Sashay - Oklahoma Square Dance Federation

Sashay
Official Publication of
Dec 2012/
Oklahoma Square Dance Federation
Jan 2013
Established 1947
“ Laugh, Love, Live. Keep Square Dancing Alive.”
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ONE
AND ALL!!!
We wish to extend our greetings
for the upcoming holidays to all the square
dancers in Oklahoma and surrounding states.
Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and a
very Happy New Year. This time of year is
just one great big celebration after another
and isn’t it fun.
We are looking forward to the end
of this year with mixed emotions. We have
had a wonderful year serving as your OSDF
President but are also anticipating next year
when we will be the immediate past president. We compared this past year to that
of having a baby. We went through all those
months of carrying the “child”, then having
moments of some very hard labor, but after
is all said and done, the joy and love that one
feels after it is over is indescribable. We
have truly enjoyed this past year and we certainly could not have done any of it without
the wonderful work by our state board, both
elected and appointed. Our appreciation to
each of you goes far beyond what words can
say. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. We
wish Glen and Linda Bray , president elect,
and the incoming board all the best and look
forward to continuing to serve on the 2013
state board.
We do want to give special thanks
to all of you who made our “retirement”
such a wonderful evening. Friday night at the
pre-party was made very special for us. All
of the kids were together with us under one
roof. This is the first time in over 30 years
that this has been accomplished. Also, our
dear friends of over 30 years from California
were also on hand to help us celebrate. Saturday night at the State Festival was totally
memorable. The ride in on the “hunting
boat” and then the final ride in the wheelbar-
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Inside this issue:
President’s Message
Thank You!
Thank you!
1
Inside Story
2
1st Vice President
Immediate past President
3rd Vice President
Inside Story
3
Northwest District news
SW District news
Visit Nine Dances
Inside Story
4
Singles Coordinator news
2nd Vice President
Inside Story
Green Country news
Panhandle District news
5
Inside Story
6
Southern District news
North Central District news
Ron and Barb Smith, 2012
OSDF President
row was so much fun. The rest of the
evening went by in a blur of activity but
was so much fun. Thanks again!!!!
That about wraps things up for
this very last article that we will be doing
for the Sashay as OSDF presidents and
probably one of the shortest columns you
will ever see from us. We will continue
to travel the state and dance with as many
of you as possible. We look forward to
seeing you all in a square real, real soon
and remember to “LAUGH, LOVE AND
LIVE….KEEP SQUARE DANCING
ALIVE!!!
Inside Story
OSDF sponsored USDA
Insurance
7
-OSDF Officers & District
Presidents
8
-OSDF web address
-News Deadline— Jan20th
Special points of interest:
 Number ONE district in
Ticket Sales—Southern
 VISIT NINE—What a way
to have FUN
 Young dancers work hard
in Green Country
 QUILTS! Who would have
thought they would bring
square dancers together.
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1st Vice President—Glen and Linda Bray
Glen & Linda Bray
O.S.D.F. 1st V.P.
& Festival Chairman
November 4th, 2012
We met with Bob Huckeby
at the Biltmore Hotel on
Thursday evening and laid
3600 of the 4000 sq. ft. of
dance floor in the South
Ballroom.
We were assisted by Gene
& Barbara Morton, Marvin
& Donna Kay Pierce,
Bill and Molly Guthrie, &
Tim Calvert, my brother and
a Circle 8 square dancer,
and two of the hotel employees. The floor went
down easy.
We really enjoyed the Friday night Pre-party, it was
decorated very well and
Wonderful gifts were provided for the Board, Attendance was great.
We want to “Thank Everyone” for all their hard work
in helping us to have
a great 2012 Festival, the
attendance was great this
year.
Every room seemed to have
a lot of dancers attending
the scheduled event,
It is nice to have the room to
spread out so we can enjoy
the workshops and
fun
dances.
The sewing clinic was
packed with over 50 women
and “men” in attendance.
A nice Showcase of Ideas
was located in the hall near
the registration table, may
be more Districts will par-
Immediate Past President—Ray and Patricia Mills
Greetings from your
2012 OSDF Immediate
Past President
We hope everyone had a
wonderful time at the preparty and state festival
held at the Biltmore this
month. We enjoyed planning the pre party and
have enjoyed serving as
your Immediate Past
President this year.
