck of the lodge whjch I won't go
I.IINTER
1990
' i n t o r j g h t n o w - - g e tt h e v ' i d e o !
S e r i o u s l y ,i t w a sa l 1 g r e a t f u n - - m o r et h a n
I e x p e c t e d a n d th e n so me . Being a
ne w c o m earn d so me w h a t-o l d epre rson, this
l i v e l y b u n c h h a s r e j u v e n a t e df r € , a n d I
I o o k f o r w a r d to n e xt ye a r a n d n ext year
a n d s o o n . S q u a r ed a n c i n gh a s g i v e n m e a
c h a n c et o g e t th a t h e a rt ra te u p and a
c h a n c et o m e e ts o m el o v e l y n e wf r i e n d' ls o f
wa r m t ha n d I o ve . I I o ve i t a n d al of
t h o s en e w - f o u nfdr i e n d s ! [ E d . R a m o nhaa s
a v e r y y o u n gs o u l ; s h e j u s t n e e d sa n e w
m a k e u pj o b o n t h e e x t e r j o r . N e x t y e a r ,
Ta n m yF a y ew 'i 1 1b e a t C a za d e ro co nducting
a w o r k s h o p t o s p e c fi i c a 1l y a d d r e s s
R a m o n ao ' sn l y n e e d . ]
Y o ut r u l y a r e H e s t e r nS t a r s !
P A R T I ES ! P A R T IE S ! P A R T IES!
B Y : N O S EKEN O C K E N L O C K E R
Ev e nt h o u g hth e w h oel w e e ke n se I i ke
d e m ed
o n e h u g e p arty, th e re w e re th ree ver y
specialparties at Camp Caz.
M A R G A R I T AV IL wa L sT h o ste d b y G0LDRUSH
w j t h M A R CE , D D I t , a n d M A Xs e r v i n g t h e
tasty margaritas.SAM j n a p p r o p r i a t e l yw a s
i n c h a r g eo f m i x i n g t h e v i r g i n s . T h e
gr o u p f r o m' l eSda cra me n toma d e a dazz)i ng
entrance, b y C A N D IB A R Ra n d G R E G .
M A M AJ 0 , t h e ma tri a rch o f th e Br adley
F a m i l y ,a r r i v e d a t t h e p a r t y w i t h a p a c k
o f s t r e e t u r c h ' i n s ,B I L L j n a s m a r ts t r i n g
o f p e a r l s , a n d a h u g eb o o mb o x . L u c k i l y ,
t h e n e w W S Dr a d i c a l g r o u p A C TR i G H Td j d
no t s h o w u p . T h e y h a d e mb a rrassed
B M D L E YwSi t h t h e l r p r o t e s t o f " A c t R i g h t !
D r e s sD o w n ! "a t a p r e v i o u sg a t h e r i n g .
Th e M a r g a nt a i vi I I e g ro u p p ro ve d to be a
r e a 1 1 y s t y l i s h l o t f r o m M A R I Ew i t h h e r
Cu e r v oG o ld T -sh irt to IMOGE NwiEth her
n e o n - pni k b o le r o . M I C H A E wLa sq u it e s m a r t
j n h i s " t . l h oK i I I e d L a u r a P a l m e r "s h i r t ;
a n d , j u s t i n c a s e s o m e o ndej d n ' t g e t i t ,
h e w a s c a r r y i n g t h e " T w i n P e a k s "s c r i p t .
M i c h a e la l m o s tg o t h i m s e l f k i l l e d w h e nh e
pl a y e d t h e so u n d tra ckC D . M'ich a el, ' it ' s
beautiful but not exactly party musjc.
CA N D Ir e t u r n e d i n a n o p e ra g o wn. The
B r a d l e y s c a use dto n g u e sto vra gwhenthe
w h o l e f a m i l y a p p e a r e dw 1 t h o u t h o s i e r y .
Q U A R T E RSLE
YL E C T I O N S
Sham! e Sham! e SHAME
!
C a p t u rni g t h e f e s t i v ' i t i e s f o r p o s t e ntiy
wer eANNA w"ithher "camer aand , of c our s e,
J 0 H Nv i d e o t a p i n ge v e r y t h i n g .
As Margaritavi I I e waswaning, PROMENA0E T0
A PARADE began when the BRADLEY BUNCH
[ E d . " B u n c h ? " E x c u s em e , " F a m l l y !"] i n
bandunjformsmarchedthe ent'ire party two
by two to Br adley M anor . The M anorw as
d e c o r a t e di n a t r a i n t h e m ew i t h s h o wm u s i c
b l a r i n g . T h es h o wm u s i cc e r t a i n l y g o t t h e
cr owd into the r ight m ood. R AN D Y and
M A R Iw E e r eq u i t e d a s h ' i n g
d o i n gt h e i r F r e d -
and- Gingerr outine. W ELLA madea Sw eet
C h a r i t yw i t h h e r v e r s ' i o no f " I f M y F r i e n d s
C o u l dS e eM eN o w . " T h e l o v e l y W Y N 0 NJN0A
d e v a s t a t e tdh e o n l o o k e r sw i t h h e r d a z z l i n g
baton twirling. Is there anythingshe
can't do?
T h ea g eo 1 dq u e s t ' i o n" C a na l e s b i a n b e c o m e
a drag queen?w " a s f i n a l l y a n s w e r ew d hen
E L
'letI Z A B E dToHn n e d
a f a b u l o u sw j g a n d r e a11y
g o . I ' m s u r e E t h e l M e r m arno l l e d o v e r
in her grave.
As the par ty pr ogr essed, Cand'ic hanged
d r e s s e s a g a in ! F r i e n d s hpi b l o s s o m e d ,
g o s sp i w a s w h is p e r e d , a n d r ' t w a s
di scover ed that mean ol d GR EGand hi s
brothers used to torture poor I i ttl e
BLANCHIE J0 whenthey wer echj I dr en 1i v i ng
jn the sameneighbor hood many ,m anyy ear s
a g o . S u c hi s t h e s m a l l w o r l d o f s q u a r e
d a n c i n g . T h e b e e r f l o w e d , p o p c o r nv { a s
micr owaved,and the par ty en ded w i th a
k ' ic k I i n e / r u b s e s s 'oi n i n v o lv i n g R A N D Y ,
G E 0 R GA EN , D YS, A M ,B I L L , a n d l o t s m o r e .
the
The SundaySacr am ento Sojr ee beganw ith
the new' lycr ownedMr . and Mz . C am pC az ,
STUD M U F F IaNn d C A N D Ia, n d t h e i r a i d e - d e -
cam p, DICK, ser ving Bloody M ar y s and
s c r e w d r i v e r s . T h is w a s a v e r y c l v i I ' i z e d
g a t h e r i n gw i t h e v e n y o n e
trying to figure
out who had done what and to w homthe
p r e v i o u s e v e n i n g . S o m eo f t h e i d e a l
c o u p l e si n c l u d e d : R O Da n d R O N ,M A Xa n d
GREG,KENTand BIL, GARYand J ESSE,the
f 1 i g h t y B I L L Y d a n c i n g w i t h M A R I E ,a n d
TAMMY and WELLA.
I w jI I c l o s e t h i s a r t i c l e w jt h a q u o t e
from RAM0NA, "I loved the
p a r t ie s . . I ' v e m e ts o m a n yi n t e r e s t in g
p e o pel . "
} , I N T E R1 9 9 0
 At I ast the moment arri ved for the
S / h e ' s V o g u eo n t h e o u t s i d e a n d v a g u e
a u d i e n c et o c h o o s e t h e n e x t M r . a n d M z .
Cg*p Caz by a round of applause. In a
c l o s e d e c i s i o n , M I S S C A N D IB A Ra n d S T U D
MR. & MZ. CAMPCAZ M U F F I Nw e r e e l e c t e d . The now-dethroned
K i n g a n d Q u e e n ,B U R La n d M Y T R LlE, I 0 0 0 ,g a v e
J E F FJ U D Da n d P H i LS C H R E U R their loyal subjects a final royal wave
( t i t s , t e e t h , t i a r a ) a s t h e y c r o w n e dt h e
Mis s l . l E L L ABA L S A M (a ka B IL L H OU GHT0N) new Camp Caz royal ty. Long I 'ive the
b e g a nt h e c o n t e st fo r th e e n th ro n e ment
of Q u e e n!s
t h e n e wM r . & M z. C a mpC a zb y i n tro d ucing
a g1ittering array of contestants.
CABINAT.IARDS
T h ef i r s t e n t r a n t w a sM I S SV A N I L LC AR E A M ,
escorted by the dapper FREET'{AN STAMPER. P H I L S C H R E Ua R
nd
M 1 s sC r e a mw o r e a 1 o v e 1 y g o w n o f r e d J E F FJ U D D
taffeta with a snugly fitting pair of
m a t c hni g b r i e f s . H e r c h o r e o g r a pch i T e n s io n r a n h i g h
ent ra n c e a c c o mp a n 'i e dy g ra ce fu l p elvic
b as the Camp Caz
gy ratio n s s e r ve d to e xp o se those team of judges--
d e 1i g h t f u l1 yw e 1I - f o r m e db r i e f s , e 1i c i t i n g G A R YG R A Y , J E S S E ,
many - a n - a p p r eati ci ve si g h fro m the a n d K A 0 R IF U J I T A N I - - m a tdhee r o u n d s i n
a u d i e n c e . D u r i n gt h e i n t e r v i e w s e s s i o n , t h i s y e a r 's c a b in d e c o r a t ' i n g c o n t e s t .
M i s sC r e a m w a sa s k e dt o i m a g i n ew h a t i t e m S u r p r i s e db y a m i d - a f t e r n o o n' i n s p e c t ' i o n ,
s h o u l db e t a x e d w h i c h c u r r e n t l y i s n o t . a numberof cabins had not yet c om pl eted
T h in k in g a i o n g t h e I i n e s o f I u x u r y / s ' i n t h e j r f i n a l p r e p a r a t i o n sa s t h e j u d g e s
t a x e s , M i s s C r e a mq u i c k l y r e s p o n d e d",M y s w e p ti n , s c o r e c a r d s j n h a n d .
underl.{ear. "
D u r in g t h e e v e n ni g' s f e s t i v ' i tj e s , t h e
Conte s t a n tn u mb e rtw o w a s MIS SR H 0 NDA LA l o v e 1 y a n d l o q u a c i o u sM I S Sl . l E L L A BALSAM
D O U C HeEs,c o r t e db y h u n k yR O NJ A B L O N S K i . p r e s e n t e dt h e a w a r d s . I n a s u r p r i s e m o v e
Miss La Douche w a s w r a p p e dj n a n e l e g a n t b y t h e j u d g e s , t h e r e w a sn o s i n g l e w i n n e r
drape a uw h 'pi p e d u p f ro m n e a rly a l I the t h a t e v e n i n g ,b u t e v e r y c a b i n w a s s ' i n g l e d
d e c o r a t i v em a t e r i a l f r o m t h e S - S h e e t s - t o - out fr om somespec'al i decor ating s tr ok e of
t he-tl in d C a bni . A ma tchni g se t of g e n i u s . A n u n c o n t e s t e d" M o s t Q u e e n l y "
r e c y cel a be l D ie t P e p s i i i n g le b o b s awar dwent to the Nur se' s Cab'n. i " M os t
c o m p l e t e tdh e e n se n b l " e .Wh e na ske dd ur ing P o l i t j c a l l y I n c o r r e c t a n d P r o u d0 f I t "
t h e j n t e r v j e w j f a g i r l s h o u l dd o t h i n g s went to the down- hom efol ks i n the
f o r h e r s e l f o r r e l y o n t h e k i n d n e s so f Reynol ds Cabj n. Koj nania Cabin r ec e'iv ed
s t r a n g e r s ,M i s s L a D o u c h ree s p o n d e d",A l l t h e w e l l - d e s e r v e d" S t r e t c h i n g t h e S e a s o n
of the above,"giving a specially warm the Fur thest" awar d for , am ong other
glanceto the no longer stranger Hunky t h i n g s , ' it s d a z z il n g r o t a t i n g C h r is t m a s
Ron. I i ght show and br eathtaking al um num j
C h r is t m a st r e e .
Th e fi n a l c o n t e sta n tw a s a MIS SC A N DI BAR
o f S t o c k t o n , e s c o r t e db y G R E G (aka STUD T h e " E a r l y H a l I o w e e n a" w a r dw e n t t o t h e
i ' 1 U F F I N )M. i s s B a r w a ss i m p l y s t u n n i n gi n Ar m str ong Cabjn for the' ir f r i ghtening
a b l a c k , c r j n o l i n e d g o w no r n a m e n t ewdi t h display of All-Hallows Eve memorabjlia.
a dra m aj tc s ' iI v e r f l a min g o a n d d a zzli ng T h e d r a m a t i cd i s p l a y o f t h e r a i n b o wf l a g
rhi ne s t o n ej e w elry. l ,l h e na ske dw h ich was ear nedthe RainbowRoomthe "M os t Pr oudl y
t h e f j n e s t U - H a u ls e r v i c e ' i n t h e c o u n t r y , Gay" awar d. The bold, for ward- look ing
l 4 i s sB a r p r o m p t l yr e s p o n d e d",M yh u s b a n d , d e s i g nc o n c e p ot f the Fjve-Sheets-to-the-
H o n e y " - - as t a t e m e n tn o o n e c o u l d d o u b t f,lind Roomear ned them the coveted, y et
h a v i n gw i t n e s s e dt h e f a n t a s t j c v a r i e t y o f seldom deser ved, " I Don' t KnowAny th'i ng
e v e n i n gw e a rM i s s B a r h a d d i s p l a y e do v e r About Ar t" awar d. They wer e giv en a r un
t h e c o u r s eo f t h e w e e k e n d . f o r t h e i r m o n e y ,h o w e v e r ,b y t h e M i n e r s
C a b i nw h o , i n t h e e n d , h a d t o s e t t l e f o r

SELECTIONS
QUARTERLY } I I N T E RI 9 9 O
t h e " N e e d sD e c o r a t i n g H e l p / T o oE c l e c t i c "
aVr,afd.
D u e a l m o s t s i n g 1e h a n d e d l y t o the
d e c o r a t i n gs a v v y o f M i s s C a n d i B a r , t h e
G re y C a bni s n a tch e dth e " Mo st C ri nolj nes
I n O n e R o o m"a w a rd . T h i s a w a rdfor the
s t u n n in g a r r a y o f w o me n 'sa cco u tre ment was
n i c e l y b a l a n c e db y t h e s t u d l y " N e a t e s t
Bo o t s a n d F u lI B a r" a w a rd g i ve n to the
R e j f f C a b i n . A f i n a l , w e l l d e s e r v ea dw a r d
wa s g i v e n t o B ra d le y Ma n o r for i ts
r e c r e a t io n o f a 1 9 6 0 ' sC a li f o r n i a s u b u r b a n
dre a mh o m e .
I m p r e s s i vter o p h i e ss u i t a b l e f o r e n g r a v i n g
w e r ea w a r d e d t o e a c hc a b i n , t o g e t h e rw i t h
a f a n t a s t i c p r i z e s e l e c t e dj u s t f o r t h e m .
FAI4ILYFEUD
JEFF-BOB
T h eh i g h l j g h t o f t h e w e e k e nwd a st h e l o n g -
aw atie d s h o w do wbne tw e e nth e B ra d e l y s, the
b o u r g e osi [ E d . T h e s e n e w k ' i d s o n t h e
b l o c k h a v eg o t n e r v e ! ] b l u e b l o o d so f t h e
c a m p ,a n d t h e W o o d s ,t h e f a m i l y o f t h e
p e o p l e - - t h ef a m j l y o f t h e w o r k e r s ! ( S o ,
I s o u n da s i f I u s e d t o w r j t e a g o s s i p
c ol u m nf o r Pro vd o .) A n yw a y,o n w ith the
ga m e .
T h eM Cf o r t h e e v e n ' i n g w a st h e l o v e ' l ya n d
t a l e n t e dL A R RKYE L L O GsGm, a r t l ya t t i r e d j n
b r a a n d c r i n o l i n e s . T a k i n gc a r e o f t h e
ga m eb o a r d j n a p a ir o f ve ry-w el1-fi tted
j e a n s ( c h e c kt h e b a c k ) w a s o u r o w nK E V I N
L A R S O N .C H R I SA N D E R S 0tN h ,a t d a s h i n g ,
m a s t e r f u lm a n' i n b l a c k , w a sb o t h t h e i u d g e
a n d g a m em a s t e rf o r t h e e v e n i n g .
T h ef e e l i n g i n t h e h a l l w a se l e c t r i c p r i o r
t o t h e e n t r a nceo f th e co n te sta n ts. Ther e
wa s a I a r g e co n t'in g e n cy o f vo cal W ood
s u p p o r t e r sa n da s m a l l e rb u t e q u a l l y v o c a l
g r o u po f B r a d l e ys u p p o r t e r s . T h eB r a d l e y s
e n t e r e d f i r s t , a n d t h e c r o w dw e n t w i l d .
Pla y i n g f o r th e B ra d l e ys w e re MAMAJ0
( Fr e e m a n S t a mp e r) w ith h e r I ovely
d a u g h t e r s :J A N i EJ 0 ( T o mT r i p p ), B L A N C H I E
J 0 ( J a m e s O z a nci h ), S U Z I E J 0 ( S u e
S i e g f r i e d ) , a n dW Y N O NJN 0 A( E d d i eS m i t h ) .
R u m ohr a s j t t h a t W y n o n nJao i s j n r e a l j t y
M a m aJ o ' s s i s t e r , n o t h e r d a u g h t e r - - b u t
t h a t ' s a n o t h e rs t o r y . T h e B r a d l e y sw e r e
Q U A R T E RSL€YL E C T I O N S
met by a barrage of pro-l,Joodsenti ments
w h i c h t h e y r e s p o n d e dt o i n a t y p i c a l l y
Br adley fashion ( yelI ed r j ght b ac k ).
Next the tlOODSenter ed; they , too,
r eceived a wi I d r eception. T he team
d f f i v e m e m b e rosf t h e e x t e n s i v e
c o n s ' i s t eo
and expansi ve l,loodFami1y. T he pl ay er s
wer e: COTTON ( CapM or an) , LAV EN D (ER Anna
Damiani ) , UNDERMI LK (Russ Ki ng) , MANZANETA
( M e1 i nda Napier ) , and RET EAK ( Ar t
M c D e r m o t t ) . T h e s q u e a k o f a g e r b iI
p i e r c e dt h e a ' i r , a n d t h e g a m ew a s a f o o t .
T h e W o o d sw e r e o b v i o u s l y i n t h i s f o r
b l o o d . C o t t o nw e n t f o r t h e j u g u l a r v e i n
w i t h h i s r e s p o n s et o t h e s e c o n dq u e s t i o n ,
"[,lhat does MamaJo Bradley not carry i n
h e r p u r s e ? " H i s r e s p o n s e ," A m i r r o r . "
M a m Jao ' s j a w h i t t h e t a b l e , a n dt h e c r o w d
went wi I d. Mama Jo was v 'i ndj c ated,
however ,by the fact that the ans w erdi d
not make the sur vey. The W oodstook
contr ol of the gameear ly and th e Br adl ey s
were never able to catch up. This may
havebeendue to the Br adleys' s tr ategy of
' i m b j b j n gh e a v i l y , t r i c k i n g t h e W o o d isn t o
a n s w e r i n ga l l t h e q u e s t i o n s , a n d t h e n
tr yi ng to steal al I the po' i nts i f the
W oodsmjssed a r esponse. Unfor tunatei y
f o r t h e B r a del y s , t h i s d i d n o t w o r k
because the l,loods r ar el y m is s ed a
q u e s t ' i o na, n d , f o r t h e o n e st h e y d i d m i s s ,
t h e B r a d l e y sw e r e u n a b l et o a n s w e r .
The game was an absolute or gy of
q u e s to i n s , g e r b i1 s q u e a k s , i n n u e n d o s ,
i n s u l t s , a n d r a u c o u so u t b u r s t s f r o m t h e
f a n s . O n eo f t h e l o n g e r p a u s e so c c u r r e d
w h e nB l a n c h i eJ o g o t L a r r y i n a i i p l o c k
and no one could get her off the table.
Thegamewasdownto the last ques ti onand
i t l o o k e db l e a k f o r t h e B r a d l e y s . O n eo f
the famiI i es had to I eave the ar ea s o as
not to hearthe other family's responses,
s o t h e t J o o dw s e r et o l d t o g o t o t h e w o o d s .
In the l,lSDTodoy!dated 0ctober 10, 1990,
a Br adley Famj 1y r epr esentat' iv ei ns i nuated
that the W oodsm ay not hav e gone far
enoughj nto the woodsand stol e s om eof
t h e i r a n s w e r fsr o m t h e B r a d l e y s . H o w e v e r ,
w j t h a s p o o r l y a s t h e B n a d l e yd i d , t h e
tr uth i s ' ir r el evant. As the s m ok e
c l e a r e d , t h e W o o dw s e r ev i c t o r i o u s w i t h a
scor e of 985 to 480, and the Br adl ey sw ent
o f f t o I ' i c k t h e i r a n d s o m e b o deyl s e ' s
wounds.
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T o o t l e sf o r n o w . T h i s i s J e f f - B o b s rg n rn g
o f f f r o m h i g h a t o p t h e S a n c h e z S tr eet
hill.
M z H iq h H e e sl
OF A CHAMPION
CONFESSIONS
( o r a H i g hH i l l H i g hH e e lR a c e )
R I C H A RCDOP E L A N D
The air was crisp and c1ear, with that
faint smellof redwood on the breeze. My
h e a d w a s w h e eil n g a ro u n d w jth the
e x c ite m e n t o f C a mpC a z. Go o d fri ends,
p a r a d e s , s o ir e e s , g a m e s h o w s , b e a u t y
p a g e a n t sa, q u a - d u c k i n ga,n dl o t s o f s q u a r e
d a n c i n g . I n t h e f l u s h o f t h e m o m e n ti,t
i s n o t s u r p r i s i n g t h a t , w h e nI h e a r dt h e
B r a d l e y F a m i l y c a l l f o r c o n t e s t a n t sf o r
t h e H ' i g hH e e l R a c e ,m y m i n d s l i p p e d t h e
c l u t c h a n d I d e c i d e dt o e n t e r . B o y sr u n ,
g i r l s r u n , o h w h a tf u n !
N o w ,l e t m e t e l l y o u , i t h a d b e e ny e a r s
sjnce the one and only tjme that i ever
w o r e h e e sl . ( Y e s , I ' v e b e e n s o c ia 11 y
d e p r i v e d . ) B u t I p r o c e e d ew d ith feigned
c o n f i d e n c ea n d a c t u a l t r e p i d a t j o n t o t h e
s t a r t i n g i ' i n e , w h e r et h e o t h e r c o n t e s t a n t s
w e r ec j r c f i n g a r o u n da p i l e o f o l d s c u f f e d
u p s h o e s ,w h i l e M a wB r a d l e ym a d ea f u s s
a n d l e t t h e r u l e s b e k n o w n . I l o o k e da t
the othercontestants.Some o f t h e s eg u y s
h a d o b v i o u s l yb e e na r o u n dt h e b l o c k a f e w
t j m e s - - i n h e e 1 s ,n o l e s s .
T h e y ' db e h a r d t o b e a t . E s p e c i a l l yt h o s e
r e d s t ' i l e t t o s . S e e , h a n dci a p sw e r eg i v e n
b a s e d o n t h e h e ig h t o f t h e h e e -l - t h e
h i g h e rt h e h e e l , t h e b i g g e r t h e h a n d i c a p .
T h o s er e d s t j l e t t o s w e r e p r e t t y h i g h a n d
t h e l e g s a b o v e t h e m w e r e m u s c u l a ra n d
I e a n . " R u n n e r ' s1 e g s , " I t h o u g h t ,t r y i n g
t o c o n c e n t r a t e . S o i p i c k e do u t t h e p a i r
w it h t h e h i g h e s t h e e ls , t h e b i g g e s t
h a n dci a p ( m n i u s 4 0 s e c o n d s, ) a n d t h e
f e w e s ts i z e s t o o s m a l l . I k n e wt h a t , i f
I w e r e t o h a v e a g h o s t o f a c h a n c e ,i t
w o u l d b e t h a t - 4 0 h a n d i c a pt h a t w o u l d
s h o o tm ys t a r t o v j c t o r y - - t h a t - 4 0 a n dt h e
Q U A R T E RSLE
YL E C T I O N S
wor ds- that r ecycled thr ough m y head I i k e
a comfor tabl e ol d mantr a, ,,0n t dae op
s t a e , o n t d a e o w s l a e o w nd a e . , ,
N o wa l l t h e r u l e s h a d b e e n l a i d o u t a n d
t h e c o u r s em a r k e d . A p i l e o f s h o e s l a y
befor e us. Their m ateswer e pi I ed about
thi r ty feet away. The onlook er s and
m 'scel
i I aneous hanger s- on pr om enadedto
t h e i r v a n t a g ep o i n t a t t h e f i n i s h l i n e
a t o p H i g h H i l l a n d w a ' i t e de x p e c t a n t l y .
Thefi ve contestantsci r cl ed to a I i ne and
held our col I ecti ve br eaths for the
s ' i g n a.1 " 0 n y o u r m a r k , 9 € t s e t , G 0 ! "
W es w u n gi n t o a c t i o n , d i v i n g t h r o u g ht h e
p i l e o f s h o e st o f j n d o u r o w n . O n es h o e
oi, one shoe off, I lur ched tow ar d m y
w a j t i n g s h o e . A l l w a sa f l u t t e r w h e e l o f
h e e l s a n d r u n n e r sa n d g r a s s a n d s k y . N o w
r u n , n o w v e e r 1 e f t , n o ww a l k a n d d o d g e ,
n o wz o o m . " T h i s i s a s l i d e t h r o u g h , " I
t h o u g h tt o m y s e l f . " N o s w e a t . " B u t a s I
appr oacheddeadly Cour tesy Turn and m y
s e c o n ds h o e , I c a u g h ta f l a s h o f t h o s e r e d
stilettos taking a far lead to the left.
" H u r r y , h u r r y , " I m u t t e r e dt o m y s e l f . B u t
the other s wer e catching up and nowI had
to find myother shoe.
A s w e f r a n t i c a l l y s e a r c h e da l l a r o u n dt h e
I e f t h a n d s h o e p i 1e , t h e s t r a j n o f
c o m p e t i t i o nb e g a nt o s h o w . O u t o f t h e
cor ner of m y eye I could see s om eone
t h r o w i n ga r i g h t a n d l e f t g r a n d , s o m e o n e
c o u n t e r e dw j t h a s w i n g t h r o u g h o r t w o ,
someone even went so far as to s pl i t an
outsjde pair. I tried to ignore the
hubbua b n dc o n c e n t r a t eo n f i n d ' i n gm yo t h e r
s h o e ,w h ' i c hu n f o r t u n a t e l yw a ss t a r t ' i n g t o
l o o k a l o t l i k e a l l t h e o t h e r s h o e si n t h e
p i 1 e . A f t e r a c o u p l ew r o n gw a yt h a r s a n d
s u b s e q u e nt rt a d e b y s , I m a n a g endo t o n l y
to fjnd the right shoebut also to some
h o wh i n g e j t o n t o m y f o o t . "Don't you
turn back now," I said to myself as I
veer ed1eft, separ atedfr om the cr ow dand
extendedmy two heels in a m addas h for
the fi nish I i ne.
The s i ght of those r ed heels a'lr eady
s w e e p i nag q u a r t e ro f t h e w a yu p H i g hH i l l
towar d the r ibbon only spur r ed me to r un
faster. "This is easy," I mused. "I'll
just run on the balls of my feet, as
M r . S c h u s t e rt a u g h t m e i n f i f t h g r a d e . I
w o n ' t e v e n l e t t h o s e - 4 0 h a n d i c a ph e e l s
t o u c h t h e g r o u n d . I ' l l b e z o o m i n gl i k e a
i I I N T E RI 9 9 O
s t a r t h r o u g ht h e g a l a x y .'i Y e a h ,I ' v e g o t
i t n o v!,"/ S u re . B u t n th e r ush of
o v e r c o n f i d e n c eI, s u d d e n l yf e l t m y l e f t
h e e l h i t t h e g r o u n d . I v e e r e dt o t h e
h a y e d ,a n d w e n t o u t o f
r i g h t , h a lf - s a s'lyi
control , arms f ng everywhere. I f el t
a s t h o u g hI w e r ed o i n g a C a l i f o r n i a t w i r l
on top of a see-saw. As I strugge l d to
regain my natural poi se and grace, tv.lo
c o n t e s t a n t s p a sse d th ro u g h to war d the
finish line.
I c o u l d s e e t h a t m y c h a n c et o b e i n t h e
s t a r f a m 1i y w a sq u 'ci k iy f a d 'ni g . B u t j u s t
as quickly as I had faltered, I told my
m j n d t o p a s s t h e o c e a no f f e a r t o a w a v e
o f b a l a n c e . A n do n c ea g a i n I w a sz o o m i n g
t o w a r d t h e f i n i s h 1i n e , p e r h a p sa b i t
d a i n t j e r a n d n o t q u i t e i n s u c ha h u r r y .
I c o u ld h e ar th e ro a r o f th e crowdas I
s c u t t l e d u p H ig h H i11, a c r o s st h e t r a i 1,
t h r o u g h t h e f j n i sh l 'in e . I h a d madei t !
A n k l e s' i n t a c t a n d a l l !
I t h , a st h e n t h a t I r e a l i z e d t h a t I h a d
d o n es o m e t h i nm g o r ei m p o r t a n t h a n s i m p l y
p a r t i c i p a t i ng a n dg i vi n g mya i 1, s om ethi ng
m o r ei m p o r t a n tt h a n w j n n i n g . Y e s , I h a d
s u r v i v e d ! A n d t h a t w a s p r i z e e n o u g hf o r
m e . l , J eI 1, a t I e a st u n ti I I a ter that
m o r nni g a t th e co ckta j1 p a rty when the
w i n n e rw a st o b e a n n o u n c e d .
I n t h e m e a nt i m e , I c a s t o f f t h o s et o r t u r e
d e v ic e s a n d g a ve my a b u se dfe e t a welI -
d e s e r v e dr e s t , w i s h j n g o n l y t h a t I c o u l d
s i m p l y r o 1 1 a w a y ,h a l f s a s h a yo r n o . B u t
th e p a i n w a s a l l fo rg o tte n v{h e n som , ewhat
t o m y s u r p r i s e ( a n d s o m e w h an to t ) , j t w a s
l a t e r a n n o u n c etdh a t I h a d a c t u a l l y w o n
th e r a c e ! T o mu ch a p p l a u sea nd m er r y-
m a k i n g ,a l l t h e e n t r a n t s ( a n d s o m et h a t
y { e r e n ' t ) r e ce ive d th e j r l .Je1ls F a r goW agon
m e r i t b a d g esfro m Ma wB ra d l e y. It was a
f u l f i 11i n g e n d t o a c h a l1e n g n i g and
enriching ordeal--just one of the many
d e l i g h t s h a db y a 1 l a t C a m p Caz.
EVENQUEENS
GETTHECLAP
L'tdi toi re
Q u o r t e r l y S e L e cti .o n sa tte mp ts to cover
t h o r o u g h l yma j o r e ve n ts o f l ,l e ster nStar .
H o w e v e rs,o m ec o n t r i b u t i o n sa r e n o t e v e n t s
but are just goodold hard work. Much
Q U A R T E RSLTYL E C T I O N S
c l a p p i n gi n a p p r e c i a t i o ng o t o t h e s e n o t
mentioned i n t h e p r e c e d i n ga r t i c l e s :
B I L L E Y L Ew R a s s u p e r ba l 1 w e e k e n a
ds our
g u e s t c a lI e r f r o m a s i s t e r c l u b ' i n
A' lbuquer que,The [.liI de Bunch.
ANDY S H O RcEa l l e d t h e L a s t G a s pD a n c eb y
and in the pool on Sundayafter noon.
B i L L I . I H I T E F I E LE DD , D I ES M I T H ,a n d A N N A
DAMIANh I a n del d v a r i o u s s q u a r e d a n c e
wor kshops,whi1e CAPMOMNp r es entedan
j n t r o d u c t ' i o nt o c l o g g i n g w o r k s h o p . C a p
and RUSSKING conductedthe Lear n the
0 t h e r R o lI w o r k s h o p .
The l,l00DFAMILYhosted a reception on
F r i d a ye v e n ' i n a
g f t e r t h e d a n c ' i n ge n d e da t
10:30.
CHERUB
CONFUSED
I r e p r i n t e d f r o m R a i n b e a uC o n n e c t i o n ,S e p t e m b e r1 9 9 0 ,
n e w s l e t t e r o f t h e R o c k yM o u n t a i n R a i n b e a u s ,D e n v e r ,
c 0 .l
Letter to the Editor
I t h a s b e e nc a l l e d t o m y a t t e n t j o n b y a
certajn Belle [Ed. A "bel]e" is a member
of a cam pyper for m ancegr oup c al 1ed " T he
R a i n b e l l e s . " ]- w h o s en a m eI w o n ' t m e n t j o n
( b u t w h oj s a l w a y sl a t e ! ) - t h a t I s h o u l d
w r it e a I i t t l e a r t j c l e c o n c e r nni g m y
c o n f u soi n s u r r o u n dni g a n g e l e t i q u e t t e .
B e i n g o n e o f t h a t h e a v e n l yb o d y ( n o p u n
i n t e n d e d )m y s e l f , t h e r e a r e t i m e s I a m
c o n f u s e da s t o w h a t i s p r o p e r e t i q u e t t e .
I n f a c t , I h a v e b e e n d a n c i n g1 9 m o n t h s ,
a n d I a m s t i I I c o n f u s e da t t j m e s b y
d i f f e r e n t s t y l i n g t e c h n iq u e s . In my
opini on, pr em atur e use of s ty l i ng and
shor tcuts by angels i s a goo dw ay to I os e
new member who s get confus edand don't
come back. It ' is som ethi n g to ponder
c o n s i d e r i n gw e w i l l b e s t a r t i n g a n e w
c l a s s i n a f e w w e e k s . E x a m p l e :I k n o wo f
a t l e a s t t w o w a y st o d o c i r c l e t o a l i n e .
W hich i s the cor r ect way? F or a danc er
w i t h s o m ee x p e r j e n c e ,j t m j g h t b e e a s yt o
bluff one's way through. 8ut for a
n e w c o m e ri t, j u s t a d d s t o t h e c o n f u s j o n .
A n y f e e d b a c kc o n c e r n i n gt h j s w o u l d b e
greatly appreciated. As the old saying
g o e s , " Y o uc a n d r a wm o r ef l i e s w i t h s u g a r
than wjth vj negar ." [t4EL
I.IINTER
I99O
E d ' i t o r 's R e s p o n s e
I t ' s t r u e , b e g i n n i n gs q u a r ed a n c e r so f t e n
do g e t c o n f u s e da n d fru stra te d w h e nthey
are try'i ng to I earn basic moves [whiI e]
a n g esl a d d' in s l a p s , c ' l a p s ,t w i r l s , b u m p s ,
k i c k s , a n d t h e I j k e . T h e " c o n f u soi n "
proble m j s p r e c'ise ly th e re a so n that
a n g e i s n e e d t o u n d e r s t a n da n d e x e r c i s e
" a n g eilc e t i q u e t t e " w h iI e d a n cni g w it h
begin n e r s( o r a n y d a n ce rs'i n th e p ro cess
o f l e a r n i n gn e ws q u a r ed a n c ec a 1 1 s ) . W h a t
i t b o i l s d o w nt o i s t h a t a n g e l ss h o u l d n ' t
d o a n y t h i n gw h i l e d a n c i n gw i t h l e a r n e r s
t hat t h e ' in s t r u cto r h a s n o t ye t ta u g ht to
' in s t r u c t e d .
T h is m e a n s g o ing b a ck to b a sjcs and
d a n cni g e v e r y c a lI b y d e f jn i t i o n - - n o
shortcuts and no styl i ng unti'l class
m e m b e rhsa v e b e e nt a u g h t s u c hm o v e s . I f
a n a n g e f i s u n s u r ew h a t t h e I e a r n e r s i n
t he s q u a r e a r e fa mjI i a r w i th , th e n no
" f a n c y s t u f f " s h o ud' l b e u s e d . M o r e
1 ik e 1 y , t h e p r o b el m ' i s t h a t a n g e ' l sd o n ' t
alway sr e a l l y k n o ww h a t th e " p ro p e r" way
t o p e r f o r ma c a l l j s ! T h e ym a yh a v eb e e n
t augh t 'dl y1f f e r e ntl y o r fo rg o tte n the
of f i c i a 1 c o rre ct w a y a n d g rown
a c c u s t o m etdo o u r " u n i q u e a d a p t a t i o n s . "
T h u s "a n g ei' ln g" ca n b e a g re a t v{ay to
i m p r o v eo n e ' s f u n d a m e n t adl a n cnj g s k i 11s
a n d a r e a l c h a l l e n g et o d a n c ew i t h o u t
doing the "fancy stuff" that has become
i n g r a i n e d . D O Nl ^ l . , e d i t o r
[ Q SE d i t o r . T h i s p h i l o s o p h yi s t h e e x a c t
p h i1o s o p h y o f |.l e ste rn S ta r D a n c er s,
b e g i n n i n gw i t h t h e f i r s t c a l I i n B a s i ca n d
c o n t i n u i n gt h r o u g ht h e l a s t c a l l o f P l u s .
Any f l S Ds t u d e n tsw h o a re co n ce rn e da bout
a n g e l i c b e h a v i o ra r e s t r o n g l y e n c o u r a g e d
t o d i s c u s st h e i r c o n c e r n sw it h t h e c ' l a s s
Arc ha n g e lo r a ny me mb eor f th e B o a r d of
D ir e c t o r s . l
THE}IILDEBUNCH,
AIRED
L E 0 ND u B 0 I S
I us e d t o v ' i s it f ri e n d s i n P o rtl a n d for
l o n g w e e k e n dtsh r e e o r f o u r t i m e s a y e a r ,
b u t t h e y m o v e dto S a n F ra n c'i sco i n the
S p r i n g o f 1 9 9 0 . B y S e p t e m b e r I, w a s
sEltcnoNs
QUARTERLY 10
f e e l i n g t r a v e l d e p r i v e d , s o I d e c i d e dt o
W h e eal n d D e a l i n A l b u q u e r q uien O c t o b e r .
T h ef e s t i v i t j e s b e g a no n F r i d a ye v e n i n ga t
t h e A l b u q u e r q uSeo c ' i a Cl l u bw i t h a p o t l u c k
dinner sponsoreb dy our hosts, TheW'ilde
Bunch. It was a lavish and delicious
s p r e a d ;I e s p e c i a 1 ' lfyi k e d t h e g r e e nc h iI e
stew. Social ' izati on v' r asspi r ited w i th
a b o u t 2 0 0 d a n c e r si n a t t e n d a n c e . T a l k
a b o u ts p i r i t e d l T h e s q u a r ed a n c i n gw h i c h
fol I owedd' inner was as enthusi as ti c and
' i n t e n s ea s a t c o n v e n t i o n s . R U S TFYE N N E L L
fr om SanAntonio was our pr imar y c a11er ,
a n d h e p u t u s t h r o u g h o u r p a c e sa t a l I
levels of dance.
0 n S a t u r d a ym o r n i n g ,a l l t h o s e w h od a r e d
gather edi n the Soc'a1 i C1ub par kin g 1ot at
5:30 ( yep, a . m.) . l,le wer e dr i ven to a
shoppingcenter wher e we tr ansfe r r ed to
b u s s e s t o g o t o t h e h o t - a ir b a lI o o n
f i esta. Having I ' ived for m anyy ear s 'i n
the NewYor k- PhiI adelphia cor r i dor and j n
S a nF r a n c j s c of o r 1 4 y e a r s , I w o n d e r ehdo w
6 0 0 h o t - a i r b a l l o o n sc o u l d m a n e u v ei rn a
m etr opolitan ar ea. I had for got ten how
m uchspacether e i s betweenthe Eas t and
Hest Coasts. As we dr ove on and on to the
a s c e n soi n f i e l d , I t h o u g h t w e m ig h t
di sembar kat Phoen' x.i
A br i I I' iant di splay of f i r ewor kswasgoing
on as we appr oachedthe f i e1d. A few
b a l ' l o o n sh a d a l r e a d y b e e n I o f t e d i n t h e
p r e - d a wd n a r k n e s s .W h e nt h e g a sj e t s w e r e
1i ghted, the balI oons appea r ed as
b e a u t j f u l l a r g e o r n a m e n tisn t h e d a r k s k y .
T h ea t m o s p h e raet t h e f i e l d w a st h j c k w i t h
anti c' ipation. Ther e was a countr y fai r
feel with hawker sse11i ng pr ogram s ,T -
shj r ts , etc, , and booths se' 1 l i ng food
ranging from coffee and sticky buns to
b r e a k f a s tb u r r i t o s .
At dawnthe cr ewsbeganpr epar ing to s end
t h e b a l i o o n su p . T h e y( t h e b a l l o o n s )w e r e
laid on their sides and filled with air
blowninto them by large fans--quite a
str angeand somewhat er otjc sight. After
t h e b a l l o o n sa r e r j g h t e d , t h e c h o s e nf e w
g e t i n t o t h e g o n d o l a sa n dt h e b a l l o o n sa r e
l aunched. Sjx hundr ed ball oons r i s i ng
i nto the s ky was an awesomes'ight.
B e s j d e st h e n o r m a l - s h a p ebda l l o o n s ,t h e r e
w e r e s p e cai l l y s h a p e d o n e s a l s o . My
f a v o r i t e s w e r et h e E n g l i s hc o t t a g ea n dt h e
cow j um ping over the moon whic h w as
I.IINTER
1990
s u s p e n d efdr o m t h e g o n d o l a . F o r a t r u l y
unique experience,I suggestthat you
a t t e n dt h e n e x t A l b u q u e r q uf el y - j n a t h o t -
a i r b a l I o o nf i e s t a t ' i m e .
B a c kt o s q u a r ed a n c i n g . S a t u r d a ye v e n i n g
w e d a n c e da f t e r a d e l ' i c i o u sb a n q u eitn t h e
b a l l r o o ma t t h e l o v e l y o 1 d L a P o s a d H a otel
i n d o w n t o wAnl b u q u e r q u e .R u s t ya n d B I L L
E Y L EpRr o v id e dt h e a g a in s p ir i t e d c a l1i n g .
0 n Su n d a y a fte rn o o n , w € e n j o y ed the
c a l I j n g o f ma n yIA GS Dca C l 1e rs, i ncl ud' ing
o u r o w nAN D YS H ORaEn d E DC ON L EY.
0 n S u n d a ye v e n i n g ,w e w e r ec h a u f f e u r e d to
t h e Be lI a V i sta R e sta u ra n t i n the
m o u n t a i n st o t h e e a s t o f t h e c i t y f o r a
cholesterol-filled meal that my doctor
w o u l d h a v e s l a p p e dm y h a n d sf o r e a t i n g .
A g a i n ,t h e r i d e t o a n d f r o mt h e r e s t a u r a n t
a n dt h e f a m i l y - s t y l e d j n i n g a t d i n n e rg a v e
u s t i m e t o b e c o mbee t t e r a c q u a i n t e a d n dt o
share our weekend experiences. Western
d a n cni g a n d s o ci a l ' i z a tj o n w e r e e n j o y e d
a f t e r w e r e t u r n e dt o t h e S o c ' i a lC l u b .
The members of The [.liI de Bunchare to be
h i g h l y c o n m e n d e df o r o r g a n i z i n g a n
i n t e r e s t i n g a n d f u n w e e k e n d . T h e yw e r e
m o s t g r a c i o u sh o s t s a n d h o s t e s s e s . T h i s
h , a sm y f i r s t o u t - o f - t o w n f 1 y - i n , a n d I
I o o k f o r w a r dto a tte n d in g o n ea g a in- - m aybe
not before Miami, however. And then
t h e r e ' s t h e c o n v e n t ' i o 'ni n A l b u o u e r q u 'ei n
19921
T H EC I R C L E
F O RS H A I R E
S H A I RAEL O T T E
[reprinted without permission from The llilde Times,
Septenber 1990, newsletter of The |Jilde Bunch,
Albuquerque. td. Don't take Shaire a lot for
g r a n t e d . T h i s i s h u m a ne m o t i o n v e i l e d w i t h t o n g u e
in cheek.l
I I o v e s q u are d a n cin g! l ,Jith e ach and
e v e r yn e wc a l l I l e a r n , I l o v e i t a l l t t l e
m o r e . B u t , t h e r e i s o n e c o m p o n e notf
s q u a r ed a n c j n gt h a t d i s t u r b s m e g r e a t l y .
I t h a s f r o m t h e v e r y b e g i n n i n g ,a n d I k n o w
t h a t i t b o th e rs so me o th e r d a ncer s as
well.
I a m t a l k i n g a b o u t s i n g i n g c a lI s . Y o u
k n o wh o wi t i s , w h e ny o u a r e d a n c i n g with
t h a t r e a l l y s p e c i a l f e l l a o r the woman
of
Q U A R T E RSLE
YL E C T I O N S
your dr eamsand it comestim e to do the
s i n g in g c a 1I ? I t g o e s a 1r i g h t t h e r e f o r
a b i t , t h e n y o u f i n d y o u r s e l f s t a n d i n gi n
f r o n t o f y o u r c o r n e r , a n dy o u h e a n ," S w i n g
and pr omenade home!" I hate it w henthat
happens !!
Ther e ar e times whenyou wantedto m eet
t h a t s p e cai 1 p e r s o n a n d t h i s i s t h e
per fect oppor "tunity. This is the t'i m eto
s l i d e y o u r a r m a r o u n dt h e i r w a i s t , f e e l
the touch of thei r hand and deter mne i
w h e t h e ro r n o t t h e r e ' i s r e a l m a g i c . E v e n
j f t h e r e i s s o m e t h i n gs p e c i a l t h e r e , y o u
o n l y g e t t o d o i t o n c eb e f o r ey o u h a v et o
m o v eo n t o t h e n e x t c o r n e r . B u t , j f t h i s
s p e c i a l p e r s o ni s y o u r p a r t n e r , h o wd o y o u
c o p ew i t h t h e l o s s y o u f e e l a s t h e y a r e
f 1 u n g , s 1 u n g , a n d s w u n gf r o m p a r t n e r t o
b r u t a l p a r t n e r a 1i a r o u n dt h e s q u a r e ?
O n ew a yt o m a n a gyeo u r f e e l i n g s ' i s t o t a k e
a p o s it ' i v e a t t i t u d e . L o o ka t t h i s a s a n
o p p o r t u n i t yt o m e e t , g r e e t , b e s w e e tt o ,
a n dd a n c ew i t h n i c e n e wp e o p l e . B u t t h e n ,
o f c o u r s e , i f I h a d w a n t e dt o m e e t a l l
t h e s en i c e p e o p l e ,I w o u l dh a v ea s k e dt h e m
t o d a n c ei n t h e f i r s t p l a c e! ! !
Anotherp1an that has com eto m ind i s to
p r e t e n dt o f a i n t , o r " p a s so u t " ; b u t t h i s
o n l y c a u s e st o o m u c hc o n m o t i o na n d w o u l d
o n l y w o r k o n c e a n y w a y ,a s p e o p l e w o u l d
soon catch on to your I j ttl e gam e.
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f avorj te par tner , assum'ng i ther e i s one,
s o w h e nj t c o m e st i m e t o p a s st h e mo n , i t
f e e l s g o o d . T h i s o n l y w o r k si f y o u k n o w
for sur e the cal I er w' Ii I cal I a s i nging
ca11, and it js misleading to the
u n f a v o r a bel p a r t n e r , w h jc h c a u s e s a l I
k j n d s o f p r o b le m s .
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respectingway to deal with this most
compl ex i ssue ' is to ST0P. T ak e a D EEP
BREATH and RELAX.DEEP BREATand H R ELAX.
DEEPBREATH and RELAX. Clos e y our ey es
( o n l y m o m e n t a1ryi ) a n d v i s u a li z e y o u r s efl
r e c e iv i n g p 1e a s u r e a n d p a s s ni g a 1o n g
war mthand I ove to al I the oth er par tner s
i n y o u r s q u a r e . K n o w ,d e e p i n s i d e y o u r
heart, that thjs is the pure and simple
essence of the conmuni ty of s quar e
d a n cni g .
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b o t h e r sy o u , t h e n j u s t s a y , " S e ey a ' r o u n d
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Nov e m b e rS . a n Fra n ci scoB a yw a s sh rouded
in a grey mjst. Eight of us set out on
b o a r dt h e D A M I E NO . u r i n t e n t w a st h a t o f
g o i n g o u t t o s e a t o s c a t t e r t h e a s h e so f
o u r d e a r f r i e n d E d d i e , w h od i e d o f A I D S
t h ' i s p a s t L a b o rD a y . l . l ep u ll e d o u t o f t h e
d o c k ' i n S a u s a l i t oa n d b e g a no u r j o u r n e y .
T h ec o l d , w a i l i n g w i n d a n d t h e h e a v ym i s t
seemed to e m p h azsei the sl'ightly
m e l a n c h o lm y o o do f t h o s e o n b o a r d .
f , {e m o t o r e d p a s t th e h o u se b o a ts and
w a t c h e da s t h e d o c k d i s a p p e a r e idn t o t h e
w e a t h e r . A s w ea p p r o a c h et d h e G o l d e nG a t e
B r id g e , I I o o k e d u p t o a d mrie t h i s
s t r u c t u r e t h a t h a s , t o m e , a l w a y sb e e na
s y mb o l o f t h e be a u ty o f S a n F ra n cjsco.
Wh a tI s a ww j l l re ma 'i ni n my me mo ry for a
long tjme to come. l said, "Is that a
b o d y ? " I k n e wt h a t j t w a s e v e n a s t h e
q u e s t i o nl e f t m y l i p s . I w a t c h e da s i t
f el I f r o m t h e b r i d g e a n de n te re dth e water
w i t h a l a r g e s p l a s h . I a t t e m p t e dt o f o c u s
o n t h e l a n d i n gs p o t a n ds h o u t e dd j r e c t i o n s
as to the locatjon. Paul wassteering.
H e j n m e d i a t e l y i n c r e a s e dt h e p o w e ra n d
h e a d e dt o w a r dt h e s p o t t h a t I i n d i c a t e d .
Ev er y o n o e n b o a rdse e meto d w o n d e ri f what
w a sh a p p e n i n w g a sr e a l o r i m a g i n e d .
l. lec 'ir c l e d a r o u n dto w h e reI th o u g h t I had
s e e n t h e b o d y I an d . td e ca meu p n e xt to
hjmon the first try. When h r ew e r ec l o s e
e n o u g h ,D a r r y l , E 1 1 i o t , a n d E d b e g a nt o
c a l m l yg i v e u s i n s t r u c t i o n ss u c ha s , " H a n d
m et h e b o a t h o o k , "a n d , " C o n t a c t h e C o a s t
Guard." lilh'iI e they worked to pu1I th j s
m a no n b o a r d , Sto n e r p ro ce e d e d to co ntact
t h e C o a s tG u a r da n d e x p l a j n t h e s j t u a t i o n
' i n w h ic h v r e h a d f o u n d o u r s e vl e s .
M e a n w h i l eM , a x , F r e e m a na, n d I l o o k a t
e a c h o t h e r a s t h o u g hq u e st'i o n i n gw h at we
w e r e s e e i n g . A s t h e y s t r u g g l e dt o p u l l
t h i s s t r a n g e ra b o a r dt h e b o a t , I c a u g h ta
g l i m p s eo f h j s f a c e a s j t m o m e n t a r i l y
p r e s s e da g a i n s t o n e o f t h e p o r t h o l e s . I
s h u d d e r e dj n v o lu n t a r i1 y a t t h e p a 1e ,
s l i g h t l y b l u i s h f a c e w h 1 c hm e t m y g a z e .
Q U A R T E RSLTYL E C I I O N S II
A s s o o na s t h e y p l a c e dh i m s e c u r e l yo n t o p
of the boat, Oar r y' l began em er genc y
r e s u s c ' i t a t j o np r o c e d u r u s . H e c o n t i n u e d
h ' i s h e r o ic a t t e m p tt o s a v et h i s m a n ' sI i f e
unti I welI after we dockedat th e C oas t
Guar dI anding under the nor th en d of the
G o l d e nG a t e B r i d g e . U p o n l a n d i n g , w e
e x c h a n g eadl l t h e n e c e s s a r yi n f o r m a t i o n
with the CoastGuard, the Sheriff, and
o t h e r o f f i c i a l s . W et h e n h e a d e db a c ko u t
t o s e a t o a c c o m p l i s thh e m i s s j o no n w h i c h
w e h a do r i g i n a l l y s e t o u t .
W er e a c h e da p o i n t j u s t o u t s i d e t h e G o l d e n
G a t e a n d p r o c e e d e dw i t h o u r p l a n t o
scatter Eddie' s ashes. El I ' iot r ead a
s i m p l e , y e t m o v ' i n gp i e c e o f p o e t r y a s w e
scatter edfl ower sand r hi nestonesi n honor
o r o u r f r i e n d . J u s t a s w e w e r ea b o u t t o
t u r n b a c k , t h e s u nm a d ea b r j e f a p p e a r a n c e
i n the gr ey skies. l,le knew then that
E d d j ew a sw a t c h i n ga n dt h a t h e w a ss m i l i n g
d o w no n u s .
W hatseem ed to str i ke al I of us mos tabout
the enti r e day was the i r ony of the
s i t u a t i o n i n w h i c hw e h a df o u n do u r s e l v e s .
We had managedto perform an exempl ary
r e s c u ea t s e a i n a n a t t e m p t t o s a v e t h e
l i f e o f a m a nw h od i d n o t w a n tt o c o n t ' i n u e
to l i ve ' in thi s wor ld. Meanwhi l e, w e w er e
t h e r e t o s a y " g o o db y e " t o a f r i e n d w h o
wantednothlng mor ethan contjnue I i v i ng.
Isn't life strange?
[ E d . F o l l o w i n gi s t h e p o e mr e a d b y E l l i o t
a b o a r dt h e b o a t . I t i s b y C o n n i eH u n ta n d
i s fr om the book Reaching.f
I.IEMORIES
N o t h j n gi s e v e r t h e s a m e
E a c he n c o u n t e irs p r e c i o u s , u n i q u e .
Myheart is fjlled with pain
T o t h i n k o f s h a r e dm o m e n tsso s w e e t .
Howpoignant to know
They have ended.
Howconsoli ng to know
T h e yc a n ' t c h a n g e .
Al I our shar edm oments
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In our memories
l.lher ethey cannotchange.
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morquee: A rch e ry to u rn a ment. infanti, and the Sprosty Twjns (Don &
E a r sp ie r c e d . Doug),
FoggyClty AnnlversaryDance,October20,
w i t h A n n eU e b e l a c k e r .
CIDERSWINGTHRU Golden State Squares regular dance,
N o v e m b eLr0 , ( c a l l e r n a m ef o r g o t t e n )
B I L B L A D EaSn d K E N T
HANSEN El Cam lnoReeler s5th Annlve r s ar yD anc e,
N o v e m b e1r7 , w j t h R o g e rL o n e y , p l u s t h e
A s i m p l ys u m p t u o uCsj d e rS w i n gT h r us q u a r e pr e- dancepot- 1uck at the hom eof R andy
d a n c ew a sh a db y o n ea n da l l a t S t . P a u l u s C l a r k e & A n d yS h o r e .
L u t h e r a nC h u r c ho n S a t u r d a y ,0 c t o b e r1 3 . Dancln' & Chancln'In Las Vegas ,D ec em ber
C u t' lee rS T E V EE D L U N Do, u l i n t e r n a t 'oi n a l 3 - 5 , w j t h , a m o n go t h e r s , l , l S D - l o v e a b l e s
ca'l f r o m V a n co u ve r,B C , h a d ever yone P a u l M a r c u m ,E l m e' l r S h e f f i e l d , a n d V e r n
s w i n g i n gf r o mt h e r a f t e r s , w h i l e h i s w i f e , W eese. Al so ca1 i ng wer e: M ar s hal I
LY N E T T Es ,a t p a ti e n tl y o n th e s'idel' ines Fl i ppo, Kip Gar vey, Jon Jones , Lar r y
d o i n gh e r n e e d l e p o i n t . Letson, TomMann' ing, DanNor d by e,and J oe
Saltel . Under stand that Mar yAnn and Ly n
O u r t h a n k st o T O D D T R Y OaNn d T I MM c K E N N A , w i t h S e q u o ' i a ' 0 c e aWna v e sd a n c er e g u l a r l y
t h e E v e n tC o o r d j n a t o r s w , h o b r o u g h tt h i s i Joe Saltel i n the Redwo od
w' th j ungles.
e n t i r e f u n e v e n ' i n tgo g e t h e r . C la s s 1 e v e ,1 Swlng Thru Arl zona, Phoen'i x f I y- j 0,
M a ni s t r e a m , a n d P lu s t i p s w e r e c a )I e d , J a n u a r y1 8 - 2 0 ,w it h M lk e D e S i sto.
w i t h S t e v ea d d i n gs o m ef u n v a r j a t j o n s t o
h j s c a lI s . T h e 0 r a n g e9 0 c l a s s w a sw e lI
r e p r e s e n t e da t t h e i r f i r s t d a n c e ,w h e r e FAKING IT?
s e v e n s q u a r esv{e red a n cin g a t o ne t' im e. (0R SQUARE
DANCE
T h e ye v e ns h o w e tdh e o l d t i m e r s t h a t B a s i c NoTLrKEoRGASM)
s q u a r ed a n c j n gc a n r e a l l y b e f u n .
FREEMAN
STAMPER
D e il c ' i o u sc i d e r , d o n u t s , a n d a p p e l s, as
w e l l a s s o f t d r i n k s , w e r e s e r v e db y T i m , Howm anytjm es haveyou hear ds om eone s ay ,
F E L I XF O R N I Na0n, d B 0 BL E S L I E .T h e 5 0 / 5 0 " 0 h , t h a t ' s o k a y . I ' l l p u 11 y o u t h r o u g h
t ' i c k e t s a ' l e sw e r e o n c e a g a n i a r o u s in g it." M a y b ey o u h a v e t h o u g h tt o y o u r s e l f
s u c c e s sw j t h G R E0GS M 0aNn dM A XR 0 B B doing a s y o u e n t e r e da s q u a r e ," P h e w ! I ' m g l a d
a n o u t s t a n d i n gj o b . A t l e a s t R O D 0DGERS, that person's i n the square because
w h oh e l d t h e w i n n j n gt i c k e t , t h o u g h ts o . t h e y ' 1 1g e t m et h r o u g hi t . " N oo n e s h o u l d
SC 0 T TC AR E Y a n d JOH NC ON L EhYe lped w' ith ever shy awayfr om a squar eju s t bec aus e
t h e s e t - u p , P A T TlY , J H I TwEi t h t h e c l e a n - u p , t h e j r s q u a r ed a n c es k i l l s a r e n o t t h e b e s t
a n d R 0 N A LBDO Z E Mw th the decorations.
AiN on the floor. Practjce, practice, and
mor epr act' ice is the only way to m as tera
Aft e r t h r e e ho u rs o f e ve ryo n eki cki ng up p a r t i c u l a r p r o g r a ma n db e a b l e t o d a n c ei t
t h e i r h e e ls , ma n ymo ve do n to th e Cor r al wjth unbr idl ed abandon, dl 1ow ing the
f o r a f r i e n d l y g e t t o g e t h e rt o f j n i s h o f f f o r c e s o f m u s i c , d a n c e ,e x e r c i s e , e n e r g y ,
the evening. 1 o v e , r e s p e c t , a n d i n n e r p e a c et o t a k e
c o n t r o l o f y o u r s o u l w h j l e k n o w i n gt h a t
P S: W a st h a t R h o n d aL a D o u ch eever yone y o u a r e d a n c j n ga c c u r a t e l y . T h a t f e e l i n g
s a ww i t h h e r n e wb e a u ? D ow e h e a rw e d d i n g of abandon i s a s q u a r ed a n c eo r g a s m .
b e lI s ?
0h, jt js probably easier and maybe
i ni ti a11y mor e exciti ng to for get the
OUTANDABOUT definitjons and go for the fluff. But
d o n ' t I e t a n y o n ef o o l y o u t h a t y o u c a n
t , l hIi e t h e r e a re n o t sp e cifi c ar tj cl es fake a squar edance- - noteveny our fel 1ow
a b o u ta l I t h e a c t i v i t ' i e s i n w h ' i c hI , J S D ' e r s d a n c e r s - -el t a l o n e a c a lI e r . T he
h a v e p a r t i c i p a t e d , y o u s h o u l d k n o wt h a t fol lowing excer pt dem on s tr ates the
l, l e s t e r nSt a r w a s re p re se n te da t: t e c h nqi u e o f c a lI e r s j n a s s e s sni g t h e

