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The Newsletterof Western Star Dancers.PMB 480. 584 the Red ClasseveryMondayat the Eureka
CastroSt.,SanFranciscoCA9411+2594. Valley Rec. Center or join us for the Red
E-Mail:felixl@ix.netcom.com
A Contemporary AmericanSquareDanceClubprimarily Class Welcome Potluck on January20h,
servingthe San FranciscoGayand LesbianCommunity. 2001 at Live Oaks school. The Boardwill
Subscriotions lo The WesternStarare fteeto WSD
Members,$18 to others.Ads arecomplementary to
b e p r o v i d i n ga h a m a n d a c a k e . W e a s k
members;commercialadvertisers may contactus for the members to bring a dish to share.
pricinginformation. Come join us and meet these remarkable
peoplein our newestclass.
Happy New Year! Welcome to the official
beginningof the 21"t Centuryand the new
millennium. This year will prove to be a
wonderfulyear. lt is our 1gthAnniversary. Now for a sad note. lt is regrettablethat I
announcethe death of one of our Mem-
i;Ef.l'1-ffifi * bers. The memberwas HarryOhira. Harry
startedin the red classpriorto this one and
was a student in every class since then.
First an importantannouncement.Western He made sure that he showedup at all the
S t a rw i l l b e h o l d i n ga f l y - i nf o r o u r 2 O t hA n n i - Intro nights and the beginningof all the
versaryduringthe weekendof March 1 - 3, , c l a s s e s . A s s u c h , t h e B o a r d h a d m a d e
2OO2.We have confirmedAnne Uebelacher Harrya LifetimeStudentof the club. Harry
as one of our callersand are workingon a was in his late 70's and had a lot of energy
s e c o n d . L e v e l sw i l l b e B a s i c t h r o u g hC 2 . and made his presenceknown. We will
We want to have two rooms one Basic miss Harry and the deliciousgoodies he
through Plus and the second Advanced alwaysbrought. His nephewwrote us and
t h r o u g hC 2 . W e w i l l b e n e e d i n gp e o p l et o told us that Harry was buried in Hawaii
h e l pp l a nt h i se v e n ta n d t o s e r y eo n t h e v a r i - where he was born and in his memorialis
ous committeeslAlso we will need spaceto the Western Star Vest that Harry was
housesome people. We will try to get a rea- proud to wear and own. We will miss
sonablerate for peoplein a hotel. We hope Harry but he is now at that Grand Ho-
to have most of the detailsworked out by edown in the sky looking down at us with
the end of Marchso we can bringthe infor- G i n o .
m a t i o n t o V a n c o u v e ra n d t h e c o n v e n t i o n .
This has been a wonderJul20 years even
t h o u g ht h e c l u b h a s h a d i t s u p s a n d d o w n s .
A n d I w i l l h a v e b e e np a r to f i t f o r 1 1 y e a r s . I
h a v e m e t s o m a n y p e o p l eo v e rt h e s ey e a r s .
I hope they all come and celebratewith us. Rememberour 19thAnniversaryDanceis
But first,let'sget backto this year. coming up on March 3rd with Todd Fel-
l e g y . C o m ea n d j o i n u s .
O u r R e d C l a s sh a s 1 B s t u d e n t si n i t . T h e y
are doingvery well. We have threesquares Yellowrocks,
most nights and we hope that you can join F e l i x
u s a n d h e l o u s m a k ei t m o r e . Y o u c a n m e e t
 Who'sDoingWha! W e l c o m eP o t l u c k

F e l i xF A d m i n i s t r a t o&
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I A G S D CR e p
D a n c eC o o r d i n a t o r
Bob L T r e a s ur e r
A l v i nB Secretary O r r eo f t h e n i c e t r a d i t i o n s o f W e s t e r n
H a r o l dL . B o a r dM e m b e r S t a r t h a t s t a r t so u r n e w y e a r o n a p a r t y
A l v i nB " R e d C l a s sA r c h a n g e l note is the Welcome Potluck for the
S t e v eS . D a n g l eD i v a m e m b e r so f o u r n e w e s tc l a s s . l t i s a
K a t h yH W S D N e w s l e t t eE r ditor t i m e f o r f r i e n d s t o c a t c h " u pw i t h e a c h
M a r i eM W S D N e w s l e t t eE r ditor o t h e r a f t e r t h e h o l i d a y sa n d f o r m a k i n g
t h e c l a s s m e m b e r s f e e l w e l c o m e& a
p a r t o f s o m e t h i n gb i g g e r . T h i s y e a r ' s
c l a s s h a s e i g h t e e ne n t h u s i a s t i cm e m -
b e r s . P l e a s eb r i n g a d i s h t o s h a r ea n d

/...g-&&-$- come meet them at 7:30pm on Janu-

ar y 20tnat LiveOaksschool"

1 9 t h A nn i v e r s ar y ! !

What'sYourThoughts??
A s w e a r e a l l a w a r et h e c l u b i s d w i n "
d l i n g . H o w e v e r ,a n y c l u b i s o n l y a s
activeas its members. We need &
W A N Tt o h e a r f r o m Y O U ! W h y a r e n ' t
y o u p a r t i c i p a t i n g ?W h a t w o u l d m a k e
y o u w a n t t o p a r t i c i p a t ea g a i n ?
P l e a s ec o n t a c t a n y b o a r d m e m b e r o r
t h e n e w s l e t t ee r d i t o r sa n d v o i c e y o u r
o p i n i o no r w r i t e a n o t e a n d w e ' l l p u b -
l i s h i t . N o t h i n g c a n c h a n g ew i t h o u t
inout.
M y h o w t h e y e a r sd o f l y ! ? ! l t i s t i m e t o
g e t r e a d yf o r W e s t e r nS t a r ' s L 9 t h A n n i -
versary Dance. The caller this year
w i l l b e T o d d F e l l e g y .T h e d a n c ew i l l b e
a t o n M a r c h 3 r d b e g i n n i n ga t 7 : 3 0 p m
a t M o s t H o l y R e d e e m e rC h u r c hH a l l a t
100 Diamond Street, San Francisco.
S o m a r k t h o s e n e w c a l e n d a r sn o w ! A s
a l w a y sv o l u n t e e r sa r e n e e d e df o r m a n y
s h o r t t e r m t a s k s s o p l e a s ec o n t a c t a n y
Board member to help make this a
m e m o r a b l ee v e n i n gf o r a l l o f u s .
 irVl,,{*" What'sThe Name??