Congratulation to our
newly elected OSDF
board! We hope you enjoy serving as much as
we have. This year's pre
party attendance was the
largest ever. Let's hope
that next year even tops
that. Our thanks to everyone who helped us with
the registration table and to
the decorating committee.
We hope everyone has a
blessed and joyous Christmas holiday and new year.
Remember that we are all on
the publicity committee. We
look forward to seeing each
of you in a square.
ticipate this next year.
The Fashion Show was a
hit and everyone seemed to
enjoy their part of the entertainment, there was a lot of
participation to make this a
success.
We had
some great vendors and a
lot of shopping was done
this weekend.
The evening Entertainment
was enjoyed by all, we
really drew a crowd from
the others in the hotel, they
seemed to want to join in
the dancing.
We had 25 squares in the
Grand March with possibly
another 10 squares sitting
out. We had a large number of dancers to join us for
the removal of the floor,
We want to express our
sincere thanks to these
wonderful volunteers.
There was a total of 147
room nights for this weekends event.
At this time, we have a
total of 433 that signed up
at the Registration table.
We hope to see you in a
square soon.
3rd Vice President—John and Phyllis Mattison
We really enjoyed serving
in the office of Third Vice
President of OSDF. The
roundups were a lot of
work, but the rewards
were very great. In our
three years of being involved with OSDF, we have
met so many people (whom
we now consider friends),
that we would never have
met otherwise. Thanks to
all of you in every district
for being such supportive,
fun - loving people. At the
last roundup in Chickasha,
we even gained a new family member, which we found
at Best Western – a kitten,
which we named (what
else) Chickasha! By the
way, this kitten is so sweet,
but she is a monster; she
tears up my house worse
than my kids did as toddlers. But that’s her nature.
We love her in spite of her
“messes”, just the way God
loves us even when we follow our sinful natures and
“mess up”. Thanks again.
Thanks for all the memories. We will never forget
you.
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Visit Nine Schedule—Daniel and Phelica Scott
Visit 9
Merry Christmas, Joyous
Holidays and a Happy
2013.
To our square
dance family, you have
made 2012 a marvelous
square dance year. We
are so grateful that you
share the hobby we enjoy
so immensely. You have
given Daniel & me a wonderful present all year
long by attending the
dances, signing the Visit
9 rosters and dancing
with us. We have enjoyed the opportunity to
serve as your Visit 9
State chairman. It is a
program that we have
believed whole heartedly
in since we started
square dancing. Nothing
better than traveling, seeing the country, meeting
and dancing with new
people as well as old
friends, and polishing
your skills to different
callers. We invite you all
to give the Visit 9 program a whirl!
We have had great participation in the Visit 9
program as of date and
we appreciate the excellent help of the out-
standing District chairs:
Art & Johnnie(C), Charles
& Jenean (GC), Chuck &
Sandra(NC),
Chris,
Teresa, Don, Elaine(NE),
Gene(NW), DuWayne &
Martha(P), Hans & Helga
(SC), Shawn(S), and Lyle
& Judy(SW). 20 Visit 9
dances were held in
2012.
We have had a
total of 456 sign-ins as of
November 16.YA~HOO~
November 30 Central’s
66th Jamboree ~ India
Shrine Center 3601 NW
36th St Oklahoma City.
6:30 PM, Registration/
Reception 7:15, Presi-
dent Entry - 8:00 Grand
March, 3601 NW 36th St.
Final 2012 Visit 9 dance:
SW district Travel/New
Year’s Eve dance Dec 31,
9 PM, Jimmy Gouch,
caller, Elk City’s square
dance hut After December the Visit 9 trail will be
resting until spring of 2013.
Visit 9, it’s a fun square
dance time!
Southwest District—Gerald and Ann Sherrill
Southwest District is
growing strong. We have a
few small clubs ,but our
dancers are attending those
dances and helping keep
them holding dances.
Our travel dance is coming up Dec 31 at 9 PM at
the Hut in Elk City. Jimmy
Gouge is calling. It is a Visit
Nine dance.
The SW Roundup will be
March 2, 2013 at the Pioneer Center in
Weatherford. District callers. The Rt 66 Jamboree is
July 12-13, 2013 at the Elk
City Convention Center.