Q U A R T E RSLE
YL E C T I O N S 13 I.IINTER
1990
p r o f i c i e n c yo f t h e f l o o r . T h ea r t i c l e i s
w r i t t e n w i t h a s l a n t t o w a r d st h e A d v a n c e d
p ro g r a m , b u t 'i t d o e s d e mo n stra tethe
re q u ir e m e n tf o r a so l i d B a sic/Ma ni str eam
educ a toi n . [ , { hIie l .l e ste rnS ta r d o e s not
p r o v i d ea n A d v a n c epdr o g r a m ,t h e C l u b i s
c o rmtit e d t o pro vid i n g a d a n ce p rogr am
wh ic h w i I I p r o mo teg o o d sq u a re d a ncing
o n c e i t s m e m b e ndse c i d e t o l e a r n t h e
p r o g r a m as f t e r P l u s .
Ireprinted from American 5quaredance, 0ctober 1990,
pp. 59-601
HOl.lAN ADVANCED CALLER
J U D G ETSH EA B I L I T YO FT H EF L O O R
A S A G U E SCTA L L E R
E d F o o te
He rea r e c o m bni a ti o n s th 'is ca l I e r w i I I use
i n t h e f i r s t t i p a s a g u e s t c a lI e r a t a n
A d v a n c e d d a n ce , a n d w h a t these
c ombni a t i o n s r e ve a l a b o u t th e a b 'iI i tv of
the dancers.
1. F r o ma n e l g h t ch a l n th ru fo rmation:
Centers in, cost off 314, oll eight
circulote, oll eight circulote ogoin.
T h i s c o m b i n a t i osnh o w sw h e t h e tr h e d a n c e r s
u n d e r s t a n dt h e M a ' i n s t r e a b ma s i c o f A l l
eig h t c i . r c u l o t e , w h ich ca n b e u se d as a
bench m a rtko e v a lu a te w h e th e rth e d a ncer s
understana d l I t h e M a ni s t r e a mc a lI s . I f
the dancers can circulote from the
'inv e r t e d I i n e s (fo rma tio n u se d j n th' is
ex am pel) , t h i s j s a g o o d j n d ica ti o n the
f I o o r h a s a s o li d b a c k g r o u n d' i n t h e
f u n d a m e n t acla l l s o f s q u a r ed a n c i n g . I f
t he d a n c e r s I o o k sh a ky d o in g the
c i r c u l o t e , t h e i r f o u n d a t i o nk n o w l e d gies
p r o b a b l y s h a k y . I f t h e d a n c e r sb r e a k
d o w n ,j t m e a n st h e y a r e t o p h e a v y ,h a v i n g
p i 1e d t h e A d v a n c e dc a lI s o n t o p o f a
f o u n d a t i o no f s a n d ,w h i c hm e a n tsh e e n t i r e
s t r u c t u r e c a n c r u m b l ea t a n y t i m e .
2. F r o mn o r m a l(b o y-g i rl ) rl g h t-h a n dtwo-
faced llnes: Coupleshlnge, girls hinge,
dionond circulote, flip the disnond. This
c o m bni a t ' i o n i l l u stra te s w h e th e r the
d a n c e r su n d e r s t a n df o r m a t i o n si n g e n e r a l
a n d d i a m o n d isn p a r t i c u la r . T h e d a n c e r s
a r e ' i n a p o i n t - t o - p o i n td i a m o nwd h e nt o l d
t o f l t p t h e d i .o n o n d . If th e d a ncer s
f j n j s h i n a t i d a l w a v e , 1 t m e a n st h e y
u n d e r s t a n fdo r m a t i o n s ;i f t h e y f i n i s h i n
p a r a i1 e 1 w a v e s , f o r m a t o i n a w a r e n e s s' i s
Q U A R T E RSLE
YL E C T I O N S I4
1a c k in g .
3. From fac'lrrg I lnes: Squore thru 3/4,
wheel & deol . Thi s comb'i nati on shows
whether the dancers know to take hands
instantly after every call. If the
d a n c e r s d o n o t t a k e h a n d sa f t e r t h e s g u o r e
thru 3/4, they wjll never do the wheel and
deol. If the dancers do the wheel ond
d e o l b u t l o o k s h a k y , i t m e a n st h e y d o n o t
take hands all the time, but will only
take themoccasionally.
N o t e t h a t s o f a r n o A d v a n c e dc a l I s h a v e
b e e nu s e d . [emphasis added]
The arti cl e c o n t in u e s w it h other
c o m bnia t io n s u s in g A d v a n c e d cal'ls. The
point js: If you want to hire the best
callers avajlable, you must be able to
s q u a r ed a n c ea c c u r a t e l yw i t h a m i n j m u m
of
b r e a k - d o w n .W h ys h o u l dt h e C l u b p a y t o p
d o lI a r f o r a c a lI e r t o h a v e a i a r g e
p o r t i o n o f t h e f l o o r s t a n d i n g' i n a s q u a r e
w a i t i n g f o r l e f t a l l e m a n d em o s t o f t h e
ti me.
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Let me tel you, the f I oor was ho t at the
Januar y26 dancethat W ester nSta r hos ted
w j t h V e r nt { e e s ec a i l i n g . T h et w o p r o g r a m s
r e p r e s e n t ew d e r eB a s i cw j t h t h e f i r s t f e w
c a lI s o f M a ni s t r e a ma n d f u l I P lu s . T h e r e
w e r e e i g h t s q u a r e sd a n c i n g , a n d I d o n ' t
beli eve I sawa squar ebr okendow nfor any
l o n g p e r i o d sm o r et h a n a b o u t t h r e e t j m e s .
Ver n saw a fl oor of str ong dan c er s and
c a l l e d a t o u g h ,h i g h - e n e r g ey v e n i n g . M o s t
al I of our cal I er s conmenton the ener gy
of gay squar e dancer sand how good they
a r e c o m p a r etdo t h e c l u b s f o r w h i c h t h e y
r e g u l a r l y c a 1 1 . H o w e v e rV, e r np a i d o n eo f
t h e h i g h e s tc o m pi ml e n t se v e r r e c e i v e dw h e n
h e a s k e dt h e i n s t r u c t o r s w h ow e r e p r e s e n t
to i dentify them sel ves and publi c 1y
acknowl edged the quali ty of the'ir
'instruct'ion.
CALLERLAB
QUARTERLY
SELECTION
PROGRAM
[ a p r e s s r e l e a s e o f C A L L T R L A BT,h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l
A s s o c i a t i o no f S q u a r eD a n c eC a l l e r s . ]
F r o mt i m e t o t i m e c a l l e r s a n d d a n c e r s
i . J I N T E1R9 9 0
express criticism of the CALLERLA QB S
p r o g r a m .T h e s ec r i t i c i s m s'lroaunsy
g ef r o m " W h y
do e s C A L L E R L p AiBck su ch ca l I s for
q u a r t e r l y s e l e c t i o n s ? "t o " W h on e e d st h e s e
c a l l s ? l ^ l ew a s t e o u r t i m e l e a r n i n g t h e m
and t h e n t h e y j u st g o a w a yt" T h osear e
b o t h g o o d q u e s t i o n sa n d t h e a n s w e r sm a y
he 1p e v e r y o n eto u n d e rsta n d th e re a sonfor
t h e p r o g r a ma n d h o w i t o p e r a t e s . [ t d .
l ^ l S Dd o e s n ' t d o m u c h w it h q u a r t e r l y
selections, but you hear the expression
o c c a soi n a l y a n d g u e s t c a lI e r s w iI I u s e
the calls at dances.]
T h e Q S p r o g ra mg re w o u t o f th e squar e
d a n c e s ' i t u a t io n t h a t e x is t e d w h e n
C A L L E R LwAaBsf o r m e dj n t h e e a r l y 1 9 7 0 ' s .
At that time, there were no accepted
programo s f s q u a r ed a n c i n gb u t t h e r e w a s
a n e a r l y e n d l e s sf I o w o f p r o p o s e d" n e w "
c a lI s . [Ed. C&C Studios captured
c o n m e n tosn t h l s s u b j e c t w h e nc a l l e r M ' i k e
G r e e n ,O k l a h o mCai t y , w a si n t e r v j e w e df o r
I'lindow to the Stors 7 .l CalI ers had
d i s c o v e r e dt h a t t e a c h n i g a c a 1I n o o n eh a d
e v e r h e a r d b e f o r e m a d el i f e e a s i e r ( f o r
calIers) jn two ways. The first thing
c a lI e r s I i k e da b o u tn e wc a lI s w a st h a t t h e
exp e r ie n c e d d a n ce rs a n d th e n e w dancer s
b o t h I e a r n e d th e m to g e th e r a nd the
d i f f e r e n c ei n t h e i r e x p e r i e n c be e c a mlee s s
' i m p o r t a n t . T h eo t h e r t h i n g c a lI e r s I j k e d
a b o u tt e a c h ' i n gn e wc a l l s w a st h a t p r o g r a m
v a r ie t y w a s e a s y t o p r o d u c e j u s t b y
teachn i g n e v vc a l I s . A l I a c a lI e r h a d t o
d o w a s I e a r n w h a t t h e n e w c a lI w a s
e q u iv a 1e n t t o and j t w a s e a s i1 y
substituted ' i n t o t h e d a n c er o u t i n e s t h e
c a l I e r a 1r e a d y h a d me moze rj d .
B y I 9 7 4 e x p e r i e n c e dd a n c e r sh a d a l r e a d y
d e c ' i d e tdh e y d i d n o t I i k e t h i s p r o g r a n m i n g
t e c h n i q u e . W h e nt h e y w e n tt o d a n c e s t, h e y
s p e n t t h e w h o l en i g h t l e a r n i n gn e wc a 1 1 s ,
m o s to f w h i c ht h e y w o u l dn e v e rh e a ra g a i n .
I t w a s c o r m o nf o r c a l I e r s t o " t e a c h " a
h a lf d o z e n c a lI s a t a S a t u r d a y n i g h t
dance. T h e tra ve l i n g ca lI e rs wer e
p a r t i c u l a r l y f o n d o f t h i s t e c h n i q u e ,a n d
t h e y I e f t t h e I o c a l c a lI e r s w it h t h e
p r o b l e mo f e x p l a i n i n gt o t h e d a n c e r sw h y
t h e c l u b c a lI e r h a d n o t t a u g h t t h e s e
c a l l s . A t t h e e a r l i e s t C A L L E R LmAeBe t j n g ,
t he r e w e r e r e q u e sts fro m th e d a ncer sto
" d o s o m e t hnig a b o u t t h e f I o o d o f n e w
c a lI s ! "
Th eC A L L E R Lre
AB sp o n sew a sto 'i d e n t' ifythe
sELrcTIoNs
QUARTERLY 15
Mainstream p r o g r a m . D a n c e r sc o u l d t h e n
knowwhat they wer e expectedto k now . At
that t' ir r e m anypeople wer e wor r i ed that
those dancers who eni oyed 1earn'ing new
c a l l s - - a n d t h e r e w e r em a n yo f t h e m - - w o u l d
want to continue to exper iment. M any
a l s o b e l ' i e v e dt h a t t h e r e h a d t o b e a w a y
for new ' ideas to be adde d to the
Mainstr eampr ogr am. The QS pr ogr aml l as
d e v eol p e dt o a n s w e rb o t h o f t h e s e n e e d s .
Si nce I974, CALLERLAB has j dentifi ed
a d d i t j o n a l d a n c ep r o g r a m sa, n d t h e c a l l s
on these pr ogr am shave changeds ev er al
times. The quarterly selection process
h a s c o n t r ib u t e d t o t h e s e c h a n g e s . A s
exampl es, we have r ecycle on the
M ajnstr eampr ogr am and spi.n c hai n the
gesr s on the Plus pr ogr am . Bo th of thes e
and manyother s wer e addedthr ough the QS
p r o c e s s . T h e r eh a v eb e e nm a n ys e l e c t i o n s
jn all of the pr ogr am sthat wer e l es s than
great, but it js important o remembe t hr e
o t h e r p u r p o s eo f t h e Q S p r o g r a m - - g i v i n g
d a n c e r sw h o e n j o y l e a r n i n g t h e c h a n c et o
e x p e r i m e nwt it h n e wc a lI s . A l I q u a r t e r l y
select' ion cal I s , good or bad, ar e c hos en
by a majority vote of a fairly large
c o n m i t t e e . A f t e r a s i x - m o n t ht r i a l ' i n t h e
f j el d, the entj r e CALLERLAB m em ber sph'i
v o t e s t o k e e po r d r o p t h e Q Sc a l l s .
CALLERLAB has never ur ged cal I er s to us e
t h e q u a r t e r l y s e le c t i o n s . From the
b e g i n n i n go f t h e p r o g r a m ,t h e y h a v e b e e n
offer ed for those cal I er s who w is h to
' i n c l u d ea w o r k s h o ipn t h e i r p r o g r a m s .T h e
goa) wasto nar r owthe num berof newc al I s
that wer e pr esented so that danc er s
everywhereI earned the same ones. The
other conmon compl ai nt ' is that s om eof the
s e l e c t i o n sh a v en o t b e e ng o o dc a 1 1 s . T h a t
c e r t a in 1 y ' is t r u e , b u t w e s h o udl b e
g r a t e f u l. M o s t p e o pel b e l ' i e v ew e h a v e
m or e than enough cal I s on our danc e
p r o g r a m sa l r e a d y . I f a l l t h e Q S ' s w e r e
g o o d e n o u g ht o d e s e r v e a p 1a c e o n t h e
I ' i s t s , w e c o u l dn e v e rk e e pt h e p n o g r a mt so
a r e a s o n a be l s ' i z e .
T h e r ei s s e r i o u sd i s c u s s i o na b o u tw h e t h e r
t h e q u a r t e r l y s e le c t i o n p r o c e s s h a s
o u t l i v e d i t s u s e f u l n e s s . S o m ep e o p l ea r e
u r g i n g t h a t w e d o a w a yw i t h t h e p r o c e s s
e n t ir e 1 y . B e f o r ew e t a k e t h a t s t e p , h r e
s h o u l dc o n s i d e rh o wt h e n e e d st h a t l e d u s
t o e s t a b l i s h t h i s p r o c e s sw i l l b e s e r v e d
w i t h o u t j t . T h ep r o c e s sd o e sp r o v i d ev e r y
I J I N T I R1 9 9 0
s t r o n g s t a n d a r dzi a t i o n o f workshop
material throughout he world. It also
p r o v i d e s a p r o c e s sf o r i n t r o d u c i n g n e w
m a t e r i a li n t o t h e s q u a r ed a n c ev o c a b u l a r y .
l . lit ho u tt h ' i s o r d erl y a n da cce p te dp ro cess,
t h e r e ' i s a g r e a t r i s k t h a t w e c o u l dr e t u r n
t o t h e c o n f u s j o nt h a t e x i s t e d p r i o r t o
1974.
truD
ENEI t{: D I RSII P
il. A d a n c ea t m a n yl e v e l s o n a s c a l e o f o n e t o
1 9 9 1 , A Y E A RO F
NEI.J ADVENTURES
" N o e v ' i d e n c ei n d ic a t e s t h a t h u m a n si n
general have ever I i ved as I oners.
I n d iv i d u a ls , s u r e ly . B u t t h e m a s so f m e n
a n d w o m e nh a v e a 1w a ys p a ire d o ff i n
p e r e n n i a lp a r t n e r s h i p sa k i n t o m a r r i a g e .
S c h oal r s s a y t h i s p a t t e r n o f c e n t u r ie s
s u g g e s t sa l o n e n e s si s o n e o f t h e m o s t
' i n t o ' l e r a be l o f c o n d ' ijto n s a m o n gh u m a n "s .
[1. l.l. Boyd, "The Grab Bag,u Sunday Punch/The
S a n F r a n c i s c o C h r o n i c l e , S e p t e m b e r3 0 , i 9 9 0 ]
B e c o m i nm g o n ei n v o l v e d i n t h e a c t j v i t i e s
of l,lestern S t a r w i l l b r e a kt h e s h a c k l e so f
a l o n e n e s s . M o s t s q u a r e d a n c e r sn e e d a
l i t t l e b r e a kf r o m t h e a c t i v j t y e v e r y n o w
andthen, but don't forget that you may
h a v ea n e e dt o re tu rn . l ,Je ste rnS ta r has
t w op o li c i e s t h a t t h a t h e ' l pm a k er e t u r n ' i n g
I es s s t r e s s f u ' l. I f yo u a re cu rre n tly a
memb e ry,o u m a ya t a n y ti me p a y o n e - ha1f
the currentclass fee (of any class level
y ouh a v ea l r e a d yco mp l e te da) n d b e tre ated
as a regular student, not as an ange1.
T h a t m e a n sy o u w i '|1 n o t b e re q u e stedto
step out of a squareto al I ow another
s t u d e n tt o d a n c e . T e l l fo rme rl ,l S D me mber s
y o u k n o wa b o u tt h e p o l i c y , f o r i t a p p l i e s
t o a n y o n ew h oh as e ve r b e e na cl u b member
o f H S D - - r e g a r d l e sosf h o wl o n g a g o .
T h es e c o n dp o li c y a t W e s t e r nS t a r t h a t i s
benefic'ialto former students and club
Q U A R T E RSLEYL E C T I O N S
m emberifs our fr ee r e- take pr og r am . If
a p e r s o np a y sf r o m a p a r t i c u l a r c l a s s a n d
do:s not completethe sessionsor d oesnot
gr aduate,the studentm ayr epeat the c l as s
for fr ee within a lZ- m onthper iod f r om the
b e g i n n i n gd a t e o f t h e s t u d e n t ' s o r i g i n a l
class.
0 v e r c o mnig a l o n e n e s s n e c e s stia t e s
acquir i ng som e soc' ial gr aces. Squar e
d a n cn' ig i s n o t a l I c a lI s a n dm u isc . T r u e ,
t h e d a n c ej s a k i n t o m a r r i a g ei n t h a t y o u
p a i r o f f w i t h a p a r t n e r a n dw o r kt o g e t h e r ,
b u t i t c a n b e a k i n t o a d i v o r c e w h e na
d a n c e r ' s I a c k o f s o c ia l i n v o lv e m e n t
i m p a i r se n j o y m e not f t h e d a n c e .
" C a Il e r a n d d a n c e rc a n c h o o s et o c a l I a n d
ten, but this scale denotes only
chor eogr aphy.
" H a v ey o u e v e r a n a l y z e dw h e r ey o u w o u l d
stand i f you wer e to gr ade your s elf on a
s c a l e o f o n e t h r o u g ht e n ' i n o t h e r a s p e c t s
of the acti vi ty? W her ewould your I ev el
fall in:
1. Rhythm
2. Timing
3. S t y li n g
4. Frjendliness, soc'iability, and
tol er anceof other s
5. Clubloyalty
6 . Y e a r s y o u h a v e c o n t r jb u t e d t o t h e
acti vi ty
7. l./elcoming new membersand guests to
y o u r c 1u b
B . H e l p i n gw i t h b e g i n n e rc l a s s e s
9 . B r i n g i n gn e wm e m b e ri sn t o t h e a c t i v i t y
1 0 . M a k i n gs u r e t h a t n o c a l l e r o r d a n c e r
js left alone in the parking lot at
the end of the dance
" I f y o u a v e r a g ea l l o f t h e s e s c a l e s a l o n g
w j t h c h o r e o g r a p h yy,o u s h o u l d t h e n f i n d
your real and true level in the square
dancepictur e. . ." [cur lycuste rAm , er i c an
uEncore"
S q u a r e d a n c eJ, a n u a r y 1 9 8 1 , a s r e p r i n t e d i n
of AnrericanSquaredance.January 1991]
S o , i f y o u ' r e l o n e s o mteo n i g h t . T h e nc o m e
b a c ka g a ni . W e s t e r nS t a r i s w a it i n g w it h
a p r o g r a mo f d a n c ea n d s o c i a l a c t j v l t i e s
fr om whjch you maychooseto add s pi c e to
1991.
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1991 - l-tARCH,
SPRING 1991

BUBBLESB'U B B LB
EU R S T
I,IIACULPA,CRIESEDITOR AGAIN QUARTERLY SELECTIONS is a
publication of Western Star Dancers,
Inc., a modern wescern square dance
These cries of anguish are not just for show. club serving primarily the
My wrists are limp from coo many hand-vringing San Francisco B"y Area gay and
sessions. Believe that and I've got jewelry lesbian community. The purpose of
I'1I sell as real diamonds. this p u b l i c a t i o n is Co provide
thought-provoking articles of an
editorial nature and other material
In the last edition of QuarterTy Selections, of general interest or enEertairunent
the article announcing our newest friendship value for WSD rnembers. The emphasis
recognitions stated that the individuals "join of QuarterTy Selections is on
only two other people to have been awarded relevance to square dance issues,
Friend memberships since the policy was philosophical substance, and
established in April, 1985." The statement literary quality.
should have indicated that only three other
people have been so honored. Original articles in this
publication are copyrighced but may
be reprinted vrith appropriate credit
Bubbles (occasionally known as l.lark Savino) to the author and citation of
called wiEh feigned politeness to inforur me Quarterly Selections.
that his WSD badge did in fact read "Friend"
and not "Fi-end" as he horrorfyingly concluded Editor: Freeman Stamper
upon seeing his name omitted from the list of (4rs) 43L-6272
"the c h o s e n . " B u b b l e s h a s a t t e n d e d m a ny
OPINIONS D(PRESSEDARE TEOSE OF THE AUTHORSAND DO
Western Star socials and retreats and undertook NOT NECESSARILYREFLECT THE OPINIONS AND POLICIES
the herculian task of directing the third OF IIESTERNS1AR DAfiCERS, INC., NOR ITS MEMBERS.
edition of Club La Star. When he is around, MENTIONOF A PERSON'SNAI.,IEIN THIS PUBLICATION IN
get ready for laughs and feeling good about NO I{AY INDICATES IIIS/HER SDruAT ORIENTATION.
yourself. He is just as bubbly as good
champagne (hence his nom de pTune). Cling
firmly to you: possessions, however; for
Bubbles carries with hirn a propensity for
breakage.

Bubbles, we do love you and know that you wear

ycur WSD badge with as much pride as we have in calling you a Friend.
 Row, Row, RowYour Boat! oRIENTATI0t{
SQUARE
By ilAX ROBB, Administrator By BILL WTTITEFIELD

In very many ways, any organization or G- Gent

business is like a row boat- -everyone has L: Lady
to pull together. If some people are
lying back enjoying the ride, daydreaming, CALLER
napping or just
doesn't
scenario,
If people
go
slacking
forward.
it begins to drift
on one side
off,
In the
the boat
worst
backwards.
are rowing
tr COUPLE#I
diligently and some on the other side are
not, the boat goes in circles. COUPLE#2
tr
Western Star is a great organtzation
which we all
personal
friendship,
get many differenc
fulfillment:
social activities,
from
types of
exerc]-se,
learning
COUPLE #4

COUP L E # 3
tr
experiences--to

"What am I giving
return for all
name a few.
everyone to ask him/herself
to Western
I am getting?"
I would like
the question:
Star
If
in
the
tr tr
answer is $21 a year in dues, You are not
paying your way. In order for Western Couples I & 3 face each other in the
Star to remain the vibrant, fun-filled square. Both of these couPles are
organizaxion it is, it is essential that known as HEAD couples.
everyone give a little of themselves, a Couples 2 & 4 face each other in the
little of their time. square. B o t h o f t h e s e c o u P l e s are
known a s S I D E c o u p l e s .
We have outlined all of the many, many 3. In every square, the two PeoPle in
tasks that must be perforrned in order to Couple # 1 w i l t h a ve their backs to
keep Western Star "going on a steady, the c a l l - e r .
upstream course" in a collecEion of "job In every square, the two PeoPle in
descriptions. " The whole idea behind the Couple # 3 w i l l b e facing the caller.
job descriptions !/as co provide an The dancer standing next to You in
opportunity for everyone to do a little of your couple is your PARTNER.
the work. It's the old "many hands make The lady to the left of each gent is
light work" concept. known as the g e n t ' s C ORNER.
7 . The genc to the right of each ladY is
C o m eo n , d o n ' t w a i t f o r s o m e o n e t o a s k y o u known as the lady's CORNER.
directly if you will help with some asPect The dancer directly across from each
of a dance or other Club function. This dancer is known a s t he OPPOSITE.
is a volunteer organization and that 9. The caller may refer to the left-side
requires volunteers--come forward and do dancer by several different names
your share; keep those oars in the water. (hopefully not derogatorY o nes):
The more people we have rowing the boat, gents, men, boys, Buys, e t c .
the less effort each person has to put 1 0 . The caller may refer to the right-
into the job and the more fun the boat side dancer by several different
ride will be for all of us. names: ladies, girls', women' Pets,
tav/s , etc.

danced too
'Remember, this is primarily a gay group.
You know when you've square
ouch. ,when you do a Double Pass Thru, The term "Hey, Girl" might not necessarily
Cloverleaf Just io tet to your seat in church
on sundaY' be directed to the four ladies in your
--Jim c'evenger
square.

SPRING1991
QUARTERLYSELECTIONS
 CONVENTION
! Don't hesitate to ask questions if
CAST A SHADOWIN THE SUN you're unsure about anything. This
is a learning weekend.
IIiberally adapted from Borderllnes, official newsletter
of Squares Acloss the Border, Vancouver, BC, Cmada, April
publlshed abouC a week prLor to the Vancouver
COIIRTESIES
1990,
Conventlonl
Start the Convention with no
WHAT TO EXPECT florishes. T h e y v a r y a l o t from club
to club. Learn the ones you like,
1. Blue skies, sunshine, and sandy but respect the right of of,her
beaches. dancers to omit them. Remember, a
2. Not much sleep. Between dancing and dancer coming towards you with
meeting new friends, sleep will be his/her hands behind the back means
last on your list. something. Don'ts do a florish with
3. Improving your dancing skills. You me! The person may noc have hands
won't believe how easy dancing your behind the back, but she/he may not
program will be after the weekend. have "hands up" for a florish. Don't
4. Lots of laughter, wonderful break down the square by insisting
conversation, and spectacular that the florish be executed.
Yellowrocks.
5. A sense of friendship and supporc. Don't shun a forming square. It's
That's hard to put into words. unfriendly and d i s c o u r t e o u s t o p ass
6. Sore feet ! by a f o r m i n g s q u a r e a n d l o o k for
another.

PI.ANNING HINTS Dance only the programs you know,

unless you are attending an
Your little black book will come in introductory workshop. You may Ehink
handy to help keep in touch wich you're good enough to be pulled
all those new friends. lEd. through a tip just because you know
Alternatively, and preferably, a few (maybe even most) of the cal1s.
subscribe to Bradley BeLL. The Never fear--the other dancers will
1991 edition, for which soon di.scover your "secret" and
subscriptions will be available in you'11 wind up unpopular. It's hard
Miarni, anticipates at least 400 enough getting yourself through the
subscribers. That's more than you tip, much less having to dance for
can fit in a "Iittle" black book.'l another person or tlto.

l{oney: You'Il find things to buy as Don't abandon your square. Once in a
there will be vendors at the square, never leave it- -regardless
Convention. Your registration of the difficulties. If you rnust
includes a banquet. on Saturday leave the square before the tip is
night and a brunch on Sunday. over, get someone to tag in.
Otherwise , you're on your ordrr for
meals. Beverages in the hotel are 5. Be posiEive and friendly. Introduce
Iikely fo be expensive. yourself at the beginning of the tip
to dancers you don't know. A
The dance manual for the progran you positive attitude is contagious, adds
are dancing. It is a good to the fun, and actually improves the
reference if vou're shaky on dancing of the square.
anything.
Stir the bucket or not stir the
Participate as much or as little as bucket? At Western Star Dancers, we
you choose; there are no rules teach stirring the bucket from the
about amount of participation. Do beginning. At Convention, ask
push yourself that little extra if whether or not the square wishes to
you're a bit afraid to get onto stir because not all other dancers
that floor. You von'c regret it. have the same exposure as you. You

QUARTERLYSELECTIONS SPRING1991
 don't want the square to break down example, Do Sa Do leaves you where
just because the other dancers are you started, and a left allamande
not accustomed to rotating. puts you about where you sEarted but
facing the other way. Look where
And the eternally debated question- - everyone else is to see where you
whose weave the ring do l{re use? have to be.
Don'E debate it. Try them all.
Mix and match in the same tip. Try to help someone who l-s lost.
Historically, the style wich the Minimize talking and use hand signals
most personality wins. It could be or a gentle touch. An effective
yours. It could be another clubs. method is to point to the spot in
If there is a problem, remember to which they should be.
put your hands behind your back and
ttjust say no. " Stand your ground. If you have done
the call correctly, don't let someone
POINTERS FOR BETTER DANGTNG who is unsure of the call make you
change your position. This will keep
Join hands automatlcally ghenever the square going.
posslble after each cal1. This
establishes the formation you are Don't give up. When you hear a call
in and prepares you for whatever you haven't heard before, don't give
call may come next. When there up and quit. Most of fhe time the
isn't time to join hands, touch caller will immediately tell you how
hands in passing to establish the to do it by cueing you.
formation between calls. Failure
to touch hands is a maj or cause of Strong couples and weak couples. If a
squares breaking dovm. square has two strong couples and two
weak couples, the strong couples
Believe the caller. Try to execuce should be across from each ocher.
the call or direction as well as This way each weak dancer has a
you can, even if you don't strong corner, and this gives each
understand why or if iE seems side of the square strong couples
strange. during dance figures.

If you are lost, don't turn around. 9. Breaking down in a hash call. A1l
Look around by turning your head. eight dancers go to their original
If someone says to turn around or homes. Square up and then have the
you see that you should turn head eouples slide to the right and
around, then do it. Otherwise, form normal facing lines of four.
maincain your facing direction and Then watch che other squares. This
Iet someone guide you into place. will help you pick up the other call
When lost, don't wander around following a lines-of-4 formation.
aimlessly. Move slowly in a Because of the nature of calling,
general forward direction with your you'1I start dancing sooner from
hands slightly up so that you can facing lines than from standing in a
be easily pulled into place. Don't square formation. And don't rrorry
put your arms out like airplane about being out of exact rotation
wings. from Ehe other squares. Just
concentrate and keep moving.
Don't get frantic If you fall
behind on a cal1, don't run around 10. Breaking down ln a singlng call.
frantically trying to catch up. Square back up with the gents at home
Remember, keep the square tight in with any lady. Singing calls have 7
order to make fewer steps. That's sections: Open, 2 rotations, middle,
the quickest way to make up time. 2 roEations, and close. If you've
Try to pick up where everyone else been watching che progression of the
is from che posicion you should be ladies and are aware of the section
in if you had done the call. For where the square broke, Iadies ean

QUARTERLYSELECTIONS SPRING1991
 move to the proper gent. This takes members.
practice, patience, and SCOOTBACK?
concentration. F R O MH E R E ? !
11. Learn the definition. In learning a I reprlnLed from 4!e499__-h,e-Eg!-e!-$ Febluary 1991,
cal1, understand ori,ginally published i.n
its definition, . AuLhor:
llarren Berquml
rather than just memorizing it from
a particular position. Mentally cue Perhaps ic's we11 to remind
the call to yourself each time you .about scoot back and triple
Idancers].
execute it. If you know the scoot. . .There seems to be some
deflnition of the call, you will be confusion. .with regards to the call
able to do it from any position the tripTe scoot. TripTe scoo8 was dropped
caller uses. from Ehe Plus program. The llainstream
Committee Iof Callerlab] r ^ / a sr e q u e s t e d t o
L2. Bidancual. While you get a chance to look at the definition of scoot back to
dance with more people by being able determine if a revision could a1low scoot
to dance either the gent or the lady back to be called from columns and have
position, Convention is not the the dancers perform the action as
place to start "switching. " You previously defined under tripTe scoot.
have the opportunity to make a lot That action has not yeL taken place nor
of friends. Do what you can do the has any vote been taken on that definition
best vou can. change. To those of you who feel that
Callerlab redefined scoot back, this has
not been done. The suggestion was made
that if you only wanf a normal scoot back
A LATEAPOLOGY to be done, say, "In your foursome, scoot
back. If you want everyone to do the
By BILL WHITEFIELD scoot back action, you might say,
"Everybody or grand scoot back-"
I learned very recently that many members
of the last cwo (maybe more) graduating
WSD classes lrere offended by some of the
exercises in which they were requested to THETENCOMMANDI'IENTS
parEicipate on their graduation night.
They were made to feel uncomfortable
FORSQUARE
DANCERS
and
embarrassed. As one who participated in THOU SHALT -
the planning of those nights, I want to
honor thy caller and harken to his
apologize to you for my part in those
voice, for thy success depends
events. Please know that ic was not my
greacly upon his words.
intention to cause you discomfort or to THOU SHALT -
take av/ay from what should have been a
exchange greeting and be friendly to
very special evening for you.
all in thy group, lest ye be labeled
a snob and unworthy of the title
Most of those exercises were borrowed from t'Square Dancer.
"
square dance graduation tradicion, both THOU SHALT NOT -
straight and gay. Perhaps, though, they
ridicule those dancers possessing t\r/o
weren't appropriate for us. WSD members
left hands but shalt endeavor to help
are truly the most creative and fun people
chem distinguish one from the other.
I have ever known. I would like to ask
IEd. R e m e m b e r , when you puE the
aII of you to try to come up with some
backs of both hands in front of your
ideas which you feel would be fun for
eyes with your thumbs extended
everybody, and to communicate these (in
towards each other, the hand which
writing so !/e won't forget) to WSD
makes the "L" is che true left. ]
instructors and Board members. I know THOU SHALT -
that, together, lre can create a graduation
strive to dance in different squares,
evening which wilI be a pleasantly
thereby giving to all the benefit of
memorable evening for all future class
thy fine personality and great

QI'ARTERLYSELECTIONS SPRING1391
 experience. a lonesome dancer on each end with a
THOU SHALT NOT - shoulder towards the three pairs. . I cue
anLicipate or dance ahead of thy the total action as Coordinate go -
caller for he is of fiendish nature 7-2-3 - trade - move uD.
and possessed of evil powers to make
thou appear i11-prepared in the eyes
of thy fellow dancers.
THOU SHALT NOT - You know when you've square danced too
much. .when all the callers sound exactly
moan and belittle thy call-er, thy alike, and they all call you by name.
--Jim Clevenger
partner, nor the slippery floor when
thou has goofed, for this is likely
thine own mistake.
THOU SHALT -
clean thyself diligently before the PARLEZ-VOUS DANCE?
SQUARE
dance, thereby creafing a pleasant
aroma for thy partner. By ETT McATEE
THOU SHALT -
remain silent while thy caller gives I c o n t r i b u t e d b y J A I { E SO Z A f I C E . R e p r i n t e d f r o m Z i p C o d e r ,
V o L X I X , N o . 5 , D e c e m b e r1 9 9 0 , p p . 3 8 - 3 9 . E t t ( J u s i E t L ,
advice and instructions. Hon) is a founding member of Chesapeake Sguares, an IAGSDC
THOU SHALT NOT - club i.n Baltimore, MD. Zip Coder is a periodical for the
Advanced and ChaLlenge programs.l
partake of strong drink before or
during the dance, lest thy mind
Do you consider yourself bilingual? I
become befuddled and confused. IEd. mean, do you speak Square Dance? You know
Ditto for any mind-afflicting
the scenario: You are driving along with
substance. I
a fellow dancer, and, when asked for
THOU SHALT -
directions to your destination, you say,
makech up anything thou wishech for
"Veer to the left!" or "Press ahead!" or
the tenth commandment, for thou
"Zoom around this slow Doke" or the ever-
canst count that there are only nine
popular "U-turn back! " OnIy square
listed above. How about: helpeth
dancers understand vour precise meaning
the club/caller set up and take down
and will do as you say.
the hall where thou danceth.

How many other times in our everyday lives

do we rhink in Square Dance, even when the
situation at hand has nothing to do with
(DBD0R REGULAR)
CO0RDTNATE our beloved activity? As American
Squaredance magazine once pointed out, we
I repri.nted from , February 1991,
originally publi.shed in Dancetime NoLes for Callers. know we are in it deep when our boss says
AuLhor: Dick Hanl
"Keep busy! " and we walk away reciting the
definition to ourselves ! Think about it
With the dancers in columns, for the next time you find yourself thinking in
circuTate 1-7/2 I have the dancers take Square Dance in your everyday affairs.
three normal dancing steps and stop; then
I have the six dancers who are side by Seriously, I have been wrestling with the
side touch hands and trade (turn I/2) nith issue of what makes square dance so
each other. Now have the center pair and aEtractive to me. While sorne folks have
the lonesome outside dancers move forward trouble committing to a once-a-week class
and out to become the ends of the or club night, I have difficulty making
finishing two-faced lines. We make kind time to do much else. I have realized
of a game out of this "Three Step" over the years that, as I learn more and
approach. First, I tell them to not toueh more, both new calls and the mechanics of
a thing until they have taken the "three calling a dance, I am really learning to
steps," then we start the walk-thru. I speak another language. E t t b e g a n
IEd.
have everyone count their steps out loud her caller training at the IAGSDC
(l-2-3), now stop; then those who can ConvenEion in Vancouver last year. ] One
touch hands with whoever is beside them of my life-Iong interests has always been
and trade. You now have three pairs and the science of language--or the syntax,

QUARTERLYSELECTTONS SPRING 1991

granmar and structure of how a language is travel abroad and dance wich them in their
put together and understood. hometowns. After all, square dancing is
just "friendship set to musi-c" ! So until
We as square dancers interpret what a then, keep on dancing, and Yellowrocks to
caller says, vis-a-vis the command; we you all!
click it into the gxay matter of our
brains, come up with an interprecation of
the call, and execute ic in our square.
In effect, w€ speak Square Dance, but THEHEARTBREAK
OF CHIRALITY
instead of verbal feedback, we communicate
with the call-er and the other dancers that By JANA HOLLINGSIIORTH
we understand the call by performing it in
our square. Square Dance is a language lcontributed by JAIES OZAXICE. Reprint€d froo Sidetrack,
a Perlodical of QuarLerlles and Spirltual Advice, No. 3,
spoken and understood only by other square Autust 1, 1990. Jana ls the editor of Sidetrack and llves
dancers. Notice the reaction if you ask i,n SeattIe.l
just anyone off the street if they "box
the gnat" ! Wha'd she say? Don't panic. It's just a
fancy word I came across, used in
Square Dance is really an international theoretical physics to refer to what the
language. Consider the German rest of us mortals call "handedness. "
"allemande," the French "deucey," and the It's one of those things that can drive
Japanese "ah so. " We can go anywhere in physicists ctazy, and, strangely enough,
the world, walk inEo the local- firehall or it can do the same thing to square
school cafeteria, and feel right at home dancers.
as soon as the needle goes down. Never
was this more apparent than at the Personal Anecdote Dept: When I was six
National Advanced and Challenge Convention years old, I broke my leg. When the
1990 in Virginia Beach. This was my first doctor came to p\rt on the cast, he asked,
time at this convention, and right away, "Is this the right leg?" I said, "Yes,"
at the trail-end dance on l^Iednesday night, and he put the cast on it. Unfortunately,
I found myself in a square with six the left leg was broken.
Swedish dancers. Thanks, Lars, Lotta,
E1se, Yvonne, Leif, and Bjorn, for making
the squares lots of fun! These people
were super dancers and made the whole
weekend lots of fun for my parcner and me.
An English couple on their way to Virginia
Beach joined us at Mike Jacobs's home
club, Spinning Windmills, for an evening
of Advanced dancing. IEd. Mike Jacobs is
a prominent caller and lives in the
Baltimore area.] They, to9, added a lot
to our dancing enjoyment at the
convention. Several dancers from Japan
were also at the convention., as !/ere
German and Canadian dancers. They all When I was six years old, this was a
were a pleasure to dance with throughout serious question. Knowing right from left
the weekend. is not something that comes automatically
to me. But since becoming a square
Square dancing has added a lot to my life. dancer, I've discovered something: one
It's an activity that satisfies my can learn. Since most of the time we
interest in another language and yet also dance in right-handed formations, as a
allows a physical interpretation of that practical matter there are two things one
language. Best of all, I now have must do to become a master of chirality:
international friends from abroad who first, to notice when one is in a lefC-
share my love of square dancing, and we handed formation, and second, to dance in
all speak che same language--Square Dance. left-handed formations comfortablv.
I look forward to the dav when I can

QUA&TERLYSELECTIONS SPRING 1991

If you're like me and it takes you a good involve a L/4 Tag or 3/4 Tag formation.
three or four seconds to remember right This is because only half the dancers
from left, trying to take note of (those in the center wave) can "feel" the
handedness "cold" in the middle of a fast- handedness of the formation, yet the
moving square isn't easy. Instead, the entire formation is considered to be
calls can often tell you the handedness of right- or left-handed. A left-handed
your formation. There are certain calls Chain Reaction can throw an Advanced
that invariably result in formations of a square even if they've been doing left-
specific handedness. Pass the Ocean handed Motivates all day long.
always gives right-handed waves; Dixie
Style always gives left-handed waves. When a caII begins in a L/4 Tag formation,
There are also certain calls that change the dancers in the !/ave must make sure
the handedness of a formation; Trade the they use the proper hand when they work
Wave is the best known. If Dixie Style with the outsides. If you're in a left-
has been called recently and there has handed r/ave, be extremely assertive about
been no Trade the Wave or Cross Run, taking the outsides by the left hand.
you're probably still in left-handed lEd. Assertive, nev/er dancers, not
waves. abrasive.] It often helps to say "left"
as you start to do the caII. Then if you
Obviously no one's going to remember the have to reform the wave in the center (as
last dozen calls. But if you listen for in a Scoot Back), be every bit as
the particular calls that govern assertive about reformins it as a left-
handedness, you'11 find that remembering handed wave.
whether they occurred during the past
three or four calls is not difficult. A 3/4 Tag formation is harder on the
outsides, since they have their backs to
There are a number of "chiral" calls that the center wave and can't see its
always begin with the right hand unless handedness. If the outsides must make a
they are specified as left. We're aII move that depends on the handedness of the
familiar with these, but perhaps not formation, the caller will usually specify
everyone realizes how very few there are. it for them ("Left Plenty").
At Mainstream, there's Swing Thru. At
Plus, Grand Swing Thru. At Advanced, Easier to handle are calls which involve
Quarter Thru, Three-Quarter Thru, and an "Extend and Quarter to Handhold, " when
Remake. At Challenge, Swing the you turn in the direction of the
Fractions handedness of the rdave you just left.
It's just a L/2 Splix Circulate. Since
Other calls are danced just the same from the Extend takes only a second, you can
left-handed formations as from right- still remember by "feel" the handedness of
handed formations. There is no reason for the wave and can turn in that direction
Relay the Deucey to be any more difficult without having to think much about it.
from a left-handed formation than right- Although calls that explicitly require
handed. But it is. It freaks people out. this move are most conmon at Challenge, it
If you're a competent dancerr 1lou already is a useful concept to understand at
know the call. You just have to learn to Mainstream and Plus. Every PIus dancer
avoid the freak-out. has probably done a "Split Circulate
L-l/2" to finish in Diamonds--left-handed
For caLls that begin in parallel waves ones if you began in left-handed waves.
(1ike Relay the Deucey), the best advice
I can give is simply to do the call and Wouldn't it be simpler if callers would
don't worry about the fact that it "feels just stick with normal, right-handed
wrong." Don't panic; don't stop dead, and formations instead of dragging in this
whatever you do, DON'T TURN AROUND. [Ed. weird left-handed stuff? Maybe, but think
emphasis added] Just start moving and what a boring world it would be if
keep going. Recite the definition to everything and everyone was always
yourself, and stay cool. "normal." I uruch prefer the occasional
dose of weirdness.
The real problems begin with calls that

QUARTERLYSELECTIONS SPRING 1991

 What I give, I have;
I.IHAT'S
T H ER U S H ? WhatIgave,Ihad,
(0R FrRETRUCK SQUARES) But what I keep is lost

Ireprinted from areqance, March 1991. In the same arEicle, a circle is defined:
Snippets from several articles as noLed.l

AIl join hands and circle to the

We could Iisten lntenEly to aII the gripes in love,
Ieft
in the world about what drives many
Afl join hands and circle to the
dancers away from square dancing and not right in j o y ,
accomplish anyching. The reasons are too and hello
Allemande left first
many and vary considerably with
to the sfranger
individuals. Let us think i n s t e a d a bout
Grand right and left and march
what keeps dancers in the activity. One
off with the one vou know.
item that will sEand head a n d shoulders
above all the rest is a good, firm ["Li.ne-Light,
* p.
21J
foundation in t h e b a s i c s w ith
consideration given to styling and
dancing. Teach them well! [cene and rhelrna
Trl-mer "CaIIi.ng Tips, " origlnally published in March
1 9 8 1l

Harold Bausch suggests we look back to the

time we each starLed to square dance, to
think what it was that made it all so much
fun. Firsc, we might think it was the
people who were so kind, so much fun to be
with. Then, too, it was the discovery
that we could do this thing that looked so
complicated. .If square dancing does
nothing else, it develops friendships. It
breaks down shyness and barriers of age, DO-IT-YOURSELF
sex, race, and creed. I ^ I ef i n d t h a t w e a r e SQUAREDANCING
all equals , all worthy people. [originally (A BOOK REVrEri)
published in March 19811

By PERFESSORLEGGS N. AIRE
I still like to dance Plus, but when these
so-called PIus dancers cannot dance the Ireprinted from lbg_!l]dg_l&eg, newsletter of The Wilde
Mainstream program, it takes the fun out Bunch, Albuquerque, NM, SepLember 1990. The Perfessor is
also known as Ric Gonzalez, a loyal and €nthusj.astic
of the tip for me. I have ca11ed for member of The Hilde Bunch, who will be relocatint to the
several student hoedowns lately. The Bay Area ihis sunmer to nest with his lover Mike Staples -
Get ouL those weddin8 crinolines, hons, we got us a square
words I hear from these future leaders in dance wedding on the horj.zon!l
our activity is thac they are being pushed
to learn too many [moves] coo fast. We, [Ed. Be cerfain that your copy of the
as callers, can do our activity a big referenced book is the 1989 5th printing
service if we listen to these new people or the page numbers and locations may not
and start bringing our experi-enced and new coincide exactly. The covers,
dancers together by going slower in our typestyles, and layout look the same on
push to raise the levels. We need these all printing editions as the first
new people and aII their friends if our printing in 1982; but changes by
activity is to start growing again. tFranl Callerlab cause repositioning of text.
Taylor, originally published in For the Record, a caller You'11 enjoy this article without the
noLe service from Texasl
book by your side, but you'll have a
Dena and Elwyn are round dance doublemint experience if you track it
Fresh
instructors/cuers. Perhaps an East Indian down before you begin reading. l
proverb quoted by Dena in a past newspaper
article belies the Freshes' philosophy of Today, just to show you that I am not
teaching: illegicimate, I'm going to lrrite a book
review. Huh? The word is illiterate? I

QUARTE...-YSELECTIONS SPRING 1991

see. WeIl, in spite of my grarnmatical pages of this book are not numbered, so
faux pas, I want to review the best seller references can get a little confucious,
The ITTustrated Basic and Mainstream uh, confusing). Anyway, the boxed tent
Movements of Square Danclng. with a picture refers to "Promenade Pick
Up." That's what I like to see in a book-
The cover of the tome is quite lovely. It -how to score with someone while dancing.
has a picture of four vromen in very Except for those pesky words "girl" and
colorful petticoats exposing themselves to "man" (and they are USED TOGETHER for
each other. The men (in polyester) are crying out loud! ), I like the plot. The
waJ-king around Iike goobers trying to approach, the anticipating, the joining.
sneak a peak. Boy are these people weird! It took very little time (like most pickup
The women I can understand (after encounters).
confering with ny board of thespian
experEs). Huh? The word is "Iesbian"? By the way, the couples have changed
But, the men should be off by themselves clothes, and the one poor lady ran out of
doing a 1itt1e exposing of their ovirr. macerial so that her slip shows all along
Hum-m-m-m-m-m. the back of her dress. Poor thing.
CalI #16 (four ladies chain) has a picture
Oh, notice that almost aIl the couples that shows all four couples doing a ladies
have matching outfits. The pink dress chain. Notice when they square up all the
with the pink shirt, the gingham dress couples have matching outfits. I^rhen they
with the gingham shirt, black and white finish, their clothes clash. I just hate
couple, and. .we1I, one odd couple. it when that happens. The author,
Either Matilda can't sew or Gomer is color photographer, and couples need to get
blind. (How's that for sexual their acts (and wardrobes) together so
stereotyping? ) Actually, since her that this never, never, never, NEVER,
petticoats are ye1low and his clothes are EVER, happens again. In gay square
brown, I think this couple is into dancing, this wouldn't happen. After all,
something I would raEher not discuss here. we are so tasteful in our outfits (check
(Does the color of a dress a lroman wears the Sunday neon group). [Ed. N o help
have the same significance as the from me on a "Sunday neon group." I
handkerchief code?) haven't a clue. Perhaps I'11 write Ms.
B.S.]
As I dillitantly read this book (0h,
diligently.), I notice terms "man" and On the page with call #11, there are some
"lady" were used to mean "lead" and odd diagrams. Let's look at the lower
"follow." Apparently, the author has yet diagram. What is couple #1 doing to each
co discover gay square dancing. IEd. other? What is couple #3 doing to each
Words to identify left- and right-hand other? l{hat do those arrows signify? How
dancers are determined by the vari-ous can #3 do it sideways? Please, please,
IAGSDC clubs. This is what TWB musr please tell m e I " I [ [ A T ' S G O I N G O N! On
prefer. For my preference, see QS, Summer caIL #2L, notice the Vulcan hand meld.
1990.1 Boy, would they have trouble Can they put that picture in a book like
looking at one of our squares and then this ?
trying to illustrate the moves. The lead
is represented by a square and the follow I OBJECT f,o the headline after eaII *23:
by a circle. (Is there some sexual "Let',s S e t T h i s S t r a i g h c . " L E T ' , S SET THIS
significance to those shapes? Please let STRAIGHT? LET'S SET THIS STRAIGHT! ThiS
me know, OR, I nighc write to Ms. B.S.! is not something I want to read in I'fY
Yeah! That's what I'1I do! Let HER book! Actual1y, I know chey don't mean
figure it out!) [Ed. Ms. B.S. is another it. After call #31, they show a
feature columnist o f T W B .] In gay square Packsaddle Star and say men do it "to
dancing, the illustration might be a provide security.r' Right! Security is a
picture with all circles; all squares; 6 good name to eall the way we lovingly wrap
circles and 2 squares; 4 circles, 3 out hands around each other's sensuous
squares, and 1 ellipse (don't ask!). wrists.

0n to the dancer tips after call *9 (the Call #46 has two illustrations. The upper

QUARTERLYSELECTIONS lv SPRING1991
one ltith the lictle boxes and circles; and That's very courageous for a child in the
the lower one with "live" (kind of) northeast Louisiana city of Monroe. His
dancers. I looked at the boxes and father being the University Registrar and
circles; I Iooked at the "live dancers; I his mother being a nurse and their having
Iooked at the boxes; I looked at the an openly gay friend, Jeremy was strongly
boxes; I. . (Whew, I'm kinda hoc! ) . I supported by his parencs and 14-year-old
think we should all dress as boxes and brocher. AIas, there are no materials in
circles lrith numbers on them. We could Monroei so, a call to "Uncle Freeman."
caII our group the "Generic Squares, " put With the help of El1iot Schneck (see QS,
bar codes on ourselves, then sell Winter 90) and a trip by me to Conmunity
ourselves real cheap. Well, maybe not. Thrift for second-hand books, Jeremy
We'd miss seeing Betty Jane [Ed. A real prepared his paper and display board. He
live character of TWB.] and her outfits, received an honorable mention wiEh
those Disharmony Sisters IEd. More real comments from the judges about the depch
live characters of WTB, but this time of his knowledge. His father states that
lesbian drag queens. ] , and our owrl every bit of the work is Jeremy's efforc.
tasteful lJilde Bunch shirts. IEd. Well, I am extrernely proud to present below this
they are shirts. ] sixth grader's research into the subject
of AIDS.
I.iell, although I have desecrated many
things in our little book, the fact is the AIDS: UYTHS AND FACTS
book will help you. I used a similar book By JEREMY DELCAilBRE
to learn the last part of A-2 for the New
York convention. IEd. For our basic ABSTRACT
students, A-2 is the fifth of the
Callerlab programs should you decided to The cause of AIDS (Acquired Immune
tackle them. New York Convention was the Deficiency Syndrome) is a mystery. AIDS
6th IAGSDC Convention in 1989. I If you is a virus that allegedly started in
wake up in the middle of the night Central Africa with a certain breed of
wondering about a call, you just have to monkeys. Dr. Jacques Leibowitch, the
refer to your guide. (I keep mine in bed first scientist to study AIDS, proved that
with me.) [Ed. And I bet it goes on the AIDS was not a disease of gay people, nor
night stand when the Perfesser moves to was it strictly related to drugs or blood
The City. l transfusions.

A1so, notice the book goes on past This project shows there are many myths
call +49. Numbers 50 chrough 58 are the about how people get AIDS. Actually AIDS
mainstream calls (your next program of is very difficult to get. This paper
enjoyurent). You've gotta stick with the further explains the few ways of getcing
progam so you can see how the book ends. AIDS.
(It's a surprise ending, and I don't want
to give it away. Suffice it to say, "The Information for this project was obtained
butler did it. " ) through books, pamphlecs, and a video.

NEXT MONTH: Ans\,.7er to the burning This project attempts to show true facts
question, "If I undo a Plus call, is it a about how one can get AIDS and how
Minus call?" important it is to make sure that all
people are educated about AIDS.

A N DA C H I L DS H A L LL E A DT H E M AIDS
MYTHS AND FACTS
Contributed by FREEMAN STAMPER
The cause of AIDS is unknown. It is the
I have a long-standing dear friend from result of a viral infection, which may
college whose 12-year-oId son decided have started in Central Africa. Some
quite on his owrr that he wanted his believe the virus started in a certain
science fair proj ect to be on AIDS. species of monkeys in French Africa.
Dr. Jacques Leibowitch and his French

QUARTERLYSELEcTIoNS 11 SPRING1991
colleagues v/ere the first to isolate the during breastfeeding;
AIDS virus. They began with a study of o from blood transfusions--particularly
African cases and learned that AIDS was a prior to 1985 since blood screening
disease that affected men, \domen, and and testing have reduced that
children almost equally. It v/as not a possibility greatly since that time.
"gay" disease in Central Africa. At that
time the disease was not related to drugs Although one cannot look at a person and
or transfusions either. tell if he/she has AIDS, there are signs
that a person can watch for. These signs
AIDS stands for Acquired Imrnune Deficiency include the following:
Syndrome. It is a condition which damages . very tired for no reason;
the immune system--the body's defense o weight loss of 10 to 15 pounds in less
against disease. Idhen the immune system than two months, but without dieting;
is weakened by AIDS, the body can easily o fever, chills, and sweating at night
get infections and cancers that healthy for more than two weeks;
people do not normally get. This is how o swollen glands for more than a month;
people who have AIDS die. o diarrhea for more than two weeks;
. a constant dry cough;
There ate a lot of myths about how people o white patches on the tongue that cannot
can get AIDS. Scientific studies from be scraped off.
around the world have shown that children
will not get the AIDS virus from: In our state alone, as of December 4,
. playing with ocher children 1990, there were 2,20L cases of AIDS
r touching other children diagnosed. Ouachita Parish has the 8th
o coughing, sneezing, or spitting largest reported number of cases of AIDS
o drinking fountains in the state. t Ed. There are 64
r ahug parishes in the state. ] The highest
o a closed-mouth kiss number reported is 1,113 cases in Orleans
o sweat or tears Parish.
o mosquitoes or other insects
o eating food prepared by someone who has
AIDS. CONCLUSION

Also, a person cannot get AIDS from using: In conclusion, the most difficult problem
o toilet or shower facilities for people with AIDS to face, besides
o forks, knives, spoons, or cups death, is rejeetion. People with AIDS
r chairs, desks, tools, or phones are human beings like us. This disease
. playground equipment eould happen to you, a family member, or
r swimming poo1s. perhaps a very close friend. The only
way to change people's chinking about the
In fact, scientific studies show that even fear of AIDS is to educate them about the
family members living with a person who disease and its mvths.
has AIDS do not become infected with the
AIDS virus. Family and friends throughout BIBLIOGRAPHY
the world help their loved ones eat, deSaint Phalle, Niki. AIDS: You Can't
bathe, and dress without getting AIDS Catch It Holding Hands. The Lapis
chemselves. Children even use the same Press, San Francisco, CA., 1987.
spoons, forks, and glasses and do not get Leibowitch, Jacques. A Strange Virus of
the AIDS virus. Unknown Origin. Ballantine Books,
New York, New York, 1985.
The four most common ways of getting AIDS Mayer, Ken and Pizer, Hank. The AIDS Fact
are as follows: Book. Bantam Books, New York,
e having unprotected sex with a person New York, 1983.
who has the virus (HIV); The NamesProject. We Bring a Qui7t. The
r sharing drug needles or syringes with Names Project Video, 1988.
a person who has the AIDS virus; Wachter, Oralee. Sex, Drugs, and AIDS.
r from an infected mother to her baby Bantam Books, New York, New York,
during pregnancy or childbirth and 1987 .

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 DURABLE
POI.IER
OF ATTORNEY some restrj-cEions (for insEance r 1rour
WHO VILL DECTDE WHEN YOU CAN'T? physician isn't eligible) which are
spelled out in the Iformj. By discussing
IEd. Dealing with life-terminal issues your health care desires with the person
is just not a comfortable subject. A11 you have selectedr 1rou an best
c ensure
of us in the Eay community have had to that your wi-shes will be respected l-f an
address various terminal issues and needs unforeseen illness or injury leaves you
because of the owerwhelming devastation unable to make your olirr health care
of AIDS. There are steps each of us can decisions.
take Eo relieve some of the pressures. I
find that addressing Eerminal issues is A "living will" and a "directive to
more comfortable for me if I focus on the physicians" do permit you to state your
fact that the decisions must be made at wishes to not be given "extraordinary"
some point is everyone's life--even if you treatment if you become terminally ill and
live to be a hundred. It is much easier the treatmenc would only artificially
co make logical choices if we make prolong the dying process. But California
decisions before the emotion is present. ] does not formally recognize the "living
will," so that if you rely on this, there
Ireplinted from Current, Bay Pacific's member newsletter, is Iittle assurance that your wishes wiIl
Fall 1990, p. 5, and lfinter 1991, p- 4l
be carried out.

It's a tragic scenario and, unfortunately,

A Durable Power of Attorney for Health
one that's altogether too conmon. You've
Care is generally valid for a maximum of
seen it on the evening newscasts and read
seven years. You must complete a new
about it in the newspaper. A sudden
Iforrn] if you wish to continue your
illness or injury results in a comatose
coverage after che expiration date. l.lake
state. Young or o1d; age doesn't matter.
sure you give a copy of your current
Nor does social status, economic standing,
race, creed, color, or religion. AII thac Iform] to your physician to be included in
your medical records. You may, however,
really matters is that the victim is no
terminate a valid Durable Power of
longer capable of making decisions about
AEtorney for Health Care at any time by
anything, including his or her health
simply notifying your physician and the
care. Those crucial decisions are left
person you have appointed.
to well-meaning loved ones, well-meaning
physicians, and, all too often, well-
Regardless of your 3E€, you should
meaning courts. Bitter conflicts can and
seriously consider completing a Durable
do arise betvreen those in favor of
Power of Attorney for HeaIch Care to
continuing the utilization of heroic,
protect yourself and your loved ones
Iife-prolonging medical measures and those
should you ever become unable to make your
who wish to euphemistically, and in some
own health care decisions.
cases literally, pull the p l u g . And the
object of this heart-rending drama has no
To request a copy of the I form] you may
say in the matter. None whatsoever.
call (415) 882-5L75 or write to Sutter
Unfair? Of course. But it may also be
Publications PO Box 7690, San Franclsco,
unnecessary.
CA 94L20-7594. Enclose $1.50 (plus
applicable county sal-es tax) per copy.
California law entitles you to designate
someone to fol1ow your wishes in making
There is a similar form ca1led
health care decisions for you if, for some
"Documentation o f P r e f e r r e d I n t e n s i t y of
reason, you become unable to rnake those
Care" which may be completed and given to
decisions for yourself. If you are a
your doctor. You may wish co check with
California resident over the age of 18 and
your attorney to decide which form is
are of sound mind and acting of your own
appropriate for you. IEd. But
free will, you are eligible to complete a
don't avoid the process because you think
"Durable Power of Actorney for HeaIch
an attorney must assist you. The forms
Care" form outlining your fucure healch
are designed so that you may make
care desires and to designate alrnost any
decisions easily.] This form is also
adult to carry out your wishes. There are
available from Sutter Publications.

QUARTERLYSELECTIONS 1? S P R I N G1 9 3 1
 Policy Statement No. L6
The fee charged for any class of
CLASSFEESTO INCLUDE Western Star Dancers will be
structured to include the cost of
CLUBPUBLICATIONS
I,IAILINGS
nailing Club information which is
published for the benefit of the
BACKGROUND Club's members.

The Club has A studenc will receive mailings as a

information which part of his/her c l a s s fee o n l y as
is mailed Lo its long as the student is actively
Club members as a participating in the class.
benef it of
membership A student will not receive mailings if
However, most of s (he) :
the information is a. stops atEending Ehe class.
of value to b. does not continue to the next
students who are c1ass.
enrolled c. does not join the CIub upon
in the
classes of the graduation from either Mainstream
Club and frequently concerns activicies or Plus.
in which the students are encouraged to
participate. Keeping students aware of 4. Students repeating a class under
the accivities of the Club and getting Policy Statenent No. L2 (for free)
them involved immediately has proven to be and prior club members attending a
a strong bonding element for the Club's class under Policy Statement No. 15
classes. The most timely and efficient (for half price) are both covered by
manner in which to distribute this this policy.
information to the students is to include
them in the mailing process. APPROVEDBY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
February 19, 1991

PURPOSE
Policy Statement No. l7
The purpose of this policy statement is to
present the guidelines for inclusion of CLUBSPONSORED CALLERLAB
students in Club mailings. This policy I,IEMBERSHIP
FOR
does not dilute the value of the benefic BITJII/ASCAP
LICEI{SING
COVERAGE
of being a member of the Club, for that
benefit is scill a part of the Club's BACKGROUND
membership package. When mailings are
necessary which are appropriate to only BMI (Broadcast llusic, Inc. ) and ASCAP
Club members (such as ballots for eleccing (American Society of Composers, Authors
members of the Board of Directors), and Publishers) are the legal
students will not be included in the representatives administering copyright
mailing. Concurrently with the adoption control for the composers and publishers
of this policy, the Board rescinded Policy of most of the singing call music
Statement No. 10, Mainstream Graduation currently used in the square dance
Free Club Nights. That policy provided activity. Patter call music is often in
four free CIub nights to new |lainstream the public domai-n, which means it is old
graduates. It was felt that the cost of enough to no longer be covered by
mailing Club information to the students copyright or it !/as never covered. In
was of greater value than the cost of the October,1990, many clubs and callers
Club providing free dance nights. received a mailing from BMI offering
eontracts for the use of copyrighted
POLICY mus lc Callerlab encered into

QUARTERLYSELECTIONS L4 SPRING 19S1

negociations on behalf of its members in difference between the minimum fees
order to relieve t h e clubs of this for apprentice caller and the desired
licensing responsibility. Effective level.
April 1, 1991, Callerlab membership dues
will include the negotiated annual APPROVEDBY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
licensing fees, and any club using a March 25, 1991
caller who is a member of Callerlab will
be covered for regular dances, workshops,
and classes.
URBAN COI.IBOYS
Western Star Dancers, as many gay square W h e nI S a y D a n c e , P a r d n e r ,
dance clubs, depends heavily upon records
I l.leanDANCE!
and tapes and caller apprentices who may
not wish to become members of Callerlab. by David Kalmansohn
There is no category of membership in
Callerlab which covers entire clubs. IreprinLed from FronLi ers,
March 30, 1990, Los Angeles
Metropolitan edltion. Many
PURPOSE Bay Area squar€ dancers never
saw thls publicatlon and have
asked io s€€ lt. Newer
The purpose of this policy statement is square dancers probably did
to protect Western Star Dancers from not care about it a y e a r ago.
WesL€rn Star Dmcers p r e s e n bs
possible allegations by BMI/ASCAP of lt q_!e!g., thanks to Eddie
copyright infringement and incurring Smllh who submltt€d lt to the
Editor on disk, in
legal fees to defend itself against the WordPerfect no less! Ki.ssy,
allegations and incurring penalties for klssy ! I

allegations which might be sustained.