It is widelyknownthatthe
IAGSDC Conventions,andeven
someclubFly-ins, arenamedafter
is the square
Dancecalls.Thisis notuncom-
18thAnnual IAGSDC Convcn- mon.Manyconvention & fly-in
tion namesarea combination of botha
and n'ill bc hcld squaredancecallandsomething
April 12.-15, 2001 regionally Representativeandspe-
tn cialto the "natives".
Vancouvcr,British Colu nrbia,
So firstwe have2 questions for
Canada you. Whatcallandon whatlevel
As you get your new calenders is theCallin theconvention name
andplanoutyourvacation timefor "MakeMagic"?
nextyear do NOT forgetto make
plansto attendthisfantastic event. Secondwe havea contest.Using;
whocancome
theabovecriteria,
Unlikemanyof the otherconven- upwitha GREATnamefor our
tions,thisoneis closeenoughyou 20thAnniversaryFly-ln??Keepin
canevendriveto it if you havethemind "StarThrutheGoldenGate"
time. & "Stars,Thars& CableCars"
havealreadybeenused. Give
And whata great& easythingfor your
to anyBoard
suggestion
peopleto give you for the Holi-
Member.lf youcancomeup with
days,moneytowardyourvacation a logoto go withthe name,
to Canada! {A few hints never
so muchthe better. Butthenthat
hurt.) is anothercontest.
lf you need moredetailsyou can $TeHqgYF$Agr$
pick them up any Mondaynight & €A#&H{efiB$
classwhenyou cometo angel,at
our HolidayPartyor call a board
member.
 .IANIIARY

5-7rh "Passthc Sea"

- FinestCity Squares
- SanDiego,CA

20th "Ilappy 2001Dancc"- rvith E,ricI{enerlau

- CapitalCity Squares
* Sacrarnento,
CA

27tlt SaturdayNight f)ance-

- El Carnino$eelers- PaloAlto, CA

FERRT]ARY

4tlr NlcnrbersAppreciationDancc- C J Smith

- MidnightSquares
- SanFrancisco.
CA

l0th ValcntincDance- Kris Jcnscn

- FogglyCity Dancers- Sanlrrancisco.
CA

24tlt SaturdayDancc- Andy Shorc

- CapitalCrtySquares
- Sacrarnento,
CA

N{ARCII

3rd l9tlr AnnivcrsaryDancc- Todd Fellergy

- WestenrStarDancers- SanFrancisco.
CA

4th Sundayf)ance- TocldFellergy

- MidniglrtSquares
- SanFrancisco.
CA
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19th Anniversary
Dance
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V o l u m e1 8 MARCH/APRIL2OO1 lssue2

The Newsletterof WesternStar Dancers.PMB 480 584

CastroSt., San FranciscoC494114-2594.
E-Mail:felixl@ix.netcom.com
A Contemporary AmericanSquareDanceClubprimarily
W:li,*ffsltt:
servingthe San FranciscoGayand LesbianCommunity.
Subscriptions to The WesternSfararefreeto WSD
Members,$18 to others. Ads arecomplementary to
members;commercialadvertisers mavcontactus for T o o u r J e w i s hm e m b e r sw e w i s h v o u
pricinginformation. H a p p yP a s s o v e r .

T o o u r m e m b e r s ,p l e a s es e n d b a c k y o u r
r e n e w a lf o r m s . S e c o n d r e m i n d e r sw i l l
be going out for those of you who have
not renewed.
H a p p y 1 9 r nA n n i v e r s a r y .T h i s i s W e s t e r n
W . eh a v e i n c l u d e d a " M a k e M a g i c " V a n -
S t a r ' s 1 9 t hA n n i v e r s a r y .T h e B o a r do f D i .
c o u v e rC o n v e n t i o nR e g i s t r a t i o nF o r m . l f
r e c t o r sh o p e st h a t y o u w i l l c o m ea n d c e l e -
y o u r e g i s t e rn o w f e e i s $ 1 5 0 . S o r e g i s -
brate with us on March 3'd with Caller
t e r e a r l y . A l s o r e m e m b e rt h a t w e w i l l
T o d d F e l l e g ya t 7 : 3 0 P Ma t M o s t H o l y R e .
h a v ea n e w v e s t .
c i e e r n eC r a i h o l i cC h u r c ha t 1 0 0 D r a m o n d
S t r e e t ( a c r o s st h e s t r e e t f r o m L r v e O a k s
A s a r e m i n d e r t o o u r m e m b e r s ,t h o s e
School). We will havefull Basic(class
that have ordered new vests(which we
l e v e l ) ,M a i n s t r e a mP, l u sa n d a n A d v a n c e d
hope to distributeat the Anniversary
Star Tip. The cost of the danceis $10
D a n c e ) ,t h e d r e s s f o r G r a n d M a r c h a n d
n o n - W e s t e r nS t a r M e m b e r s a n d $ 9 f o r
P i c t u r e si n V a n c o u v ewr i l l b e B l a c kC l u b
W e s t e r nS t a r M e m b e r s . C o m e a n d m e e t
V e s t ,W h i t e W e s t e r nS h i r t , a n d i f p o s s i -
t h e n e w C l a s s m e m b e r sw h o w i l l b e a t .
b l e B l a c k P a n t s . T o t h o s ew i t h t h e o l d
t e n d i n gt h e i r f i r s t d a n c e . W e a s k t h a t y o u
v e s t , p l e a s ew e a r a w h i t e w e s t e r ns h i r t
b r i n g a l i t t l ef o o d t o s h a r e .
IOO.