The new SW officers are:
Vernon & Lois Schimmels,
President; Mike and Myrna
Perkins, 1st VP; John and
Debby Tunning, 2nd VP;
William Yow and Beverly
Petross, Secretary; Ken and
Neola Stephens, Treasurer.
Hub City Squares was the
top ticket selling club and
Ken and Neola Stephens
was the top seller.
Come dance with us in
SW district. We’ll show
you a good time!
Northwest District—- Allan & Sue McBride - Interim President
The State Festival is history now, & although we
could not personally dance
- we were there to cheer
on the winners.
The top 3 Ticket sellers
this year in our District this
year were: Linda Meyer Woodward Wranglers with
5,520 , Berniece Gilchrist Woodward Wranglers with
3,150 & Dene Bell - Harper
County Squares with
2,600.
Several from the
Northwest District made
it to the festival & we all
had a great time. It was
hard to believe that none
of the winning tickets
were sold by anyone in
the Northwest District.
Lessons are underway in
our district & at least one
Club - the Woodward
Wranglers, have a good
set of students. Hopefully
these will all complete the
class & turn out to be good
club members later.
Red Carpet Squares will
be hosting the Northwest
District Fall Festival at the
Shattuck Oklahoma Golf
Club on November 17th
with Fred Trujillo doing the
calling. This will all be history by the time you get to
read this, but hope we
saw some of you there.
December 31st Red
Carpet Squares will be
hosting a New Years Eve
Dance in Shattuck Oklahoma. If you don't have
somewhere else to bring
in the New Year, come to
the Northwest & share it
with us.
See you in a square
Jim & Linda – reporting.
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Singles Coordinator—Wlliam Yow and Beverly Petross
Where has this year
gone? It seems that it was
only yesterday that we
were asked to serve as
your Singles Coordinators.
The Shrine Benefit in
August was great and a
success thanks to each
one that had a part of
that.
The after party on Saturday night in Okla City at
the Festival was also
great. We started with 6
squares and ended up
with one square of enduring dancers. At least the
time was from 10:30 to
11:30 pm to end the full
day.. While the dancing
was going on,, the floor
was being pulled apart
from under our feet, We
had a surprise guest to
show up for the after
party too, Willie Nelson
and his play boy bunny
along with their troop of
callers . So if you missed
them, you missed a good
time
There were some flashers among us and with
them were the whistlers
too. Again thanks to Rod
& Lois Ford and the other
callers that finish out the
evening with us.. Appreciate each one of you so
much.
Again William and I
would like to say thanks
to each District's Single
Coordinators for a job
well done during the
year. Remember to send
any information that you
want to get out to your
State Single Coordinator
as we can not do this by
ourselves. Thanks for allowing us to serve you
this year,
May each one of you have
a wonderful Holiday season,, spend it with family
& friends and share ..
Most of all
"Remember the Reason
for the Season".
2nd Vice President—Bill and Molly Guthrie
Hello to all OSDF
dancers. What a great
year it has been for us.
Selling a total of
102,437 tickets on a
car that no one liked
has really been an unbelievably experience
for us.
The ticket chairmen
went that extra mile
making tickets available to the dancers at
all times. We couldn't
have ask for a better
group of people to
work with. Our love
and thanks go out to
each of them..
The winners of the
prizes are as follows:
The 1965 Mustang---Sharon Goad, the 43
inch TV-----Mary Lara,
The camera----Carla
Harris, the Kindle Fire---Morgan Fuller, the
12 massage package---Phyllis Evans, the ladies dress by Nancy
Cole----Gary Waldie,
the Red River package-
---Leonard Bell, the
beautiful Jewelry Box---Justin McCasland,
100.00 by Susan
Davidson and $100.00
y Cecil H Wright.
The high ticket sellers
were: Margaret EvanHamburg, 10,420 tickets sold, Yellow Rockers, Southern District,
John and Phyllis Mattison 7050 tickets sold,
Green Country and
Linda Meyer 5520 tickets sold, Northwest
District.
The top three clubs
were: Davis Yellow
Rockers 13800,
Southern District,
Sharon Goad of Sands
Springs, OK
Winner of 1965 Mustang
Woodward Wranglers 12,110, Northwest District and
Lake Keystone
7,280 of Green
Country.
