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1997 lssue1

The Newsletterof WesternStar Dancers,584 CastroSt., Suite480,

SanFranciscoCA 94114-2588.E-Mail:WSDNews@aol.com
I guessthe precedingwas a unpaidunpoliti-
cal announcement from the Archangel.The
A ContemporaryAmericanSquareDanceClubprimarily servingthe
San FranciscoGay and LesbianCommunity.Subscriptions to The
lastthing I will say,as Archangel,I am proud
WesternStararefeetoWSD Members, $18toothers.Adsarecomple- of thisclass.
maycontactus for pric-
mentaryto members;commercialadvertisers
inoinformation.
Nowto get on to otherthings.( l gu es sthi s i s
TheEditor'sColumn where I wear my Editor'sHat.) On behalfof
the Boardand staffof WesternStar Dancers
I wish you a very HappyNew Year. I under-
I c a n n o tw a i t fo r N i ckto g e t b a ckto get this standthat Jim will be sendingFormOnesto
n e w s l e t teor u t. S o a s E d i to rI will take the everybodyfor renewalsfor 1998. Let us not
colurnnthis month. I will speakwith eitherof wait too longto sendthem back.
mytwo hats- Newsletter Editoror ClassArch-
angel. Also com ingin the nearfutur eis a bal l otfor
the new boardof WesternStar. Jim Pellman
F i r s t ,l w o u l d l i keto sa y,th a tth e Gr eenClass was is chargeof this election.I put in a callto
is doingverywell. Theyarejustmovingalong. him and have not receiveda messageas to
In fact they havefinishedBasicand are mov- whenandwhenthe ballotsaredue back.This
i n g o n t o M a i n stre a m. Ma i n stre am willbegin can be a headsup as to what is com i ng.
February2. The Mid-Semester Dancethatwe
a r e h a v i ngi s to g i ve th e ma l i ttl epr acticein I hopethat all will be joiningus for our 16th
d a n c i n gwi th o th e rsa n d w i th o ther caller s. AnniversaryDanceon Saturday,March14th
Although,I am surethatwe wouldhaveinter- with Dar r enGallinaat 7:30 PM. D etai l sw i l l
r u p t e dc l assso w e co u l d h a ve a callerlike be comingwith your March/AprilNewsletter
i J c w a r dR i ch ma nca l lfo r th e cl u b. The class and I hopeto get thatone out the lastweekof
w i l l c o n t i n u ea n d th e yw i l l g ra d u ateon M on- February.Be sure to join us Monday,Janu-
d a y ,A p r il 2 7 . I a m te l l i n gyo u a t thistimeto ary26 for HowardRichman,FullBasic,Main-
giveyou a chanceto markyourcalendarsand streamand Plus dancingat the EurekaVal-
c o n r ed o wna n d w e l co meth e mi ntothe com- ley Recr eation Center 100
, Collingw ood.Be
m u n i t yo f S q u a reD a n ce rs. sure to checkout the other clubsdanceson
our calendarpage.
W e s t i l ln ee dyo u rh e l pi n b e i n gA ngels.I get
t h e f e e l i n gth e cl a ssb e l i e ve sth at ther ear e Hopedyou like last m onth' sTr iviaques ti on.
onlyfive tcrsix membersof WesternStar,be- Did all of you get the right answer? Don't
caLrsethey are the only ones thal they have worry,I didn'tget the answereitherwhen it
s e e n . W on 'tyo u p l e a seco me ,Jown andhelp was askedof me.
u s . l n Ma rch ,o n e o f o u r cl a ssl nember sis
goingto Los Angelesand as surchwe are re- So keep dancing. Don' t Stop! Don't Sl ow
a l l y g o i n gto n e e d yo u r h e l pth e n. I implor e Down.
y o uo n b en d e dkn e e ,p l e a seco meand HELP! Yellowrocks
Felix
 WSDEVENTSCALENDAR
Birthdavs
January5-ClassNight
JanauryBirthdays Januar y12 - ClassNight
Januar ,v 19 - M .L.KingDay - W SD Dar k
ChrisAnderson- 1 J a n u a r y 2 6 - M i d - S e m e s t e rD a n c e w i t h
JesseAlvarez- 3 HowardRichmanat 7:30 PM at EVRC. Full
Bert Swerer- 4 Basic,Mainstr eam and PlusTips. $3.00for
C h r i sS t o n e- 4 non- classm ember s.
ScottPrebble- 8 Janaur y31 - El Cam inoReeler sl3thAnni v er -
J a m e sO z a n i ch- 1 0 sary Dancewith HowardRichman.8 PM at
TomTripp- 13 Cubberley Community Center, 4000
H a r r yO h i r a- 2 1 Middlefield, Palo Alto. Plus, Advancedand
AngeloProsperi- 23 ClassLevelTips. $7.00.$3.00for Cla s s .
L e o nJ . D u B o i s- 2 5 Febr uar y2 - ClassNight,M ainstr eam B egi ns
F e b r u a r 9y ' C l a s s N i g h t
FebruaryBirthdays Febr uar y16 - Pr esident'Day s - W SD Dar k
Febr uar y23 - ClassNight
D a v i dB a k e r* 1 B February24 - Fal Tuesday- Mardi Gras!!
NobuYamaji- 25 February25 - Ash Wednesday- Lent Begins
Febr uar y28 - DiabloDancer spr esen tAnne
UebelackerMainstr . eam and PlusTips.$8.00
at Pleasant HillM iddleSchool,3100OakPar k
Boulevar d, PleasantHill
-
March14 WesternStarDancer's16thAnni-
ver sar yDancewith Dar r enGallina. D etai l s
to be announcedin next issue.
WSD Boardof Directors M ar ch21 - CapitalCitySquar esDancehav e
no detailsbut I am sure they are forth com-
Jim Anderson
ing
Nick Carlson
Apr il27 - Gr eenClassGr aduation.
Lee Gianfrancesco
M a y4 , 1 1 ,1 8 - C l u bN i g h t s
Ron Masker

