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LOS ANGELES SWING DANCE CLUB, INC. (LASDC) Bi-Monthly Newsletter MAY/JUNE 2017
Volume 47 – Number 3 Club founded in 1970
Website: laswingdanceclub.com Visit & ‘Like’: facebook.com Los Angeles Swing Dance Club
New President, JIM HARRIS, (left) and
Outgoing President, BILL PARKER
Congratulations to our new President Elect. We are looking
forward to his leadership of the L.A.S.D.C. We thank
Bill Parker for a great job for the last four years.
We also welcome newly elected Treasurer, Linda Bontemple.
Linda is replacing Jim Allen, Incumbent, who chose not to run again for Treasurer. The remaining board members are: Vice President, Nancy Taylor; Secretary, Carol Camasta;
Entertainment Director, Barbara Wallace; Membership Chairman, Karen Smith; Ways & Means,
Martine Whitford; and Newsletter Editor, Fran Tassin.
SAVE THE DATE – SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2017
47TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER DANCE, Golden Sales Hotel
(Sunday not Saturday) Flyer attached
BAND SCHEDULE – MAY/JUNE 2017
Sunday, April 30 – Dave Alcantar Band
Sunday, May 7 – William Porter Band
Sunday, May 21 – Good Rockin Daddy
Sunday, June 4 – William Porter Band
Sunday, June 18th – Good Rockin Daddy
ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE DANCE
Sunday, May 21st – Band ‘Good Rockin Daddy’
You are invited to participate and share memorabilia to remember LASDC
members who are now in the Great Ballroom in the Sky.
Display on hand will include photos, etc.
L.A.S.D.C. BOARD MEMBERS @ August 2016
President Jim Harris (562) 430-1836 [email protected]
Vice President Nancy Taylor (310) 837-9501 [email protected]
Secretary Carol Camasta (657) 329-1154 [email protected]
Treasurer Linda Bontemple (562) 597-3255 [email protected]
Entertainment Director Barbara Wallace (562) 597-1345 [email protected]
Ways & Means Martine Whitford (562) 426-4338 [email protected]
Newsletter Editor Fran Tassin (714) 826-6712 [email protected]
Membership Chairperson Karen Smith (714) 403-2125 [email protected]
Ambassadors-at-Large: LeRoy Pendray (562) 433-8977 and Mary Collins (714) 965-0335 Bill Parker (562)
927-7575 Historian: Colleen Johnson (562) 694-4951 Webmaster: Larry Kroeze Dance Teacher: Linda Davis
L.A.S.D.C. ADVERTISING RATES Please support L.A.S.D.C. bi-monthly newsletter. We have 300 members who share an enthusiasm for West Coast Swing
Dancing. Our members are interested in dancing items, businesses, services, real estate, food, etc. Rates are:
Charge for ads: Full Page -$30.00, One Half Page - $20.00, One Quarter Page - $15.00, Business Card - $10.00
To advertise in our Newsletter, please email notification and/or ready to print copy to Newsletter Editor: [email protected] or call (714) 826-6712
L.A.S.D.C. FACEBOOK AND WEBSITE
For more information on our club, please view our Website, laswingdanceclub.com. It is updated regularly by our Webmaster, Larry Kroeze. Current posts include photos, special events, places to dance and our current Newsletter. Also, please “like” us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LASwingDanceClub for latest news. To sign up for a new Facebook account, enter your name, birthday, gender and email address into the form on www.facebook.com. Then pick a password. After you complete the sign up form, they will send you an email. Just click the confirmation link to complete the sign up process. Now all you need to do is search for the LosAngelesSwingDanceClub and click on the LIKE button. You will then be notified automatically when we post something to Facebook. You can also post pictures or news to our Facebook account.
NEWSLETTER DELIVERY by U.S. MAIL vs. EMAIL We will continue to send the Newsletter by U. S. Mail but are asking our members to “opt-out” and help save $$$ (and trees) by requesting your bi-monthly Newsletter by email. The benefits: your email Newsletter will be in color, you will
receive it faster, and it will help us defray postage costs. Please contact Newsletter Editor at [email protected] or call Fran Tassin at (714) 826-6712. Thank you.