I had taken the troubl€ to change out of my
Hawalian plinL into a blue workshlrL,
POLI CY rep).aclng the Nikes wlth Fryes, and the
Dodger cap with try SteLson. Everybody ln
L.A. is a goddanrred cowboy these days...
--Stephm
1- The Club will reimburse a maximum of 'Conrboy
Leris
Bluos'
two dues-paid members for the cost
of apprentice caller membership Cotfuyl. I IosL my grlp doint nry chin-ups
and I fell on ury heels and twisLed my back.
fees in Callerlab. EDort: You shouldn't wear heels when you
do chin-ups.
-H:;:X'fl
2. The Board of Directors will select on rbeBad-
an annual basis the two individuals
to receive reimbursement. A Not everyone in L.A. is a cowboy, but it
particular individual will not be may seem that way on March 30 [1990] when
considered to be automatically the Los Angeles Gay Rodeo returns to the
renewed by facE of past repeated Griffith Park Equestrian Center.
selection.
A lot has happened since Phil Ragsdale
3. The individuals selected must be: presented the first National Reno G"y
a. Active dues-paid members of WSD Rodeo in 1-916 as a way " to rai-se some
at the time Callerlab money for a local charity Iand] change
membership fees are paid. the stereotype as to what gay people were
b. Actively involved in the supposed to be. " Despite reactions from
ins truc tLon / ca I I ing/danc e local residents that ranged from mild
activities of the CIub. reluctance to outright hostility,
Ragsdale managed to put on his show for
4. The maximum reimbursement for "a grand total of L25 paying customers.'r
Callerlab membership fees cannot A few years later, over 10,000 specEators
exceed the minimum fees required by a day from around che world were
CaIlerIab to sustain apprentice attending one of che gay community's most
caller membership. If an impressive events.
individual wishes to sustain a
CaIlerIab membership at a higher Today, rodeo groups can be found not only
level, the individual must pay the

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in nearly every Western scate, but and an occasional dance teacher. "If
scattered across the enti-re country and someone asks you to dance at a country
into Canada. Under the aegis of the bar, it's not an invitation to
International Gay Rodeo Association, the bed- -necessarily.
gay rodeo has grown out of its status as
an isolated spectacular. Rodeo performers "For those who grew up on disco," he
now follow a national circuit of events, warns, "the sight of two men holding each
and loyal audiences greet them at every other while they dance--and talking at the
stop. Like ocher sports, the rodeo same time!--can be very strange at first.
attracts some for the games and some for But most guys learn to like it real fast."
the gameplayers. "I like the way they all
wear uheir entry numbers on their backs, " I danced with a guy in a gray flannel
shirt/And tried to look i.nto his big baby
says one newly-converted fan. "It makes blues/BuL li seemod funny to be danclng Lo
it so much easier to shop." redneck music/llith a diamond in rry ear and
a pair of earLh shoes.
--Lorln $I-amberg
'f,u-Tora Saloou'
According to Pacrick McGrarh, co-founder
of the Golden State Rodeo Association, the
largest events are in California and Since most country-western habitues don't
Texas. After Los Angeles, the 1990 spend their daylight hours on a ranch,
schedule includes Oklahorna Cicy, Denver certain aspects of the cowboy uniform
and San Diego; in October, the rodeo have been "citified. " Thom Hotovec IEd.
returns to Phoenix for the finals. That's Patsi and one of the Albuquerque
'92 Comrnittee members.
], who has done his
The success of the gay rodeo circuit share of "baling and calving and
reflects the rising popularity of the gay castrating, " checked out the bars right
urban cowboy. About 10 years ago, spurred after he moved from New Mexico to
on by the Reno rodeo, the movie "Urban California.
Cowboy" and the crossover success of
country stars like Dolly Parton and Willie "Everything was more. .decorated," he
NeIson, a few gay bars began offering says. "Back home, we would change from a
bluegrass and country-western music. filthy, worn-out workshirt into a clean,
Soon, small-town boys from Texas, Oklahoma worn-out workshirc. HeIl, we were just
and New Mexico who had grown up with this going to sweat right through them. In
kind of music began teaching their L.A., there are all these fou-fou buckles
cosmopolitan cousins the dances that went and collar tips.
with them. The dances became so popular
that bar patrons sometimes spent their own "It's hard to stay pure, though," he
time and money improving the floors at sighs. "When I g o t h e r e I h a d t h r e e p a ir
their favorite haunts. of boots. Now I've got 15."

The gay country-western scene continued to "Everyone shows up in tennies at first,"

grow slowly and rather inconspicuously observes deejay Curtis Rich (aka "Country
throughout the decade, but in the last two Curtis"). "I struggled a lot on ny first
years, a discernable increase in night: I had come under protest, I didn't
popularicy has occurred. Now a remarkable like the music and I didn't know how to
number of 501 hems are hugging cowboy do the dances. Then some of the regulars
boots rather than Reeboks, and the term grabbed DO, introduced me around and
taught me the basics. I ended up coming
"hat hair" has entered the local lexicon.
back every Tuesday for two years. The
Ask any cowboy- -urban, rhinestone or oldtimers help out the 'country virgins'
otherwise- - a b o u t the country-western again and again. I've never seen
scene, and the response is that it's friendliness like that annwhere e1se. "
friendlier and more relaxed than discos
and cruise bars. One bartender whose business caters to
both the country and disco crowds says
a real nice alternative to the the mix of formats ends up introducing a
"It's
disco-rock scene," says Scott Singer, a lot of disco dancers to countrv.
performer lrith the Country Knight Cloggers "Especially sinee country is trendy

QUARTERLYSELECTIONS 16 SPRING 199].

again, " he says. "There's a core group, dance. They round dance' contra dance,
the new ones who are really interested, shuffle, waltz, s c h o t t i s c h e , 1 0 - s t e p , 12-
and then there are che emulators who put step, 22-step, s w i n g a n d p o l k a . They
on the outfits and strike poses. Luckily, buckaroo, b o o g i e , s t o m P , f t e e z e , m ule,
the last bunch has been sticking to one of strut, slide, roll, stagger, kick, walk,
the other bars. " weave and tush-push.

"An attitude queen in a country bar is They form clubs whose names are a study
still an attitude queen, " explains Country in country folklore and Western whims:
Knight Brian Tillis, "but people who go Barbary Coast CIoggers, GoId Rush,
country-western dancing tend to actually Lavender Fillies, San Francisco
want to dance. I've met more people this Saddletramps, Rawhide Rustlers, Rocky
way than in any other kind of atmosphere- Mountain Rainbeaus, Times Squares, The
-and these are people you acknowledge the I.Iilde Bunch and dozens more.
next time you see them. Besides, anyone
who's silly enough to wear a cowboy hat in Clogging, though it seems a bit like down-
public can be talked to. " home tap dancing, actually has its roots
in a rustic dance from Ireland and
The current boom is not without its Lancashire that was performed in wooden-
inconsistencies. Extremely popular in soled shoes. Today, most cloggers vtear
Western cities like San Francisco--which, Capezio dance shoes, although one or two
according to many, has the best classes groups have worn boots despite the lack
and the best dancing--and catching on 1n of flexibility and the extra stress placed
such disparace locations as Honolulu and on the feet and legs. "Sure it hurts,"
Toronto, the country-wesfern scene has sighs one intrepid boot-shod clogger.
meet wich sporadic success in the Midwest "But it looks so hot."
and the Northeast. Oddly, New York City,
which boasts the largest Eay square Patrick McGrath started Floyds Cloggers
dancing group in the counEry, has yet to in Long Beach seven years aEo. "We do the
open a country-r$Testern bar. craditional Appalachian clogging that came
over from Ireland," he says, "as opposed
Patrick McGrath believes it's just a to the buck dancing that some people are
matter of the bar owrrers catching up to familiar with. It's very high-energy and
demand. After a}l, the rodeos, while greaE fun. "
extremely popular, only last for a few
days. Or as one man puts it: "The real There's altogether too much emphasls placed
on bein6 able to tell your lefL flom your
cowboys move on to their next rodeo or go ri.6hL around here.
--A beginnina,
back to their ranches in Wyoming and square dancer

Colorado, but the rest of us need

somewhere to go. " Scott Carey is the former president of
the International Association of Gay
So what do urban cowboys do during the 51- Square Dance Clubs (IAGSDC) and co-
I/2 rodeo-less weeks of the year? They founder of San Francisco's Western Stars.
dance. American square dancing, a descendant of
the F r e n c h q u a d r i T T e , ended up as a
primarily rural activity that nearly died
A roar of laughter caDe from the out bv the 1930's. The geographic
celebraLing miners and all eyes turned upheavals caused by World War II
thelr way. Sinful and llanlc were dancln6,
to the ousic of a jew's-harp and the tj.ne rejuvenated the activity and extended ics
seb by staxnping, hob-nailed boots. They reach throughout most of Che country; it
parted, bowed, joined again, paried,
curtsi€d and wenL on, hand in hand, has since become internationally
turning, and ducking, backint and fiLing, standardized.
the dusL flying and the perspiraLion
streming down.
--Claretrce
-fer'(1922)
lfuIford The first gay club--the South Florida
Mustangs--began performing in Reno in the
Iate '70s; the IAGSDC was forned several
They dance a lot. They rvTo-step.
years Iater on the patio of the Crossfire
They clog. They square dance. They line
bar in Hollywood, Fla., and the first gay

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and lesbian sguare dance convention was occurs in the gay and lesbian clubs. Noc
held in Seattle in 1984. only do men lead !/omen, but men lead men,
lromen lead women and women lead men. Most
For Carey, the satisfaction of gay square of the dancers have learned both parts and
dancing is its unique combination of can switch off from one dance to another.
socializing and athletics: "It's a great Sometimes people switch genders
diversity of people who are really inadvertenEly while they're dancing, and,
interested in what they're doing; after as a joke on the caller, entire squares
all, they've all committed aL least six to have been known to change sexes in the
nine months to learn the basic levels. middle of a song.
It's not alcohol-based; there's physical
contacti )/ou always have a partner; you Like the gay rodeos, with their designated
dance with groups of eight people with Mr., Ms. and Miss Gay Rodeo (for the
whom you make friends instantly, and you latter title, Mike Hippler has suggested
get to travel. " the term "cowqueen"), gay square dance
clubs freely incorporate the use of drag.
Each month, different clubs host members On special occasions, the chances are good
from other cities at inEensive weekends of to excellent that the crinolined beauties
dancing called "fly-ins," while the annual on the dance floor are men who are dressed
convention, scheduled for Easter weekend as women who may be partnering other men
in Vancouver, is expected to attract about who ate dressed as men but dancing as
800 square dancers from nearly 40 clubs. women.
Marilyn Martinyak, co-founder of the El
Camino Reelers and current chair of the A11 this gender-bending means chat the
IAGSDC, says that the bonds of friendship caller, who has been trained to make
forged through these events grovr year instant decisions based on visual cues
after year. from four male-fernale couples is
"challenged and pumped up and driven
Carey and Martinyak agree that square totally insane, " says Scot Byars, a caller
dancing suffers from an undeservedly and teacher with Tinseltown Squares,
anemic image. "The fiddle band is gone, " L.A.'s gay club.
asserts Carey. "We dance to pop, folk,
country and rock 'n' ro11. It's not just Byars was nervous the first time he cal1ed
a genteel evening at the Elks Club or the for a gay club, but he enjoyed the
Grange Hall anymore. " experience thoroughly and recommended it
to his friend Dick Holton, assuring him
Those who have squared up with Eay and that the "beaux" and "belles" would be
non-gay groups describe very different wearing coded vescs. What Byars dldn't
experiences. "There's more forrnality in know was that Holton booked the Halloween
straight clubs," says Randy Reeves. IEd. dance. When he got there, 90 percent of
Randy dances with ttln
Tinseltown. ] the room was in some sorc of elaborate
straight clubs, for example, they don't drag.
let you wear short sleeve shirts so the
ladies won't have to grab onto sweaty, "He nearly killed fr€," says Byars,
hairy arms. In gay clubs, however, we smiling.
actively encourage sweaty-hairy-arm
grabbing. " G"y clubs have encouraged interested
members to learn the art of cal1ing, and
IL's a good thing thab I was born a there is now a Gay Callers
woban, or I'd have been a"dr;e Cueen.
Association
designed co facilitate recrui.tment and
training. Learning to call, however, is
As square dancing is solidly based on a long process. In the meantime, clubs
traditional- definitions of male and have turned to standard channels to find
female roles (and, for good measure, long people.
affiliated with an envirorunent of earthy
stoicism), ic is perhaps not surprising Scott Carey helped solicic Paul Marcum and
that a good deal of sexual blurring Elmer Sheffield, "two of the best callers
in the country, " for the first gay

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convention. "They throught it was a joke; terribly nervous and refused point blank
they thought t h e y ' d been set up, " to do the drag, so I said hey, no problem,
remembers Carey. "Finally, they agreed. and put the dress on. We made an
Halfway here, they realized that one of interesting couple. IEd. T h a t's James as
their most popular songs was 'Honky Tonk in Ozanich a/k/a Blanche ! Refused to wear
Queen,' which is about a cowboy finding a dress? Ha! ]
out that the girl he's dancing wich is a
guy. Thuy figured this would be "The next time we danced cogether, I was
incredibly offensive so they resolved to with my wife and he had just come out of
cut it. We, of course, knew all about it; the closet. It was at a gay c1ub, of
we loved it, and we had a drag troupe course. I don't remember who led."
called Fistful of Crinolines all ready to
who's takint you home/And
do a number to it. It blew them away." But don't forget
in whose arms you're Eonna be/So
darlin'/Save the las! dance for me. . .
Hostility from mainstream square dance has
diminished, if not abated. "Most of the

%
trouble happened in the first few years, "
recalls Marilyn l.tartinyak. "Some people
tried to get our listings stopped and
threatened to cancel contracts with
callers who worked with us. They tried it
on Paul Marcum, but he wouldn't be
b lackrnailed. PauI's been very
supportive- -he's calling the Western
Star's eighth anniversary dance Iin March,
19901--but then, he always has a ball with
tt
tls.

A large number of the cream-of-the-crop

callers actually prefer to call for gay
clubs, not just for the challenge, but for
the enthus iasm. "We hoot , we holler , r^re
j *p , we spin and we e/ant absoluCely
everything thrown at us," says Carey.

"I prefer gay groups because I'm a high-

energy caller," explains Scot Byars. "I
don't have to start their engines--they're
already rewed up and waiting for me. A
lot of the scraight groups are older than
dirt. I called for some brain-dead people
in Pasadena recently and someone told me
these people hadn't had so much fun in
ages. 'How can you tell?' I asked.

"Gay dancers never stop and whine 'You

can't do that' at me. With gay groups, I
can relax more and I don't have to worry
about having fun or being risque. With
all that excitement on the floor, I don't
have to work as hard. It's the difference
beCween expectation and appreciation. "

Byars readily admits his affinity for the

theatricality of the gay clubs. Once, at
a benefit in San Francisco, two men were
needed to dance together, one as a clown,
the other in drag. "My friend James got

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QUARTERLY QUARIERTY SELECI/ONS is o oublicolion of Western 51or
Doncers, Inc., o modern weslern squore donce club reruing
WHATAND WHY primorily the Son Froncisco Boy Areo goy ond lesbion
communily. The purpoe o{ this publicotion is lo provide
lhought-provoking odicles of on editoriol noture ond olher
moteriol oi generol inleresl or enierioinmenl volue for WSD
L e t ' ss l o r tb y q u o l i n gf r o r n W S D P o l i c yS l o l e r n e nNt o . l 3 : memben. The emphosis ol Quorledy Se/eclions is on
relevonce lo squore donce issues, philosophicol subslonce,

SEIECI/ONS
QUARTFRTY ond literory quolity.

Originol orlicles in this publicolion ore copyrighied bul moy be

I. T h e p u r p o s eo f t h i sp u b l i c o t i o n i s t o p r o v i d et l r o u g l r l - reorinted wilh ooorooriole credit lo the ouihor ond cilotion o{
p r o v o k i r r go r t i c l e so f o n e d i t o r i c rnl c r t u r eo n d o l h e r Quorlerly Se/eclions.
r n o t e r i ool { g e n e r o li r r t e r e sotr e r r l e r t q i n n r evr rotl u e f o r
W S D r n e n r b e r sT . h e e n r l ; l r c r soi sf Q u o , . 1 e rS Edilor Fremon Stomper
/ ye / e c l i o n s
(4r 5) 550-8056
i s o r r r e l e v o n c leo s c l u o r e c l c r r r c e ' r s s upehsi l, o s o p h i c o l
s u b s t o n c eo,n d l i t e r o r yq u o l i t y O P I N I O N SI X P R E S S EADR ET H O S EO F T H T A U T H O R SA N O D O N O T
N E C fS S A R I IR 5 F WEsTERN
. YE T L E CTTH EO P I N I O N SA N D P O L I C I EO sTAR
D A N C E R SI N- C . -N O R I T 5M E M E E R S .
B e c o u s et l r e c o n l e n t i s n o t l i r l e - s e n s i l i v eQ , uorlerly
S e / e c f i o niss p u b l i s h e dq u o r l e r l yo n o f l e x i b l es c h e d u l e . M E N T I O NO F A P T R S O N ' S N A M E I N T H I SP U B T I C A T I OINN N O W A Y
I N D I C A T EhSI S / H E RS E X U AO
TRIENTATION-
I t i s m o i l e dt o o l l W S D n r e r n b e r so,r r do s o c o u r i e s yl o
oll IAGSDCIM clubs.

2. There is no linrit on llre size of ony issueof the Y o u s e e , c h u r n i n go u t o n e w s l e t t eor f b r o o d s u b s t o n c eo n

Q u a f t e r l y S e / e c l i o n s( e x c e p t i l r o t w h i c h m o y b e
i m p o s e db y B o o r dr e s l r i c i i o nosn p r i n l i n go n d n r o i l i n g
c o s t s ) .A c c o r d i n g l yo, r l i c l e ss u b r r i t t e db y t l r en r e r l b e r s
n r o y b e o f o n y l e r r g l ht h e o u l l r o rc o n s i d e r sn e c e s s o r y
l o c o v e r t h e s u b i e c l ;o l s o , e o c h n r e n r b e rm o y s u b r l i t
o s n r o n yo r l i c l e so s s ( h e )w i s l r e s .
3. I n o d d i t i o r rl o n r e r r b e r s ' o r l i c l e sl,l r e E d i t o r n r c r y
i n c l u d e m o t e r i o l { r o n r o l l r e r C l u b s ' n e w s l e f l e r so r
s q u o r ed o n c e p u b l i c o t i o r r sR . e p r i n t i nw
g ill be done
w i t h p e r m i s s i o no n l y [ E d . n r o s to f t h e t i m e ] .
4. T h e o r t i c l ec o n l e n t ,p r e s e r r t o l i oqr u
r o l i t yo n d s t y l eo r e
d e t e r r l i n e db y t l i e o u l l r o r s . A I I o u l l r o r sw i l l b e
c r ed i t ed .
5. E d i t o r i ocl h o r r g e sr v i l ib e o t t h e d i s c r e t i o no f t l r eE d i t o r .
o r n o n t h l yb o s i s i s o n e n o r m o u s l yl o r g e t o s k . l t t e n d s t o
w o r k o m e m b e ri n l o i h e g r o u r r d . T l r u s ,i n I 9 8 9 t l r e B o o r d
o f D i r e c t o r ss p l i t r e g u l o r i r r f o r m o t i o nd i s s e m i n o t i o ni n t o
three publicofions: fhe Weslern Sfor, our troditionol
newslefiercorrying iime-sensilivedolo for the following
m o n l l r ;W S D T o d o y ! ,c o n c e r n i n gi t s e l fw i t h t l r e i m m e d i o t e
up-to-doteinformotion on o donce niglrt; ond Quorterly
S e / e c l i o r r so,s o u i l i n e d o b o v e . T h e f i r s t e d i t i o n o f Q S
,l989,
o p p e o r e df o r t h e F o l l , w i t h s e v e n e d i l i o n sb e i n g
p u b l i s h e db e f o r ei t b e c o m ed o r m o n l u n t i l t h i s e d i t i o n .
A n d w h e r ed i d w e g e t t h o t n o m e ? I n t h e w o r l d o f s q u o r e
d o n c i n g , n e w c o l l s o r e i n t r o d u c e df r o m t i n r e l o t i m e .
A d u o l l y ,l h e r e o r e n ' t m o n y l r e w c o l l s ; n e w c o l l so r e r e o l l y
n e w c o m b i n o t i o nos f e x i s t i n gc o l l sw h i c h ,w h e n e x e c u l e di n
o s p e c i f i cs e r i e s o , r e g i v e n o n e w n o m e . T l r e s en e w c o l l s
s t o r it h e i r l i v e so s e x p e r i r n e n t oclo l l s . l f t h e b i g c l r e e s eo f
s q u o r ed o n c i r r g ,k n o w n o s C q l l e r l o b ,d e t e r n r i n e tsh e r e i s
e n o u g h i n f e r e s ti r i l l r e e x p e r i m e n t o lt,h e c o l l b e c o m e so
quorierlyselection. On o guorterlybosis, Collerlob
o n n o u n c e sw h e t h e ro c o l l h o s b e e n o d d e d ,c o n t i n u e d ,o r
dropped from tlre list. Once it mokes it to the quorterly
s e l e c l i o nl i s t ,o l l c o l l e r so r e e x p e c t e dt o i n t r o d u c ei t o t c l u b
n i g h t so n d d o n c e s . l f u s e d d u r i n g t h e e v e n i n g ,t h e c o l l i s
t o b e l o u g l r l o t t h e b e g i n n i n go f l l r e e v e n i n gp r i o r l o i t s
b e i n g c o l l e d . T h e n e x tp h o s ef o r o c o l l i s b e i n g o c c e p t e d
q s o s l o n d o r dc o l l i n o n e o f l h e p r o g r o n r s .S o , q u o d e r l y
s e l e c t i o n sw o s t l r e i n s p i r o l i o r rf o r t h e n o r n e Q u o d e r / y
Seleclions.[Ed Boy, thot wos iough, wosn't it? Who
w o u l d ot h u n k i t ? ]
A l l t h e p u b l i c o t i o r rosf t l r e C l u b o r e i n t e n d e dt o b e o f o r u m
f o r o l l m e m b e r s ;n o t i u s t o m e o r r sf o r o n e m e m b e r ,t h e
E d i t o r ,t o w o x o n f o r t h e o m u s e m e n to f t h e C l u b . A
p u b l i c o t i oonf i l r eC l u b i s i u s tl i k eo n y o t l r e rt o s ki n t h o i t h e
e f { o r l sn e e d t o b e s p r e o do r o u r r d . Y o u w r i l e t h e o r l i c l e s ,
o r r dt h e E d i t o wr i l lp u t t h e mt o g e t l r ei rn t oo c o l r e s i vw el r o l e .
T h i s e c l i i i o no f Q S w i l l b e o n i l r e " s k i n n y s" i d e . A s t l r e
E c l i l o r I, w c r r r li o r e - i n t r o c l u cteh e p u b l i c c r t i olno l l r e n e w
c l u bo n d c l o s sr r e r l b e r ss i n c ei t s l o s fp u b l i c o t i o inn I 9 9 ' | .
CALLERLABREPORTS:
MAINSTREAA4
QUARTERLY
SELECTIONCOMMITTEE
lrr lhe nrosl recent keep/drop bolloting of tlre Moirrstreonr
Q u c r r t e r l yS e l e c t i o n , C R O S S R O L L I O A W A V E , t l r e v o t e
w o s t o d r o p i l o s o G S . T h e c u r r e n t M S Q S s e l e c t i o n so r e :
SINGLECIRCLETO A WAVEond ACEYDEUCEY.Wolt
C o o l e y , c h o i r p e r s o no f t h e M S G S C o r l m i t t e e , o n n o u n c e s
n o n e w n r o v e r n e n t sf o r t h e p e r i o d J o r r u o r yt h r o u g h M o y 1 ,
.l994.
[ E d . W i t h n o n e w m o v e n r e n t sf o r t l r o t l o r r g ,r r e * e r
d o n c e r so r e b o u n d t o s u c c e e d . l
ASK?nK.SQ',UgZ-0pI
l f y o u c o u l d o s k o s q u o r ed o n c e w i z o r do n y l h i n go b o u t
squore doncing becouse you kno* he/she/it knows
everytlring,whot would you osk 11ll!.,9Q119:.tl?2\?
N I C K C A R L S O N : W h o t l e v e l o f s q u o r ed o n c i n gd o y o u
e ni o y l h e n r o s tc r n dv ; h y ?
t l l , 9 ' .I h e r e y o u g o o g o i n u s i r r gt h o l w o r d " l e v e l . "W h o t d o
I h o v e 1 o d o t o p e r r n o n e n l lfyi x t h e n o l i o n t h o t s q u o r e
d o n c i n gh o s p r o g r o r r s n, o l l e v e l s . " L e v e l ss"u g g e s ttsh o t
AUARTER
SLEYT E C T I O N S
somethingis bigger,better,greoter,horder thon something
e l s e . " P r o g r o m s s" u g g e s l so s e t o f c r i t e r i o n e e d e d t o
occomplishtl.rotprogrom. The progrom I enioy ihe most
is the progrom being offered tlrot I voluntorilychoose to
donce. lf I chooseto donce tlre Moinstreomprogrom now,
thot is my clroice. lf I choose the Plus progrom, so be it.
Knowing more colls doesn't meon I hove more fun.
K n o w i n gm o r e c o l l s i s s i m p l yt h o t ; i t d o e s n ' i m e o n I c o n
d o n c e t h e c o l l so t o l l - - m u c hl e s sw i t h e nj o y m e n t . S q u o r e
d o n c i n gi s n o t j u s to s e r i e so f c o l l s ;i t i s f r i e n d s h i po, d e e p ,
c o r e s s i n gc, o m p o s s i o n o theu g w h e n I f e e l d o r n r n .S q u o r e
d o n c i n g i s s h o r i n gm y o c c o m p l i s h m e n tosn d k n o w i n g m y
p o r t n e ro n d m y c o r n e r o r e t r u l y h o p p y f o r m e . S q u o r e
d o n c i n gi s c o m m u n i c o l i n gw i l l r o s m i l e t o s o m e o n ew h e n
they forget how to executethe coll thot you still love them
o n d e nj o y t h e i r c o m p o n y . S q u o r ed o n c i n g i s d o n c i n gf o r
y o u r s e l fo n d s o m e o n e e l s e s o t h o t o l l e i g h t o f y o u c o n
s u c c e e d . I e n j o y t h e p r o g r o m I o m d o n c i n g b e c o u s eI
know thot l, we, you, they hove o choice to be ot tlris
d o n c e ,o r . r dl ' m l r o p p yt h o t w e c l r o s ee o c l r o t h e r .
CHUCK YEO: Wlrere do fhey gei the funny nomes of
c o l l s ,l i k e D i x i eS t y l et o o W c r v e ?
'l/8: \Nell,
this one hos o long historybehind it. Sinceyou
d i d n ' t o s k t l r e o r i g i n o f t h e n o r n e " w o v e , 'l'' l l o s s u m ey o u
k n o w t l r o t . Y o u m u s t t h i n k o f t h e s l o r t i n go n d e n d i r r g
{ o r n r o t i o no f t l r e c o l l . D i x i e S t y l er e q u i r e st h o t y o u b e i n
s o n r ef o r m o l i o no f f o c i n gc o u p l e s .T h i si s r e p r e s e n t o t i voef
t h e s t r u g g l e b e t w e e r rt l r e N o r t h o n d t l r e S o u t h , t h e
e s t o b l i s h n r eonft t h e M o s o n - D i x o nL i n e ,o n d l l r e u r r r e l e n t i n g
f i g h t t o n o t s u r r e n d elrh e f l c r go f D i x i e . W l r e n o n e b e g i n s
l h e c o l l , t l r ed o n c e ro n t h e r i g h t ,r e p r e s e r r t i nt g
he ottocking
f o o t s o l d i e r s i,s p r o p e l l e do c r o s st l r e s e t l i k e o b u l l e tf r o m
o r i f l ed o d g i n ge o c h o l h e r i n o r r o t t e m p t o g e t b e y o n dl h e
e r r e r n yl i r r e . A t t l r e s o n r e t i r n e , t h e l e f i - h o n d d o n c e r ,
r e p r e s e n l i ntgh e c o m m o r . r d i rfrogr c e s ,b e g i n st h e c h o r g eo f
t l r e r e m o i n i n gf o r c e sl o w o r d st h e e n e m y l i n e . W h e n t h e
c o n r n r o n d i r .or gf f i c e r so f t h e o p p o s i r r gf o r c e s m e e t i n t h e
n r i d d l eo f t h e b o t t l e f i e l dt,h e r e i s r e c o g n i l i o no f t h e f u t i l i t y
o [ w o r . T h e y i o i r rl r o n d so n d s o y , " H - e - e - r e ' sD i x i e ! " T h e
r e s u l l i n qf o r m o t i o r irs o n o c e o n w o v e . C o m o r e r r d o ?
IfN YEAR5 AGO
T h e C l u b h o d i t s 2 n d A n n i v e r s o rD y o n c ew i t h c o l l e r sD o u g
Clork ond Phil Poyton. The progroms donced were
Beginnero s r r d M o i n s l r e o n i .P l u sw o s i u s t o s t o r l i p .
D i n e o n d D i s l r w o s b e i n g c o o r d i n o t e df o r l u n c h i n t h e
F i n o n c i o lD i s t r i c t . T h e p u r p o s ew o s f o r W S D C l u b o n d
closs membersto meet outside of squore doncing fo
e n h o n c eo u r g e t t i n gt o k n o w o n e o n o i h e ro n d t o i m p r o v e
f r i e r r d s h i p s l. t w o s s t r o r . r g lsyu g g e s t e d( o n d y e s , k n u c k l e s
WINTER
I994
w e r e r o p p e d )t h o t y o u t o l k q b o u t i h i n g so t h e r t h o n s q u o r e
d o n c i n g . M e n u i i e m s w e r e s e l e c t e d1 o c o v e r o r o n g e o f
i n d i v i d u o lb u d g e t s . T h e m e n u s y s l e mw o s s u c c e s s f u o l ,r
e l s e e v e r y o n ew o s o f r o i d l o c r o s st h e h o s t ( e s so) n d n o t
c o m p l o i n( c o u l dt h o t h o v e b e e n p o s s i b l e ? ) .
T h e C l u b w o s d e o l i n gw i t h t h e l r o l o f i s s u eo f w l r e t h e ro r
not to offer the Plus progrorr os on officiol port of the
C l u b . R u s sK i n g h o d o n o d i c l e" T h eP l u sP r o g r o m : F r i e n d
o r F o e ? " H e s t o t e d" W e s t e r nS t o r ' sp r e s e n to p p r o o c hi s t o
g r o d u o l l yi n i r o d u c et h e m o r e p o p u l o r P l u sc o l l s i n t o t h e
M o i n s t r e o mp o r t i o no f C l u b n i g h ts o t h o t m e m b e r sc o n g e i
o s o m p l i n gw i t h o u tf e e l i n ge x c e s s i v e lryu s h e d . T h e p o c e
w i l l b e g e o r e dt o t l r e r e o l i f yt h o t n o i e v e r y o n ei s o b l e t o b e
there every single club rrighl ond tlrot compelent
M o i n s t r e o md o n c e r ss h o u l do l w o y sb e o b l e l o d q r r c ei n t l r e
mojoriiy of tips." He olso reporled llrot, "The most
i n r p o r i o nttl r i n gi s t o g o o t o p o c e y o u e n i o y ,b e c o u s e i, f i t
s t o p sb e i n gf u n , t h e w l r o l ep o i n t i s l o s t . "
A q u e s t i o r r n o i r ler o d b e e r r d i s i , i b u t e dl o t l r e n r e r n b e r s .
S o r r e l l r i n g sl e o r n e dw e r e l i r e r . n oj o r i t yd i d w o n i l o p u r s u e
P l u so n d t h e v o s fm o j o r i t yl i k e dt l r eC l u b ' so p p r o o c hl o l h e
P l u sp r o g r o n rI E d . T h i sw o s b e f o r et h e d o y so f " l e v e l s ,n" o t
" p r o g r o n r s . "wl h i c h w o s o r r o c c e l e r o l e dc l c r s so n F r i d o y
n i g l r l so n d o s l o wl e o c l r i n go n C l u b r r i g h l w s i l ht w o f u l l P I u s
tips.
T l r e C l u b w c r sl r o s l i n gc l c r s n s i g h t so n T u e s d o yo n d c l u b
n i g l r l so n W e d n e s d o yo t t l r e Y M C A o n G o l d e n G o l e .
T l r e , e u r c r e f t 4 o i n s t r e o rw. o r l < , . ! . . r 1o1r r3S u r r d o yf c r l l r r e e
w e e k e n d si n F e b r u o r yo I 2 ) 3 S o n c h e zS t ( T l r e R o n c h ." )
C l u b n i g h t f e e w o s $ 3 . C l u b r r e n r b e r sw e r e b u s y
preporirrg l o o t t e n dt l r e f i r s tg o y s q u o r ed o r r c ec o r r v e n t i o n ,
All Joirr Honds, ot the CrovrnePlozoHolel irr Secrtlle,
W o s h i n g t o nP . o c k o g eA c o s l$ 4 0 o n d i r r c l u d eodr r eb u f f e t
dirrnero , n e b r u n c l r ,o l l d o r r c e so, l l w o r k s l r o J rcsr,r r dl l r e
c o r r v e r r t i obr ro d g e . F o r o n < L c l d i t i o n$o5l 5 p e r p e , r s o nf o r
double occupcr.rcy you gol two niglrls' hotel
o c c o n r r o d o l i o rsr .
W h o l ' so n y o u r n r i r r dr - r b o usfq u o r ed o n c i r r g ?
l'm trying to coordirrole l/rings for tl're
porode, getlirrg o boo/lr, prepor'tng {or
doncers lo s/row tlreir best to our brol/rers
o n d s i s t e r s . H o v i r r gj u s t b o , - , ' g im
rly oirl'rre
licke/s lo DC, l'm f/rinking oboul lhe
corrverrliorr.We're leovit'tcl on o cheop flight
o l I I : 3 0 p . m . T h i si s t / r es e c o n dc / u b - r r i g h t
orrdI tirirrl,,,2"U;,L,"",,;
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THEUNITED STATES
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o{ the IAGSDCI* newsletler'to lhe member clubsl
The IAGSDCTM wos recenllyihe torgetof o seriousonti-goy
ottock. lt seemstlrot one of tlre fusociotion memberssclw
- I A G S D C "e n c i r c l e di n r e d
o b o d g e c o n t o i n i n gt h e i n i t i o l s
w i t h o s l o s ht h r o u g h i t ( i n d i c o t i n g" n o g o y d o n c e r si n m y
squore"). Ever.rtuolly, the monufocturero{ this bodge wos
locoted.
On N o v e m b e r1 5 , I 9 9 3 , t h e
f u s o c i o t i o nc h o i r , B o b Y o u n g , w r o t e
on officiol letter to the bodge moker
e x p l o i n i n g ( o )t h o t t l r i s w o s o n
irrtoleroble oct of bios ond prejudice
( s i n c es u c l rm o n u f o c t u r ew o u l d n o t b e
n r o d e o f o b o d g e s l o s l r i n gt h e l e t l e r s
"NMCP') ond (b) thot tlre Associotiorris in the processof
l r o d e m o r k i n go u r n o m e o n d l o g o o n d t h o t s u c h v i o l o t i o n s
w o u l d b e m e t w i l h l e g o l r e m e d i e s . T h r e e d o y s l o t e r ,o
l e f l e rw o s r e c e i v e d{ r o m t h e b o d g e m o k e rt h o n k i n gB o b f o r
t o k i r r gt l r e t i m e l o e x p l o i nt h e p o s i t i o no f t h e A s s o c i o t i o n ,
e x p l c r i n i ntgh o t o r r l yi h r e e o f t h e s eb o d g e sh o d b e e n m o d e
(one of which is in the hondsof one of the fusociotion
m e r n b e r sw h o w o r r l si t f o r o n " o r c h i v ec" o p y ) ,o n d o s s u r i n g
h i m t h o t n o m o r e o f t h e s eb o d g e sw o u l d b e m o n u f o c t u r e d .
Korl Joeckel, tlrrouglr o review of the dotobose he
m o i n t o i n so f t h e i n c o m i n gc o l l s t o t h e A s s o c i o t i o n ' s8 0 0
p l r o r r en u n r b e r ,d e d u c e dw h o t h e p e r s o nw o s w h o o s k e d
f o r t h i s b o d g e t o b e m o d e . A l t h o u g ht h e f u s o c i o t i o nh o s
t h e n o r n e , o d d r e s s ,o n d p h o n e n u m b e r o f t l r e o f f e n d i n g
p e r s o n ,l h e A s s o c i o t i o nl r o s d e c i d e d o t t h i s t i m e n o t l o
p u r s u e o n y c o n t o c t w i t h h i r n d i r e c f l y ,b u t w i l l w o t c h f o r
f u r t l r e rp r e j u d i c i o lo c t i v i t i e so r r d t r o d e r n o r ki n f r i n g e m e n t
f r o m h i m o r r do t h e r s .
A s f o r t h i s t r o d e m o r k i n gb u s i n e s si,t l r o s l o n g b e e n o g o o l
of llre fusocioliorrlo troder.nork ll.renome ond log, but the
e x p e n s eh o s k e p t t h i s i n t h e l o n g - r o n g ec o t e g o r y . T h i s
i n c i d e n th o s s h o w n u s t h o t w e c o n n o l o n g e r o f f o r d t o
w o i t - - n o wt h o t t h e A s s o c i o t i o ni s i n c o r p o r o t e d w , e musi
p r o t e co t u r o r g o n i z o l i o n .B e i n gf r o d e m o r k e do r e t h e l e f i e r s
" I A G S D C "o n d t h e l o g o o f n i n e i n t e r l o c k i n gs q u o r e sw i t h
t h e w o r d s " I N T E R N A T I O N AALS S O C I A T I O N 'o b o v e o n d
" O F G A Y S A U A R ED A N C E C L U B S b e l o * . W h e n u s i n s
t h e l o g o , b e s u r e t o u s e i t i u s t t l r i s w o y . E v e n t u o l l yo, u r
b o r r n e r so n d o t h e r l o g o r e p r e s e n t o t i o n w s ill hove to
conform. Also, be sureihot, when the logo or ocronym
I A G S D Co p p e o r si r r p r i r r t ,i t s h o u l db e f o l l o w e db y ' I " ' u n t i l
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timethe w i l l b e r e p l o c e db y ' @ '
W h o l ' so n y o u r m i n d o b o u ts q u o r ed o n c i n g ?
Good fun. This time for squore doncing is
reolly specio/sirrcelhe resl o{ my ltfe is oll
work. I reolly /ike doncing wrth gay peop/e
becouseyou ore o/woyschonging porlners.
I went lo one stroightdonce--neverogoin.
/n squoredoncirrgil is o given lhol everyone
i s n i c e o r r ds o c i o / .
PeggyOslerkonp 2/1 B/94
[Ed. Peggy is one of our non-goy membere.]
WHYAT MY CLUB?!?!
f r e p r i n t e d{ r o m A n r e r i c o nS q u o r e d o n c e ,F e b r u o r y 1 9 9 . 1 . A u i h o r : R o y
Gohol
,Aboutthe oulhor - Roy Gollo /ros been dorrcrrrgfor 22
y e o r s ,c u e i n gr o u n d sf o r l 5 y e o r so n d i s n r o r r i e dl o s q u o r e
donce coller Betsy Gotto, who /ros beerr co//irrg{or 32
y e o r s . f o g e l h e r l h e y a r e m e m b e r so f R o u n d c r l o bL,e g o c y
(Executive CommifteeJ, crndCc//erlob(Boordo{ Governors),
o r r dc i r o r l e rm e r n b e r so f t i t e C o i i e r ' so n d l j r eS o , , o r ei ) n n c e
Counci/sof New Jersey.
" V y ' hdyo t h e y h o v e l o d o n c e o l o u r c l u b ? W l r y c o n ' t l h e y
k e e p l o l h e r r s e l v e s ?| d o n ' t n r i n c li f l l r e y w o n t f o s q u o r e
d o r r c eo, s l o n g o s t h e ys l o yi n l l r e i ro w n c l u b s . T h i su s e d
to be o nice forlily club. lf you let one or two in, llren,
b e f o r ey o u k n o w i t , y o u r c l u b w i l l b e t o k e r ro v e r b y t l r e n r . "
D o t l r eo b o v es l c r t e r l e n tsso u r r df o n r i l i o r ?H o v ey o u h e o r d
o n y o f l h e r r r e c e n l l yo t y o u r c l u b , o r o n o l l r e rc l u b w h e r e
y o u w e r ed o n c i r r g ?W e l l , t h e s es l n t e n r e r rw l se r eo u e r h e o d
b c r c ki r r i h e l o t e 1 9 5 0 ' s w l r e n r l y { o t h e r - i n - l c rlwr c r dt h e
n e r v e ( o r w o s i t c o u r o g e )t o b r i n g o J e w i s l rc o u p l e t o o
s q u o r ed o r r c ec l u b .
l s t h e r eo n y d i f { e r e n cbee t w e e nt h i so n d l l r ec u r r e n ut p r o o r
o v e r" o l l o w i r r gg"o y so n d l e s b i o ' r lso d o r r c eo l s t r o i g hct l u b s
o n d f e s t i v o l s ?I t h i n k n o t . l s l l r e r eo r r yd i f f e r e r r cbee t w e e n
t h i so n d l l r es o m eu p r o o ri n t h e s i x l i e sw l r e nB l o c k se n l e r e d
i h e s q u o r e d o r r c ep i c t u r e ? | t h i n k r r o t . P r e j u d i c eo n d
h o i r e do r e t h e s o m e w h e n e v e ro n d w h e r e v e rt l r e yo p p e o r .
I k n o wo f o n e m o i o r s q u o r ed o n c e{ e s l i v ollh o t l r o so c t u o l l y
h o d r n e e l i r i gtso d i s c u s s" l h e p r o b l e n r . "
B e f o r el d i s c u s so t l i t u d e l,e t ' st o k e o l o o k o f o c o u p l eo f
f o c t s . B o r r i n gg o y so n d l e s b i o n fsr o r r y o u rc l u b o r d o n c e
o r s e g r e g o t i n gt h e m o t s o i d o f f o i r s i s i l l e g o l ! l t i s
! l s o ,y o u h o v e b e e r rd o n c i n gw i t h g o y o n d
d i s c r i m i n o l i o nA
l e s b i o ns g u o r e d o n c e r sf o r m o n y y e o r s . Y o u j u s t d i d n ' t
k n o w i t ! G o y o n d l e s b i o nd o n c e r sh o v e b e e n c o u p l i n gu p
ond doncing os "trodilionollycorrec/' couples. lf you ore
concerned obout coming in contoct with goys, keep in
m i n d t h o t o w e e k d o e s n ' t g o b y t h o t y o u p r o b o b l yh o v e
contoctwith o goy individuoloutside of the squore donce
octivity.
I hove heord the orgumentthot, "l con't donce in o squore
w i t h s o m e - s e xc o u p l e s . "T w o t h i n g sc o m e l o m i n d w h e n I
h e o r t l r i s . O n e , t h i s p e r s o np r o b o b l yd i d n ' t s o yo n y t h i n gi n
the postwhen two women were doncing together,ond two,
lhis person is o very poor doncer. Some men ore
u n c o m f o d o b l es w i n g i n go l l r e rm e n . T h i s i s n o t o p r o b l e m
if you lust soy so up front. lt is no different thon not
swingingsomeone of eilher sex who hos o physicol
p r o bl e r n .
L e t ' ss u p p o s ef o r o m o m e n t l h o t y o u r
c l u b d e c i d e st o b r e o kt h e l o w o n d b o n
goy ond lesbiorrdoncersfrom dorrcir.rg
o s s o m e - s e xc o u p l e so f y o u r d o n c e s .
D o y o u n o w f o l l o w t h e s o m e r u l e sf o r
l l r e t w o s e n i o r l o d i e sw h o h o v e b e e r r
d o n c i n gl o g e l l r e ro i y o u r c l u b l o r t h e
l o s l t w o y e o r s ? H o w d o y o u k r r o wf o r s u r e t h o t f h e y o r e
not lesbions? And how obout the times when I hove
j u m p e di n t o o s q u o r et o b e t h e n e e d e de i g h t hb o d y ? S i n c e
t l r o l e i g h t hp o s i t i o nw o s t h e " g i r l ' s "p o r t , d o s e v e np e o p l e
h o v e l o s i t d o w n b e c o u s et l r e r u l e s p r o h i b i t s o m e - s e x
c o u p l e s ?D o e sm y 8 4 - y e o r - o l dm o l h e r - i n - l o wh o v e t o g i v e
up ilre octivi\ she hos been doirtg for over forty yeors
b e c c r u sseh e d o n c e sn r o s f l yt h e " b o y ' s "p o s i t i o n ?
F i n o l l y ,w h o l e v e rh o p p e n e dt o " f r i e n d s h i ps e t t o m u s i c " ?
D o e s l h i s n r e o n o n l y m y f r i e n d s ,b y m y r u l e s ,o n d t o m y
m u s i c ? l t i s n o t e o s y l o c h o n g e o n e ' s o t t i t u d e so n d
f e e l i n g s . l t i s s i m i l o r l yn o t e o s y i o o c c e p t l i f e s t y l e so n d
cuslonrstlrot ore rodicolly different thon your own.
R e r r e n r b e rv, o u o r e r r o t b e i n q o s k e dt o o c c e p t ,c o n d o n e ,
o r e r n b r o c eo n y o n ee l s e ' sl i f e s t v l eH
. o w e v e r y, o u o r e b e i n g
osked to not deny onyone the riglrt to enioy tlreir clroserr
form of recreotion. After oll, thot's oll sguore doncing
is--recreotion. lt hopperrslo be recreoiion lhol involves
interoclionond irrlerdependenceof of leost seven other
p e o p l e . l f y o u r p r e i u d i c e so r e s o g r e o t t h o t y o u c o n n o t
e v e nd o n c ei n t h e s o m es q u o r ew i t h o p e r s o nw h o b e l i e v e s
o r l i v e sd i f f e r e n t l yt h o n y o u , t h e n p e r h o p sy o u s h o u l d b e
l o o k i n gf o r o n o t l r e rf o r m o [ r e c r e o t i o n .
[Ed. Royond BetsyGofto hove been very octive in supporl
of tlre New York Times Squores. Betsywos o feotured
collerot the 1989 IAGSDCTM Conventionin New York City,
w i l l b e o f e o t u r e dc o l l e d o t t h e I 9 9 4 C o n v e n t i o n i n
W o s h i n g l o n ,D C , o n d c o n b e h e o r d " o n l h e r o d i o ' ' i n
e p i s o d ef o u r o f C r o s s f i r e .V / l r i l eI l r o v en o t m e t R o y ,I h o v e

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s u b s c r i b e r' t o B r o d l e y B e l.l E l s e w h e r ei n t h i s e d i t i o n o f
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C o l l e r l o b ,L e g o c yo, n d o t h e re l e m e r r tosf t h e g r e o t e rs q u o r e
d o n c ew o r l d o u t s i d eo u r g o y c o m m u n i t y . ]
U S I N GT H E
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
[Ed. Ken Broidi is o rnemberof the T/MESSQUARES,the
only goy sguore donce c/ub in New Yo* City--infoct, the
on/y squore donce c/ub in NYC. His recenl letler lo the
e d i l o r s o f A m e r i c o r rS q u o r e d o n c eM o g o z i n e c r y i n g o u t
ogoinsl onti-goymolerio/swos pub/ishedin the Februory,
1 9 9 4 , e d i t ; o n . S o / r e r e ' sw h o t K e n s o i d t o t h e w o r l d : l
D e c r rE d i t o r s :T l r e o n g o i r r gd i s c u s s i o n
o s l o w l r c t c o n b e d o r r et o m o k e t h e
s ( l u c r rde< . r n ceex p e r i e n c m
e oreinviting
1 o o l o r g e rc r u d i e n c seh o u l dn o w b e
e x p o n d e dt o i n c l u d e o, l o n gw i t l ro l h e r
r e m i n d e r so l r s c l u o r ed c r r r c e t i q u e t l e ,
o renrinder thcrt it is highly
inoppropriotefor doncers to weor bodges (such os tlrose
t h o l h o v e s u r f o c e d o f r e c e n t d o n c e f e s t i v o l s )s t c r t i r r gw i t h
w h i c l r r l i n o r i t i e s t l r e ; ro r e f e r r r o l t o d c r r r c e .( l w o u l d e v e n g o
s o f o r o s t o e n c o u r o g e d o n c e r s t o r e f r o i r rf r o m b u y i n g o n y
n r e r c l r o n d i s ef r o n r v e n d o r s * h o n r c r r k e ls u c h e x c l u s i o n o r y
bodges.)
T l r e o p p o r t u n i i yt o n r e e l o n d d o r r c e w i l l r p e o p l e f r o n r o
w i c l er o r r g eo f b o c k g r o u r r d so n c l c u l t u r e s ,o l l o f w h o s h o r e
o c o n n o n i n f e r e s ti n s q u o r e d c r r r c i n g ,i s f o r r n e o n e o f t l i e
m o l o r h i g h l i g h t so f t h i s g r e o t o c t i v i \ o f o u r s . L e t ' s n o l
o l l o w b i g o t r y o n d o t l r e r d i v i s i u e b e l r o v i o r sl o i r r t e r i e r ew i t l r
the ioy of whoi hos so oflen beerr describedos "friendship
sel'lo nrusic."Sincerely,
H I ST OROF
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OF
INTERNATI ONALASSOCIATION
OF GAYSQUARE DANCECLUBS
I h e I A G S D C T " p u b l i s h e d a b o o k o t r h e l O t h c o n v e n t i o ni n S e o t l l e ,
W o s h i n g l o n ,o v e r l h e J v l y 4 , 1 9 9 3 , w e e k e n de n t i t l e dT e n Y e o r s/ A G S D C :
A C o l l e c l i o no f P o g e s { r o m O v r M e m o r y B o o l . F r e e m o nS t o m p e rw o s
o s k e d l o c o n i r i b u l e o h i s i o r yo { t h e b o n n e r . T h e s t o r y { r o m t h e b o o k
{ollo*s.]
A notionol ossociolion of goy scluore doncers lrod olreody
Q U A R T E R TSYE L E C T I O N S
been conceived ot the first fly-in of the South Florido
M u s t o n g sF e b r u o r y1 2 t h r o u g h 2 0 , I 9 8 3 ; o n d W e s t e r n
Stor Doncers(WSD)wos putting together o contingentfor
t h eJ u n e 2 6 S o n F r o n c i s c o G o y F r e e d o mD o y P o r o d e .T h e
Boord of Directorsof Western Slor opproved the expense
o f c r e o t i n go c l u b b o n n e r t h o t c o u l d b e c o r r i e d i n t h e
P o r o d e .D e n n i sF i c k e n o, n o t h e rf o u n d i n gm e m b e ro f W S D ,
wos osked to creote ilre design, ond l, o member of the
Moinstreomclossof the time, wos osked to constructit.
Severolmembersfrom other clubs were to ioin us for the
porode, ond Scott Corey, felt the need {or some kind o{
bonner to corry ot tlre front of the combined squore
d o n c e r sc' o n t i n g e ntth o t w o u l d c l e o r l yi n d i c o t et h e f o c t t h o t
doncersfrom lhe other clubs were olso presentond thot
there wos o lorger ossociotionthot brought us oll together.
With Boord of Directors'opprovol of the expense,Dennis
o n d l , i n o m o d d o s l r ,c r e o t e dt h e o r i g i n o l b o n n e r f o r t h e
N o l i o n o lA s s o c i o t i o o
n f L e s b i o n / G o yS q u o r eD o n c eC l u b s ,
o s l l r e o r g o n i z o t i o nw o s o r i g i n o l l yc o l l e d . T h e b o n n e r ,
t l r e n , w o s c o n c e i v e dd, e s i g n e dc, o n s t r u c l e do, n d f i n o n c e d
by WesternStor Dorrcers.
T l r e w h i t e n y l o n b o n r r e rm o t e r i o l* o s p u r c h o s e df r o m T h e
F l o g S t o r e , o c o m m e r c i o l f l o g b u s i n e s s ,t o e n s u r e
d u r o b i l i t y . T h e f e l t f o r t h e l e t t e r so n d t l r e r i b b o n f o r t h e
c o l o r e ds q u o r e sw e r e p u r c h o s e df r o m t h e p o p u l o r C l i f f ' s
Hordwore on Costro Sireet. Tlre colors used for the
s q u o r e sw e r eo s e l e c t i o no f o v o i l o b l er i b b o n s ;t l r e r ew o s n o
t i r n et o s h o p o t o t h e rs t o r e so r o r d e rs p e c i o lc o l o r sb e c o u s e
i t w o s t l r e w e e k e , r db e f o r el h e P c : ' o d e .
T h e r er e o l l yw o s n ' tm u c h p r e c i s i o ni n t l . r ep l o n n i n go f t h e
b o n n e r . T h e l e n g t ho n d h e i g h to f t h e b o n n e r ,t l r e s i z eo f
l e t l e r s ,o n d t h e s i z e o r r d p l o c e m e n lo f l l r e s q u o r e sw e r e
whot Dennisfelt were riglrt. Since Dennis ond I were
w o r k i n g f o s t , D e r r n i sw o s o l i t t l e s l o p p y c u t l i n g o u t t h e
letters,so I decided lo zig-zog stitch the lettersonto the
b o c k g r o u n dw i t l r o v e r y s h o r t s t i l c h l e n g t hf o c o m o u f l o g e
t h e r o g g e dl e t t e r s .l t w o s m y i d e o t o i n t e r l o c kl l r e s q u o r e s
p r i o r t o s e w i n gt l r e m o n t o t l r e b o c k g r o u n d . T h e r o i n b o w
colors for tlre goy flog, the interlocking squores
r e p r e s e n l i ntgh e l o s l i n gb o n d so f f r i e n d s h i po, n d t h e o p e n -
e n d e d c l r o i nr e p r e s e n l i r rtgh e o b i l i t yt o o d d o n d g r o w o r e
o l l p o r t o f t h e s y m b o l i s mi n c o r p o r o t e di n t o t h e d e s i g no f
the borrner.
The new ossociotion b o n n e rw o s f i r s tp u b l i c l yd i s p l o y e do t
t h e p r e - p o r o d es q u o r ed o n c e o n J u n e2 5 , I 9 8 3 , o n d w o s
proudly corried down Morket Street herolding squore
d o n c e r sf r o m t h e o s s o c i o t i o nt h e f o l l o w i n gd o y .
W h i l e t h e b o n r r e rw o s s t i l l n o t o f { i c i o l l ys o n c t i o n e db y t h e
o s s o c i o t i o ni t, w o s d i s p l o y e do t t h e f i r s tc o n v e n t i o nh e l d i n
S e o t t l eW
, o s h i n g t o nA , pril 6, 7, B, 1984. At the business
m e e t i n gh e l d o i t l r o tc o n v e n t i o no n A p r i l B , t h e n o m e o f t h e
ossociotiow n o s c h o n g e df o r t w o r e o s o n s :
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- S q u o r e sA c r o s s t h e B o r d e r f r o m V o n c o u v e r , C o n o d o , w o s
o d r n i f i e d t o m e m b e r s h i p i n t h e o s s o c i o t i o r r t, h u s m o k i n g i t
o t r u e i n t e r n o t i o n o l o s s o c i o t i o n ,o n d
- T h e m e m b e r s h i p v o l e d , o l m o s l u n o r r i m o u s l y ,t o o d o p t t h e
word "goy" os on oll-encompossing word denoting both
{emole ond mole homosexuols. Thus, the word "lesbion"
ond the "f" were removed from the bonner.
The lotter chonge produced o further bit of symbolism: I
u s e d t h e l e i t e r s " i , " " n , " o n d " e " f r o m t h e w o r d " l e s b i o n "t o
c r e o i e l l . r e" i n t e r "i n i n l e r n o l i o n o l o f t l r e n e w n o m e . T h i s o c t
incorporoled the inrportonce oi lesbions into the
inlernolionol ossociolior.r. (The unused letlers remoirr
p r o l e c t e d i r . ro n e n v e l o p e i n m y f i l e c o b i n e t . ) S o , t h e
plocement of tlre lettersreolly wos born out of necessity
r o l h e r t h o n o u l o f p r e c i s ep l o n n i n g .
W l r i l e n o t s p e c i f i c o l l yo p o r t o f t h e l r i s t o r yo f t h e I A G S D C T M
b o n n e r , l l r e i n l e r p r e l o l i o no f l h e b o n n e r ' s d e s i g n i r r l o t l r e
I A G S D C I M c o r r v e n l i o r rb o d g e d o e s h o u e o c o r r r r e c i i o nf o
t h o t h i s t o r y . T h e o s s o c i o i i o n ' sc o n v e n t i o n b c r d g er n o d e i l s
debut ot the second convention (1985) irr Denver,
C o l o r o d o . T h e b o d g e w o s d e s i g r r e db y D e r r n i sC o s s e yo n d
K o r l J o e c k e l , n r e r r b e r s o f t l r e t h e n n e w l y - o r g o n i z e dR o c k y
M o u r r t o i n R o i n b e o u s . l n o r d e r t o m o d i f y t h e d e s i g n i n fo
s o n r e t l r i n g s r . n o l le n o u g l r t o b e c r b o d g e r o l l r e r t l r o n o
b r e o s tp l o l e , K c r r l D , e r r n i s ,o n d I d e b o l e d p o s s i b l ec h o n g e s
i n t h e d e s i g n . l l w o s o g r e e d t o r e r n o v et l r e d u p l i c o t ec o l o r s
i r r i l r e m i d d l e o f l h e c l r o i r ro f s q u o r e s o n d t o u s e t h e b l u e
s q u o r e s c l | h e e n c l s o f l l r e o r i q i n c l c l r o i r rf o r .t l r e c o l o r o f
t l r e l e t l e r s s p e l l i n g o u t t l r e o s s o c i c r l i o n ' sr r o n r e o n l l r e
b o d g e . A s d l f f i c u l t t o p r i n t o s i t w o s , t h e s y r r b o l i s n ro f l h e
f r u e i n l e r l o c k i n g s c l u o r e sv r ' o sp r e s e r v e do r r t l r e c o r r v e r r t i o r r
bodge.
T h e t l r i n gI l i k e r r o s t o b o u l n r y s c l u o r ed o r r c e
e x p e r i e n c ei s .
lhe friends / /rove mode. Peop/e /rove been
lhe mosl genuine; nol prelerrlious.
Todd Tryon
SQUARE
DANCINGIS ORGANIZEDI
[reprinted from Americon Squoredonce, F e b r u o r)y9 9 . 1 . ]
Do you know how orgonized the squore donce cornmunily
h o s b e c o m e ? H e r e o r e s o m e o f t l r e o r g o r r i z o t i o n so n d
Q U A R T E RSTEYT E C T I O N S
lheir purposes.
CALLERLAB- The InterrrolionolAssociotion of Squore
D o n c eC o l l e r s . l t w o s e s t o b l i s h e dt o o s s i s ti t s m e m b e r si n
oll ospectsof the squore donce octivity. lt is o non-profit
orgonizotionwith membershipof obout 3,900 collersfrom
o l l p o r t so f t h e w o r l d . l t s p u r p o s ei s t o p r o v i d el e o d e r s h i p
qnd direction for the colling profession in order lo
strengthen t h e s q u o r ed o n c e m o v e m e n t .
A 4ERICAN CATLERSASSOCIATION - A newly formed
professionolorgonizolionfor the modern wesiern squore
d o n c ec o l l e r . W i t h t h e o d v e n to f t h e B M I / A S C A Pl i c e n s i n g
r e g u i r e m e n im , o n y c o l l e r st h r o u g h o u lt h e U . S . i n d i c o t e do
desire to hove on olternotive orgonizotion thot could
p r o v i d e t h e r e q u i r e dl i c e n s e . A C A i s i u s t t h o t o n d c o n
p r o v i d ey o u w i t hg r o u pB M I / A S C A Pl i c e n s i n gw h i l e k e e p i n g
c o s i sl o o m i n i m u m . [ E d . W h i l e i t m o y b e " n e w l yf o r m e d "
i n r e l o t i o nt o C o l l e r l o b ,i t l r o sb e e n o r o u n d f o r o t l e o s tt w o
yeors. One doy, when I hove seen the vision of the
d i f f e r e n c eb e t w e e nC o l l e r l o bo n d t h e A C A , l ' l l i s s u eo n i n -
d e p l h o n o l y s i s .F o r n o w , i l j u s t s e e m so s t h o u g h i f i s o
bilclr fislrt.l
LEGACY - Wos founded os o
&4 s e r v i c e - l e o d e r s hoi pr g o n i z o t i o nl o
w develop better comnrunicotion
omong the mony focets of the
squore donce oclivity. Trustees
representing e v e r y f o c e l o f t h e o c t i v i t y( d o n c e r s ,c o l l e r s ,
c u e r s ,l e o d e r ss, u p p l i e r sp, u b l i s h e r ss,p e c i o il n f e r e sgf r o u p s ,
e l c . ) m e e t b i e r r n i o l l yl o e x c h o r r g ei d e o s o n d f o r m u l o l e
r e c o m m e r r d o t i o n fso r t h e p r o m o t i o n , p r o t e c t i o r r ,o r r d
p e r p e t u o t i o no f t h e o c t i v i \ . [ E . l T h e r e o r e s e v e r o l
nrenrbero s f L e g o c yi r r l l r e g o y c o m m u n i t y . ]
UNITED SQUARE DANCERSOF A 4ERICA - Serves to
t e s q u o r ed o r r c e ri n d e c i s i o n sw h i c l r o r e m o d e
r e p r e s e r rt h
r e l o l i v et o t l r e d e v e l o p m e n lo r r d g r o w l h o f t h e s q u o r e
dorrce octivity. As o united voice, llre USDA is oble to
e x p r e s st h e v i e w so f t l r e d o r r c e ro n o n o t i o n o ll e v e ls o t h o t
tlrey miglrl be reloyed lo the other notionol ond
i n t e r n o t i o n ogl r o u p sw i t l rw h o n r t h e d o n c e r si n t e r o c t . [ E d .
I t i s u n d e rt l r i su m b r e l l og r o u p t h o t W e s t e r nS t o rp u r c h o s e s
i t s o n n u o l d o n c e ro n d p r o p e r t yl i o b i l i t yi n s u r o n c e . ]
SINGLE SQUARE DANCERS U.S.A - ls o notionol
o r g o n i z o t i o no f s i n g l e s q u o r e d o n c e c l u b s o n d s i n g l e
d o n c e r s . T h e o b j e c l i v e so r e l o p r o r n o t e o n d s t i m u l o t e
s q u o r e d o n c i n g o m o n g u r r m o r r i e do d u l t s o f o l l o g e s b y
g n y g r o u p w l r o w i s h e st o s t o r lo n e w s i n g l e sc l u b .
o s s i s t i no
INTERMTIOML ASSOCIATION OF GAY SOUARE
DAl.lCECLUBS- Purposesore lo promote squoredoncing,
l o e n l r o n c et h e i m o g e o f g o y p e o p l e , e s p e c i o l l yi n t h e
s q u o r ed o n c ec o n r m u r r i t y1,op r o v i d eo n o p p o r i u n i t yf o r t h e
s o c i o lo n d d o r r c i n gi n i e r c h o n g eo f i t s m e m b e r s ,t o p r o v i d e
q f o r u m f o r t h e e x c l r o n g eo f i d e o s , o n d l o s u p p o r t t h e
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growth of its membership. [Ed. Western Stor Doncers is o the greoler society,wlro ore inside the universe. We ore
f o u r r d i n g m e r n b e r o f l h e I A G S D C I T /w h i c h w o s c o n c e i v e d w o m e n o n d m e n i u s t l i k e s o c i e t y i d e n t i f i e se v e r y o n e ' s
in l983.l g e n d e r . A l l o f u s i u s t h o p p e n t o b e h o m o s e x u o l s .l ' m
comfortoble with tlre word "goy," so I use "goy" os on
[Ed There ore ollrer nolionol orrd internotionol i n c l u s i v ew o r d .
o r g o n i z o l i o n sb, u t t h i s s o m p l i n gg i v e sy o u o n i d e o o f t h e
s c o p eo f o r g o n i z o t i o n . l When I wos o little boy growing up in o fown of obout
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1 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e ,1 0 , 0 0 0 h e o d o f c o t t l e ,o n d qcres
of cotton,I leornedthe tlreoryof commitmenifrom o fother
PR E S E N T A T ION
OF I9 9 3 w h o w o s o m e c h o n i co f t h e s o m e c o r d e o l e r s h i pf o r o v e r
forty yeors.
I O.YEAR VETERANS
M o s t g o y p e o p l eh o v e o n e n o r m o u ss e n s eo f c o m m i t m e n t
t h o t i s o p o d o f o u r i n t e r n o l i z e vdo l u e s . T h e s ev o l u e so r e
l e o r n e dt l r e v e r y s o m e w o y o n d o f t h e v e r y s o m e l i m e o s
F r e e n r o r rS f o n r p e r thoseocquiredby heterosexuols.But, you ond I hove often
observed the enormous dispority between the selfless
B o c k q r o ur r d c o m m i l m e n tl h o tt h e g o y c o r n m u n i t yi s w i l l i n gl o m o k e o n d
t h e s e n s e l e so s b s t o c l e sm o i n - s t r e o ms o c i e t yp l o c e s u p o n
The I O-yeor Veierorr Medollion hos been creofed to t h e g o y c o n r m u n i t yi n e x e r c i s i n gt h o t c o m m i t m e n t . T h i n k
r e c o g n i z e i n d i v i d u o l s w l r o h o v e c o m r r i t t e d t h e m s e l v e sl o o f l h e o m o u n t o f t i m e i u s i y o u o n d y o u r { r i e n d ss p e n d
the goy squore donce corlr-nunity by ottending terr c o n r n r i H eldo :
I A G S D C T Mc o n v e n l i o r r s . C c r s t i n p e v l l e r , t l r e d e s i g n i s
synrbolic of concepls preserrt in tlre lrrierr-roliorrol I. P e r { e c l i np g r o { e s s i o n oslk i l l s
A s s o c i o l i o no f G o y S c l u o r eD o r r c eC l u b s . T l r e s q u o r e so r e 2. C o r i n gf o r t h e s i c ko r r dd y i n g
i r r t e r l o c k i n gr,e p r e s e r r t i n g
l h e c o n l i n u i t yo f t l r e c l u b s w l r o 3. L o v i r r gy o u r f r i e r r d s
o r e m e n r b e r so f l h e A s s o c i o l i o no n d l h e l i n k i n go f l h e c l u b s 4. L o v i n gy o u r d o m e s l i cp o r t n e r
t o t h e i r C o l l e r l o bc o m m o n o l i t y . T l r e e n d s o f f h e c h o i n o r e 5. L o v i n gy o u rf o m i l y
t . t o tc o r r n e c t e dt o e o c l i o l l r e r t o r e p r e s e r r ft l r e o b i l i t y o f t l r e 6. D e m o n s l r o t i r rfgo r e q u o l r i g l r t sf o r e v e r y o n e - - w i t h o u l
Associolion to expcrnd, while the curved forrlolion d i s c r i ni rn o l i o n
r e p r e s e n l sl h e l o u r e l b r o n c h e s o f c - r c h i e v e n r e n l .O l r l h e 7 . S e r v i n gi h e c o m m u n i t y t o i m p r o v e s o f e t y o n d t h e
r e s e r v er s o r r o r r o n g e r n e r r o l f t r i o n g l e s r e p r e s e n t i n gt l r e f o c t e r r v i r orrlte r t t
thot lhe goy corrrrlunily is fhe bockground of the B . S h o p p i n gt o b o l s t e rt h e e c o n o m y
IAGSDCTT'4. Wlren llre nredollron is presented, it is
i n s c r i b e dw r l h t l r e r e c i p i e n l ' sn o r l e , l l r e y e c r rp r e s e n t e do n d B u l ,f o r o l l w e c o n d o , h o v e d o n e , o n d w i l l b e d o i n g , o u r
l h e c i i y i n w h i c h l l r o t c o n v e n l i o ni s l o c o l e r l . T h e n r e d o l l i o r r c o m m i t r r e n l o t h e s ec h o i c e sc o n b e , h o v e b e e n , o n d w i l l
i s o t l c . r c h e dt o o w i c l e r e c Jr i b b o r r t o b e r v o r n o r o u n d l l r e b e r e d u c e di o s e e m i n gw o r t h l e s s r r e si uss t b e c o u s es o c i e t y
neck. i r o i r r su s t o i g r r o r eg o y p e o p l e .