T h e B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r sw o u l d l i k e t o t h a n k
T h e l a s t t h i n g I w o u l d l i k e t o m e n t i o ni s
a l l t h e p e o p l ew h o c a m e a n d m a d e t h e
t h a t I w o u l d l i k e t o h a v et h e m e m b e r s o f
n e w c l a s s f e e l w e l c o m ea t t h e W e l c o m e
W e s t e r nS t a r a t t h e m e m o r i a l p a n e l o f
Pot Luck for the Red Class. There was
p l e n t yo f f o o d ,f u n a n d f r i e n d s h i p . memberswho have died when we oin
G i n oG a l l e r d o ' sB a d g eo n t h e p a n e l . S o
those members who are going to Van-
W e h o p e e v e r y b o d yw i l l h a v ea h a p p y a n d
couver please let me know, so we can
s a f eS t . P a t r i c k ' sD a v .
s e t a t i m e f o r t h i s . T h a n k sf o r v o u r c o -
operation.
T o o u r C h r i s t i am n e m b e rw
s e wishfor you
a H a p p yE a s t e r .
D o n ' tS t o p ! D o n ' t S l o wD o w n !

ffitl Yellowrocks,
Felix
 19th Anniversary!!

M y h o w t h e y e a r sd o f l y ! ? ! l t i s t i m e
F e l i xF A d m i n i s t r a t o&r for WesternStar's 19th Anniversary
IAGSDC Rep Dance. The callerthis year will be
B o bL Treasurer T o d d F e l l e g y . T h e d a n c ew i l l b e o n
A l v i nB . Secretary M a r c h3 r d b e g i n n i n ag t 7 : 3 O P Ma t
H a r o l dL . B o a r dM e m b e r M o s t H o l y R e d e e m eC r a t h o l i cC h u r c h
A l a nT B o a r dM e m b e r a t 1 0 0 D i a m o n dS t r e e t ( a c r o s st h e
A l v i nB . R e dC l a s sA r c h a n g e l streetfrom LiveOaksSchool).We will
SteveS. D a n g l eD i v a have full Basic (class level),Main-
KathyH W S DN e w s l e t t eErd i t o r s t r e a m ,P l u s a n d a n A d v a n c e dS t a r
M a r i eM W S DN e w s l e t t eErd i t o r T i p . T h ec o s to f t h e d a n c ei s $ 1 0 n o n -
Western Star Members and $g for
WesternStar Members.
s -fia E. S o m a r kt h o s en e wc a l e n d a rns o w !

ffiuwfue As alwaysvolunteersare neededfor

many short term tasks so pleasecon-
t a c t a n y B o a r dm e m b e rt o h e l p m a k e
t h i s a m e m o r a b leev e n i n g
forall of us.

What'sYourThoughts??
A s n o c l u b i s a n e n t i t yu n t o i t s e l f ,i t
is importantfor us to hearfrom YOU
themembers.

P l e a s ec o n t a c ta n y b o a r dm e m b e ro r
t h e n e w s l e t t eerd i t o r sa n d v o i c ey o u r VESTS
o p i n i o nc, o m m e n t s& s u g g e s t i o n s .
To those who have orderedthe new
v e s t s t, h e ya r e i n . W e w i l l b e d i s t r i b u t -
20th Anniversary Meeting i n g t h e m a t t h e A n n i v e r s a rDy a n c eo n
M a r c h 3 r d . P l e a s ec o m e a n d p i c k
T h e r ew i l l b e a m e e t i n go f t h e c o m - t h e m u p a t t h a t t i m e o r c a l l 4 r 5 - 8 2 6 -
m i t t e ef o r t h e 2 O t hA n n i v e r s a rFyl y - l n 7526 to make arrangements for pick-
a t F e l i xa n d B o b ' s( 2 5 G l e n d a l eS t . i n g i t u p . W e h o p et h a t y o u w i l l c o m e
# 5 ) o n M a r c h1 0 a t 2 P M . P l e a s el e t a n d p i c ku p y o u rv e s t .
u s k n o wi f y o u w i l l a t t e n da t 4 1 5 - 8 2 6 -
7 5 2 6 . T h i sw i l l b e a n o r g a n i z a t i o n a l
meeting.
 covery techniques will help.
For the purposes o{ discussion,
D o n ' tC r yO v e rB r o k e nS q u a r e s l e t ' s a s s u m ea b r o k e n s q u a r e i s t h e
result of two (or more ) dances s
s w a p p i n gp l a c e sb y a c c i d e n ti n a t i p
. . . F i xT h e m ! { P a r1t ) in which the caller is using fairly
s t r a i g h t f o r w a r ds, y m m e t r i c c h o r e o g -
AllenHurst (fromSquareUp! Spring2000) r a p h y .( S o r r y ,a s y m m e t r i cc h o r e o g r a -
p h yf a n s ! )
It's one of the ultimate taboos in
s q u a r ed a n c i n g :d o n ' t t a l k a b o u t b r o - M o r et h a n o n e w a y t o r e c o v e r
k e n - d o w ns o u a r e s .l t d o e s n ' tm a t t e r T h e r ea r e s e v e r a lt e c h n i q u e sa v a i l -
if you'rea caller or a dancer-there "crashed"
s e e m st o b e s o m e u n w r i t t e nr u l e t h a t a b l e f o r r e c o v e r i n g a
i t ' s b a d m a n n e r s t o d i s c u s s h o w s q u a r e . { l n t h e n e x t f e w i s s u e s }w e ' l l
s q u a r e sb r e a k d o w n a n d h o w t o f i x g o t h r o u g h t h e m i n a p p r o x i m a t eo r -
t h e m . l f y o u ' r ea d a n c e r. . . h a v ey o u d e r o f s i m p l i c i t y , f r o m e a s i e s t t o
e v e r w a t c h e da n o t h e rs q u a r eo n t h e m o s t c o m n l e x R e m p m h e r t h p o o i n t
vv' ' 't/'vi\.