Wro's Doing What

Lee G. - Administrator
Ron M. - Instructor/Dance Coordinator
-
FelixF. CIassArchangel
Nick C. - Board Secretary/IAGSDCTM Rep
Pat S. - DangleDiva
Lee G. - AttendanceTaker
Jim A. - Database/TreasurerlCalendar
FelixF. - WesternStarEditor
Flyersfor dancesnot by WesternStarcan be
gottenon any Monday.Flyershavedirections
to the placeswherethe event are.
Comeon downand also pick up your Weave
the RoseflegistrationForm.
All events at the Eureka Valley Recreaticn
C e n t e r( E V R C ) ,1 0 0 C o l l i n g w o o d( b e h i n d
Cala),SanFranciscounlessotherwisenoted.
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DA]NJSM
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HOWARD R.-ICHMAN
FULL BAS.LQJAIITH
MAINSTREAM
AND PLUSSTARTIPS
JANUARY26 at 7.30PM
at the
EUREKAVALLEYRECCENTER
1OOCOLLINGWOOD,
SF
$9.00

SOFTSOLEDSHOESONLY
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The Nervsletterof WesternStar Dancers,584 CastroSt., Suite480,

San FranciscoCA 941'l+2588. E-Mail:felixl @ix.netcom.com
A ContemporaryAmericanSquareDanceClub primarilyservingthe
San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Community. Subscriptionsto Ihe
Westem Star are hee to WSD Members.$ 18 to others. Ads are comole-
mentaryto members;commercialadvertisersmay contacl us for pric-
ing information.
NEW BOARD
On April25, WSD will be celebratingits 16th
Anniversary. Wewillbe havingDarrenGallina
fromSouthernCaliforniacomeand callforus.
Pleasecome and help celebrate.In addition
we also need volunteerswho would be will-
ing to help out selling 50150Raffle Tickets,
Sodas and Tickets. lf you are interestedin
volunteering,pleasecall Haroldat 415431-
742O. This years celebrationis at Temple

ELECTED United MethodistChurch at Jqnipero Serra

Blvd.and 19thAvenue.

