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Bugle - March 2015

SQUARE DANCING SOCIETY

OF QUEENSLAND INC. (FOUNDED 1954)

www.squaredancingsocietyofqueensland.org

REPRODUCED COURTESY OF:

Come and Join us at the

Society AGM Dinner, Meeting & Dance Saturday 28th March 2015

Hosted by Gumdale Grandsliders Square Dance Club Inc

WHERE: Alexandra Hills Community Hall

Cnr. Windemere & Finucane Rds, Alexandra Hills

TIME: 5.30pm Dinner - Dinner Cost: $5.00

First Course: Pizza, salad & garlic bread

Second Course: Fruit salad & ice cream

Tea & Coffee

6.00pm AGM Meeting

7.00pm Dance - 7.00pm Rounds

7.30pm Squares from Basic to Plus level The Society is seeking dancers to be on the committee for the coming year.

Come along and get involved

Dance Admission $10.00 or

$8.00 on presentation of Membership card

There will be Raffle and Door Prizes

A supper would be greatly appreciated

Callers and Cuers – If you would like to be considered to be programmed to call

Please see Registration Form on Page 2 of this Bugle.

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Publicity Officers report to all Bugle correspondents First Edition for 2015

I would like to wish you all a happy new year. I hope that your Christmas break was worth-while and that you are refreshed and ready to plan for 2015. Several clubs are planning to hold “Come & Try Square Dancing “sessions. Is your club planning or have you started to do this?

How are you making contact with potential dancers? Club members are a wonderful point to start with. It seems that the newer the dancers, the greater chance they have to recruit more new ones. Are you advertising in local shopping centres on their notice boards? Are you planning a letterbox drop in your area? Most local Members of Parliament or Councillors will do some photocopying if you approach them nicely, explaining that it is for a community activity. Likewise local newspapers will sometimes put an article about “New Learners Classes” in their community section, (if they have one).

You should have read in previous Bugles and society minutes that the Square Dancing Society of Qld. Inc. would love to see your club notices for beginner’s classes on their web site. Details are on the site to tell you what to do. The society will also consider subsidising publicity costs for classes to clubs who make an appropriate application.

It is important that all club members are kept abreast of changes to the Society’s constitution and guidelines. All members are invited to management meetings and general meetings. If you want your clubs ideas put forward you have the opportunity at the meetings. There is much information on the Society website http://www.squaredancingsocietyofqueensland.org . Have a look at it and see the progress your society is making, how it can help you and what you can do to help promote our activity.

Beginners Class Advertising

Is your club currently running or planning to run a beginners class in the near future? You are welcome to advertise this class on the Society Website. Please submit any flyers or information via the Secretary. The information will then be located under the “LEARN TO DANCE” tab on our Website.

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Society AGM Dance - Caller / Cuer Registration

I wish to be considered to call/cue at the Qld Society AGM Dance on Saturday 28th March 2015

Name……………………………....……….. Squares (….…) Rounds (…….)

Club ……………………………………………………………...……………………….

Please Post to Alan Evans…30 Paradise Rd Forestdale 4118

Or email [email protected]

Please remit this nomination by: 2nd March 2015




mailto:[email protected]



And the

SQUARE DANCING SOCIETY OF QLD INC.

Invite you to attend the

58th SUNSHINE STATE ROUNDUP

incorporating the

Quarterly Meeting of the Square Dancing Society of Qld Inc.

on

SATURDAY 23rd MAY 2015

at the

Maher Hall

42 Matilda Street, Burleigh Heads 4220

Programme at a Glance

2.00 - 4.00: Quarterly Meeting of the Society

4.00 - 5.00: Behind the Mike Session (Come & try Calling)

5.00 - 6.00: Social Time

6.00 - 7.00: Evening Meal (pre-paid with registration)

7.00 - 7.30: Rounds

7.30 - 10.30: Squares (Basic, Mainstream & some Plus)

Further information and Registration Forms

will be published in the April Bugle




St Patrick’s - 17th March

Tuesday

Time: 10.00 am – 2.30 pm

Cost: $7.00

Gumdale Grandsliders Square Dance Club Inc

Alexandra Hills Community Hall Cnr Windermere & Finucane Rds

Alexandra Hills

A lunch plate to share would be

appreciated

Come

dressed

in Green /

Irish or not

Hervey Bay Square Dancers.