d a n c ef l o o r b r e a kd o w n ,s a w t h e m r e - o f a l l o f t h e s em e t h o d si s t o a l l o wt h e
c o v e r ,a n d t h e n w o n d e rh o w t h e y d i d
i t ? T h i s a r t i c l e g i v e s d a n c e r ss o m e s q u a r e t o k e e p o n d a n c i n g , e v e n i f
b a s i c t o o l s t o u s e i n r e c o v e r i n ga d a n c e r s h a v e t o s c u r r y b a c k i n t o
c r a s h e ds q u a r e .A l t h o u g ht h i s a r t i c l e t h e i r c o r r e c t h o m e p o s i t i o n a t t h e
i s t a r g e t e d a t d a n c e r s ,c a l l e r s m a y a n d o f t h e s e c u e n c e .
w a n t t o c o n s i d e rt e a c h i n go r r e v i e w -
i n g s o m e o f t h e s et e c h n i q u e s . C a l l e r l a bR e c o v e r y
C a l l e r l a b ' ss u g g e s t e dm e t h o d o f
I n t h e r e a l w o r l d , a l l s o u a r e sb r e a k
d o w n s o o n e r o r l a t e r . ( i f y o u ' r e a r e c o v e r yi s f o r e v e r y o n ei n t h e b r o -
d a n c e r w h o s e s q u a r e s n e v e r , e v e r k e n s q u a r et o r e t u r n t o t h e i r h o m e
b r e a kd o w n ,y o u p r o b a b l yo n l y d a n c e ( s t a r t i n g )p o s i t i o n s ,a n d t h e h e a d s
w i t h 7 p h a n t o m s . ) P e r h a p sy o u ' r e s l i d e r i g h t t o f o r m l i n e s f a c i n g s i d e
n e w t o d a n c i n g a g i v e n l e v e l a n d w a l l s .T h e c a l l e r w i l l e i t h e r p i c k u p
h a v e n ' t y e t d e v e l o p e d c o n f i d e n c e .t h e f a c i n g l i n e s ( o f t e n u s i n g t h e
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The Newsletterof Westem Star Dancers, PMB 480,
584 CastroSt., San FranciscoCA 94114-2594.
E-Mail:felixl @ix.netcom.com
A ContemporaryAmericanSquareDance Club primarily
servingthe San FranciscoGay and LesbianCommu-
nity. Subscriptionsto lhe Westem Slarare free to
WSD Members,$18 to others. Ads are complernentary
to members;commercialadvertisers may contac{us for
pricinginformation.
nual "PromenadeWith Pride" Dance on
SaturdayJune 23roat 7:30 PM at Temple
United MethodistChurch (see flyer for full
details). Our callerthis year will be Bill Ey-
ler,the GoldenThroatedVoice of Albuquer-
que, New Mexico USA. Come down and
join us for the fun!

I sit here today and write this on a beautiful Conventionthis year went well. Four of our
Springday in San Francisco. Spring is here new dancerswent and they were fantastic!!
and I am lookingforward to one of our na- We are proud of them, as well as their
tional holidays- Pride Weekend. There are teacher,Ron Masker,who obviouslydid a
also other holidaystoo - Mother's Day - a great job teachingthem. Vancouver was
happyone to our memberswho are mothers beautiful,if a little cold and wet. Our new
and to our members' mothers; Memorial vestslookedgreat.
Day - a day we honor our valiant men and
women who died in the serviceof our coun- This will be my last year on the Board, as
'"vellas, Bob's. Kathy & l'4ariewill also ;iot
try; Faiher'sDay - a happyone to our mem-
bers who are fathers and to our members' be continuingas NewsletterEditors. I am
fathers;Flag Day - a day to rememberthe not sure about the other Board members.
So we ask you now to start thinking about
red, white and blue (missed seeing it flying
when I went to conventionthis year). runningfor the Board. After all the election
process begins in July with nominations
May has also been designated Holocaust and ballotingbeginningin Augustand elec-
Month. We are to reflecton the horrendous tion resultsin September.
deedsof the Nazis in Germanyon the Jews,
Gays and other victims.Think about what it
wouldmean to wear a yellowStar of Davidor
a pink triangle on your clothes no matter
where you go. From those events we now
say "NEVERAGAIN!" We have some rights
now, and hopefullywe never will be loaded
up into railroad cars, buses or trucks and Ourplansfor the20thAnniversary Fly-lnare
placedin camps and then killed. Maybewe proceeding and goingwell. We havecon-
shouldwear a pink triangleduring Holocaust firmedAnneUebelacher and SaundraBry-
Month and let people know we are here and ant for our callers. We ask you to start
how manyof us there are. thinking about what you would like to do.
We also want you to start thinkingabout
openingyourhomesfor ourguests.

Don'tStop!Don'tSlowDown!

However.let us turnour attentionto our holi- Yellowrocks,

day- PrideWeek. We willbe havingouran- Felix
F e l i xF A d m i n i s t r a t o&r
IAGSDC Rep
DanceCoordinator
Bob L Treasurer
A l v i nB . Secretary
H a r o l dL . BoardMember SANCmS
A l v i nB . RedClassArchangel
SteveS. D a n g l eD i v a A P l a n n i n gC o m m i t t e ef o r C h a i r p e r -
KathyH WSDNewsletter Editor sons havevolunteeredto overseethe
M a r i eM WSDNewsletter Editor planningof our 20th AnniversaryFly-
l n , " C i r c u l a tteh e B a y " . T h e ya r e :

F e l i xF Administrator
Mark Ass'tAdministrator

eff& ScottJ
KathyH
& M a r i eM
C a r l o sM
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RonM
Treasurer

Secreta ryl Registration

DanceCoordinator
FoodCoordinator
Fun BadgeTour&
RaffleCoordinator
DougS H o u s i n gC o o r d i n a t o r
SteveS Decorations Coordinator
A s n o c l u b i s a n e n t i t yu n t oi t s e l f i, t i s
importantfor us to hear from YOU T h e F l y - i nw i l l b e h e l d M a r c h 1 - 3 ,
themembers. 2002. So start talkingit up with your
square dancingfriends around the
Pleasecontactany boardmemberor country. Our first pushfor advertising
the newsletter editorsand voiceyour was handingout brochuresat the Con-
opinion,comments& suggestions. vention in Vancouver. Next we are
mailing sets of brochures to the
IAGSDC t o m a i l t o t h e i n d i v i d u acl l u b s
fordistribution.

lf you haveany suggestionsor recom-

mendations pleasegivethem to any of
t h e P l a n n i nCg ommitteemembers.