T h e s q u o r ed o r r c ec o r n m u n i t yi s r u n b y v o l u n t e e r sw h o o r e
c o m m i f i e dt o s e l f l e s so, f t e n t h o n k l e s st o s k sw h i c h p r o v i d e
o h e o l t h y f, u n o c l i v i f y .F o r g o y s q u o r ed o n c e r s t, h e q n n u o l
c o n v e n t i o nr e p r e s e n tos p r o g r e s s i o n :t l r e f i r s tc e m e n t st h e
r e o l i z o t i o r trl r o l l l r e r e i s o b i g g e r w o r l d , t h e n e x t f e w
r e p r e s e nilh e s u p r e m ed o r r c ee v e n t o f t h e y e o r , o n d t h e
f o l l o w i n gr e p r e s e ror t c o r n n r i h n e nt o
t t h e d o n c ec o m m u n i t y .
I t i s t h i s c o m m i t m e n t o s u c c e s so f t h e o n n u o l c o n v e n t i o n
thot ollows oll clubs to explodethe bounds of squore
d o n c i n g , w i l h n r o n y d o n c e r s e x p e r i e n c i r r gl r e m e n d o u s
s o c r i f i c e tso m o k e t h i s o n n u o l p i l g r i m o g e .
Tlre Presenlcrtion
F o r t h e f i r s tn i n e g o y s q u o r ed o n c ec o n v e n t i o n st ,h e r eh o v e
I o r r g o i r r g t o b e u s i r r gt l r e w o r d " g o y " I u s e i l o s o n o l l - been ouer 2,500 porticiponts. From the i 984 Seottle
e r r c o m p o s s i r r gw o r d ; n o l o s o d i v i s i v e t e r r l . lonr conventionhosting obout 250 doncers to the 1992
cornrnittedto not drowing lirres oround snroll groups of A l b u g u e r q u ec o n v e n t i o rhro s t i n go v e r 1 , 1 0 0 d o n c e r st,h e s e
s q u o r e d o n c e r s , w l r o o r e i n s i d e l h e g o y s c l u o r ec l o n c e n i n e c o n v e n l i o n sc o n r b i r r e dh o v e h o s t e d o l m o s t 5 , 5 0 0
c o n r m u r r i t yw
, ho ore insidethe goy conmuni\, who ore p o r t i c i p o n t s .l l ' s i n t e r e s t i n tgo n o t e t h o t o b o u t 4 0 % o f t h e
i n s i d et h e g r e o l e rs q u o r ed o n c e c o r n n r u n i t yw, h o o r e i n s i d e p o r t i c i p r : n fost o c o n v e n t i o no r e o t i e n d i n gt l r e i rf i r s t , o n d

Q U A R T E RSLE
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women ore reochirlg obovl 20% of llre registrolion. Alon Holl,Son Froncisco
K o r l J o e c k e l ,D e n v e r
Wlrile some irr our socie\ do rrol woni to recognize us, it K e n K o l s l e i nS , o r rF r o n c i s c o
i s i m p o r l o n t i h o i w e r e c o g n i z e o u r s e l u e se v e n i h r o u g h l l r e H o r l o n K e r r ,S o n F r o n c i s c o
thworiing o{ conrmitment without couse. So, lo recognize Tom Long, Seottle
comnritment in the goy comlrunity, I hove creoted o Ruby Luke,Seottle
medollion lo recognizesquore doncers orr llre occosion of T i m M u r p h y ,S e o t t l e
o f l e n d i r r gt h e i r I O t h g o y c o n v e n t i o n . J . W . P o u l s o nS , eottle
Corol Roberts,VoncouverBC
There ore mony doncerswho hove been doncing l0 or B i l l S t .J o h n , S o c r o m e n t o
m o r e y e o r s ; h o * e v e r , t l r i s m e d o l l i o n f o c u s e so r r c o n v e n t i o n B i l l S c o t t ,M e m p h i s
o t l e nd o n c e . Dennis Scoti,Seottle
Lee Snrith,Portlond
l b e g o n t h i s p r o j e c t i n 1 9 8 9 , o n d I o r n d e e p l y i n d e b t e dt o F r e e m o nS t o m p e r S , on Frorrcisco
Mork Dovis of Tirnes Squores for pufting nry ideos ond R o l p hS t o r r ,P u y o l l u p
concepts into o visuol presenlotion. He wolked up lo me, M i c h o e l S t o k e sS , on Froncisco
soid he wos o grophic orlislond wonled to lrelp wilh the C r o i g T h o m s e n ,P o d l o n d
d e s i g r r o f t h e n r e d o l l i o n . H i s p e r f e c t i o r ri n p r e p o r i n g t h e B o b W e i l b o c h e rP , uyollup
d e s i g n o s c o r r e r o - r e o d y o r t o l l o w e d t l r e r n e d o l l i o n st o b e
c o s l w i l h o t w o - w e e k i u r n - o r o u r r c lw h e r r I t h o u g h t o l l w o s
lost tlre end o{ f/oy.

The thing I like most obout my squore donce

I o r n o l s o d e e p l y i n d e b l e d l o r l y r r o n - c l o r r c i r rfgr i e r r d D o v i d
e x p e r i e n c ei s .
who mode oll the orrongerlerrts for lhe cosling ond
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t h o n t h e y h o v e i n d i f f e r e n c e s .Y o u s e e , b o t h c l u b s w e r e
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s t y l eo f s o c i o l o c l i v i t i e s . B o t h c l u b s s u p p o r tt h e u n d e r l y i n g
p r i n c i p l e so f f r i e n d s h i ps e t l o m u s i c o n d w o r k t o g e l h e rl o
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c o n v e n t i o nA, l l J o i n H o n d s ,w o s h e l d o t t h e M o d i s o n H o t e l ,
h e o l t h yr e c r e o t i o n ool c t i v i t y .
n o t t h e C r o w n eP l o z oH o t e l . T h e e r r o ro c c u r r e db e c o u s et h e
l r e q u e s to r t i c l e fsr o m n u m e r o u sp e o p l e ,b u t l t r y l o s e n do u i first flyers odvertisedthe Crowne Plozo, but the site wos
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O n A p r i l 2 , y o v r st r u l yo f l e n d e dt h e F o g g yC i t y D o n c e r sg' o l o
S p r i n g D o n c e h e l d o t t h e l o v e l y U n i t o r i o nC h u r c h h o l l .
E n l e r t o i n m ew n to sp r o v i d e db y t h ew o r l d - r e n o w n eM
d r. Roger
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(olbeitsweo\ ones, os the room wos quiie worm ond coused
even Winnie to "mist"o bit).
Refreshmentswere provided ond were
j u s id e l i c i o u s .
W i n n i ew o s e s p e c i o l l yp l e o s e dt o h o v e o
t i p w i t h M r . F r e e m o nS t o m p e r ,t h e n i c e
b r o t h e ro f t h e ( i n ) f o m o u S
s t e p h o n i e( w h o
wos conspicuousin her obsence). [Ed And you betterhope
s h e d o e s n ' ts e e y o u r s p e l l i n go f h e r n o m e H o w m o n y t i m e s ,
how monv limes, hove you heord her soy, "Thot's
S-t-e-{-f-o-n-y You con mispronounce il, but, pleose, don'l
m i s s p e l li t . " ? ]
All the kids seemed lo hove o greol linre omusing Mr. Loney
w i t h t h e i r c r e o t i v e o n d b o i s i e r o u ss o u n d e f f e c l s . I i m o g i n e h e
wqs especiollv impressed by Mr. Homilton's eor-shotterirrg
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everythin g. "
Winnie wos disoppointedthot she missed out on the A-2 tip.
[Ed. l{, ofter completing oll the A-2 colls,one is on odvorrced
doncer, I wonder in the A-2 iip if there were ony colls {rom
the A-l progrom? Jusi wondering.] lt seems she ond her
mother-in-low, Lomb Bogo, just couldn't run fost enough io
g e t i r r t o o s q u o r e . l g u e s s w e ' r e j u s l t o o o r t l r r i l r cl o k e e p u 1 >
with the younger ones. Bul, overoll the dorrce wos o greot
s u c c e s s ,o n d o g o o d t i m e w o s h o d b y o l l
TTFN,Winnie
l'[l o]t ftlY SoAPBox AGATN!
by PATTYCAKES
W h e n o s k e dm e l o w r i l es o m e t h i n gf o r t h i s i s s u eo f Q u o i e r l y
S e / e c l i o n si i, s u r e l ym u s t h o v e b e e n k n o w n t h o t l ' d g o b o c k
t o h o r p i n go n m y f o v o r i t et o p i c - - t h es q u o r ed o n c ec o u r l e s i e s !
I u s e d t o h o r o s sp e o p l e c o n s t o n t l yo b o u t t h i s , b u t n o w l h o t
e v e r y o n eh o s h o d o c o u p l e o f y e o r s 'r e s p i f e i, l s e e m sl o m e
l i k e o g o o d t i m e t o b r i n g i t u p o g o i n . . . e s p e c i o l l ny o w t h o t
we hove o NEW CIASS.
I t h i n k w h o tw e s h o u l db e o i m i n qf o r w h e n w e t e o c hc l o s s e s
QUARTERLY
SELECTIONS
is to give our studentsthe skills they need fo be populor
doncers,not iust in WSD but olso when they donce with other
g o y c l u b so n d t h e g r e o t e rs q u o r ed o n c e c o m m u n i \ o s w e l l .
Popuhr doncersnot only ore lechnicollyproficienl but olso
know how to behoveot donces. We do reollywell ot turning
out proficientdoncers,but sometimesshort the studentson
ihe sociol ospects.
So, here ore some thingsfor our membersto think obout os
we guide these new doncers into our fold. Mosi of these
thoughtsoboul the courlesiesore snippefsfrom old editions
of WSD Today!.
When you've completedihe Moinstreomportion of the closs,
you'll be oble lo indulgein your hobby oll over the U.S.,
Europe, Jopon, ond Austrolio--tonorne iust o few ploces.
Most of the clubs ore stroightclubs with o brood ronge of
styling ond energy level, so you need lo be o universol
doncer.
Thereore two thingsthot enoble squore doncersto tronsporl
t h e i rh o b b yw h e r e v e tr h e y g o . O n e , o f c o u r s e ,i s t h o t w e o l l
k n o w t h e s o m e c o l l so n d t h o t o l l c o l l e r su s e E n g l i s h( h o o r o y
f o r C o l l e r l o b ! ) .T h e o l h e r r e o s o n ,e q u o l l yi m p o r l o n l ,i s t h o l
l h e s o c i o lc u s l o m so r e t h e s o m e i n e v e r ys q u o r ed o n c e h o l l .
Probobly everyone hos hod the experience of being
uncomfodnblein some sociol situolion such os being
u n d e r d r e s s eodr n o t k n o w i n gq u i t eh o w t o m o k e c o n v e r s o l i o n
i n o g r o u p o { s i r o n g ep e o p l e . W e l l , o n y d o y s o f f e e l i n g
s o c i o l l yi n o d e q u o t eo r e o v e r o n c e y o u l e o r nt o s q u o r ed o n c e l
A l o n y s q u o r ed o n c e ,w h e t h e ro W S D c l o s sn i g h t o r o n y o l h e r
d o n c eo n y w h e r e i n t h e w o r l d ,t h e s o c i o lp r o p r i e t i e so r e v e r y
f e w o n d e o s yl o r e m e m b e r .
1 t U n d e r l y i n ge v e r y t h i n gi s l h e i d e o o f r e s p e c t i n gl h e
otlrer person--squoredoncing is o cooperotiveoctivity,not o
c o m p e l i l i v eo r r e . l t t o k e s e i g h t p e o p l e w o r k i n g t o g e l h e rl o
m o k e o s u c c e s s f uslq u o r e . N o m o t t e rw h e t h e ry o u ' r et h e b e s t
doncer oround, you'll never gei through o tip without
c o o p e r o t i o n{ r o m t h e o t h e r p e o p l e i n y o u r s e l . Y o u r s q u o r e
i s n o t l h e p l o c ef o r y o u l o s h o w o f f o s o i n d i v i d u o l r; o t h e r ,i l ' s
where eoch of the eight contributeslo creotesomethingthot
n o t o n e c o u l dd o o l o n e !
* R e m e m b e trh o t e o c h p e r s o ni n y o u r
s e t h o s s o m e t h i n gt o c o n t r i b u t e( h o w e v e r
little it moy seem to vou) ond eoch deserves
your ocknowledgmenl thot his or her
c o n t r i b u i i o ni s v o l u o b l ef o y o u . ( W h e ny o u
hoppen lo be o good doncer in o very weok
s q u o r e , i u s t g e t t h r o u g h i t g r o c e f u l l yo n d
e s c o p ei n o p l e o s o n tm o n n e r o f t e rt h e t i p . )
* A r u l e o f t h u m b i s t h i s : W h e n y o u ' r ev i s i t i n go n o t h e r
c l u b ,w o t c hl o s e e h o w t h e yd o t h i n g so n d d o i t i u s tt h o t w o y .
The visitoroccommodofeslhe host,not the other woy oround.
S P R T N |G9 9 4
 * When you're squoringup, ohrop go info lhe clocesl need to teoch our studentsthe courtesiesso thot thev con do
s q u o r e . D o n ' t l o o k p e o p l eu p o n d d o w n o n d e v o l u o l et h e m it. too.
lo see if you wont to donce with them since this hurts
p e o p l e ' sf e e l i n g s . ( S t r o i g h dt o n c e r so l w o y s g e t o p o r i n e r
before they heod for the {loor--sincethey usuolly orrive os
Asked of new student: Why ore you here?
c o u p l e s ,i h e y s q u o r eu p o s c o u p l e s - - s ou, n l e s si t ' s o s i n g l e s
W h y o r e y o u h y i n g s q u o r ed o n c i n g ?
c l u b , y o u d o i t t h o t w o y ,l o o . )

It seemslike fun, ond I olwoyswonted lo do

* Also, it's very bod form to preorronge squores.
it. I wos looking for o donce octivity.ond I
U n l e s st h e r e ' so d i f { e r e nct u s t o mi n y o u rh o s tc l u b ,m o k es u r e
got this flyer on the streel.
you ohrop squore up with differenf people. 5o, you'll gef
g o o d s q u o r e s o, n d y o u ' l l g e t b o d s q u o r e s -j u SteveKolbv 5/l6/94
- s to c c e p ti t o n d
b e n i c e . ( A n y w o y ,s o m e p e o p l e w h o h o p p e n t o b e p o o r
d o n c e r so l s o i u s th o p p e nl o b e s u p e rp e o p l e ,o n d , i { y o u m i s s
o u l o n m e e f i n ge v e r y o n ey, o u i u s tm i g h t m i s so u t o n m e e t i n g
s o r n e o n ey o u ' d r e o l l yl i k e l o g e t t o k n o w . )

THEBESTKEPTSEGRET
* Once you're squored up, you olwoys sloy in your
IN SOUAREDANCINO
s q u o r e ' i i l f i e t i p i s o v e r - - n om o t f e rw h o t h o p p e n s . ( A m o i o r
m e d i c o le m e r g e n c yi s t h e o n l y o c c e p t o b l er e o s o nt o b r e o ku p
o squore.)
fr e p r i n l e d { r o m A m e r i c o n S g u o r e d o n c e A p r i l 1 9 9 4 . T h e o r t i c l e i s c r e d i l e d t o
1t And fhonk everyone in your squore ofier fhe fip! A 8 o w & S w i n g M o g o i n e O c t o b e r 1 9 9 3 , w i t h c r e d i , t st o D r . J . L . W o l k e r o n d
'nurse'
s k o i g h td o n c ec u s l o mi s t o o c t u o l l ys h o k eh o n d so l l o r o u n d Corolyn Sue Wolker]

t h e s q u o r e . P e r s o n o l l yI t, h i n kt h i sl o k e su p t o o m u c h l i m e ,
b u t t h o l ' st h e c u s l o m . l f t h e o l h e r p e o p l eo r e d o i n g i t , y o u i, PFIYSICAL
d o i t , t o o . [ E d I n t h e g o y s q u o r ed o n c e c o m n r u n i t ym A. Keepsyou heolthywhileyouexercise,
ond hovefun
, osl
c l u b su s eo b o i s l e r o u su, n o n i m o u s" i h o n ky o u . " M o n y s t r o i g h l o i t h e s o m et i m e
c l u b so l s o u s e o u n o n i m o u s" t h o n ky o u , "b u t i t ' s q u i e to n d B . K e e p sy o u r c i r c u l o t o r ys y s t e m( i n c l u d i n gy o u r h e o r t )
m o r e l i k e o l i g h t g r o u p h u g . P e r s o n o l l y ,c o n l r o r y l o w o r k i n gb e t t e r
M s . C o k e s 'p r e d i l e c t i o rIrl,i k e t o k i n go l l t h e t i m e n e e d e dt o C . H e l p sl o w e r b l o o d p r e s s u r e
h u g o n d / o r k i s se v e r y o n ew h o w o s i n i h e s q u o r e . l t d o e s n ' l D . H e l p sr e c o v e r yf r o m o c c i d e n t o il n j u r i e s
t o k eo w o yd o n c el i m e ; i f' s i u s tp o r l o i m y b r e o kb e t w e e nt i p s . ] E . H e l p s r e c o u e r yf r o m c r i p p l i n g d i s e o s e s( s t r o k e s ,
orthritis) [Ed Winnie, deor, your on the rood lo
* A n o t h e ro f f i c i o ls q u o r ed o n c e c o u r l e s yi s l o l i s l e nt o recovery]
f i e c o l l e r ! W h e t h e rt h e y s o y s o o r n o l , o l h e r p e o p l ei n y o u r F . T o n e su p y o u r m u s c l e s
s q u o r em i g h to c t u o l l yp r e f e rt o l i s f e nl o t h e c o l l e ri h o n t o y o u G . B e s io f o l l i t s o e r o b i c o n d m o r e f u n t h o n o l o t o f
( H o r dt o b e l i e v e ,b u t t r u e l ) . o e r o b i ce x e r c i s e s

* And you never, never let onyone know or even 2. E m o t i o n obl e n e f i t so r e g o i n e df r o m t h e f e l l o w s h i po r o u n d

suspecf lhof you didn'l enjoy doncing with him or her. thesouore.
F s p e c i o l l yw h e n w e ' r e b e i n g o n g e l s f o r t h e n e w c r o s s ,
remember thot everyone leorns ot differentrotes, ond 3. C o m p o r i s o n sb e t w e e nv o r i o u se x e r c i s ep r o g r o m s :
e v e r y o n el e o r n sf o s l e r o f s o m e l i r n e st l r o n o f o t l r e r s . O n e
Wqhz l/t hr 1.5 pts
v e r y c o m m o n f e e l i n gn e w s l u d e n l sh o v e i s f r u s t r o f i o ni f t h e y
" j u s tc o n ' t g e t i t " o s q u i c k l yo s t h e y t h i n k t h e y i h o u l d . A s W o l k i n g / R u n n i n gl . B m i l e si n 2 8 m i n I .B pts
Tennis I / zh r 2.2 pts
d o n c e r s ,w e h o v e t o b e s e n s i t i v et o t h o t , l e t t i n gt h e m k n o w
Polko t/z hr 2.5 ots
t h o t w e o l l w e n t t h r o u g ht h e s o m e t h i n g o n d t h e y , r ed o i n g
fine ond not lo worry. We hove lo show them thot we like to Cycling 2 m i l e si n 6 m i n 2.5 pts
d o n c ew i i h l h e m o n y w o y ,e v e n i { t h e y d o m e s su p . W e h o v e Golf l B h o l e s ,w o l k i n g 2.5 pts
t o s h o w t h e m b y e x o m p l ei n o d d i i i o nt o j u s ti e l l i n gt h e m . Footboll 25 min (continuous) 2.5 pts
S q u o r eD o n c i n g \ / z h r 2.5 pts
A e r o b i cD o n c i n g t / z h r 6.0 pts
A s q u o r ed o n c e s h o u l d b e o q e n i l e p l o c e w n e r e w e c o n
e s c o p e{ r o m t h e s h e s so n d f r u s l r o t i o n o Thesestotistics ore from The AerobicProgromforTotolFitness
s f o u r h e c t i cl i v e s .
T h e s q u o r ed o n c ec o u r t e s i e os r e t h e f o u n d o t i o n{ o r t h i s k i n d b y K e n n e t hC o o p e r ,M . D . [ " t h ef o t h e ro f o e r o b i c s , , ' M E
. vons
o f p l o c e ,w h i c h c o n e x i s lo t o n y l i m e o l m o s to n y w h e r ei n t h e o n d C o . , p u b l i s h e r1, 9 9 2 , 2 1 6 E 4 9 t h S t , N y l 0 0 l 7 l o n d
w o r l d . W e c o n b r i n gt h i s p l o c e i n t o e x i s l e n c e p e r s o n o cl o r r e s p o n d e n cw
eith Dr. Cooper,Moy 28, I 993.
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 I n h i s l e i t e r ,D r . C o o p e r s t o t e s ", l e n c o u r o g ey o u t o k e e p u p
wiih your doncingsince we know thot ovoiding inoctivity,
t h r e e t i m e s p e r w e e k , w i l l p r o v i d eg r e o t b e n e f i t . " H e o l s o
s t o l e s ," W e d o c o n s i d e rb o t h s q u o r eo n d r o u n d d o n c i n go s
b e n e f i c i o l i n p r o v i d i n g h e o l t h o n d l o n g e v i t y b e n e if i s . , ,
R e g u l o r i fiys t h e i m p o r t o n t h i n g - - o tl e o s tt h r e el i m e s o w e e k .
I h r e e 1 / zh o u r e x e r c i s es e s s i o n os r e b e f l e rt h o n o n e i ) / z h o u r
s e s si o n .
C o l G o l d e n c o m e u p w i i h s o m e o d d i t i o n o cl o l c u l o t i o n s .l n
o n e v e n i n go f s q u o r eo n d r o u n d d o n c i n g ,y o u m o y d o n c e 9
t i p s o f s q u o r e s( 16 , 4 1 6 f e e l ) o n d 2 r o u n d s b e t w e e nt i p s
( 9 , 3 6 0f e e l ) ,o r o f o i o l o l 2 5 , 7 7 6 f e e t ( o b o u l 5 m i l e s ) .
tEd
A t o g o y h o e d o w nw h e r el h e r e i s n o r o u n dd o n c eo c l i v i t vt,h e
n u m b e r o f l i p s w o u l d i n c r e o s e ;s o i t o p p e o r st h o t o g o y
hoedown would corry you more thon 5 miles.]
W h o l ' so n y o u r m i n d o b o u ts q u o r ed o n c i n g ?
Love it. Would be /ostwithout it. Such nice
peop/e. l've lost 20 lbs l've only been
doncing 2 yeors, ond / donce 6 doys o
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[Goy Book, Book 16, Spring 1994,lrom o serieso{ orlcles wrlh the theme
'Couples
in Love.-How They Met, Fel In Love, And Their Ad"ice For Olhersl
[ E d A l o n H o l l w o s o m e m b e r o f l h e f i r s f c l o s so f W e s t e r n
S t o r D o n c e r s . Y o u m o y h o v e o l r e o d ys e e n t h r s o r l i c l e ;b u t
y o u ' l le n f o yi t o g o i n k n o w i n gt h o t A l o ni s " o n eo f u s , , W e , l l
o l s o l o o k o t A l o n ' s c o m m e n l si n t h e l A G S D C l , "onn n i v e r s o r v
book.l
W h e n o s k e d w h o t h i s d e f i n i t i o no f l o v e i s , M i g u e l s o i d ,
"-..underslonding , m p o n i o n s h i p c, o r i n g , s u f f e r i n g ,o l l o f
co
t h o t . A l o n ' ss m i l ei s l o v e i o m e . A t o u c hc o n b e l o v e . l t c o n
b e v e r ys i m p l et h i n g st h o t y o u d o . N e i t h e ro f u s e v e r l e o v e s
the house without soyinggoodbyeto the other one ond
k i s s i n gg o o d b y e . T h o t i n i t s e l fi s o n e x p r e s s i o onf o u r l o v e . , ,
Alon smiled mony times os Miguel tolked obout their
r e l o t i o n s h i p - - h i si s i r u l y o l o v e l y o n d h o n s f o r m o t i v e
e x p r e s s i o n . E l o b o r o t i n go n w h o t h e f i n d s m o s l o t t r o c l i v e
o b o u t A l o n , M i g u e l c o n t i n u e d ,' , H e i s o v e r v o t t r o c t i v er n o n
w i t h o b e o u t i { usl m i l e . W h e n w e m e t , h e k e p i w o n r r n gr o g o
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Alon likeslo trovel constontly[Ed. Thot's on understotement
i f I e v e r yh e o r d o n e ! A l o n d o e s n ' tn e e d o h o m e ; h e n e e d s
o check-instotion.],so we hil if off nicely. I like to do the
r e s e o r c ho b o u t t h e p l o c e sw e g o . l f o u n d h i m w o n d e r f u o l nd
k i n k y - - y o uc o n t e l l h i m y o u r f o n t o s y ,o n d h e w i l l e x e c u t ei t . , ,
A l o n h o d e q u o l l yn i c e t h i n g st o s o y o b o u t M i g u e l .
'This
one mokes me lough. Not o single doy goes by ond
there is olwoyssornethingto lough obout. He is o bit of o
c o m e d i o n . L o u g h t e ri s g o o d m e d i c i n e . "
Miguel chimesin, 'To heor him lough, I iust tickle him ot
ni g h t . "
"l like his senseof humor,''Alon continues. "l hove olwoys
gotienolong well with people who ore o littlebit idiosyncrolic.
M i g u e l i s o g r e o t c o s t u m ed e s i g n e r . H e w i l l w e o r o c r o z y
costume,cover up his foce ond go to on event. Peoplewill
c o m e u p o n d s o y ,o h , M i g u e l ,t h o t m u s t b e y o u , n o b o d ye l s e
w o u l d d o o t h i n g l i k e t l r o t"
A m o i o rA I D S{ u n d r o i s e ro t C h o p s i n M o r c h , 1 9 8 4 , p r o v i d e d
t h e s e f t i n gi n w h i c h t h e s et w o m e n m e t . A f r i e n d o f A l o n , s
i n t r o d u c e dh i m t o h l s b u d d y ,n o l k n o w i n gt h o t t h e b u d d yw o s
A l o n ' se x - l o v e ro, n d b o t h m e n b u r s li n t o l o u q h i e ro f t h e i r o n v
of the situolion. The wormth of the soJnd--ondAlon,s
s m i l e - - o t t r o c t et hde o t t e n t i o no f M i g u e l ,s t o n d i n gn e o r b y ,w h o
i n q u i r e d" s o m e t h i n g m u s tb e f u n n y ? "A c o n v e r s o t i o e nn s u e d ,
o n d t h e t w o m e n b e g o n d o f i n g s h o r t l yt h e r e o f t e r .A l t h o u g h
t h e y w e r e s o o n s p e n d i n go g r e o t d e o l o f l i m e t o g e l h e r ,f o r
o 6 o v t 2 t / z y e o r s ,M i g u e l m o i n l o i n e dh i s o w n s p o c e u n t i l
{ i n o l l ym o v i n q i n w i t h A l o r r .
I n o d d i t i o ni o t h e b r i g h t c o m b i n o t i o no f l o v e
o n d p l o y t h o t f i l l s t h e i r d o i l y l i v e s ,t h e y h o v e
o n u m b e r o f r e s p o n s e so s l o w h y t h e i r
r e l o t i o n s h i ph o s e n d u r e d . " W h e n w e c o m e
i n l o t h i s r e l o t i o n s h i pw, e ' d b o t h p l o y e dt h e
{ i e l d q u i t e o b i t , o n d o n c e r t o i nf h i n q sw h e r e
w e d . i d n ' to g r e e , w e c o m p r o m i s e d ,M " i g u e l s o i d . , , H eh o s
t h i n g st h o t h e d o e s o n h i s o w n , "A l o n b e g i n s ,, , s oh e h o s h i s
i n d e p e n d e n c e .I h o v e t h i n g st h o t I d o o n m y o w n s o I h o v e
m y i n d e p e n d e n c e ,o n d t h e n t h e r e o r e t h i n g s w e d o
together--itollows us not to be completelyclosed in.,, port of
n o t b e i n g c l o s e d - i ni n c l u d e ss e x u o ln o n - m o n o g o m y . A l o n
t e l l s o f u n n y s t o r y : " l h o v e o f e w f r i e n d st h o i l h o v e b e e n
hoving sex with for the lost 25 yeors. One friend,s portner
soid to me, "l sure love il when you come oround--youget oll
thosefrushotionsout of him.thot I con't, then life orornJ h"r"
is greot for six monlhs. Do come of leost twice o yeor.,,
The moturityeoch of thesemen broughtto the relotionshipos
well os the spocethey give eqch other meons there is little to
experienceconflictover os most oreosof disputeore resolved
peocefully. Miguel soid, "We hordlyever orgue, ond we
d e c i d e do l i h e b e g i n n i n gn o t t o g o l o s l e e p o n g r y o t e o c h
o t h e r . " A l o n s o y s ," L i f e i s t o o s h o r t . P r o b o b l yt h e b i g g e s t
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thing l've leorned {rom him is deoling with upset ond
onger--ifyou siori gettingongry ond upset,then you hove got
t o s p e n dn e g o t i v ee n e r g yg e t l i n gu n - o n g r yo n d u n - u p s e t . "
Although Alon ond Miguel plon to gei rings for their
u p c o m i n g l O t h o n n i v e r s o r yd, i s c u s s i o n
s t i l l c o n l i n u e so b o u t
r e g i s t e r i n fgo r D o m e s l i cP o r t n e r s h i pQ
. u i p s M i g u e l ," l c o n ' t
woit to get the while dressout o{ the closet."
They hove no plons {or children--theyenjoy other people's
c h i l d r e nt r e m e n d o u s l yF . r i e n d sh o v eo l w o y sb e e ns u p p o r f i v e
o f t h e i r r e l o l i o n s h i po, n d { o m i l ym e m b e r sw h o w e r e h e s i l o n t
i n s h o w i n go p p r o v o lh o v eb e e nc o m i n go r o u n di n t h e l o s t{ e w
y e o r s . A l o n ' s b r o t h e rr e c e n i l yv i s i t e d ,o n d l e f t w i t h o m u c h
more positive otiitude thon when he orrived. Miguel
combines procticolitywith whimsy, "l hove been very open
o b o u f b e i n g m y s e l f - - lw o s b o r n o u t o f t h e c l o s e t o n d m y
f o m i l y o l w o y sk n e w . T h e y s u p p o r tm e n o w . O f c o u r s e ,i n
S o u t hA m e r i c o ,w e d o n ' t h o v ec l o s e t sw , e h o v eo r m o i r e s .S o
I c o m eo u l o f o n o r m o i r e . "
T h e i ro d v i c ef o r t h o s ew h o o r e s i n g l eo n d l o o k i n gl o m e r g e :
" B ey o u r s e l fb, e h o n e s l . l f y o u s i o r tf e l l i n gs t o r i e sy o u h o v el o
k e e p t e l l i n g s t o r i e st o c o v e r u p t h e i n o c c u r o c i e s .P u t o u l
p o s i l i v ee n e r g y . L o v ew i l l { i n d y o u i n l h e s t r o n g e swl o y so n d
t h e s t r o n g e spl l o c e s u , s u o l l yw h e n y o u ' r en o l l o o k i n g w , hen
y o u o r e i u s tb e i n g y o u r s e l f . "
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b e l i e u eI w o s t o l d t h o t t h o s e w h o d o n o t b o t h e rt o l e o r n o f
o n e sh i s t o r yo r e d e s t i n e dt o r e p e o ti t . W h i l e n e w g q y s q u o r e
d o n c e r sm o y i h i n k t h o tt h e o r g o n i z o t i o tnh o i c u r r e n t l ye x i s f si n
the IAGSDCIM c l u b sh o s b e e n o r o u n do l o n g l i m e , o u r o b i l i t y
t o s q u o r ed o n c ew i i h e o c h o t h e r i n o g o y s e t t i n gh o s b e e n i n
existence f o r o n l y i i y e o r s . T h o i i s s o r e c e n tt h o t I b e l i e v e
w e s h o u l dp r o v i d eo u r h i s t o r yt o o l l n e w d o n c e r ss o t h o t t h e
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v e r b o lh i s t o r yw h i c h w i l l d e v e l o pw i l l b e o c c u r o t e . Y o u w i l l ,
therefore,find in QS mony oriiclesdeoling with history.
For the Son FronciscoBoy Areo, it is exlremelyimportontto
remember ond lo understondthot the former Foggy City
Squoresof the loie 70's ond eorly B0's is p! the some enfity
o s o u r c u r r e n tF o g g y C i t y D o n c e r s . W h i l e t h e n o m e s o r e
similor ond FC Squores is the porent o{ FC Doncers,fhe
concernswhich focusedon FC Squoresunder the leodership
of Skip Borrelldo not existwith FC Doncers. lt is impossible
to discussthe developmentof fhe IAGSDCIMwith Weslern
StorDoncersbeing one of the five founding memberswithout
referringfo FC Squores. I repeot--ltwosFC Squores,not FC
Doncers. Anyonecought misconstruingthe historyof the Boy
fueo goy squore donce communityby replocingthe Squores
with Doncerswill be "hoired" with o SteffonyStomperwig on
his/her bore bofiom.
S o , h o n g o n l o y o u r h o l s ;h e r e w e g o w i t h s o m e h i s t o r y .
WITHAIA}.I HALL
AN INTERVIEW
f'he IAGSDCT' published o book oi the l01h convenlion in Sottle,
Woshington, over lhe.July 4, 1993, weekend entitled Ten Yeors IAGSDC: A
Co//eciion o{ Poges lrom Ovr Memory Book. Luis Torres ("1T"), the compiler
o n d e d i t o r o { t h e s ' l o r i e s ,i n l e r u i e w e d A l o n H o l l { A H ' ) , w h o r e l o t e d ' s o m e v e r y
inleresling in{ormolion obout the bockground of the Son Froncisco
clubs... .,the initiol coming logelher o{ goy squore doncers ol {ly-insond
convenlions, ond obout lhe experiences o{ the {ist goy doncers lo move inlo
the stroighl sqvore donce communily. . . ." Whor {ollows is exlrocted from
the published inlerview which occurred on Moy 27, 1991.)
L T O k o y , A l o n , f i r s to f o l l t e l l m e s o m e t h i n go b o u t y o u r s e l f .
W h e r eo r e y o u f r o m ?
A f l l ' m o r i g i n o l l yf r o m E n g l o n d , o n d I e m i g r o t e d l o t h e
U n i t e dS t o t e si n 1 9 6 8 . E v e n t u o l l yI, e n d e d u p i n C o l i f o r n i o
o f l e r m e e t i n gs o m e o n eo n o n o i r p l o n e w h o o f f e r e d m e o
5 0 % i n c r e o s ei n s o l o r y o n d o n o l l - e x p e n s e - p o i md ove lo
Colifornio.
[ T H o w d i d y o u e n d u p d o i n g s q u o r ed o n c i n g ? H o d y o u
e v e r d o n e o n y f o l k d o n c i n g o r t r o d i ifo n o l d o n c i n g i n
Englond?
Afl No. I just heod one evening from o friend of mine (l
think it wos my ex-loverwho told me obout il) thot this person
wos doing this squoredoncing siuff ot the TrocoderoTronsfer
ond thot it wos sorto[ fun. He oskedif lwould like to go
becousethey were just obout to stort o new closs.
I d e c i d e dI w o u l d , t h i n k i n g i t w o u l d b e s o m e t h i n gd i f f e r e n f
o n d n o i r e o l i z i n gw h o t I w o s l e t t i n gm y s e l fi n f o r o t t h e t i m e .
When I octuollyexperiencedit, I found thot the energy level
w o s t e r r i [ i c . I t h i n k i t w o s b e c o u s eo f t h o t e n e r g yl e v e lt h o t i i
k e p t m y i n t e r e s t .S o , o r i g i n o l l yI w o s s o r i o f r o p e d i n t o t h e
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 o l d F o g g yC i t y S q u o r e so, g r o u p t h o t o t t h o t t i m e w o s c o l l e db y o g u y b y t h e n o m e o f S k i p B o r r e t ti n S o n F r o n c i s c o .

I s u p p o s ey o u c o u l d c o l l i t o e r o b i cs q u o r ed o n c i n g . T h i sg u y h o d i r e m e n d o u s lhyi g h e n e r g yo n d g o v e o u t t h o t e n e r g yt o t h e p e o p l e
w h o w e r e d o n c i n g ,b u l w e o n l y d o n c e dt o s i n g i n gc o l l s . L i l e r o l l yy, o u n e v e rr e o l l yl e o r n e ds q u o r ed o n c e c o l l s . Y o u l e o r n e dt h e
p o t t e r nt o o p o r t i c u l o sr i n g i n gc o l l , o n d i f i t h o s o S t o rT h r uo n d o S l i d eT h r u ,y o u l e o r n e dt h o t . with
[ E d . T h i sc o u l d b e o s s o c i o t e d
o n e o r l i e rv e r s i o no f s q u o r ed o n c i n gw h i c h i s r e f e r r e dl o o s v i s i t i n gc o u p l e s .A t s o m ep o i n t i n t h e f u t u r e ,w e ' l l i n v e s t i g o tieh e v i s i t i n g
c o u p l e sc o n c e p t . ]

LT So whot you leorned wos o specificdonce potterlo o specificrecord or tune?

A H H e w o u l d c o l l i t , b u t i f y o u r e o l l yd i d n ' t k n o w i h e p o t t e r ,y o u c o u l d n ' ld o i h e d o n c e . E v e r y t h i n w g o s b o s e do n s i n g i n gc o l l s .
H e h o d p e o p l eh o o l i n ' o n d h o l l e r i n g o, n d , i f y o u w e r e n ' th o o t i n ' o n d h o l l e r i n g h
, e ' d s t o pt h e r e c o r do n d s o y ," l c o n ' t h e o r y o u h o o t
o n d h o l l e r ! "o r " l c o n ' t h e o r t h e w h o o p s ! " H e l i k e dl o h o v e o l o t o f o c t i v i t yo n d o l o t o f n o i s e .

T h e o t h e rt h i n g t h o t h o p p e n e do t F o g g yC i t y S q u o r e sw o s t h o t y o u o l w o y sd o n c e dw i t h t h e s o m e p e o p l e i n l h e s o m e s q u o r e . W e
were told we should never chonge. lf you were o heod, you were olwoyso heod; ond, if you were o side, you were olwoyso side.
T h e r ew e r eo l o t o f p e o p l ew h o w o n t e dl o n o t o n l y d o n c eo l t h e T r o c o d e r ob u t o l s ot o b e o b l e l o d o n c e i n o t h e r p l o c e s ,w h i c ht h e y
c o u l d n ' td o s i n c et h e y w e r e n o t l e o r n i n gt h e c o l l sb y C o l l e r l o bd e f i n i t i o n .

T h e yo l s o u s e dt o h o v e o F o g g yC i t y S q u o r e se x h i b i t i o ng r o u p ,w h i c h w o s s o r to f o n e l i t e . B u t e v e n t u o l l yS k i p B o r r e t t ' sd i c t o t o r i o l
o t t i t u d et i c k e do f e w p e o p l e o f { , o n d s o m e d o n c e r sd e c i d e di h o t t h e y w e r e g o i n g t o b r e o k o f f o n d f o r m t h e i r o w n c l u b . A m o n g
t h e s ep e o p l ew h o b r o k e o f f , t h e m o i n i n s t i g o t o rosc t u o l l y w, e r e S c o t tC o r e y o n d h i s l o u e ro t t h e i i m e , R o n D o u g l o s s . T h e ys p u n
o f f o n d s l o r l e do n o r g o n i z o t i o nt h e y c o l l e dW e s t e r nS l o r D o n c e r s . l

T h e n e w g r o u p s t o r i e dm e e t i n gi t . ro n e o f t l r e l i t t l er o o m s o t t h e A C T T h e o t e r o , n d o b o u t t h e s e c o n dw e e k I f o u n d o u i o b o u t i t . I
t h o u g h t ,' W e l l , I d o n ' t e x o c t l yw o n l 1 og i v e u p F o g g yC i t y ,b u t I w o u l d l i k et o l e o r nd o n c i n gb y C o l l e r l o bd e f i n i t i o n . "S o , u n l i k em o s t
o f t h e o t h e rp e o p l ew h o h o d g o n e o v e rt o W e s l e r rS r l o r ,I w o s l h e f i r s to n e l o i o i n t h e m o n d s t i l lm o i r . r t o im
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A l - l N o n e w h o t s o e v e rT . h e w o y w e l e o r n e d* o s b y p u t l i n go n o r e c o r do n d d o n c i n gu n i i l w e c o m e o n l o s o m e t h i n gw e d i d n ' t k n o w .
T h e n ,w e ' d s t o p t h e r e c o r d ,w e ' d l o o k i n t h e b o o k t o s e e w h o t t h e c o l l w o s , o n d t h e n w e ' d p u t t h e r e c o r d b o c k o n o g o i n o n d
c o n t i n u ed o n c i n g . [ E d . A l o n o n e n i g h th i c k e dw i t h B i l l K l e i n ,w h o e v e n t u o l l w
y o s t h e f i r s ti n s i r u c t ofro r W e s t e r nS t o r . B i l l ' ss q u o r e
d o n c i n ge x p e r i e n c eh o d t o k e n h i m t l r r o u g ht h e C - 4 p r o g r o n r . ]

B i l lw o s t l r e o n e t h o t y o u m i g h t r e o d o b o u t i n t h e h i s l o r yo f W e s t e r nD o n c e r sw h o t o o k u s l i k e o s e r g e o n m l o j o r t h r o u g hl e o r n i n g
M o i n s t r e o mi n I 0 w e e k s . N o w , B i l l h o n e s t l yo c k n o w l e d g e d h e w o s n o t o c o l l e r ,s o e v e n o i t h o t t i m e w e w e r e s t i l ld o i n g b o s i c o l l y
s i n g i n gc o l l s ,b u t w e c o u l d n o w p u t o r e c o r do n o n d d o n c e o l l i h e w o y t h r o u g h i t w i t h o u lh o v i n gt o s t o p o n d l o o k i n t h e b o o k .
B i l l h o d o l r e o d yt o u g h tu s o l l t h e 6 8 c o l l s i n t h e M o i n s t r e o ml i s t ,o n d e v e r y t h i n g
b y d e f i n i t i o nr i g l r to w o y .

T h e f i r s tt h i n g h e o c t u o l l yr e m e m b e r sd o i n g w o s l o h o v ee v e r y b o d ryo l l o w o y . T h e n ,h e s o i d ," O k , h e o d sR i g h to n d L e f tT h r u . " " B u t

y o u c o n ' l d o t h o l , "w e e x c l o i m e d .A n d h e s o i d ,' Y e s ,y o u c o n . T h e g i r l c o n l u r n t h e b o y . " 5 o , h e l i t e r o l l yd r u m m e di n l o u s , m i l i t o r y
s t y l e ,e v e r yr u l e t h o t y o u c o u l d p o s s i b l yt h i n k o f , o n d v e r y q u i c k l yc o r r e c l e do l l t h e w r o n g i m p r e s s i o nw
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d i r t l o t h o t s t o t e m e ntth o n h o s e v e r b e e n r e v e o l e di n p r i n t . S o , h e r e g o e s ! S c o t tw o s n e v e ro n
t h e p e r f o r m o n c el e o m ; h o w e v e r ,R o n ,D e n n i sF i c k e n ,R o g e rP e r r y o , n d A g n e sS m i t hw e r e . T h e s ef i v e p e o p l e o r e t h e f o u n d e r so f
W S D . W h e n F C S q u o r e se x i s t e db, e i n go n t h e p e r f o r m o n c tee o m w o s t h e p i n n o c l eo f s q u o r ed o n c eo c h i e v e m e n t .S k i pw o u l d t o k e
the performonceleom on retreol,while the rest of the doncersstoyedhome. While Scotthod ouditionedfor the leom ond wos
f u r n e dd o w n , h e w o s p e r m i t l e dt o o t t e n do 1 9 8 l r e t r e o tb e c o u s eo f h i s r e l o t i o n s h i p w i t h R o n . A t t h o t r e t r e o t ,u n d e r o g u i s e o f
d i s c u s s i o on b o u t m u s i c ,S c o t lw o s s u m m o n s e dt o M r . B o r r e t t ' sr o o m , w h e r e u p o nS k i p p r o c e e d e dl o e x p o u n dt o M r . C o r e y ,w h i l e
ottemptingto removeyoung Scott'sclotlres,thot therewos stillo possibilityfor his moking the performonceteom. Scottfelt horossed
b y t h e o c l i o nb e c o u s eM r . B o r r e t kt n e w t h o t h e w o s o t t h e r e i r e o lw i t h h i s l o v e r . l t w o s w i d e l yr u m o r e dt h o t t h e c o s t i n gc o u c h w o s
o n e i m p o r t o n tc r i t e r i of o r i n d u c t i o no n t o t h e t e o m . W e l l , i t w o s s h o r t l yo f t e rt h i s r e t r e o t h o t W e s l e r nS t o rw o s b o r n . M i n d y o u ,
M e s s r sD . o u g l o s sF, i c k e n ,o n d P e r r yw e r e n o t s e x u o p l r u d e s .A g n e si s o n o n - g o yw o m o n . T h e f i v e o f t h e m j u s t e v e n t u o l lrye o l i z e d
t h o t t h e r em u s t b e o b e t t e rw o y f o r o l l d o n c e r st o e nj o y o l l o { t l r e o c t i v i t i e s u r r o u n d i n gs q u o r ed o n c i n g .

