National Capital Area Square
Dance Leaders Association
On March 17, 2007 the membership voted to change the by-laws and
with it the meeting frequency requirement to a minimum of one annual
meeting to be held in May or June.
This year's annual meeting was
held on June 7th at Vicino's Restaurant, after a wonderful Italian
Meal. The Annual NCASDLA Membership meeting was opened by Association
President Walt Peterman. The membership voted to have all existing
officers remain in office for another year. Membership for Skip
Cleland and Joe Dungan was voted on and approved. Charlie Lee
announced that this year's recipient of the prestigious VASCA Cardinal
Award, was Walt and Jean Peterman. Butch Adams made a brief
presentation on Callerlab call definitions. He also demonstrated
some of the latest technology in square dance amplifiers.
The boxes of square dance records were turned over to the president by
Jim Wass. Several of the records were purchased by callers in
attendance at the dance. The meeting was adjourned and we all
drove to the the Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center for 3 hours
of dancing. Most of the time, we had three (3) squares dancing,
thanks to the nice caller turnout. Tim Eum flew in from Texas in
time to cue a nice round dance tip, to the delight of the round
dancers. The newest NCASDLA caller, Joe Dungan did a fine
job with the closing tip as the clock reached the final hour. We
are already working on next year's caller showcase. There were
suggestions that we move it away from the summer, because of the heat
and summer vacations. (although this year's hall was well
air-conditioned)
We truly would like to see greater
participation by our dancers. It is one time when you can easily
get 3 signatures on your booster card, and many times, one of those
rare ones. We hope to see you all next year at a time and place
to be determined.
This page last updated 08/06/2008