N e x tm e e t i n gw i l l b e T h u r s ,M a y3 1 s t .
 Don't Cry Over Broken Squares
. . . F i x T h e m ! { P a r t2 }
Allen HursI (from SquareUp!Spring2000)

Half Broken Square Recovery

If only one-half of your squareis broken
(for example,during a "spin the top" involv- MAKE MAGIC
ing both sides of the square),here'sa good
"just keep moving" strategy.If you're in the For those who attendedMake Magic was a
broken half of the Square,make up a forma- Conventionto remember!
tion that looks like the unbrokenhalf of the
Square,even if everybody'snot matchedup
correctly. Two of our membersreceived their ten year
For example, if the unbroken half is in a medallions, Nick Carlson& Kathy Healy,
right hand wave with boys on the end, in
your half of the Square,make a right-handWe had a Honky Tonk Contest that actually
wave with boys on the end. It doesn'tmafter had sometalent & was worth stayingup for.
if the right boy is on the right end. The ob-
jective at this point is to keep your square
moving until the end of the Sequence! The scenery(both kinds) was fantastic. And
If you 're in the unbrokenhalf of the although the weather was a bit cooler than
square,and the other people are having a our usualsummerconventionsit did not seem
hard time recovering, you might want to to deter anyone from anything, especially
quietly tell the other oeople what formation walking the sea wall & exploring Stanley
you'rein, and the boysand girls are.For ex- Park (for more than the spring flowers).
ample," Psst!Make a right-handwave with
boyson the end!" So if you did not go to this one, now is the
time to start making plans for the next inter-
Caller Directed Square Recovery nationalparty, "Cloverleafs & Maple Leafs".
Often, a caller will notrce something'sThis one will again be in Canada,but this
not right in one or moie squares,and will
cue the dancersso they know what forma- time in Toronto. {For anyone concerned
tion they shouldbe in. about going to a foreign country - you'll
For example.. . never notice the difference except for the
"You've got righGhandwaves,boys on loonies& toonies. (Ask someonewho was
the end...r
"Centers- who are facing! ..." thereto explain it.)
"We've sot standard lii'es.' uo to the
middleatd back..." This will be the l9th annual Conventionof
In suchcases,if you'relost,and the caller
the IAGSDC & will be held July 4 - 7,2002.
cues you to what formation you should be
in, just get into that formation, whether or So you have plenty of time to save your
not you're in the correctplace for successful changeand make your plans.
resolution.
Those are the basic methods for resolv-
ing broken squares, and require a fairly
minimal amount of practice. However,
these methodsjust keep the square mov-
ing . . . you still have to scurryback into the
correctplace at the end ofthe sequence.
 MAY

t2th Spring Prom - Deborah (Parnell)Carroll

- El CaminoReelers

18 - 20th Stumptown Stomp- Kris Jensen,Jett Roberts,

& Verne Weese - CapitalCity Squares

JUNE

2nd 9th Anniversary Dance- Gina Darcy

- Diablo Dancers

4th Red ClassGraduation - Ron Masker

EVRC - WesternStarDancers

16th Mainstream Graduation- Andv Shore

- Foggy City Dancers

23rd Promenadewith Pride - Bill Evler

- WesternStarDancers

JULY

4th - 7th Slide thru Silicon Valley 2001- Anne

Uebelacker& Neil Heather
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The Newsletterof Western Star Dancers. PMB 480.In September we also have our annual
584 CastroSt., San FranciscoCA 94114-2594.
E-Mail:felixl @ix.netcom.com
Leather& Lace Dance the night before the
A ContemporaryAmericanSquareDanceClub primarilyFolsom Street Fair. This year we have
serving the San FranciscoGay and Lesbian Commu-
nity. Subscriptionsto Ihe WestemStarare free to
DarrenGallina calling for us Saturday,Sep-
tember29 at 7:30 at Temple United Meth-
WSD Members,$18 to others. Ads are complementary
to members;commercialadvertisersmay contact us for
pricinginformation. odist Church(lll1 JuniperoSena at l9th,
entranceon Beverly Street) and at the fair
Happy Summer!!! Summerhas come to San on Sunday.We will needvolunteersto help
Francisco. Pride Day has come and gone and us out at the Folsom Fair, as well as, the fol-
we now look forward to rest and relaxation. I lowing Sunday, October 7 for the Castro
know I am looking forward to it. Street Fair. We will be recruitins for the
Orange2001Class.
Our Plus Class has goffen off with a good
start.We have l5 membersof the class. This Our plans are going forward for the 20th
year we are using Fen Tamanahato teachthe Anniversary Fly-in in March 2002. The
class.And he is doineexcellentwork. callers will be Anne Uebelacher and
SaundraBryant. All eventswill take place
at Holy RedeemerChurch and Live Oaks
Schoolon Diamond Street. We will need
your help in many areasincluding housing
We have established an ElectionsCommittee out of town guestsfor a few nights.
consistingof the TreasurerBob Leslie and
myself. I will retire due to health. If you are A sad note now. Harold Little one of this
interestedin running for the Board pleaselet years Board member and active member
either of us or any Board memberknow. We died in June. I know I will miss Harold and
hope to have the ballots mailed on August l3 his sparkling personalityand his enthusias-
and the results announced at the General tic dancing. We hope that Alan, Harold's
MembershipMeeting on September19. We SO, be comfortedin knowing that we care.
are also needa new NewsletterEditor.
As to my health, I have gotten through the
We have resumed Club Night on the third bypass surgery but must take it easy for
Wednesdayof the Month. Our June Club awhile.Thanksto all who asked and was
night was very well attended. We will dance concerned.
to the floor or alternateMainstream and Plus.
We have Michael Levy calling on July 18, Don't Stop!Don't Slow Down!
Alan Hurst calling on August 15 and Carlo
Mosca calling on September 19 after the Yellowrocks,
GeneralMembershipMeeting. Felix
F e l i xF A d m i n i s t r a t o&r
IAGSDC Rep
DanceCoordinator
Bob L Treasu rer
A l v i nB . Secretary
A l v i nB . RedClassArchangel
SteveS. D a n g l eD i v a DANCMS
KathyH WSDNewsletter Editor
M a r i eM WSDNewsletter Editor
T h e F l y - i nw i l l b e h e l d M a r c h 1 - 3 ,
2002. So start talkingit up with your
square dancingfriends around the
country.

