- Katydids

CHIRPER
AUGUST 2009
Katydids Square Dance Club Newsletter
Volume 46, No. 8
START YOUR WEEKENDS RIGHT … DANCE WITH THE KATYDIDS ON FRIDAY NIGHT!
Photograph(s) courtesy of Don Gaubatz
Katydids Annual Picnic & Reunion
CLUB CALENDAR
Fri., Sep. 04:
Campbell United Church of Christ
400 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell
7:00 – 9:30 PM, DBD PLUS WORKSHOP
Campbell United Church of Christ
400 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell
7:00 – 9:30 PM, DBD PLUS WORKSHOP
Chirper distributed
Fri., Sep. 11:
Angel Island Tour
8:00 AM Bus leaves Santa Clara First
Baptist Church, 3111 Benton St.
Bring backpack, comfortable shoes & a jacket.
Campbell United Church of Christ
400 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell
7:00 – 9:30 PM, DBD PLUS WORKSHOP
Fri., Sep. 18:
Campbell United Church of Christ
400 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell
6:30 – 9:30 PM, DBD PLUS WORKSHOP
**PARTY NIGHT** Bring food to share
Wear GREEN. POTLUCK DINNER!!
Fri., Aug. 07:
Campbell United Church of Christ
400 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell
7:00 – 9:30 PM, DBD PLUS WORKSHOP
Fri., Aug. 14:
Sat., Aug. 15:
Fri., Aug. 21:
Fri., Aug. 28:
www.katydids.info
Campbell United Church of Christ
400 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell
7:00 – 9:30 PM, DBD PLUS WORKSHOP
**PARTY NIGHT** Bring food to share
Wear GREEN.
**NEW LOCATION-One Nite only**
Creekside Park, 10455 Miller Ave., Cupertino
7:00 – 9:30 PM, DBD PLUS WORKSHOP
Sun., Sep. 20: Executive Board Meeting
6:30 PM at the Stevens’ home
Fri., Sep. 25:
Campbell United Church of Christ
400 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell
7:00 – 9:30 PM, DBD PLUS WORKSHOP
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SQUARE HEAD ASSIGNMENTS
and DUTIES
UPCOMING SQUARE DANCE EVENTS
–– PLUS LEVEL ––
Super Square Heads
Bob & Opal Hebson (408) 255-3753
Aug. 8: Slab Dance; Lucky Steppers
Ben Lomond Slab, Mill Street
7:00 – 7:30 PM; Cuer: John Flora
7:30 PM; Caller: Roger Smith
Aug. 07 ........ Angotti / Gaubatz
Aug. 14 ........ Bennett
Aug. 21 ........ Benevento
Aug 28 ......... Clark
Aug. 15: Slab Dance; Lucky Steppers
Ben Lomond Slab, Mill Street
7:00 – 7:30 PM; Cuer: Sue Harris
7:30 PM; Caller: Bill Silver
Sep 4 ............ Caywood
Sep 11 .......... Kernan / Hinze
Sep 18 .......... Headman / Cosentino
Sep 25 .......... Anderson
Oct 02
Oct 09
Oct 16
Oct 23
Oct 30
Aug. 15: Starlight Hoedown, CPSD
Adira Dance & Costume Parking Lot
1202 Lincoln Ave., San José
7:30 – 8:00 PM; PreRounds: John Flora
8:00 – 10:00 PM; Caller: Gary Carnes
Bring chairs & food to share
.......... Pitts / Powell
.......... Darknell
.......... Ashmall / Oros
.......... Angotti / Gaubatz
.......... Bennett
Aug. 22: Slab Dance; Lucky Steppers
Ben Lomond Slab, Mill Street
7:00 – 7:30 PM; PreRounds: Sue Harris
7:30 PM: Caller: Jim Osborne
FREE!! 3 singing calls per tip
Before the dance:
• Notify the Super Square Head, Bob or Opal Hebson,
at (408) 255-3753 of any needed change of duty
assignment dates.
• Purchase and bring 6-8 lbs ice for the water cooler.
• On scheduled night, the designated Square Heads
should arrive by 6:30 PM.
• Set up tables and chairs as needed. Note: Chairs
should be set up in a horseshoe shape with an
opening at the back for access to food & drinks.
• Make ice water.
• Start hot water for tea and coffee.
* Attach special signs to recycle containers.