Hi everyone. We at Hervey Bay have been busy doing demos everywhere we could to promote our great activity and attract new dancers. We set up a stall at our local markets, danced to bright and cheerful music in one of the unused shops at Stockland for which we were grateful and danced once again at Scarness Park on Australia Day. We had a wright-up in our local free newspaper as well as advertising at our line-dancing classes and exercise classes. David Smythe gave us a great Come-N-Try morning and since then we have been able to pick up another square of new dancers who are keen and coming along nicely. We are now planning a 'Getting to Know You' bar-b-que as a follow up. All club members have been busy with organizing and acting as 'angels'. On the 7th February when David Smythe was up for the Come-N-Try morning, he called Plus in the Afternoon and Mainstream that night. What a busy day we all had but we wouldn't have changed it. Another demo. - this time for Harmony Day at Scarness Park on 21st March which should be fun. Another busy day as we have our learners class at 9.30a.m. to 11.30a.m., demo at 12.15p.m. and then some of us are off to Maryborough to dance with Alan Evans, Plus at 2.30p.m. and Mainstream at 7p.m. Wish us luck. Bye for now.




DISCLAIMER

The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the individual contributors and may not necessarily agree with the opinions of the Editor , the Square Dancing Society of Queensland Inc. or the individual Clubs affiliated with the Square Dancing Society of Queensland Inc., nor are we responsible for any goods advertised for sale.

Writing for the Bugle.

I have been asked to underline some of the issues which need more detailed understanding when writing articles and advertisements for the Bugles. Some changes have been made and I ask all Club Presidents, Secretaries, Publicity Officers and dancers who wish to contribute to your magazine to please note these.

Firstly. All articles and advertisements are to be emailed to the Bugle editor. This is [email protected].

Please try to ensure that all articles and ads are well written. Documents should be sent as computer files, preferably in Microsoft “Word” format. If Word is not available, the full text may be written in the body of the email. Please do not Scan or format as a picture file or convert it to a pdf file. These formats generally do not reproduce well in the Bugle without much work by the editor.

Clubs that are affiliated with the society, that is they have paid an affiliation fee, may advertise in the Bugle without charge. Non Affiliated Clubs will be charged $40.00 Full page, $20.00 Half page & $10.00 ¼ page. Advertisements sizes are :-

For Society and QCA sponsored functions, ie Sunshine State Round up or the State Conventions, a Full page advertisement is acceptable, e.g. A4 Portrait with 5 mm borders.

For affiliated clubs, one half A4 page is the maximum size. Page orientation of the Bugle is PORTRAIT but your advert or article orientation is to be in LANDSCAPE eg to fit on the top or bottom half of the portrait page. Several clubs have expressed the view that the bugle is too many pages. We may consider limiting club ads to ¼ page if the size continues to create problems. Please consider when you design an advertisements that Bright Colours and Fancy Fonts may look good on a Noticeboard Flier, they may not reproduce well on a Bugle page. Consider a 12 point font for general information and restrict the use of large fonts to Headlines and Sub headings. Don’t use a background colour for the whole item. Good quality photos used to report on an event usual-ly reproduce well, but please attach the file rather than scanning a picture. All items for publication must be submitted to the editor by 25

th of each month.





“Square Dancing – Come and Try” Rambling Eights Square Dance Club are planning “Come & Try” evenings

Organise your group or come on your own! Partners are not necessary, Experience is not required,

Bring your Friends, Bring your Family - Get ready to Dance each week!