All committeemeetingswill be on the

3rd Wednesday startingat 7:30pm at
Fly-lnCommittee the RecCenter. So comeparticipate &
F e l i xF Administrator t h e nd a n c ea t C l u bn i g h t . l f y o u c a n ' t
M a r kA A s s ' tA d m i n i s t r a t o r makeit & haveany suggestions or rec-
ScottJ Treasurer ommendations pleasegivethem to any
KathyH of theCommittee members.
& MarieM Secretary/Registration
CarlosM DanceCoordinator A t t h e m e e t i n go n J u n e 2 0 t h w e d i s -
MarioT FoodCoordinator c u s s e dF u n dR a i s i n g T . h eo r i g i n aild e a
RonM Fun BadgeTour& i s n o l o n g e ra v a i l a b l seo a n y o n ew i t h a
RaffleCoordinator suggestion pleaselet us know.
D o u g l aS
s H o u s i n gC o o r d i n a t o r -
SteveS Decorations Coordinator We alsodiscussed the Fun BadgeTour,
the raffle,the meals and openinga
b a n ka c c o u n t .
What'sYourThoughts
?? F e l i xw i l l c o o r d i n a t i ngge t t i n gp e o p l et o
t a k ef l y e r s& m a k ea " p i t c h "a t a l l u p -
A s n o c l u b i s a n e n t i t yu n t oi t s e l f i, t i s
cominglocalevents. So if you are go-
importantfor us to hear from YOU
i n g t o a n y u p c o m i n ge v e n t s& a r e w i l l -
the members.
i n g p l e a s el e t h i m k n o w .
Pleasecontact any board member,
N e x t m e e t i n gw i l l b e W e d . ,J u l y l 8 t h .
committeememberor the newsletter
T h e t o p i c s a r e F u n d R a i s i n g ,F u n
e d i t o r sa n d v o i c ey o u r o p i n i o n c, o m -
Badge Tour, Menu & Bank selection
ments& suggestions.
a n dA d v e r t i s i n g .
 IN MEMORTA]VI
Harold died quietly in June after suffering
for a year. He died of Lou Gehrig'sdisease.
We will miss Harold. He was also a mem-
ber of Times Squaresbefore he moved to
San Francisco.Harold was in the infamous
Orange'90 classand was very active in the
club. Harold servedon the Board of Direc-
tors for the 97-98,98-99,and 00-01 years.
In the 97-99 years, Harold was Secretary.
Harold was alwaysvisible and was very en-
thusiasticwhen it cameto dancing.We will
miss all that. We hopethat Alan, Harold's
SO, has the strength to carry on and our
love and sympathygo out to him.
H A R OL DL IT T L E

TO OUR REDCLASS'OO
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FrontRow:ClassTeacherRon Masker
Not Shown:Mark 8., NestorT., RichardT.
 JULY

4th - 7th Slidethru SiliconValley 2001- Anne

Uebelacker& Neil Heather
- El CarninoReelers

18th CIub Night - Michael Levy

- WesternStarDancers

AUGUST

1sth Club Night - Alan Hurst

- Westr-rnStarDancers

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15th Harvest Dance- Anne Uebelecker

- FoggyCity Dancers

19th Club Night - Carlo Mosca

& GeneralMembership Meeting
- WesternStarDancers

29th Leather & Lace Dance- Darren Gallina

- WesternStarDancers
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584 CastroSt.. San FranciscoCA 94114'2594.
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A Contemporary ArnericanSquareDanceClub printarily not nameall of 1'oubut I greailyappreciated

servingthe San FranciscoGay and LesbianCommu-
nity. Subscrrptronsto Ihe WesternSlar are free to 5 ' o u rh e l p . A B I C t h a n k1 ' o u . l l r s t t o n r o
WSD Members,$18 to others Ads are complementary people who arc no longcr with us. Geno
to members;commercialacivertisers may contactus for ,'l^ll^-.1^ ^-,1 Ll^-^ll I :Hl^ D^tL. ^f rL^.*
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pricinginformation.
ol-[crcd hclp and cncouragcincnLw'lrcn it
The tirle hascornefor me to do rny lustarti- rvas neecied. 1'o say that I miss them is an
cle frrr the nervsletteras Adnrinislrator. It turrderstaternerrt. I r,r'ouldlike to tlranl<Ron
i.villseernodd not to haveto rvritetlris once N4askerlvht-r taLrght class despite the lorv
c\,,cll tr*,,orrrontlrs.but tlrerrall good things rrunrbcrsof stutlcnts that rvc lrad aud fbr al!
lulustcorneto an end. And it was as Martha the ,,r'ork he has done to pfolllote our
savs"a good thing.'' I havedonethis for four classis. Thanks alst-rto Ron Ilirsch and lrelr
yearsnow. and norv I needsometimc fbr nl,- T'anranahawho taught classestoo. ]-hanks
self to heal fiorn my healthproblerns. I am tn qll llre rrenrrle rrrlrn lrerrc cen.crl nrr llre

