BCS Newsletter February 2005

Congratulations to all class members for a job "well done" hosting the annual Pajama Party class dance on January 8, 2005 and even more importantly, congratulations once again for perfect attendance from our class members, especially on such a night of inclement weather. Thanks to Marie and Norm for being the gracious host and hostess at the event (even though there were not that many people to greet!) Also attending and helping with preparations were Won, Myong Suk, Irene, and Cassandra. Unfortunately, no other classes attended the dance, but what we lacked in numbers we made up for in enthusiasm and fun dancing during the evening.

Jim Wass from Maryland was our caller for the evening. Our own Phil Gatchell was scheduled to cue for this dance but could not make the trip because of the weather. Jim filled in with a few rounds that he knows how to cue and also introduced a little contra dancing to make things more interesting and get all dancers on the floor.

Many thanks need to be said for making our class Pajama Dance a success, first to Chris for listening to the weather reports all afternoon and finally making the decision to go ahead with the dance (and we are glad that you did), to the class members and Sharon and Scott for attending and hosting the dance, and as always to our dedicated club members who turned out to support the class and bring donations for the food table.

The class displayed its new 2004-2005 flag for courtesy banners at the dance. Sharon and Scott gave out courtesy banners to two couples, Clay and Dottie and Marie and Norm, who dance with both Border City and Heel and Toe class workshops, and also a courtesy banner to our own Border City class members for hosting and attending the dance.

Upcoming events for Border City class members include the Class Ball Valentine's Dance at Heel and Toe on Sunday, February 13, from 6-8:30 at the Mill-A-Round. This dance will be called by Heel and Toe's Ralph Peacock, no round dancing. We hope all our class members will attend this dance. Then, on Sunday afternoon, March 6, there is the WACA square dance in West Boylston, MA, which is always a lot of fun for both experienced dancers as well as new class members; there are halls for dancers at all levels with many well known callers and cuers there for us to enjoy. So class members mark this one on your calendar and let me, Sharon, or Scott know if you would like to attend. Then, on March 12, the class will be hosting the Border City Squares club dance at the Mill-A-Round with Randy Page calling and no cueing, a night of all square dancing for class members to enjoy, and hopefully, with no snow storms to compete with this time! And then not too long at all after the March dance, we will be preparing our 2004-2005 class for graduation and hopefully their first trip to convention in Vermont.

As always, thanks to all our club angels for your support on Monday night workshops. Occasional contributions to the food table on Monday nights would also be greatly appreciated.

Deane Clark, class committee

Partial list of upcoming class dances:

Date	Level	Club	Location	Caller	Cuer	Additional Info
Feb. 19	Class/M	Fairs 'N Squares	Framingham, MA	Ted Lizotte	Phil Gatchell	Class Ball
Feb. 20	Class	Bradford Country Squares	Bradford, NH	Dona Prudhomme	Vera Prudhomme	2-4:30PM, Sweetheart Promenade
Feb. 26	Class	Wolf Rockers, NH	Mason, NH	Charlie McLeod	None
Mar. 6	2 Halls-	WACA	West Boylston, MA	Many callers	Leo Boudreau & Kathy Reardon	Annual Awards Dance: Dancing 2-5:30PM
Mar. 6	Class/M and Plus/Rounds	WACA	West Boylston, MA	Many callers	Leo Boudreau & Kathy Reardon	Annual Awards Dance: Dancing 2-5:30PM
Mar. 12	Class	Border City Squares	Nashua, NH	Randy Page	TBA
Apr. 1	Class	Square Riggers	Westwood, MA	Jim Pulaski	Henry Barry	Lighthouse Class Ball
Additional dances can be found by clicking the links near the bottom of the BCS web page: http://bordercitysquares.freeservers.com/dances.html

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Club Chair: Steve White

January 8: Border City Squares held a class dance at the Mill-A-Round in Manchester. The 2004 class hosted the dance and the theme was our Pajama Dance. Jim Wass from the Washington D.C. area was the caller and due to the bad weather, our cuer was not able to make it to the dance.