Join the fun Feel the exercise

Experience the friendship Where: St Pius X Primary School Hall Golda Ave. Salisbury (Behind Tennis Courts)

When: 7.00 -9.00pm, Friday Nights Commencing January 30th Cost: Only $8.00 a lesson, Children $4.00

Dress: Neat Casual (with comfortable shoes)

It’s easy! It’s Fun! Give it a Go! Inquiries and bookings: David or Faith Phone (07) 32631408 or 0458215504 or check out our

website www.ranblingeights.org PS: Check out U Tube links on our website:-Square Dancing Keeps you Young” & more at

“ramblingeights.org”

Rambling Eights, Salisbury - Caller: David Pearce

Our club celebrated 29 years of dancing on February 13 and the theme was love hearts for valentines. For our new dancers enjoying their first party night along with our regulars and visitors, there was a great variety of fun dancing to cater for all. A big thank you to David and guest callers for their work on the night and preparing beforehand. The smiling faces and laughter indicated that everyone had a good time and the work from all involved was worth it to share a special night.

The following week was a different matter, with Cyclone Marcia threatening the north coast. Due to the wild weather and the fact that many travel quite a distance to attend, it was decid-ed to cancel the dance rather than have anyone drive out in these unpredictable conditions. As well as phone calls, David managed to get local radio station 4BC to advertise the cancel-lation, but we know that not everyone would have been aware. Our sincere apologies are to anyone who braved the roads on Friday 20

th February, we are sorry that you were not noti-

fied, but hope you will attend again in the future.

On a happier note, back in January while dancing was in recess, all club members were in-vited to a meeting followed by dinner at the Salisbury Bowls Club. After dinner we enjoyed another night of barefoot bowls with some rather intriguing and even hilarious techniques be-ing employed by some. Although many are very capable on the dance floor, not all are skilled on the bowling green, but all are wonderful at putting on a smile and having fun. Also in January many members also helped with a letter-box drop to attract new dancers. With newspaper ads, community notices and shop flyers we had a great turn out on the first night, with more arriving the following week. We hope they continue to enjoy and support this great activity with us.


http://www.ranblingeights.org



Suncoasters - Callers Nev McLachlan & Gary Petersen

Dancing resumed on Tuesday 20 January and Wednes-day 21 January. On Australia Day, about 20 club mem-bers participated in Buderim's Australia Day march along the main street to the school grounds where we gave a dancing demonstration with Gary calling. It was an extremely hot day. On the following Saturday night, 31 January, we had our 'Don't Say No Give it a Go' dance with a good number of new prospective dancers attending. Pam Edwards




PINE RIVERS SENIOR CITIZENS

We’re back for 2015 and looking forward to a year of fun, friendship and square dancing. We have 6 enthusiastic new dancers and look forward to helping them learn our great activity. It’s great to see Carol Newman dancing when she is able. We know how much it means to her. We have a couple of members who are not able to do much dancing any more, but still come along and en-joy t he afternoons. We wish a speedy recovery to Joan Jackson following her accident earlier in the year. We are keeping your seat warm for you. Happy dancing everyone Jan Hay

CANE COUNTRY SQUARES

Having just started in February our first theme night was a combina-tion of “Black Friday” the first of three for the year, and the one and only “Valentine’s Day with two sets dancing. Everyone dressed in red and black. The red and black raffle was won by Averil, part of which was chocolates. We hope she enjoyed them. On 6th March our Club will celebrate its 32nd Birthday with a social dinner out before dancing and a special cake to be cut on the night. Pam Garson

Cairns City Square Dance Club

The year has started a bit slower than usual for the club with wet weather

preventing our out of town members being able to attend some of our Fri-

day night dances. Others have been away including Diann and Henry who

have only just returned from south.

From now on we hope to be back to normal baring any bad weather condi-

tions and this will include the club having our Plus Night next month.

All members we are all looking forward to the year ahead and are planning

our special dances as well.