Our gratitude goes
to all that sold tickets, bought tickets
and supported our
program.
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Green Country District—John and Phyllis Mattison
Green Country is completing its most successful year
to date. The district is
growing at a fast pace; many
eager young faces are seen
at our dances. The Pumpkin Patch Festival, under the
leadership of Jim & Linda
Frederick, was a great success. The Cowboy Hall of
Fame Dancers once more
performed at the festival;
this is becoming a tradition
which we hope will continue. Visit Nine Chairmen,
Charles & Jenean Herndon,
signed in 86 people at the
festival – making Green
County the Number One
Visit Nine district in OSDF,
for 2012.
Green Country was third in
the state in ticket sales,
with a total of 15,750; this
was in spite of the fact that
2 couples, who usually sell
many tickets, were out because of illness. We also
lost Bill & Billie Campbell
who were fantastic ticket
sellers. Lake Keystone
Squares was the Number
Three club in OSDF with
7,270 tickets sold. Our
third place club, Ramblers,
which sold 2,795 tickets,
had 5 children – ages 6
through 15 – who sold a
total number of 2,230! This
leaves 565 tickets left for
the adults to sell. “And a
little child shall lead them”.
Congratulations to all of
our clubs for their great
efforts in selling tickets on
the green mustang. Congratulations to Margaret in
Southern District, for being
Number One in the State,
and to her district for being
Number One in OSDF.
Congratulations to all of the
districts for their efforts.
We really, really, really had
fun at the State Festival this
year. The Fashion Show –
Laugh In, was a “hoot”.
Thanks to our directors Jim
& Julia Reese, to John &
Alice Long for writing the
script, and to all of our fantastic actors who did such a
wonderful job. We hope
that Ron & Barb Smith enjoyed the fashion show and
our part in the Laugh-In.
visitations in November:
Family Squares on November 29, which was a benefit
dance for Toys for Tots;
Central District 66th Jamboree on November 30.
Our December visitation
will be at Lake Keystone
Squares, at the Mannford
Community Center, 101
Green Valley Park Road,
Mannford, for the Heart 4
Children Ministries. The
benefit dances starts at
7:30. Admission per person
is a new unwrapped toy
worth $5.00. All toys will
be donated to Heart 4 Children Ministries. Come out
& enjoy good dancing, fellowship, and fun. You will
also be helping a worthy
cause.
Look for the new
OSDF website at
Www.oklahomasquare-dancefederation.org
You might find
yourself!
“We appreciate the love and concern shown to
Shirley during her illness as shown by the
cards, phone calls, food and flowers.”
Thanks,
George and Shirley Hazlett
Green Country had two
Panhandle District—Garrell and Lesa Young
Here in the Panhandle
District most of the
harvesting is complete
and everyone is ready
to dance. We had a
good group attend the
State Festival and they
reported having lots of
fun.
Perryton Promenaders had a Tenderfoot
Dance on Nov.15.
Promenaders have 3
couples and 5 singles
attending lessons.
These people will be a
wonderful addition to
our square dance family.
Perryton will dance
Dec.1 with Don Main
and the Plus Dance will
be Dec.20 with Lanny
Weakland.
The New Year's Eve
Dance will be at Shattuck with Rod & Lois
Ford. Currently Keyes
does not have any
dances scheduled, I'm
sure we will be dancing
with the Ladies in the
new year.
Fill up your car with
good friends and find a
dance. It is worth the
effort. See you in a
square soon.
Sashay
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Southern District—Dean and Rose Lloyd
MERRYCHRISTMAS
and H A P P Y Y E A R S
from
Southern District
Several Southern District
Dancers attended the
State Festival which was
enjoyed by all. Those that
did not attend missed a
great Festival.
Our District's first lady,
Rose Lloyd, is at home
and mended well after
her double knee replacement surgery on October
23rd. Keep her in your
prayers as it will be
awhile before she will be
able to join up on the
dance floor. There are
several in our district that
need your prayers that
have losses and health
issues.
Also, Southern District is
still gloating on hosting
the victory dance and
look for a repeat next
year.
Southern District elected
Officers for 2013 at their
annual meeting on September 15th with the following results.