We had a little over three squares show up for this dance!! That was pretty good considering the terrible winter weather that we had that day. Jim pitched in and did some rounds as well as some contra dancing to help fill up the night with fun dancing. Heel & Toe raided the dance with one square of dancers and our own club had 20+ dancers in attendance, including all of our current class members. Those who chose to brave the weather were treated to a unique and fun evening of dancing.

For those who were wondering about the special Plus level dance we had planned for the afternoon of January 8^th, we had to cancel the dance due to the inclement weather. It was decided by the board that the weather was still too nasty in the afternoon to expect dancers to come out, but that the snow was expected to clear up in time for the evening dance.

Our next club dance will be on February 12th, and will be hosted by Kathi Butt and Harli Webb. It is a Mainstream dance with two Plus tips. The caller will be Ed Renauld and Ed’s wife, Corinne, will provide cueing. The theme will be "4 the © of &127 Dancing". Kathi and Harli always come up with creative themes, so expect the unexpected at this one!! I hope to see a good showing of our club members at this dance and lots of food for our guests as well.

Remember that our dances in February and April will be at the Griffin Memorial School on Route 3A in Litchfield. Our March, May, and June dances will be held at the Mill-A-Round in Manchester.

2004-2005 BCS Dances

Date	Hosts	Theme	Level	Caller	Cuer
Feb 12, 2005	Harli Webb Kathi Butt	4 the © of &127 Dancing	MS & 2 Plus	Ed Corinne	Corinne Renauld
Mar 12, 2005	Debbie White Steve White	Special Plus Dance 3:30 - 6:00 PM	Plus	Randy Page	None
Mar 12, 2005	Class		Class	Randy Page	None
Apr 9, 2005	Debbie White Steve White	Going on a Cruise	Plus	Matt Auger	Phil Gatchell
May 14, 2005	Sharon Ravan Scott Henderson	Pirates	MS +2 Plus	Mike PetitBon	Phil Gatchell
Jun 11, 2005	Tammy Dorris	Can Can Dance (Canned Food Drive), Casual Attire	MS +2 Plus	Mach Yokum	Jennie Frisella

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Banner Chair: Tammy Dorris

January 8^th, 2005 – This was our club’s annual PJ Party dance. It was a very snowy day so the crowd was small but there was a LARGE amount of fun! Heel and Toe raided with 10 members. Due to the weather Bradford Squares did raid.

January 15, 2005 – We retrieved from Heel and Toe in Manchester NH with 8 members Deane, Kathi & Don (honorary member), Preston, Harli & Rhiannon, Chris, and me.

January 22, 2005 – The raid to the Silvarados was cancelled due to the weather.

January 29^th, 2005 – We raided the Riverside Squares in Danvers MA.

February 5^th, 2005 –We will be visiting Concord Coach for their plus dance. The caller will be Darrell Sprague and the cuer Bernie Porter. Please remember that the dance time is from 7 – 9:30 p.m. so the club car pool will leave at 6 p.m.

February 12^th, 2005 – This is our club’s monthly dance. The theme is 4 the Love of Square Dancing. It will be held at the Griffin Memorial School in Litchfield NH. The caller and cuer will be Ed & Corinne Renauld. Bradford Country Squares maybe raiding us.

February 19^th, 2005 – We will be retrieving from Heel and Toe again at their Valentines Dance. And we get to see Ed & Corinne Renauld again! Since this mainstream /plus dance is in Manchester NH there will be no club car pool.

February 25^th, 2005 –No raid/retrieval has been set up for this weekend. The trip to the Jesters has been cancelled.

J A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED MAKE J
THE DEMO AT LAUREL PLACE ON JANUARY 15^TH SUCH A
SUCCESSFULLY FUN TIME!