Aug. 23: Norcal Caller School Hoedown
Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church
728 W. Fremont Ave., Sunnyvale
7:00 – 10:00 PM; FREE!! Bring food to share.
Among other student callers, our own Club members,
Tork Clark & John Caywood, will be calling!!!
Aug. 29: Whing Ding; SCVSDA & SCVCA
John Muir Middle School, San José
7:30 – 8:00 PM; Cuer: Sue & Phil Harris
8:00 – 10:15 PM: Callers: Keith Ferguson, MC;
Robert Algea, Vicki Woods
Bring food to share.
During Club dance:
• Welcome everyone at the sign-in table.
• Offer raffle tickets, 5 tickets for $1.00.
• Have guests sign guest book and collect a $4.00 donation per guest and ‘angels’.
• Give guest names to President or Membership Chair
for introduction during announcements.
• Divide the raffle proceeds – 50% to the Club, 50% to
one single “prize” cup.
• Check that water and cups do not run out.
• If Treasurer is not present, pass monies collected to
any Executive Board Member.
Aug. 30 - Sep. 2: Reno Romp
Sands Regency Resort & Casino, Reno, NV
Cuer: Sue & Phil Harris
Callers: Ken Bower, Tony Oxendine, Gary Shoemake
Info: 803-840-0746
Sep. 4-5: Mid-Cal Classic
Merced County Fairgrounds, Los Banos
Cuer: Sharon & Casey Parker
Callers: Bob Baier, Jet Roberts
After the dance –
• ALL MEMBERS: Clean up!! Help pack up supplies and jugs and put into the Club Cupboard.
Remove non-recyclable trash accidentally tossed into
the designated recycle bins. Take the trash bags out
to the dumpster located in the side parking lot.
Sep. 5-7: Hoedowns at Tapestry Arts Festival
Downtown San José
FREE!!
NOTE: tables must go into closet FIRST (remember
the Caller’s table, too), then the chair “rack”.
Sep. 26: Harvest Moon Hoedown, Alameda Elks ‘n’ Does
Alameda Elks Lodge
8:00 – 11:00 PM; Caller: Eric Henerlau
• Remove signs from recycle containers and put into
cupboard.
Oct. 9-11: SCVSDA Jubilee
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San José
• Notify the Super Square Head of any supplies that
are needed.
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THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER – –
get to the ferry dock BEFORE the ferry leaves. Thank you,
Pat, for putting this trip together for us. I know it has been
difficult getting all the ‘ducks’ to sit still long enough to get
a plan together. It looks like it will be a fun outing, as usual.
Hello Katydids!
Wow! It has been quite a month. First, we celebrated our
nation’s birthday on Friday, July 3rd. Thank you to Ann
Kernan, Carol, Headman and Dory Clark for all the wonderful decorations. They really made the hall feel especially festive.
Jim will be calling a Hoedown at the Slab in Ben Lomond
on Saturday, Aug. 22nd. Let’s try to get some Katydids together to support him (a carpool?). Besides, it is fun dancing in the cool of the evening, under the stars … and, it’s
FREE!!
Then, we had our annual picnic and reunion. It was wonderful to see so many people turn out for this event. Besides our currently active club members, 15 Katydones
(alumni), 3 from our DBD Workshop, and 9 family & friends
… and, a couple of dogs, attended. This was quite a turnout
and the weather couldn’t have cooperated more … unless,
you were directly in the sun much of the time as our cooks
were. Let’s hear a round of applause for the terrific job Sal
Stagnitto, Tork (a.k.a. Michael) Clark, and that strange
middle eastern dude (a.k.a. Skip Stevens), did in cooking
our food to perfection. And, not to be outdone: the HUGE
mound of strawberries, watermelon, & even ‘ice-cream’ cupcakes(?!). Thank you Bob and Annie Bennett for setting
things up so nicely that I could step in and complete the job
with little effort. (We are so glad that Annie is feeling better.) And, did you know we even have an official “blower
of the leaves?” Thank you Maxine and Lloyd Darknell
for making things so clean and tidy for us.
And, finally, we are announcing that the NEW Katydids
Recipe Book will be ready for your enjoyment soon.
See you in a square soon!
Stephanie
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DIRECTIONS TO CREEKSIDE PARK
In Cupertino, from I-280 exit onto Wolfe Rd., go
past Vallco Shopping Center and Stevens Creek
Blvd., (Wolfe Rd. become Miller Rd.) go through
the “S-shaped” curve and go past next light which
is Calle de Barcelona to Creekside Park / Phil Lane
and turn right. Park in spaces in front of the
Creekside Park Recreation Center. Walk into the
breezeway; our room is on the far left side.