April 15 bringsus two importantthingsto do -

pay our lncome Taxes and returnyour Form
Ones. Please try to have your Form Ones
--l back to us by that date, if you do not return
I
t: the form by that date, you will not be in this
year's directory.
?..!
Pleasetake the time and lookthroughthe last
issue of the directoryand check on friends
and honorarymembersof WSD and see if
Back Row, L to R: Bob Leslie,Felix Fornino,Carlos
their address and telephone number is cor-
Mosca,RichardRockwell. Front Row,L to R: Fabian
Alvarado, Harold Little r ect and if they ar e still among t he l i v i ng.
Thanks.
On March2 WSD electeda newBoardof Di-
rectors.The electedare FelixFornino,Bob We had a request for brush up classes for
Leslie,HaroldLittle(allOrange'90),Fabian lapsed dancers so that they could attend the
Alvarado, RichardRockwell (bothYellow'96) convention.Not that dancinghas not been a
and CarlosMosca. Felix,Bob and Harold prerequisiteto attend the conventions,be-
weremuttering something about"Wetoldyou cause there are a lot of non-dancersthere.
'90
Orange would run this place." At the WSD will answerthat requestwith the follow-
March12combined Boardmeeting, Felixwas ing - On June 1, 8 and 15,we will have Basic
electedAdministrator and Bob was elected and MainstreamBrush-upsand on June 22
Treasurer.The Secretary wastableduntilthe Plus brush-up. Then they can try out their
nextBoardMeeting. newly found talents at W SD' s G ay Pr i de
Danceon Saturday,June 27.
We cordiallyinviteall membersof Western
Star to attendthe Green'97 Graduation
on Don't Stop, Don't Slow Down.
March30. Comedownandwelcomeournew Yellowrocks.
dancers. Felix
 WSD EVENTSCALENDAR
Birthdavs
March2-ClassNight
March Birthdays March9 -ClassNight
March16 - Class Night
Russ King- 1 March 17 - St. Patrick'sDay
Carlos Mosca - 2 March21 - CapitalCity Squares"lmminently
DonaldC. Schumacher- 3 Spring Dance"with Ben Goldberg. 7:30 to
LarryQueen- 16 1 0 : 3 0 F u l l P l u s a n d f u l l M a i n s t r e a m .$ 0 .
Bill Roberts- 17 J e f f e r s o n E l e m e e n t a r y S c h o o l, 2 O O 1
Ed M a h - 2 5 PebblewoodDrive, Sacramento. Soft soled
Ron Hirsch- 25 shoes only. For mor info call George@ 916-
J im P e l l m a n- 2 9 929-8697
March23 - Class Night
April Birthdays March30 - Green97 ClassGraduation
A p r i l6 - C l u b N i g h t
MichaelHealy- 6 Apr il 10 - Good Fr idayand Fir st Nig ht of
De n n i sT u r n er- 1 3 Passover
Don Greco- 13 April 12 - EasterSunday
KiethHenderson- 19 Apr il 13 - Club Night
PattyWhite - 19 April 20 - Club Night
April 25 * Western Star Dancer's16th Anni-
versaryDancewith DarrenGallina. 7.30 PM
at TempleUnitedMethodistChurch,Junipero
Ser r a Blvd and 19th Avenue. Adm i s s i on
$8.00.
Apri 27 - Club Nlght
WSD Boardof Directors M ay 4, 11,18 - ClubNights
July 2-5 - Weave The Rose IAGSDCTM Con-
FabianAlvarado
ventionin Portland
Felix Fornino
July 13 - PlusClassBegins
Bob Leslie
Harold Little Flyersfor dances not by WesternStar can be
CarlosMosca gottenon any Monday.Flyershavedirections
RichardRockwell to the placeswhere the event are.
All events at the Eureka Valley Recreation
Who'sDoingWhat Center ( EVRC) , 100 Collingwood( behi nd
Cala),San Franciscounlessotherwisenoted.
Felix F. - Administrator
Come on down and also pick up your Weave
Ron M. - Instructor/DanceCoordinator
the Rose RegistrationForm.
Felix F. - ClassArchansel
Bob L. - Treasurer
Vacant - Board Secretary
6ptil 4 - Cslifornis ]'lcn's
Felix F. - IAGSDCTURep Gqthering of Harvey l'lilk
Pat S. - Dangle Diva CivilRightsf,cqdemy,F Hoe-
Vacant - AttendanceTaker
Jim A. - Database/Calendar down for Their Scholarship
Felix F. - WesternStarEditor
Fgnd. 7 PM to lO PM
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Rosetown Ramblers, Fleads to the Center, :rnclRainbow Vranglers invire you ro:

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Weave the Rose
The 15th annual convention of the
International Association of Gay Square
Dance Clubs

Jrly 2-5,1998
At the Portland Oregon Doubletree Inns
Jantzen Beach and Columbia River
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Every Monday
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7:30PM
$3
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100Collingwood,SanFrancisco
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Vo l u me1 5 May/June1998 lssue3

The Newsletterof WesternStar Dancers,584 CastroSt., Suite480,
San FranciscoCA 94114-2588.E-Mail:felixl@ix.netcom.com
A ContemporaryAmericanSquareDanceClub primarilyservingthe
San FranciscoGay and LesbianCommunity.Subscriptionsto Ihe
WestemStararefreeto WSD Members,$18to others.Ads are comple-
mentarylo members;commercialadvertisersmay contaclus for pric-
ing information.
Fromthe Administrator
One thing that I am proud of the Board is the
Brushupfor EveryoneClub nightsin June. A
requestcame in for this and within2 days this
whole conceptcame together. The days for
this is the M ondaysin June,1,8,15for M ai n-
stream and 22 and 29 for Plus. lf you want
comedown and join us.

One thingthat I wouldliketo talk aboutis our

I alwayswon- presenceat Convention.Traditiontellsme that
d e r e d h o w for Grand March each club dresses in their
hard this was club shirt,dress,vest, or colors,e.9., Times
and now I am Squareswear theirblackshirtswith the New
f i n d i n g o u t . York Skylinein magentasequins(or some-
Last month I thingcloselikethat)and the RockyMountain
wrote a s Rainbeauswhere their white shirt with rain-
A r c h a n g e l , bow fringe. Traditionalso tells me that West-
and that was ern Star Dancerswear Pink Shirtswith Club
easy b e - Vestsand lwould like to suggestblackpants
cause all I had to talk aboutwas the Green be added to that. I did not notice too many
Classand that was easy becauseI basically peoplein the lastfew yearswearingthe Club
knew what I wanted to say. But now that I outfit. Granted the last few years I did not
haveto spouta littlewisdomit is not that easy. marchin withWSD,but I noticed.Also lwould
I guess all the peoplewho came beforeme like to request,that the same outfit be worn
must of felt this way at one time. for the Club Picture. Maybethis stems from
Don Grecoand Gold Rushwherewe did wear
Well its best to get started. I never realized our Club outfitsfor GrandMarchand pictures.
how hardthejob of administrator was. I mean I just think that this makes a good showing.
there are timeswhen that'sall I do. Maybe W e em phasizedur ing classes th at m any
as time goes on and it is not new then I will squaredance movescome from traditionand
have moretime. traditionaldances. Here we can carry on the
traditionsof WSD. I am awarethat new mem-
That said heregoes The Boardhas not been bers do not have vests, but we have people
restingon its laurels.Believeit or notwe plan willingto lendvestsfor the convention.lf you
o n h a v i n ga Qu a rte rl yme e ti n go n May 11. don't have a pink shirt, then a white shirt or
This is to set rightour By-Laws.The changes other solid color long sleeveshirt with a vest
that are being presentedare to bring the By- would be the dress. I am sure that there will
Laws intothe practicethat has been followed be some people who may object, but this is
by previousBoards. only a suggestion not a commandment. I
would like to hear from you about this.