President: Don & Vivian
Kampbell
lst Vice President: Don &
Cindy Schoenecke
2nd Vice President:
Weldon & Lola Stubblefield
Secretary: Wayne &
Linda Davis
Treasurer: Dorothy Keyes
We have a great slate of
officers for the coming
year, so when you see
them, thank them for
North Central District—Tom and Margene Pierce
We would like to Thank
everyone for coming to
our Festival and Quilt
show at Stillwater. We
had a great time getting it
ready for you. Those attending know that we
had some accidents with
members and they were
not able to be there.
Sandy Mullins took a fall
down her stairway getting her quilts ready to
come and broke her
wrist. She is now recovering from the accident.
We are all trying to get
ready for Thanksgiving as
I am sure most of you
are doing the same thing.
‘ Looking forward to seeing everyone in a square
real soon. Be very careful
with your Christmas
shopping when using
your debit and credit
cards. The scammers are
out in full force.
Margene, Tom and the
North Central District
Have a Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year.
ARE YOU REGISTERED?
DO IT NOW!!
Only 7 months until the 62nd National Convention in Oklahoma
City with the Ghost Riders live band. BE THERE!
agreeing to serve and
keeping our activity
strong.
Our next Southern District function will be our
New Years Dance in Ada
at Willard High School.
We will eat at 8 PM and
dance from 9 until midnight with Tim Tanner of
Wichita Falls, TX..
As for as yours truly
knows, all the clubs in the
district will be dancing
their normal dance night
during the holidays. But it
might be a good idea to
call ahead. I know Southern Circle will be dancing
on their regular night of
December 22nd.
Southern Circle is having lessons at the present
with seven new prospects.
Hopefully they will continue.
Also, Southern Circle had
a float in the Ardmore
Festival of Lights Christmas Parade on November 27th.
Keep up with Southern
Circle through their facebook page.
This may be my llst article to the Sashay as
hopefully a new Southern
District Publicity Chairperson will be appointed
for the coming year. I
have enjoyed keeping
you informed of the happenings in the southern
most part of the state.
Keep dancing, it will
keep you young.
Skip & Lou Gates, Publicity, Southern District
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USDA INSURANCE COORDINATORS NOTES
I
Enrollment time is fast approaching
An e-mail was sent to most affiliates to let them know that our rate for 2013 will remain at $4.45 per dancer. We are so
fortunate to have this low rate again. Many of you expressed the opinion, when asked about changes, that you did not
want an increase; this seemed to be the most important issue. Markel listened to us and this along with a very low loss
ratio kept the rate the same for another year.
As you may remember there was information sent to you previously this year letting you know that due to some wording
in our policy that some non-dancing activities would be covered only for the year 2012. This is just a reminder that -the
policy has been updated to reflect the original intent of our insurance - to cover dancing activities. Keep this in mind
when you get requests from your clubs in 2013 that if an activity rather than dancing is planned there has to be dancing
at the activity to get a certificate and then only the dancing is covered. For example, if there is a volleyball game at an
activity there would be no coverage if someone was hurt playing volleyball.
There was some discussion at our insurance meeting in Washington about worldwide coverage. You are covered
worldwide while dancing; however, you need to understand that if you are out of the USA you might have to cover your
medical expenses and then file a claim when you return to the USA. The reason for this is that Markel does not have
agents worldwide.
Remember that before you can enroll any of your clubs for
2013,
your state federation dues must be paid to USDA.
The dues letter was mailed around the week of September to either the federation president, insurance chairman or
perhaps to your treasurer - it 'depends on who has been designated by your federation to receive the letter. If it is not
you, please check with your federation president as many times this letter gets mislaid with the recipient not realizing it
has an effect on -your insurance enrollments.
A reminder, too, that even though your new enrollments will begin soon, your clubs still have to pay for any new
members who join their club through the remaining months of 2012. Clubs must maintain their status of 100% of
members being covered even during the new enrollment period.
Another issue is the class roster - remind the clubs that it is important to mail the class roster as soon as the class is
established and that beginning and ending dates must be given for the class. If the roster is not submitted then there is
no coverage for the students. The coverage is free but the club has to do its part to receive this free coverage.
As always, USDA feels that our accident medical and liability insurance is well worth the premium charged for this
coverage. My thanks to all of you for the work you do for your federation as insurance chairmen. Please contact me
with any questions or concerns you may have. If you have not responded to my e-mail requesting trifolds and enrollment
forms, please do so in the near future.