sr:rethercare certainaspectsthat I will mis.sboard during these tough tiures. Geno. I lar'-
br"rtthenthereare othersthat I won't. I had ao l d . F a h r i a nC
. arlos. Alvin. and AIan. I
lot ot'firn. mct a lot of'nicc pcoplc.and qtrt
r,r,oul<J like to thank Carlos lbr beins there
rnysclfb<-rthlikccianclclislikc:d
lbr the.jobthat
when I needed to talk and needed advice.
'lhank-q
l did. to Kath-vand Marie for tak^ingcare
'fhc
of'thc nc:."r,'slcttcr. biggcstthanksof'all
In tbur yearstlrerehave beenrlanv chalrges. sot:s 10 a boarclrncmber and my lil'c partner',
At one point tlierenlali not havebeena West- t}-rb l-,eslie. Without his help and encour-
ern Star to celebrateits 20"' Anniversary'. lgemenl these four years in Lrolhthe cluh
With the help of manv people.WesternStar attd at ltonre.I do not think I would he here.
did survive. Some of those peooie are no 'fhank
vou!
longer with us I am sad to say. ilere are
someof ollr accomplishments. Our classsize Now to the curent businessof the club.
has increasedfrom 4 to i6 people. We are Wc havea GeneralMcmbershipMeetingon
out in the community doing things. We have Scptcmbcr19 at7:30 PM at thc EurckaVal-
a booth at both the Folsom Street& the Cas- ley RecreationCenter. Ballots fbr election
tro StreetFairs. We have an annual Learn to are due by 8PM on that date.Rememberthe
Squaref)ance for the Leatherand Levi Com- ballotsmust reachthe mailLroxby Serrtem-
munity. Our Pre-FolsomStreet"Leatherand b e r1 9a l s o .
Lace" Danceis now in the listing of Leather
Events for Leather Week. Hopefully, next (-)nSeptember29, 2001 we will be having
year our Pre-PrideParade"PronrerradeWith our Leather and L,ace l)ance and Silent
Pride" Dancewill make the listirig of events Auctionat 7:30PM.Pleasecomeandjoin us
for PrideWeek. We haveactiveClub niehts. for the calling stvlesof Darrin Gallina at
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t u r c h( l l l l J u n i -
Who'sDoingWhat pero Serra Blrrciat i9'". entranceon Beverlv
F e l i xF Administratoi'& Street).Pieaseaiso brins items for the Siient
I A G S D CR e p Auction anci some goociiesto share. Darrin
D a n c eC o o r d i n a t o r will alsobe callingon Sunda_v. Scptember 30tn
D^L-
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L T r e a s ur e r at the lrolsomStrectlrair at i2:30.2. i anci4
A l v i nB . S e cre ta ry PN,i. Picasecorne ciown ancl.join us lbr tire
A l v i nB . R e dC l a s sA r c h a n E e l dancingantl stav aw'irileto hcip hanciout ll-y-
T\^^^l^ T\:.,^ ers ibr tire OrangeClasscorningup in Octo-
St e v eS . L)At tultt L)tva
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K a t h yH W S D N e w s l e t t eE
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a
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October 7''' will be the Castro Street Fair.
Pleasecorncand-ioin us there fbr dancingar
l2:30. 2.3.and4Plvlor at timeswhenwe have
enoughpeople. Pleasecome down and help
F e l i xF Administrator
us givc out flycrsfbr thc ne$,Class.
ScottJ T r e a s ur e r
v ^+^,, u Seci'etaryl Registrati o n
Our rtcw'Orrtnge('lass (Orange'01) begins
l\di-tlyil

C a r l o sM D a n c eC o o r d i n a t o r
olficially on Novenrber5'n,r,'n'ith
open houses
M a r i oT F o o dC o o r d i n a t o r
tr,,n D^/-.r^^ T^,,- on October l5'r'. 22"'i and 29'hat 7:30PM at
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Hureka\/allc1'Rcc Ccnter. I1'youknorvpco-
D o u g l aS
s H o u s i n gC o o r d i n a t o r ple ivho are interestedpleaselet them knorvcll'
StcveS D e c o r a t i o nC
s o o r dni a t o r
betteryet bringthern. Soft soledshoesonly.
'l'o
our Jewishmerttbers, on behall'o1'mysell'
What'sYourThoughts?? and the Board of Directors,a holy Rosh Ha-
sfranalt(thc y'car5762.)and holl' Yonr Kippur.
A s n o c l u b i s a n e n t i t yu n t oi t s e l f i. t i s
importantfor us to hear from YOU And now I saythanksand goodbye.
themembers.
Ycllo'*,rocks,
P l e a s ec o n t a c ta n y b o a r d m e m b e r , Felir
c o m m i t t e em e m b e ro r t h e n e w s l e t t e r
e d i t o r sa n d v o i c ey o u r o p i n i o n c, o m -
m e n t s& s u g g e s t i o n s .
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at lvlark.l's.
Ufg-3TSRN$TAR

SILENT AUCTION

During our Leather& Lace danceon Septem-

ber29tr'we wili be havinga SiientAuctionto
raise"seedmoney"for our AnniversaryFly-
In.
s.slictss
You rnaybringyour itemsto any classor club
2 0 I hA N N I V E R S A R Y
niglrt,includingthe GeneralIV{enrbership
. ^rh