(continuedon page 3)

Birthdavs
May Birthdays
Agnes Smith- 4
Bu b B u d l o n g- 1 3
S . B o bL e h r - 1 3
Curt Vantine- 16
June Birthdays
Fred Papapietro- 10
Ron Jablonski- 16
Scott Carey - 27
WSD Boardof Directors
FabianAlvarado
Felix Fornino
Bob Leslie
Harold Little
CarlosMosca
Who'sDoing What
Felix F. - Administrator
Ron M. - Instructor
FabianA. - DanceCoordinator
Felix F. - GreenClassArchangel
Bob L. - Treasurer
Harold L. - Board Secretary
Felix F. - IAGSDCt" Rep
Vacant - Dangle Diva
Vacant - Attendance Taker
Jim A. - Database/Calendar
Vacant - Western Star Editor
?LOS CLfrSS
BEGTNSIULY
t3
WSD EVENTSCALENDAR
May 4 - Club Night- Rick Grant
May 10 - CapitalCity Squares"Mother'sDay
Dance"with JohnnyPreston.2:00to 5:00 Full
Plus and full Mainstream. $0. JeffersonEl-
ementary School, 2001 PebblewoodDrive,
Sacramento.Soft soled shoes only. For mor
info call George @ 916-929-8697
M ay 11 - Gener al member shipMeeti ngat
7:00PMthen Club Night- CarlosMosca
May 16 - FoggyCity Dance/s Pinic. Lindley
Meadowsin Golden Gate Park. 11 to 3.
May 18 - Club Night- Jim Mavrikios
May 25 - MemorialDay - WSD Dark
June 1 - MainstreamBrushup- CarlosMosca
June 6 - Diablo Dancerswith Eric Henerlau
7:30 to 10:30 PleasantHill EducationCen-
ter. $6
June 8 - MainstreamBrushup- Ron Masker
June 13 - FoggyCity GraduationDancewith
Andy Shore. Harvey Milk Civil RightsAcad-
emy, 19th Street and Collingwood,7:30 to
10:30PM.$6.00
June 15 - MainstreamBrushup- Ron Masker
June 22 - Plus Brushup- Ron Masker
June 29 - Plus Brushup- RickGrant
June 27 - W ester n Star Dancer ' sA nnual
"PromenadeWith Pride" Dance with Andy
Shor e. 7:30 PM at St. Aidan' s Epi s c opal
Chur ch, 101 Goldm ineDr ive ( at Dia m ond
Heights Blvd, next to Safeway). Admission
$8.00.
June 28 - Gay PrideParade- Come and join
us for dancingin the Parade.
July 2-5 - Weave The Rose IAGSDCTM Con-
vention in Portland
July6-WSDDark
July 13 - Plus Class Begins
Flyersfor dances not by Western Star can be
gottenon any Monday.Flyershavedirections
to the places where the event are.
All events at the Eureka Valley Recreation
Center ( EVRC) , 100 Collingwood( b ehi nd
Cala),San Franciscounlessotherwisenoted.
Fromthe Administrator There are a few vacancies that need to be
(continuedfrom page 1) filled. Thejob of DangleDiva,the personwho
has charge of all the dangles,is vacant and
Can anyone out there help us in setting up we can use a new person. The nextjob that
and designingthe Web page? Some of you need to be filled is that of newslettereditor. I
may know that the IAGSDCTM now has their must step down as editor because of all the
own domainand thereforea new Web page. other thingsthat I do. I have to cut back and
Pointyourbrowserto www.iagsdc.org.That's this is the way. We need someonewillingto
where our page will be. Thanks. givetime and energyas wellas beingrespon-
sible enough that the newsletterwill get out
In June we will marchingdown MarketStreet on time.
in the 1998 SF Pride Parade. We will be
marchingundertheIAGSDCTM banner.Come One lastcommentfor this monthis the Board
and join us. Where we will be meetingthat has been talkingabout WesternStar, Foggy
Sundaywillbe announcedatthe PrideDance City and MidnightSquares holding a Fly-in.
on June 27 with Andy Shore. San Franciscois the only major city without a
fly-in. We are thinkingabout early 2000 and
In July, we plan on startingout Plus class. then every two years after that. We envision
That will begin on July 13. lf you know any- all three clubs shareingequally. The fly-in
body who would like to take Plus send them wouldbe a MainstreamthruChallangeDance.
to EurekaValley. Mainstreamand Plus in one room and Ad-
vanced and Challengein another. To help
In Junewe are holding"Brush-upClassesfor keepdownexpenseswe wouldbe askingyou
Everyone."The first three weeks of june we to give housingfor the peoplflyingin. Maybe
will be doing Mainstreamaand the last two you out there could help think about a place
weekswe will be doing Plus. Come on down to have it.
and jon in the fun of helpingother peoplere-
memberhow to squaredance. My lastcommentfor this month. There is talk
that EVRCwill be closingfor earthquakeret-
Atthe last BoardMeeting,we discussedmany rofitting.This may not happenwithinthis year
things.Butone of the itemsthatjumpsto mind or next, but it is imperativethat we start look-
is recruitmentof new members. Obviously ing for a home now. We cannotwait until the
that meansgettingnew students.We plan to last moment. So if you can thinkof anaything
have a new class(Blue'98)startingin Octo- pleaselet the Board know,
ber. We need your help. Over the next few
monthswe plan on doing manythingsto help Yellowrocks,
get a new class. We will startby handingout Felix
flyers at the Gay Pride Paradein June. We
plan on doing Introto squaredance events. P.S.This July is USA-WESTSquare Dance
We have one scheduledin September. We Conventionatthe Moscone Center. lt is $30
plan to have recruitment booths at Folsom for 4days of dancing. The dates are July 22,
Streetand CastroStreetFairs. We also plan 23,24, and 25. Let see if we can get a large
to bringbackGuerillaSquares.We needyour turnout for the convention. Let's show them
help in staffing,handing out flyers and of what we got. Oh yes, appropriatesquare
coursedancing.We couldalso use a person dance aftiredrequired. Men must wear long
to be in chargeof recruitment.We could also sleeve shirts and good jeans. Women can
use yourinputforideaswe may have missed. wear pants but dresses are better.
We can also use your help in pointingstu-
 HAPPY16thANNIVERSARY