-Pat Inglis, USDA Insurance Coordinator, P.O. Box 22, Tucker, GA 30085-0022 Phone 404/298-6148 FAX 404/298-6149
e-mail: [email protected] Web pare: http://www.usda.org then Programs then Insurance
Check with your District Insurance Chairman for compliance.
The Federation Chairman is
George and Shirley Hazlett
Oklahoma Square Dance Federation
Newsletter Articles
Deadline for the
Feb/Mar issue is
OSDF Officers and Staff—2012
President
Ron and Barb Smith
PO Box 62
Martha, OK 73556
[email protected]
580-301-9621
1st Vice President
Glen and Linda Bray
7420 High Meadow Ln
Piedmont, OK 73078-9349
[email protected]
405-373-1380
2nd Vice President
Bill and Molly Guthrie
2147 NW Ozmun Ave
Lawton, OK 73505
[email protected]
3rd Vice President
John and Phyllis Mattison
31814 Dunegan Rd
Mannford, OK 74044
[email protected]
Treasurer
John and Debby Tunning
Rt 1 Box 64A
Mountain Park, OK 73559
[email protected]
580-482-5430
Secretary
Norvell and Mary Dalley
974 Burnside Rd
Davis, OK 73030
[email protected]
580-622-3901
580-353-1762
918-865-4674
Immediate Past President Ray and Patricia Mills
14106 County St 2710
Minco, OK 73059-9730
[email protected]
Accountant
Glenn and Roselind McCulley, CPA’s
580-774-0856
713-553-1630
Marvin and Donna Kay Pierce
516 SW 103 St
Oklahoma City, OK 73139
405-691-6382
[email protected]
General Chrmn, 62nd NSDC Gene and Barbara Morton
2320 16th St
Vernon, TX 76384
940-553-4415
[email protected]
Historian
Avis Strasner
PO Box 137
Keyes, OK 73947
580-546-7682
Loraine Conner
PO Box 392
Keyes, OK 73947
[email protected]
580-546-7239
Insurance Chairman
George and Shirley Hazlett
9016 S Lakewood Ct
Tulsa, OK 74137
[email protected]
NEC Advisor
918-488-1990
Harry and Pat Nelson
4506 Rosemont Ave
Grand Prairie, TX 75052
[email protected]
Parliamentarian
PO Box 518
Mannford, OK 74044
[email protected]
972-639-3733
Jim and Julia Reese
918-865-2846
Program & Ad Chairman Ron and Ruby Kuhlman
3936 NW 6th St
Newcastle, OK 73065
[email protected]
Publicity
Robert Orman and Billie Davis
1812 Markham Dr
Newcastle, OK 73065
[email protected]
Sashay Editor
405-387-3126
Mike and Myrna Perkins
6 Sandra Rd
Clinton, OK 73601
[email protected]
Singles Coordinator
580-323-5953
Beverly Petross
PO Box 1062
Elk City, OK 73648
[email protected]
580-225-4674
William Yow
3207 W 3rd
Elk City, OK 73644
Visit Nine
580-225-0810
Daniel and Phelica Scott
609 N 15th
Duncan, OK 73533
[email protected]
580-467-2177
The SASHAY is on the Web at:
www.oklahoma-square-dance-federation.org
Bobby Willis and Dalaina Tillman
550 Ruby Rd #54
Coppell, TX 75019
[email protected]
Education
Jan 18, 2012
405-352-4497
PO Box 1626
Weatherford, OK 73096-1626
[email protected]
Caller Coordinator
WebMaster
Ken Robinson, [email protected]
405-392-4826
District Presidents-2012
Central District
17275 N.E. 23rd St
Choctaw, OK 73020
329443 E 990 Rd
Wellston, OK 74881
Green Country District
31814 Dunegan Rd
Mannford, OK 74044
North Central District
1400 Country Club Dr
Perry, OK 73077
Northeast District
6105 E 49th St
Tulsa, OK 74135
Northwest District
302 Dogwood Ln
Enid, OK 73703
Panhandle District
Rt 2, Box 111
Turpin, OK 73950
South Central District
2147 NW Ozmun Ave
Lawton, OK 73505
Southern District
13 June Dr
Sulphur, OK 73086
Southwest District
PO Box 473
Sayre, OK 73662
Vernon Willis
405-390-8426
Vicki Eslick
[email protected]
405-454-0152
John and Phyllis Mattison
[email protected]
918-865-4674
Tom and Margene Pearce (Acting Pres)
[email protected]
580-336-2963
Fred and Sammie Kraushaar
[email protected]
918-622-8111
Allan & Sue McBride—Interim Pres.
