Docey Dandies Square Dance Club news and announcements. Look for us in the Olathe Old Settler's Parade on Sept. 12 and the Spring Hill Fall Festival Parade on Sept. 19. - Docey Dandies Square Dance Club

4/30 Upcoming Club Events ~ from Tom & Susan

4/30/2018

Hey everyone,

May is going to be a busy month for our club so we thought we'd get the word out early so you can consider and plan to include these events on your busy calendars.

Dancing Opportunities:
Next Friday, May 4, we travel to Osawatomie to enjoy Frontier Twirlers' anniversary celebration. Rounds begin at 7pm and "Retired" Vic Perry will call the dance at 7:30pm at the community auditorium.

Tuesday, May 8, is Graduation Night at the Grange. Pot Luck dinner at 6:30pm and lessons/dance begin at 7pm. HOA and NEKSDA officers have been invited. Please come and dance with our new graduates and welcome them to our club.

On Saturday, May 12, we will travel to Lawrence to dance with Happy Time Squares. The theme is "Maye's Day Dance" with Caller Chris Wildhagen. Rounds/lines @7pm with Squares 7:30-10pm.

Our BIG EVENT is at 7pm, Tuesday, May 15, when we will have our Club Planning Meeting at the Grange Hall. A pizza/salad buffet will be provided with water and coffee. Bring your own sodas if you prefer. We will finalize our schedule for next season and discuss several other issues.

We also need your help. Please email back to this address your ideas for dance themes for next season, e.g. "Johnny Cash Night" or "Stars and Stripes Night". This is just another way to be involved in planning for YOUR club.

We hope to see you at several if not all of these events. See you in a square!

Tom & Susan Bender

4/12 Club Update ~ from Tom & Susan

4/13/2018

Hi Docey Dandies,

Thanks to everyone who participated in last week's retrieval of our banner from the Ottawa Promenaders and those who joined us for a very successful club potluck dinner before lessons on Tuesday. The food display was "impressive" according to a long-time member.

Remember our Luau dance this Saturday evening at the Grange. Students will begin at 6:00pm with a lesson with Mike. Just a couple of new steps will be added. We will need angels as always.

The dance begins at 7:30pm with the first two tips being student friendly so give our "almost graduates" a taste of a real dance. Plus tips on the hour and we'll dance until 10:00. We hope to see you in a square!

UPCOMING EVENTS: Travel Dance to retrieve our banner from Crosstrailers April 21 "Singing in the Rain" dance. Caller: Stan Brooke Dance begins 7:30 at Graceway Church Fellowship Hall. 5460 Blue Ridge Cutoff. Raytown, Mo.

Advisory Board planning meeting Sunday, Apr 22, 1:00pm at Perkins in Gardner. Perkins sponsors much of our club printing so please plan to thank them while we're there.

Club Update 4/4/18 ~ from Tom & Susan Bender

4/4/2018

Hi everyone,

We have a great group of students this Spring and they're more than half way to the finish line of their lessons. Next Tuesday's lessons begin at 6:30pm and our whole club is invited to a pot luck before we begin and then Mike is going to put the students through what they've learned so far. We need all of you to support the students by being there, meeting them, and, with more available, we can have them dance with more and different experienced dancers to help them enjoy a "real" dance experience.

Friday night we will be going to Osawatomie where our own Chuck Owings will be calling at the Frontier Twirlers. We always enjoy our times there. Here are the particulars: Friday, April 6, 2018, Frontier Twirlers, Caller: Chuck Owings, Rounds: Pam Young, Mainstream/Plus Tips/Rounds, Pre-Rounds 7:00 - 7:30 PM, 7:30 - 10:00 PM Square Dance, Osawatomie City Auditorium, 425 Main Street, Osawatomie, Kansas 66064, Under The Rainbow Dance, Northeast District, Kansas Square Dance Association, 18-04-06-30

Then on Saturday we will have an official travel dance to Ottawa Promenaders where we will retrieve one of our banners. We need a crowd from our club to join us to accomplish this. The details are: Saturday, April 7, 2018, Ottawa Promenaders, Caller: ?, Mainstream/Rounds, Plus 7:30 PM, Dance 8:00 PM, Washburn Towers, Square Dancers Park On Outside Circle, 506 South Main Street, Ottawa, Kansas 66067, Northeast District, Kansas Square Dance Association,

We hope to see you all Friday or Saturday and Tuesday, or, all three. See you in a square.

