Mary`s Marketing MoMents - Dakota Country Dance Club

July Newsletter - Volume 7- 2014
Mary’s Marketing MoMents
Dakota Country Dance Club is always reaching to new heights. We offer more to our members now
than ever.
Are you aware of the benefits your membership grants you? Let me introduce you or refresh your
memory to some of the benefits:
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Dakota Country Happenings is a weekly email sent to all members listing many country dance
opportunities in Sioux Falls and surrounding areas.
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Our website with exclusive members area:
* Here you can find dance step sheets, view videos to watch and practice dance moves to couple and line dances so you look like a pro out on the dance floor!
* View the photo gallery of social gatherings of DCDC
* Access the up-to-date events calendar. Last minute changes are also posted such as dance
cancellations, etc.
* Easily see the latest postings on the website by looking at the sidebar on the left side of the
webpage.
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Discounted dance events and sometimes free dance events hosted by DCDC.
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Monthly newsletter posted on the website and emailed to you at no charge.
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You will have fun and make many friends along the way.
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Facebook Page. Dakotacountrydanceclub
So how can you market your dance club? Tell family and friends about us
and the benefits of joining. We have brochures you can use and they are free
for the asking. Give them out or one of our newsletters. Leave a brochure at
the lunch table at work.
Please take a look at the last page of the newsletter. You will see many of the
board members doing double even triple duties to keep us running smoothly.
Please consider lending a hand.
We need more members to help us keep with the steady pace of growth our club has benefitted
by. Help us grow members by joining the membership committee (see next page).
You don’t need to be a board member to attend meetings and/or help out. You don’t even need to
attend board meetings to give us suggestions for events or membership growth ideas. Just send
us an email at dakotacountrydanceclub.org
So who do you know that would benefit from Dakota Country Dance Club? Give them a brochure or newsletter or simply email them a link to our amazing website. Put our dance
club out there and see where we can go! http://www.dakotacountrydanceclub.org
Rick Mayko is currently a Board Member for DCDC. I have previously held DCDC
positions as Vice-President, President, Treasurer, and Board Member. I started
line and couples dancing in January 1998 at the old Twister’s Night Club in Tea. I
then continued to dance at the old Grain Bin on Upper Cliff Ave and then at
Buck’s. I joined DCDC in March of that year. My favorite dances are Hustle, Freestyle ChaCha, Night Club Two, East Coast Swing, and Waltz.
When I’m not dancing (and that a rarity), I spend a lot of time maintaining the expansive yard of Mary Houska’s property! I used to play a lot in a racquetball
league (still looking to play someone at the C-D level). I also spend time maintaining a 29 gallon salt water fish tank and I’m adding to it all the time. I have two 8 X 25 foot city garden plots
at a community garden area in SE Sioux Falls I garden at. I used to hike a lot in the Rocky
Mountains but I now like to travel, hike, camp, fish and sight see in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and
Michigan. My favorite time to travel is in the fall to view the colors on the trees.
I’ve been employed as an Urban and Community Forester with the South Dakota Department
of Agriculture for 23 years. I moved to Watertown, South Dakota in July of 1991 and then transferred to Sioux Falls in May of 1996.
I’m originally from Binghamton, New York. My oldest brother and sister live in Binghamton and I
have another brother in Wimauma, Florida. Both of my parents have passed on. I don’t have
many relatives left-an aunt in Larksville, PA and distant cousins around the US.
Dakota Country Dance Club is looking for
someone to fill the following positions:
Membership Committee
We need a Chairperson and a few committee members. You would meet with
the committee and present the board on
ideas on how to introduce our club to the
community and show them why it is
smart to become a member.
I wanted to give a special thank you to all who came to my
Super Hero Birthday Party! It is great to have such good
friends!
Mike Ormseth
Dancing and Socializing Opportunities
Borrowed Bucks Roadhouse is one of the gathering places for our club
members, beginners, and experts alike! Saturdays we enjoy professional
country Western line and partner dance lessons taught by Jerry and Kathy
Nusz free of charge. Line dance lessons are at 4:00-5:30 PM with partner
dance lessons from 5:30-7:00 PM. A partner is recommended but not required so please come! Dancers with out partners please remember
that when the instructor invites us to begin the lesson, if you want
to dance, let us know it by getting yourself onto the floor!