And, while I’m on a “thank you” roll, I don’t know if you
noticed the finer points of the photo of all the picnickers on
page 1-- it is a composite of several photos that Don
Gaubatz took and then ‘rearranged’. He did a splendid
job. Thank you for your talented handiwork, Don.
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I don’t know if you were in attendance the night Tillie
Tillman brought in some peaches from his tree. They were
super sweet. You missed a real treat if you weren’t there.
Thank you, Tillie, and to Don Gaubatz and others who have
shared bounty from their gardens this summer.
REMINDER:
The church has asked us not to park in the front (parallel to Campbell Ave.) parking lot. Please park in the
side lot.
I want to particularly welcome our newest Club members.
We are so glad to have you join us!
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Thank you to Bob & Opal Hebson for offering to take over
as Super Square Heads. We thank Lloyd & Maxine
Darknell for cheerfully stepping in to take over when the
previous person had to resign the position. Thank you for
your continued support of the Club “above and beyond!”
FALL BEGINNER’S CLASSES
TUESDAYS:
Committee to Promote Square Dancing (CPSD)
Instructor/Caller: Roger Smith
Camden Community Ctr., San José
6:30 – 8:45 PM
Starts: Sept. 1; $5 per person per night
Couples & Singles
Contact: Jackie, 408-723-0315
or http://www.c-p-s-d.org
Annie Bennett and Jenny Andersen are now recuperating
at home from their respective recent surgeries and we wish
them well in their road to recovery so we can dance with
them again as soon as they are able.
If you haven’t seen them yet, the Club now has business
cards advertising our DBD Workshop. Pick some up at the
sign-in desk to share with your other clubs and at hoedowns.
Thank you, Don Gaubatz, for printing these up.
Single Squares of Sunnyvale
Instructor/Caller: Rich Reel
Murphy Park Comm. Ctr., Sunnyvale
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Starts: Sept. 1
Oh, by the way, for those going on the trip to Angel Island
on August 15th, remember that the bus LEAVES at 8:00.
Be there well beforehand … like by 7:45AM. We have to
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Meet our new Katydid Jeannie LaRue
WELCOME
to our newest members !
Lynn Ashmall
Teri Cosentino
Naomi Grubb
Jeannie LaRue
Bill Matolyak
Tillie Tillman
Once upon a time our nation was covered by a vast
ocean. During this time, a beautiful bottle floated in
the sparkling blue waters. Ultimately, the waters
retreated and created a beach in Rochester, New York.
A few years ago, a young couple strolled along these
shores and discovered the bottle almost totally buried
in the sand. They dug the bottle out but couldn’t see
what was inside because it was covered by sand and
debris. They carefully began to brush these sands of
time away. In doing so, they stroked the bottle. Smoke
suddenly began to rise from inside the bottle. Out of
the haze of light blue smoke appeared our new member
- Jeannie. She joined two brothers and three sisters.
The brothers now live in Columbia, S.C. and New
York, N.Y. One sister lives in Boca Raton, Florida,
the second is patrolling the streets of Memphis, TN
and the other is local and a new Katydid.
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From the Kitchen of Pat Angotti – –
TAKE-ALONG CAKE
Makes 12-16 servings
1 pkg. Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Swiss
Chocolate Cake mix
1 pkg (12 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 c. butter or margarine, melted
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1/2 c. chopped pecans or walnuts
At the age of twelve or thirteen, Jeannie learned to
square dance with the Teen Twirlers. Then night work
as a bartender in Florida for 25 years interrupted her
square dancing. In October of 2007, she moved to
California and now works in medical billing. She
joined the 2008 Bows and Beaus Class to renew her
interest in square dancing. She especially enjoys the
challenges of the Katydids’ Dancing by Definition.
Preheat oven to 350º.
Grease and flour 13x9” baking pan
Prepare cake mix as directed on package. Add
chocolate chips and marshmallows to batter. Pour
into prepared pan. Drizzle melted butter over batter. Sprinkle with sugar and top with nuts. Bake
at 350º for 45-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm or
cool completely in pan.
Jeannie claims the computer as a central focus for her
life and is a “computer geek” with gaming and web
design her main interests. Occasionally, she gets away
from the computer long enough to enjoy deep sea
fishing.