Tom & Susan Bender

Docey Dandies Club Update 2/19/18 ~ from Daryl & Leslie

2/19/2018

Hello Everyone,

ELECTIONS: Our club officer elections will be held on Monday March 12, starting at 7pm at the grange. We are looking for a few good people, so if you are interested in helping the club by holding an office, please let Kim Bierbaum or Tom Bender know. The duties of each office are listed in our club By-Laws. If you need a copy of the By-Laws, let me know and I will email it to you.

LESSONS: Steve & Jen are doing a fantastic job as lesson coordinators and Stan & Beth are teaching our students at a nice pace! We did gain another couple last week and we have a nice group of students. Everyone is welcome to angel with our students and brush up on their mainstream skills.
Our first Pot Luck is Tuesday March 6 at 6:30pm, with Mike taking the students thru everything they have learned so far. Please come out and dance with our new students and introduce yourselves to them if you haven’t already.

TRAVEL DANCES:
Saturday, March 3, 2018, Olathe Plus,  Caller: Chuck Owings, Plus, 7:00 - 9:00 PM,  Olathe Weslyan Church, 15320 South Ridgeview Road, Olathe, Kansas 66062 This may be the last club dance.
Friday, March 16, 2018, Frontier Twirlers,  Callers: Beth & Stan Neidecker, Rounds: Stash Tosio, Mainstream/Plus Tips/Rounds, Pre-Rounds 7:00 - 7:30 PM, 7:30 - 10:00 PM Square Dance, Osawatomie City Auditorium, 425 Main Street, Osawatomie, Kansas 66064, Wearing Of The Green Dance,
TENDERFOOT DANCE: Sunday, March 18, 2018   The Docey Dandies are hosting this dance and would appreciate your assistance in setting up and bringing food for this fun dance! We will meet at Croco Hall at 1:00pm to decorate and set up.
Friday, March 23 & Sat March 24, 2018,  HOA Annual Convention (Fed Dance),  Special Dance, Caller: Tom Miller,   Times: Check Schedule,  Osage Trail Middle School, 2101 North Twyman Road, (NE Corner of 24 Hwy & 7 Hwy), Independence, Missouri 64058, Friday - Saturday, Heart of America Federation of Square Dance Clubs
Tenderfoot Dance, Callers: Northeast District Callers & Cuers,   Honor the Graduates 2:10 PM, Grand March 2:15 PM, Square & Round Dance 2:30 - 5:00 PM, Parade of Banners 4:30 PM, Croco Hall, 6115 SE US Highway 40, Tecumseh (Topeka),

Thank you,
Daryl & Leslie

Docey Dandies Club Update 1/14/2018

1/14/2018

Hello everyone,
Here is the newest club update,CLUB MEETING: We will have a full club meeting Thursday, February 1, 2018. Time is 6:30pm to 8pm at the Grange. Pizza will be served. I will send a proposed agenda soon.

NOMINATION COMMITTEE: Club elections for officers are coming up in March and we are in need of a nomination committee. If anyone is interested, please let Leslie or I know.

MAINSTREAM LESSONS: A new set of mainstream lessons is starting on Tuesday, January 23, 7 – 9pm at the Grange. Bring your friends and show them how much fun they will have. Stan & Beth are teaching this set of lessons with Mike doing the potluck dances. Everyone is encouraged to attend and those that just graduated; this is a perfect time to solidify your skills! Remember, members are free at mainstream lessons.

PLUS LESSONS: Our plus students have been taught all the plus moves! There is one lesson night left this Tuesday the 16th 7:00 to 9pm. All plus dancers are encouraged to attend and practice their skills. Graduation is Saturday, January 27 at 6pm before our regular dance.

TRAVEL DANCES: None planed at this time.