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; p o r t o { y o u r s o c i o lw e l l - b e i n g .
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m e m b e r sl i t e r o l l yb o u g h t S k i p B o r r e t o
t u t , o n d t h e yc h o n g e d breoksthe borriersthot otherwisewould be ther".
t h e n o m e t o F o g g yC i t y D o n c e r s . [ E d . T h e n e w F o g g yC i t y
c h o n g e dt h e d i r e c t i o no f t h e c l u b t o t h e C o l l e r l o bf o r m o t . ] Afl Such on ecleclic group! I meon, we hove everything
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it "the stinker." We kept trying to see i{ we could get through
il, but we ron oround ond ron oround ond hod to keep
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c o m e s o f o s t t h o t w e c o u l d n ' tk e e p u p . T h e n o n e d o y w e
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w e h o d p e o p l e l e o r n i n gM o i r r s l r e o mb o t h o t F o g g yC i t y o n d [ E d . I r e m i n d y o u t h o t r e { e r e n c e si o F o g g y C i t y o r e i o F C S q u o r e so n d F C
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L i k ee v e r yo l h e r g u y w h o c h e c k e do u t g o y s q u o r ed o n c i n gi n
S q u o r e ds e v e l o p e d o s o n A d v o n c eo n d C h o l l e n g eg r o u p ,n o l
l 9 8 l i n S o n F r o n c i s c o ,I g o t m y f i r s t t o s t e o t F o g g y C i t y
t o c o m p e l eo g o i n s tW e s l e r nS t o ro n d F o g g yC i t y , b u t r o t h e r
S q u o r e sw h i c h w o s b o s e d o t i h e u n d e r l i t , u n d e r v e n t i l o t e d
t o s u p p l e m e ntlh o s eg r < l u p s .
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e n e r g ys i n g i n g c o l l s o f S k i p B o r r e t t . W i t h h i s r o u g h g o o d
t h e f i r s tg o y s q u o r ed o n c ec o n v e n l i o no n d t h e f i r s ti n l e r o c l i o n
l o o k s ,s o u l h e r nd r o w l ,d y n o m i cs i n g i n g ,t i g h l p e r s o n o l i t yo,n d
w i t h t h e s t r o i g h ls q u o r e d o n c e r c o m m u n i t yo s g o y s q u o r e
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so hot.
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o l s o ,{ o r m e , g o o d e x e r c i s e .T h e r e ' so w h o l es o i t o f s p i r i t u o l
B u t b y 1 9 8 2 , p e o p l es t o r t e dt o h e o r o b o u l g o y c l u b si n o t h e r
f i i n g b e h i n do l l t h l s , l g u e s s N o w i l ' s p o d o f m e , o n d I
c i l i e sw h o u s e d o m y s t e r i o u s y s t e mc o l l e d " C o l l e r l o b o" n d
d o n ' l k n o w w h o t l ' d d o w i t h o u ti t o n y m o r e . M o y b e i l ' s o
b e g o n f o r g i n g t i e s w i t h $ o s e c l u b s . I n F e b r u o r y ,I 9 8 3 ,
drug.
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C o r e y ,m y l o l e h o u s e m q t eM o r k N i l s o n ,o n d m e ) , m e m b e r s
L T S q u o r eD o n c e M e t h o d o n e ?
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squore donce clubs. A few weeks loler, lefiers were
p u s ho l l t h o t o s i d eo n d o u t o f m y s y s t e m . l t h i n k t h o t ' sw h o t
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form).
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pivotolyeorof tronsition 983 wos for goy squoredoncing in
Son Froncisco. For Skip Borrett, the emergence of the
I A G S D C I Mo n d h i s i n o b i l i t y t o o d o p l m e o n t t h o t t h e
hondwriting w o s o n t h e w o l l . O n l y o f e w m o n l h so f t e rt h e s e
lefierswere writlen, on oll-out civil wor would be woged ol
FoggyCity SquoresbetweenSkip ond his per{ormonceteom,
leodinglo the formotion of the club known todoy os Foggy
C i t y D o n c e r s . B u t ,t h o t ' so n o t h e rs t o r y . . . .
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4/24/94, Hi Russ,
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in{initum t h i sw i n t e ro n d s p r i n g . O n e p r o j e c th o s b e e nt o p u l l
t o g e t h e rd o c u m e n t o t i o nc, o r r e s p o n d e n c ee,l c . , { o r o s e t o {
I A G S D C T oMr c h i v eo l b u m s . A l r e o d yI h o v e t h r e e 3 " b i n d e r s
{ u l l , o n d l o d d t o i h e m r e g u l o r l y .A l l t h i s l e o d su p t o m y
r e c e n td i s c o v e r yo { I 9 8 3 c o r r e s p o n d e n c ef r o m y o u o n d
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g l o d I k e p t t h e m . I k n o * y o u ' l l e n f o y r e - r e o d i n gt h e n r .
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r o f h e rf o n i g h l ,M o r k h o v i n g b e e n o t o F o g g yC i t y h o e d o * n
lhis ofternoonond evening ond myseli hourng gone ro
A m e r i c o nB o l l e tT h e o t e ri s S o n F r o n c i s c ot h i s o f t e r n o o no n d
t o t h e M i d n i g h t S q u o r e st h i s e v e n i n g - - b o t ho { u s h o v i n g
r e t u r n e do b o u t o n h o u r o g o . I m e o n t t o g e t p r i n t so f o f e *
o f m y p h o t o sf r o m M i o m i m o d e u p b e f o r e I w r o l e , b u l I
h o v e n ' tg o t l e no r o u n d t o i t y e t , o n d t h i s s e e m so g o o d t i m e
l o w r i l es i n c el ' m s t i l lt o o w i r e d u p l o g o t o b e d f r o m 5 h o u r s
o f d o n c i n g . L o t s o { l i f l l e p i e c e so { n e * s , i n n o p o r l i c u l o r
order:
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b e i w e e nS k i po n d s o m e m e m b e r so f M i d n i g h tS q u o r e s .S k i p
c o l l e d R i c h o r dT u c k , o n e o { t h e { o u n d e r s o f M i d n i g h t
S q u o r e s ,o n d t o l k e d t o h i m f o r o v e r o n h o u r t o d o y - - t h e
generolideo being thot it wos on UnfriendlyGesturelo hove
t h e r e g u l o r l ys c h e d u l e dS o t u r d o yn i g h t c l u b m e e l i n g w h e n
S k i p w o s h o v i n g o h o e d o w n . A l s o , o n T h u r s d o yn i g h t o t
F o g g yC i t y , o s q u o r eo f p r i m o r i l yM i d n i g h t S q u o r e sp e o p l e
chose lo sil out the "wolk-through"explonotionportion of o
n e w d o n c e . W h e n t h e t e o c h e r ,B r i o nJ o c k s o n ,o s k e dt h e m
whv they were sitting it oul, one of them replied thot they
w e r eb o r e d . S k i pt o l d R i c h o r dt h o f f h e M i d n i g h tS q u o r e so r e
t h e " b r o i n so f s q u o r e d o n c i n g , b u t t h e l e o s t f u n t o d o n c e
w i t h " - - w h o l e v et hr o t i s s u p p o s e dl o m e o n . S o u r g r o p e s ,
p r o b o b l y .W e o r e , h o w e v e r d , i s c i p l i n e d - c r o zoys, o p p o s e dt o
u n d i s c i lpi n e d - c r o z y .
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FoggyCity is leovingthe Trocoderoofier the presentsession
e n d s t h i s m o n t h o n d w i l l b e m o v i n g l o o n e w f yr e - o p e n e d
weslern bor, the Rowhide. Most of the Midnighi Squores
w o n ' f b e s i g n i n gu p f o r t h e n e x t c l o s s e s - - P o Z u li m m e r m o n n ,
A l o n H o l l , o n d I o r e o l l d r o p p i n go u t ; k e e p i n go c t i v ei n t h r e e
goy squore donce orgonizotionsis too much for us. Mork
w i l l c o n t i n u ew i i h i t s i n c eh e ' s n e v e ri o i n e dM i d n i g h tS q u o r e s
ond enioys o lot of the people there. (And this woy, we'll
olso hove o direct source for oll the lotestgossip.)
I went lo my first stroightsquore donce club (not counting
Jock Losry'sgroup) lost Thursdoywith three other guys from
M i d n i g h t S q u o r e s( i n c l u d i n gP o u l ) . T h i s i s o v e r y f r i e n d l y
s i n g l e sg r o u p i n P l e o s o nH t i l l , o g e s r o n g i n gf r o m t w e n l i e sl o
fifties, ot the Plus progrom, with o fe* Advonced colls
workshopped. We did choin reocfion ond onother coll, the
nqme of which l've olreody forgotten. lntereslinglo come
into stroight squore doncing ofter o yeor ond o hol{ of
K i n s e y6 s q u o r ed o n c i n g . l t w o s o l l v e r yo g r e e o b l eo, n d w e ' l l
o l m o s lc e r t o i n l yg o b o c k ,b u t I w o n d e re x o c t l yh o w b e i n g g o y
w o u l d f i t i n t o t h e i rs o c i o lf o b r i c i f w e w e r e r e g u l o rm e m b e r s .
P o u l ' sb e l tb u c k l eh o st h e t w o - m o l e - s y m b o l s - i o i npeodt t e r no n
i i , w h i c hs e v e r ool f t h e w o m e n o p p o r e n l l yn o t i c e d ,o n d w h i c h ,
Richordlold me, seemedto bother one womon in porticulor.
S o m ep e o p l e i n t h e s u b u r b so r e d e { i n i t e l ym o r e c o m f o r t o b l e
t h o n o l h e r sw i t h g o y n e s s . I d e l i b e r o l e l yo s k e d * o m e n o l d
e n o u g h t o b e m y m o t h e r t o b e m y p o r t n e r so s o n e w o y o f
( s o r to f ) o v o i d i n gt h e i s s u e . T h e i r c o l l e r i s v e r y g o o d , o n d
R i c h o r dw o u l d l i k e i o s o u n dh i m o u t ( d i s c r e e t l yo)b o u i c o l l i n g
o n S o t u r d o y fso r M i d n i g h t S q u o r e s ,b u t l h e r e i s o d e l i c o t e
p r o b l e m . T h e { r i e n d w h o f i r s f i n t r o d u c e dR i c h o r dt o t h e
group ond who is o regulormember o[ thot club, is verJ
c l o s e t e do n d w o u l d d e f i n i t e l yb e r o t h e r p o r o n o i d o b o u t
R i c h o r d ' sc o m i n g o u t t o s o i d c o l l e r . S o , R i c h o r di s t r y i n gt o
figure out o tociful woy to deol wiih the issue.
l l ' s n o w o f l e rt h r e e i n t h e m o r n i n g ,o n d l ' m n o l o n g e rw i r e d ,
s o l ' l l w i n d i h i s l e t t e ru p . l ' m e n c l o s i n go c o p y o f o n o d i c l e
f r o m B . A . R t. h o l o p p e o r e dr e c e n t l yo n W e s t e r nS t o rD o n c e r s .
I t w o s s h o w n l o t h e M i o m i p e o p l e ,b u t I d o n ' t k n o w i f y o u
s o w i l o r n o t . T h e b e g i n n i n gc l o s sr e f e r r e dt o w i l l h o v e i l s
f i f t h m e e i i n gn e x t w e e k ; e n r o l l m e n ti s h o l d i n g o t o b o u t 3 5 .
P h i lP o y t o no, u r r e g u l o rc o l l e r ,h o s i o k e n o v e rt e o c h i n gd u t i e s
effectivelost week, o chonge thot is definitelyfor the better.
(ScottCorey, Poul, Brion Porcher,ond Chorles Prongoswere
originolly going to shore leoching duties, but they decided
t h e yw e r eo v e rt h e i rh e o d s ,o n d P h i ld e c i d e dh e c o u l d u s et h e
m o n e y . l ' v e b e e n g o i n g o s o n " o n g e l "o b o u t h o l f t h e t i m e .
T h o n k so g o i n f o r w r i f i n g . I h o p e t h i n g s i m p r o v ef o r y o u o t
your iob or thot something more remunerotivecomes your
woy. Thingsore hecficol my office, ond I know the monoger
w o u l d l i k e u s i o p u l i n s o m e o v e r f i m e . H o w d o I e x p l o i nt h o t
I h o v e o s o c r e do b l i g o t i o nt o g o s q u o r ed o n c i n go t l e o s ts i x
n i g h t s o w e e k ? O h , t h e c o n f l i c t i n gd e m o n d s o f A r t o n d
Commercel Toke core
with offection,Russ
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P.S. Mork decided lo write, too. His lefler wos writtenthe
f o l l o w i n ge v e n i n g s o t h e t i m e s e q u e n c em o y s o u n d o b i l
c o n f u s i n gw h e n y o u r e o dt h e s e . T h e r ew e r et w o o t h e rs q u o r e
doncers in our group for Cosi Fon Tutle, ond we
unexpectedly ron inlo two more there. I wonder if
S o n F r o n c i s c oi s t h e o n l y c i t y w h e r et h e r eo r e s o m o n y m e n
i n t o o p e r o g [ s q u o r ed o n c i n g . O v e r h o l f o f t h e W e s t e r n
S t o rD o n c e r sg o r e g u l o r l yt o t h e S F O p e r o ' sf o l l s e o s o n .
3/6/83 Deor Korl,
I wos very glod to heor from you. Theselosttwo (it hos been
thot long) weeks hove been o rot roce for me, loo.
Losi night--octuollyyeslerdoyofternoon--lwenl to the Foggy
C i t y h o e d o w no n d d o n c e dn o n - s t o pf r o m 3 P M t o m i d n i g h t .
S k i p B o r r e t tm o y b e h o r d t o d e o l w i t h o n d n o t m u c h o n
l e o c h i n g s t o n d o r ds q u o r e d o n c i n g , b u t I h o v e n e v e r s e e n
o n y o n e r e v u p o c r o w d l i k e h e d o e s . l t w o s r e o l l ys o r t o f
owesome.
l h o v e b e e n s o u n d i n go u l t h e p o s s i b i l i t oy f o r r o n g i n go
p o c k o g ed e o l f o r t h e R e n o R o d e ot h o t w o u l d i n c l u d eh o l e l
o c c o m m o d o l i o n s ,r o d e o o d m i s s i o n , l r o n s p o r t o t i o nf r o m
S o n F r o n c i s c o r f r o m t h e R e n oo i r p o r t ,s h u f l l es e r v i c el o t l r e
f o i r g r o u n d s ,o s q u o r ed o n c e , o n d p e r h o p so b o n q u e to r
b r e o k f o sgt e t t o g e t h e r .D o y o u t h i n kt h e r ew o u l d b e d e m o n d
for such from the other clubs? We might be oble lo ge1
some good group rolesond spendmore o{ our time with
o t h e r s q u o r e d o n c e r s . l f t h e o l h e r c l u b s o r e i n t e r e s l e di,l
m i g h t b e o r r o n g e do n o p r o f i t - s h o r i n b go s i s . I d o n ' l k n o w
w h o t t h e p r i c e sw o u l d b e l l k e . M y i m p r e s s i o ni s t h o l , i { t h e y
c o u l d b e h e l d t o t h e $ 1 5 0 l e v e lf o r t h e t h r e ed o y s ,t h e r em o y
b e o g o o d m o r k e tf o r s u c h o p o c k o g e . D o e s t h i s s e e m l i k e
o r e o s o n o b l eg u e s sl o y o u ? T h e s u b i e c lo r o s e b e c o u s e* e
w e r ed i s c u s s i n m g o k i n gr e s e r v o t i o n{so r h o t e l so n d s u c h ,o n d
i t o c c u r r e dt o m e t h o t I h o v e o f r i e n dw h o o r r o n g e sp o c K o g e
l o ur s .
T h e c h o n c e so r e g o o d t h o t I w i l l b e o b l e l o c o m e l o D e n v e r
i n J u n ef o r t h e r o d e o . T h o t w o u l d b e { u n l t h i n k . G i v e m y
r e g o r d st o t h e g o n g i n D e n v e r . I r e m o i r r
Y o u r l r u l y ,M o r k X 0 X 0 X 0
3/l 5/83, DeorKorl.
Here ore three prints of my Miomi pictures--noihing
s p e c t o c u l o rb, u l o n y w o yo m e m e n t oo f t h e o c c o s i o n . T h e
o c e o n p i c i u r ei s e n c l o s e ds o l e l yf o r l h e p u r p o s eo f p r o v i n g
w h o t d o n c i n gf o o l s t h e W e s t e r nS t o rD q n c e r so r e .
M o r k i s s l i l l c h e c k i n g i n t o t h e g r o u p f o u r p o s s i b i l i t i efso r
Reno. Scott thinks it unlikely thol the Reno Rodeo
m o n o g e m e nw t i l l w o n t t o i n c l u d ee n o u g l rs q u o r ed o n c i n gi o
k e e p u s h o p p y , s o w e ' l l b e l o o k i n g i n l o t h e p o s s i b i l i t yo f
s c h e d u l i n go u r o w n e v e n t s o w o y { r o m t h e f o i r g r o u n d s ,
p r e f e r o b l yo t o h o t e l w h e r e o b l o c k o f u s w e r e s t o y i n g ,t o
s u p p l e m e ntth e d o n c i n go p p o r t u n i t i e s R . o n D o u g l o s sS , cott,
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M o r k , P o u l ,o n d I m o y g o u p t o R e n o t h e f i r s t w e e k e n di n
Moy to check out ovoiloble locotions;some sort of Nevodo
S t o t es q u o r ed o n c e c o n v e n t i o nw i l l o l s o b e h o p p e n i n gt h o l
weekend there, so it seems like o good woy lo combine
b u s i n e s so n d p l e o s u r e .
L o s tT h u r s d o yw o s m y l o s tn i g h to s o r e g u l o rp o i d - u pm e m b e r
of Foggy City--in oddition to Foggy City's lost night ot the
Trocodero. I expected to feel more sentimentol lhon I
by
o c t u o l l yd i d ; m o i n l yI f e h s l i g h t l yb o r e d o n d u n c h o l l e n g e d
i t o l l . S k i p h o d i n v i t e dt h e b e g i n n i n gc l o s s ,t h o u g h ; o n d , o f
the end of the odvonced session,he colled five beginning
doncesfor them which Tom Kernkomp (my regulor porlner
there) ond I ioined in on. So, | {inished up with five of the
'Troil of lhe
first donces l'd ever leorned: "Just Becouse,"
Lonesome Pine," "Redwing,""Sioirwoy to Porodise,"ond
" A l o b o m oJ u b i l e e . "N o t h o v i n gd o n e t h e m f o r o g e s ,I w o s n ' f
bored. li wos o pleosont reminder of how things seemed
(onlyo yeor ond o holf ogo!) when I knew nothinqobout
s q u o r ed o n c i n g o n d e v e r y t h i n gw o s t o t o l l yf r e s h . l t w o s o
g o o d w o y t o w i n d t h i n g su p .
There wos o hoedown in Socromentolost weekend vfrich
severol Weslern Stor members ottended. After some
d i s c u s s i o ni t, w o s d e c i d e dt h o t w e ' d m o r c h i n t h e G o y P o r o d e
t h i sy e o ro s p o r t o f t h e N o t i o n o lL e s b i o n / G o yS q u o r eD o n c e r s
(or wholever it's exoctly colled) rother thon os seporote
g r o u p s . I e x p e c lt h o t s e v e r o lp e o p l ef r o m M i d n i g h tS q u o r e s
will ioin on, os well os one or two from Seofile(moybe). We
s l i l l h o v e o l o t o f l o g i s t i c odl e t o i l st o w o r k o u l , b u t t h e b o s i c
i d e o i s t o o c t u o l l yd o s q u o r ed o n c e sr o t h e rt h o n m o d i f i e dl i n e
d o n c e so s F o g g yC i t y d i d l o s ty e o r . I f i g u r e i f w e d o n c e di n
t h e o c e o n ,s e v e r o p l o r k i n gl o t s ,o n d o r o l l e r r i n k , t h e m i d d l e
o f M o r k e tS t r e e tc o n ' t b e t h o t m u c h o f o p r o b l e m .
This coming Fridoy,obout fifteenof us from WeslernSlor ore
g o i n g t o s e e C h o r l e sP i e r c e ' ss h o w i n S F . l ' v e n e v e r s e e n
h i m l i v e b e f o r e ; j u s t o n c e o n l h e T o n i g h tS h o w o n N e w
Y e o r ' s E v e . l t s h o u l d b e r o t h e r f u n . T h e r e ' so t w o - d r i n k
m i n i m u m i n o d d i t i o nl o t h e c o v e r c h o r g e ,s o I h o p e I d o n ' t
gel too bombed.
Toke core, Russ
[ E d . A { e w o f t e r - t h o u g h twsh i c h e m p h o s i z et h e n e t w o r k i n gi n
s q u o r ed o n c i n g .
The comment obout "Jock Losry'sgroup" re{ersfo one of lhe
octivities ot the Miomi {ly-in. Jock Losry, who is now
d e c e o s e dh, o d o n e n o r m o u si n l e r n o t i o n oi ln f l u e n c eu p o n l h e
s h o p e o f m o d e r n w e s t e r ns q u o r ed o n c i n g . A f t e r h i s d e o t h ,
M r s . L o s r y p e r s o n o l l yo s k e d C h r i s P h i l l i p s i o l o k e o v e r
M r . L o s r y ' sc l u b i n t h e M i o m i o r e o . C h r i s P h i l l i p sw o s o
f o u n d i n gm e m b e ro f t h e S o u t hF l o r i d oM u s t o n g sw , o st h e f i r s t
g o y p e r s o nt o b e g i n c o l l i n g ,o n d o w n e d o b o r o t w h i c h t h e
.|970's.
M u s t o n g sf i r s td o n c e d i n t h e l o t e
The re{erenceto the orticle in the B.A.R.obout WSD is the
orticlewhich cought my eye ond brought me to squore
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d o n c i n g . l t w o s o l s o t h e c o t o l y s ft o r b r i n g i n gJ o m e s F o w l e
o n d R o m o nS m i t ht o t h e s o m ec l o s s - - J o m eosn d R o m o n ,b o t h
n o w d e c e o s e d ,b e i n g t h e f o r m e r o w n e r s o f t h e c u r r e n l
Golden Boot Ronchon SonchezStreetthot is iolked obout in
o n o r t i c l eb y A n n o D o m i o n il o t e ri n t h i se d i t i o no b o u tb u i l d i n g
fomilies.
T h e N e v o d o s q u o r ed o n c e { e s t i v o w l h i c h w o s c o n s i d e r e di s
c o l l e d" S i l v e rS t o t e "o n d i s o l w o y sh e l d t h e l o s t w e e k e n di n
April or the first weekend in Moy. This yeor wos the 47th
onniversoryof SilverSfote,ond severolWSD ond Copitol City
m e m b e r so t t e n d e d . ]
APRIL SHOWERI'
WITH PAUL WATERS
bv HOLLYWOOD
W e l l , l e t ' sf o c e i t . l ' v e o l w o y sh o d l h i s { o s c i n o t i o rwr i t l r P o u l
W o t e r sf o r h i s n i c e b u n s o n d h i s h i r s u l eb o d y t e o s i n gp e o p l e
o s t h e ye x p l o d ef r o m t h o s es p o n d e xb i c y c l ep o n l s . I c o r r ' tg e l
e n o u g ho f i t . l d r e o m o f h i m c o l l i n go d o n c ei n s u c ho t t i r e ,
b u t h e ' s i u s tl o o m u c h o { o s q u o r ed o n c e e t i q u e t f eq u e e n t o
d e f o c eh i s i m o g e . S o m et r y t o c o n s o l em e w i t h t h e l i t i l l o t i n g
t h o u g h il h o t p o t i e n c ei s o v i r l u e .
W e l l ,I p i c k e du p t h i sf l y e rt l r o lE l C o m i n oR e e l e riss l h r o w i n g
t h i s d o n c e f o r t h e i r B t h A n n i v e r s o r yw i t h g u e s t c o l l e r P o u l
W o l e r s . M y m i n d s l o r l sl o s o l i v o l e . P o l i e n c e ? P o t i e n c e ? ?
P o t i e n c e ! ! !| o l s o h e o r dt h o t o h e r d o f W e s t e r nS l o rD o n c e r s
wos congregotingof fie Rec Center to boord o vor.rfor ihe
s o i o u r n . H o t i n gt o d r i v e m y s e l f ,I o r r i v e do t t h e R e c C e n l e r
t o b o o r d t h e b u s . L e t ' ss e e ,t h e r ew e r e : L e e G i o n { r o r r c e s o ,
R u s s" M o r g o r e iM e o d e " [ E d . o n o t h e rs t o r yo h o g e t h e r K ] ing,
P o i S m i t h ,R o n " P o o k i eJ" o b l o n s k i m , e , o u r g r o c i o u sh o s l e s s
J i m P e l l m o n no, n d o t , r g o l l o n td r i v e rM i k e S e l l e r s .L e tm e i e l l
youo secreth , o n e y s . D o n ' f e v e rs i t b e t w e e n" M o r g o r e lo" n d
" P o o k i e . " L o v e l y ,l o v e l y , l o v e l y b o y s ; b u t c h o t t e r ,c h o t t e r ,
c h o f i e r b o x e sI. w o s i n o s o r to { f o u l m o o d * h e n I b e g o n i h e
h i p , o n d , w i t h o l l t h o t t o l k , I c o u l d n ' le v e nc o n c e n t r o t o
en m y
on9er.
Life hos been on the cutting edge of stressfor me lofely.
A c t u o l l y ,f o r o b o u t o y e o r ; b u i i t ' s e o s i n g u p n o w . I w e n f
o b o u t o y e o r w i t h o u td o n c i n g r e g u l o r l yd u r i n g t h e w e e k . I
o l w o y s h e o r d t h o t s q u o r e d o n c i n g w o s t h e r o p e u l i cf o r
w h o t e v e ro i l s y o u , b u t I h o d n e v e r b e e n o * o y f r o m s q u o r e
d o n c i n gf o r e v e n o w e e k s i n c e 1 9 8 3 . W e l l , o n e d o y I i u s l
u p p e d o n d s o i d ," l ' m m o d o n d l ' m n o t g o i n g t o t o k e i f o n y
m o r e l " S o , l b e g o n p u n c h i n gt h e c l o c k i n t i m e t o g e t t o
d o n c i n go t l e o s to n e n i g h t o w e e k . W h e n I s q u o r eu p o n d
the music slorlsond I ocknowledge$e others in lhe squore
o s h u m o n b e i n g s ,t h e c o r e s o n d w o r r i e s s l o r t l o m e l t . I
r e o l i z eI h o v e o p u r p o s ei n l i { e ,o n d t h o l i s t o b e o p o r t o f t h i s
t i p , t o d o m y b e s l ,t o s u p p o r t t h eo t h e r si n t h e s q u o r es o t l i o l
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we oll succeed,ond lo ollow them to support me so thot we
oll get to feel the some thing. Well, with Russ ond Ron
yommering owoy, I stortedgetting the "squoredonce spirit''.
Let'scoll it "espritsquored.'' Hey, I like it! Let'swrite it like
e s p r i t 2 .B u t , I d i g r e s s . . . .
Anywoy,we orrive ol the "new''locotion only fo find thot the
donce hos been moved to on old locotion. Well, I thought
fo myself,'This is going to be o fine ho*dy do." ECR wos
forever"plonning"to hove this donce, odverfisingif ot the lost
minute--con'tthey even get the holl shoighf this lqte in the
gome? Thot wos the old onger swellingup ogoin. Chotter,
girlfriends! Well, it wosn't o very long drive to the new/old
locotion, so I got to stort mingling with oll those beoutiful
f r i e n d so f m i n e r e o l l ys o o n , o n d o l l t h e s h r o u do f o n g e r o n d
hote begon to melt os we squoredup. And the whole donce
wos full of energy ond comoroderie. I porticulorlylove lo
donce with newer doncers. lt invokes the kinder, motherly
s i d e o f m y h u m o n n e e d s . I w o n t o l o t f o r m y s e l f ,b u t I s e e m
l o g e t m o r e w h e n I s h o r ew i t h o i h e r sw h o s e e m t o n e e d m y
d o n c i n ge x p e r i e n c e .I m o v e o n i n t h e s q u o r ed o n c e w o r l d ,
nol from progrornlo ihe nexl progrom, but {rom new doncer
t o n e w d o n c e r . M y s o u l i s c o n s l o n l l yr e f r e s h e do, n d m y n e e d
l o b e n e e d e di s c o n s t o n t l sy o t i o t e d .
Some where olong the evening it
downed on me. Shower...wel.
W o f e r . . . w e l . " A o r i l S h o w e r sw i t h P o u l
W o t e r s . " D u h . S t i l ln o c o l l e r i n o b i k i n i
or spondex ponts, so the unrequited
f o n l o s yl i v e so n .
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byJANIEJO BRADLEY
ON OVERCOMING
YOUR
SQUAREDANCE
HETEROPHOBIA
As we olt know, squore doncing is o shored octivitywhich
requiresyour cooperolion with seven other persons in the
squore. ll is o hormoniousconcert of cooperotion without
regordto the roce or credo of ony of the other doncers. lt is
o n o c l i v i t yw h i c h i s p u r s u e df o r e n i o y m e n lo n d l e i s u r ef u n .
In the world of goy squoredoncing, it is often eosy to forget
thot this is not on exclusivelygoy octivity;in focl, goy squore
doncing, per se, is o relotivelyrecent odvent in the generol
s q u o r ed o n c i n gw o r l d . S o m e t i m e sw e b e c o m e s h e l t e r e di n
the goy world to the point thot we exclude our non-goy
s q u o r ed o n c i n gf r i e n d s .
RecentlyI ottendedtwo "stroight"squore donce evenls, both
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 o f w h i c h w e r e g r o t i f y i n g o n d e n j o y o b l e e x p e r i e n c e so f
d o n c i n g . I d i d n o t o t i e n d t h e m b e c o u s eo f t h e i r g e n d e r
o r i e n t o i i o nb u t f o r l h e s h e e re n i o y m e n ol f d o n c i n g . N o w , { o r
those o{ you who hove nol os yet overcome your
" h e t e r o p h o b i oi n" s q u o r ed o n c i n g ,l e t m e e x p l o i no f e w f o c t s
w h i c h m i g h t b e h e l p f u li n u n d e r s t o n d i nfgi e s t r o i g h st q u o r e
d o n c ee x p e r i e n c e .
l. No one in o squore reolly cores whol your sexuol
o r i e n t o t i o ni s o s l o n g o s y o u c o n d o n c e . N o r m o l l y ,y o u d o n ' t
enter o goy squore ond exploin to the other seven people
w h o l y o u r p r e f e r e n c eos r e i n b e d , [ E d . N o , b u l s o m e t i m e sI
sure would like to knowl] ond the some is true in stroight
s q u o r e s . D o n ' t d e l u d e y o u r s e l v e sm , y d e o r s ,n o o n e r e o l l y
wontslo know.
2 . Y e s ,t h e r eo r e s o m e " d i f f e r e n tb"u t b o s i cr u l e st h o ts h o u l d
b e o b s e r v e do t c o n v e n t i o n o"l s t r o i g h ts"q u o r ed o n c e e v e n t s .
T h e s e r u l e s o r e n o l e n t i r e l yu n r e o s o n o b l eh; o w e v e r ,t h e y
s o m e l i m e s e e mo b i t s t o d g y .N o n e t h e l e s sm, o s lo f t h e m o r e
b o s e du p o n l r o d i t i o no n d h i s t o r y .F o r e x o m p l e s :
r s ' T r o d i l i o n osl q u o r ed o n c eo t t i r es h o u l db e w o r n . T h i s
m e o n s ,f o r t h e g e n l l e m e r rl,o n g s l e e v e ds h i r t s f; o r t h e l o d i e s ,
s k i r t so n d s l i p s ( c r i n o l i n e s g, i r l s ) . I E d Y o u c o r r u s e t h e
s o f t i e s ;t h e y d o n ' t p o o f o u t . ] T h e l o n g s l e e v e ds h i r t s ,b y
l r o d i t i o n ,o r e w o r n b y t h e g e n l s s o l h o t t h e l o d i e sw o n ' t b e
required to louch llre sweoty,hoiry orms of lhe men.
A l t h o u g hs o m e d o n c e r si n t h e g o y c o m m u n i t yw o u l d p r e f e r
l h i s , m o n y o f t h e s l r o i g l r lt o d i e sd o n o t . T h e t r o d i t i o no f t h e
s k i r t so n d c r i n o l i n e sf o r t h e l o d i e sl s t i l l c o n t e n di s f o r t h e
b e n e f i to f t h e c o l l e r s m
, o n y o f w h o , o s w e w e l l k n o w ,c o n g e l
e o s i l vc o n f u s e d .
a * = A t m o s t s t r o i g h dt o n c e e v e n l s ,i t i s c o n s i d e r e dp o l i t e
o n d o p p r o p r i o t et h o t , i f y o u d o n ' t h o v e o p o r l n e r o f t h e
o p p o s i t es e x ,l h o t y o u s e e ko n e o u t o n d r e q u e s lo d o n c e . I
hove never found this lo be o problem--{inding o sirrgle
d o n c ep o r t n e r .S o m e i i m e isl h e l p st o w e o ro ' S O L O b o d g e .
O f i e n o t t h e s ee v e n t sl h e r e i s o n o r e o s e to s i d ew h e r es i n g l e s
c o n g r o u p ,m e e t ,m i x ,o n d m i n g l e . T h e r en e v e rs e e m st o b e
o s h o r t o g eo f d o n c e r sw h o g o t o { e s t i v o l os n d d o n c e sw i t h o u l
p o r l n e r si n t h e h o p e o f j u s tg e t t i n gt h o i o n e c h o n c et o s q u o r e
u p o n d d o n c e o b i l . [ E d . T h i s i s p o r l i c u l o r l lyr u e o f w o m e n ,
since there ore more single women doncersthon men
doncers.]
rs Generolly, it is consideredproper to donce the port
of your nofurolgender. Thot is, if your ore o mon, you
donce the gent's port; o womon. the lody's port. This,
h o w e v e r ,i s n o t o h o r d o n d f o s l r u l e . S o m e l i m e sy o u w i l l { i n d
yourself in o squore of strong doncers who wont to "ploy
o r o u n d " o n d o r e w i l l i n g t o d o n c e h o l f - s o s h o y e do,r e v e n
s o m e - s e xc o u p l e s .
3. Everyone t h o t I h o v e m e t o t b o t h s t r o i g h ot n o g o y s q u o r e
d o n c e e v e n t sg o l o d o n c e f o r i h e s o m e r e o s o n s m , o s t l yi o r
t h e { u n o f i t . l f y o u o f l e n do s t r o i g h ts q u o r ed o n c e f e s t i v o l ,
OUARTER
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k e e p t h o s es o m e r e o s o n si n m i n d . L o o k o r o u n d y o u ; t h o s e
other people ore oll doncing {or the very some reosons,lhe
enjoymentof the octivitywhich is shoredby oll...theenergyof
the floor ond the flow o{ the donce.
fu | hope you hove leorned from your goy doncing
experiences,there ore those sirnplerulesthol should olso be
observedof ony squoredonce event: be courleous,be oled,
don't olwoysdonce with the some people, moke friends,be
yourself,ond mosi importontlyhove fun.
ASK rup SQ1t9Z,4t?
lf you could osk o squore donce wizord onyfhing obout
squore doncing becouse you kno* he/she/it knows
everflhing, whot would you osk 1111?.
SQWZAF2T?
ROBERT ADELIvIAN ond RON HIRSCH: Whot reolly
h o p p e n e dw o y b o c k w h e n t o W e s t e r nS t o r - - F o g gC
y ity? [Ed.
D i r t - d i g g e rtsh e y o r e , i f y o u o s k m e . ]
TILS: You're certoin to get your eors full in the orticles
i n c l u d e di n t h i s e d i t i o n . A r e y o u s o t i s f i e d ?
K O'BRYAN (Dioblo Doncers): How do you know when
y o u ' r es u p p o s e dt o b e h o l f - s o s h o y e d ?
lflS: Firslof oll, if the coller instruclsyou to soshoy,then you
k n o w y o u ' r e s u p p o s e dt o d o i t . S e c o n d ,c o n c e n t r o l ew h i l e
o t t e n d i n gc l o s s . L e o r nt o d o n c e b y d e f i n i t i o n ,n o t g e t t i n g
c o m p l o c e n l o o l w o y sd o i t { r o m t h e s o m e p o s i l i o n . W o u l d
you wont your sex life to be thot woy? Trust the coller.
D o n c e t h e c o l l s b y d e f i n i t i o no s t h e c o l l e r c o l l s t h e m . l f
y o u ' r eh o l f s o s h o y e dw h e n y o u ' v ec o m p l e t e dl h e c o l l , y o u ' r e
s u p p o s e dt o b e h o l { - s o s h o y e dS. i m p l e ,d o n ' t y o u t h i n k ?
EUATTEIY SELEGTIOIIS
IIIDUGTED I| TO GAY ANGHIYEIS
by MIKESEGEIMIER
[Ed. Mlke donces wilh Foggy City ond Wedern Stor ond is o volunteer oilhe
GLHSNC. He introduced the los.t edirion oi QS to the director o{ the
"Archives,'ond QS wos invited to be o port of the holdings oI the collection.
All prior editions o{ QS fiove been {oruorded to the GLHSNC, ond the
orgonizolion is now on the WSD moiling list, where lhe monthly newslefier,
The Weslern Stor, is being odded to the collection. I thought you would be
i n l e r e d e d i n k n o w i n g s o m e i h i n go b o u t l h e ' g o y o r c h i v e s . " l
Historyis olwoys presentedfrom the perspeclive
of the victor, or ruling porty. Excludedfrom
m o i n s t r e o mm e d i o u n t i l r e c e n t l ys, u b i e c t e dt o t h e
p r e v o i l i n gp o l i t i c o lw i n d , m u c h o f t h e h i s t o r yo f
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goy men ond women hos been lost. The gool of the non-
profil, voluntory Goy ond Lesbion Historicol Society of
N o r t h e r nC o l i f o r n i oi s l o c o l l e c l ,p r o t e c l ,o n d m o k e o v o i l o b l e
p e r i o d i c o l s e, p h e m e r o ,m o n u s c r i p t sb, o o k s , o n d p e r s o n o l
poperswhich ore pertinentto our historyio scholorsond to
the public. Since its founding in 1985, the GLHSNC's
orchiveshos grown fo contoinover I 900 liilesof periodicols,
rongingfrom the Journolof Sexuolity lo the mosl oulrogeous,
o u l - l h e r e z e n . T h e S o c i e t yo l s o p r e s e n t se x h i b i t i o n si n
dif{erentvenuesoround the Boy Areo, the next of which will
b e o t t h e H o r v e yM i l k / E u r e k oV o l l e yL i b r o r yd u r i n gt h e m o n t h s
o f J u n e ,J u l y ,o n d A u g u s t ,1 9 9 4 .
The Archivesis locoted in the RedstoneBuildingin the heort
of the Mission District. lt is stoffed enlirely by volunteers,
m o n y o f w h o o r e l i b r o r i o n so r h i s t o r i o n s . U n t i l I 9 9 0 , t h e
A r c h i v e sw o s h o u s e di n B i l lW o l k e r ' so p o r t m e nitn t h e H o i g h t .
[ E d . E i l l W o l k e ri s o f o u n d i n gm e m b e ro f G L H S N Co n d i s o
p e r s o nw h o k n e w S t e f f o n yS t o m p e ri n W o s h i n g t o nD , C.] The
c o l l e c l i o no u t g r e wi t sd o m o i n o n d i s n o w i n o b u i l d i n gw h i c h
i s h o n d i c o p p e do c c e s s i b l eo n d h o s t h e s p o c e n e e d e d f o r
s e r i o u ss t u d v .
O n e o f t h e f i f t y g o y o n d l e s b i o no r c h i v e si n t h e c o u n l r y ,
G L H S N C h o s o b o u l 5 0 0 m e m b e r sw l r o c o m e f r o m o u e r y
d i v e r s es e c l i o no f o u r c o m m u n i t y . T h e O r o l H i s t o r yP r o j e c t ,
c h o i r e d b y L y n d o l l M c C o w o n , i s o t t e m p t i n gl o o r c l r i v e
o c c o u n t so f g o y , l e s b i o n b , i s e x u o lo, n d t r o n s g e n d el ri { ei n i h e
B o y A r e o w i t h e m p h o s i so n t h e p r e - S t o n e w o lel r o . O f
p o r t i c u l o irn l e r e s it s t h e S o n F r o n c i s c og o y s c e n ei n l h e 3 0 ' s
ond40's.
A m o n g t h e p e r s o n o lp o p e r s ,t h o s eo f E l s oG i d l o w , L e o r r o r d
M o t l o v i c h ,L e w S u l l i v o n( o f e m o l e t o m o l e t r o n s s e x u o lD ) ,e l
M o r t i n , o n d P h y l l i sL y o n o r e c o t o l o g u e do n d p r e s e r v e df o r
f u l u r eh i s l o r i o n s T
. h e s ep o p e r sp r o v i d eo w i r . r d o w
i n t ot h e l i { e
o f t h e i n d i v i d u ool s w e l l o s t h e s u r r o u n d i ncgo m m u n i \ h i s
f o s c i n o t i n gt o l o o k o t t h e p e r s o n o lw r i t i n g so f o n i n d i v i d u o l
{ r o m t h e 2 0 ' s o n d 3 0 ' s o n d s e e h o w c l o o k e dt h e w o r d i n gi s
even between lovers. One wos never sure who could
i n t e r c e pot n d u s e w r i t i n g st o o n e ' s d i s o d v o n l o g e .
ln April, I 994, Western Slor's ()uorterly Se/ectionswos
receivedinto the Archivesto become o pori of the permonent
collection, documenting for the fulure o picture of
r e c r e o t i o n o lo n d s o c i o l b e h o v i o r i n o u r o r e o . S o u o r e
doncing is olso represenledby the FoggyCity newslefler.
T h e G L H S N C i s o l w o y s l o o k i n g { o r i n t e r e s t e dm e n o n d
w o m e nt o w o r k o s v o l u n t e e r s W . e f e e l t h o tt h e u n i q u en o t u r e
o f o u r c u l t u r es h o u l d b e p r e s e r v e df o r f u t u r e g e n e r o f l o n s
w i t h o u tt h e m o n i p u l o t i o n so f g o v e r n m e n to g e n c i e so n d / o r
s e l f - s e r v i npgo l i t i c o s .l f y o u o r e i n t e r e s t e idn v o l u n t e e r i n go,r
i u s tw o n l m o r e i n f o r m o i i o np, l e o s ec o l l ( 4I 5 ) 6 2 6 - 0 9 8 0 .
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.|984.
T h i s w o s o n o S o t u r d o yo f i e r n o o n , o n d w e w e r e
successfulin hoving the stotion onnounce thot we were o
s q u o r ed o n c e c l u b p r i m o r i l yf o r t h e g o y c o m m u n i \ o n d o u r
friends. Fortunolely,lhere were few homophobic collers
d u r i n g o u r s h i f t ,b u t t h e r ew e r e s o m e .
Some members of the Club volunteeredto help move the
Son Froncisco Foir into new of{ice spoce, ond it wos
o n n o u n c e dt h o t W S D w o u l d b e d o n c i n go t t h e F o i r .
Membershod oflendedthe firstgoy squoredonce convenlion
in Seottle, Woshington. About 250 doncers were in
o t t e n d o n c e .l t w o s o f i r s t i n w h i c h m o n y , m o n y f r i e n d s h i p s
ore deeply rooled. There is no convention like your first
c o n v e n t i o n . T h e e x p e r i e n c ei s d i f f e r e n t e o c h y e o r o n d
d i f f e r e n{to r e o c h d o n c e r ,b u t t h e s u m l o t o l o f t h e e x p e r i e n c e
i s h i g h e m o l i o n o l e n e r g y . H e r e o r e e n t r i e s{ r o m C h r i s
A n d e r s o n ' sd i o r y :
F r i d o y , A p r i l6 , 4 : 3 0 P M [ E d R e g i s t r o t i o no n d t h e
G r o n d M o r c h o l l h o p p e n e dw i t h i no b o u t f o u r h o u r s . ] W h e r e
d i d o l l l h e s ep e o p l e c o m e f r o m ? S i g n i n , g e t y o u r b o d g e ,
Seottlegoy guide, T-Shirt,schedule, beer. Costumes.
R o i n b o ws c o r y e s . F r i n g e s . V e s t s . H o t s . " D i d I t i e i t r i g h t ?
L o o k o t t h o s ec r i n o l i n e s l W e w e r e h e r e e o r l y b u t c o u l d n ' t
find onyone. Theydrove? Did you get my messoge? We
g o t i n o t 4 : 0 0 . O u r p l o n el e f to n h o u r o n d o h o l f l o t e . H o s
o n y o n es e e no u r e q u i p m e n t ?W l r e n d i d F l o r i d og e t i n ? H o s
o n y o n es e e n F o s t e r ? D i d S c o t to n d R o n g e t i n ? l s o n y o n e
h e r e f r o m S o C o ? F r e e m o ns h i p p e dS t e f f o n yo h e o d o f l i m e
i n t h r e eb o x e s .W h e r e ' sC o p ? T h e r e ' sD e n n i s . H i , B e r t ! l s
G o i l h e r e ? R e i s o ! W h e r e ' sC o r o l y n ? " L i n eu p , t w o c o u p l e s
logether. "Jesus, thot guy is hot.
W o n d e rw h o t c l u b h e d o n c e sw i t h ? " W e
coreen into ihe bollroom. Club flogs
S m o l ls t o g e .T h e c h o r u so t o n e e n d . " O
C o n o d o . " ' ' T h eS t o r S p o n g l e dB o n n e r . "
I n v o c o t i o n .H i z z o n e rs p e o k s . [ E d . T h e
moyor of Seohle, Chorles Royer, wos
t h e r e i n t h e f l e s h w i t h h i s w i f e t o w e l c o m et h e g o y s q u o r e
d o n c e r s . l S q u o r e u p ! " S e o t t l e " - - e v e r y o ngee t s l h r o u g h .
O p e n i n g h y m n - - " S o m e w h e rOev e r t h e R o i n b o w ' - - s u d d e n l y ,
I r e o l i z el ' m i n S e o t f l e .
S o t u r d o yn i g h t . T h i s i s o l m o s t o b l u r . T h e W o m e n ' s
S q u o r e . P o u l / E l m e r . F i s t f u lo f C r i n o l i n e s , H o n k y T o n k
Queen. Cloggers. Moinslreon. Plus. Advonced. The
W e s l e r nS t o r c l o s s m e m b e r so r e d o n c i n g f u l l M o i n s t r e o m -
-look ot them grin! Poul/Elmerwere ofroid of forlfeothers{or
" H o n k yT o n kQ u e e n " - - t h ibs e c o m e st h e u n o f f i c i otl h e m es o n g
o f t h e c o n v e n t i o no n d i s r e q u e s t e do g o i n o n d o g o i n . F i s t f u l
o f C r i n o l i n e sb r i n g si i t o l i f e . M o r e c l o g g e r s . P o t s yD e c l i n e
in her motorcyclecrinolines--complele with hot, crop,
hondcuffs, Mory Pickford's lost hoirs, ond pointed
g o g g l e s - - c l o gisn o n s t i l e t t oh e e l s . F i s t f uol f T i m b e r . M o r g i e
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S h e f f i e l di s i n h y s l e r i c s .I b e t h e r s l o m o c hh u r t st o m o r r o w . those doys when he (or his olternote persono for the doy)
H o o t s , h o l l e r s ,c h e e r s ,s t o m p i n g{ e e t , m o r e d o n c i n g . T h e { i n d sh i m s e l f" t o n s o r i o l l yc h o l l e n q e d " - - T
o-shi* emblozoned
w o l l s m u s l b e p u l s i n g . O n e e n v i s i o n sl h e w h o l e h o t e l With,BAD HAIR DAY.''
m o r k i n gt i m e l i k e o D i s n e yc o r t o o n . T h e f l o o r i s i o m m e d .
Poul, Elmer,Hoppy, Ric, Jon, Wolt, Todd, Andreo, Poul, For over three hours,Shelbykept oll the doncers'energyhigh
E l m e r , H o p p y .. . m o r e l m o r e l T i p l b r e o k / t i p l b r e o k. . . o i ond their foces glisteningwith perspirotion. Speciol closs-
3 : 3 0 A M E l m e r ( b e e r i n h o n d ) h o s r e m o i n e dt o c o l l o n d level tips for sludentsfrom WSD, Foggy City Doncers, El
p o r t y A n o t h e rs q u o r e i o i n s u s o t 3 : 4 5 i n P J ' s ,b o t h r o b e s , C o m i n o R e e l e r sD
, i o b l o D o n c e r s ,o n d C o p i t o l C i t y S q u o r e s
s w i m s u i t st ,e d d yb e o r s . A t 4 : 3 0 H o p p y{ o i l st o w e o r o u t t h e mode it especiollyfun for them. Severolstudents,for whom
l o s tf o u r s q u o r e so n d c o l l s i t q u i i s . N o l o p e so f t e rt h o t . W e this wos their first non-clossdonce. remorkedon the crowd's
oll retire. 'This
enthusiosm.One soid, is much more fun thof clossever
wos! | con't woit for the nexl donce."
T h e S i s t e rC i t y C l u b o r r o n g ew o s e s t o b l i s h e dwith Squores
A c r o s s t h e B o r d e r , V o n c o u v e r ,B C . F r o m n o * o n , o n y The WSD volunteers,led by Gory Groy, Jess
m e m b e rw h o d o n c e sw i t h t h e o t h e r c l u b o t o c l u b f u n c t i o n Alvorez,ond PottyWhite, outdid themselves
w i l l r e c e i v eo n h o n o r o r ym e m b e r s h i pb o d g e f r o m t h e S i s t e r with the holl decorotionsof block, silver,ond
CityClub. p u r p l e ,h i g h l i g h i e db y o b o l l o o n d r o p o t t h e
end of the evening. All ottendees olso
T h e s e c o n d y e o r , W S D p r o m o l e so t t e n d o n c eo l N o r t h e r n receivedo soeciolcommemorotiveribbon{or
C o l i f o r n i oR o u n d u po, s t r o i g hst q u o r ed o n c ef e s t i v ohl e l do u e r t h e i r b o d g e s . D i o b l o D o n c e r s J' e f f M e o g h e r
t h e M e r n o r i o lD o y w e e k e n d . won the 50/50 iockpot of $I 23. A
b e o u l i f u l l yd e c o r o t e do n n i v e r s o r yc o k e w o s
T h e C l u b g r o d u o i e di t s { i f t h c l o s s ,t h e l o r g e s t o d o t e . T h e d o n e b y W S D ' s o w n M i c h o e lM o r k i c .
n e w m e m o e r sw e r e r e m i n d e dt h o l . i u s t o s t h e C l u b h o s
c e r l o i n r e s p o n s i b i l i t i elso t h e m e m b e r s h i p ,e o c l r d o n c e r A s d o n c e r so r r i v e d ,t h e yw e r e o s k e dt o f i l l o u t
o s s u m e cs e r t o i nr e s p o n s i b i l i t iteosl l r eC l u b . T h e C l u b i s n o o shod survey on their squore donce
s l r o n g e rt h o n l h e c o n t r i b u t i o nm s ode by eoclr member. " c o r e e r s . " T h e i r o n s w e r s ,s u m m o r i z e db e l o w , r e f l e c t t h e
R e m e m b e r f, r i e n d s h i pi s s q u o r ed o n c i r r g ' sg r e o t e s tr e w o r d . d i v e r s ei n l e r e s l so n d s p e c i o lc o m o r o d e r i et h o f c o m p r i s eo u r
With this closs, the Club ottempiedo progrom colled s q u o r ed o n c ec o m m u n i t y .
" R e s o u r c eL e o d e r s , "w h e r e C l u b m e m b e r s v o l u n t e e r e dt o
o s s i sti w o l o t h r e eg r o d u o t e si n m o k i n gt h e t r o n s i t i o nt o C l u b N i n e i y - f i v eo f t h e I I 7 d o n c e o t t e n d e e s( 8 1 % ) f i l l e d o u t o
membership by being ovoiloble lo onswer questions, survey. Thonks to everyone who porticipoted! All
i n t r o d u c et h e m t o o i h e r m e m b e r s ,o n d d i s c u s sp o r l r c u l o r p e r c e n t o g ebs e l o w o r e b o s e do n t h e 9 5 i o t o l r e s p o n d e n h .
n e e d so s t h e y o r o s e .

Club Membership

WsD I2Ih ANNIVERSARY T o l o l e x c e e d s9 5 o n d p e r c e n t o q e se x c e e d I 0 0 % d u e lo

DANCE PARTICIPANTSTELLAtt! m u l t i p l em e m b e r s h i p s .
%of
Club No. Rspdnts
by JIM PELI".IUANN
W e s t e r nS t o rD o n c e r s 30 32%
[Ed ln my Coll {or Arlicles issued to Jim, lsuggested some dif{eren.l C o p i t o lC i t y S q u o r e s t3 1 /O/
t1/o
opprmches 1o reporting oboul ottending lhe donce--oiher lhon just soying, '13
'A DiobloDoncers 14%
-oood lime wos hod by oll." Lo ond behold, there wos on of{iciol suruey
preporedl I wos thoroughly impressedl]
E l C o m i n oR e e l e r s 9 9%
F i n e s tC i t y S q u o r e s 1 lYo
O n S o t u r d o yM , o r c h I 9 , I I 7 e n e r g e t i cd o n c e r ss h o w e du p F o g g yC i t y D o n c e r s IB t9%
o t S t . P o u l u sL u t h e r o nC h u r c h i n S o n F r o n c i s c of o r o d o n c e G o s l i g hS t quores l-/o

c e l e b r o t i n gt h e I 2 t h A n n i v e r s o roy f W e s l e r nS l o r D o n c e r s . M i d n i g h tS q u o r e s l/ 2B%
PACE 3%
10/
S h e l b yD o w s o n w o s t h e c o l l e r f o r t h e w o l l - t o - w o l cl r o w d , P r i m eB ' s
w h i c h o t t i m e s c o m p l e t e l y{ i l l e d t h e f l o o r o { t h e c h u r c hh o l l Puddletown Squores I 1%
1o/
w i t h l 2 s q u o r e s !A f o v o r i t ew i t h t h e g o y o n d l e s b i o ns q u o r e S q sA c r o s st h e B o r d e r 1 l/o
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d o n c ec o m m u n i t yo n d o { e o t u r e dc o l l e do t s e v e r o Il A G S D C ] M S t o n f o r dQ u o d s 1%
c o n v e n t i o n sS
, h e l b yk i c k e d o f f t h e e v e n i n g b y p r e s e n t i n g T i m e sS q u o r e s I 1%
p e r e n n i ogl u e e no f c o i f f u r e sF, r e e m o nS l o m p e rw , i t ho g i f i f o r T i n s e l t o w nS q u o r e s I 1%
No club offiliotion l0 t1%
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A v e r o g el e n g t ho f m e m b e r s h i p{ o r W S D m e m b e r s : 5 . 2 y e o r s ore oll of the colls listed by respondents,followed by the
L o n g e s tW S D m e m b e r s h i p : l 0 y e o r s ( L e o n D u B o i s , R o d n u m b e ro f r e s p o n d e n tfso r e o c h .
M o r r e l l , o n d J o m e s O z o n i c h ) [ E d . M e t h i n k s tn o t o l l
l o n g e v i t yd o n c e r sc o m p l e t e dt h e q u e s t i o n n o i r eo, r t h e Acey Deucey 1 R e m o k ei h e T h o r I
q u e s t i o nw o s m i s u n d e r s t o o d . ] CrosJire 2 Spin Choin Geors 2
D i x i e S t y l et o W o v e l S p i nC h o i n&
Flutterwheel I ExchongeGeors 2
Follow Your Neighbor S p i nC h o i nT h r u 3
2. Otlrer WSD AvtniversoryDonces 'l
& Spreod I Spinthe Top
Grond Squore 2 ony'hing& Spreod 2
Number of first-timersot I 2th AnniversoryDonce: 27 L e { tA l l e m o n d e I )lor lhru |
Averoge number of onniversorydoncesottended({or oll the Lineor Cycle 2 Swing I
o t h e r s ) :4 . 0 Lood the Boot 5 Swing Thru I
M o s t o n n i v e r s o r yd o n c e s o t t e n d e d : l 0 ( A n o n y m o u so n o Ping Pong Circulole I Teocup Choin I I
Recycle 2 (Beermug Choin - 2)
H o l l y W o o d ) [ E d . M e t h i n k s it h e s o m e t h i n g . ]
R e l o yt h e D e u c e y I5 Yellowrock I

3. Whot dif{erenfioles WSD {rom olher goy/lesbion sguore

donce clubs? B. Whidt coll is fhe rnosl difficuh, or rnosl ofren couses o
squore lo breok down?
" F r i e n d l yo t m o s p h e r en, i c e p e o p l e "( m o s tp o p u l o rr e s p o n s e )
" H i g h e n e r g yd o n c i n g " T h e r ew o s n o c l e o rc o n s e n s u h s e r e . P e o p l eo r e c o n f u s e db y
''Committed
t o g o o d t e o c h i n g ,i . e . , g o o d d o n c e r s m o n y d i f { e r e nct o l l s ,i t s e e m s :
"Frequencyo{ evenls"
" T h ev e s t s " [ E d . l ' m n o t t e l l i n gw h o s o i d t h o t . ]
" M o n y h o n d s o m em e r r " [ E d C e r l o i n l yw e h o v e w o n d e r f u l A l l E i g h tS p i n t h e T o p I R e m o k ef h e T h o r 5
w o m e n , r e s p o n s e cs o n ' t b e c o n t r o l l e d . ] A l l e m o n d eT h o r I o n y ' h i n g& R o l l 4
Bocklrock I Scool Bock I
" S o c i oo l c t i v i t i eo
s l h e r t h o n s q u o r ed o n c i n g "
' ' l t ' sm y Bow lo Your Porlner I Slipthe Clulch I
h o m e . "( H o l l yW o o d , B u d B u d l o n g )
{ E d . H u h ? P e r h o p st h e y o n l y Spin Choin Thru 4
donce wilh lhe corner.] Spin Choin &
Coordinote 2 E x c h o n g el h e G e o m 6
4. Do you olso Countryh\y'eslemdonce? \-rossl Ire 1 S w , i n gY o u r C o r n e r I
C r o s s l r oi l T h r u 5 Teocup Choin 3
5 4 r e s p o n d e n t(s5 / % ) d o . Fon lhe Top I Thor {omily I
P o r l n e rH i n g e 2 Turn Thru 6
P o d n e rT o g I Wheel ond Deol I
R e l o yi h e D e u c e y 3 o n y ' h i n g { r o m s o s h o y e dp o s i t i o n
5. Hove you aver donced with o non1,oy sguore donce
group?

4 5 r e s p o n d e n l s( 47 % ) h o v e (One wrofe "Are you {cont'd nexl poge]

k l d di n s ? ' )

6. Whol posilion do you donce?

2 0 r e s p o n d e n t(s2 1 % )d o n c e b o y p o s i t i o no n l y .
1 7 r e s p o n d e n t(s1B % )d o n c e g i r l p o s i t i o no n l y .
5 8 r e s p o n d e n t (s6 1 T o o
) rebi-doncuol.

Severolnit-pickerspointed out thot our survey incorrectly

c o l l e dt h e p o s i t i o n s" l e o d "o n d " f o l l o w , "w h i c h o r e n o t s e x - \^/ESTERN STAR DANCERS
s p e c i f i c . S o m e c o l l e r sn e e d i o b e r e m i n d e do f t h i s , o l s o !
[ E d . l ' d f o c u so n t h e m b e i n g n i t - p i c k e ros n d n o l t h e c o n t e n t
of the picking.]

7. Whot is your {worite Moinslreom or PIuscoll?

R e l o yt h e D e u c e ye d g e do u t T e o c u p / B e e r m uC
g hoin. Below

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 'coreer,'
9. During your entire sguore donce vvhot is lhe
mosl memoroble evenl in which you
prlicipted/donced?
slNG our, tou+sEsHEttY!

T h e I A G S D C T cMo n v e n t i o n s( e s p e c i o l loyu r v e r yf i r s io n e )o r e by l-EEGIANFRAI.ICESO

c l e o r l yt h e f o v o r i t e sb, u t t h e r e o r e m o n y s p e c i o lm e m o r i e s :
'93
[Lee hos been doncing wilh Wes'ternSlor since ioining the Purple Bosics
'50s closs.]
Sock Hop in Socromento I
Hot tub in Phoenix I
N u d e s q d o n c i n go t g o t h e r i n g ln Morch, WSD celebrotedits I 2th onniversory(thot'speorl)
of Goy Mole Nudists I with on oulsiondingdonce ot St. PoulusLulheronChurch with
F i n e s tC i t y S q u o r e sF l y - l n' 9 3 I o reol iewel of o coller, ShelbyDowson, who celebrotes25
Oregon Troil Through I yeorsof dedicotedservicefo the squore donce communityin
Stor Through L.A. '92 I June. Those who ottended were impressedwith his stoge
I 9 8 6 G o y G o m e s c l o s i n gc e r e m o n i e s presenceond his enthusiosmfor squore doncing; however,
A n g e l i n go u r c l o s s e s I lhree hours on stoge is not enough time fo reollygel lo know
Grond Morch ol eoch convenron the coller or lhe mon. fu hosf for Shelby'svisit, I hod on
'I opporiunityio leorn obout the mon behind the colls, ond
Leothertips ot convention
Comp Cozodero lhese observotionsore shored with you.
W S D l O t h o n n i v e r s o rdy o n c e 7
T hi s d o n c e I Hove you ever wondered how collers get storted? Well,
M v f i r s ld o n c e 1 S h e l b yg o t h i s s t o r to u t o f n e c e s s i t y F . i n d i n gh i m s e l fr e o d yt o
M y f i r s td o n c e o t W e s t e r nS t o r I g r o d u o l ef r o m C l o r e m o n tC o l l e g e w i t h o d e g r e e i n { o m i l y
My first fly-in 1 o n d c h i l d c o u n s e l i n gh, e h o d l i m i t e df i n o n c i o lr e s o u r c e o s nd
M y f i r s ic o n v e n i i o n IJ
n o p r o s p e c l sf o r i m m e d i o t e e m p l o y m e n t i n c o u n s e l i n g .
S o n F r o n c i s c oc o n v e n t i o n 4 S h e l b yo p p l i e df o r o p o s i l i o no t R e d R i v e r ,o r e s o r tw h e r eh i s
P h o e n i xc o n v e n l i o r r I f o n r i l ys p e n ti h e i r v o c o l i o n sd u r i n g h i s y o u t h .
Miomi convention 1
A l b u q u e r q u ec o n v e n l i o n 2 H e h o d l i t t l e e x p o s u r ef o m u s i c o n d d o n c e o s o y o u n g s l e r
New Yorkconvenlion 2 b e c o u s eo f h i s c u l t u r o lo n d r e l i g i o u su p b r i n g i n g s, o y o u c o n
S e o t t l e' 8 4 c o n v e n t i o n 1 i m o g i n e h i s s u r p r i s ew h e n h e w o s s e l e c t e df o w o r k o s o
'93 . v e nb e t t e r ,i m o g i n eh i s s u r p r i s el o { i n dt h e
d o r r c ei n s t r u c t o r E
Seottle convention I L

Potty ('Cokes')White gets the "most verbose"prize for this
o n s w e rl o h e r m o s t m e m o r o b l ee v e n l s . l t g i v e su s o g l i m p s e
o f t h e s p e c i o lp l o c e W S D h o l d s i n m o n y o f o u r h e o r t s :
'Voncouver
c o n v e n t i o n o, n d t h e F I R S TQ u o r l e r l yS e / e c l i o n s ,
o n d o f c o u r s eg e t t i n gu p A L L t h o s e s t o i r so n A n g e l l s l o n d ,
o n d t h e g i o n lc r i n o l i n eo, n d f i n d i n gt h e o n l y{ u n c t i o n i nXge r o x
m o c h i n ei n S o n F r o n c i s ctoo p u b l i s ht h e O c t o b e rl B , 1 9 8 9 ,
WSD Todoyl, ond the first donce we hod ot St. Poulus,
d i n n e r so l W e l c o m e H o m e o f l e r c l o s so t E u r e k oV o l l e vR e c
C e n l e r ,g e t t i n go n e s s o yp u b l i s h e di r rA r n e r i c o nS g u o r e d o n c e
M o g o z i n e ,b e i n g o h o f - c h e c kg i r l o t t h e i O t hA n n i v e r s o rFyl y -
In, wolk-throughsbefore closs, workshops on. weekends,
goroge soles, the Gorbie Awords, Gossfire ond boord
m e e t i n g s[,E d . s h e ' sn o t o s q u o r ed o n c e r ,s h e ' so m o s o c h i s t . ]
o n d t h e l 9 B 9 C o m p C o z ( w h i c hI h o t e d ,i t w o s m o c o b r et o
b e s o b e r i n t h e m i d s t o f m y f r i e n d sw h o w e r e d r u n k o n d
w e i r d ) [ E d L o o k w h o ' s t o l k i n g . ] ,o n d d r i v i n g m y H o n d o
Civic to the l2th Anniversory Donce with Gory, Jess,
d e c o r o t i o n sh, u n d r e d so f b o l l o o n s ,A N D m y d o g - - l c o u l d n ' t
e v e n s h i f tg e o r s l "
T h o n k s l o o l l w h o m o d e o u r l 2 t h A n n i v e r s o r yD o n c e o
s u c c e s so n d t o t h o s e w h o " b o r e d o l l " b e c o u s e" e n o u i r i n o
m i n d sw o n t t o k n o w " l
r e s o r l s e n d i n g o u t p u b l i c o t i o n sl i s t i n g " S h e l b y D o w s o n ,
N o t i o n o lC o l l e ri n R e s i d e n c e .W " e l l , n e e d i n gt h e m o n e yt h o t
t h e s u m m e r i o b w o u l d p r o v i d e ,h e d i d w h o t w o s n e c e s s o r y .
H e t o o k s q u o r e d o n c e l e s s o n so n M o n d o y e v e n i n g so n d
i o u g h t t h e s o m e l e s s o n si o c l i e n t so f t h e r e s o r to n T u e s d o y
e v e n i n g s . W i t h h i s i n f e c t i o u se n t h u s i o s m S , h e l b yw o s q n
i n s l o n ls u c c e s s .
News lrovels like wildfire throughout the squore donce
c o m m u n i t y ,[ E d . e u e n f o s t e ri f y o u t e l l F e l i c i oF u r n o c e ]o n d
s o o n S h e l b yw o s b e i n g i n v i t e dt o c o l l o t o t h e rd o n c e sn e o r h i s
h o m e i n J o s h u oT r e e . H e o f t e n f o u n d h i m s e l fd r i v i n gu p t o
two hours one woy to coll oll over lhe SouthernColifornio
oreo. With his new coreer off like o shooling stor, Shelby
goined o well-deservedcolling reputotionond wos offered o
positionos o producer in the LoLo Lond record industry. lt
seemsthot, once he got storted,there would be no slopping
h i m . [ E d . Y o u m e o n l i k e l i g h t sw o u l d n ' t b e b r i g h te n o u g h ;
o r h e h o d o d r e o m ,P o p o ? ]
Although Shelbylived ond colled in SouthernColifornio for
neorly twen\ yeors prior to moving to Tijeros,New Mexico,
w i t h h i s w i f e , S h i r l e y ,i t w o s n o t u n t i l h e w o s i n v i f e db y B i l l
E y l e rt o c o l l f o r T h e W i l d e B u n c h i n A l b u q u e r q u ei n 1 9 8 9
t h o t h e c o l l e df o r o g o y s q u o r ed o n c e g r o u p . S h e l b yf o u n d
the invitoliono chollenge,soying, "h's hord to keep trock of

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who's who on the donce floor when everyone'sweoring
i e o n s ! " l l w o s o r e w o r d i n ge x p e r i e n c e o , n d S h e l b yo n d A DIFFEREHTKIND OF DAMITY
S h i r l e ys t i l l o t t e n dd o n c e sh e l d b y t h e W i l d e B u n c h f o r t h e
g o o d t i m e s o n d { e l l o w s h i pt h o t i s s o m e t i m e sl o c k i n g i n
s t r o i g hst q u o r ed o n c e g r o u p s . by Al.lM DA ,llANl

, h e l b ys p e n d sh i s t i m e c o u n s e l i n g4 O O s t u d e n t s .
C u r r e n i l yS
O b v i o u s l yh e i s o i l o c h e dl o m o n y o { t h e m b e c o u s ew, henhe
tolks oboul issuesthot confront studentstodoy, you con see
the poin in his {oce ond heor the depth of coring in his voice.
S h e l b yi s o l s o w o r k i n go n h i s P h D i n c o u n s e l i n go, n d , o s i f
thot were not enough, he still iokes lime to coll donces os
often os possible. I wos eloted thot he took the iime lo
o n s w e ro n o v i c es q u o r ed o n c e r ' sq u e s t i o n so n d l o s h o r eh i s
weolth of knowledgein whot wos on oll-too-shortvisit in my
home.
I om grotefulthot Golden Boot Ronchhousescolswhich gove
m e t h e o p p o r t u n i \ l o h o s l S h e l b ys i n c eh e i s o l l e r g i ct o t h o s e
f e l i n ec r i t t e r s . I s t r o n g l yu r g e t h o s e o f y o u w h o h o v e n e v e r
h o d t h e p l e o s u r eo f h o s t i n gt h e c o l l e r t o v o l u n t e e rt h e n e x t
l i m e . Y o u w i l l b e g r e o f l yr e w o r d e dw i t l r g o o d c o m p o n yo n d
c o n v e r s o t i o no n d t h e c h o n c e l o l e o r n m o r e o b o u t s o u o r e
d o n c i n gt h o n i u s to n e w c o l l .
(Ed. The iollo*ing orticle is on exponded treolmenl o{ o poper which Anno
prepored os on ossignmenlin her wriling closs. I osked Anno to shore it wilh
the squore donce community becoue lhe roots o{ her {omily ore inexlricobly
in squore donce. This is lhe uhimote expressiono{ "{riendshipsel lo music.'l
Friends ore the {omily we choose {or ourselves. --o Recycled
Poper Producis, Inc. birthdoy cord
the point o{ lhis movie is thol, os long os lhere's love. there's o
{ o m i l y . ' - - C h r i s C o l u m b u s , c o m m e n l i n go s d i r e c l o r o { t h e f i l m
Mrs. Doubt{ire
T h e i d e o t h o t o n A m e r i c o nf o m i l ym u s tc o n s i s to f o h u s b o n d ,
o w i f e , t w o c h i l d r e n ,o n d o c o t o r d o g i s c h o n g i n g w i t h
society.There currentlyexist mony more options for fomily
l i v i n g . T o d o y t h e f o m i l y m o y o r m o y n o t i n c l u d ec h i l d r e n .
F o m i l ym e m b e r sm o y i n c l u d e s e x u o lp o r l n e r s . T h e f o m i l y
m o y b e c o m p r i s e do f o l l w o m e n o r o l l m e n . A n y c o m b i n o t i o n
o f s e x e ss, e x u o l i t i e si n, l e r e s t so,g e s ,r e l i g i o n so, r b o c k g r o u n d s
m o y b e o p o r t o f o f o m i l y . T h e o n e f o c i o r w h i c h d e f i n e so
f o m i l y ,w h e t h e rb l o o d r e l o l i v e so r c h o s e n ,i s t h e p r e s e n c eo f
l o v e o n d s u p p o r tf o r e o c h o t h e r . N o t o l l f o m i l i e s i n t h e
U n i t e dS t o t e so r e r e p r e s e n l e b d y t h e H u x t o b l e st,h e N e l s o n s ,
or lhe Cleovers.

D u r i r r gt h e s p r i n go f 1 9 8 6 , I b e g o nl o r e o l i z et h o t l c o u l d l i v e
o l o n e w i i h o u tb e i n g l o n e l y . T h o t l i m e w o s w h e n I b e g o n l o
d i s c o v e tr h o l l c o u l d s h o r e m y l i f e w i t h o l h e r sw i t h o u tg i v i n g
u p m y i n d e p e n d e n cwe h i c h l h o d g o n e l o g r e o t l e n g t h st o
o c h i e v e l;b e g o n t h e p r o c e s so f l e o r n i n gt h o t l c o u l d c h o o s e
l o h o v e o f o m i l yw i l l r o u lf e e l i n gs m o t h e r e d .T h e y e o r sh o v e
AN ANNIVERSARY ITSTTNG t o u g h t m e t h o f o f o m i l y i s n o t o l w o y sw h o t I h o v e s e e n o n
l e l e v i s i o n . M y o w n f o m i l y i s n o t w h o t i s c o n s i d e r e dt o b e
troditionol by most slondordsof society. lt is, however, my
OZANICH (oko BlonchieJo Brodley)
by JA.lvlES {omily--the f o m i l yt h o t I v o l u e .