L i f e t i m em e m b e r s - ( L t o R ) - F r e e m a n
Stamper,John Conley,ScottCarey,Rus King,
CallerDarrenGallina and Anna Dam iani

Dancershavinga good time. Darrencalling

At left,one of the Founders,ScottCarey,cut-

ting the cake.

All the peopleat the dance had a good time.

To all that that missedit, wish you were there.
 WESTERN STAR DANCERS

WESTEN,N
STAR,
DANCEA,S
presents

Brush-OpClqsses
for
Evetyone
Starting[/ondaysin June
Mainstream
June1,8, 15
Plus
June22,28
7:30to 9:30PM
$g pernight
EurekaValleyRecreation Center
100Collingwood, SanFrancisco
 'I'hc
Rosetown Ramblers. Fleads to the Center. rncl Rainbow Wra.nglers invire you to:

WEAVEthEROSE
Weave the Rose
The 15th annual convention of the
International Association of Gay Square
Dance Clubs

Jrly 2-5,1998
At the Portland Oregon Doubletree Inns
Jantzen Beach and Columbia River
(1-800-733-s466)

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San FranciscoCA91114-258EE-Mail:felixl@lxnetcom.com
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sisterclubSquaresAcrossthe Border.Tothat,
ing information. I am goingto pr oposeat the nextBoar dM eet-
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us for that. Also note that in Septem ber we
I a m h o w e ve rd i sa p p o i n teidn the tur n out of will be havinga
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nightof dancing.Hopefully, hav i ngi t l ater
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t h e B o a r dw i l lm a k et h a td e c i s i o n . Yellowrocks

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WSD Boardof Directols
FabianAlvarado
FelixFornino
Bob Leslie
HaroldLittle
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FelixF. - Adrninistrator
Ron M. - lnstructor
FabianA. - DanceCoorclinator
FelixF. - GreenClassArchangel
Bob L. - Treasurcr
HaroldL. - Board Secretary
FelixF. - IAGSDC" Rep
SteveS. - DangleDiva
Vacant -Attendance'fal<er
Jim A. - Database/Czilendar
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AugustI - W SD goes to Angel lslandw i th
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August3-PlusClass
A u g u s t1 0 - P l u sC l a s s
A u g u s t1 7 - P l u sC l a s s
Augus2 t 4 - P l u sC l a s s
A u g u s t3 ' 1- P l u sC l a s s
September 7 - LaborDay - W SD Dar k
S e p t e m b e1r4 - P l u sC l a s s
S e p t e m b e2r1 - P l u sC l a s s
September26 - WesternStar Dancer'sAn-
nual "Leatherand Lace" Dancewith R oger
Loney 7:30 PM at Tem pleUnitedM et hodi s t
C h u r c h ,1 1 1 1J u n i p e r oS e r r a B l v d ( a t 1 9 t h
Avenue.EnterChur chfr om Bever ly)
A d m i s s i o $n 8 0 0 .
September 27 - FolsomStr eetFair . Stopby
our boothand helpslgnup potentialda nc er s
f o r o u r B l u eC l a s s
S e p t e m b e2r8 - P l u sC l a s s
October4 - Castr oStr eetFair . Stop by our
boothand helpsignup potentialdancer sfor
o u r B l u eC l a s s .
October5 - PlusClassGr aduation
October12 - ColumbusDay - W SD Dar k
Octobe1 r 9 , 2 6- O p e nH o u s ef o r B l u eC l a s s
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gottenon anyMonday.Flyer shavedir ec ti ons
to the placeswher ethe eventar e.
All eventsat the Eur ekaValleyRecr eati on
C e n t e r( E V R C ) ,1 0 0 C o l l i n g w o o d( b e h i n d
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OurAnnual4th of JulyPicnic*to Angel lslandwas

postponed because of thePortland
Convention. We
will meet at Pier 41 near Fisherman'sWh arf at
B:45AMto takethe 9:30AMferry.We willreturnon
the 4:40PMferry.The costof the ticketis $10.

