Friends, Fun   and Frolicking in the Sun

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SUNDAY AFTERNOON CLINIC WITH DAVID ROBERTS FOR MAINSTREAM/PLUS/POSSIBLY A LITTLE ADVANCED

David Roberts is leading a series of lessons on Mainstream/Plus/and possibly a few Advanced calls, on Sunday afternoons. These are not a substitute for our regular dancing, but they are to supplement and reinforce lessons for those interested in moving to Advanced dancing at some point. They will be from 2:00 to 4:00 on Sunday afternoons, and there will not be a charge except for a small donation to be collected for the church each week. They will be held at St. Francis Ecumenical Catholic Church, 12505 Starkey Road. Please let David know if you are interested in being a part of these lessons.

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BOARD MEETING - The next Suncoast Squares board meeting will be on Wednesday evening, January 10, at 6:30, at Pofolks restaurant. We will have dinner and make plans for the club.

 

HOLIDAY PARTY - Please put Thursday evening, December 14, on your calendar for our annual Holiday Party. It will be a pot luck and there will be an exchange of gifts. More details as we get closer to the date

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SCOTTY SHARRER CALLING FOR US - Three weeks in January (the 15th, 22nd, and 29th). Themes will be announced.

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"SAY GAY SASHAY" - Our own fly-in will take place Feb 16-19 at the Sunshine Center in downtown St. Pete and at Ft. DeSoto State Park. Registration forms are now available for download in the "Annual Fly-In" section of our website. Please print out a form and register for this year's event. Great Callers - Vic Ceder, Chris Phillips, and Scotty Sharrer. NOW IS THE TIME TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT YOUR REGISTRATION FORM. THE RATE GOES UP AFTER NOVEMBER 30.

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SPLASH - The next "SPLASH" at Judy's home will be January 21 from 1:00 until 3:30.

 

THE 2023 IAGSDC (International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs) - This coming year's Annual Convention will be held much closer to us, in Durham, North Carolina. Several of us have already registered. Please consider attending and talk to anyone who attended a convention previously for information about the event. And make hotel reservations soon. There are multiple hotel options. The dancing will be in the Civic Center

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MONDAY EVENING - Starting at 7:00 and lasting until 8:30. We continue lessons for new dancers. Any new dancers should arrive at 6:30, if possible. Club members, please make a point of meeting and dancing with any new folks who have joined us to give square dancing a try. J.R. will be calling.

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INTRO/REVIEW/WARM UP THIS WEEK - The review session will be held this week, from 6:30 to 7:00 on Monday evening. Joey will be leading. This is a chance to review calls at a slower pace before the regular lesson starts at 7:00. All new dancers are encouraged to attend, and angels are appreciated.

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MAINSTREAM/PLUS DANCING - Monday evening from 8:30 until 9:30. Some dancers who are new to Plus this year are learning the calls at this level. Join us for this hour for practice at the Plus Level. 

  

DANCING THIS THURSDAY: ADVANCED AND C1 - NO DANCING THIS THURSDAY DUE TO THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. 

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WHERE WE DANCE: The Garden Club of Saint Petersburg, is located at 500 Sunset Dr. S, Saint Petersburg, FL 33707. Lots of parking on the circle in front and on the lawn parking areas.

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RESOURCES TO LEARN OR REVIEW SQUARE DANCE CALLS - For those of you who wish to review calls or get a head start on learning new calls, there are links to a couple of teaching websites on the Suncoast Squares website: Go to suncoastsquares.com and look for the ribbon menu on the top of the page. Select "More" on the right, and then select "Resources".

 

Links to two different websites may be helpful to you:

Taminations - the calls are listed and then illustrated by little emojis. Chose "SSD" if you are in the new class, or chose the appropriate level for other calls.

Saddlebrook Squares - There are lessons systematically going through the calls. The calls are illustrated by traditional square dancers, which makes the "girls" and "boys" more easily identified than they are in our club (smile). Find the square dance lessons in the middle of the page and look for Mainstream if you are in our new class (This is the SSD level we are learning plus a few more calls). You should be able to find all the calls that we have learned.

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A NOTE ABOUT SECURITY - Please be sure your car is locked when you attend our dances.

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FRIDAY WALK

A small group of Suncoast Squares meets at Lake Seminole Park on Fridays at 11:30 for a walk and then a picnic (bring your own food). We meet at Pavilion 9. Contact Alan or Sue if you have questions about this activity. We will meet for the walk in the park this Friday.

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A few pictures from our Halloween Dance.

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