H o w o b o u t o n o t h e r l i s t o n t h e W S D A n n i v e r s o r yt h e m e . L i v i n go l o n e i s c o m m o n o m o n g m o n y o d u h st o d o y . D i v o r c e ,
Bloncheoffers ihis chronologyof AnniversoryDorrcecollers t h e d e o i h o f o p o r l n e r ,o r o c o n s c i o u sc h o i c eo r e o m o n g t h e
ond locotions. r e o s o n st h o t o d u l t sl i u e o l o n e . S i n g l eo d u l t sm u s t c o r e f o r
themselvep s h y s i c o l l yo n d e m o t i o n o l l y . M o n y s e e m t o f e e l
lsl 1 9 8 3 P h i lP o y l o no, l C l u b n i g h t ,G o l d e nG o t eY M C A thot if they liue olone, they must be oble to resolveeverything
2nd 1 9 8 4 P h i lP o y t o n& D o u g C l o r k ,G o l d e nG o l e Y M C A f o r i h e m s e l v e s . T h e e c o n o m y s o m e t i m e sp l o c e s f i n o n c i o l
3rd 1 9 8 5 E r i cH e n e r l o uG , o l d e nG o f e Y M C A p r e s s u r eosn i n d i v i d u o l s O . n e o n s w e rw h i c h h o s c o m e o b o u l
41h 1 9 8 6 V o n y oL e i g h l o n& S c o lB y o r sC , oli{orniC o lub o s o r e s u l to f t h e m o n y c h o l l e n g e st h o t { o c e i n d i v i d u o l si s o n
5th 1 9 8 7 M e l L i t e rG
, o l d e nG o t e Y M C A
.|988 evolulion in the fomily structure. My own experiencehos
6th P o u lM o r c u m ,G o l d e nG o t e Y M C A
toughi me thot o fomily doesn'l olwoys {ollow o specific
7th I 9 8 9 P o u lW o l e r s ,G o l d e nG o l e Y M C A
d e f i n i t i o no r s e l o f r u l e s .
8th 1 9 9 0 P o u lM o r c u m ,S i . P o u l u sL u l h e r o n Church
9th l 9 9 l P o u ll n { o n l iS
, t . P o u l u sl u ' f h e r o nC h u r c h
lOlh 1 9 9 2 M i k e D e S i s l o& P o u lM o r c u m ,R u s s i oC Nowhere ore the chonges in the fomily struclure more
n enter
.|993 o b v i o u st h o n w i t h i nt h e g o y c o m m u n i t y . T h e c i r c u m s t o n c e s
I llh D e b o r o hP o r n e l lS, t . P o u l u sL u t h e r o C n hurch
.l994 o f m o s t g o y p e o p l el e n d t h e m s e l v etso b u i l d i n gf o m i l i e st h o t
l2th S h e l b vD o w s o n5, 1 .P o u l u sL u l h e r o n Church
o r e n o t w i t h i nt h e d e f i n i t i o no f w h o t i s c o n s i d e r e dt o b e t h e
t r o d i t i o n oflo m i l y . M o n y g o y p e o p l e h o v e b e e n e x i l e df r o m

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t h e i r b l o o d r e l o t i v e so s o r e s u l to f r e v e o l i n gt h e i r s e x u o l i t y .
O t h e r s ,s u c h o s m e , h o v e d i s t o n c e dt h e m s e l v efsr o m b l o o d
relotivesin order to ovoid doily confrontotionregordingtheir
c h o i c e si n l i { e . l n S o n F r o n c i s c om , o n y m e m b e r so f t h e g o y
community come from other ports of the country. This
creotes o situotion where there ore monv individuols
s e o r c h i n gf o r c o m p o n i o n s h i pond security.
W i t h i n t h e g o y c o m m u n i t y ,m e n o n d
women often refer to eoch other os
brothersond sisler. Speechesot evenls
ofien begin with, "My broihers ond
sislers. ." Flyersond odvertisements
f o r c o m m u n i i yo r c h o r i t o b l eo r g o n i z o t i o nrse f e rt o h e l p i n go u r
brothers or sislers. All of this is o port of the desire by
individuols to be o port of o close-knil group of coring
i n d i v i d u o l s .O f t e n , o l t h o u g hs o m e g o y p e o p l eo r e o n g o o d
lerms with their blood relotives ond hove frequent
c o m m u n i c o t i o nw s i t h t h e m , t h e y c o n t i n u ei o s e e ke m o t i o n o l
s u p p o r lw i t h i nt h e g o y c o m m u n i r y -T. h e n e e d { o r o b o n d w i t h
o l h e r s l i k e t h e m s e l v e s e e m st o c r e o l ed e s i r ef o r o f o m i l i o l
r e l o t i o n s h i pw i t h o t h e r g o y p e o p l e . T h i s s e e m st o b e l r u e
e v e n i f b l o o d r e l o t i v e sl i v e i n t h e i m m e d i o l eo r e o .
I d i d n o t d e l i b e r o t e lg y o o u t i n s e o r c ho f o f o m i l y . I d i d i o i n
o c l i v i t i e si n f i e g o y c o m m u n i t yi n o n e f f o r tl o m e e t p e o p l e
w i t h s i m i l o ri n t e r e s t s .l n l 9 8 6 | h o d m y f i r s te n c o u r r t ew
r illr
s q u o r ed o n c e r si n t h e g o y c o m m u n i t y .A l t h o u g hI o r i g i n o l l y
w e n t o n l y l o s i l e n c ei h e c o n s t o nut r g i n gb y o f r i e n d ,l s o o r r
f o u n d m y s e l fd e e p l yi n v o l v e di n i h e o c t i v i t i e so f t h e s q u o r e
d o n c e c o m m u n i t y . I o i l e n d e dm o n y o c t i v i t i e o s n d b e g o r rl o
m e e t s q u o r e d o n c e r s { r o m o r o u n d t h e c o n l i r r e n l .A s m y
i n v o l v e m e n tg r e w , m y f r i e n d s h i p sg r e w o r r d d e e p e n e d .
A m o n g t h e s ef r i e n d st h e r ew e r e s o m e w i t h w h o m I b e g o nt o
s p e n dm o r e t i m e t h o n w i l h o f h e r s ,o n d , o s t h e y e o r sp o s s e d ,
I b e g o n t o g r o w c l o s e s t o t h r e eo f t h e s ef r i e n d s . W e b e g o n
g o i n g o u i t o d i n n e r o n d t o k i n g d o y t r i p so u t o f t o w n . W e
w o u l d h o v e e o c h o l h e r o v e r f o r d i n n e r . S o m e t i m e si,f t l r e
w e o t h e r* e r e b o d o r i t w o s t o o l o t et o w o l k h o m e , * e b e g o n
t o s t o y o v e r n i g h l o l e o c h o t h e r sh o m e s . l t w o s n i c e l o b e
o b l e t o w o k e u p h o v i n gc o f f e eo n d l o u g h i n go v e rt h e e v e n l s
o f t h e p r e v i o u se v e n i n gw i t h p e o p l ew h o c o u l ds e el h e h u m o r
t h e s o m ew o y I d i d . W e w o u l d c o r e f o r e o c h o l h e r w h e n e v e r
ony of us were not feelingwell, ond we would shorelhe
m o n y e x p e r i e n c ew s h i c h L i f e d e o l s u s . A l t h o u g hI d i d n o t
r e o l i z ei t o t t h e t i m e , m y f o m i l yh o d b e g u nl o d e v e l o p .
T h e g o y c o m m u n i t yi n S o n F r o n c i s c oh o s o l e n d e n c yt o b e
s o m e w h o ts e p o r o t i sitn n o t u r e . G o y m e n l e n d t o s o c i o l i z e
primorilywith eoch other me, ond goy women lend lo sloy
owoy from ploces or orgonizotionswhere goy men gotlrer.
This is very different from the goy world I once knew in
M i o m i . F o r e x o m p l e ,i n S o n F r o n c i s c ot h e r eo r e m e n ' s b o r s
o n d w o m e n ' sb o r s . I n M i o m i , t h e r ew e r e p r i m o r i l yg o y b o r s .
T h e A I D Se p i d e m i ch o s s l o w l yb e g u nt o c h o n g et l r o ts i t u o t i o n
in Son Froncisco. Goy men ond women hove begun to
r e o l i z et h o t t h e yo l l n e e de o c h o t h e r . S e p o r o t i s m
s e e m st o b e
e o s i n gu p o b i t , o n d I o m v e r yg l o d { o r t h i s . l t i s , i n p o r t ,d u e
QUARTER
STEY
LECTIONS t/
io the reloxing of these borriers thot I hove been oble fo
develop o close relotionship with the three goy men
thot comprise my fomily todoy--o single goy mon qnd iwo
m e n w h o o r e o c o u p l eo f o v e r t e n y e o r s .
It wosn't long before our other friends would see one of us
ols
ond osk questionslike: "Where ore Scott ond John?"
Freemonot home todoy?" "Would you tell Anno this or thot?'
Theyknew thot we were rorelyseporoted.As time possed,we
begon lo moke long-ronge plons lo retire logether. We
would get together ond tolk obout our plons for "the river
proiect."This wos the nome we gove to our decisionlo moke
the RussionRiveroreo the ploce where we would somedoy
reiire. By this lime, we hod reolized thot we hod become
more thon friends;we hod begun to rely on eoch other for
help ond supporlwhen limes were difficult. We hod begun
fo be there{or eoch other wheneverone of us neededlo foce
o n y o f l i f e ' sd i s o p p o i n t m e n tosn d t r o g e d i e s .
In the spring of I 993, the four of us emborked on o proiecf
t h o tw o u l d m o k e u s o s d e p e n d e n o l n e o c h o t h e ro s o n y o l h e r
f o m i l vc o u l d e v e rb e . T h e f o u r o f u s d e c i d e dt h o t w e d i d n o t
wont to woit until we reiired to buy o ploce io live logefher.
A { r i e n do f o u r s h o d d l e d o n d l e f t o t h r e e - u n i tb u i l d i n go s o
p o d o f h i s e s t o t e .W e d e c i d e dt h o t t h i s b u i l d i n gw o u l d m o k e
o per{ecthome for oll four of us, so we begon the process
r e q u i r e dt o o c q u i r ei t . T h e p r o c e s st u r n e do u t t o b e v e r yl o n g
o n d c o m p l i c o t e d . W e w e r e c o n s l o n t l yb e i n g s u b j e c t e dt o
f i n o n c i o lo n d e m o t i o n o ls e t b o c k s .T h e r e w e r e t i m e sw h e n
o u r f r i e n d s h i ow o s l e s l e d t o t h e l i m i t s o { l o l e r o n c e . T h e
o m o u n to f c o r eo n d s u p p o r lt h o l w e h o v e s h o r e do v e rt h e l o s t
y e o r f o r s u r p o s s ew s h o t l h o v e s e e n i n m o n y f o m i l i e sw h i c h
i n v o l v eb l o o d r e l o l i u e s .
T h e s i t u o t i o n sf o c e d b y m e m b e r so f t h e g o y c o m m u n i t yo r e
s i m i l o rt o t h o s e f o c e d o m o n g m o n y o d u l t st o d o y . W h e n o
morriogedissolvesond o womon is left with childrento cqre
f o r , s h e s h o u l d n ' tf e e l t h o t s h e m u s t r e m o r r yi m m e d i o t e l yi n
o r d e r t o p r o v i d eo h o m e f o r h e r c h i l d r e n . S h e c o u l d i o i n o
s i n g l e - p o r e n tosr g o n i z o t i o no n d m e e t s o m e o n e e l s e i n h e r
s i t u o t i o n . S h e m i g h t o l s o m o k e { r i e n d sw i t h s o m e o l h e r
s i n g l e sw i l h w h o m s h e c o u l d b u i l d o h o u s e h o l d . S i n g l e
w o m e n ( r e g o r d l e s so f s e x u o l o r i e n t o t i o n )c o u l d b e c o m e
f r i e n d so n d d e c i d et o s h o r e o l i { e . S e n i o r sc o u l d m o k e l i f e
much eosierfor eoch other by creoiinggroup homes wherein
friends gother together to shore their expenses,meols, ond
m e m o r i e s . T h e r eo r e n o l i m i t so n t h e p o s s i b i l i t i eosv o i l o b l e
w h e n c h o o s i n go f o m i l y .
T h e r e o r e m o n y k i n d s o f f o m i l i e s . S o m e f o m i l i e sm o y b e
chosendeliberotelyto fit individuolneedsor lifestyles.Thisis
differentfrom fie usuol view of how fomilies ore creoted. lt
should be remembered, ho*euer, thot ''differeni"is nol o
s y n o n y mf o r " b o d . " M y { o m i l yp r o v e st h i s .
[ E d . T h u s ,G o l d e n B o o t R o n c l rw o s b o r n w i t h m o l e , f e m o l e ,
ond two cols. Sounds pretty much like the Huxtobles,the
N e l s o n s .o n d t l r e C l e o v e r st o m e . l
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the Brodley Fomily is throwing o big donce ON Brodley the Plus/Advonced room, it
r 4 , 1 9 9 4 T h e h o e d o w nw i l l
N o t i o n o fH o l i d o y ,S e p l e m b e 2 wos iust different. We
be ot St. PoulusLulheronChurch, with the ''gorgeousRoger compored notes with folks
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the odmission. She stotesthoi the door chorge will be smoll difficult (honsloted "fun" to
sincethis is o big thonk you for the supportreceivedfrom the mony doncers),you lended
goy squoredonce communityfor BrodleyBell. For thosewho lo concentrole more.
h o v en o t h o d t h e p l e o s u r eo f e x p e r i e n c i ntgh e B r o d l e yF o m i l y , Although my portner ond I
wotch for them in their new dressesin Woshinqlon. DC. donce Plus, we spenl the
" T h e m e dt o d i e f o r , " s o y sF o n n i eJ o . - - E d i t o r w e e k e n dm o v i n g b o c k o n d
forth betweenthe Mo groups
I p r e { e r r i n g ,l t h i n k , t h e e n e r g y o n d
''loosenesso " f the
M o i n s t r e o mg r o u p . [ E d . J u s th o w l o o s e w e r e t h e y ? ]

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ROLL DOWN TIIE RIVER
by MIKE SELLERS
C l o s ey o u r e y e s ,h o l d o n t o " T o l o , " o n dc l i c ky o u r h e e l si h r e e
t i m e s . C l i c k . . c. l i c k . . c. l i c k . . .W e l l , i t o i n ' tO Z , b u t i l ' s c l o s e
e n o u g ht o b e c o l l e dh o m e . J o i n m e f o r o w e e k e n do f s q u o r e
d o n c i n go l t h e R u s s i o nR i v e rw i t h C o p i l o l C i t y S q u o r e so n d
t h e i r o n n u o l r e l r e o t ," R o l lD o w n t h e R i v e r . "
G u e r n e v i l l ew o s o s q u i e i o n d o s " o p e n " o s i t e v e r i s ,
e n v e l o p i n gu s i n t h e f r e s h n e s so f l o w e r i n g p i n e s o n d c o o l
coostoloir. Justright {or working up o "squoredonce sweol"!
Still eorly in fhe seoson,we were the lorgestgroup in lown.
B e y o n d t h e r e l o x i n g s u r r o u n d i n g so f F i f e ' s , w e o n x i o u s l y
o w o i t e dd o n c i n gw i t h g o o d f r i e n d s - - o l do n d n e w - - o n dt h o t ' s
w h o t w e g o t . W o r k s h o p sd u r i n g t h e d o y o n d d o n c e si n t h e
evening. h wos greot; nol quite the lolol "convenlion"
experience b u l l o t ' s o f g o o d e n e r g yn o n e t h e l e s s .L i o n so n d
t i g e r so n d b e o r s . . .o h m y l
The locol Veteron'sHoll (offsiiefrom Fife's)wos divided into
two moin rooms. Wilh the exceptionof the eveningdonces,
Moinstreomwos in one room ond Plus/Advoncedolternoied
stressrelief we gel {rom squore doncing, ond the ofiernoon
w o r k s h o p so r e n o e x c e p l i o n . S o m e p e o p l e d o n ' t r e o l l yl i k e
lhot you get os muchout o{
w o r k s h o p sb, u t w e ' v e d i s c o v e r e d
them os you put into them. lf y o u put your whole self into
d o n c i n g ,y o u g e l o g o o d w o r k o u t ond get your mind off oll
l h e c r o p g o i n g o n o r o u n d y o u . " O h , D o r o t h y ,t h e y e l l o w
b r i c kr o o d i s s o l o n g . D o w e h o v e t o k e e p g o i n g ? "
O f c o u r s e ,w h i l e y o u ' r e i n G u e r n e v i l l e ,y o u h o v e t o s h o p
s o m e ; o n d w e d i d . W e s p e n t S o t u r d o ym o r n i n g h o v i n g
breokfostot o street-sidecofe, eoting ond people wotching.
Wlro soid shoppinghod to be insideo slore! After breok{ost,
w e d i d w o l k t h e m o i n " d r o g "e n i o y i n gt h e m i x l u r eo f g o o d s
e v e r y w h e r eY. o u c o n h o v e o g o o d t i m e - - i fy o u ' r e w i t h t h e
r i g h t p e r s o n ,o n d I w o s !
S o t u r d o ye v e n i n g f e o t u r e d d i n n e r , d o n c e , o n d o s p e c i o l
" p o j o m ot i p . " T h e h i g h h g h to f d i n n e r w o s d e s s e r t . . o h u g e
slob of white ond chocolotecoke thot literollyoverflowedthe
plote. A chocolote lover's nirvono! Bock in "the holl,"
everyonehod odorned themselveswith fieir squore donce
f i n e s t .W h o l w o n d e r f uol n d o r o u s i n gs i g h t s ! S k i r tw o r k , g i r l s !
Afterwords wos the Poiomo Tip. The hundred-plus
l lled up in their besl nightweor--gothered
p o r t i c i p o n t s - - odl o
p o o l s i d eb o c k o t F i f e ' s .A n o m o z i n go n d e x h i l o r o t i n sgi g h tt o
b e h o l d . l ' v e n e v e rs e e n s i l k , f l q n n e l ,o n d t e d d y b e o r s u s e d
so creo'livelv! Oh, whol skirtwork--nowI know whoi o
Cotholicschool girl weorsunder thot skirt. Are we in Oz yef?
S u n d o yb r o u g h t w i t h i t t h e c l o s e o f o u r r e l o x i n gw e e k e n d .
T i m e l o h e o d b o c k l o K o n s o s . W h i r l w i n d ,w h e r e o r e y o u ?

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C o n g r o t u l o t i o ngso e st o C o p i t o lC i t y f o r m o k i n g" R o l lD o w n
t h e R i v e r "o f u n o n d m e m o r o b l e w e e k e n d . l f y o u g e t o
chonce to ottend o relreot or o fly-in in onother city. . .go!
Y o u ' l l p u t o n o t h e rp o g e i n y o u r l i f e s c r o p b o o kt h o t w i l l b r i n g
o l o t o f s m i l e sf o r o l o n o t i m e t o c o m e l
I WONT DANCE!
DONT ASK IIE!
[ E d . A f e w p e o p l ew h o j o i n i h e s q u o r ed o n c ec o m m u n i t yd o
so ofter they ho,re olreody ottended,os o non-doncersome
m o j o r o r s p e c i o ls q u o r ed o n c eh o e d o w no r f e s l i v o l .I t h o u g h t
it would be good to heor from o few of those folks to see
h o w t h e y o p p r o o c h e do u r d o n c e{ o r m w i t h o u it h e e x p e r i e n c e
o f o f i r s t - n i g h t ebre i n g c o l d t u r k e y .
DAVIDVAI.IDENBERG
F o g g yC i tyD o n ce rs
A f t e r o l m o s t t h r e e y e o r s o f p u t t i n go f f t h e e n c o u r o g e m e n l s
from my best {riends (Bob ond Rolph) in Puyollup,
W o s h i n g t o n , [ E d o n d m i g h t y{ i n e f o l k s t h e y o r e ] t o l e o r n
h o w t o s q u o r ed o n c e , I w o s i n v i t e di n A p r i l , 1 9 9 0 , t o i o i n
t h e m i n V o n c o u v e r ,C o n o d o , f o r o h o l i d o y d u r i n g t h e
w e e k e n do f t h e g o y c o n v e n l i o n . S i n c eI h o d n e u e rb e e n l o
V o n c o u v e ro n d l h e g u y s o s s u r e dm e t h o t l h e r e w o u l d b e
country-western doncingeoch evening,I decidedio go. After
o l l , l c o u l d s p e n dm y d o y ss h o p p i r r og n d s e e i n gt h e s i g h t so f
the beouliful city while tlre guys ofiended their donce
workshops.
O n c e b e f o r eR o l p hh o d t r i e d t o g e t m e i n t e r e s t e d in closses
b y l o k i n g m e b y o " c l u b n i g h t "w h e r e l s o w p e r h o p st w o
s q u o r e sf o r m e d ,b u t l h e r e r e o l l yw o s n ' le n t h u s i o s m l h e r e ,s o
I quickly lost inlerestond left lo go two-slepping Well, os o
n o n - d o n c e ri n V o n c o u v e r I, o b s e r v e ds o m e o f t h e w o r k s h o p
o c i i v i t yt h o f l o o k p l o c ed u r i n gt h e d o y , b u t i t w o s t h e e v e n i n g
e v e n t st h o l g o v e m e o n e w o p p r e c i o t i o n f o r s q u o r ed o n c i n g .
I h o d t h e p l e o s u r eo f b e i n go m e m b e ro f t h e o u d i e n c ef o r t h e
G r o n d M o r c h , o n d o m o r e c o l o r f u l o n d e x c i t i n gd o n c e
s p e c t o c l ec o n ' t b e i m o g i n e d i n m y o p i n i o n . T h e n w h e n I
heord the voice of Mike DeSistosinging ond colling, I knew
I wonled to be on the floor lo experiencethe oonce energy
thot he wos creoting. I wos hooked! | soid then ond there
t h o l I w o u l d n e v e ro g o i n m i s so n o p p o r t u n i t yt o d o n c ew i t h o
g r o u po f p e o p l et h o tw o s h o v i n go s m u c h f u n o s t h e s es q u o r e
d o n c e r sw e r e h o v i n g .
I promised Bob ond Rolph thot I would go bock to
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ogreed during thot convenlionthol, becousewe hod such o
greot holidoy together, we would
ofiend the next convenlions
together--ofive-yeorplon thot would
includefollowingthe conventionslo
Miomi; Albuquerque; Seoflle;
W o s h i n g t o nD , C; ond Chicogo--oll
cities (except Seottle) thot I hod
never been lo ond wonted to visit.
S o , I s t o r l e do c l o s si n J u l y o { 1 9 9 0
in order lo be oble to leorn lo
donce--reollydonce by the time of the convenlion in Mbmi-
It wos this gool ond the experienceof hoving seen for myself
whoi hoppenswhile doncing ot o conventionwith hundreds
of other doncers thol mode me reolly opply myself to the
whole leorning processduring the weeks of closses.
l've been doncing now for {our yeors. Just recenilyI begon
o r o m o n c ew i t h , w h o e l s e b u l , o s q u o r e d o n c e r . S o , l ' m
h o v i n ge v e n m o r e f u n n o w d o n c i n gw i t h o l o v i n gm o n o s m y
porlner, ond I om looking for*ord to our trip to lhe
c o n v e n f i o ni n D . C . l o g e l h e r l o m e e t B o b o n d R o l p h o n c e
more lo experiencethe donce excitemenlfioi I firstobserved
in Voncouver. I reolizenow whot those firststepsinto squore
d o n c i n gc o n l e o d l o , o n d I t h i n k l i { e i s b e t t e rw h e n y o u o r e i n
l o v e w i t h s q u o r ed o n c i n gw i t h o s q u o r ed o n c e r l S e e y o u o l
conventionl [Ed Don't ever turn down on opporlunitylo
donce o tip with Dovid. He is obsolutelyone of the most
c o u r t e o u sd o n c e r s i n o u r c o m m u n i t y w h o d o n c e s w i t h
o u t h o r i t yc, o m p o s s i o no, n d p o s s i o n . ]
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WeslernStor& FoggyCity
L e o n D u B o i s ,o l o n g - t i m eW e s t e r n S t o r m e m b e r , o n d m y
brother, RichordSmith, hove been friends for yeors. Leon
wos olwoys trying to tolk Richord inlo shoring two of his
fovorile oclivilies--operoond squore doncing. Being o
stubbornSmith, Richordresistedfor o long time, but {inolly
ogreed to try one--opero. Much fo his surprise,he liked itl
He octuolly odmitted lo me (slightly emborrossed)thot
Wogner is his fovoritecomposer.
Thot wos so successfulthot he finolly decided to try Leon's
o t h e r p o s s i o n ,s q u o r e d o n c i n g . R i c h o r dl o v e d i t f r o m f h e
slorl. He wos olwoys colling me up ond trying to exploin
t h e s ec o l l sw i t h o d d - s o u n d i n gn o m e s I d i d n ' t p o y o w h o l e
l o t o f o t t e n t i o nb u t d i d e n c o u r o g eh i m t o k e e p o n o s h e l i k e d
it so much.
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y o n c ec o m e o r o u n d . u n i n i t i o t e d" I A G S D C 'i s m e o n i n g l e s s",M o i n s t r e o ms" o u n d s
Richordwos very neryous obout going; il wos it first reol like o seminor on living in lowo, "Plus"moy be lectureson
donce. He invited me fo come olong, ond, being o how to increoseyour income, ond "Advonced"is the second
s u p p o r t i v eb i g s i s t e r ,l o g r e e d l o g o . seriesfor the previoustwol Signswere nol helpful to me ol
The donce wos held ol the Russion .- ^l fiot point. Wonderingthrough the onle rooms ond corridors
C e n t e ri n o h o l l w h i c h h o s o b o l c o n y ,s o odiocentto the holls, I could heor "western"music ond begon
I stotionedmyself up there io wofch the
i'r?r
Ittlrt to wonder if I hod misundersloodwhot kind of conference
proceedings. And I wos omozed by it lrrrll Corl wos ottending--oriust found the wrong hotel. I wos
lrttrl
oll. Therewere people therefrom oll getting more ond more confusedond fruslroted.
over the ploce. New York. Voncouver.
Women, loo! And everyfoce I looked ot T h e r ew e r e p e o p l e m i l l i n g o b o u l ; b u t b e i n g t h e s h y , r e t i r i n g
wos grinning. lt wos cleor even lo me type, I did not hy lo conversewith them or osk for Corl.
t h o l s o m e t i m e sd o n c e r s i n o s q u o r e About then, two friendsfrom Socromento,Judy Momeo ond
messed up, but everybodyjusf loughed, sorted it out, ond Chuck Kittlinger,sow me ond stoppedshort. Their immediote
w e n f r i g h to n d o n c i n g . reoctionos, "Whot ore you doing here? We know you don'l
squore donce!" I exploined the situotion ond thot I wos
I knew ofier wolching o while thot I would hove to give this o looking for Corl Grovel, oll the while thinking, "squore
try, ond, by the time the I lth AnniversoryDonce come d o n c e ? S q u o r eD o n c e ? ? S Q U A R ED A N C E ! ! ? ? ? W h o t ' s
o r o u n d , I w o s o d o n c e r . I b o u g h t m y s e l fo n o n n i v e r s o r y wrong with this picture? These two oren't old enough for
b o d g e o n d o n I I t h A n n i v e r s o r ys w i n g b o r . T h e n , o f i e r o thot!" They didn't know Corl but were willing to look; I
s e c o n dt h o u g h t ,I w e n t b o c k o n d g o t o I O t hA n n i v e r s o rbyo r , begon to wonder whot I wos doing in thot hotel. Chuck
l o o . I w o s t h e r e o n d w i l l o l w o y sr e m e m b e rt h o t e v e n i n g . d e c i d e dt o s t o r li n t h e M o i n s t r e o m( o s t i l l m e o n i n g l e s w s ord
N o b o d y o s k e d m e l o d o n c e ,t h o n k g o o d n e s s W h o l w o u l d t o m e ) H o l l o n d d r o g g e d m e o v e r t o t h e n e o r e s td o o r ,
I h o v e s o i d ? M y l i n l e b r o t h e rd r o g g e dm e h e r e ? yonkingit open. At thot moment, I knew EMCTLY how
D o r o t h yf e l t w h e n s h e o p e n e dt h e d o o r i n O Z ! T h e " c o u n t r y ' '
m u s i cl ' d b e e n h e o r i n gs w e l l e dm o s s i v e l yo, n d I w o s h i t b y o
w o v eo f n e o r - s t i f l i nhgu m i d i t yo, f s o u n d ,o f h o o t i n g ,l o u g h i n g ,
c o l l i n g ,o n d t h e s i g h to f l i t e r o l l yh u n d r e d so f p e o p l e ,m o s t l y
GEORGEFOX
y o u n g ,c r o m m e di n t ot h i se n o r m o u sr o o m - - e v e r o y ne of them
C o p i to C
l i tyS q u o re s d o n c i n gw i t h w i l d o b o n d o n .

T h i s w o s s q u o r ed o n c i n g ? l t d i d n ' t o t o l l f i t m y m e m o r i e s .
S Q U A R ED A N C I N G I ! ? | t h i n k N O T I T h o t ' so n e o s e u d o T h e s ep e o p l e w e r e h o v i n gf o r l o o m u c h f u n o t w o y t o o f o s t
o c t i v i t y{ o r b l u e - h o i r e dl o d i e s o n d t h e i r p o c e - m o k e rc l o d o p o c e t o b e s q u o r ed o n c i n g . T h e n I n o t i c e d C h u c k w o s
h u b bi e s . l o u g h i n go t m e . " l c o n l e l l t h i s i s n ' tq u i t ew h o t y o u e x p e c t e d , "
h e s o i d . J u s tt h e n ,o v i s i o nw h i r l e di n t o v i e w : r e d s o t i nf l o o r -
M y f i r s l e x p o s u r el o g o y s q u o r e d o n c i n g w o s t h e l 9 B 7 l e n g t hg o w n , s l e e v e l e s sw, h i l e e l b o w - l e n g t hg l o v e s( g o u c h e ,
I A G S D C I MC o n v e n t i o no n d w o s o n o c c i d e n t . I w o s v i s i f i n g p e r h o p s {, o r t h e t i m e o f d o y , b u t I d i d n ' t n o t i c e ) ,r h i n e s f o n e s
m y n o w - e x ( o s o r d i d t o l e i n o n d o f i t s e l f - - b u tl,d i g r e s s . . . ) o n d o c c e s s o r i efso r d o y s , o n d s i l v e r - l o m e - c o v e r eRdO L L E R
l o v e ri n P o r t l o n df o r t h e J u l y 4 t h w e e k e n d .A f r i e n do { m i n e , S K A T E S II k n e w r i g h t o w o y t h i s w o s n o o r d i n o r yd e b u t o n t e -
Corl Grovel o{ Voncouver, BC, plonned to otiend o - m o y b et h e f u l l b e o r d g o u e h i m o w o y . [ E d . h e ' d j u s t b e e n
c o n v e n t i o ni n P o r t l o n do f t h e s o m e l i m e ; w e o r r o n g e dl o sireoked by Mustong Mory] | turned bock to Chuck,
m e e t . I h o d o r i g i n o l l ym e l C o r l t h r o u g hg o y s o f i b o l l( w h i c h mutlering, "WHAT lS
n e i t h e ro f u s p l o y e d b u f b o t h o u r l o u e r st h e n d i d - - s o f t b o l l T H I S ? , 'b u t h e h o d o l r e o d y
widows?),ond, since thot wos my "context"with Corl, if he disoppeored. I slood there,
h o d m e n t i o n e dt h e c o n v e n t i o nb e i n gs q u o r e - d o n cber i e n t e d , m e s m e r i z e dl ,o k i n g i t o l l i n .
i l m e o n l l i t t l et o m e b e y o n dv o g u e m e m o r i e sf r o m g r o m m o r There wos so much
s c h o o lo n d v i s i o n so f d e c r e p i to n d s t o d g yo l d f o l k st r u d g i n g excitement,so much fun, so
slowly ond poinfullythrough o seriesof posilions(sortolike m u c h e x u b e r o n c es, u c h o n
the Virginio Reetset to ihe "Riieof Spring"olo "Fontosio'').I incrediblefeelingof love,of
hod no notion o{ ihe convenlion in Podlondthol veor. fomily, floofing in thot
room. lt's somethingl'll
I wolked into the Porilond Hilton on o cold, gloomy, drizzly never forget.
d o y i n J u l y n o t k n o w i n g r e o l l yh o * t o f i n d C o r l . H e h o d
m o d e s o m e v o g u e c o m m e n t o b o u t " o s k i n go r o u n d " o n d I spent the rest of the doy
p e o p l ew o u l df i n d h i m . . . g r e o tAl s s o o n o s l w o l k e di n , l w o s wondering from room to
l o s t s i n c et h e H o t e l , o n o h i l l , h o s e n t r o n c e so n m o r e t h o r . r r o o m , b u t m o s t l yr e t u r n i n g
o n e l e v e l . T h e r e m o y h o v e b e e n s i g n so r o u n d , b u t t o t h e to the Moinstreom room (l

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f i n o l l yh o d t h e i e r m e x p l o i n e di n i t sc o n t e x fi)u s te n i o y i n gw h o t
l w o s f e e l i n gr i g h tt h e n . l d i d f l n o l l yf i n d C o r l ; b y t h e n l ' d
neorly forgotten he wos the reoson l'd wolked into the
b u i l d i n g . I o l s o r o n o c r o s so t h e r sI k n e w f r o m S o c r o m e n t o
o n d P o r t l o n d . l t f e l t s o g o o d t o b e i n c l u d e dr i g h t t h e n o n d
t h e r e ,t h o u g h I c o u l d n ' td o n c e o s t e p .

I come bock the next doy for some o{ the "introductory"

c o u r s e so , n d I k n e w I w o s h o o k e d . T h o t { i r s te x p e r i e n c ei s
i n d e s c r i b o b l [eE d . N o t s o . I j u s tf e l t e v e r ym o m e n l o f y o u r
e x p e r i e n c e . lo n d u n f o r g e t t o b l e . l w o s s u r e t h i s w o s
something I wonted to pursue. I storted doncing with the
B o s i cc l o s si n S o c r o m e n t ot h e f o l l o w i n gS e p i e m b e rt;h i r l e e n
m o n t h sl o t e r I w o s p r e s i d e n oi f C o p i t o l C i t y S q u o r e so, n d I
remoined in thot position tor 41/zyeors ond on the Boord of
D i r e c l o r su n t i l M o y , 1 9 9 4 . M y e x o n d I b r o k e u p s e v e r o l
y e o r so g o , I r o r e l ys e e o r h e o r f r o m C o r l , [ E d . h e ' s s t i l l
doncing with Squores Across the Border] but I hove not
s t o p p e ds q u o r ed o n c i n gs i n c eJ u l y , I 9 8 7 .

I o s k m y s e l sf o m e l i m e si f I w o u l d h o v es l o r f e ds q u o r ed o n c i n g
i f I h o d n o t o t t e n d e dt h e P o r t l o n dC o n v e n t i o n . ( T o t h i s d o y
l w i s h l ' d b e e n o b l e t o g e l o n " E x p l o d et h e R o s e "p i n ) |
r o t h e rd o u b t i t . P r i o rt o t h o l e x p e r i e n c em
, y viewo{ squore
d o n c i n g w o s o b u n c h o f o l d { o l k s w o n d e r i r r go r o u r r d
s o m e w h o lr o n d o m l y . A f l e rs e e i n gp e o p l em y o g e , o s w e l l o s
o l d e r o n d y o u n g e r ,o u t t h e r e h o v i n go g r o n d t i m e , t h i n g s
c h o n g e d .S i n c et h e n ,m y v i e wo f t h o ts i d eo f s q u o r ed o n c i n g
h o s o n l y b r o o d e n e d .I h o v em o d e m o n y{ r i e n d sf r o m o l l o v e r
t w o c o u n t r i e so, n d l ' v e f o u n d o c o m m o n b o s i sw i t h s t r o i g h l
f o l k sI n e v e rw o u l dh o v ei m o g i n e d ll t r e o l l yh o sc h o n g e dm y
l i f e , o n d m y f e e l i n g sl o w o r d l i f e .

I t h i n k w e c o n n o l h o v e l o o m u c h e x o o s u r e . l l b e h o o v e su s
o s g o y s ,o s " o p e o p l e , "t o t o k e e v e r yo p p o r t u n i i yt o b e s e e r r .
F e s t i v o l sp, o r o d e s ,f o i r s , w n o r e v e rv e n u e w e c o n { i n d ; u s e
t h e m o l l o n d u s e l h e m o f t e n . O n l y w h e n n o n - d o r r c e rcso n
s e e h o w m u c h { u n t h e r ei s o t t h e e n d o { t h e r o o d w i l l t l r e yb e
w i l l i n gt o s t i c kw i t h i t { o r t h o t l o n g . F u d h e r ,t h e b e s tr e s o u r c e
i s s t i l l f r i e n d s . I n s p i l e o f m y i m m e d i o l ef o s c i n o l i o nw i t h
squore doncing, if it hod noi been for Chuck ond Judy
c o o x i n gm e l o t h e f i r s tc l o s s ,i l ' s v e r yp o s s i b l et h o t I w o u l d n o f
h o v e g o n e o n d w o u l d n ' t b e d o n c i n gt o d o y . l ' m g l o d t h e y
did,ond l'm glod I did.

[Ed. Amen, brotherl]

Askedof o new studentwho wos ot both free

nighis: Why ore you here? Why ore you
l r y i n gs q u o r ed o n c i n g ?

I think it's going to be fun. I love to be with

p e o p l eo n d t o d o n c e .
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members. The emphosis ol Qvorterly Se/ecfions is on relevonce
o n d b e l i e v em e l ' v e b e c o r n et i r e do t l i r n e sf r o m t l r e c o n s t o n t
to squore donce issues, philosophicol subslonce, ond literory
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o f t h e i rs p i r i t . D o n ' t f o r g e tt o t o k e l 5 s e c o n d st o s o y " T h o n k (4l 5) 5so-8o56
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c o m m u n i t yb u l o r e s t r o i g h tl o s h o r e t h e i r t l r o u g h t so b o u t
e v e n t so f t h e i n d i v i d u ocl l u b so r d o w e j u s tn e e d t o b e m o r e
b e c o m i n gi r r v o l v e dt ,h e i rp e r c e p t i o r rosf l h e i rc o n t r i b u t i o ntso
sensitiveof the need lo respecifhe effortsto recognizeihose
t h e g o y c o m m u n i t y o, n d t h e i rl h o u g h t so b o u tw h o t t h e yh o v e
w h o d o s l o v eo w o y ? A h h o u g hw e s o u g h tm e m b e r s h i pt w i c e
r e c e i v e d{ r o m t h e i r p o r t i c i p o t i o n W h i l e e o c h h o s h e r o w n
i n t h e e o r l y y e o r so f t h e C l u b o n d w e r e f u r n e d d o w n , l ' v e
s \ l e , y o u w i l l d i s c o v e rt h e r e i s o c o m m o n o l i t yo m o n g t h e m .
olwoysbeen opposed to Western Stor ioining the Northern
Colifornio SquoreDonce fusociotion becouseof the conirol
I n t h i s e d i t i o n y o u w i l l o l s o f i n d o c o m p l e t el i s t i n go f t h e
the Associotioh n o s o v e r s c h e d u l i n gd o n c e e v e n t s . N o w t h o t
r e c o g n i t i o n sf r o m t h e o n n u o l r e c o g n i f i o nc e r e m o n y . T h i s
y e o r , W S D h e l d o d o n c e u t i l i z i n go u r l o c o l g o y c o l l e r s . the number of goy clubs in the Greoter Boy Areo hos
A t t e n d o n c ew o s e x t r e n r e l yp o o r . I k n o w l l r e r e i s o l o l o f increosedlo where it seemsthere ore more octivitiesthon ony
o n e d o n c e rc o r rh u m o n l ys u r v i v e l,r h i n k I n e e dl o r e - t h i n km y
o c t i v i t yg o i n g o n i r r t h e s q u o r . ed o r r c e c o m r n u r r i t yi n t l r e
t hi n k i n g .
Greoter Boy Areo. There hod been o donce the prior
w e e k e n d . E v e r yc l u b i s t r y i n gl o p r o v i d eI 0 0 % o f t h e n e e d s
of its members. However,the cost of providing quolityfor You'll olso flnd o trilogy of orticles obout performonce
t h e s ee v e n t sr e q u i r e st h o t o l l c l u b s d e p e n d u p o l l t h e o t l r e r c h o r e o g r o p l r y .I t h l n k y o u ' l l b e i n t r i g u e db y t h e c o n c e p t s
w h i c h . i n s p i rdei f f e r e r rdto n c e r st o c h o r e o g r o p hsyq u o r eo o n c e
c l u b s 'm e m b e r st o p o r t i c i p o t e
i n o r d e rt o b e f i n o n c i o l l vy i o b l e .
p e r { o r m o n c ep i e c e s .
D o w e n e e d t o w o r k t o w o r d sc o o r d i r r o t i n m g o r e c l o s e l yi h e
T h e L o r dw i l l i n go n d t h e c r e e kd o n ' t r i s e ,n e x l q u o r t e rl p l o n The first recogrritionsof the evening go
t o b e g i n o s t u d y o f l e s b i o n si n t h e g o y s q u o r e d o n c e lo:
c o m m u n i t y . E v e r y c l u b i n t h e I A G S D C T Mt o l k s o b o u t DON GRECO
o t l r o c f i n go n d r e l o i n i n gw o m e n i n t h e c l u b s . N o o n e s e e m s CHUCKYEO
io hove the onswers. I believe it will toke o long fime lo sorl RONHIRSCH
oul the oppropriote oclions needed to be token ond lhe EDCONLEY
i s s u e sc o n n o t o l l b e p r e s e n l e do t t h e s o m e l i m e . D i o l o g u e
must begin somewhere. Those commentswill leod lo other ON LOCATION
thoughts,ond lhose thoughtswill leod lo more lhoughts,ond Duringthe olden doysof movie-mokingo , l l l o c o t i o ns h o l s
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so on lo some form of resolution. At the IAGSDCTM w e r e d o n e i n H o l l y w o o d , b u t w i t h t h e i m p r o v e m e n to f
c o n v e n l i o nl,t o o k o f i r s ts t e p . l c r e o l e d o s u r v e yf o r m w h i c h e q u i p m e n t ,H o l l y w o o ds t o r t e dm o v i n g o r o u n d t h e w o r l d t o
l o s k e d o n l y l e s b i o n st o c o m p l e t e . T h e s u r v e yw o s n o t l e f t i n very exotic locoiions. WSD hos members oll over, in such
o p u b l i c p l o c e i n o r d e r t o c o n t r o lo c c e s sl o i t o n d n o t h o v e exotic locotions os Socromento, Sebostopol, Voncouver,
to decide whether or noi o completed form witlr stinging S e o t t l eH
, o u s t o n ,o n d o n A P O i n T h o i l o n d . S o , f r o m t h e f o r
c o m m e n l sw q s o c r o n k r e s p o n s e .I h o p e t o g e t s o m e m o r e cornersof ihe eorth we honor:
forms out before the next edition of QS, but I will be TODD TYRON
r e p o r l i n go n t h e c o m p i l o t i o no f t h e r e s p o n s eIsh o v e . W e w i l l TIM McKENIIIA
g o n o w h e r eb y c o n l i n u i n gt o d i v i d eg o y w o m e no n d m e n i n l o JAA,IES
OZANICH
competingoclivilies. We must find o woy for lesbionslo slop I-EONDUBOIS
s h o u l i r r go n d d e m o n d i n go n d m e n l o b e g i n l i s l e n i n gl o p l e o s CURTVANTINE
{ o r c o n s i d e r o t i o nM . o y b e , j u s i m o y b e ,m y s u r v e yw i l l h e l p . DONALDSCHU,\,IACHER

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to the printer. Pleose forgive nre if it seenrso little less We, too, hoveour set decorolors.Theseore the foithful
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d i s e m b o r k i n fgr o m o b o o l r e s u l t i r r gi r r o f e w s l i l c h e si n o n e n e e d d o i n g . T h e y o l s o b r i n g g o o d i e s o n C l u b r r i g h to n d
l e g , o n d t h e i m p e n d i n gp u b l i c o t i o nd o l e o f B r o d l e yB e / /h o v e f u r n i s hc l o s sw i t h n o u r i s h m e r r t .W e o r e p r o u d t o r e c o g n i z e
o l l p l o y e do p o r l i n n o l s t o r i i n gt h e o s s e m b l yp r o c e s ss o o n e r . our own setdecorolors:
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by GARY GRAY
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W e l c o m et o t h e T h i r d A n n u o l R e c o g n i t i o n Ceremony. This
y e o r t h e r e c o g n i l i o r r sw i l l b e g i v e r r o u t i n f o u r s e p o r o t e
s e c t i o n s .T h e t h e m e o f l h i s y e o r ' sr e c o g n i t i o n iss b o s e do n
f h e A c o d e m yA w o r d s . I n t h e g o l d e n y e o r so f H o l l y w o o d ,
L o u i sB . M o y e rd e s c r i b e dM G M o s h o v i n gm o r e s t o r si h o n i n
o l l o f t h e h e o v e n s .I f e e l t h e s o m e w o y o b o u t W S D . T o n i g h t
we recognizethesestorsond honor lhem {or whot they hove
d o n e f o r t h e c l u b t h i sy e o r .
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s e r e c h o s e nb y m e o n d
do rrot representony irrpul from the Boord of Direclorsor
o n y o n ee t s e .
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J u s to s i n t h e d o y s o f t h e m u s i c o l s W , S D h o s q t r o d i t i o no f
h o v i n gg r e o tc h o r e o g r o p h e rosn d d i r e c t o r so f m u s i c o l s .J u s t
o s A g n e s D e M i l l e ,J e r o m e R o b b i n s G , o w e r C h o m p i o no n d
G e n e K e l l yh o d t h e i rs t o r sd o n c eg r o c e f u l l ys,o d o o u r c o l l e r s .
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l ol h e r n . A l l o f t h e w o r k e r sw e r e h e l d
o s m e m b e r so f t h e s o m e s t u d i of o n r i l y . W e h o v e b e e r rv e r y
fortunotetlrisyeor to hove some membersoffer lheir home lo
t h e c l u b f o r m o n y e v e n l s . T h e yg o v e o C h r i s t m o sp o r t y ,t h e y
h e l d o s c r e e n i r rogf C r o s s f i r eo n d o B o r - B - Q ,o n d t h e yh o s t e d
t h e P o t L u c kf o r o u r n e w e s tc l o s s . l t g i v e sm e g r e o t p l e o s u r e
to presento Boord of DirectorsSpeciolto GOLDEN BOOT
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F r o ml h e e o r l i e s dl o y s o f f i l m - m o k i r r gw i t h B u s t e rK e e t o nt o
t h e p r e s e n l - d o yo n l i c s o f J i m C o r r e y , c o m e d y h o s o l w o y s
been o moior foctor in film moking. WSD olso hos its
r e s i d e n tc o m e d i o n s . T h e s eo r e t h e p e o p l e w h o m o k e y o u
l o u g h o n d m o k e y o u h o p p yt o s e e t h e m i n y o u r s q u o r e . W e
h o n o ro u r c o m i c s :

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MICFIAEL
STOKES LikeThelmo RittersupportingBetteDovisor AgnesMoorheod
JOANNEDEVIVO l e n d i n gs u p p o r tt o D e b b i e R e y n o l d st,h e f o l l o w i n gm e m b e r s
KARENWIGHT o r e t h e b o c k b o n et o o u r c l u b . T h e y c o m e t o d o n c e s ,o n g e l
TOM TRIPP of closses,representus of convention,ond ottend our sociol
functions.
C O S T U MD
EESIGN DAVE BENSON
Edith Heod hod nothing orr the recipientsin our nexl DENNISTURNER
colegory.Whetherit be o leotherhorness,
o prettyfrock,o DON BREER
TuTu,o dressfoundin o highheelroce,o smortensemble lo DON SMITH
go with her Morgon, or o uniform, ihese winners coniribule ED ZIEGTER
lo lhe fun o{ squore doncing. FIAROLDLITTLE
MICHAELMARKIC I-ARRYKELLEHER
CARLAI.FREY PETERBRAY
DAVIDBAKER BILLCERF
M|O-|AEL(ANGELT
NA)TAGHtERI RODODGERS
RAI\,1ONA
MICHAELS ED EUGENIAS
VERONICAMARTINEZ DOUGLASHALL
DENNISSILVA RICKA/AY
MARTYNI JONES
M E R C H A N D I S IA
NWGA R D JERRYSTMUGHN
A BOARD OF DIRECTOR SSPECIAL A4ARINAMANEGERA
All movies now hove to hove merchondising to rnoke it o
super hil. They hove T-shirls, coffee mugs, toys, dolls, NEWESTSTARS
records, condies, vitomins, glosses, cereols ond cornic of WSDore represented
Theneweslmenrbers by:
b o o k s - - j u s t l o o k o t T h e L i o n K i n g o n d T h e F / i r r l s l o n e s .W S D BRADCROWELL
o l s o h o s t o m e r c h o n d i z e ,c r r r d o, lthough we offer only dongles LARRYLEE
o n d b o d g e s , i t s t i l l r e c l u i r e so l o t o f w o r k . T h i s B o o r d o f MIKESEIGLEMEIR
D i r e c t o r s S p e c i o l g o e s t o o u r o n M i s l r e s so f B o d g e s : STEVEMAYERS
PATRICIA
SMITH
STARS
OF TOMORROW
B L O C K B U S TAEWRA R D W e h o v em o n yS t o r si r rW o i t i n g . T h e s ep r o m i s i n gr r e w c o r n e r s
A BOARD OF DIRECTOR SS
PECIAL o r e t h e m e m b e r so f t h e R E DC T A S S1 9 9 4 :
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Office. h gives me greot pleosure lo recognize the person CHARTOTTE ATKINS
w h o h o r r d l e so l l o f t h e i n c o m i n g o n d o u l g o i n g m o n i e s f o r CHRISTOPHER WARD
W e s t e r r rS f o r . T h i s B o o r d o f D i r e c t o r s S p e c i o l g o e s t o o u r ERNAHENNESSY
T r e o s ur e r : GEOFFHANSEN
JESSATVAREZ RUSSELT HTIDEN
PAULE. WILLIAA4S
CLASSICS FIARRY HARKNTSS
L i k eo g o o d m o v i e c l o s s i ct h e n e x th o r r o r e e sh o v e s t o o dt h e RICKGRANT
lest of time. The Gone Witir The Wind ond Wizordof Oz ol WAYNELIVINGSTON
o u r c l u b , t h e s e m e n r b e r sh o v e o v e r 9 0 y e o r so f c o l l e c t i v e i\,1ARC
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m e m b e r s h i p .T h e C l o s s i c so f W S D o r e : RICKPEARD
CHRISANDERSON RICKGRUBE
CLAIREMEISEL NANCYAGER
LEECI-IANDLER DAVIDKUFFEL
A,IARCA/ACHADO SCOTTPREBLE
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R.ICHARD SIMONELLI VOLUNTEE ORF T H EY E A R
ROD MORRELL The recipientof the nexlrecognilionoctuollydoesveryliiile
ROBERT ATRIA but in tlre postyeorhe hos refusedme only
volunteering,
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gorogesoles,is the coordinotorfor Angellslond,will be co- come lo "Storsond SquoresForever": brolhers ond sisters
hostingComp Coz, ond is now servingon lhe eleclion f r o m N e w Y o r k , S e o t i l e ,F l o r i d o , M i n n e o p o l i s ,V o n c o u v e r ,
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commitlee.Our Volunteer of theYeor: o n d o n o n d o n - - o v e r I 0 0 h o p p y o n d e x c i i e dd o n c e r so n d
JIM PELIAAANN n o n - d o n c i n gs i g n i f i c o noi t h e r s . T h i s l o o k e d l i k e i t w o u l d g o
on until the wee hours, but, olos, I hod offered to do
M E M B E ROSF T H EM O N T H ohernotedelegoteduty ot the IAGSDCTM Delegotes'Meeting.
TheMembers of the Monththisveorhovebeen:
PATTY
WHITE SEPTEMBER B o . m . l W e l l , i f B o b Y o u n g ,o u r i n i m i i o b l ec h o i r p e r s o cno u l d
ARTBRADLEY OCTOBER b e t h e r ei n { u l l f o r m o t t h o t u n g o d l yh o u r , l g u e s s l c o u l d o f
ARTMcDERMOTT/BILL MUSSII/ANNOVEMBER l e o s tg o q u i e t l y .A m o z i n g l yb, u s i n e s s l o r t e dp r o m p t l yo t B : 0 7
IGTFIY HEATY/AAARIE
MOHR DECEMBER ond went on for five hours. h wos cerloinly not lhe mosl
TOM TRIPP JANUARY e x c i t i n gf i v e h o u r s i n m y l i f e , b u t I c o n e n i h u s i o s t i c o lsl yt o t e
RON JABTONSKI FEBRUARY t h o t i t d e m o n s t r o t e tdh e o b i h t y ,e n t h u s i o s mo, n d d e d i c o l i o n
RUSSKING MARCH of the ExecutiveBoord in furtheringthe growtlr ond vitolityof
FELXFORNINO/BOBLESLIE APRIL g o y s q u o r ed o n c i n g .
RON Ir/{ASKER MAY
LEEGIANFRANCESCO JUNE T h e c u s t o m o r yr e p o r t sw e r e m o d e . M i n u t e s o f t h e I 9 9 3
NICKCARLSON JULY M e e l i n g w e r e s u b m i t l e di n w r i l i n g o n d o p p r o u e d . D o r r e l l
E r h b e r g e rt,h e t r e o s u r e rh, o d p r e p o r e dw o n d e r f u lo v e r h e o d
F o r A u g u s tI p r e s e n to s M e n r b e ro f l h e n r o n l h ,o m o n w h o p r o j e c t i o ns l i d e s ;b u t t h e r ew o s n o p r o j e c t o ro v o i l o b l ei n t h e
h o s c o o r d i n o l e dd o n c e s ,i s t h e d o t o b o s em o n o g e r ,o n d i s m e e l i n gs p o c e ;s o h e , w i t h p l r o n t o m s d, i d o m o s t e r f ullo b o f
responsiblefor the clossdireciory. Menrberof the Month for p r e s e n t i r "or g
n o p p r o p r i o t e ldye t o i l e dt r e o s u r e r ' rse p o r t . W i t h
August: i n c o m eo n d e x p e n s e o s l o p p r o x i m o t e l$y 6 , 0 0 0 t h i sy e o r ,t h e
JIM ANDERSON IAGSDCTM o n t i c i p o t e so b o u f o $ 6 0 0 d e f i c i t o t y e o r - e n d .
More on this loter, but I om told thot this deficit is iwo to
MEMBER O F T H EY E A R three timesthe folol budget for the IAGSDCIMin its firstyeor.
N o w i s t h e m o s t p r e s t i g i o urse c o g n i t i o r r l.t g o e st o o p e r s o n
w h o h o s d o n e i t o l l . H e i s u n l i r i r r gi n h i s e f f o r t sl o k e e p t h e B o b t h e r r g o v e h i s " S t o t eo f
c l u b g o i n g . H e h o s c o - h o s t e dC o m p C o z , h e l p e col t g o r o g e the Club" tolk. Wlrile he
soles, served orr lhe boc,rd, brought sodos lo dorrces, gove nruch of the some
d e c o r o t e do l d o n c e s , i s t h e c u r r e n t M r . o n d M z . C o m p oddress to the gerrerol
C o z - - M i k e vd o e s i i o l l . O u r M e m b e r o { t h e Y e o r : membership, some lhings
MIKE SELLERS beor repeoting here.
IAGSDC'M is now on the
At this time could we oll close our eyes orrd give o brie{ lnternei web, so you
momerrl of silence for oll lhe Members who ore no ronoer cybergeniuses con
here. porlicipote in your fovorite
c o m m u n i c o t i o r rm s o d e . P o r t i c i p o t ei s t h e k e y w o r d h e r e .
V o l u n t e e r so r e n e e d e d o t t h e l o c o l , r e g i o n o l , n o t i o n o l ,
c o n l i n e n i o l ,o n d i n t e r n o t i o n olle v e l s . F u n d r o i s i n g e f f o r t s
ST*RS & SQU*RES FOREVER m u s lc o n l i n u e .T h e s p e c i o lo s s e s s m e nf rl o m l o s ty e o rh e l p e d
o v e df i n o n c i o dl i s o s t e rb, u l t h e o r g o n i z o l i o ns l i l ln e e d sm o n e y
NEWS & REVIEWSOF
t o f u n c t i o n .l f e o c h c l u b c o u l d d o o " B o n n e rD o n c e "o n d g i v e
C ON V E N T ION1 9 9 4
iust $25 from those receiptsto the IAGSDCTM, lhe deficiency
this yeor would disoppeor. lt is quite omozing lo me
p e r s o n o l l yt h o t s u c h o n i n t e r n o l i o n o lo p e r o t i o n c o n b e
DELEGATES'MEEIINO o p e r o l e do r r s u c l ro m i n u s c u l eb u d g e t . O f c o u r s e ,y o u o n d
INITIATION I e o c h k n o w i t ' s b e c o u s es o m o n y p e o p l e h o v e b e e n d o i n g
s o m u c h f o r s o l o r r go r r o p u r e l yv o l u n t o r yb o s i s .

by NICK CARLSON Acknowledgmentof personol efforts is often difficult since

l o r r i v e di n D C s o m e t i m eo f i e r6 p . r . o n d , o s l r o r t t i m el o t e r ,
e n s c o n c e di n o c o m { o r l o b l er o o m o t t h e O m n i S h o r e h o m ,
o u r h o m e f o r t h e n e x i 4 d o y s . I q u i c k l yu r r p o c k e do n d g o l
inlo sorne comfortoble hot-weolher duds for the troil-in
d o n c e . W h o t o g r e o t i i m e , w o n d e r i n gf r o m h o l l t o h o l l t o
c h e c ko u t t h e c o l l e r - - b um
t o s t l yt o s e e w h o i n t h e f o m i l yh o d
s i n g l i n go u t o f e w m o y h u r t m o n y b y o m i s s i o n . N e v e r t h e l e s s ,
B o b d ; d m e n t i o n t h e e x t r q o r d i n o r yc o n t r i b u t i o n so f K o r l
J o e c k e l . ( l h o d t h e p l e o s u r eo f m e e t i n gK o r l o t t h e f i r s if l y - i n
o f t h e M i n r r e s o t oW i l d R o s e st l r i s p o s t J o n u o r y . I w o s i n
M i n r r e o p o l ibse c o u s em y d o u g h t e rl i v e sl h e r e . K o r lw o s t h e r e
b e c o u s eo f h i s u b i q u i t y . ) F r o m t h e s m o l l e s te v e n t t o t h e
lorgest,Korl is there to ossisl,to support,to lisien but not be

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t h e s h o w . E v e nd u r i n g t h i s m e e t i n gh e * o s e v e r y w h e r ei ,t
s e e m e d ,s i l e n t l yo f f e r i n gt h e d o c u m e n t o t i o nr,e f e r e n c eos n d
s u c h w h e n e v e rn e e d e d . A n d h e ' s t h e r et h r o u g h o utth e y e o r
w h e n e v e ro n d w h e r e v e rh e ' s n e e d e d .
I t w o s o r e o l l yh o p p yt i m e f o r D o n o B o c k i e ol n d t h e c o - c h o i r s
o f " R e m o k et h e C i r c l e . " T h e y o f f i c i o l l yc l o s e do u t t h e 1 9 9 3
c o n v e n t i o nw i t h t h e i r r e p o r t . T h e y t o l k e d o b o u i r e s o l v i n g
m o n e y i s s u e sw i l h l h e U n i v e r s i t yo { W o s h i n g t o no n d o t t h e
s o m et i m e r e c o l l e dh o w u s i n gt h i s n o n - t r o d i t i o n opll o c ef o r o
v e n u e h e l p e d k e e p e x p e n s e sd o w n . W i t l r i n c o m e o r o u n d
$ 1 6 0 , 0 0 0 o n d e x p e n s eq s u i t ec l o s e ,t h e ye v e nm o d e o s m o l l
p r o f i to f $ l , 2 7 0 . 6 5 ,w h i c hw o s d i v i d e do m o n gt h e c l u b o n d
o l o c o l A I D S o r g o r r i z o t i o nT. o S e o tlfe , " W e l l d o n e ! "
M o r e e x c i t e m e ncl o m e w i t h t h e o p p l i c o t i o no f m e m b e r s h i p of
f i v en e w c l u b s ,i n c l u d i n gt h e { i r s if r o m o u t s i d eo u r c o n l i n e n t o l
b o u n d o r i e s - - t hLei s m o r eS c o o t e r sf r o m A u s t r o l i o . S o m e o f
t h e c l u b s h o d o p p l i e df o r o s s o c i o t em e m b e r s h i pb, u t , w h e n
t h e d e f i n i t i o n sw e r e c l o r i f i e d t, h e o p p l i c o t i o nw
s e r ec h o n g e d
t o f u l l m e m b e r s h i pt so t h e d e l i g h to f o l l p r e s e n l .
N o w o s w e p r o c e e c lt h r o u g h o l l 2 0 o f t h e i t e n r so n t l r e
o g e r . r d o . N O T I T h e r e i s , h o w e v e r ,l h e i s s u eo f u p c o r r i n g
c o n v e n t i o r r sA . s o m o t l e ro f r e o l i t yc h e c k ,t h e l e o d t i r l e f o r
p u t t i n gl o g e t h e ro c o n v e n t i o rirs s o g r e o tt l r o tc r{ i r r nd e c i s i o n
m u s tb e m o d e o l l e o s tl h r e ey e o r si r ro d v o r r c eo f * h o w i l l h o s i
t h e c o n v e n t i o n . T h e N e o n S q u o r e so f L o sV e g o sp r e s e n l e d
o s p l e n d i do r r o yo f f o c t so n d f i g u r e st o d e f c r iwl l r o lt h e y h o v e
d o n e t o p r e p o r ef o r l h e c o n v e n l i o r ri n 1 9 9 7 . D e s p i l et h e
r r o t i o nt h o l l h e r e m i g h t b e o r u b b e rs l o m p o p p r o v o lo f t h i s
c o n d i d o t et o h o l d t l r e c o r . r v e n t i otnh r e e y e o r sh e r r c e ,s o n r e
concerns orose from the {loor. When one delegote
s u g g e s t e do l o u d ( w h o t I l r o d h e c r r df l o o l i r r go b o u t t h e f l o o r
d u r i n gb r e o k s t) l r o to c l u b o f o n l y 2 0 m e m b e r sw o s p r o b o b l y
t o o s r n o l lf o r s u c h o r r i n r p o r l o r rot r r d r n q s s i v eu n d e r l o k i n go,
q u i c k r e s p o n s ew o s e v e n m o r e v o c i f e r o u s . " A r i d i c u l o u s
q u e s t i o n ,s" t o l e do n o l h e r n o t - t o - b e - n o n r edde l e g o i e . F o r o
m o m e n l I t h o u g h tt h e f u r w o u l d f l y b u t , o l o s , m y l o s t e f o r
b l o o d w c r sn o t t o b e s o l e d . C o l r n e rv o i c e sp r e v c r i l eodn d l h e
u p w e l l i n go f s u p p o r tf o r t h i s o r r b i l i o u sy o u n g g r o u p w o s
h e o r t w o r m i n g . L o sV e g o . * o r i o y f u l l y o n d u n o r r i n r o u s l y
s u p p o r i e di n t h e i r b i d . T e n t o t i v en o r n e - - " W l r e eoln d D e o l " -
-howopropos!
.l998,
For Portlond h o s r e q u e s l etdl r eh o n o r . A r r d1 9 9 9 h o s
the lorgestcity on eoch coosl vyirrg for the privilege.
B o h i m o r e 'C s h e s o p e o k eS q u o r e sp r o d u c e do l e t l e rf r o r nt h e i r
m o y o rr e q u e s t i n tgh e I A G S D C T l' o s e l e c i l i e i r{ o i rc i t yi o r i h e
c o n v e n t i o ni n t h e y e o r 2 0 0 0 . T w o i n l e r n o t i o n o cl l u b s ,
V o n c o u v eor n d A u s t r q l i o( B r i s b o n e( )o n dw l r yn o t ? )o r et o l k i r r g
o b o u t 2 0 0 ' l . G e e , h o w s t r o n g el h o t s o u n d s . P e r h o p sw e
s h o u l dc h o r l e ro f l e e to f S S T ' s .A d r e o m ,y o u s o y ,b u t s o w n s
t h e f i r s tc o n v e n t i o ni n S e o t t l ei u s to f e w y e o r sq g o .
A n d t h e d r e o m m o v e so n ! T h e h o r d * o r k o n d t h e l o v e o n d
c o r i n go f o u r b r o t h e r so r r ds i s t e r si,r r m i c r o c o s mo f t h i se v e r -
s o - b r i e fD e l e g o t e sM
' e e t i n g ,i s w h o t k e e p si i m o v i n g .
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T h e f i r s t G o l d e n B o o t A w o r d w o s p r e s e n t e di n l 9 B 3 b y
Puddletown Squores to Art Smith for his outstonding
c o n t r i b u i i o nt o g o y s q u o r ed o n c i n gb y h o v i n gs t o r t e dt h e f i r s t
goy club in Seofile ond, thus, the goy squore donce
m o v e m e n it n t h e N o r t h w e s t .t h e o r i g i n o lG o l d e n B o o t A w o r d
wos on octuol westerr.r boot sproyedgold ond odorned witlr
g o l d c h o i n so n d r h i n e s t o n e s .
A r t { e l t t h i s o w o r d s h o u l d b e s h o r e dw i t h o t h e r p e o p l e o r
o r g o n i z o t i o nws i t h i nt h e I A G S D C I Mw h o w e r e m o k i n go r h o d
m o d e s u b s t o n t i o cl o n t r i b u l i o n st o t h e g o y s q u o r e d o n c e
movement.
T h e { i r s to w o r d e eo f t h e G o l d e n B o o tA w o r do t o n I A G S D C T M
c o n v e r r l i o rwr o s t h e S o u t hF l o r i d oM u s t o n g s w
, h o r e c e i v e di t
o t t h e D e r r v e rc o n v e n t i o ni n 1 9 B 5 . T h e o w o r d o t t h i s t i m e
w o s c h o n g e dl o o n e n g r o v e dp l o q u e ;t h u s t h e t r o d i t i o nw o s
b o r n t l r o tt l r eo w o r db e p r e s e n l e do t e o c h c o n v e n t i o n .A l t l r i s
y e o r ' s c o n v e r r t i o ni n W o s l r i n g l o n ,D C , t h e G o l d e n B o o t
Awcrrd wos presented lo Bill Eyler of Albuquerque,
N e w M e x i c o ,o n d L u i sT o r r e so f S o r rA n l o n i o , T e x o s .
B i l l E y l e r ,b e t t e rk r r o w no s B i l l i B o b ,i s o c o l l e rw l r o h o s b e e n
o c l i v e l yp r o m o l i n gg o y s q u o r ed o n c i n go n d f h e i r r t e g r o l i oonf
g o y s i n l o t h e s t r o i g l r tc o n r n r u n i t y . H e h o s d o n e m u c h t o
e n c o u r o g eg o y d o n c e r st o o t t e n ds t r o i g h td o n c e f u n c t i o n sl o
h e l p b r e o k d o w n t h e p r o b l e n r sb e t w e e nt h e t w o g r o u p s b y
e l i m i n o t i r r sgt e r e o l y p i nogn d g e t t i n gi o k n o w o n e o n o l h e ro s
i n d i v i d u opl e o p l e . H e h o s o l s o g i v e n c o u n t l e s sh o u r sw i t h i n
t h e g o y s q u o r ed o r r c ec o m n r u r r i tsyl r o r i n gl r i st o l e n t sn o t o n l y
in colling but olso in teoching others
w i t h i nt h e G o y C o l l e r sA s s o c i o t i o r r .
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h o s c o r r l r i b u t e dt o t h e m o v e m e r r ti n
n u m e r o u sw o y s . H i s l o t e s tc o n h i b u t i o n
hos been 1o compile ond edit the history
o f t h e f i r s t 10 y e o r s o f t h e f o r m o t i o n o f t h e I n t e r n o t i o n o l
A s s o c i o t i o no f G c r y S q u o r e D o n c e C l u b s . T h i s w r i t t e n
d o c u m e r r t o t i on o i o n l y p r o v i d e sn e w g o y s q u o r e d o n c e r s
w i t h o u r h i s t o r yb u t o l s o h o s b e e n p l o c e d i n o l l t h e g o y o n d
l e s b i o nh i s t o r yl i b r o r i e sl h r o u g h o u t h e c o u n t r y ,i n c l u d i n gt h e
Libroryof Congressin Woshingtorr,DC. Through his efforts,
w e h o v e b e e n o s s u r e dt h o t o u r p o r t i n t l r e l e s b i o no n d g o y
m o v e m e n tw i l l n o t b e l o s to v e r l i m e b u t w i l l r e m o i no v i s i b l e
port of our history.
A l t h o u g hm o n y o f u s m o y n e v e r p l o n t o b e r e c i p i e n t so f o n
o w o r d o n t h i s l e v e l ,i t i s n e v e rt o o l o t e n o r t o o e o r l yl o s t o r l
m o k i n g o u r c o n t r i b u t i o n s .A s A r t S m i t h s o i d , " T h e G o l d e n
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o f o l l o f u s c o n t r i b u t i n gt o g e t h e r ,s h o r i n go u r e n e r g y ,o u r
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o f w h o t t h e G o l d e n B o o tA w o r d e x e r n o l i f i e s . "
t h e p r o c e s sw i l l t o k e g u t - w r e n c h i n gh o n e s t yf r o m b o t h s i d e s
o f t h e g o y c o m m u n i t y . I c o n s i d e rt h e r e t e n t i o no f w o m e n o s
portnersin the goy communityso inrportor.rt thot this yeor tlre
f i r s tm e d o l l i o ni s p r e s e n t e d1 o t h e o n l y w o m o n t h i s y e o r o n d
t h e f i r s tl e s b i o ne v e r t o r e c e i v et h e m e d o l l i o r r :