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
WISHES to
MAY & JUNE
BIRTHDAY
MEMBERS
Corrections: contact
Membership Chairman, Karen Smith at (714) 403-2125
Corrections: Michael Campagna 4/26, Colleen Johnson
3/7 & Anna Walters 4/5
MAY 2017
2 Sandy Rowell 3 Al Dyer Valerie Ann Noel 4 Michael Dan McNeal 12 Sylvia Hodge 15 Ray Yanagita 20 Alice Mendoza 21 Elaine Spencer 22 Judy Voltmer 23 Abbe Fessenden Jane Coday 24 Chuck Manzetti 26 Walt Potrzuski 28 Mary Fogle 31 Jane Hand
JUNE 2017
1 Robert Lanier Linda Davis 2 Kent Jakobsen 3 James Jackson 4 Molly Prager 8 Mali Guo 12 Jerry Rettke 13 John Morrison 15 Geraldine Medway 19 Diana Gillis 21 Peggy Martinez 23 Edmund Schuster 25 Kenneth Meek 27 Richard Bonura 29 Mary Quagletti 30 Arnold Aguilar
UPCOMING EVENTS-2017
May 11-13 Capitol Shag Classic, Northern Virginia Shag Club, The Westin Washington Dulles Airport, Herndon, VA Christine Werner, Coordinator May 25-29 Frezno Dance Classic, Doubletree By Hilton Hotel, Fresno, CA – Steve Zener 559-486-1556 June 8-12 Jack & Jill O’Rama, Hyatt Regency Orange County, Garden Grove, CA – John Wheaton 805-937-1574 June 23-24 Shaggin’ On The Boulevard, Area Shag Society of WV, Charleston Moose Lodge On The River, Charleston, SC Shirley Lane 304-437-2760
DANCING FUN
I don’t make love by kissing, I make love by dancing. Fred Astaire Remember back when everyone was disco dancing and then I did it and that was the end of that. Just Bill@WilliamAder You can teach an elephant to dance, but the likelihood of its stepping on your toes is very high. Gary Moss Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. George Bernard Shaw Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it’s the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it. Christopher Morley Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step, it is an old business procedure. Fran Liebowitz If people stand in a circle long enough, they’ll eventually begin to dance. George Carlin
SUNDAY SCENE MAR./APRIL 2017
So glad to see Sandy Voullaire who had been
missing dances due to weather and illness…Vicki,
Vicki, Vicki – can you believe she baked brownies
for us even though her kitchen floor was torn apart
due to leak in pipes???...March brought in William
Porter’s blues band – enjoyed by all…Howdy
Gail Rensen – where have you been…new movie
out “Alive and Kicking” with Norma Miller, Queen
of Swing, who was an able practitioner of the Lindy
Hop…
SUNSHINE WISHES to:
Jack Willingham…Carolyn Flynn scheduled
shoulder operation…Jackie Cobb –
operation…Molly Prager…Colleen Johnson – car
accident…Sandee Rowell…Sam ominguez…
Art Barnes
Jim Allen with friends he met on a cruise and who
visited us Sunday in March: Coral Klune (left) from
Australia and now Beverly Hills and Mari-Oki,
from Japan.
GUEST DJ, Helen Tocco, on Easter Sunday
played swing music for our enjoyment.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
All things must come to an end, and it is time for
me to step down as President of the Los Angeles
Swing Dance Club.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my four years as
President. It has been my pleasure to serve all the
members of the club.
My job has been made much easier because of the
Board members. They are all stars at doing their
job. I want to thank each and every one of them:
Vice President Nancy Taylor
Secretary Carol Camasta
Treasurer Jim Allen
Entertainment Director Barbara Wallace
Ways & Means Martine Whitford
Newsletter Editor Fran Tassin
Membership Chairperson Karen Smith
It has been an honor to serve with them.
I hope the incoming President will appreciate the
fine job they do. See you all on the dance floor.
Bill Parker
Places to Dance
Sundays 1st, 3rd, & 5th - LASDC, Great Western
Golden Sails, 6285 E. Pacific Coast Hwy, Long
Beach. Dancing to a Live Band 3:00 - 6:30 p.m.
(Dance lessons 2 - 3 p.m. included with paid admission)
www.laswingdanceclub.com Visit & “Like” Facebook.
com / Los Angeles Swing Dance Club (562) 597-1345
Sundays - SDSDC, 3 - 7 p.m. El Cajon - Elks
Lodge - 1400 East Washington Av. (619) 444-1812 or
(858) 274-6422 - www.elks.org
Tuesdays - DSDC 7 - 9 p.m. Pavilion Dance
Studio, 401 S. Pavilion Way, Palm Springs 92262
(760) 323-8272
Thursdays –Atomic Ballroom, West Coast
Swing Dancing, Irvine (949) 250-3332
Fridays-Press Box, 8 p.m.-12 Westminster
Bob Brewer www.thepressboxdance.com
Saturday - 2nd Sat. each month – Starting Gate,
Los Alamitos 1 - 5 p.m. Non-stop dancing to music of
Don Estep [email protected]
Las Vegas - for dancing events, call Lynn
Martinez (702) 239-2268 or Ron Meyer (702) 283-1491
It should have been a great day. First I
was going to DANNY DARRYL’S
birthday party in Santa Ana. Then I
was going to LOIS GABRIEL’S new
digs in Placentia, and that evening was
joining GLENN SYRUP, his friend
Sandy, and a pal in Rancho Cucamonga where the 3rd
DEGREE BLUES was playing. I had been waiting for
them to come to my area for years.
It was Saturday, the day when the whole state
gets on the freeway. It took me almost two hours to drive
49 miles. There were no parking spaces open at
DANNY’S party and after driving around to find
somewhere to park, I drove into a motel. A guy came
running out to tell me I couldn’t park there and
suggested I park next door. I explained there was no
open space there and people were waiting in line for
someone to leave so they could park. He finally took
pity on me and let me stay.