Hint: To keep leftover pecans fresh, store them
in the freezer in an airtight container.
~~Submitted by Don Gaubatz
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY !
NEXT MONTH:
A new Club Roster will be printed and included
in the September Chirper and we will highlignt
another new member. Look for them!
Dory Clark ............................................ Aug. 04
Carmen Hea .......................................... Aug. 09
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ANNUAL KATYDIDS PICNIC & REUNION
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Santa Clara Memorial Park
Good Food!
Good Fun!
Good Fellowship!
We kissed babies,
hugged dogs,
played games
… What more could we want?!
Cook, Sal Stagnitto
Oh … Badminton with John & Maxine!!
Cook, Tork Clark with Dory & Char Hemsley
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Photographs courtesy of Pat Angotti, John Caywood, Don Gaubatz, & Stephanie Stevens
Returning from foreign lands, Cook, Skip Stevens
You’re doing what, Dory?!!?
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Linda Caywood, Maxine Darknell with Granddaughter
John Caywood
Jeanne LaRue
Bill Matolyak
Harold & Lee Fleeman
Denis Moore, Lloyd Darknell
Tork & Dory Clark
Ann Kernan, Alice McManus
Kathy Shaney
Char & Roger Hemsley, Linda Caywood
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Sue Willey, Stephanie Stevens
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Sandy Franger, Pat Delevaux, Gerry Fant, Glenna Colistra, Louise Stagnitto
Bobbie Davis, Harold & Lee Fleeman,
Sandy Franger & Denis Moore
Harold & Lee Fleeman, Sal Stagnitto
Look at the beautiful square dance place that was
hiding under all those yummy strawberries!!
Lee Fleeman, Don Powell
Don Gaubatz, Pat Angotti
Roger Smith & Josie Baumgartner
Carmen Hea
Sandy Franger, Louise Stagnitto
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Glenna Colistra
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Photographs courtesy of Stephanie Stevens
KATYDIDS CELEBRATE OUR NATION’S BIRTHDAY
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FROM MARY & ROD --07/17/09
Hello, friends and family
Hi, y’all. Well, not catching up but not getting any
farther behind, either. We enjoyed a wonderful June
in Utah and Montana – good weather, beautiful
locations and lots to see and do.
As with the Grand Canyon, it gets even better as we
begin to walk down into the canyon – the Queen’s
Garden and Navaho Loop Trail in this case. You lose
the overall grandeur as you descend, but the smaller
set of figures becomes larger and larger – huge,
actually. Colors, shapes, shadows – wow! Holy Cow!
Left Zion and
headed to Bryce
Canyon National
Park (NP). We
decided to boondock in the Dixie
National Forest
(NF) just outside
the park entrance.
What’s not to like
about a location
like this?
Our destination –
the
Queen’s
Garden. Seemed
like an appropriate
place to have
lunch.
Our anniversary
we took the day
off from Bryce
and
found
beautiful,
deserted Tropic
Reservoir near
our campsite.
Camping in the
shoulder seasons
is fantastic – all
the wonderful
sights and no
crowds.
Our first look at
Bryce canyon. We
drove directly out
to Rainbow Point,
the end of the park
road. It was
awesome! And as
we found out later,
not nearly the best,
or largest, or most
striking area of the
park.
Back to Bryce.
This view is a
partial of the Bryce
Amphitheater. (All
pictures of Bryce
are partials.) After
walking the Rim
Trail, we started
down.
But it’s not all
about big. Some
German tourists
told us of seeing
this
beautiful
flower that only
blooms every other
year – and we
found
it!
Unfortunately, we
didn’t get the name
of it.
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But there were also
these large stand
alone spires with
nothing
else
around for a
couple hundred
yards.
An infinity of
shapes. And they
are
always
changing
–
e r o d i n g ,
crumbling. The
upper rim recedes
one foot every
hundred years,
starting the process
over again.
Finally had to leave
but even the
departure
is
dramatic – passing
through this red
rock tunnel as part
of the Red Rock
N a t i o n a l
Recreation Area.
Yes, the 5’er fit
under it – barely.
Another day we drove
scenic highway 12 thru
Grand
Staircase
Escalante National
Monument to Capitol
Reef NP. The drive
itself was amazing –
natural “hogs backs”
only the road-width
wide, steep descents,
immense vistas. Then
you see the “Reef”. A
hundred miles long –
and beautiful. Natural
paintings like this on
Capitol Gorge Road.