Janet Hansen - Publicity Officer




Bugle Co-Ordinator

Do you have an interest in “Desktop Publishing”? Are you good with Computers and Email ? Do you enjoy working as part of a team. The Society is calling for Expressions of Interest in the position of Bugle Co-Ordinator. This is a position appointed by the Executive. If you are interested in this role or would like more information on what is involved with the co-ordination of our monthly Bugle, please contact Lynette - [email protected]

Calendar of Events

Due to the number of events clubs wish to be promoted; a maximum of two lines is allowed for each event. Please ensure that a contact is included in the details, this may be a phone number or a web site address. All items for inclusion in the Calendar should be emailed to the Publicity Officer: - [email protected] . The calendar will display events for the next twelve months from the date of issue.

Advertising in the Australian Square Dance Review New sizes and costings for advertising in the Review have been approved and published. The new details for payment and submission of all material for the Review have been sent to all affiliated clubs. If your club has not received these updates please request a copy and direct your question to the Queensland Review Editor.:- [email protected] .






ULYSSES CLUB EVENTS 2015

Ulysses Birthday Dance – Inter-Club - Tuesday, 24th March, 2015

Annual General Meeting - Tuesday, 5th May, 2015 (approx.)

“Spring is in the Air” Inter-Club Dance - Tuesday, 1st September, 2015

“Melbourne Cup” Inter-Club Dance - Tuesday, 3rd November, 2015

Christmas Dance – Inter-Club - Tuesday, 24th November, 2015

Christmas Break-up Dinner - Tuesday, 1st December, 2015

Venue: Masonic Hall, Cnr Mill Road & Hartil Street, Edmonton.

Contacts: Eddie 4045 2620 Or Cheryl 0402 455 895

Or Email: [email protected]

Logan City Square Dance Centre

11th Anniversary dance

Saturday 14th February marked the 11th Anniversary of the opening of our centre.

Being Valentine’s Day the theme was red & white with many dancers wearing these

two colours. Of course with so many red & white outfits, it created a challenge for

our feature caller Mike Davey from Victoria but being the professional he is, breezed

through both sessions. With 7 squares attending the Plus session in the afternoon and

10 squares attending the Mainstream session in the evening the hall was full with

everyone enjoying themselves to the max. In keeping with the Valentine’s Day theme,

caller Mike’s singing calls were all love songs. It’s amazing how many square dance

tunes are about love!

With a sumptuous supper to finish the night, it can only be described as a successful

event. Sincere thanks are extended to all those who helped set up, clean up and most

of all to you the dancers for coming along to commemorate the opening of the centre.

Our monthly Saturday dances will continue this year with Kay Walker calling in

March.

Please note; no dance in April due to the national convention.

John Van Zanten

President - Logan City Square Dancers Inc.




STEPPING OUT WITH CLOGGING

CLOGGERS will be storming in to Coolum on the beautiful Sunshine Coast on the

long weekend of the 13th, 14th and 15th March as the STORMKING CLOGGING

CAMP for 2015 once again promises to be a weekend of great dancing, teaching and

friendship fun. This is a new venue for STORMKING. Session tickets are available.

Edith Sandy (07 5482 2306) and Jenny Neal (0409 121 749) are looking forward to

seeing you.

Busy feet and busy pens are at work writing dances for the Showcase segment of the

2015 ACA National Clogging Convention.

Closing date for Queensland submissions is 7th March, which will then be followed by

choosing the Queensland Showcase dance for the National Convention.

Registrations are still open for the 20th National Convention, this year being held at

Gosford on the New South Wales Central Coast on 11th, 12th and 13th September.

The organising Committee are very pleased with registrations to date. Any questions?

Call Jason and Leanne on 02 4392 2411, or email [email protected]

Cloggers across Australia and New Zealand are sending their love and best wishes to

one of Clogging’s true gems, Gail Ross of Bundaberg, whose health situation caused

her to recently retire from being the Leader at Fancy Shuffle Cloggers.