L i n d oH o r r y ,P h o e n i x

PRESENTATIO}IOF I994 Dovid Anderson,Phoenix

I O.YEAR VETERANS Doug BorneflG , r e e n b e l t ,M D
Don Broy, Seottle
J o l r n C o n l e y ,S o n F r o n c i s c o
Mork Dovis, New York
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STA^4PER K e n D i G e n o v o , S o u t hF l o r i d o
B o b D y e ,W o s h i n g t o nD , C
F o r t h e f i r s t i e n g c r y s q u o r e d o n c e c o n u e n t i o n s ,t l r e r e h o v e B i l l E y l e rA
, lbuquerque
been over 2,800 porticiponls. We houe gro*n from orr Bob Fiitermon,New York
ottendonce of obout 250 doncers in l9B4 to over 1,200. Dovid Giffler, New York
Those ten conventionscombirred hove lrostedolmost 6,50C R i cG o n z o l e z A , lbuquerque
registronts. fu | noted lost yeor, obout 40% of lhe registronts T o m H o l l o r o n ,W o s l r i n g t o nD ,C
of o convention ore otterrding {or the iirst lime, ono women Elgin H o d g i n s V
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The O-Yeor Veleron Medollion hos been creoted fo Moc McCorthy, New York
recognize individuols who lrove comnritted thenrselvesto llre T e d O o k e s ,P l r o e r i i x
goy squore donce commurrity by ottendirrgten IAGSDCIM J o r n e sO z o n i c l r ,S o c r o m e r r t o
c o n v e r r t i o n s . T h e 2 B w l r o r e c e i v e r ll h e m e d o l l i o r r l o s t v e o r C l r u c kR e i n k eP , hoerrix
ore ioined by 30 more doncers lhis yeor. These 58 doncers S k i pR o g n l i e nP, o r l l o n d
r e p r e s e t t to n l y o b o u t 2 o / oo f t \ e o p p r o x i r l o t e l y 2 , 8 0 0 d o r r c e r s B o b R o s e n i h o lN, e * Y o r k
who hove ever oflended o goy squore dorrce converrliorr. J i n r R o s e v e o rS, o u t hF l o r i d o
S i r r c ew e d o n o l k r r o w l l r e n u n r b e r o f c l n s s o n d c l u b m e m b e r s E d S c h e l l h o u sC, l e v e l c r r d
who hove ever possed through our doors, we connot know Evon Schwortz,New York
whot percenloge of the toiol goy squore dorrce con"rmunily M i c k S h e p p o r dS , on Froncisco
t h i s 2 % r e p r e s e n l s . H o w e v e r , I O o r m o r e y e o r s r e p r e s e n r so n A r t h u rW S m i t h ,S e o t t l e
enormous commitmenl by eoclr irrdividuol dorrcer. At o R o l p hS m i l h ,S o n D i e g o
m i n i m u m o v e r o g e , e o c h o f t h e s e p e o p l e h o s c o n l r i b u t e do n e T o m T r i p p ,S o r rF r o r r c i s c o
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in squore donce octivity.
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g o i n g t o h o v e o p i c n i co n t h e 4 t h o f J u l y o n A n g e l l s l o n d .
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f o r d o r r c i n go t c r s p e c i i i cp l o c eo r t i r r e )o n d t h o t i f w e w e n to r r
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A r c h o n g e lo f t h e c l o s s ,D o n G r e c o , o n r r o u n c e dt l r o t G o l d
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g r o s s ,e o r n e do u r G r o s s h o p p edr o n g l e ;d o n c e do n t l r e s o r r d ,
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o t r d o n t h e F o u r t ho f J u l y . A r r do n t h e w o y h o m e , w e e o n r e d
o u r F e r r yD o n c i n gd o n g l e b e c o u s ew e d o r r c e do n t l r e f e r r y
b o o t o n t h e w o y h o m e . T h e r ew e r e o n l y t w o s o n g st h o t w e
d o n c e dt h e w h o l e d o y b e c o u s et h e y w e r e t h e o n l y o n e st h o l
h o d t h e f e w c o l l s w e k n e w . O n e s o n g , E o r n o c l eB i / / t h e
S o i l o r ,b e c o m el l r e c l o s ss o n g . T h o l s l o r t e dm e s l i d i n gd o w n
t h e h i l l o f b e i n go F u r rD o n g l eJ u n k i e . I w o n d e ri f t h e r ei s o
1 2 - s t e pp r o g r o mf o r t h i s ?
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o l l d o n c e r sc o n g e t o l m o s t i m m e d i o t e l yo r e t h e C o l i f o r n i o
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D o n g l e s i r r c ew e d o n c e i n S o r r F r o r r c i s c oC, o l i f o r n i o ,U S A .
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l f t h e r ei s n o d o n g l ef o r o n e v e n ty o u c o n m o k e o n e u p . F o r
e x o m p l e ,i n W o s h i n g l o n ,D C , t h i s 4 t h o f J u l y ,w e d o n c e do t
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for the Metro wos mode.
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c o n v e n t i o no n d g e t n e w o n e s . A t m o s tg o y c o n v e n t i o ntsh e r e
i s o F u n B o d g eT o u r . ( l n t h i s c o n t e x t ,b o d g e i s s y n o n y m o u s
w i t h d o n g l e . ) Y o u g e t o f u n d o n g l e f o r t h e p l o c e so t w h i c h
y o u d o n c e . l r r M i o m i w e g o t d o n g l e sf o r d o r r c i n gi n t h e A r t
D e c o S e c l i o no n d o t h e r p l o c e s . I n A l b u g u e r q u e ,w e g o f
d o n g l e sf o r d o n c i n go l t h e M u s e u m o f N o t u r o l H i s t o r yo n d
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t h e S p o c e N e e d l e . I n W o s h i n g t o n ,w e g o t d o n g l e s f o r
doncing ot the Peniogon, the Lincoln Memoriol, the
C o r r o d i o nE m b o s s yo, r r dt h e l w o J i m o M e m o r i o l .
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t h e m ) . P o r to f t h e f u n i s p l o t t i n gt h e m . T h e r e i s o M u m m y
dongle for toilet poperingtlre coller. Thot tokes o little
p l o r r n i n g .A n o l l r e rc o l l e ro n e i s t h e P i n gP o n gf u n d o n g l ef o r
t h r o w i n gP i n g P o n g b o l l s o t t h e c o l l e r w h e r r h e c o l l s P i r r g
P o r r gC i r c u l o t e . ( F o r t h e B o s i c / M o i n s t r e o m p e o p l e ,i n P l u s
t l r e r ei s t h e c o l l P i r r gP o n gC i r c u l o t e ) .Y o u i u s tn o t u r o l l yc o r r y
p i n g p o r r gh c r l l si n y o u r p o c k e t .
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S o m e t o k e r e o l e n d u r o n c e ,f o r e x o m p l e , t h e D i e H o r d
d o n g l e . Y o u e o r r rt l r o t o n e f o r d o n c i n g 5 o r 7 d o y s i n r o w .
( T h en u m b e ro f d o y si s d e p e n d e n o t n t h e p e r s o ng i v i n gt h e m
o u t . ) l e o r r r e dm i n e b y d o n c i n g7 d o y si n r o w . T h o ti s w h o t
we ore oll obout isn'l it? | hod the fun of peopleI donced
w i i h , o n d s q u o r ed o r r c e r so r e g o o d p e o p l e .
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i m p r e s sp e o p l e ; o f h e r t i m e s b e c o u s e I o m p r o u d o f t h e
o c c o m p l i s h m e rirl lrso t l h o v e d o n e . l g u e s s i m p r e s s i n g
p e o p l ei s n ' tl h e b e s tr e o s o n ,b u t i t i s o n e t h o t I h o v e . l t d o e s
m o k e o g o o d s h o w f o r n e w s t u d e n t sw h o t h i n k o f w h o t t h e y
m i g h tb e o b l e t o d o . l t h i n k l s e e e o r n i n go n e w f u n d o n g l e
o s o n e x p e r i e n c em o r e t l r o n o f o c k n o w l e d g m e n t Y . ou must
h o v e t h e e x p e r i e n c et o e o r n t h e b o d g e . T h e b o d g e s o r e
s y m b o l so f o c k n o w l e d g m e nt to o l h e r p e o p l e . T h e y c o n s e e
w h o t y o u o c c o m p l i s h e db, u t i t i s t h e e x p e r i e n c et h o t c o u n t s .
W h e n y o u l o o k o t l h e m , y o u r e m e m b e rw h e r ey o u w e r e ,w i l h
w h o m y o u d o r r c e do, n d t h e c i r c u m s t o n c ebse h i n dg e t t i n gt h e
d o n g l e . I g u e s sd o n g l e ss e r v et h e s o m e p u r p o s eo s s o u v e n i r s
t h o t y o u b u y * h e n y o u g o o w o y . l t i s s o m e t h i n gt o h e l p y o u
r e m e m b e rp l o c e so r p e r s o n s .
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s o . T l r e yo r e m e m o r i e so n d l d o n ' t t h i n k t h o t p e o p l e t r y t o
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f e w p o s s i b l e s c e n o r i o s - - " 1 ' mo b r o s s b o n d ! l'm o
h o r p s i c h o r d !A" h o r p s i c h o r d ? ? G
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t h o t ' s n o t v e r y i m o g i n o t i v eb, u t , o s y o u o l l k n o w , o s q u o r e
d o n c e ri s o p r e t t yg o o d t h i n g t o b e !
T h ed o y w o sb e o u t i f u l o n sd u r r n yo, s i s r e q u i r e do n G o y P r i d e
D o y . P e o p l e o m u s e d t l r e n r s e l v e si n v o r i o u s w o y s w l ri l e
w o i t i n gf o r l h e t h u n d e ro f t h e d y k e so r r b i k e st o k i c k o f f t h e
festivities.Some of us ron ofi lo cotclr o bit of the porode
b e f o r e i t w o s o u r t u r n . S o r n em i l l e d o r o u n d t o l k i n g . J i m
P e l l m o n no n d M i k e S e l l e r sw o r k e dl i k e c r o z yg e t t i n gi h e i r u c k
r e o d yw h i l e t h o t p o l i t e , h o n d s o m e ,y o u n g b i r t h d o yb o y B i l l
E y l e ro r g o n i z e dt h e d o n c e r s .
T h e p o r o d eo c t u o l l ys t o r t e do r r t i m e t l r i sy e o r , o n d s o o r rw e
were off, promenoding our woy dowrr Morket Slreet.
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h o w t o d o n c e i n o p o r o d e , l t h i r r k w e l o o k e d p r e t t yd o r r n
g o o d ! T h e o n l y p r o b l e mw o s t h e p o r o d em o v e d s o f o s tt h i s
y e o r w e h o r d l y g o t l o d o n c e ! l t w o s p r o b o b l yc l o s e r t o
r u n n i n gi n f o r m o t i o r o
r t t i m e st h o n d o n c i n g .
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y e l l i n gf o r u s t o d o n c e o s w e w e n t s c r e o m i n gb y , t r y i n gt o
k e e p u p w i t h ' t h er e s to f t h e p o r o d e .
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r e s t i n gh e r p o o r o l d f e e t i n t h e s h o d e o f t h e W e s t e r nS f o r
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t h e n r e t u r n e dt o t h e G o l d e n B o o t R o n c h f o r o s u r o r i s e
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c o o r d i n o t et h e p o r o d ep o r t i c i p o t i o fno r t h e G r e o t e rB o yA r e o .
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o p p l i c o t i o nw o s f i l e d , o r r d i r r s u r o n c ew o s o l l o c o t e dt h r o u g h
t h e P o r o d e ' sc o r r i e r . A n u m b e rw o s e v e n t u o l l yg i v e n t o o u r
g r o u p . R o d O d g e r s * o s o s k e dt o s e c u r eo d r i v e ro n d p i c k -
u p t r u c kf o r t h e p o r o d e ,o n d h e s u g g e s t e d T o m D u r h o m ,w h o
h o d d o n e p r e v i o u sp o r o d e s . T o m s u g g e s t e dt h o t w e b u i l d o
p l o t l o r mf o r t h e s p e o k e r so r r d e q u i p m e r r t . P o t \ W h i t e w o s
t h e n e n l i s l e dt o b u i l d t h e o l o t f o r m s .
P o t t yo l s o h o d t h e t o s k o f r o u n d i n gu p t h e r o i n b o wb u n t i n g
( w h i c h h o d b e e n d e s i g n e do s , o n d f i r s t o p p e o r e d o s , t h e
w o r l d ' sl o r g e srio i n b o wc r i n o l i n ei n o n e o r l i e rp o r o d e )h, o v i n g
i l c l e o n e do n d p r e s s e d o, n d l r e l p i n gi n d e s i g n i n gi t s u s e i n
t h e c u r r e r rot o r o d e .
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t h e P o r o d es i l e ,d o n c e r ss o o r ro r r i v e d1 o p o r o d ed o w n M o r k e t
S t r e e t . B i l l E y l e rf r o n r A l b u q u e r q u ew o s t h e c o l l e r , u s i n g o
s o u n ds y s l e md r i v e nb y o g e n e r o t o rs e c u r e db y M i k e S e l l e r s .
A f i e r o s l . r o r l ewr o i t t l r o n i n p r e v i o u sy e o r s ,t h e p o r o d e * o s
off. As we enlered Morkel Street,the thrill wos there. We
w e r e l o l d l o s t e p b o c k o n d l e l s o m e o t h e r g r o u p se n l e r t h e
p o r o d e ,t o d i s t o r r c e u s f r o m t h e A B B Al o o k - o - l i k eg r o u p w i t h
l o u d d i s c om u s i c .l t w o s o r e o l r u s hl o e n t e rM o r k e tS t r e e o ts
o g r o u p o f g o y s q u o r ed o n c e r s e , n c o u r o g e do n d o p p l o u d e d
b y o u r b r o t h e r sq n d s i s t e r so n t h e s i d e l i n e s .A s w e c o n t i n u e d
d o w n t h e r o u t em o n y d o n c e r sj o i n e d u s . T h e d o y w e n t v e r y
{ o s t o n d t l r e t h r i l l o f b e i n g p o r t o f t h i s e v e n to v e r s h o d o w e d
o n y p r o b l e m so r o b s l o c l e st h o t h o d o p p e o r e de o r l y i n t h e
preporotionfor tlrisdoy. After the Porode,everyonewent his
or her own woy.
L o t e rB i l l w r o t e o l e t i e rw i t l r o f e w s u g g e s t i o n1so m o k e n e x t
y e o r ' s p o r o d e p o r l i c i p o t i o nm o v e m o r e s m o o t h l y . H e
suggested t h o t t h e c o n t i n g e r rct o m m i t t e ep u r c h o s eo I 2 - v o l t
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lighter, with on odopter, or directlyto the boflery. Bill olso
suggeststhot we use on extro set of speokers focing the
crowd, so thot they will heor the music, before the doncers
ore oost them.
N e x t y e o r , I u n d e r s t o n d t h o t " S t o r sT h o r s & C o b l e C o r s , " t h e
I 9 9 6 I A G S D C I Mc o n v e n t i o n c o m m i t t e e , i s d o i n g i h e p o r o d e .
M o y b e t h e y c o u l d p u r c h o s e t l r e c o n v e r f e r ,o n d e i t h e r g i v e o r
sell it to o permonent Porode Conrmittee. Hoving o
p e r m o n e n t P o r o d eC o m m i t t e e m o d e u p o f m e m b e r s o f o l l t h e
Boy Areo Clubs ond finonced equitoblyomong oll clubs
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I osked Richordto write obout llre M&M Conrp Cclz Conlest
i n 1 9 9 . l , b u t f o r v o r i o u s r e o s o r r s - - d e l o yo n d t h e n o Q S
h i o t u s - - h i rse n d i t i o r or f t h e I 9 9 1 c o n t e s tw o s n e v e r p u b l i s h e d .
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d o m i n o l i o rwr h i l ee m b r o c i n go r o d i c o rl r e wv i s i o no f l e s b i c r n
s u p e r i o r i t y . O u l g o i r r g M r . & M z . C o m p C o z , C o r r c l yB c r r
( D o v i d E v o n s , S t o c k t o n )o r r d S t u d M u f f i n ( G r e g F r i e l ,
S o c r o m e n t o t i h o t t i m e )i r o m C o p i t o lC i t y S q u o r e sp r e s i d e d
w i t h s u r p r i s e dd i g n i t y o v e r o r o u c o u s o n d . c o n l r o v e r s i o l
c o n l e s lt h o t l r o n s f o r m e dl l r e o n n u o l e v e n tw i t h t h e s e l e c t i o n
of Ms. SoHorny Beover (Dovid Boker,Oronge '90) ond
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J u d d , O r o n g e ' 9 0 ) w o s t h e m o s t l yc o l m o n d c o o l M C . A f t e r
t h e g r o n d e n t r o n c eo n d s e o t i n go f M s . C o n d y B o r o n d S t u d
Muffin, replete with o conopy of floming iorches, lhe
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'90), with
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M o n z o , P i n k ' 9 ' l ) w o s w e l l r e c e i v e do s p o s s i b l yi h e f i r s tn u n
to enter the conlest. And when posed o controversiol
q u e s t i o no b o u t c o n d o m s o n d s o f e s e x , w i t h o n o u d i e n c e
p o t e n t i o l l yh o s t i l et o o f f i c i o l V o t i c o n p o l i c y , s h e b l e w t h e
dome off St.Peter's by coming out in supporl of
condoms--even g o i n g s o f o r o s t o d i s p l o yo n e . S h e g o t o
r o u s i n gr o u n d o f o p p l o u s ef o r h e r p r o c t i c o lo n d s u p p o r l i v e
s i o t e m e n t so s s h e i s o n e o f t h e f e w n u n s e v e r t o t o k e t h i s
p o s i t i o nw i t h o c o n d o m .
U n c h o r o c t e r i s t i cT o s t e f u l n e s sD i s p l o v e d b v V o n T r o s h
Conteslonl
M s . G i n g e r S n o p V o n T r o s h ( M i c h o e lG i l l , C o p i t o l C i t y ) ,
t o s i e f u l l yd r e s s e di n o s i m p l e y e t s l i n k y b l u e s i l k ( o r w o s i t
s y n f h e t i c ?n)i g h t - - lm e o n e v e n i n g - - g o w nw , o s l h e n p o s e do
complex sociologicol questior.robout the effecis of recent
c h o n g e si n l l r e S o v i e tU n i o r r o n i h e u s e o f h o t p i n k o s o
f o s h i o ns l o t e n r e n t .H e r b o l d o n d l o s t e f u l l yb r i e f r e p l y ," O h
y e s , e v e r y o r r es h o ul d w e o r i t , " w o s v e r y w e l l r e c e i v e d ,
e s p e c i o l lby y M s . B u s hw h o , s t r i k i n g loy f l i r e di n t h e v e r yc o l o r ,
e x p r e s s ehde r o g r e e n r e nw i i t h o s i l e n tf l o u r i s l rf o r f i e c r o w d .
A l t h o u g h s h e n r o d e o f i n e p r e s e r r t o t i o nM, s . V o n T r o s h ' s
clronces [or viciory were diminished by her extreme
l c r s t e f u l n e sw s ,h i c h { o i l e d t o o r o u s e t h e p o s s i o n so f t h e
o r o n r o - ru1l rg r y m o s s e s .
P o s s i o nlsq r r i l e db v S e l f - l d e n t i f i eLde s b i o nM e s s i o hW o n n o b e s
T h o s ep o s s i o n sw e r e i g n i t e db y t h e i n c e n d i o r yv i s i o n so f t h e
f i n c r lc o n t e s t o n t sM, s . B e o v e ro n d M s . B u s h . C o l l i n g t h e
M C ' s q u e s t i o r r"si n s i p i d "i n v i e w o f t h e m o n u m e n t o li s s u e s
f o c i n gt h e w o r l d t o d o y ,t h e c o u p l e p r o u d l yp r o n o u n c e dt l r e i r
lesbionism o n d c o l l e d{ o r o d r o m o l i cc h o n g ei n t h e n o m e o {
l h e c o n l e s ft o " M z . & M z . C o r . n pC o z " o n d l o u n c h e di n l o o
f i e r yd i o t r i b eo n l h e v i r t u e so f s e x i s m ,h e l e r o s e x i s mo,n d t h e
m i l i t o r y - i n d u s l rci oolm p l e x . D e n o u n c i n gl e s b i o ni n v i s i b i l i t y
o n d l e s b i o nb e d d e o l h o s p r o d u c l s o f y e o r s o f d i s o s t r o u s
R e o g o r r o m i c sM, s . B e o v e rp r o u d l y e x h o r l e d ,o n d e x h o r t e d ,
o n d e x l r o r l e du n t i l s h e w o s f i r r o l l ys u b d u e d b y t h e s t u n n e d
MC ond lhe odoring Ms. Bush. With shouts of, "No
censorship!,"the crowd roored for more.
A f t e r r e g o i r r i n gh i s c o m p o s u r eo n d g o t h e r i n gh i s w i t s , B l u d
c o n d u c t e dt l r e o u d i e n c er o t i n g o f t h e c o n f e s t o n t s .T h e f i r s t
round wos o sound three-woytie, ond Volencio (Phil
'90)
S c h r e u e r ,O r o n g e o n d N o v e l ( K e v i nL o r s o n ,O r o n g e
'90)
C i t r u s w o o dw e r e c o l l e d i n t o l e r r di h e i r t o l e n l so f o u r o l
d i s c e r n m e n lo, n d t h e o u d i e n c ew o s e n c o u r o g e dl o b e m o r e
p r o n o u r r c e di n t l r e i re n t l r u s i o s m .W h e n t h e d u s t h o d s e t t l e d
o n d t h e e c h o e ss u b s i d e d ,t h e w i n n e r sw e r e q u i t e o b v i o u s .
W i t h s q u e o l so f d e l i g h t ,S o H o r n yo n d A n i t o w e r e c r o w n e d
Mz. & Mz. Cornp Coz by on odoring Condy Bor, who
o p o l o g i z e df o r h e r l o c k o f f o r e s i g h ti n c o m m i s s i o n i n go n e
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b o d g e o n d b o n n e r . A t o r o r e l o s s f o r w o r d s ,M s . B o r s o i d
s i m p l y ," Y o u ' l l j u s t h o v e t o m o k e d o . " O v e r c o m ew i t h t h e
f l u s ho f v i c t o r yt,h e h o n o ro f b e i n gc r o w n e db y C o n d yh e r s e l f ,
ond o desireto begin their reign on o positive{ooting, the
v i c t o r sg r o c i o u s l yo c c e p l e dh e r o p o l o g i e so n d f o r g o u eh e r
forthwith, bloming it oll on cenluries of heierosexist
dominotion ond obuse.
All ls Not Oronqe Blossoms
T h ee m o t i o n o l lcyh o r g e dv i c t o r yw o sd i m m e ds o m e w h ow l hen
s i g n so f s k e p t i c i s mo n d d i s c o n l e r rbl e g o n t o s u r f o c es h o r l l y
o f i e rt h e c o r o n o l i o n . W h e n t o l d t h o t t h e n e w l i f l e h o l d e r s
s i m p l yw o n t e dt o b r i n g h o n o r t o W e s t e r nS l o r ,o n e s u p p o r t e r ,
MonzonetoWood (Melinodo Nopier,'84) expressed
s k e p l i c i s m ." l d o n ' t t h i n k t h o t ' sp o s s i b l ef o r y o u l o d o , " s h e
e x c l o i m e d .W h e n t o l d t h o t l h e w i n n e r sf e l t t h o t t h e yh e l d t h e
i i l l e o s r e p r e s e n l o l i voef t h e O r o n g e ' 9 0 c l o s s ,c l o s sm e m b e r
D o v i dE l k i n sc r i e d ," L e o v em e o u t o f l t ! " A n d s o o r . rc, l r o r r t os{
" N o S p e e c h ,N o S p e e c h "b e g o nt o f o l l o w t l r e d u o w h e r e v e r
t h e y w e n i . A l t h o u g h u n d o u n t e db y t h i s i u r r r o f e v e n t s ,
S o H o r n yo n d A n i t o w e r e s h o c k e d o n d d e e p l y l r u r t w h e n
r u m o r so f o n o s s o s s i n o l i opr rl o l w e r e r e p o d e d . L e l ' sh o p e
t h e y { o l l o w t h e o d v i c e o f o n e c o n c e r n e ds u p p o r l e r ,R o n d y
( R e d ' 8 9 ) , w h o o d m o n i s h e d ," L o y l o w u n f i l n e x r
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l f y o u c o u l d o s k o s q u o r e d o n c e w i z o r d o n y l l r i n go b o u t
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t h i se d i t i o no f Q S .
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lody?
f f l S : \ N e l l ,n o w t h o t ' so l o u g h i e ,b e c o u s ew e m u s td e l v ei n i o
o t h e rc o n c e p t si n s q u o r ed o n c i n g . F i r s to f o l l , n o t o l l d o n c e r s
d o o l l c o l l si u s tb e c o u s ei n s t r u c f i o nosr e g i v e n . F o r e x o m p l e ,
i f t w o c o u p l e so r e m o v i n g o n d t w o c o u p l e so r e s t o f i o n o r y ,
o n l y t h e c o u p l e st h o l o r e i n m o t i o n e x e c u t et h e c o l l s b e i n g
g i v e nu n t i l t h e s q u o r ei s i n s o m e f o r m o t i o nt h o t f o r c e st h e m
lo execute the next coll with the stotionory couples.
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s p e c i f i c o l lcyo l l e db u t w h i c h o r e n e c e s s o riyn o r d e ri o c r e o l e
t h e p r o p e rs e t u pt o e x e c u t et h e c o l l w h i c h h o s b e e n g i v e n .
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d o n c e r sl o d o s o m e l h i n gt o t l r e l e f t - h o n dl o d y , l h e d o n c e r s
m u s t f i r s t d e t e r m i n ew h e i h e ro r n o f i h e y o r e o l o d y . l f y o u
o r e o l o d y ,y o u e l i m i n o l ey o u r s e l f r o n r t h e c o n c e p to f b e i n g
o l o d y o n d s i m p l yd o w h o t e v e ri s c o l l e d u s i n g t h e d e f i n i t i o n
o s p r e s c r i b e db y C o l l e r l o b . T h i s s e l f - e l i m i n o t i o ror n d
s u b s e q u e nstu b m i s s i o ni s w h e r et h e f i n e l i n e b e t w e e ns q u o r e
d o n c i n go n d t o t o l b o n d o g em e r g e .
O n o m o r e e s o t e r i ct h o u g h to n d u s i n g t h e c o n c e p to f s e l f -
e l i m i n o t i o nt,h e c o l l i s d i r e c t e dt o t h e g e n t . H i s l e f t - h o n dl o d y
is his corner. So, you could iust consider yourselfb+-s'engoi
b i - d o n c u ool n d e x e c u l et h e c o l l o s o c o r n e r . N o w , o r e n ' ty o u
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f o r m s i r r l o s q u o r e d o n c i n g o n d h i s p e r r c h o r . frot r S c o t t i s h
c o u n t r yd < r r r c i n g .
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h i s p o r t n e r ,o f l e o s t ,J T , l ' m n e o r .
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f e e l h i s s o h , g e n t l eh o n d s . Y o u g e l c o p o q u i c kf e e l o f l h o s e
f u z z yo r m s p e e k i r r gb e l o wt h o t s h i r ts l e e v e . Y o u g e t f o s r n i l e
c o y l y w h i l e t h e o t h e r c o u p l e so r e w o r k i n g , o n d y o u c o n
o l m o s t c o u n t e v e r y u p p e r l o s h . C o u r r l i r r gl l r e l o w e r o n e s
r e q u i r eo h i g h e rf r e q u e n c yo f c o l l ss u c l ro s S i n g l eC i r c l et o o
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m i d d l eo f l h e s i n g i n gc o l l w i t h J T . D u r i n gt h i sp e r i o dI g o t t o
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h i m w h e r ey o u { e e lt h e s i r e n g l ho f t h o s ew o n d e r f u l o r m so, n d
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i t l B e l i e v em e , i t g e t s g o o d m i l e o g e .
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n o w ' so g o o d t i m e t o p i c k o u t y o u r o p p o s i t e . J T w i l l n e v e r
k n o w t h o t l g o v e h i m o l i t t l e e x t r ot i g h t h u g o n d t h e k i s s
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r o l e ; b u t I l i k e t o t h i n kt h e r ew o s n r o r et o i t t h o n t h o t . B e f o r e
w e s i o r lt o l k i n gc r e o t i v ec h o r e o g r o p h yh, o w e v e r ,l e t ' st o k e o
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p r o m e n o d ei n t i n r ew i t h t l r e n r u s i c- o n e s l e p p e r b e o t w i t h
plerrtyof prettytwirlsolong the woy.
I d i d m y f i r s t p e r f o r m o r r c ew i t h t l r e F o g g y C i t y ( S q u o r e s )
e x h i b i t i o nl e o m o t t h e I 9 8 2 C o s t r oS t r e e F t o i r . B o c ki n t h o s e
b y - g o n ed o y s ,t h e o u d i e n c ew o s f o i r l ye o s yt o e n t e r t o i n( w e ' r e
t o l k i r r gs q u o r ed o n c i n gh e r e ! ! ) . M o s t p e o p l e w o u l d n ' t e v e n
t h i n ko { p u t t i n gt h e w o r d ss q u o r ed o n c e o n d g o y i n t h e s o m e
s e n t e n c el,e t o l o r r em i x i n gt h e m u p o f t l r e C o s t r oS t r e e tF o i r .
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o n d f h e B o o g i e W o o g i e B / u e s( d e o r g o d l ) w o s e n o u g h t o
l u r n h e o d s . T l r e n o v e l t yd i d n ' t l o s t l o n g , h o w e v e r .
I b e g o np e r f o r n r i n gw i t h t h e B o r b o r yC o o s tC l o g g e r si n | 9 8 3
o n d q u i c k l yr e o l i z e dt h o t t l r e o u d i e n c er e s p o n s et o c l o g g i n g
w o s m u c h m o r e e x c i t i r r go n d e n l h u s i o s t i tch o n i t h o d b e e n
w i t h s q u o r ed o n c e e x h i b i t i o no n d t h o t g o t m e t o t h i n k i n g( o
v e r y d o n g e r o u so c c u r r e n c et o p u t i t m i l d l y ) . W h o t c o u l d
p o s s i b l ym o k e s q u o r ed o n c i n go s m u c h { u n t o w o t c ho s i l w o s
t o d o n c e ? l T h e r ej u s th o d t o b e s o m e t h i n gm o r e i n t e r e s t i n g
thon whot wos being done. And I hod o few ideosup my
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c o n d u c i v et o c r e o t i v et h o u g h t ; s o I w o s f o r c e d i o p u t m y
c r e o t i v ei m p u l s e so n t h e b o c k b u r n e r .
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e x h i b i t i o nt e o m o t t h e t i m e , o n d o s k e d i f t h e y w o u l d b e
i n i e r e s l e di n w o r k i n g w i t h m e t o d o s o m e i n l e r e s l i n g
c h o r e o g r o p h y .F o r t u n o t e l yl h, e y w e r e v e r ye x c i l e do b o u l t h e
i d e o , o n d l w o s o f f o r r d r u n n i n go n o w l r o l en e w c o r e e r .
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i n I 9 8 4 u n d e r m y d i r e c t i o n ,b u t w e w e r e s t i l l i n t h e b o r i n g
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p u t t o g e t h e ro n y t h i n gv e r y i n t e r e s t i n fgo r t h o i c o n v e n r r o ns,o
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v o r i o t i o n s ) . T h e f i r s l f u l l y c h o r e o g r o p h e dc o n v e n t i o n
p e r f o r m o n c ew o s d o n e o t t h e D e n v e rc o n v e n f i o ni n ' l 9 8 5 .
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i n c l u d i n gt h e | O t h o n n i v e r s o r rye u n i o n o t S e o t t l ei n 1 9 9 3 .
W e o l s o p e r f o r m e d i n R i g o ( L o t v i o ) ,M o s c o w o n d S t .
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p e r f o r m o n c eos n d l h o t w o s q u i t e o c h o l l e n g e
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w o u l d { i t w i t h t h e m u s i c . W e t l r e r rr l o d i f i e d ( e x t e n c l e dt h) e
music to {it the dorrce. As I becorle nrore expenenced,
however,I reolizedthot it wos foirly eosy lo write the figures
t o f i t t h e m u s i c . D u r i n gt h i s p e r i o do f l i m e ( r r i d - B O , s I) ,t r i e d
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h o s h m u s i c( / t ' so S m o / /W o r l d s i m p l yw o u l j n , t d o l l ) . I o l s o
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donce to thor.rthe usuol squore donce hoslr music.
E v e n t u o l l yI ,r e o l i z e dt h o l I c o u l d w r i t ei n t e r e s f i nfgi g u r e sl h o t
f i i t h e t i m i n go n d s t r u c t u roef s i n g i n gc o l l s . W h o f, s t h i sy o u
s o y ? ? ! l Y o u d i d r r ' tk r r o ws i n q i r r gc o l l sh c r do n y s r r u c t u roer
t i m i n g ,f o r t l r o l n r o f i e r ? W e l l , s o n r e t i m elsh e y d o n , l s e e n rl o
(depending o n l h e c o l l e r- r r o s t yr,r o s t y )l ;r o * e v e r ,i f y o u t h i n k
o b o u t i t o l i t t l e ,y o u ' l l r e o l i z et h c r tt l r e y r e o l l yd o . S o h o w
o b o u t o s h o r tr e v i e wo f w h o l s i r r g i r r cgo l l so r e o l l o b o u l . A n c l
l w o n i y o u " c h o l l e n g e ds q u o r ed o n c e r s "t,l r o t i s t o s o y , y o u
s q u o r e d o n c e r s w h o d o n c e C h o l l e n g et o p o y p o r l i c u l o r l y
c l o s eo t t e n t i o n .T h i s w i l l b e o g o o d r e v i e wf o r y o u .
A s i n g i n gc o l l c o n s i s l so f Z p o r t so s f o l l o w s :
1. Introduction
- O h s o m e t h i n gl i k e - F o l l o w sc h o i n ,l h e r rc h o i r r, e m
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2. F i g u r eI
- H e o d sS q u o r eT h r u , e l c .
- Followsmove lo the next Mon (veryfickle)
3 . F i g u r e2
- H e o d sS q u o r eT h r u , e l c .
- F o l l o w sc l r o n g ep o n n e r s
4. Middlebreok
- A f i g u r es i m i l o rt o t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n
- Done withyour opposite
5 . F i g u r e3
- N o w i l s t h e s i d e s 't u r n
- F o l l o w sc h o n g eM e n - o g o i n ( l ' v eo l w o y ss o i d t h o t t h e
F o l l o w sh o v e A L Lr h e F U N ! ! )
6 . F i g u r e4
- Do it ogoinsides
- Time for the Follows to return to their home Bov
(finolly)
7. Endirrg
- T h o t ' so l l f o l k s .
- A n d y e s ,V i r g i n i o( H o m s ? )o, W e o v et h e R i n gi s o l m o s t
i n e v i t o lbe .
And eoch of these porls conloirrs exoctly 64 counts - no
m o r e , n o l e s s . S o o r m e dw i t h t h i sv o l u o b l ei n f o r m o i i o nI s e t
o b o u tw r i l i n gc o l l s* h i c h f i t t h i sb o s i cp o t t e r n - - w i l o h few very
m i n o r m o d i f i c o t i o n so, f c o u r s e . T h e r e w o s n o n e e d , f o r
e x o n r p l e t, o o l l o w t h e F o l l o w st o f l i t f r o m o n e M o n t o t h e
r r e x l . l ' v e o l w o y sb e e n o r o l l r e rm o r - r o g o m o ut ys p e ( h o w e v e r
d i f f i c u l t l r o t m o y b e t o b e l i e v e )o n d b e s i d e s ,i t w o s e o s i e rt o
w r i t eo r r dl e o c hp o t l e r r rtsl r o lo l w o y sb r o u g h ty o u b o c kt o y o u r
p o r t r r e r( i u s tl i k e h o s h ) . W r i t i r . r pg o t t e r n st h o t t o o k 6 4 c o u n t s
l o d o n c eo l s o h o d t h e o d v o n t o g eo f b e i n g m o d u l o r . T h o t i s ,
l c o u l d l o k eo n y 6 4 c o u r r p t o f i e r no n d p l u g i l i n t oo n y s i n g i n g
coll.
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D u r i n gJ o n u o r y I i n t r o d u c e do c o n c e p tw h i c h I c o l l e d
t h e " H e x " . T h e i d e o b e h i n dt h i s c o r r c e p w l os to workwilh 6
c o u p l e s( 3 h e o d so n d 3 s i d e s ) .l t o c c u r r e dt o m e ( d u r i n go n e
o f n r y d r u g - i n d u c e d ,s q u o r e - d o n c e - f o n t o skyi p s ) t l r o t 6
c o u p l e so r r o n g e di n o l . r e xf o r m o l i o n c o u l d d o o n y o f t h e
C o l l e r l o bs q u o r ed o r r c ec o l l s . G r o n l e d , t h e r e n e e d e dt o b e
o c e r t o i ror n r o u n to f . . . . .s h o l lw e s o y ,p o e t i cl i b e r t yl o k e nw i t h
s o m e o f l h e c o l l s . O t h e r w i s e ,c o l l s s u c l r o s R i g h to n d L e f t
T h r u o r D o u b l eP o s sT h r u m i g l r lc o u s es o m e n o s t yo c c i d e n t s .
Heods Promenode holf wouldn't work too well, but
p r o m e n o d i n gI / 3 o r 2 / 3 ' s w o r k e d l i k e o c h o r m . I s u p p o s e
t l r o tt h i s c o n c e p th o s b e e r rt r i e d s o m e w h e r eo u l t h e r e i n t h e
h i n l e r l o n d so f s q u o r ed o n c i n go t s o m e t i m e i n t h e p o s t ,b u t
l h o d n e v e rs e e n i t d o n e b e f o r e . S o I l i k e t o t h i n k t h o t I
"invented"it. I sure did get o funny look from those folks ot
the potent office, however,when I opplied for the polent.
O v e r t h e y e o r s l ' v e o l s o e x p e r i m e n t e dw i t h 6 - c o u p l e
r e c t o n g l e s( 4 h e o d s ,2 s i d e s ) ,B - c o u p l es q u o r e s( 4 h e o d s ,4
s i d e s ) ,B - c o u p l eo c t o g o n s( o l t e r n o t i n g
h e o d so n d s i d e s )o n d
even 3-couple lriongles(l heod, I side ond I
w h o l e v e r. ) l ' v e o l s o w o r k e d w i t h 3 o r 4 s e t s c o n l o i n i n q2
c o u p l e sp e r s e t . E q c hs e t o f c o u p l e sw o u l d d o t l r e s o m e " s e t
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2 coupleswould storttlre pottern,followed B counts loter by to fit the musicond hod o greot time doing it. But don'l
t h e s e c o n ds e t o f 2 c o u p l e s( d o i n gt h e s o m e c o l l s ) ,{ o l l o w e d w o r r y ,I w o n ' t o f i e m p t o d e s c r i b ei t h e r e ;y o u r e o l l ym u s l s e e
B c o u n t sl o t e rb y t h e t h i r ds e l o f c o u p l e s f, o l l o w e d. . . . . b u t i t i o e x p e r i e n c ei t . A n d t h o t s h o u l d n ' tb e o p r o b l e m ,s i n c e
'Round
l ' m s u r ey o u ' v eg o t t h e p i c t u r e( i f n o t t h e p o t t e r n )b y n o * . l've got LOTSof video. Turn Me wos {irst performed
o t t h e M i o m i c o n v e n t i oinn l 9 9 l o n d e v e n t u o l lbve c o m eo n e
I n d o i n g s q u o r ed o n c e c h o r e o g r o p h yI, h o v e o l w o y st r i e d t o of our fovoriteperformoncenumbers.
w o r kw i t h o c f u o lC o l l e r l o bc o l l s( p o s t o n dp r e s e n l ) A
. nd there
o r e e n o u g ho f t h o s eo r o u n d l o l o s to l i f e l i m e- i r u s l m e ! S o l r e o l l y h o v e h o d l o t so f f u n o v e r l h e p o s t l 0 y e o r sd r e o m i n g
l w o s o l w o y so n t h e l o o k o u tf o r n i c e l o o k i n gm e n c o l l s ,t h o l up vorious ond sundry choreogrophedsquore donce
i s . A n d e x o c t l yw h o t c o n s t i t u t eos n i c e l o o k i n gc o l l , y o u o s k ? e x h i b i t i o np i e c e s . I h o p e m y f e l l o w s q u o r e d o n c e r sh o u e
Well, there needs to be lots of oction ond it should creote found them to be os much fun to wotch os they were to
s o m e n i c e - l o o k i n gp o t t e r n so n d . . . . . . w e l l , m o y b e o f e * creote.
e x o m p l e sw o u l d h e l p i l l u s t r o t ew h o t I m e o n :

Proqrom Pretty Colls Borinq Colls Commenl on Borinq

Moinsfreom Flutteruheel Bend the line Yowr,
Plus Reloy ihe Deucey Loqd 'the Boot .o'"^, O,t
CA]II YOU ISQUAREDANCE
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n et p b y R U S SK I N G
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lhis one
Long before I wos o dorrcer, I loved lo wotch donce
Explode the Top (Lots ond Lo'ts) Trust me on fhis one p e r f o r m o r r c e sB. o l l e t ,n r o d e r nd o n c e ,f o l k d o n c e ,e v e nt h o s e
c4 (There oren't ony) And on lhis, loo R e n o i s s o n c et h i n g s t l r e y d o o u t f r o n t o t s o m e o f t h e
S h o k e s p e o r fee s t i v o l sb e { o r et l r e p l o y b e g i n s - - ll o v e d i t o l l .
A l o t o f t h e c h o r e o g r o p h yl ' v e c r e o t e do v e r l h e y e o r ss t o r t e d T h e f i r s tn i g h l I e v e r s q u o r ed o n c e d ,b o c k i r r 1 9 8 1 w i t h S k i p
w i t h o n e o f l h e s ei n i e r e s t i n cg o l l so n d e x p o r r d e d from there. Borrett'sFoggy City Squores ot tlre Trocodero Tronsfer, I
A g o o d e x o m p l eo f t h i s i s S p i n C h o i n o n d E x c h o n g et h e r e m e m b e trh i n k i n g :" W h o tf u n - - t h i si s l i k e o B u s b yB e r k e l e y
G e o r s . T h i s c o l l h o s l o t s o f m o v e m e n to r r d s o n r ev e r y n i c e r o u t i n ef o r e i g h tp e o p l e l " l ' v e o l w o y sf o u n d t h e f u s i o no f t h e
p o t l e r n s( s t o r ss, i n u o u ss i n g l e{ i l e p r o m e n o d e )o; r r d I r e o l i z e d k i n e t i ci m p u l s ew i t h t h e m u s i c o li r n p u l s et o b e o n e o f t h e f i n e r
t h o t i t w o u l d b e d y n o m i t ei f d o n e { r o r no h e x . O k o y , s o c l e o r t h i n g sl i f e l r o sl o o f { e r .
y o u r m i n d o n d l r y t o v i s u o l i z ew h o t l ' m o b o u t l o d e s c r i b e .
L e t ' ss t o r tw i t h o h e x f o r m o l i o n : I w o s p o s e di h e q u e s t i o r"rC o n y o u s q u o r ed o n c et o M o z o r t ? "
I h o v e n ' tt r i e d i t , b u l l r o v i n gd e v i s e dp e r f o r m o n c ep i e c e sl o
l. H e o d F o l l o w ss t o r ( r i g h t )1 % S c o t tJ o p l i n , G l e n n M i l l e r , o n d T c h o i k o v s k yI, s u p p o s et h e
2. SidesPromenode Ts o n s w e r* o u l d b e o q u o l i f i e d" y e s . " ( T h e T c h o i k o v s k p y iece
3. S i d e sP o i rO f f ( f l i po v e r l o f o c e y o u r c o r n e r ) w o s c h o r e o g r o p h e dt o t l r e w o l h f r o m E u g e n e O n e g i n ; i t
4. S p i nC h o i n o n d W e o v et h e G e o r s ( t h i si s m y n o m e { o r n e v e rg o t p o s i t h e w o r k s h o ps l o g e ,b u t t h e d o n c e r sl i k e d i t . )
the coll) A c t u o l l y ,i f o i l e o s te i g h l d o r r c e r so n d o c o l l e r c o n o g r e e o n
Endsturn t/t right o u n i f o r mw o y o f r e s p o n d i n gt o i h e m u s i c ,y o u c o n p r o b o b l y
C e n l e r s3 / ol e t t , E r r d sU - t u r nB o c k d o n c et o o n y t h i n gf r o n rM o z o r tt o N i n e I n c h N o i l s , b u t s i n c e
C e n t e r st r o d e r / : ( t h i sr e p l o c e st h e C e r r l e r sT r o d e ) s q u o r ed o n c e r so r e r r o t o c c u s t o m e dt o c u i n g o f f t h e m u s i c ,
Turn stors7q t h o t ' so p r e t t yb i g l F . l l r o d n r y h o n d s f u l l w i t l r J o p l i r ro r r d
W e o v e o c r o s st h e r n i d c l l eo f f h e s e l M i l l e r , e v e n w i t h l o t s o [ r e h e o r s oili m e , c r n d" W h y b o t h e ri n
5 . S i n g l e{ i l e p r o m e n o d e( i n o c i r c l e )o n d f o c e . i no l y o u r t h e f i r s tp l o c e , "y o u m o y o s k W e l l . . .
home oosition
'83,
In the eorlyl9B0's ('82 ond t o b e p r e c i s e )g, o y s q u o r e
E v e n t u o l l yi t, b e c o m em o r e q n d m o r e d i f f i c u l lt o f i n d s q u o r e doncing wos in the process of developing o notionol
d o n c em u s i ct h o t w o s f u n t o l i s l e nl o o n d f u n t o d o n c et o . I c o n s c i o u s n e s sT.h e h o l f d o z e no r s o k n o w n g o y c l u b s ( m o s t
b e g o n l o o k i n go r o u n d { o r o t h e r f o r m so f m u s i cw h i c h m i g h t of which would loter form the initiol core of the IAGSDCIM)
l e n dt h e m s e l v etso o c l r o r e o g r o p h esdq u o r ed o n c e . I n I 9 9 0 , h o d b e g u n t o c o n n e c ts o c i o l l yv i o f l y - i n so n d r e l o t e de v e n t s .
I h e o r d o s o n g b y k . d . l o n g c o l l e d T u r n M e ' R o u n d ,o n d I A t t h e s eg e t - t o g e t h e r es ,o c h c l u b w o u l d u s u o l l yd o s o m e s o r i
r e o l i z e di m m e d i o t e l tyh o t t h i sw o s e x o c t l yt l r e\ p e o f s o n g f o r o f d e m o n s t r o l i o dn o n c e ,s o m e w h o ti n t h e s p i r i to f p r e s e n t i n g
w h i c h l h o d b e e n s e o r c h i n g .N o t o n l y d i d i t h o v e l o t s o f o c o l l i n gc o r d o r l e i t e ro f i n t r o d u c t i o n .T h i s t r e n d p e o k e do t
e n e r g y b, u t k . d . w o s o c t u o l l ys i n g i n go b o u ts q u o r ed o n c i r r g . the I 983 Rerro Goy Rodeo's Courrtry Donce Festivol.
S o l s e t o b o u t w r i t i n go n e x h i b i i i o np i e c et o t h i s m u s i c . I M i d n i g h tS q u o r e sp r e m i e r e dt w o h o s h p i e c e sb y R o b D o o u d
f o u n dt h i si o b e p o r t i c u l o r leyx c i t i n go n d c h o l l e n g i n gb e c o u s e s h o w c o s i n gl h e i r l h e r r - u n i q u ep r o f i c i e n c yo t i h e A d v o n c e d
T u r n M e ' R o u n d w o s m o s td e f i n i t e l yN O T o t r o d i t i o n opl i e c e p r o g r o m ,o n e o f w h i c h c r e o t i v e l yo d o p t e ds e v e r o lc o l l s t o o

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six-coupleformot. Copitol City Squores did o singing coll
highlighted by lhe creotiveuse of props for humorous effect,
o n d F o g g y C i t y S q u o r e sd i d t h e i r p o t e n t e d h i g h - e n e r g y ,h i g h -
p r e c i s i o ns i n g i n g c o l l s t o S k i p ' s d y n o m i c v o c o l s . A t W e s t e r n
S i o r , w e h o d n o p e r f o r m o n c e l e o m , p r e c i s i o n /n o r o t h e r w i s e ;
ond our collective knowledge of Plus wos limited, lel olone
Advonced; so with Scott Corey's involuoble supporl ond
encourogement, I got the green light to try somelhing thoi
would toke o completely differentopprooch.
ldecided to try motching squore donce moves io o non-
troditionol but cotchy piece of qood music ond setiled on
Scott Joplin's The Rog Time Donce. Afier listening to the
p i e c e o v e r o n d o v e r , | { o u n d m , r s i c o l l yo p p r o p r i o t e p l o c e s f o r
o n A l l - F o u r L o d i e sT e o c u p C h o i n , G r o n d S p i n , o n d R e l o yt h e
Deucey. The finol version begon with two seporotesquores
ond mutoted into o single Siomese squore for tlre grond
finole. lt wos well received in Reno (wherethe performonce
included the public debut o{ lhe Western Stor vests,newly
designed by Dennis Ficken) orrd, o few weeks loier, ot o
donce in Son Froncisco. (lt wos revived fiue yeors loter, irr
sllghtly revised fornr, for Wesfern Stor's 6th Arrniversory
Donce.) But I leorned during this experience thot
coordinoting o live coller with the nrusic wos very tricky
i n d e e d . ( l f P l o c i d o D o r n i n g o e v e r b e c o m e s o v o i l o b l et o u s ,
I might be persuodedto ioke onotlrer look oi the Tchoikovsky
piece.) And, no motter how oppropriole lo the nrusic the
sequences of colls moy be in olher respecls, getting the
doncers to oll do the some tlring with tlreir feei wherr lhe
music isn't i't 4/4 tinte (The Rog Time Donce hoppens lo be
h 2/4.) is on odventure in ilself. So, my rother lobor-
intensive meihods hove to doie produced just two more
p i e c e s - - t l ' r eG l e n n M i l l e r l n t h e M o o d f o r C l u b L o S t o r ' 8 5
(using squore doncers olso odept ol swing, with Andrews
S i s t e r s - s t y l veo c o l s o r r o n g e d b y R i c W i l s o n ) , o r r d o r e l o t i v e l y
t r o d i l i o n o l s i n g i n g c o l l t o S o n F r o n c i s c oi o r t l r e G o l d e n G o t e
Bridge 50th Anniversorywolk in Moy of 1987. Loter thot
y e o r , I d i s c o v e r e d S c o t t i s hC o u n t r y D o n c i n g o n d { o u n d i n i t
o sociol dorrce form much more compoiible with my
p o r t i c u l o r i n t e r e s l i n \ i n g m o v e n t e r r tt o m u s i c o f q u o l i t y .
A s s q u o r e d o n c i n g , S c o t t i s l rc o u n t r y d o n c i n g i s u s u o l l y d o n e
i n f o u r - c o u p l e g r o u p s ( s o n r e t i m e si n s q u c l r e ds e i s , b u t m o r e
often in focing lines). The vocobulory of figures is smoller,
but the footwork is more complicoted, witlr specific
modificotions for different types of music. Eoch donce is
structured like o singing coll, with o repeoting potfern of
{ i g u r e s ( u s u o l l y3 2 b o r s i n l e n g t h , o f t e n w r i t t e n t o g o w i t h o
porticulor tune) thot keeps on going until everyone is bock
where they storted. The sequence of figures must be
memorized ond is only cued when the donce is being iought;
thereofler, the instructor merely gives o verbol recop before
t h e m u s i c b e g i n s . T i m i n g t h e m o v e m e n l si o t h e m u s i c ( o r
"phrosing") is considered os importont os knowing their
geogrophy, becouse, without o coller, it is the uniformiiy o{
t l r e d o n c e r s ' r e s p o n s e st o i h e m u s i c w h i c h h o l d s e v e r y t l r i n g
logether.
G U A R T E RSLE
YL E C T I O N S
L i v e m u s i c p l o y e d b y e x p e r i e n c e dm u s i c i o n si s s t o n d o r do f
w e e k e n dd o n c e s ,o n d o t s o m e c l u b n i g h t s ,t o o . A w e e k e n d
d o n c e p r o g r o m u s u o l l yc o n t o i n s o b o u t I 5 d o n c e s , s o m e
h u n d r e d so f y e o r s o l d , s o m e w r i i t e n r e c e n t l y ,w h i c h h o u e
b e e n t o u g h ti n d e t o i ld u r i n g t h e w e e k o t c l u b n i g h t s . O n e
interesting discovery | mode when I took up Scottish:
Although Skip Borrett's memorized-singing-colls-only
o p p r o o c ht o s q u o r e d o n c i n g o t t h e T r o c o d e r od i d n o t m i x
w e l l w i t h C o l l e r l o b ,i t h o d i t s r o o t si n s o c i o ld o n c e t r o d i t i o n s
d o t i n go s f o r b o c k o s t h e I B t h C e n t u r y .
So, I discoveredo donce form witlr no live coller to worry
o b o u t , c l e o r l ye s t o b l i s h e df o o t w o r k ,o n d h i g h - q u o l i t ym u s i c
t o k e nf o r g r o n l e d . I w o s i n o s o c i o l d o n c e c h o r e o g r o p h e r ' s
hog heoven. So for, l've wriflen obout twentydonces,obouf
h o l f o f w h i c h h o v e h o d g o o d e x p o s u r ei n t h e B o yA r e o ( o n d
o c c o s i o n o l lbye y o n d )o n d t l r r e eo f * h i c h h o v eb e e np u b l l s h e d
i n o l o c o lc o l l e c l i o n . N o w i f w e c o u l d o n l y g e t o g o y g r o u p
goilrg. .
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s q u o r ed o n c e p e r f o r f f l o n c o
e r o u n d t l r e f o l l o w i n gc o n c e p t s :
I. Y o u ' r e o n o { o o l b o l lf i e l d , o n d y o u w o n t t o l o o k b i g g e r
t h o no g n o t i n o b o x .
2. Y o u ' v e g o t 2 5 0 p o r l i c i p o r r lish o i h o v e t o b e r n o v e di n t o
t h e s l o d i u mi n o n o r d e r l ym o n n e r b e c o u s ey o u ' r e " p r e -
s e t t i r r tgh e f i e l d "w h i l es o m e o n ee l s ei s p e r f o r m i n go n l h e
stoge.
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o ore, no
l e s s - - b e c o u soen e p e r s o nm i s s i n gw o u l d m e o n 4 7 o t h e r s
w o u l d b e d r o p p e df r o m t l r e p e r f o r m o n c e .
4. Y o u ' v eg o l t o r e h e o r s et h i st h i n g i n o l o r g eo p e n i n go v e r
s e v e r o l m o n t h s s o t h o t e v e r v o r r e w o ul d h o v e o n
o p p o r t u n i t yt o p u t o t l e o s t o n e r e h e o r s o l i n t h e i r
s c h e d u l e .A d d t o l h o t t h e f o c t t h o t t h e p e r f o r m o n c ei s i n
S o n F r o n c i s c o ,b u t o n e f u l l s q u o r e i s c o m i n g f r o m
P o r t l o n dO , r e g o n ,o n d o n e f r o m M i o m i , F l o r i d o .T h o s e
t w o s q u o r e sw i l l n o t b e o b l e t o r e h e o r s ew i t h t h e e n t i r e
u n i t u n t i l t h e b i g d r e s sr e h e o r s oiln t h e s t o d i u mt h e d o y
before. And this is further complicotedby the foct thot
o n e o f t h e P o r t l o n dd o n c e r si s d e o f .
5. Y o u ' r ed o n c i r r go n o g r o s sf o o t b o l lf i e l d ,o n d o n o l d f i e l d
oi thot, so thot it could hove pot holes from lock of
moirrterronce. lt could hove roined prior to the
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e v e ns 0 9 9 y . E d d i eo n d F r e e m o nh o v e o n e n o r m o u sf l q r ef o r t h i n g sb i g g e r
f i o n l i f e . O u r o b i e c t i v ew o s t o p r e s e n ts q u o r ed o n c i n gt h o t
6. lt could be cold; it could be worm; it could be windy. l o o k e d o s t h o u g h i t w e r e o f o o t b o l l h o l f - t i m es h o w b o n d
r o u l i n ed e s i g n e db y B u s b yB e r k e l e y .
7 . Y o u ' v en o i d e o w h o t t h e s o u n ds y s l e mw i l l r e o l l yb e l i k e ,
o n d y o u w o n ' t g e t o c h o n c et o f i n d o u t u n l i l l h e d r e s s M u s i cw o s s e l e c t e db e f o r et h e c h o r e o g r o p h w y osdeveloped.
r e he o r s ol . After listeningto mony Broodwoyoverturesond bombostic
l n d S o u s o m o r c h e sf o r " e n l r o n c em u s i c , "D o r r e l l
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b e t w e e n n o t - h o v i n q - c o r n p l e t e d - M o i n s t r e o m - c ltoos s h e h o d b o u g h t o n c o s s e t l et o p e . A n d t h e r e i t w o s - - t h e
Chollenge. d r e q m e d - o fm u s i c - - t h et h e m e l o B o n o n z o . W h o t w e w o u l d
d o w i t h t h o t m u s i cc o m e m u c h l o t e r . l t w o s o n t o f i n d i n gi w o
9. You wont to look exciting ond coordinoted wilhout s i n g i n g c o l l s t h o t h o d m u s i c o l i n l e r e s t - - n e v em r ind the
b r e o k i n gd o w n , b u t y o u w o n t t h e s p e c t o l o r lso s e e y o u potterns;we could re-writethose. The fwo thot eventuolly
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t h e m s e l v e sA. n d , y o u w o n l p r e c i s ec o l o r s ,w i t h o u tb e i n g t h e u p w o r dm o d u l o t i o ni n p i t c hd u r i n g l h e n u m b e r so n d t h e
expensive f o r t h e i n d i v i d u odl o n c e r s . m e d l e yc o m p o s i i i o n . T h i s w o u l d c u t t h e r e p e t i t i o u sf e e l i n g
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p e r f o r m o n c eg r o u p h o s p r e - s e tt h e f i e l d d u r i n g y o u r W e l l , s o m e w h e r ei n t h e m i d s to f o l l t h i s , E d d i ew o s " g u n n e d
p e r f o r m o n c eo n d i s n i p p i n g o t y o u r h e e l st o m o v e l l t e d o w n " b y o m o t o r c y c l ec, o u s i n gs e r i o u so n d p e r m o n e n tl e g
p r o g r o mo l o n g q u i c k l y . ond upper body domoge. So, over mony weeksof Eddie
r e c l i n i n gi r r b e d , w o r k i n gw i t h c o l l e r d o l l s , F r e e m o nw o l k i n g
M o s t s q u o r e d o n c i r r g c h o r e o g r o p h yi s d e s i g n e d f o r o u p o n d d o w n t h e b e d r o o mo r k i t c h e n ,o n d c l o s i n go u r e y e s
s o m e w h o t - i n t i m o teen v i r o r r m e n t . C h o r e o g r o p h i n gf o r o to imogirre,we wrote tlre pottertrsfor the two singirrgcolls.
p e r f o r m o r r cien t h e m i d d l eo f o f o o t b o l lf i e l d { o r o r r e s l i r n o l e d W e d e c i d e dt l r o l , i n o n e , w e w o n t e dl o e m p h o s i z et h e l i n e o r
1 0 , 0 0 0 s p e c l o t o rrse q u i r e so s e n s eo f f l o r eo r r dl h e d r o m o t i c . f l o * o f c o l l so n d , i n t h e o l h e r ,l h e c i r c u l o rf l o w o f c o l l s . N o w
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A r e og o y c o m m u n i \ p e r f o r m e do f t h e C l o s i n gC e r e r r o n i e so f e v e r r i ,s o w e h o d l o d e s i g n o r e o g r o p h yf o r t h e l o w e s i
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B u t , t h e s t o r yb e g i n s i n I 9 8 5 o n d * o s o * h o l e y e o r i n t h e w o u l d h o u ed o n c e r sw i t h m o n y y e o r so f e x p e r i e n c e o r - r dm o r r y
n t o k i ng . w i t l r l i t t l e t o n o e x p e r i e n c eo t h e r t h o n g e t t i n g t h r o u g h o
M o i r . r s l r e ocml o s s .T h e s er o u l i n e sw e r eg i v e nf o K e i t ho n d B i l l
A c o m m i t t e eo f t h e G o y G o m e s i s s u e di r r v i l o l i o r tros o l l o f t h e w h o s er e s p o n s i b i l i ti yt w o s l o g e t l h e l y r i c sc o o r d i n o t e dw i i h
Boy Areo squore donce clubs to perforntol orre of the l h e n e w p o t t e r n so n d t o r e l t e o r s et h e c o l l e r s .
c e r e m o n i e so f t h e G o m e s . S c o t tC o r e y i m r l e d i o l e l ys e i z e d
t h e o p p o r t u n i t yl o r e o c n c o n s e n s u so n r o r ) g l h e c l u b s l o S c o t te v e n i u o l l g y o l o c o m m i t m e n t o r 2 4 0 d o n c e r s 4, c o l l e r s ,
porticipote o s o n e u n i f u r r d e rt h e b o r r r r eor { t h e l r r l e r n o t i o n o l ond 6 n r o n i i o r s . S o , h o w d o y o u g e t t h e m i r r t oo s l o d i u m
A s s o c i o t i oo n f G o y S q u o r eD o r r c eC l u b s . A c o r r m i t t e eo f s i x d u r i n gs o m e o n ee l s e ' sp e r f o r r n o n c q en d o n t o t l r ef i e l d i n t o o
w o s { o r m e d l o p l o n o r r d e x e c u l el l r r sp r e s e n t o t i o n :D o r r e l l f o r r n o l i o ni n w h i c h l h e y con d o t w o singing colls? We
Anderson(WesternSlor)dec"o,'d,KeithBishop(WesternStor) e v e n t u o l l ys o w t h o t t h e 3 0 s q u o r e s o f d o n c e r sc o u l d b e
deceosed, Scott Corey (WesternStor), Eddie Smilh (therrof d i v l d e di r r t o5 e q u o l g r o u p s . W h o t e v e ro r r eu n i t d i d t h e o t h e r
Foggy City) deceosed, Freemon Stomper(WesternStor),ond four w o u l d olso d o , s o w e f o c u s e d o n m o v e m e n t sf o r o n l y
B i l l W h i t e f i e l d( t h e no f F o g g yC i t y ) . W h i l e t h e r e o r e m o n y one unit of 6 s q u o r e s . T o s l o r l w i t h, the doncersore
focetslo tlre efforts pui into this undertoking,l'll try not to p o s i t i o n e do n t h e p e r i m e l e ro f l h e f i e l d. They could iust
digress too much from $e focus of creoling the P r o m e n o d et o m u s i c i n t o t h e i r s t o r t i n gf o r m o t i o n( s o m e w h o t
c h o r e o g r o p h y . W e h o d m o n y b r u n c h e s ,b r e o k f o s t so, n d like o Grond Morch), b u t t h o t w o u l d n ' l b e very interesting.
o r d i n o r ym e e i i n g st o d e s i g n o n d d e c i d e : m u s i c , c o l l e r s , Remember, t h i s w o s o u r h o l f - t i m e s l r o w , so whot would o
c o l o r s ,c l o t h i n g ,c o m m u n i c o t i o n sp, u b l i c i t y f, i n o n c i n g( o r ro bond d o ?
b u d g e to f o b o u t $ 5 0 0 ) , l o g i s t i c fso r r e h e o r s o l so,r r do l l e r n o l e
p l o n sf o r d o n c e r s . T h e i o y o f w o r k i n gw i t l i E d d i ew o s t h o t h e c o u l d t r u l y b r o i n -
s t o r m . N e i t h e ro f u s e v e r h o d o b o d i d e o ; s o m e i u s tw e r e n ' t
E d d i eo n d I w e r e r e s p o n s i b l ef o r c r e o l i n gt h e c h o r e o g r o p h y ; r i g h tf o r t h e o c c o s i o n .T h e f i n o l d e c i s i o nw o s t h o t t h e s t o r t i n g
h o w e v e r i, t w o s t h e c o m m i t f e ew h o d e c i d e do n t h e p o r l i c u l o r f o r m o t i o nf o r t h e u n i t w o s f o u r c o l u m n s . W i t h t h e u n i t i n
m u s i c . l n t h e b e g i n n i n gw e d i d n o i k n o w h o w m o r r yd o n c e r s c o l u m n s f o c i n g i h e c e r r t e ro f t l r e { i e l d , t h e t w o o u t s i d e
w e w o u l d h o v e ;w e k n e w o n l y t l r o t w e w o u l d d o t w o s i n g i n g c o l u m n sm o v e do n o d i o q o r . r ol iln e t o w o r d se o c h o t h e rt o t h e

