Square Dusters Square Dance Club of Ft. Collins, Colorado

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Our 2012 / 2013 Dance Schedule

Sept. 15, 2012 (Saturday)	Ken Bower Gary Shoemake	Barbara Haines	Dusty Fiddle Dance Co-hosted with Foot & Fiddle 4H Building at the Ranch
Sept. 21, 2012	Roger Schappell	Arlin Sample	Fort Duster Dance (Back to School Daze) Co-hosted with Ft. Collinaders Held at Club Tico Please bring school supplies to donate to a local elementary school.
Oct. 5, 2012	Jerry Junck	Leroy Shade	October Fest
Oct. 19, 2012	Tom Roper	Becky Evans	Spam-a-lot
Nov. 3, 2012 (Saturday)	Roger Schappell		Dusty Fiddle Dance Co-hosted with Foot & Fiddle Held at Mountain Range Shadows
Nov. 16, 2012	Roger Schappell	Peter Gomez	Veteran's Day Dance (Red, White and Blue)
Nov. 30, 2012	Dave Guille	Becky Evans	Sing along with Dave (All singing calls)
Dec. 7, 2012	Jeff Palmer	Peter Gomez	Red & Green Ball (Wear red and green)
Dec. 21, 2012	Roger Schappell	Ed Glenn	White Elephant gift exchange. Bring a white elephant for a gift exchange, if you wish.
Jan. 4, 2013	Dan Hopper	Arlin Sample	Dusty Fiddle Dance - Happy 2013 Co-hosted with Foot and Fiddle Held at Club Tico
Jan. 18, 2013	Roger Schappell	Mitchell Thompson	Icicle Slide
Feb. 1, 2013			NO DANCE. See tomorrow night, Feb. 2.
Feb. 2, 2013 (Saturday)	Mountain Magic	Dave Smith	Dusty Fiddle Sweetheart Swing Co-hosted with Foot and Fiddle Held at the Ft. Collins Sr. Center 1200 Raintree Dr. Ft. Collinsi
Feb. 15, 2013	Roger Schappell Lanny Weakland	Lanny Weakland	Caller Showdown
Mar. 1, 2013	Roger Schappell	Peter Gomez	Roger's Birthday Bash "50"
Mar. 15, 2013	Debbie Steinkirchner	Mitchell Thompson	Irish Jig
Mar. 29, 2013	No Dance		Good Friday. No dance.
Apr. 5, 2013	Mark Hammett	Ed Glenn	PJ Party (Wear pajamas or comfy clothes)
Apr. 19, 2013	Rick Gittleman	Becky Evans	Black and White Big Band Boogie Wear black and white.
May 3, 2013	Dave Guille	Barbara Haines	Square Dance Fiesta Fiesta night.
May 17, 2013	Don Furnish	Arlin Sample	Trail End to Summer
July 14, 2013 (Sunday)	Roger Schappell	Barbara Haines	Barn Dance in Berthoud Dance and 'sloppy joe' dinner. 2:00 Dance --5:00 Dinner Casual attire.
July 31, 2013 (Wednesday)	Ken Bower	Arlin Sample	Dusty Fiddle Ft. Collins Senior Center
August 16, 2013	Roger Schappell	Arlin Sample	A "Just for fun!" dance. Ft. Collins Senior Center 7:30 Rounds, 8:00 Squares Casual attire.

Where do we dance?

Dances are held each First, Third, and Fifth Fridays of each month, September, thru May at

the City Park Building, also referred to as "The Club Tico" just north of the City Park Lake, which is located just north of West Mulberry Ave. The street address of "The Club Tico" building is 1599 City Park Drive, Ft.Collins, Colorado. (Map)

Rounds begin at 7:30 PM, square dancing from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Visitors and Singles are welcome.We do have hearing enhancement equipment available at all dances.

As with most square dance clubs, our regular dance season begins early in September, and runs through the fall and winter, and comes to an end in the spring time near the end of May. However , there are summer square dances at numerous places in the state and the country. Click Here to access the partial list of summer dances.