Our thoughts are with you Gail; the sunshine of your smile continues to make our day.

Following an exciting holiday in Cambodia for Stephen & Michelle Hope, Stephen is

now back at teaching and planning at CHUG-A-LUG CLOGGERS, E.Z. CLOG-

GERS, SUNSTATE CLOGGERS and the GET RHYTHM DANCE TEAM.

Our thoughts are with all of our friends who are suffering hard times following the

destructive work of Cyclone Marcia.

Never Miss Out On a Chance to Dance.

Best wishes always,

Frances

FRANCES LOOK O.A.M.

PH: 07 3391 6526, MOBILE: 0429 851 891

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: www.cloggingaustralia.com

FACEBOOK: Australian Clogging Association





I Wish I Could Dance - Heather Warner




SQUARE DANCING SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND INC. CALENDAR OF EVENTS – 2015 – AS AT 25

th February 2015

Calendar of Events Due to the number of events clubs wish to be promoted; a maximum of two lines is allowed for each event for So-ciety Affiliated Clubs. Please ensure that a contact is included in the details, this may be a phone number or a web site address. All items for inclusion in the Calendar should be emailed to the Publicity Officer: [email protected] . The calendar will display events for the next twelve months from the date of issue. Please ensure that the requests are for special events and not just regular club nights. Refer to the notices and ads in this month’s edition of the Bugle for further details.

14 Mar Logan City Square Dance Club. Kay Walker calling. Enquiries; Jane Rayner 0405 316 469 or email; [email protected] 21 Mar Suncoasters Square Dance Club Inc WingDing, Pyjama Party, Dance & Sleepover. Contact

07 5445 1238 . 0427 135 442 . 0417 729 263 or www.suncoasters.com.au for more information 21 Mar Maryborough Heritage City Hoedowners Inc. Birthday Dance 2.30pm.-5.00pm, Plus. 7.00pm.-10.30pm. Mainstream. Contact Jeanette 07 41216302. 24

th Mar Ulysses Birthday Dance – Inter-Club Dance. Contacts: Eddie 4045 2620 Or

Cheryl 0402 455 895 Or Email: [email protected]

11 Apr Logan City Square Dance Club Caller tba Enquiries; Jane Rayner 0405 316 469 or email; [email protected] 2 May Hervey Bay Square Dance Club. Andrew Reid 2-4.30pm Plus, 7-11pm MS 5 May Ulysses Square Dance Club. Annual General Meeting (approx.) Contacts: Eddie 4045 2620 Or Cheryl 0402 455 895 Or Email: [email protected] 9 May Logan City Square Dance Club QCA callers. Enquiries; Jane Rayner 0405 316 469 or email; [email protected] 16 May Suncoasters Square Dance Club Inc. 45

th Birthday Celebrations for Suncoasters & Nev’s

Calling. “Black & Red Cabaret” 07 5445 1238 0427 135 442 . 0417 729 263 or www.suncoasters.com.au 30 May Maryborough Heritage City Hoedowners Inc. Kay Walker 2.30-5.00pm. Plus 7.00pm.- 10.30.pm. Mainstream. Contact Jeanette 07 41216302. 13 Jun Logan City Square Dance Club Caller tba Enquiries; Jane Rayner 0405 316 469 or email; [email protected] 20 Jun Maryborough Heritage City Hoedowners Inc. Matthew Mills 2.30.pm-5.00pm. Plus. 7.00pm.-10.30pm. Mainstream.Contact Jeanette 07 41216302. 4

July Suncoasters Square Dance Club Inc. Red, White & Blue Social Dance 07 5445 1238 .