NEWBIE DANCE: The Newbie dance is February 18 at the Holmeswood Baptist Church 9700 Holmes Rd, Kansas City, MO. All recent graduates and students are admitted FREE. There will be square dance clothing available FREE to all new dancers. You will dance to callers from area clubs. More information on this soon!

KANSAS STATE DANCE: Loran & Arlene Truitt have the Kansas State Square Dance registration forms for those that are interested in going to the State dance on June 1 & 2 in Salina, KS

67TH NATIONAL SQUARE DANCE CONVENTION: The 67th National Square Dance Convention is June 21 -23 in KANSAS CITY! This will be the last time in the foreseeable future that Nationals will be so close. If you have not signed up, consider doing this soon before prices increase. This is a wonderful chance to hear callers and dance with people from all over the world. There is so much to do and learn!

Thank you,

Daryl & Leslie

Mainstream lessons graduation

1/2/2018

Happy New Year Everyone,

Our newest members graduate tomorrow, January 2nd! We will have a potluck at 6:30pm with the graduation exam starting around 7:00pm. Please bring your favorite dish to pass. We will also have our regular plus lesson right after graduation about 8:45pm. Remember, everyone is invited to attend plus lessons starting January 9 & 16 from 7 to 9pm and Saturday January 27(Graduation night) 5 to 7pm.

We hope to see everyone at graduation to support our newest members!

Daryl

Docey Dandies Update 12/14/17

12/14/2017

We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!

Spread the word! Our New Years dance is 8pm to 12:30am. Please bring 2 dishes, a nice dish and desert for our dancers to enjoy, boy do we get hungry! I bet Mike will have a few fun things up his sleeve…..

Mainstream lessons: Our students will graduate already! Tuesday, January 2nd. The potluck dinner (because we love to eat, lol) starts at 6:30 with graduation at 7pm. Please come and support our newest members and bring your favorite dish to pass and yes there will be cake.

Plus Lessons: Want to brush up your plus skills while supporting our plus students in their final lessons? Join us on any or all of the following dates: Tuesday January 9 & 16 from 7 to 9pm and Saturday January 27(Graduation night) 5 to 7pm at the Grange. There is no cost and will only be open to our club members.

Travel Dances: This Saturday, Dec 16, we are traveling to Santa Fe Trailers, Christmas Dance, Caller: Stan Brooke, Mainstream/Plus tips, 7:00 - 9:30 PM, Sycamore Hills Elementary School, 15208 East 39th Street, Independence, MO, Everyone attending will receive a Christmas Present! We can car pool if there is interest from Westlake Ace at I-35 & Santa Fe.

KSDA Basket: The KSDA is asking for each club to donate a fund-raising basket. See Rachael for further info on theme of our basket and deadline.

*Have your friends been asking when they can learn to dance and have fun with you? Bring them to lessons beginning Tues, January Jan 23, 7-9pm. Our own Stan and Beth will be leading these lessons. First lesson is free!

Daryl & Leslie

DOCEY DANDIES UPDATE 10/16/17

10/16/2017

PRESIDENT’S REPORT: We have officially listed our home for sale and with this we are looking for a good home for the Docey Dandies property. A space of about 6’ x 8’ will be needed for the totes of decorations, banner and other assorted items. If no one is interested in storing the DD property, the club will be obtaining a climate controlled storage unit by Nov10th.

LIVE BAND DANCE: Our Live Band Dance is 7-10pm Saturday, Oct 28!! Thanks to Mike and the LBD committee for their hard work to make this happen. Help Wanted......The decorations committee is asking if you have pumpkins or potted mums they can use, please bring to 4-H building between 10-11am on Sat Oct 28th. We need everyone to bring finger food for the dance as we expect 200 people to attend. Also, at 7pm Wed Oct 25 please help to clean 4-H building. Setup of tables, chairs and other needs will be Sat Oct 28 at 10am and cleanup at 10am Sunday Oct 29. Donuts will be provided for the cleanup crew. Come help at any of these times if you can. Renee's daughter is going to photograph our event!! Keep promoting!!
Thank you,
Lynda

TRAVEL DANCES: The travel dance for this Saturday to Ottawa Promenaders is canceled. Though you are encouraged to attend the Ottawa Promenaders dance, many of our club members are going to the contra dance October 21st at Stony Point Barn south of Lawrence at 1514 N 600 Rd.
Activities start with a Potluck at 6:00pm, followed by a beginner's lesson 6:45pm.
The main dance runs from 7:30-10:30pm.
$10 donation for dance at this special location.
Lisa Harris will be calling, to wonderful live music by Dire Ducks Unlimited If you have not tried Contra, come out and join us for a fun workout.

