http://squaredancemagazine.com World-wide Square Dance Activities and News in a magazine format with photos Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:58:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 57th Annual National Square Dance Convention was held on June 25,26, and 27 in Wichita, Kansas. The Kansas Square Dancers mounted a bid four years ago to hold the convention this year. The convention moves around the country, selected four years in advance. We already know that in 2009 we ... http://squaredancemagazine.com/square-dance/wichita-national-squaredance-coonvention National Coordinators’ Annual Report INTRODUCTION Welcome to this the inaugural AGM of Travelling Australia With Squaredancers, otherwise referred to as TAWS. Today we celebrate one year since the official formation of TAWS, at the 48th National Convention In Adelaide.  At this point I wish to pay tribute to the late Don Gillespie, ( ... http://squaredancemagazine.com/square-dance/australia/taws/just-released-taws-annual-report MINUTES OF THE TAWS ANNUAL MEETING HELD ON FRIDAY, 6 JUNE 2008, SLEEMAN SPORTS COMPLEX, CHANDLER Mal Parrington opened the meeting at 2.00pm and welcomed all in attendance and introduced the National Co-ordinators. Present: There were 65 attendees at this the 1st Annual meeting of Travelling Australia with Squaredancers, (TAWS). Apologies: Mary Slaats, Chris Parrington, Mal ... http://squaredancemagazine.com/square-dance/australia/taws/taws-agm-brisbane-2008 TAWS CASINO HOEDOWN 27 May 03 Jun 2008 This event was convened at Casino, in Northern N.S.W. and was an official part of the Casino Beef Week Festival. Our co-hosts for this event were CMCA Casino Village Ltd., and Casino Willi Whirlers Square Dance Club Program At A Glance 27 May Meet n Greet ... http://squaredancemagazine.com/square-dance/australia/taws/taws-casino-hoedown-a-success Paul Place Photo's courtesy of Michael and Alice Craft of the Traveling Hoedowners. Click on photo to see enlargement. Traveling Hoedowners News by Alice Craft Some of you may be familiar with Paul Place & The Traveling Hoedowners’ Mainstream and Plus Reference DVDs which were reviewed in this magazine recently (http://squaredancemagazine.com/category/learn-square-dancing). Two of the ... http://squaredancemagazine.com/square-dance/usa/paul-place-and-traveling-hoedowners-update Armidale Spring Square Dance Festival OCTOBER 17, 18, 19 2008 SQUARES      MIKE DAVEY  STEVE TURNER ROUNDS    MARILYN LAMBDEN CLOGGING   SUELLEN GUEST The Armidale Eights invite you to their 32nd spring festival for another exciting experience of dancing, fun and friendship. There will be squares, rounds and clogging. Friday night and Saturday afternoon and evening dancing is ... http://squaredancemagazine.com/square-dance/armidale-spring-square-dance-festival-2008 The European Square Dance Convention – 2008 by Michael A. Craft The European Square Dance convention was held June 6-8, 2008 in Hocheim, Germany.  My wife Alice and I attended along with 11 other Florida dancers, most of whom belong to the Whirl and Twirl Square Dance Club in Orlando, Florida.  Although ... http://squaredancemagazine.com/square-dance/european-square-dance-convention-2008-2 Steve Turner (squares) and Corinne Brodshaw  (rounds) will call at the 2006 Gala Weekend Festival in Woolgoolga 23rd - 24th August 2008.  Take a look at this flyer (click on image) to register: http://squaredancemagazine.com/square-dance/steve-turner-to-call-at-woolgoolga THE HUNTER VALLEY SQUARE DANCE SOCIETY Inc PRESENTS Squares with MIKE DAVEY &  Rounds with MARILYN LAMBDEN This dance extravaganza will take place on Friday 3rd October – Sunday 5th October 2008,  Warners Bay High School,   Cnr King & Myles   Streets, Warners Bay  NEWCASTLE  NSW 2280 Friday:       7.30pm - 8.00pm Rounds;  8.00pm - 10.30pm Squares  Saturday:   12.30pm - 2.00pm  Rounds; 2.00pm - 4.00pm ... http://squaredancemagazine.com/square-dance/mike-davey-will-call-in-newcastle At the 49th Australian National Square Dance Convention, Jeff Seidel, caller for Wild Frontier and Kanella Square clubs in South Australia, was awarded life membership of the Australian National Square Dance Convention, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Australian square dancing and national conventions. Jeff joins a small but illustrious group of ... http://squaredancemagazine.com/square-dance/legends/jeff-seidel-honoured