Inside DANNY’S building, I had to go to the
bathroom after driving that long, and the guy at the desk
pointed out two restrooms, both of which were occupied.
He said there were no others. This is a nursing home and
I was so desperate that I was about to go into someone’s
room and use a bathroom when I ran into an attendant
and told her I was going to wet my pants if she didn’t
help me. She got me to one in the nick of time. Whew.
The party was on the outside patio (lots of sun
on a hot day) with an Hawaiian motif. It was hosted by
DANNY’S lovely and gracious daughter, Danielle.
JUDY and FLIP were there. I saw PAT
PATERNOSTER, SANDY ROWELL with husband,
ROGER and many other dancers. We were given leis
and told to eat. I managed to grab a plate of great food
and sit next to DANNY when a Tahitian group began
entertaining. I was still eating when the group leader
asked for volunteers to get up and dance. CHRISTY
KINDIG, playful and energetic, hopped up but nobody
else was volunteering. I was embarrassed for the group
and for the birthday boy, so I put my plate down and got
up to make a fool of myself. A couple of guys joined us.
One was Frankie Rodriguez and JUDY joined in for a
while.
So there we were learning how to throw our hips
and swing them as we went round in circles. The gal
teaching us was great and went almost to the ground
with bent knees which of course I can’t do because of
my knee replacements. I felt really stupid but I think the
audience got a kick out of it.
As a gift, I took DANNY Burt Reynolds’ book,
But Enough About Me which he says he really enjoyed.
Lots of old Hollywood inside stories in there and it is
easy reading.
I headed for LOIS’ condo. When I arrived I
didn’t know where to go so I asked a guy who was in his
garage if I was in the right place. He was half in the bag
and falling in drunk love with me. As I bent into my car
for my phone to call LOIS, he was rubbing my butt. Oh!
Happy Day! LOIS gave me the great news that I was at
her PREVIOUS condo and her present condo was 25
minutes away. I put the address in my GPS and it led me
to the 91 Freeway which I knew was under construction.
So I had to take side streets with 3-minute stop lights at
every corner.
When I arrived at LOIS’ new place, I called her
and said I was at the gate. She went to the opposite gate
out on the north 40, so that took about 15 minutes to
connect. While waiting, I called all my friends about
meeting with them that night and nobody answered!! I
left for home and it took me an hour and 15 minutes to
go 35 miles. I called everyone again when I got home
and left messages with the address of the club and the
time we were meeting. I asked them NOT to call me
back because I just had a few minutes to freshen up
before I left to meet my friend early to share a sandwich.
Of course everyone called back anyway and took up my
free minutes.
Back into traffic to get to the bar, met my friend,
split our sandwich and GLENN and SANDY arrived just
when the band started playing. In the middle of the hour
while GLENN and I were dancing, the whole block of
lights went out!!! They had auxiliary backup, however,
so we could still see, dance and enjoy the music. The
perfect end to a lousy day. No traffic on the way home
because it was late. Glad DANNY had a happy birthday
party. Not sure I’ll be up to going to the next one.
Contributed by Abbe Fessenden
WEST COAST SWING DANCING - ALWAYS A LIVE BAND
Sun. 4/30 – Dave Alcantar Band Sun. 5/7 – William Porter Band Sun. 5/21 – Good Rockin Daddy Sun. 6/4 William Porter Band Sun. 6/18 Good Rockin Daddy
West Coast Swing dancing, every 1st, 3rd, & 5th Sunday of each month from 3 – 6:30 p.m. Location: P.C.H. Lounge at Best Western Golden Sails Hotel, 6285 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach, CA. 90803. WEST COAST SWING DANCE LESSONS at 2 p.m. are included in the
price of admission: Members $6 and Non-members $8, lowest price in town with a LIVE BAND!! See our Website: www.laswingdanceclub.com, or call Bill (562) 927-7575
“Like” us at www.facebook.com/Los Angeles Swing Dance Club
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Website:www. laswingdanceclub.com
L.A.SWING DANCE CLUB, INC. P. O. Box 2415, Huntington Beach, CA 92647-2415
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TERRA & KENT ARE MOVING TO COLORADO
Come to L.A.S.D.C. to say farewell to Terra & Kent. They would like to say “goodbye” to everyone before heading
out of town on May 1st.
Date: Party/Dance at LASDC Sunday, April 30, 2017 Where: Golden Sails, 6285 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Cost: $6.00 members - $8.00 non-members
ENJOY DANCING TO LIVE MUSIC BY:
DAVE ALCANTAR BAND
NO HOST BAR – FOOD PROVIDED WHILE IT LASTS If you would like to bring
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO:
BOB VALARIK, MARLENE ELLWOOD, AND MOLLY PRAGER
The pictures show what a mess the lounge is in before we arrive for our dance. These three people move
tables, stools, etc. to make room presentable and beautiful for our dance. THANK YOU, THANK YOU
FEBRUARY TRI-CITY DANCE
SUNDAYS AT THE GOLDEN SAILS, LONG BEACH