@
580-233-0680
Garrell and Lesa Young
[email protected]
580-778-3369
Bill and Molly Guthrie
[email protected]
580-353-1762
Dean and Rose Lloyd
[email protected]
580-622-3385
Gerald and Ann Sherrill
[email protected]
580-729-2940
62nd National Square Dance Convention®
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
June 26, 27, 28, 29, 2013
Hotels, Hotels, Hotels. The prices for the hotels on Meridian Ave. are the best you will find at any convention. All have free parking while you are their guest. These hotels are just a few miles from Will
Rodgers World Air Port and offer free shuttle service from the airport to their hotel. Beginning Tuesday afternoon bus service will begin making the runs to hotels and the RV Campground. You will be
able to ride downtown to Cox Convention Center without your convention badge and bus pass. You
will need both to ride back to your hotel or the campground. You must return your completed registration form if plan on using the RV Camping facility.
The 62nd NSDC Housing Committee has partnered with Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau
to provide convention attendees website access to make their own hotel reservation. From
www.62nsdc.com you can click the link “Hotel Reservation” then click “62nd National Square Dance
Convention” and you will have access to all of our convention hotels. Each hotel offers information and
pictures of their property. You will see that some are blocked. They are currently full but we are working with the CVB to have more rooms released and made available for our convention. Note also, that
some hotels have minimum night stay requirements. All hotels on Meridian Ave. and the RV Campground are several miles from the Cox Convention Center. Bus passes for each rider will be needed to
ride. There is parking in Downtown Oklahoma City, but don’t spend your time looking for that ideal
space. You will also have to pay each time you leave and reenter. Then those Oklahoma City drivers!
Leave the worry to our bus drivers. Sit back and enjoy the view worry free and relax.
This week the tour committee has learned that one of our pre-convention
tours has been discontinued for the 2013 season. Discoveryland’s performance
of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” will be dark for our convention.
This was the owner of Discoveryland’s decision and refunds or other tours will
be offered to attendees. We are currently exploring other tour ideas to fill this
cancellation. Be sure and check www.62nsdc.com for current updates for additional tours.
Square dance conventions just wouldn’t be complete without ice cream. Ice cream will be available inside
the convention center, just not Braums. You’ll have to get out and find one of these ice cream gold mines,
but it will be worth your effort. Braums is Oklahomas ice cream heaven. Before you arrive in Oklahoma
City do your internet work and locate a store in your path. All stores are within 300 miles of Oklahoma
City. Don’t pass by without stopping in. Read the complete story and find a store at www.braums.com .
THE SCOOP ON BRAUM’S
Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Stores…just the
name conjures up visions of scrumptious ice cream,
giant hamburgers, dairy fresh milk, fresh baked
goods, even meats, fruits and vegetables. So what’s
the story behind Braum’s? Well, we can sum it up
with two words “vertical integration”. Basically it
means that we believe that if you want something
done right…you do it yourself. A concept that
Founders, Bill and Mary Braum and their children are proud of.
Want more information about the 62nd National Square Dance Convention®? Your free copy of National
Squares E-Magazine is just clicks away. The National Executive Committee has the link for you to subscribe. From www.nsdcnec.com click on the link on the left side of the page and enter your information.
You will begin receiving convention information on your home computer. You are encouraged to share
the magazine and print it for those that don’t have a computer. In July 2013 you will then receive information for the 63rd National Square Dance Convention® in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Oklahoma City is no stranger to tragedy. Just a few
blocks north of Cox Convention Center is the Oklahoma
City National Memorial & Museum. On the morning of
April 19th, 1995 the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was
destroyed. This gate marked 9:03 represents the moment
we were changed forever by the horror and then the
hope. The outside grounds are open 24 hours a day.
There is also an indoor museum where you can sit and
listen to a meeting that was taking place across the street
from the Murrah Building.