• Squaredancing

    From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to Daryl Stout on Tue Jan 7 19:30:00 2020
    Howdy! Daryl,

    When did You get interested in Squaredancing?
    Were You in Florida when the idea occured or in Arkansas?
    Just curious. And NO! I'm not a Cat.

    73 de Ed W9ODR . .


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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Ed Vance on Thu Jan 9 15:59:00 2020
    Howdy! Daryl,

    Hi, Ed...

    When did You get interested in Squaredancing?
    Were You in Florida when the idea occured or in Arkansas?

    My late parents (my Dad died in 2007, my wife died 2 1/2 months after
    he did, and my Mom died 5 months ago), got into the hobby from some
    friends, who eventually became my employers. I regret that I didn't get
    into it sooner.

    When I was in elementary school over 50 years ago, we danced same sex (boy-boy, girl-girl), and we thought nothing of it. Helping at a "demo"
    years ago, this caller tried to put this little boy with the little
    girl, and he wasn't going to touch her!! As far as he was concerned, she
    was poison, and full of cooties. <G>

    The first night of class, I had all these women I didn't know, giving
    me "yellowrocks" (friendly hugs). I thought "What have I gotten myself into??!!". But, after graduation, it was like "Next, please!!". <G>

    I've danced every level...Basic, Mainstream, Plus, Advanced, and a
    little bit of Challenge. I attended every National Square Dance
    Convention from 1986 to 2002, and several Single Square Dancers USA
    Labor Day Dance-A-Ramas. I've even done some amateur calling, but it's
    not as easy as it looks.

    I took a bit of a hiatus from the hobby from mid-2002 to
    mid-2007...because I was working overtime at my job, and couldn't get
    off to dance. Then, I got married in mid-2003, but the work contiued. I
    had to resign my job in mid-2004, due to disability...then lost my wife
    in early 2007. Five months after my wife died, I found out that the
    National Singles Square Dance Convention would be in North Little Rock,
    and I've been back at it ever since.

    At one time, we had over 100 clubs in Arkansas, with at least a dozen
    in the Little Rock area. Now, we don't even have 20 clubs in the state,
    and only 2 remain in Little Rock. At one time, I was a member of 5
    Little Rock area clubs, and Club Reporter for 4 of them. Now, I'm part
    of only 1 club, and am their Club Reporter...the same club I was
    originally part of.

    In 2008, I became the Circulation Chairman to track the subscriber
    database for The Modern Square, the publication of the Arkansas State
    Square Dance Federation. It was originally was a print edition, but an e-Edition was added a few years ago. When I got into the hobby, we had
    over 1200 print subscribers. Now, we don't even have 50. I also became
    the Webmaster, and had a basic website. Last year, I hired Zooma Web
    Design to help create a "fancy website". And, I'm now the Editor of The
    Modern Square.

    So, just like there are 4 couples in a square, I'm wearing 4 hats in
    square dancing.

    Daryl Stout, Webmaster, Circulation Chairman, Editor
    Arkansas State Square Dance Federation
    http://www.theassdf.org


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