Headed to Mt.
Pleasant, UT, for a
couple of days of
electricity. On the
way we passed
through Ephraim
and saw this
M o r m o n
Tabernacle, site of
the annual Miracle
Pageant. Missed it
by a week.
After a couple days
R&R – we drove to
Provo for some
shopping. Stayed at
a very nice Elks
Club right in town
– still had great
scenery!
Also
found a summer
square dance in the
park
–
and
Carabaos!
And the distinctiveness of the
rock layers – it’s
hard to believe
they’re natural.
The Department of the
Interior doesn’t have
all the great locations.
We drove to Utah’s
Kodachrome State
Park where we found
great color, huge walls,
some nice trails and a
nice place for a picnic.
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We
detoured
through a corner of
Wyoming on our
way to Bear Lake,
a beautiful large
lake that borders
Utah and Idaho.
There
was
a
community theater
where we enjoyed
“The Hanging of El
Bandito”.
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Drove
into
Anaconda where
this was our tour
bus. Smokestack is
from the copper
smelter – it’s huge.
Neat town with a
pretty good future.
Another day we
ventured 40 miles up a
forest road to Afton,
WY. Beautiful scenery
and an interesting town
(i.e., a fudge store). We
continued the scenic
drive to Jackson and
stumbled
onto
Mountain Days.
Found a huge candy
shop in the pretty
tourist town of
Philipsburg. We’ll try
the playhouse next
time.
Nearby in the town
of Montpelier we
found the Oregon
and California Trail
Center. Interesting
and different in that
costumed docents
lead you through
and acted out
several of the
settings.
Bill and JoDee
introduced us to a
new
camping
tradition – a
S’more & cabernet
dinner.
Next stop, Lava Hot
Springs. We stayed
out in the Caribou
National Forest –
another very pleasant
location.
Found
square ice cream
cones here.
We’re in Coeur d’Alene, ID this week, then heading
into Washington State for August. We’ll fly back to
New York for the first two weeks in September – hope
to see many of you while we’re there. Please let us
know if you’ll be in these vicinities so we can get
together.
Crossed the Divide
and state line on
our way to Wise
River and Beaverhead NF. But we
got chased out by
mosquitoes! First
time that happened
to us.
Mary & Rod
[email protected] • 817-308-5991
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NEWER DANCER HOEDOWN
Be an angel – Support our newest dancers!!
So we found a great
NF camp-ground
near Georgetown
Lake. Met our
Bozeman friends
for a great weekend
with this as our
front yard.
- - May Class Level - Sat., September 11: Aloha Hoedown;
Sunnyvale Singles
Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church
728 W. Fremont Ave., Sunnyvale
7:30 – 10:00 PM; Caller: Rich Reel
& Eric Henerlau
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Official Newsletter of
Katydids Square Dance Club
4862 Morden Drive
San José, CA 95130-2131
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Katydids Executive Board
CHIRPER STAFF
President ....................... Stephanie Stevens ....... 408-871-9525
Vice President ............... Bob Bennett ................ 408-778-2689
Treasurer ....................... Don Powell ................. 408-288-5563
Secretary ....................... Dory Clark .................. 408-847-3592
Membership .................. The Caywoods ............ 408-274-3833
Publicity ........................ Don Gaubatz ............... 408-252-6875
Sunshine ....................... Sandy Franger ............. 408-243-8516
The Chirper Newsletter is written by, and
for, members of the Katydids Square
Dance Club.
Committee Chairpersons:
Copy deadline for the September issue is
August 28st. You can submit articles to
the Chirper Editor, Stephanie Stevens at:
Class Head Angels ........ The Hosodas ............... 408-252-4105
Chirper Editor ............... Stephanie Stevens ....... 408-871-9525
Historian ....................... Louise Stagnitto .......... 408-244-0194
Photographers ............... John Caywood ............ 408-274-3833
...................................... Don Gaubatz ............... 408-252-6875
Social Chair .................. Pat Angotti .................. 408-241-0888
Super Square Head ....... Bob & Opal Hebson ... 408-255-3753
Website Manager .......... Lloyd Darknell ........... 408-482-9320
Sweetheart Special ‘10 .
Picnic Chair ‘10 ............
[email protected]
The Katydids Square Dance Club is co-sponsored
by the Cupertino Parks & Recreation Department.
Caller & Taw ................ Jim & Joann Osborne . 650-571-1970
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