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Portner Trode ond moved towords the sideline. However, the
t w o c e n t e r c o l u m n s w h i c h w e r e o n t h e s i d e l i n eb e g o n m o v i n g
lowords the center of the field ot the momeni the firstcouple
did the Portner Trode. Since we were doing troditionol
squore donce colls (or movements lhot looked like squore
d o n c e c o l l s ) ,w e h o d o c r e o l e o f e * n o m e s f o r c o l l s o r s u b -
routineswithin the performonce.
For exomple, the two outside columns knew when to beoin
moving becouse one of tlre collers colled ,,Heod ,E- U"p.
When the two oulside columns mei ihe two inside .olr-,.,r,
they did o "Grond Pull By." Once the unit of 4B doncerswos
i n t w o o u t f o c i n g l i r r e so f 2 4 d o n c e r s o n d w e w o n t e d t h e m l o
s e p o r o t eo n d m o v e s e v e r o l y o r d s o p o r t , t h e c o l l w o s i s s u e dt o
"Move 'Em Out Eight." The doncers then knew to wolk
forword os one long line eight steps. Remember, nowhere
hove we yet resembled o squore, but colls were issued lo
h e o d s o n d t o t h e s i d e s . T h i s r e f e r r e dl o w h e l h e r y o u w e r e o
h e o d o r s i d e i n t h e s q u o r e w h i c h y o u w o u l d e v e n t u o l l ym o k e
t o d o n c e t h e t w o s i n g i n g c o l l s . T h r o u g h o s e r i e so t r o d i i i o n o l
colls, the unit wos in o lorrg column oi focing couples. The
c o l l " E i g h t C h o i n T h r u G o T r i p l e "w o s g i v e n w h i c h m o v e d t h e
doncersthrough the two long colurnnsirr o weoving nrolion.
A { e w m o r e t r o d i i i o n o lc o l l s s e t t h e u n i l i n o s i n g l e l i n e o f
every other couple focirrg the opposite direciion. At this
p o i n t , n o s q u o r e o f d o n c e r s h o d b e e n t o g e t l r e ro s o s q u o r e ,
b u t i h e y w e r e c l o s e . T h e e i g h i d o r r c e r so r r e i t h e r e n d o f t h e
line were oll fronr the some squore. For lhe four other
squores,oll doncers focing in lhe some direclion would
e v e n l u c r l l yf o r n r o s q u o r e o n t h e i r e r r d o f t h e l i r r e . U p o n t l r e
coll "Cenler Four Move Out," the center four soorr-to-be^
s q u o r e sw o l k e d { o r w o r d w h i l e t h e t w o s c l u o r e so n l h e e n d s o f
the line remoined sloiionory. Tlre mogic coll of ,'promenode
H o m e " c o u s e d o l l s i x s q u o r e st o p r o m e r r o d e i r r o c i r c l e t o s e t
lheir squores individuolly irrlo o unil orrongecl os o lorge
r e c t o n g l eo f s i x s q u o r e s o f d o n c e r s .
S i m p l e , n o ? W e l l , n o . S i r r c ec r s q u o r e w o s n o l f o r r n e d u n t i l
o b o u l t h r e e m i n u l e s i n t o l h e p e r f o r n r o , , c e ,w h e r e d i c l t h e y
begirr when tlrey were on tlre sideline os o block of four
c o l u m r r s . E d d i e o n d l h o d t o d o n c e t h i s r ; o r l i o r ro f t h e
p e r f o r m o n c e i n r e v e r s e ,l r o c k i n g o l l 4 B d o n c e r s b o c k t o t h e
originol columns. lrr order lo permorrently identify eoclr
d o n c e r , e o c h u n i l w o s g i v e n o n i d e n t i f i c o t i o n ,e o c l r s q u o r e
wos given o number, ond eoch doncer become llre stondord
couple one, couple two, elc., with finol boy or girl
designotion. The units become known os G, A, y, S ond D.
(Cute, huh?) Thus, os o doncer, who you reolly were wos
G-3-2-8, which meont you were in Unit G, Squore3, Couple
2, Boy position. lf you were reheorsing only one unil,
e v e r y t h i n gr e m o i n e d i l r e s o m e p o s i t i o n . S u b s t i t u i e sc o u l d b e
.l
2-4-G or - . 1- 8 , y o u j u s t h o d t o l i n e u p i n o
certoin
s e q u e n c e . F i v e o f t l ' r e m o n i t o r s h o d t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t yo f
s e e i n g t h o t e o c h u n i t w o s i n t h e c o r r e c t s t o r t i r r gf o r m o t i o n ,
leoding lhem inlo the stodiunr to ihe oppropriole yord
m o r k e r , o n d e v e n t u o l l yb e c o m i n g t h e l o r g e t i n t l r e c e n t e r o f
tlre fleld towords which the outside columns moved uoon ll.re
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c o l l" H e o d ' E mU p . "
T h e c o n l i n g e n c yh o s n o w 6 e m p l s t e dt h e t w o s i n g i n gc o l l s
(flowlessly, or so it would seem to the spectolors). Htw do
y o u g e t 2 4 5 p e o p l e o f f o f o o t b o l lf i e l d ? T h i s n e x tw o s l r u l y
i n s p i r e db y o n e e dt o s l o pr h e U . S .S u p r e m eC o u r t i n t h e f o c e
f o r u p h o l d i n gt h e U . S . O l y m p i c C o m m i t t e e ' sr i g h t t o r e f u s e
p e r m i s s i o nf o r t h e u s e o f t h e w o r d " o l y m p i c "i n c o n n e c t i o n
w i t h t h e G o y G o m e s . T h e f i n o l m u s i c s l o d e do n d t h e c o l l
come oui "Circle Left." As 30 squoresof doncersore circling
l e f t ,l h e n e x t c o l l w o s " A l l B o c k O u t o n d M o k e o R i n g , ,o' n J
s u d d e n l yf i v e e n o r m o u sr i n g so p p e o r e do n t h e f i e l d c i r c l i n g
l e f t . l t w o s m o m e n t o r yb, u t i t w o s g l o r i o u s ! E o c hu n i t . o u . J
to the cenler of its big ring; 240 doncerssoid tlre troditionol
"lhonk you" to eoch other ond lo the spectotors. When the
coll "Stompede" wos given, everyone ron lowords the
designoted e x i lf o r m i n go m o s so f m e l t i n go n d m e l d i n gr e d s ,
y e l l o w sg, r e e n s ,p u r p l e s b
, l u e s ,o n d o r o n g e so c r o s st h e f i e l d .
f u | i n d i c o t e do t t h e b e g i n n i n go f t h i s o r t i c l e ,t h e r e w e r e
mony octivitiesinvolved in creoling this performonce
c o n t i r r g e n c y ,b u t I l r o v e f o c u s e d o n s o m e o f t h e
choreogrophy.There ore o {ew visuolswhiclr were crilicolto
the oueroll performonce. We wonted to creote o
koleidoscopiceffect in color or.rtl.refield which would olso
o l l o w t h e s p e c t o l o rtso s e e t h e m o v e n r e not f h e o d so n d s i d e s
i n t l r e s i n g i r r gc o l l s . W e u s e dl h e s i x c o l o r so { t l r e g o y f l o g s o
t l r o t w e c o u l d h o v e t h r e e s q u o r e si n c o m p l e i e l yd i f f e r e n c e
c o l o r s . T h u s ,i n l h e u n i l o f s i x s q u o r e s t, h e r e w o u l d b e t w o
s q u o r e so f e o c h c o l o r c o r n b i n o t i o n .C o l o r s i n < rs q u o r ew e r e
o s s i g r r e dw h i c h h o d s t r o n gc o l o r s e p o r o t i o n . ( O r o n g e w o s
t h e l e o s tp o p u l o rc o l o r ,b u t e v e r y o n ed i d e v e n t u o l l w y e o rt h e i r
o s s i g n e dc o l o r . ) T h e c o l o r w o s i n t h e s h i r t so r b l o u s e sw i t h
p o n t s o r s k i r t sb e i n g e i t h e r y o u r o s s i g n e dc o l o r , b l o c k , o r
d o r k b l u e . I g o t t l r e k o l e i d o s c o p ei d e o w h i l e w o t c l r i n gt h e
f i r s tt i p o f i e rt h e G r o n d M o r c h o t t h e C o l i f o r n i oS t o l eS o u o r e
D o n c e C o r r v e n t i o ni n F r e s n o i r r 1 9 B 5 . A l o s f r o i o h t
c o n v e r r t i o rt.hr ,e G r o n d M o r c h i n v o l v e so n l v o f e * w h i c h J r e
i r rm o t c l r i r r gd r e s s e so r r ds l r i r t sf o r t h e i rc l u b so r o s s o c i o t i o n s _
S l o r r d i n gi n t h e b l e o c l r e r st o w o t c h t h i s c e r e m o n y ,I r e o l i z e d
f o r l h e { i r s t l i n r e l r o w d r o m o t i c c i r c l e so f c o l o r r o n d o m l y
p l o c e do r rt l r ef l o o r i r rc l o s ep r o x i m i t yt o e o c h o t h e rw o u l db e .
A n o t h e rc o r r c e p w
l o s l i f t e d r i g h t o u t o f t h e c o s t u m e so f i h e
S o n F r o r r c i s c oB o l l e t ' sp e r f o r m o n c eo f B o l l o n c h i n e , s, , S t o r s
o n d S t r i p e s . " W i t h i h e d o r . r c e risn b r i g h t , o l d - m i l i t o r y _ s t y l e
d r e s s ,l w o s v i s u o l l yo w o r e o f t h e p r e c i s i o no f t l r e d o n c e r s
b e c o u s eo f t h e s t r i p e sd o w n t h e m e n ' s p o n t s l e g s o n d t h e
w h i t e g l o v e sw o r n b y o l l t h e d o n c e r s . I n s q u o r ed o n c i n g ,
t h e r e i s n o i n t e r e s ti n t h e { e e l , b u t t l r e h o n d s o r e o l l -
imporlonl. Thus, we pui white gloves on oll the squore
d o n c e r so n d r e q u i r e dt h e m t o d o e x o g g e r o t e d
s w i n g i n go r m
m o v e m e n t fso r s u c hc o l l so s " G r o n dp u l l B y o n d , , E l g h-th o i n
T h r u G o T r i p l e . " W e c o l l e d t h i s t h e E s t h e rW i l l i o m s o r m
movemerrt.
T o d e o l w i t l re v e r yc o n c e i v o b l ep o s s i b i l i toyf s o u n dp r o b l e m s ,
we put the squores witlr fhe most numbers of
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leost-exoerienced doncers in the units which were closeslfo
l h e s l o g ew h e r el h e c o l l e r so n d t h e p r i m o r ys p e o k e r sw o u l d
b e . W e t h o u g h tt h o t m o r e - e x p e r i e n c eddo n c e r sc o u l d d e o l
better with reverberotion/echo ond weok sound. We
reheorsed o n d r e h e o r s e do, n d l h e r ew o s o n l v o n e f l o w i n t h e
f i n o l p e r f o r m o n c e . T h e c o n t r o l b o o l h d i d n o l c o n n e c lf h e
collers'microphonesoppropriotelyso lhot, once tlre Eononzo
t h e m eb e g o n ,t h e d o n c e r so n d s p e c t o t o rcso u l d n o l h e o r t h e
'Em
c o m m o n d" H e o d U p . " W e h o d n o t r e h e o r s e ds t o r t i n g
t h e d i o g o n o ll i n e so n o c e r t o i np h r o s eo f t h e m u s i c ,t h u si h e
v e r yb e g i n n i n go f t h e p e r f o r m o n c e w o s o l i f l l er o g g e d ,b u t t h e
m i c r o p h o n ew s e r ew o r k i n gb y t h e t i m e t h e d i o g o n o l sr e o c h e d
i h e c e n t e ro f t h e f i e l d f o r t h e c o l l " P o r t n eTr r o d e . "" H e o d' E m
Up" ond "Slompede" were to be the bookends of the
per{ormoncelo lie il oll togetherlo Bononzo. But whot the
h e y l D u r i n gS t o m p e d ey o u c o u l d f e e l t h e r u s ho f o d r e n o l i n e
o { o l l t h o s ed o n c e r s r, u n n i n gw i t h p r i d eb e c o u s et h e yh o d i u s l
c o m p l e l e do p e r f o r m o n c et h e y t h o u g h tt l . r e yn e v e rc o u l d d o .
E o c h d o n c e r w o s g i v e n o n o p p o r l u n i t y ,o n d e o c h d o n c e r
s e i z e dt h e i n d i v i d u om l o m e n tl o c r e o t eo n e e v e n r .
I d o n ' t k n o w w h e t h e ri t i s b e c o u s eI c o - c h o r e o g r o p h eldh e
p e r f o r m o n coer b e c o u s el w o s o p o r ' l i c i p o rbr u t ,i l c o n l i n u el o
{eel tremendouspride eoch tinre I wolclr tlre video of llre
p e r f o r m o n c e .T h e i m o g e so r e s t i l l v e r y s t r o n gi n s i d eo f m y
s o u l ,o n d t h e r e o l i t yo f t h e e n e r g yw h i c h i s g e n e r o l e db y 2 5 0
s u c c e s s essh o r i n gt h e i rs u c c e s s eisn d i v i d u o l l oy r r dc o l l e cifv e l y
b r i n g ss h i v e r sd o w n m y s p r 1 e .
tO \EARS AGO
T h e C l u b w e l c o m e dt h e f i f t ho n d l o r g e s cl l o s so f M o i n s l r e o r r
g r o d u o t e so n J u l y 3 1 . Q u o t i n g f r o m T / r e W e s l e r n S t o r ,
V o l u m e2 , N u m b e r4 :
" S o w l r o t h o p p e n s o f i e r w o r d s ? "i s o c o r n m o n
q u e s t i o nf r o m n e w e r d o n c e r so s g r o d u o t i o r rn i g h t
o p p r o o c h e s . W e l l , m o s t o f t h e o c t i v i t yw i l l c e n t e r
o r o u n dt h e c l u b t h o t y o u i o l n . A l t h o u g hc l u b sf o l l o *
m o r - r ys t o n d o r d sl h o t h o v e c o n r e l o d e f i n e s q u o r e
d o n c i n g ,e o c hc l u b - - o n dl h e r eo r e n u m e r o u ss l r o i g h f
o n d g o y c l u b s i n t h e B o yA r e o - - w i l h l ovetheirown
" p e r s o n o l i t yo"n d " p r o g r o m "t h o t t h e y o f f e r t o t h e i r
m e m b e r s h i p . W e h o p e , o f c o u r s e ,t h o l y o u w i l l
coniinue with WesternSlor.
W S D d i d n o t h o v e o P l u sc l o s s ,b u t o f f e r e dP l u sc o l l st o u g h t
o n o g r o d u o lb o s i so t c l u b n i g h tw i t h o n e o r t w o f u l l P l u ss t o r
tips.
A n o t h e rB o s i c / M o i n s t r e o cml o s sb e g o n S e p t e m b e6r , 1 9 8 4 .
T h e S o u t h F l o r i d oM u s t o n g so n n o u n c e dt h e i r s e c o n dF l y - l n
for Februor1 y 6 , l 9 B 5 ; o n d t h e 2 n d I A G S D C TC Mo n v e n t i o n
w o s o n n o u n c e df o r M o y 2 5 - 2 7, I 9 8 5 , i n D e n v e r ,C o l o r o d o .
QUARTERLY
SELECTIONS
T h e n e x l A c c e l e r o i e dP l u sc l o s sw o s o n n o u n c e dt o b e g i n o n
O c l o b e r 2 l w h i c h c h o r g e d t h e o u t r o g e o u sf e e o f $ 1 p e r
session.
At the July I I quorterly Generol Meeting, the Club
m e m b e r s h i po l m o s t u n o n i m o u s l yv o i c e d o p r e f e r e n c ef o r o
Club coller ot the stort of lhe new yeor. This wos the
b e g i n n i n go f W S D m o v i n g o w o y f r o m r e c o r d so n d t o p e so n
C l u b n i g h t . T h e r e w o s o n o v e r w h e l m i n go p p r o v o l f o r o
second retreot ot the Russion River, lo be held ot the
C o z o d e r oM u s i cC o m p . [ E d . T h i s i s n o t t h e s o m e o s C o m p
Cozodero.]
T h e w e e k e n do f A u g u s tI 7 o n d I B h e l d S t r e e tF o i r G r o n d
Spin 2. lt wos in honor o[ the FolsomStreelFoir, with o Plus
donce on Fridoyond o Moinslreomdonce orr Soturdoy.
W e i n t r o d u c e db u s i n e s sc o r d s { o r t h e C l u b . T h e y w e r e
d e s i g n e dl o b e g i v e no u t f o s q u o r ed o n c e r sy o u m e t , o n d y o u
c o u l d w r i l e y o u r n o m e o n d p l r o n e n u m b e r / o d d r e s so n l h e
b o c k f o r " i m p r o m p t u "d o l e s . O u r s l o g o n w o s o W S D
b u s i n e s sc o r d i n e v e r vh o n r e .
V i c k i W o o c l s - A n l r i nor , c o l l e rl h e C l u b h o d h i r e d f o r s e v e r o l
d o n c e s ,s u g g e s t e dt h o t s o m e c h o n g e st o t h e v e s t sf o r t h e
p i l o t s q u o r e s . P i l o ts q u o r e so r e l l . r es q u o r e ( st)h o t o c o l l e r
c o n c e n l r o t e su p o r r r e m e m b e r i n gt h e s t o r t i n go r d e r o f t h e
c o u p l e s s o t h o t s ( h e ) c o n r e s o l v e l h e s g u o r e s . T hi s i s
p o r t i c u l o r l iym p o r l o n tf o r c o l l e r sw h o o r e n o t o c c u s t o m e dt o
c o l l i n g f o r s o m e - s e xc o u p l e s ,m u c h l e s s s o m e - s e xs q u o r e s -
S h e s u g g e s l e d" h o t "c o l o r so n d t h e u s e o f " ' s p o r k l i e s ' o nt h e
g i r l v e s t o v e r l l r e s h o u l d e r so n d s l i g h t l yd o w n t h e b o c k o n d
f r o n t . " I E d . T h e C l u b n e v e rg o t o r o u r . t tdo c h o n g i n gl h e p i l o l
s q u o r ev e s t s - ]
We received o leiier from the Lesbion,/GoyFreedom Doy
C o m m i t t e e l h o r r k i r r gu s f o r p r o v i d i n g " o l l t h e n e c e s s o r y
s n d e q u i p m e n lto m o k e t l r e I 9 8 4 P o r o d eo s o { eo n d
s e r v i c eo
i o y o u se v e n tf o r o t h i r d o f o m i l l i o n p e o p l e ! "
T h o d T r e l oh o d h o d o n o p p o r l u n i t yt o u s e h i s W S D - o c q u i r e d
s k i l l st o s q u o r ed o r r c ei n h i s s m o l l , m i d - w e s t e r nh o m e t o w n .
H e r e p o r t e dl h o t : " l u n d e r s t o o dt l r e c o l l e r , c o u l d d o t h e m
o n d l r e l dm y o w n i n o n e w l r o l l ,w i t h o s t r o n g ec o l l e r ,o n d o l l
n e w p e o p l e . A l s o , m y W S D b o c k g r o u n dw o s s t r o n ge n o u g h
t o s e e m e t h r o u g l ro n i n t e r r s es i x - w e e kc o u r s e i n t l r e P l u s
p r o g r o m .. . N e w e rd o n c e r so f W e s t e r nS t o rc o n b e o s s u r e d
t h o tw h o tt l r e yo r e l e o r r r i r rw
g i l l s e r v et h e m w e l l w h e r e v e rt h e y
go.
T o h e l p o t C l u b n i g h t w h e n d o n c e r sm u s t s i t o u t b e c o u s e
lhere ore not enough doncers to {orm onother squore, the
C l u b e x p e r i m e n t e dw i t h o l e m p o r o r y T o g g i n g - l n p o l i c y .
"Togging-in i s o p r o c e d u r ew l r i c ho l l o w so l l o v o i l o b l ed o n c e r s
to p o r t i c i p o l ei n o s i n g l et i p . l t i s p o t e n t i o l l yd i s r u p t i v eo f t l r e
.l
d o n c e . " l t e m o f t h e p o l i c ys l o t e d :
T o g g i n g - i ni s n e i t h e rn e c e s s o rny o r d e s i r o b l ed u r i n g
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 t i p s c o l l e do t t h e g e n e r o l ,o n n o u n c e dl e v e l ;t h e r ei s
o l w o y so m p l eo p p o r l u n i t y{ o r o l l t o d o n c ed u r i n gt h e
c o u r s eo f t h e e v e n i n g . D o n c e r so r e e n c o u r o g e d ,
however,to voluntorilytrode out irr fovor of othersif
t h e t u r n o u t i s s n r o l l o r ( e s p e c i o l l yi)f g u e s l s o r e
w o i t i n gl o d o n c e .
l n o n o t t e m p t t o s p r e o d t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t i eosi t h e C l u b
o m o n g t h e m e m b e r s ( c o l l i t f o r c e d v o l u n t e e r s )t,h e C l u b
otiemptedthe formotion of groups of members colled
" S q u o r e h e o d sT o sf t h e C l u b * e r e d i v i d e d
. "h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e
i n t o s i x c o t e g o r i e so, n d l h e m e m b e r s h i pw o s o s s i g n e dt o ) 2
S q u o r e h e o d s . T h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e rso l o t e d o m o n g l h e
S q u o r e h e o dsso t h o l e v e r yo t h e r m o n l h o S q u o r e h e o dh o d
r e s p o n s i b i l i fi o
y r s o m e t h i n g [ E d T h i sw o s t h e b e g i n n i n go f
t h e u n d e r s t o n d i n gt l r o l n o t o l l m e m b e r s w o n i l o b e
r e s p o n s i b lfeo r s o m e t h i n go n d t h o t t h e C l u b w o u l do l w o y sb e
r u n o n o c o n s i s t e nbt o s i sb y , o t m o s t ,o h o n d f u lo f d e d i c o t e d
m e m b e r sw h o e n i o y p r o v i d i n go s e r v i c el o o t h e r s . ]
A T E T T E RT O T H E E D IT OR
B o n g k o kl,3 J u n e 9 4
I w o n t y o u t o k n o w h o w m u c h I e n i o y e do n d
opprecioted llre Moy 1994 Quorlerly
S e i e c l i o n sl., t o o , { i r s ts t o r J e sd q u o r ed o n c i n g
o l T r o c o d e r o T r o r r s { e rw i l h F o g g y C ; t y
Squores.
I i o i n e d W e s t e r nS t o r ' ss e c o r r dc l c r s st o l e o r n to {ollow colls
r o t h e r t h o n m e n r o r i z er o u t i r r e st o s o r r g s . l h o v e r r e v e r
r e g r e t t e dt h e i i m e s p e n td o r r c i n gw i t l r W e s l e r nS i o rp e o p l e .
I h o v e n o t d o n c e dt h e l o s ts i x y e o r so r s o d u e i o l o c k o f s u c h
d o n c i r r gi n T h o i l o n d . P e r h o p sI s h o u l d l r y l o f o r m o g r o u p
h e r e ,b u t I o m n o f o c o l l e rn o r e v e n o n e x p e r i e n c elde o c h e r .
P e r h o p so l l i f n e e d s i s o l e o c l e rt o b r i n g t o g e t h e rt o l e n l
o l r e o d ye x i s l i r r gi n B o r r g k o k ? ?
D o r rS c l r u n r o c l r e r
WE T C OMEP OT L U C K
RED CLASS I 994
by ANGELINA
Ace Reoorter
A n g e l i n oh e r e , l h o d t h e p r i v i l e g eo f b e i n g o s k e dt o s t o p b y
the Go/den Bool Ronch where there wos o potluck for the
W e s t e r nS l o r D o n c e r s ' n e w R e d C l o s s ' 9 4 . B o y w o s I
s u r p r i s e do t o l l t h e f o o d t h o t w o s o n h o n d - - e v e r y t h i nf rgo m
t u r k e yo n d h o m t o o v o r i e t yo { p o s t o s o l o d so n d o b i r t h d o y
SETECTIONS
QUARTERTY
c o k e f o r J o l r n C o n l e y o n d D o n o l d B r e e r . W h e n t o l k i n gt o
Ron Mosker, I found out ihot he is very proud of his new Red
Closs, for he finds them to pick everythingup very quickly
o n d f e e l st h o t i t i s o p l e o s u r et e o c h i n gs u c h o f u n g r o u p . H e
o l s o m e n t i o n e dt h o t i t l o o k e dl i k e t h e m o i n c h o i c eo f d r i n ko t
t h i s p o t l u c kw o s S n o p p l e l Mi c e t e o . A n i d e o f l o s h e di n h i s
m i n d t h o t h e s h o r e d w i t h m e - - w o u l d n ' ti t b e f u n t o d o o
W e s l e r nS l o r c o m m e r c i o fl o r S n o p p l e r t .
V e r o n i c oM o r l i n e zo f t h e R e d C l o s s s h o w e d u p i n h e r n e w
M o r g o n . [ E d . T h o t ' so c o r f o r y o u w h o , o s l , d o n ' t k n o w o
Morgon {rom on Adom, Steve,or Edith.] In o conversotion
o b o u l w h y s h e l i k e ds q u o r ed o n c i n g ,s h e m e n t i o n e dl h o t s h e
w o u l d l i k e t o b e o g o o d t w i r l e r ,o s R u s s ,R o n , o n d o f e w
othersore good twirlers. When I osked her how lo become
o good twirler,she soid lhot Storrhod informed her thot, to
b e c o m eo g o o d t w i r l e r ,y o u m u s t h o v e o s t r o n gl e o d e rw h o
con leod you irr ond out of o fuirl success{ully,wiilrout
c o n f u s i o n .R i c ko n d B i l lt o l d m e t h o t o n e o [ t h e r e o s o n st h e y
i o i n e dW e s t e r nS t o rw o s n o t o n l y b e c o u s et h e y k n e w s e v e r o l
f r i e n d st h o l o r e n r e m b e r sb u t o l s o t h e y f e l t i t w o s f u n o n d o
g r e o tw o y t o m e e t n e w f r i e n d s . I h o v e i o o g r e e ; i t d o e s l o o k
l l k e f u n , o n d I m e t o f e w n e w f r i e n d st h o t o f t e r n o o ror s w e l l .
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p o t l u c kl h o t h e i u s t h o d t o b r i n g l r i s b e s t f r i e n d ,J J . J J w o s
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m o r e o t t e n l i o rtrl r o n ,s o y m o y b e ,h e .
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t l r e r ew i l l b e o g o o d i u r n o u l f r o n rl h e R e dC l o s s ' 9 4 . l o l s o
u n d e r s i o n dt l r o tt l r e r ei s o s e c r e tb o l l o t s t o r t i n gu p l o e l e c lo
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t h i sr n i g h tb e ? ? ? ? [ E d . F o l l o wy o u r p e n c i lf r o m t h e p o i n tt o
t h e e r o s e ro s y o u w r i t e ,d e o r . ]
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n e w sr e p o r to n N o t i o n o lP u b l i cR o d i oo b o u t s q u o r ed o n c i n g
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p r o c t i c o lj o k e . H o w e v e r ,I d i d c o n t o c tN P R i n W o s h i n g t o n ,
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b e i n g d o n c e d e i t h e r ; o l t h o u g h I s e r i o u s l yd o u b t t h e y h o u e
m o s t e r e ds u c h P l u sc o l l so s R e l o yt h e D e u c e yo r S p i n C h o i n
t h e G e o r s . B e o K e s l i n g ,t h e l l o m o o w n e r o n d t r o i n e r ,
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o n d c o n o l s o d o o t r o d i t i o n obl o c k - i o - b o c kD o S o D o .
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r o i s eo s p e t so r s e l l t o o l h e r f o r m e r s . T h e l l o m o sb e g i n t l r e i r
s q u o r ed o n c e l e s s o n so i o b o u t 5 r l z m o n t h so f o g e w h e n t h e y
o r e w e o n e do f f t h e i r m o i h e r s . T h e d o r r c i n gi s d o n e l o o l i v e
c o l l e rw h o c o n s p e e du p o r s l o w d o w n t h e m u s i co n d t i m i n g
o s n e c e s s o r yo, n d w i t h o l e o d r o p e o r h o l l e r . T h e l l o m o s
o p p o r e n t l ye n j o y h o v i n g s t r o n g e r so s d o n c e p o r l r r e r sw h e n
m e m b e r so f t h e o u d i e n c eo r e i n v i t e dl o i o i n i n .
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h e r ss o w i l r e s es q u o r ed o n c i n gl l o m o so n t e l e v i s i o n .I m o v e
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I n d i o n os, o w e c o n o l l d o n c ew i t h t h e l l o m o s .
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s q u o r ed o n c i n go n d w o s i n v i t e db y o l o " e l yc o u p l e ( s t r o i g l r t )
l o o t t e n dt h e i rs q u o r ed o n c en i g l r l . I w e n t o n c e . M o s t o f l h e
people were indeed couples, ond I felt out of ploce.
N e e d l e s st o s o y , I d i d n ' t g o b o c k .
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D o n c e r , h e s o i d o n e w ( o r o n g e )c l o s s w o s s t o r t i n gs o o n .
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s o i d , " N o . " S o t h i s w i l l i n g . i n n o c e r rlto m b o t t e n d e d . l t w o s
q u i i e o l o r g e c l o s s o n d q u i c k l yp e o k e d m y i n l e r e s t . T h e
c l i n c h e rw o s d u r i n g t h e r e s t p e r i o d sw h e n l h e e x p e r i e n c e d
d o n c e r s" s h o w e dt h e i r s t u f f . " W e l l , t h o t w o s i t lI H o n e y , I
n e v e sr q w s u c he n e r g e t ihci g h - k i c k i nw' ,h o o p i n 'o, n d h o l l e r i n '
in oll my life. All of thisby some of tlrebest-looking men I
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d i s l r i c l . I o m n e v e rb o r e d . f u o r e s u l to f t h i s s q u o r ed o n c e
o d v e n t u r e ,I h o v e m e t t h e g r e o t e s tp e o p l e o n d h o d s o m e
g o o d t i m e s . ( D o e st h i s s o u n d l i k e o s o o p ? )
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of my "life style." lt reolly delightsrne thot, in my loier yeors,
I c o n s t i l l b e s o m e w h q to f o c o n t r o v e r s y . B u t I t h i n k m y
greotestjoy is thot I wos olwoys inclined to royolty,ond now
l ' m s u r r o u n d e db y f o s c i n o t i n gQ u e e n s .
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g r o u p o f M i d n i g h t S q u o r e sb e g o r ro t t e n d i n gP A C Ed o n c e s .
T h i sw o s p r i o r l o l h e { i r s lI A G S D C I Mc o r r v e n t i o ri rn S e o f l l e . I
r e m e m b e rt l r i s s m o l l g r o u p o f d c n c e r s t o l k i n g o b o u t l l r e i r
p l o n s t o o t t e r r do d o n c e i n S e o t t l e ;I o l s o r e m e m b e rt h o t i t
c o n { l i c t e dw i t h t l r e P A C ES p e c t o c u l oirn 1 9 8 4 . O t h e r t h o n
i h o t ,i t d i d n ' th o v em u c h m e o n i n gl o m e o t t h e t i m e . I d i d n ' t
r e o l i z e t h o t b y 1 9 9 4 t h e I A G S D C I Mc o n v e n t i o n w o u l d
b e c o m es u c l ro b i g e v e r r to n m y s o c i o l c o l e n d o r .
I o l m o s td r o p p e do u t o f s q u o r ed o n c i n gc o m p l e t e l yb e t w e e n
I 9 8 5 o n d e o r l y I 9 8 7 . I r e n r e m b e cr o r r s i d e r i n g o i n g t o t h e
, ut I don't think I wos
l 9 8 6 c o n v e n t i o rirr . rS o n F r o n c i s c o b
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{ r i e n d s h i pb e g o n . T h i s e v e r r ti s r e o l l ys i g n i f i c o n bt e c o u s ei i
w o s t h r o u g hJ o m e st h o t I e v e n t u o l l yb e c o m es o i r r v o l v e dw i t h
d o n c i n gi n t h e g o y c o m m u n i t y . I n i t i o l l yt h o u g h , w e d o n c e d
t o g e t h e rp r i m o r i l yo t s t r o i g h te v e n t s . W e b e c o m e r e g u l o r
p o r t n e r so t o l l P A C E d o n c e s o n d o f i e n d e d m o n y s t r o i g h t
weekend{estivolssuclr os the Golden Stote Round Up ond
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l 9 B B . T h r o u g hJ o m e s ,I s t o r t e dm e e t i n gn e w p e o p l e i n t h e
g o y c o m m u n i t yo t o r o p i d p o c e . W e s t o y e dw i t h s o m e o f
J o m e s ' s{ r i e n d sd u r i n gt h e A n o h e i mc o n v e n t i o no, n d t h o i w o s
t h e f i r s to f s e u e r o pl l e o s o n te x p e r i e n c ebse i n g o h o u s eq u e s i
o f w o r m o n d g r o c i o u sg o y h o s t s .
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c l u b s ,o n d I h o v e o t t e n d e de v e r y W S D A n n i v e r s o r yD o n c e
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e x c e p t i o no f M i o m i , I h o v e b e e n l o o l l c o n v e n t i o n ss i n c e
t h e n . l t w o s o t t h e N e w Y o r k c o n v e n t i o nt l r o tI w o s " o d o p t e d "
i n l o t h e B r o d l e yF o m i l y . I w o s g i v e r ro S h o d yR e s tD o r r c e r s
b o d g e o n d " c h r i s t e n e dS" u z i eJ o B r o d l e y . T h i s w o s o i o t o l
s u r p r i s et o m e o n d I w o s t h r i l l e d . W h o i o n h o n o r i t i s t o b e
i n c l u d e di n s u c h o n e l i t e o n d l o v i n g g r o u p . M y B r o d l e y
s i s t e r so r e r e o l f o m i l yt o m e .
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m o n y c l u b ss u c h o s U C S q u o r e so n d F r e m o n S t i n g l e so, n d
w o s o f o u n d i n gm e m b e ro f S o n L o r e n z oS i n g l e s .I h o v eb e e n
o m e m b e ro f P A C EN o r C o l s i n c eo p p r o x i m o t e lIy9 7 8 o n d
c o n t i n u et o o t t e n d m o s t o f t h e i r m o n t h l yd o n c e s . P A C El s
officiollyo stroightorgonizolior.r, but over the posi len yeors
i t h o s g o i n e ds o m o n y g o y m e m b e r st h o t i t n o l o r . r g ehro s t h e
f e e l o f b e i n g s t r i c t l yo s t r o i g h tc l u b . I d o n ' t b o t h e rt o g o l o
o n y o t h e r s t r o i g h lc l u b s b e c o u s ei t i s m o r e t r o u b l et h o n i t ' s
w o r i h . T h e r ei s o b i g , p o p u l o rs i n g l e sc l u b i n t h e S o u t hB o y
o r e o ; b u t , i n m y e x p e r i e n c ei,t ' s n o t o p l o c e w h e r e o s i n g l e
f e m o l ec o n j u s td r o p i n o n c l u b r r i g h to n d e x p e c l o g e t o
portner eosily. These people "book" their tips in
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s q u o r eo s o s i r . r g loen d h o l d i n gu p y o u r h o n d f o r o p o r t n e r .
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o s o s i n g l ef e m o l ew o u l d s u r e l yr e s u l ti n o r r e v e r r i r rogf s i t t i n g
o u t w o t c h i n go t h e r s d o n c e . S i n g l e n r e n r o r e l y o f l e n d o
S o t u r d o yn i g h td o n c eo l o n e ; i t s e e n r st h e i re g o sd o n o l o l l o w
t h e m t o o d m i t t h e y d o r r ' th o v e o d o t e f o r t h e n i g h t .
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s l i p p e do n d s l i t h e r e dt h e i r w o y i n t o m y h e o r t . )
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o l l w h o t t h i s t h i n g w o s . I n o u r e f f o r t st o f i n d o u t o b o u t t h e
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t o g i v e i t o g o w h o t o w h i l e , o n d l h o v e n e v e r m i s s e do
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i n r p o c t e db y l h i s e p i d e m i c . l ' v e b e e n f o r t u n o t et o b e w i t h
m o s l o f o u r c l o g g e r sw h e n l l r e yd i e d , o s w e l l o s w i t h s e v e r o l
d o z e n o f h e r w o n d e r f u lp e o p l e w h o w e r e m y H o n d - t o - H o n d
m o t c l r e so r c l o s ef r i e n d s .
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o r r t h e c l u b o n d w o l k e d o w o y f r o m i l f o r e v e r . I d e c i d e dt o
r e t u r n t o s q u o r e d o r r c i r r go n d b e c o m e p o r t o f t h e Q u i l t
c o m m i t t e eb r i n g i n go N o m e sP r o i e c C t h o p t e rt o S o c r o m e n t o .
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o n d w o m e no n d r e n e w e df r i e n d s h i pw s i t h p e o p l el ' d m e t o v e r
t h e y e o r s . I f o u n d t l r e s ef o l k s* e r e f o r f r o r nu r r t o u c h e db y t h e
A I D S e p i d e n r i c . L o s l s u n r n r e r ,c l u b p r e s i d e n tG e o r g e F o x
m o d eo Q u i l t p o n e lc o n t o i n i n lgl ' r en o m e so f l 9 m e n C o p i f o l
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s q u o r ed o n c i n gh o s b e c o m et l r i ss p e c i o lp l o c e f o r m e . T h i s
i s w l r e r eI g o t o s h o r e f r i e n d s h i p so n d c o m o r o d e r i et h o t n o
w o r d sc o n d e s c r i b e . A r r d ,C o p i t o l C i t y h o s o l s o o f f e r e dm e
o n o p p o r t u n i t yt o b e t i e r g e l l o k n o w o w h o l e s e g m e n to f
s o c i e \ t h o t h o d p r e t t ym u c h s l i p p e d r i g h i b y m e o v e r l h e
y e o r s : l e s b i o n s .l ' v e m e t m o n y g o y w o m e n t h r o u g h H o n d -
1 o - H o n d ,b u t , p e r h o p sb e c o u s eo u r p u r p o s e i s s o s e r i o u s ,
we've never reolly hod orr opporlunityto hove fun togetlrer.
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o s m i l e o n d t o u g h tm e f o r m o r e l h o n h o w t o s q u o r ed o n c e .
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m e . N o o n e c o u l d e v e ro s k f o r m o r e t h o n l h o r .
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heights ond depths of emotion few people hove the
o p p o r t u n i t yt o e x p l o r e . S i n c e b e i n g e m o t i o r r o l l yh o n e s ti s
e x l r e m e l yh i g h o n m y l i s t o f v o l u o b l eh u m o r . trr o i t s ,l f i n d
m y s e l f o r m o r e c o m f o r t o b l ew i t h m y g o y f r i e n d st h o nw i t h m y
s t r o i g h tf r i e n d s . I r e c e n t l yo s k e d o m o l e c o - w o r k e rw h o s e
w i f eh o d i u s t w o l k e do u t o n h i m o n d t o k e no l l t h e f u r n i t u r e if
h e ' d l i k et o g e l o u t f o r d i n n e ro n d i o r e l o xo n d r e c h o r g e .H i s
r e s p o n s ew o s t o o s k w h o t I r e o l l yw o n t e df r o m h i m o n d w h o t
m y r e o l i n t e n t i o n sw e r e . T h e c o n c e p to f h o v i n g o f e m o l e
f r i e n d w o s c o m p l e t e l yo u t o f h i s g r o s p . B u t , I m o d e h i m
leorn.
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c r u s h e s - - o k o y l! ' v e { o l l e n i n l o v e o c o u p l e o f t i m e s l - - b u It
k n o w l h o t i h e n r e m o r i e so f l i r e s ee x l r o - s p e c i op le o p l ew l r o ' v e
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o n d t h o t g i v e nt l r ec l r o n c et h e yc o n h e l p m o k e t h i sc o u n t r yf o r
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l o n g e r ,b u t t h e g r o u n d l r o sb e e n b r o k e n . S q u o r ed o r r c i r r gi s
considered b y m o n yi o b e t h e u l t i m o i ew h o l e s o n r ree c r e o f i o n .
W h e r rg o y c l u b m e m b e r sv e n t u r eo u t t o p e r f o r r lo l s l o t ef o i r s
o n d o t h e re x h i b i t i o n o s r o t t e n dd o r r c e so r r dc o n v e nifo r r sw i i h
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o p p o r t u n i t yt o g e t t o k n o w g o y p e o p l e b e i l e r . T h e y p l o y o
s u b t l e ,y e t p o w e r f u l ,r o l e i n t h e g o y r i g h f sm o v e n r e n t .
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loo.
I b e l i e v et h o t g o y p e o p l e d o n c e b e t t e ri h o n s t r o i g h tp e o p l e .
L e o r n i n gi n o s t r o i g h ct l u b , I w e r r lo l l t l r ew o y t h r o u g hB o s i c ,
M o i n s i r e o m ,o n d P l u s b e f o r e I w o s e v e r i n i r o d u c e dt o i h e
c o n c e p to f o l l - p o s i t i o nd o n c i n g ,w h i c h i s l o o r e o u p o n o s o
v e r y b i g d e o l . G o y c l u b s s e e o l l - p o s i i i o nd o n c i r r gf r o m t h e
f i r s t d o yo f B o s i c ,o n d l t h i n k t h i sk i c k st h e i rc o n c e r r t r o t i oonn d
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c o n t r i b u t e st o t h e i r b e c o m i n g b e t t e r d o n c e r s o r r d f o s t e r
l e o r n e r st h o n t h e i r s t r o i g l rcl o u n t e r p o r t s .
l ' n r s u r e s o m e p e o p l e w h e r e I w o r k w o r r d e ri f l ' m o l e s b i o n
o r i f l ' m H I V p o s i t i v e .I d o n ' t c o r e ,n o r w o u l d l e v e r b o t h e r
t o c l o r i f y .B y k e e p i n gm y n r o u t hs h u t ,l ' v e b e e n o b l e t o b e i i e r
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understond w h o t i t f e e l sl i k e , o n d t o s e e t h i n g sc h o n g e . A f t e r
I r e c e i v e ds o m er o t h e rs c o r c h i n gh e o tf r o m o f e l l o we m p l o y e e
b e c o u s eo f m y o u t s i d eo c t i v i t i e so, u r o g e n c y h e o d l o s t f q l l
i s s u e do d i r e c t i v es o y i n gt h o t d i s c r i m i n o t i o on g o r n s ro n y o n e ,
{ o r o n y r e o s o n i n c l u d i n g s e x u o l o r i e n t o t i o r rw , ill not be
toleroted. I could never hove gotlen lhrough lhe turmoil of
t h i s i f I h o d n ' l b e e n i n c o n t i n u o lc o n l r o c tw i t h m y s q u o r e
d o n c i r r gf r i e n d sw h o c o u l d m o k e m e l o u g h w h e n o l l I w o n t e d
to do wos cry.
l ' v e l e o r n e dt o p o c e m y s e l fo n d o c c o s i o n o l l ys o y , " N o . " I
t o o k A - l c l o s s e so g o i n l o s ty e o r b e c o u s eI m i s st h e c h o l l e n g e
o f c o m p l e xc h o r e o g r o p h yb , ul wlren A-2 begon this post
s u m m e r ,l f e l t m y s e l fb e i n g p u l l e d t o o h o r d f r o m l o o m o n y
d i r e c t i o n sl o d o o g o o d 1 o b i n c l o s s . M i s s i n g c o l l s o n d
b r e o k i n gd o w n s q u o r e sb e c o u s eI h o v et o o m o n y o t h e rt h i n g s
d o n c i n g i n m y h e o d i s i n o p p r o p r i o t e . S o , l ' v e d e c i d e dt o
c o n c e n t r o t eo n b e i n g o g o o d P l u s d o n c e r o n d n o t t r y t o
s q u e e z ei n m o r e u n t i l l o t e ri n m y l i f e w h e n I h o v et h e t i m e t o
give the Advoncedcolls the ottentionthey deserve.
S o , I m o d i f y m y o p e n i n g c o r r c l u s i o no b i t t o o l l o w t h o t I
d o n c e w i t h o g o y c l u b n o t o n l y b e c o u s et h o t ' s w h e r e l h e
h u m o r rb e i n g so r e b u l o l s o b e c o u s ek n o w i n gt h e m h o s m o d e
m e m o r e o l i v e , m o r e k n o w l e d g e o b l em , ore orove/ more
h o n e s tw i t h m y s e l f ,o n d m o r e i n t u n e w i t h m y o w n h u m o n i t y .
l ' v e l e o r r r e dt h o l l ' m e x l r e m e l yf o r t u n o t et o b e c o n s i d e r e d
f o m i l y b y S o c r o m e n i o ' sg o y c o m m u n i t y , o n d t h e s q u o r e
dorrcersore on irnportcrrtport of my life. Wlrer.ro couple
b r e o k su p , I c r y o s h o r d o s t h e yd o . W h e n o m e m b e ro f t h e i r
f o r r i l y i s i l l , I w o r r y . T h e y ' r eo p o r t o f m e , l c o r r y t l r e mw i t h
n r eo l w o y st,h e yb r i n gm e b o l o n c eb y b e i n go b l et o m o k em e
s r n i l eo n t h e o u l s i d ew h e r rl ' m d e v o s t o l e do r r t h e i n s i d e ,o n d
t h e y ' v el e t m e s h o r ew i t h l h e m m o n y o f t h e i r h e o r t b r e o k i n g ,
os well os hiloriousm , o m e n l st o t h e f u l l e s t .
I h o v en o t l e o r n e d ,h o w e v e r ,h o w t o d o o T e o c u pC l r o i r rf r o m
o l i r r e . T l r i si s o n n r y o g e n d of o r t h i n g sl l r o t o b s o l u t e l ym u s t
b e d o n e b e f o r el h e e n d o f t h e y e o r .
Wriilen wilh especiolly {ond memories o{ Kim Brownlee:
Copitol City Squores co-{ounder ond {irst treosurer
Prime-B's co-{ounder
Suiter's Siompers Cloggers inslructor ond co-{ounder
Borbory Coost Cloggers co-{ounder
who pinned me down ol every opporlunity ond mode me discover who lom.
SILVERSrATE - nENO, ilE\fADA
by RUSSIIARSH
C o p i t o lC i t y S q u o r e s
l n A p r i l ) 9 9 4 , I c o m p l e t e d t h e M o i n s t r e o mc o u r s e w i t h
C o p i t o l C i t y S q u o r e si r r S o c r o m e n t o . S h o r t l yt h e r e o f t e r I,
o t t e n d e dm y f i r s t s t r o i g h t( g o s p ! )s g u o r e d o n c e , t h e S i l v e r
S t o t eS q u o r eD o n c e F e s t i v oiln R e n o ,N e v o d o . l t w o s l i k e o
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k i p s o m e w h e r eo v e r t h e r o i n b o w ,o n l y i n r e v e r s e . I q u i c k l y
r e o l i z e di h o t i h e r e o r e s o m e d i s t i n c d
t i f f e r e r r c ei sn h o w " g o y "
o n d " s t r o i g h tp"e o p l ed o n c e . O h , t h e c o l l so r e i h e s o m e ,b u l
the f/ovor is not.
F i r s to f o l l , I c o n t e l l y o u I w o s q u i l e o n n o y e dw i t h t h e d r e s s
c o d e . T h e p r o g r o mp r o c l o i m s :" P r o p e sr q u o r ed o n c i n go l t i r e
w i l l b e w o r n o t o l l t i m e s . " B u t n o w h e r ei s t h e r eo d e f i n i t i o n
o f w h o ti s " p r o p e r . "H m m . . s h o u l dI b o r r o wo B r o d l e yd r e s s
f r o m F o n n i eJ o ? T h o s eo u t f i t sh o v eo l w o y sb e e n p r o p e r . B u t
o l o s ,i t w o s e x p l o i n e dt o m e t h o t l r o d i t i o nh o l d st h o t w o m e n
w e o r d r e s s e so n d m e n w e o r l o n g - s l e e v e s h i r t s . ( T h o n ky o u ,
R e v T e v y o ) . S i n c e l ' m o T - s h i r t - k i n d - ogf u y , I w o s n o t
o m u s e d . A n d t h e n s e e i n go l l t h o t c r i n o l i n e . . o n w o m e n , I
m e o n ! T h e d r e s sc o d e c e r l o i n l ym o d e i t e o s yt o i d e n t i f yt h e
" b o y s "o n d t h e " g i r l s , " o n d s i n c e e v e r y o n ew o s d o n c i n go s
t h e i ro w n s e x ,i l w o s n ' tn e c e s s o rtyo s e l f - i d e n t i {dyu r i n go " s e x
c o l l . " I o l m o s ts h o u t e d" B o y l "t h e { i r s tt i r n e" b o y st r o d e "w o s
c o l l e d ,b u t l c o u g h t m y s e l fi n t i m e ( l c o u l d i u s ti m o g i n et h e
l o o k sI w o u l d h o v e g o t t e n . o f c o u r s ey o u ' r eo b o y , s i l l y l ) .
B u t t h e s ee o s yc o n d i l i o n ss u r e c o r r m o k e y o u l o z y .
T h e r e s to f m y g r o u ps p e n t h e f i r s tn i g h td o r r c i r r M g oinstreorrr
w i t h m e . E v e n t h e r e i t w o s d i f f i c u l tt o { i n d o s o u o r e t h o t
d i d n ' t b r e o kd o w n o l o t . I w o u l d s t o c k" o u r "d o n c e r so g o i r . r s l
" t h e i r so" n y l i m e . l ' m n o l b e i n g h e i e r o p h o b i ci;t ' s i u s tt h o l w e
( i n c l u d i n go u r s t r o i g h tf r i e r r d sw h o d o n c e w i t h u s ) l e o r n t o
d o n c e u n d e r m u c h m o r e d i f f i c u l tc o n d i l i o n s . W i l h w o m e n
d o r r c i n go s m e n , m e r r d o r r c i n go s w o n r e n ,m e n d r e s s e do s
w o m e nd o n c i n go s m e n , p e o p l ec h o n g i n gs e xi r rr n i d - c o l.l
. l r o w m u c l rn r o r ec o n f u s i n gc o n y o u g e l ? 1 B u l w e d o i l ! N o l
o n l y t l r o t ,w e d o i l w i t h p o n o c h e l I o l w o y s { e e l o p o s i t i v e
e n e r g yc o m i n g o f f t h e f l o o r o t g o y d o n c e s ,b u t t h o i s e e n r e d
s o m e w h o tl o c k i n gi n R e n o . l t w o s m o r e l i k e g o i n g t h r o u g l r
the motions. Thot moy hove been due more lo lhe oge
d i f f e r e r r cteh o n s k i l l ,b u l l ' m n o t c o n v i n c e do f t l r o t . W e h o v e
s o m e . u m . . c h r o n o l o g i c o lcl yh o l l e n g e d o n c e r si n o u r
c l u b ,i o o , o n d s o m e t i m e sl t h i n k l h e y l r o v em o r e e n e r g yt l r o n
I dol
S o t u r d o yo, u r g r o u p d e c i d e c tl h o l I s l r o u l d l e o r r rP l u st h o t
o f l e r n o o r r . " D o r . r ' tp o u s e f o r P l u s , "t l r e y t o l d m e . I E . l
S t r o i g h t - - w l r o tn o d d w o r d t o u s e o t t h i s m o m e n t - - o u to f
C r o s s f i r e : M o i n s t r e o mi n n r i n u t e s ;d o n ' t p o u s e f o r P l u s ;
A d v o n c e di n o n o f t e r n o o n . ] ( l ' m s u r e i t w o s j u s t t. h o t t h e y
w e r e t i r e d o f d o n c i n g " o n l y "M o i n s i r e o mw i t h m e ) . S o w e
o t t e n d e do " P l u sw o r k s h o pf o r P l u sd o n c e r s ,o" n d I w o s f o r c e -
{ e d P l u sf o r o l m o s tt h r e eh o u r s . W h o t o n e y e - o p e n e r lW h o i
o s u r p r i s el o l e o r nl h o l " c o o r d i n o i ei"s n o l s o m e t h i n gy o u j u s l
d o w i t h c l o t h e s ! l t w o s o l o t t o l e o r r r ,b u t I w o s o b l e t o h o l d
m y o w n ( m o s t l yd u e t o t h r e ev e 4 yh e l p f u lf r i e n d s ) .I d o t h i n k
t h e t r o d i t i o n ocl o s t u m i n gm o d e i t e o s i e rf o r m e ; i t i s p r o b o b l y
t h e b e s tw o y t o l e o r no l o t o f c o l l si n o v e r ys l r o r t i m e p e r i o d .
J u s t m o k e s u r e y o u h o v e o s t r o n g p o r t r r e ro r r d o s l r o r r g
c o u p l eo p p o s i l ey o u . I l e o r n e dw e l l e r r o u g ht o d o n c e i n t h e
P l u sH o l l t h o l e v e n i n g ,o n d i i w o s e x h i l o r o l i n q ond terrifying
for me oll ot the ,ornu ti*".
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O u r l r o u p e d o n c e d o n e " g o y "t i p t h o t e v e n i n g . O u r s q u o r e
c o n s i s t e do f t w o m o l e c o u p l e s , o n e f e m o l e c o u p l e ( b o t h
s l r o i g hwt omenno lessl)o , n d o s t r o i g h ct o u p l e . l t w e n i w e l l ,
b u t l s o o n f e l t l i k e l w o s b e i n g w o t c h e d ,w h i c h w o s o l i t t l e
u n n e r v i n g . W e b r o k e d o w n , b u t o n l y o n c e , b e c o u s ew e
f o r g o t t o s e l f - i d e n t i foyn o c o l l . ( S e e ? L o z y , l o z y , l o z y l B u t
w e q u i c k l yf e l l b o c k i n t o o u r o l d h o b i t so n d d i d n ' t h o v e o n y
m o r e p r o b l e m s . A p p o r e n t l yw e c o u s e ds o m e t h i n go { o s t i r ,
b u t w e w e r e n ' ls h u n n e d . l t w o s o n e s m o l l p o r i n e rt r o d e f o r ' t
.t
m o n , o n e g i o n to l l e m o n d el e f tf o r m o n k i n d ! ( O k o y ,o k o y . . .
p e r s o n - k i n d l| / i k e d o n c i n gw i t h w o m e n ) .
S p e o k i n go f d o n c i n g w i t h s o m e o n e ,o n o l h e r i h i n g t h o t f e l t
o d d w o s t h o t o l m o s t e v e r y o n ec o m e l h e r e i n c o u p l e s ,o n d
they rorely split up to donce with other portners. Most of
f i e m h o d m o t c h i n go u t f i l s ,t o o . l t w o s s o c u t e s e e i n gl h e s e
b u t c h m e n w e o r i n gs h i r t sm o d e o f d r e s sm o t e r i o l . ( M o y b e
t h e yd i d n ' t s p l i t u p b e c o u s et h e y w e r e o f r o i d o f d o n c i n gw i t h
someone in o closhingpottern? Noh. Judging by the
dresseslsow, Brodley outfils ore downright tostefull)
M e o n w h i l e ," s o l o "d o r r c e r sc o u l d m e e l o t t h e " H i t c h i n gP o s t "
woy, woy, woy off lo the side of the holl (some*here rreor
R e n o ' sl e p e rc o l o r r y ,I t h i n k ) . I m u c h p r e f e rt l r e o t m o s p h e r e
o l g o y d o n c e s ,w h e r ey o u c o n ( o n d o r e e v e n e n c o u r o g e dt o )
d o n c ew i l h o v o r i e t yo f p e o p l e . T h i so s p e c to l o n e c o n m o k e
y o u o m u c h b e t l e rd o n c e r .
D o e s i t s o u n d l i k e I o m n o t r e c o m m e n d i n gy o u o f i e n d o
s t r o i g h id o n c e ? N o ! S o m e t i n r eos b r i e f t r i p i o K o r r s o sc o n
be good for you, buf don't forgetyour ruby slippers! As I
s o i d i n t h e f i r s tp o r o g r o p h ,t h e c o l l s o r e o l l t l r e s o m e . T h e
d r e s s ,t h e s t y l e ,t h e o t m o s p h e r eo r e n ' t i m p o r t o n t- t h e g l u e
t h o t b i n d su s i s t h e d o r r c e . S o g o , t r y i t , e x p e c lt o h o v e f u n .
You wil/l
DANCINGHUMOR
SQUARE
by PAULJ. WEISS
D . C .L o m b d S
o quores
IEd. I don't know i{ Povl octuolly wroie these ditties, bui
he posted lhem on lhe Iniernet. They could houe been
outhored by someone nomed Kevin.l
W h o t c o l l d o t l r e yu s e o n t h e t e l e v i s i o ns h o w
Gomer Pyle?
- F o l l o * Y o u rJ i m N e i g h b o r s( P l u s )
W h o t c o l l d o c o o c h e sl i k e ?
Molivoie (Advorrced)
W h o t c o l l sd o o p e r o f o n s l i k e ?
W e o v et h e R i n gC y c l e ( M o i n s t r e o m )
Modome ButterflC y i r c u l o t e( C - 1 )
(C-l )
o n y t h i r r gw i t h o P h o r r t o r n
SUMMER
1994