All meetingsgoing fonrard. at leastthrough rureetingon the 19"'. You lltay alsoeithercall
the end of the vear, u'ill be on the 2ndTues- 415-970-043I or e-mail
da1,of each month at lt4arkJ's. (crarvfordsf@earthl ink.net)and Doug rviII
nrakeeveryreasonable attemptto pick up the
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A t t h i s t i m e , t h e c o m m i t t e ei s l o o k i n g f o r a ltems. \Y
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H o u s i n g C o o r d i n : r t o r ,a W c h N f a s t c r a n d a
Computer (i raphic A rtist. Somcsllggcstions of itcm yolr may llant to
clonale are:Crinolincsor variouslun drag
l'licrc u ill bc a LocalSpccialof rcduccdrcgistra- items, leather itemswhichyou no longeruse,
tion cloncto "l'.rnrpstari"thc rc_eistratiolr
&. c r c u t i v eg i f t i t e n r so r h a s k e t sl s u c ha s u i n e .
"honctulli.
-t -'-"- rlhich to cileese& crackers,
tc''brinq in earlr m()ne\''oritn teAor coffee& cookies,
u ork. I he Specialrvill be held from the lrakcdgoods,ctc...) Arrangcclflorversor lr
l,eather& Lace Dancethrough the Castro plant.a *'eekendarvayat your RussianRiver
StreetFair. All fbnnsuould be specialll,
horne,donaticlns frornyourself,your ern-
nrarkedand nrustbe receivedor postnrarked no
plol'eror local establishnrent.
carlicrthat Scntcmbcr?9"' & no latcrthan Octo-
bcr 7'i'. All fornrsnrustbc acconrpanic{$1,par,- Be as creativeas possillle!
'l'hc
nrc-ntto bc acccpted. ratcsu'ould
ciiscountcd
be S5,''.C0lbr a dancer& $80.00lor a dancer If y'ouhavesmaller.olderor useditemsthat
A\r t) ,. .^;,1,... vou don't think will be goodfbr the auction-
Don't get rid o1'them! We arer.vorkingon a
As a beginningto the lundraisingneededfor the GaragcSalcsomctimcin Novcmbcror Janu-
I:l,v-ln.thercu ill be a SilentAuctionbc hcld at arr,. So.iustbor thcm up & stayluned lbr
thc Lcathcr& Luccdancc. Itcmscanbc hroLrght more inlbrma-
Loan\ functionor peoplecsn contact[)ou_eb1
tion.
phoneor e-m:ril.He u'ill tr1 & arrangepicking
thc itcmsup.

It *iis cicc:idecl
that one CluLrNight in Octobcror
Nor crnbcr& onc in .Tanuar'. or l"cbruaryu oLrld
be used& pronrotedas a f'undraiserfbr the Fli'-
In.

-l'he
next meeting rvill be on Septemher I lth
 SEPTEMBER
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15th Harvcst Dance- Anne Uebelecker
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Speclal
- Fogg)'CityDancers
Dbnces

1gth Club Night - Carlo Mosca

& GeneralNlembershipNleeting
- WestemStarDancers

29tlt Leather& Lace Dance- Darren Gallina

- WesternStarl)ancers

30th FolsomStreetFair -
Stopby'thc \VesternStarBooth

OCTOBER

7th CastroStreetFair
Stopby the \VestenrStarBooth

l3th Spin Chain & Exchangethe SeasonDance

f)onnaWilliams- DiabloDancers

lTth Club Night - Fen Tamanaha

- WesternStarDancers

NOVENIBER

3rd AnniversaryDance- Mike DeSisto

An officialevent An officialevent
rf LeatherWeekW E S T E R N STAR DANCERS
of LeatherWeek

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TempleUnitedMer-hodist Churchis locatedat I I I I JuniperoSenaBlvd. TheParkingLot is on the comerof Shields
andBeverly. Directionsaregiver to ParkingLot andParkingon Beverly.If interested,theentranceis 65 Beverly
Street.

From SacramentoandEa$ Bay:

Take 80 We$ over Bay Bridge to l0l to Mission/DuboceSteet Exit. TakeDuboceto Market Streel Follow Market
Streettp the hill and on the downhill side it becomesPortola.At JuniperoSerraBlvd., makea left onto JuniperoSerra
Blvd. And follow it to Holloway Street. At Holloway, makea left andthe right onto Beverly Street. Follow Beverley
to TempleUnited Meltrodist Church. Parkinglot is on left. In caseof a Market Streetclosure,turn Right onto l4h
Street(ifyou passl4o Shee! tum right on NL or Sanchezand go to 14frSteet, turn Left). Take l4frStreet past
Castroto_RooseveltWay (after Castroif you follow road to the left you will be on Roosevelt)andtake that until you
reachl7o Street.Turn right on l7h to ClaytonStreet Make left at Clayton(Claytonhasa left turn signal). Follow
Clayton until it endsat Market Streetandthe follow tlte directions.

From North Bay:

Take l0l Southoverthe GoldenGateBridge,taketlreexit to CaliforniaRouteI (l9h Street)and follow l9h Street
pa.$Stone$ownard SanFranciscoState.Get into the left laneand go straightto Beverly Street(one block past
JuniperoSerra Turn left onto Beverly % block and the parking lot is on the right.

From SouthBay:

Take 280 Norttr to the GoldenGaleBridge - Califomia Route I - l9t' Streetexit (on left). The fr$ baflic light is l9h
Street. You can get to Tanple two ways from here. (l) Make a right on 19frand hrn left at Beverly Street. Go %
block and parking lot is on your right. (2) Go forward at the light andtum right at Garfield to Beverly (l block) and
make a right. Go 2 blocks andparking lot is on your left. (This onemay be easierdueto tlre MUM Car stopat
Beverly.)
By MUM:
From SanFrancisco:
Take the M-Oceanview(Outbound)to Beverly
Bv car: Street. Beverly Sheetis the stopafter SanFrancisco
Take lvdarketor 196 Stleetand follow aboveDirections. State.Go rp Beverly to tlp Church. You can askthe
driverto let you offat JuniperoSenaBlvd., which is
the Beverly StreetStop.
Directory
Updates Change:

Add: PhillipCarberry
H. (415)282-7305
MikeKleeman 07101
2912SteinerStreet,#5 RolandHulstein
SanFrancisco CA 94114-3916 E-Mail:dancingdeer@mac.com
E-Mail:colorme@dnai.com
H (415)928-2204W: (415)440-4828
Birthday:March5 StatusMember Delete.
ColorSpecialist
Michael Healy
Change: KaoriFujitani

DonaldShumacher
402ParkStreet,#306
Wl 53523-891
Cambridge 4

BobLeslie
E-Mail:rjleslie@ix.
netcom.
com
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HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
DAVID
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BIRTHD,^.Y TIiTHDAY HAPPY
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PLUESS I ^U] L S T E I I ' T

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EIRTHDAY
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P i u sC l a s s
Lace Dance -
DarrenGaliina

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BIRTHDAY HAPPY B I R T H D A YK I P
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