BALDWIN CITY MAPLE LEAF PARADE: We are still in need of couple and a guy for the Maple Leaf Parade this Saturday October 21, 2017. We will meet at 9:30am at in Baldwin City, KS. (I will send out exact location to meet as soon as we receive this information) If you can help us with this, please let Lynda or us know as soon as possible. It is a lot of fun dancing on the float and an experience to remember.
Thank you,
Daryl & Leslie

Docey Dandies Update 10/3/17 ~ from our Presidents

10/5/2017

President’s Report: We have another fun filled year ahead of us with a lot of great dances and activities scheduled. If you have any ideas you would like to see the club participate in, please let us know as we are always looking to do new and exciting fun things. This does not have to be dancing related and we can help with some of the planning if needed.

DUES: Reminder that club dues are due now. If you haven’t already, please pay Ken or Suzann as we need to get our club paperwork sent into the HOA and KSDA right after our October 14 dance. Forms are available at our lessons on Tuesdays and our regular club dances. If you want or need a new badge, let Ken know and you must pay in advance. We will be ordering badges the week of October 16.

HOA Fed Facts and the KSDA membership forms are available from Ken & Suzann. By joining the KSDA you get the Travel On Magazine along with discounts at KSDA/NEKSDA dances and information on all the Kansas clubs activities.

The HOA Fed Facts has been a big supporter of the Docey Dandies with several recent articles and pictures of our club activities which you cannot see on the internet. There is also information in this publication for all the area cub’s activities in the Greater Kansas City Area.

LESSONS: Tonight, is the last night to bring in new students. Our first potluck dance is next Tuesday October 10. If you have anyone interested, try your best to bring them tonight. Our next set of lessons will start in January 2018

LIVE BAND DANCE: It’s almost here! October 28th at the larger 4-H Building across the parking lot from the Grange. We ask everyone to bring a finger food dish (or 2) for this dance as we will not plan to have forks or other utensils available. We had just over 200 people at our last live band dance and expect about the same this year. This is a big dance for our club with Diane, Lynda and their committee working hard for us to have a successful dance. Mike is working with the band to fine tune the music choices and have a fun dance for all!

Baldwin City Maple Leaf Parade: The Docey Dandies along with the Ottawa Promenaders will again participate in the Maple Leaf Parade in Baldwin City. Lynda and Greg have the dancers lined up but if you want to try dancing on the float, let Lynda know as this will be the last opportunity this year! The date is Saturday October 21st, 10:30am, see Lynda for additional details.

TRAVEL DANCES: Saturday October 7, 2017 Do-Si-Doers, Caller: Al Block, Rounds: Stash Tosio, Mainstream/Plus/ Rounds 7:00 PM, Square Dance 7:30 - 10:00 PM, Our Lady of Mercy Country Home, 2115 Maturana Drive, Liberty, Missouri

Friday October 13, 2017 Lotawana Sailors, Caller: Jay Krebs, Lines Jay Krebs, 7:30 – 10:00PM, Mainstream/Plus/Lines, Vesper Hall, 400 NW Vesper Street, Blue Springs, Missouri,

Saturday, October 21, 2017, Ottawa Promenaders, Caller: Kerry Wallace, Mainstream/Rounds, Plus 7:30 PM, Dance 8:00 PM, Washburn Towers, Square Dancers Park On Outside Circle, 506 South Main Street, Ottawa, Kansas

Thank you,

Daryl & Leslie

Docey Dandies Update 9/17/17 ~ from Daryl & Leslie

9/17/2017

Highlights:

Membership renewal
Lessons
One of our own in need
Baldwin city Maple Leaf Parade
67th National Square Dance Convention News
Live Band Dance
Travel Dances