If there is uneven number of partners, we take turns. After classes we keep right on dancing the
night away. Borrowed Bucks Roadhouse is featuring country music from 7-9:30 PM. They'll play some hot
country hits as well as great music from the past. Subject to change. Please call Bucks for info 605-331-2448.
Thursdays has Country Music and Dancing at Bucks. It is also Ladies Night. You can come out
as early as 4:00 PM for music and dancing with dancing beginning early in the evening around 7:00PM
with a DJ! We need a good turn out every week to keep the country music playing. Bring your friends
and be sure to say hello to our dance neighbors so everyone feels welcome. In Buck's words, "Dust off
your boots, get out your hat and come on down to Bucks and do it Country Style!”
The Ballroom Dance Club of Sioux Falls. Attend the only Big Band Ballroom Dance in the area. Each
month, a big band orchestra entertains the crowd with music from past eras; the 40's,50's and 60's. All ages and
abilities are welcome. Dance lesson at 6:00PM, band plays 7:00-10:30PM. $12.00 per person, $5.00 for students
with ID. Dress Code. Visit www.ballroomdanceclubsf.org/
Grand Falls Casino has open dancing on Sunday afternoons from 2:00-6:00PM and it is free.
www.grandfallscasinoresort.com/events-showlounge.aspx
Dance Ballroom & Studio. West coast swing Sundays. 6:30PM lesson, 7:30-9:00PM Dancing
to a variety of music styles for West Coast Swing. Guest DJ’s. Special rate of $4.00/person to get started in July. Call for details. 332-3700. The dance studio teaches a multitude of dances. Check out their
website for more info. danceballroomandstudio.com
Newsletter Policy
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The policies set forth for the club newsletter are decided by the
officers and board of directors. The editor has full authority and is
responsible for implementing these duties. If you have any comments or concerns about the newsletter, please direct them in writing to;
Dakota Country Dance Club
PO Box 634
Sioux Falls, SD 57101
Email: [email protected]
Dakota Country Dance Club Mission:
The sole purpose of this club is to organize, promote, preserve, enjoy country dance, music and contribute to positive cause.
Become a member of
Dakota Country Dance Club
to be informed of the best of the best country
dance opportunities in the Midwest area!
Mary Houska
Mary Yates
Larry Fossum
Terri Schettler
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Starfire Band at
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Board Meeting
VFW 7 PM
Country Dancing
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Night 6:30
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El Riadd Shrine
big band dance
6 PM Cha Cha
lesson then
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Free Line Dance4
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Dance lessons at
Bucks 5:30PM
Country Dancing
at Bucks 7 PM
Howie Gamber at
Grand Falls 26PM Free
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Dance lessons at
Bucks 5:30PM
Country Dancing
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Dance lessons at
Bucks 5:30PM
Dakota Country Dance Club is looking for someone to fill the following position:
Board Member-1 year duration
Attend board meetings regularly, volunteer for projects and events.
A little dance card history!
For what it's worth, a Dance Card is an archaic term for a pre
-printed card that used to be distributed at formal dances,
like school dances.
The card would identify the dances in order, some even identified the song that would be danced to. It had lines on it for
you to write the name of the person you danced with, and the
practice was to put the name of the person you promised the
dance to on the line in advance, and check off having danced
that dance with them afterwards.
That way, if a guy asked a girl to waltz, and her dance card
didn't have any more waltz lines left, she could decline but
offer him a foxtrot. They'd negotiate what dance to do together and write each others names on the correct line so they'd
know who they would be dancing with for the rest of the
evening.
Afterwards, you can keep your dance card as a souveneir.
Mary Houska
Vice-President
Activities Committee
Santana
Tom
Lori
Sheila
Santana
Sengouvanna
Secretary
Duane Duerr
Treasurer
Kurt Whaley
Web Master
Rick Mayko
Lori Richards
Sunshine Committee
Web Events Calendar
manager
Pat Duerr
Board Member
Sheila Hatie
Board Member
Sheila Hatie
Website
Administrator
Deb Creegan
Dakota Country
Happenings &
Facebook Content
Creator.
Fall Fest Committee
Duane
Jill Engelhart
Facebook Page
Administrator &
Photo Manager
Rick
Rick Mayko
Board Member
Lori Richards
Board Member
Tom Richards
Board Member
Mary Houska
Video Gallery manager
DCDC Newsroom
Anchors
Mary Houska/Rick Mayko
Could be You!
Board Member