We will be squaredancingto Ron Masker.All you

needto bringis whatyouwillwantto eat and drink.
You may also want to bringsportsequipmentor
otheritemsforplay.Inviteyourfriendsto picnicwith
us. Maybeafterseeingus dancetheywillwantto
join you.

For moreinfocallRonat 415-252-1522.

(*OK,we usuallyneverhaveit on 4th of Julybecuaseof convention,

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did once)
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1998 lssue5

The Newsletterof Western Star Dancers,584 Castro St.,
Suite 480, San Francisco CA 94'l 1+2588. E-Mail: fe-
lixl @ix.netcom.com
A Contemporary AmericanSquareDanceClub primarily
sewingthe San FranciscoGay and LesbianCommunity.
Subscriptionslo The Westem Sfarare free to WSD
Members,$18 to others. Ads are complementary
to
members;commercialadvertisersmay contactus for
pricing information.
Time for another issue of the WSD Newsletter.
I hope that all had a plcasant summerand some
time off. To thosethat live in areaswhere the
temperaturegot very warrn, hope it wasn't too
bad.
class. As long as you are going to be there, give
us onc hour of your time to sign up new square
dancers.
In my last column, I mentionedthat the 2001
Conventionwould be in Vancouver and that we
would be having fundraisersfor SquaresAcross
the Border. Our first fund raiser will be October
17 at a Dance Sponsoredby WSD and Midnight
Squares. This will be a Plus/AdvanceDance.
The 50/50 raffle will bc for the 2001 Conven-
tion. More information on this will be forth
coming.

As you are aware we are having a GeneralMem- The board thanks all the people who called and
bership Meeting, the secondof four we are sup- said that they had WSD equipment. We will
poseto have in the year. There are someissues start picking it up and hopefully by the time you
that we must talk about at that meeting and I get this we will haveit all.
hope, along with the Board, that you will be
there with us. There are someseriousdecisions Don't Stop.Don't Slow Down.
that must be made and we want your input. I've
heard it said that we were electedbecausewe Yellowrocks
can be trusted, we can, but on someissuesit nice Felix
to get a senseof what the club thinks and not
just 5 people on the Board. Again, pleasetry to
make the meetingon September9 at 8:00 PM at
Eureka Valley Rec. Center. Who'sDoinsWhat
Our Leather Dance is coming up on September
26. We are inviting the leatherclubs in San
FelixF Administrator&
Franciscoto come and visit us at that danceto
IAGSDC Rep
show the interestin leatherfolk that we havein
GreenClassArchangel
FabianA DanceCoordinator
squaredancing and get them interested. Please
Bob L Treasurer
come down andjoin us. Seethe flyer for all the
information.
HaroldL Secretary
CarlosM BoardMember
Blue ClassArchangel
Speakingof the new class, Blue '98, we have not
yet set the datesfor Guerilla Squares,but hope JimA Database/Calendar
to have them for you by the September9 meet-
SteveS DangleDiva
ing. We again ask you to come and help us out
RonM Instructor
KathyH WSD NewsletterEditor
at the Folsom Streetand Castro StreetFairs.
MarieM WSD NewsletterEditor
We will be there gathering namesfor the new
 AUGUSTBOARD MEETING EVERYONECAN.....
This month's Board Meeting was held on the Thereare 2 thingsEWRYONE in the club
28th. Topics discussedwere:tl-reupcoming can do without much effort or need of any spe-
GeneralMeeting,Blue Class,& the 1999Anni- cial talents-
versary Dance {scheduledfor 3/13/99)
Attempts are being madeto "gather up" all
l. Come on Monday nights and angelthe green
Western Star equipment& items from whereever
class. Make them feel welcome&
they may be & getting them into a centralized
place. If you have been "storing" any items for part of the club.
Western Star please contact any Board membsr
to make arrangementsfor their collection. If your scheduledoesn't allow that right away
We are also working on developinga Web Page.
2.Plan now to bring someoneto the Blue
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Classandbe an angelthen.
Do not be a"slug"
in our SquareDanceGardenll!! Both actionswill bring you back to activity
within the club AND bring new membersto
Come to the meetingon WEDNESDAY helpthe club revitalizeitself.
Sept. 9th at 8 PM @ UVRC and find out
what is going on &.
where help is needcd
Help us "bloom", not "wither & die" BLUE CLASS BEGINS
Come andget reacquaintedwith someold We will starta newbeginningclass,
friends and meet new onesat the sametime. ThcBlueClass,on November9'1998.
Come and bring your ideasto help make WSD a
club for all to enjoy. We willhave intro nightson October
And most of all l9th, 26th& November2nd.
Come andsupportyour club. For it is necessary
for it to thrive and grow. Plannow to helpwith promotingthe
Rememberit is up to YOU - no one elsel class,participatingin guerillasquares&
bringingsomeone to join theclass
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September Guerillasquaresare scheduledfor
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Rick Grant 5 Saturday,October24th & Thursday,
SergePluess ll October29th.
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Kori Fujitani 23
PatriciaSmith 25 We will havebooths at both the
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I RhondaSwerer 5
Darryl Raszl l0 PLEASE keep thesedates open &
de Jim Mavrikios
w Rick May
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help us promotethis class. Rememberthese
are the new life of evervclub! ! I
R Rod Odgers 29
\ DonaldQueen 30
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 SEPTBMBEREVENTS