0427 135 442 .0417 729 263 or www.suncoasters.com.au

11 July Hervey Bay Square Dance Club. Gary Petersen, 2-4.30pm PLUS, 7-11pm MS

11 July Logan City Square Dance Club Caller tba. Enquiries; Jane Rayner 0405 316 469 or email; [email protected] 24 July Rambling Eights, Salisbury –Christmas in July Party Night. Contact: David or Faith Pearce – 3263 1408 or www.ramblingeights.org

25 July Maryborough Heritage City Hoedowners Inc. Christmas in July Glen Wilson 2.30pm.-5.00pm. Plus. 7.00pm.-10.30pm. Mainstream. Contact Jeanette 0741216302

31 July/2 Aug Suncoasters Square Dance Club Inc. 30th

Anniversary of the “Centre” with James

Reid & Graham Elliott 07 5445 1238 ..0427 135 442 .0417 729 263 or www.suncoasters.com.au



http://www.suncoasters.com.au





http://www.ramblingeights.org




8 Aug Logan City Square Dance Club Caller tba. Enquiries; Jane Rayner 0405 316 469 or email; [email protected] 29 Aug Suncoasters Square Dance Club Inc. 5

th Saturday Soup & Spring Social Dance 07 5445

1238 .0427 135 442 .0417 729 263 or www.suncoasters.com.au 29 Aug Hervey Bay Square Dance Club . Matthew Mills 2-4.30pm PLUS, 7-11pm MS 12 Sept Logan City Square Dance Club Caller Glenn Wilson. Enquiries; Jane Rayner 0405 316 469 or email; [email protected] 1 Sept Ulysses Square Dance Club “Spring is in the Air” Inter-Club Dance. Contacts: Eddie 4045 2620 Or Cheryl 0402 455 895 Or Email: [email protected] 11-13 Sept Sun City Square and Round Dance Club (Townsville), will celebrate their 40

th birthday with a

weekend of dancing to Tony Oxendine from USA. Contacts are Darryl Burrows 0488 752 843/07 4775 2843 or Jodie Williams 07 4774 0263. 3 Oct Maryborough Heritage City Hoedowners Inc. Elaine Davis 2.30pm.-5.00pm. Plus,- 7.00pm.- 10.30.pm Mainstream. Contact Jeanette 07 41216302. 10 Oct Logan City Square Dance Club Callers. Elaine Davis and Jan Hay Enquiries; Jane Rayner 0405 316 469 or email; [email protected]. 31 Oct Suncoasters Square Dance Club Inc. 5

th Saturday Melbourne Cup Social Dance.

07 5445 1238 .0427 135 442 .0417 729 263 or www.suncoasters.com.au 3 Nov Ulysses Square Dance Club “Melbourne Cup” Inter-Club Dance. Contacts: Eddie 4045 2620 Or Cheryl 0402 455 895 Or Email: [email protected] 7 Nov Hervey Bay Square Dance Club Alan Evans 2-4.30pm PLUS, 7-11pm MS 14 Nov Logan City Square Dance Club Caller Gary Petersen Enquiries; Jane Rayner 0405 316 469 or email; [email protected] 24 Nov Ulysses Square Dance Club Christmas Dance – Inter-Club Contacts: Eddie 4045 2620 Or Cheryl 0402 455 895 Or Email: [email protected] 1st Dec Ulysses Square Dance Club Christmas Break-up Dinner. Eddie 4045 2620 Or Cheryl 0402 455 895 Or Email: [email protected] 4 Dec Maryborough Heritage City Hoedowners Inc. David Smythe Christmas Dance 2.30pm.- 5.00pm. Plus 7.00pm-10.30.pm Mainstream.Contact Jeanette 0741216302. 12 Dec Hervey Bay Square Dance Club . Christmas Dance Party 17 Dec Hervey Bay Square Dance Club . Christmas Dinner Party 31 Dec Logan City Square Dance Club New Year’s Eve Dance Caller Alan Evans. Enquiries; Jane Rayner 0405 316 469 or email; [email protected]

Society Date Claimers for 2015: 28-29 March 2015 - AGM Dance and Meeting. 23-24 May 2015 - Sunshine State Roundup and Social 28 November 2015 - Society Christmas Party.








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