Square Dusters' Barn Dance

Hope to see you on Sunday July 14, 2013.

Caller: Roger Schappell Cuer: Barbara Haines

Rounds 2:00 - 2:30 -- Squares 2:30 - 5:00 -- 'Sloppy Joe' Dinner 5:00

At the Berthoud Barn, 619 1/2 4th Street Berthoud Co. The dance hall in on the second floor above Jones Plumbing and the laundromat.

Tickets will be sold only at the door on the day of the dance. They are $10/person for the dance and dinner.

Casual Attire. All are Welcome, including single dancers. We have hearing enhancement equipment available, no charge.

Other Clubs in the Fort Collins Area

The Barn Owls all Plus club in Berthoud
Foot & Fiddle in Loveland

Fort Collinaders in Fort Collins
Hix 'n' Chix in Longmont
Merry Mixers in Greeley
Ponderosa Promenaders in Livermore
Prairie Promenaders in Cheyenne, WY
Quadra Dangle in Laramie, WY
Red Rock Ramblers in Lyons
Skirts and Shirts in Fort Morgan

See the Northeast Colorado Square Dance Council for more information about these clubs.

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Summer Dances

Check out the Square Duster's Barn Dance.

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Red Rock Ramblers in Lyons, Colo. has dances every Saturday evening throughout the summer.
Their dances are held at the Lyons Elemantary Gym-4Th and Stickney, Lyons, Colorado.
Rounds begin at 7:30 PM, Square dancing, 8:00 PM to 10:15 PM (Map)

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Lessons

Our lessons are complete for this year. We had a great class and we will be starting another set of lessons in January 2014. Stay tuned for further details...

Welcome Couples, Singles and Students (bring a dance partner if possible).
Free Chili supper and introductory lesson on TBD .

Lessons will be held on Sunday and Tuesday nights, TBD,
from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the
T. R. Paul Academy
4512 McMurry Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80525
(Map)

The cost is $5/person per lesson, $2 for students under 18 when accompanied by a participating adult.
For more information, please call Nancy or Norm @ 970-232-9127 or Jim or Bobbie @ 970-223-8162.

Club Caller - Roger Schappell

To Contact us by email, write to---dusters@fortnet.org

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History of Square Dusters Club

In the mid 1950's square dancing was going through a renaissance and began to be of interest to more and more people. A group of workers at Woodward Governor Co, here in Ft.Collins, began to square dance among themselves, and soon had a small private group of square dancers. They danced in a small company warehouse at lunch time or other off work hours. But, as is always the case, there was a party pooper in the form of one of the company higher-ups who did not appreciate workers dancing on company property. Suddenly, they had no place to dance. But the activity provided so much in the way of social fun, no one wanted to end it then and there. No one can recall the exact year all of this occurred but it was after the company relocated to the new plant at Lemay and Drake in the early 1960's.

In order to continue dancing, it was necessary to find a place in town, which could be rented. Eventually someone found that the City Park Recreation building was available and it required some clean up. which the members themselves managed to do. But the costs of dancing in a rented building made it a priority to increase membership in order to spread the costs over a wider member base. So, the word was passed around the area and one by one, they gained new members. A name was needed for the club, and thus the Square Dusters square dance club came into being. The first club caller was Jim Vitch. In the mid 1960's Ray Boyd became the caller and called for many years. He is now one of Square Dusters charter members. The club flourished and over the years Square Dusters and square dancing evolved as we know it today.

Any questions, please contact any of the club officers Click Here

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Message Board for Members

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LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SQUARE DANCING

Northeast Colorado Square Dance Council

Colorado State Square Dance Association

On-line Lessons and Calls
Wed sites that show you individual calls and how they should be performed:
Saddlebrooke Squares, Open Squares and TamTwirlers.

DOSADO.com is a good source for all kinds of square dance information.

FortNet A great web site to find more about Ft. Collins!

Square Dance Resource Net A vast resource of square dance and other dance information.

An Online Guide To Square Dancing Another great resource of square dance history and information.

Any questions, please contact any of the club officers Click Here

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