We had a record 19 people come to this fun filled time!
A HUGE thank you goes to Steve & Debbie, Dottie & Clay,
Eric & Irene, Scott & Sharon, Harli & Rhiannon, Marie & Norm,
Bob, Chris, Paula, Cecilia, Steve Greene, and Preston!
And a special THANK YOU to our own PATTY!

Upcoming Raids & Retrievals

Date	Club	Raid/ Retrieval	Caller/Cuer	Theme	Level	Location / Notes
5-Feb-05	Concord Coach		Darrell Sprague/ Bernie Porter		P	Dance Time - 7pm - 9:30 pm Howard Rec. Bldg. 99 Pleasant St., Concord, NH
12-Feb-05	BCS		Ed & Corinne Renauld	4 the Love of Square Dancing	M/2P	Griffin Memorial School 229 Charles Bancroft Hwy (Rte 3a) Litchfield NH
19-Feb-05	Heel and Toe	Retrieval	Ed & Corinne Renauld	Valentines Dance	M/P	Bishop O'Neill Youth Center 30 South Elm St. Manchester NH
26-Feb-05	Jesters	Retrieval	Patty Greene/ Phil Gatchell		M/2P
6-Mar-05	?? WACA Dance					Sunday afternoon dance 2 Halls
12-Mar-05	BCS		Randy Page/ none		C	Mill-A-Round Dance Center 250 Commercial St. Manchester, NH
13-Mar-05	Seacoast Squares	Retrieval	John Hendron/ Phil Gatchell		M/P	Sunday afternoon 2 - 5 pm Sacred Heart School Hampton, NH
19-Mar-05	Heel and Toe	??	Suptei Rogers/ Peg Sutton	Funky Hat Dance	M/P	Bishop O'Neill Youth Center 30 South Elm St. Manchester, NH
25-Mar-05	Easter weekend
26-Mar-05
2-Apr-05	Concord Coach	??	Patty Greene / J. Heign		P	Dance Time - 7pm - 9:30 pm Howard Rec. Bldg. 99 Pleasant St. Concord, NH
9-Apr-05	BCS		Matt Auger/ Phil Gatchell		P	Griffin Memorial School 229 Charles Bancroft Hwy (Rte 3a) Litchfield, NH
16-Apr-05	Heel and Toe	??	Patty Greene / Bernie Porter		M/P	Bishop O'Neill Youth Center 30 South Elm St. Manchester, NH
22-Apr-05	New England Square and Round Dance Convention in Brattleboro VT
23-Apr-05
7-May-05	Concord Coach	??	Dennis Marsh/ Bernie Porter		M	Dance Time - 7pm - 9:30 pm Howard Rec. Bldg. 99 Pleasant St. Concord, NH
14-May-05	BCS		Mike PetitBon/ Phil Gatchell		M / 2P	Mill-A-Round Dance Center 250 Commercial St. Manchester, NH
21-May-05	Wolf Rockers	Retrieval	Jim Pulaski/ Leo Boudreau	Red, White & Blue Dance		Mason Town Hall Valley Road Mason, NH
28-May-05	Turkey Town	RAID	Stan Kandrut/ Jo Yakimoski		M / 2P	Franklin School
5-Jun-05	MYSTERY RIDE				M / P	Sunday afternoon dance
11-Jun-05	BCS		Mack Yokum (OHIO)/ Jennie Frisella	Can Food Drive	M / 2P	Casual Attire Mill-A-Round Dance Center 250 Commercial St Manchester, NH
18-Jun-05	Bradford Squares	??	Don Bachelder/ Corinne Renauld	20 & 10 Anniversary Celebration	M/P	7 - 8 pm A-1 Town Hall Bradford, NH
25-Jun-05	Wolf Rockers	??	Matt Auger/ Leo Boudreau	Ice Cream Social	M/P	Mason Town Hall Valley Road Mason, NH