2nd El Camino Workshop

9th WesternStar GeneralMeeting
El Camino Club Night
1lth El Camino DANCE
l2th Foggy City HARVEST DANCE with Anne Uebelacker
13th Midnight Squares A2, Cl DANCE with Anne Uebelacker
14th WesternStar Plus Class
l6th Midnight Squares Club Dancingwith Ed Conley
El Camino Intro Night
17th WesternStar Board Meeting
2lst WesternStar Plus Class
23rd Midnight Squares Club Night with RichardTuck
El Camino Intro Night
26th Western Star LEATHER & LACE DANCE with Roeer Loonev
(seeflyer for details)
Diablo Dancers FALL DANCE with Bronc Wise
27th SanFrancisco Folsom StreetFair
30th Midnight Squares Club Night with Harlan Kerr

UPCOMING EVENTS
October:
4th SanFrancisco Castro StreetFair
5th WesternStar Plus ClassGraduation
7th El Camino lst Basic ClassNight
CapitalCity lTth AnniversaryDancewith Mike Kellogg
lOth WesternStar Knight of Malta\DefendersLearn to SquareDance
I lth Midnight Squares Cl ClassStarts(2pm-apm)
A1 ClassStarts(4pm-6pm)
l5th WesternStar Board Meeting
ITth Midnight Squares Plus/A2 Dancewith SteveMinkin
19th WesternStar Into Night to Basic SquareDancing
23rd El Camino Dance(TBA)
24th WesternSquares GuerillaSquares
26th WesternStar Into Night to Basic SquareDancing
29th WesternStar GuerillaSquares

November:
7th FoggyCity DancewithMikeDeSisto
l5th Anniversary
l5th MidnightSquares A2lClDancewithSandraBryant

For updatesvisit us at our new web page at http://www.iagsdc.org/westernstar

 We needvolunteersfor.
FolsomStreetFair
September27
CastroStreetFalr
October4
LeatherLearnTo Square
Dance October10
LiveOakSchool
7:30 PM to 10:30PM
Guerilla Squares
October24
Meetat Castroand 18thStreet(Bankof
America)12Noonto2PM
October29
CastroStreetMuniStation(HarveyMilk
Plaza- CastroandMarket)5 PMto 6PM
To My SquareDanceFamily:

Someof you know who I am andsomeof you do not. My nameis Greg

Osmon,a formermemberof WesternStarandGoldRush.

I am runningfor GrandDuke.

I would greatlyappreciate
your support.Enclosed,pleasefind a scheduleof
events.

Hopeyoujoin me oneof theseevenings.

Formoreinformation,pleasecontact(415) 621-3917.
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r.) Harvey'sfor Wanda'sShowAugust26,1998at 8:30p.m.

2.\ Kimo's kick Off ParWAugust27,1998from 7:(X)to 9:fi)

3.) Party at New Gold RoomAugust28, 1998from 7:(X)to 9:fi)

4.\ BeerBust& BBQ at The PilsnerAugust30, 19983:00to 7:fi)

s.) Rendezvous
CocktailParty September2,1998from 7:(X)to 9:fi)

6.) Food& Fun at lVlarlena's'sSeptember

4, i998 from 8:00to ii:O0

7.\ Meet the StarburstCandidateat The Giraffe September6, 1998from 4:(X)to 6:00

8.) The EdgeParty September9, 1998 from 7:00to 9:fi)

e.) Party at the llfi) CIub September10, 1998from 7:00to 9:{X}

10,) Eveningat WoodenHorseSeptember11, 199Efrom 8:00 to 10:fi)

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Vo l u me1 5 1998
NovemberlDecember
The Newsletterof Westem Star Dancers,584 Castro St.,
Suite 480, San FranciscoCA 94114-2588. E-Mail:fe-
lixl @ix.netcom.com
A ContemporaryAmericanSquareDanceClub primarily
servingthe San FranciscoGay and LesbianCommunity.
Subscriptionsto The Westem Slar are free to WSD
Members,$18 to others. Ads are complementary to
members:commercialadvertisersmav contactus for
pricing information.
On behalfof the Boardof Directors
of
WestemStarDancers,lwouldliketo wish
everyonea HappyHalloween, Happy
Thanksgiving, HappyChanukah, Happy
WinterSolstice,MerryChristmas,Happy
Kwanza,anda HappyNewYear.HopeI
haven'tmissedanyone.
To thosewho missedtheGeneralMember- sary Dancewith BillEylerof Albuquerque
s h i om e e ti n -o
i n S e o te mb el rw i l lsumm a- and September25, 1999for our Leather
rizewhathappened.Thethreeamend-
mentspassedwithsomeminorcorrections. of Vancouver,BritishColumbia,Canada.
Dueswereraisedto $36 peryear. lf $36
seemsodd that is becausethatnumber
couldbe usedwhetherthe amendment
aboutduespassedor not. lt did seema
shamethatonlysevenpeopleshowedup
for the meeting,but the By-Lawsstatethat
thatis a quorumand businesscouldbe
conducted.And finallywe discussed
the
BlueClass.
The Blue'98Classwillbe starting Novem-
ber 9 withOctober26 and November 2 as
OpenHouses.lf you knowof anyonewho
is interestedpleaseinvitethemto come
down. We staffeda boothat the Castro
and FolsomStreetFairs.We handedout
over1200flyersfor the class. I wouldlike
to thankall the peoplewhocameby and
helpedhandout flyers,dancing,and call-
ing.I hopethatthe seedswe haveplanted
will bearfruit. As I writethiswe stillhave
GuenillaSquaresto get through.lf these
lssue6
methodsare successful,we will have to do
this again next year. I think we should and
could get some time on the CountryWest-
ern Stagesfor Square Dancingat both
fairs.
We stillneed your help. We need angels
to show up at the open houses as well as
for classes. We are not askingyou to do it
everyweek (if you could that would be
nice) but every so often so that we can
show the class that there is a large group
of people on whom they can rely.
We have scheduledtwo dances so far neX
year. March 13, 1999 for our 17hAnniver-
and Lace '99 Dancewith Anne Uebelacker
We told Anne she could wear her leather
outfit at the dance and Fair. Anne has also
agreedto call on Sunday at the Folsom
Street Fair. We have not made any deci-
sions on the PrornenadeWith Pride'99
Gay Pride Dance on June 26, 1999.
We have broughtback anothertradition.
This year on December21, we will have
our Annual White ElephantHolidayGift Ex-
change. So dust off those gifts that you
have been hidingand bring them with you
on the 21"t. We will also have a quick
QuarterlyGeneralMembershipMeetingbe-
fore the Exchangeand, if we have time,
some dancing.
Hope to see you soon.
Yellowrocks.
Felix
 Who's Doins What ON THB HBAD OF A PfN ...
Felix F Administrator&
IAGSDCRep Is your halo on straight? @leaseexcusethe
FabianA DanceCoordinator expression.) It is important that as many of
Bob L Treasurer our club membersas possiblecome to the
Harold L Secretary Beginnerclassas "angels". What are angels?
CarlosM Board Member They are the wonderful people who volunteer
Blue ClassArchangel their time to ensurethat a classhas the best
Jim A Database/Calendar possiblelearningexperience.
SteveS DangleDiva
Ron M Instructor Angels provide the new classmemberswith
Kathy H WSD Newsletter Editor their first real look at the club. How angels
Marie M WSD NewsletterEditor behaveand treat the new dancers,other
Vacant AttendanceTaker angels,and visitors will affect class members'
decisionswhetheror not to join our club.
Angels are also role models.No matter what
the instructor and club try to communicateto
the studentsconcerningetiquette& attitudes,
Blue ClassBegins classmembersinevitablytake their cuesfrom
what they seethe angelsdoing. So it is impor-
We will start a new beginningclass,
tant that anglessmile,be enthusiastic,and
The Blue Class,on November 16,1998.
enjoy the dancing. Be friendly, courteous,
and gentle.This is sometimeseasierto say than
We will haveintro nights on October
to do, especiallyif it hasbeen a long day. Al-
19ttL26th & November Znd.
though most of us do the right things
instinctively,at leastmost of the time, it can't
Plan now to help with promoting the
hurt to reiterate certain points. So in the next
class,participatingin guerillasquares&
few issueswe will go over specialpointersfor
bringing someoneto join the class
angels.

Guerillasquaresare scheduledfor
In the meantime, COME ON OUT and BE
Saturday,October 24th & Thursday,
AN ANGEL! I !
October29th.

PLEASE keep these dates open &

help us promote this class. Remember
theseare the new life of every club!!!
 NOVEMBEREVENTS

FC l5th Anniversary
Dance Wlr4ikeDesisto
l 3 -l 4 PACE - w/SandraByrant
PleasantHill
l5 MS DanceA & C levelDancew/SandraBvrant
PleasantHill
27-29 20th PACE Extravaganza Ventura,CA
27-29 Squares
Across-l5thAnniversary Vancouver,BC

DECEMBEREVENTS

4-6 ChaseRight 98 Neon Squares

Las Vegas,NV
5 DD HolidayDance w/lr4ikeDeSisto
1l ECRPlus&ADance w/lr4ichael
McMullen
17 FC HolidayDance

JANUARYEVENTS

t5-17 DesertVly Sq-Swingthru AZ Phoenix.AZ

FEBRUARYEVENTS

t2-14 TinseltownSq - Star thru Hollywood LA, CA

MARCH EVENTS s.l,r?l

l3 WSD lTth Anniversary
Dance w Bill Eyler

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AUDITORIUM,EVRC
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NOVEMBER16 AND
NOVEMBER23. THIS
MEANSTHATWSD WILL
BE DARKON THOSE
TWO DAYS.THE BLUE
CLASSWILL BEGIN
NOVEMBER30
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