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Hello My Fellow Line Dancers-

This first half of 2012

has really flown by for me –

both figuratively and literally. I

hope by now that each of you

has had an opportunity to meet

your new administrative officers

and committee chairs. Yes, the

Executive Board consists of a new “dance mix”, so to

speak, but we are working hard to ensure that

HULDA keeps feeling and spreading the joy of line

dancing throughout our area.

Speaking of the Executive Board members, I

would be remiss if I did not take the time to thank

them for being patient with me during our transition.

For those of you that did not know me personally

before I was elected president, please understand that

I have been diagnosed with acute “travel-itious”. Yep,

I am an official, frequent-flyer-holding, who-needs-

time-to-pack, travel junkie. In these 6 short months,

I have been out-of-pocket every few weeks;

sometimes with as little as 2 days notice. No worries,

though. YOUR Executive Board has picked up the

slack and continued to work for the organization even

when I couldn’t show up to a meeting (with or

without coffee & snacks). I am still not sure whether

you got it right in the polling for president, but the

other administrative officers and committee chairs are

da’ bomb and right on time.

Won’t you please join with me in thanking

them for their service and patience. I know I’m

changing up the steps – but the song ain’t over yet.

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HULDA HAPPENINGS

July 12 - 15, 2012 3rd Annual Southeast’s

Largest Dance Convention

Atlanta, Georgia

July 20, 2012 Line Dance Marathon

7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Judson Robinson Jr. Center

2020 Hermann Drive

Houston, TX 77004Co-sponsored w/ City of Houston Parks & Recreation Dept.

July 21, 2012 Quarterly General Meeting

11:00 am - 1:00 pm NW Memorial Herman Hosp.

Houston, TX

July 28, 2012 Line Dance Workshop

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Bayland Community Center

FREE to CURRENT 6400 Bissonnet

HULDA (2012) members Houston, Texas 77074

August 31, 2012 End of Summer Blast

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Hiram Clark Multiservice Ctr.

$10 HULDA members 3810 West Fuqua

$15 non-members Houston, Texas 77045

October 20, 2012 Quarterly General Meeting

11:00 am - 1:00 pm NW Memorial Herman Hosp.

Houston, TX

October 26, 2012 Masquerade Ball

7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Carl Walker Center @

$10 HULDA members 5th Ward MBC / 4300 Noble

$15 non-members Houston, Texas 77020

December 4, 2012 Holiday Toy Drive Dance

10 am - 2:00 pm Judson Robinson Jr. Center

Houston, TX 77004Co-sponsored w/ City of Houston Parks & Recreation Dept.

Admission is new, unwrapped toy for child 6 mo - 12 yr

December 14, 2012 Christmas Gala

$35 HULDA members Sheraton Brookhollow

$40 non-members 3000 North Loop West

Houston, Texas 77092

Houston-area Urban Line Dance Association

(HULDA) News

Volume 6, Issue 2 www.huldadancers.com April - June 2012

HULDA Mission Statement

To preserve, foster, and advance therecreational art of line dancing, promotewellness, encourage harmony in thecommunity and broaden visibility ofdance by partnering with other

organizations.

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DANCIN’ ON THE HIGH SEAS

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Line Dance Cruise 2012

Recap By Bessie M. Holmes

From the moment we boarded the Carnival

Magic ‘til the moment we returned home, one word

describes the experience –

FUN! This cruise, by far,

was one of the most

enjoyable experiences I’ve

had in a long time. The

Carnival Magic’s staff

welcomed us aboard with a

fun photo and plenty of smiling faces. After which, we

sat in the deck 3 lounge and waited for more friends to

join us in the “scavenger hunt” search for our rooms.

Then we were off for an adventure of a lifetime!

The next seven days were filled with

friendships, food, and plenty of dancing. There was

sooooo much food. Pizza, burgers, chicken, lo mein,

cake, ice cream, and many more foods were free and

endless on multiple decks. All you had to do was

show up and grab a plate, and you would find yourself

instantly eating something. Surely, we all gained at

least ten pounds from all the eating. Oh, and did I

mention the dancing?! We all embarked wearing our

red shirts, which made it easy to identify who our

fellow line-dancers were. We wore whatever we

wanted on all the other days. From The Wobble to

Love on Top, we just couldn’t stop moving to the

music. And of course, there was plenty of music.

The ship ported in Jamaica first. Ah, Jamaica!

The shopping, the music, the culture, and the cocktails

were fantastic! Stepping out into this interesting, yet

foreign, land was quite an experience! But all I can

say is that for not much more than five American

dollars, Jamaica was a place that left many of us

happily staggering back to the ship, with a strong taste

of rum on our tongues, while yelping, “No

ProBLEM”.

Next, we disembarked on Grand Cayman in the

Cayman Islands. Grand Cayman was breathtakingly

beautiful. The water was a clear turquoise blue, and

the residents were multi-culturally beautiful. The

shopping was fantastic, and the excursions were

awesome. Some of us went off to beaches, some of us

crowded the shops, while the most adventurous of us

all rode off on tour buses to Hell. Yes, you heard it

right. Some of us went on tours that took us straight

to a town called Hell. By the end of the day, we all

returned to the ship loaded up with rum, conch shells,

trinkets, dolls, canes, cake, and many other types of

souvenirs and memorabilia.

Finally, the ship landed on the Mexican island of

Cozumel, and of course we all hurried off the ship to

have fun. There was plenty of tequila, shopping, and

beautiful blue ocean! We ate plenty of fish tacos, and

although I am not at liberty to disclose the names of

any of the participants, some of us may have even

participated in some of the free tequila tastings that

were taking place on shore. A few hundred history

buffs even enjoyed an excursion to the Mayan ruins on

the Mexico mainland. And although these travelers

were a little delayed in returning to the ship, they all

reported the ruins to be an outing to remember.

The last couple of days aboard the Carnival

Magic continued to be just that – Magic. We

continued to eat endless amounts of food, enjoy shows,

fluctuate from deck to deck having fun, and even held

a private line-dancing party where the music was

everlasting and there were endless cocktails being

served at an open bar. This was a time of continuous

end-of-cruise fun, and at the same time, winding down

with packing for home.

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GOOD EATS

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Oat Bran Blueberry Muffins

Ingredients: 2 ¼ cups oat bran

1 Tbsp. baking powder

2 large bananas, chopped

1 ¼ cups fat-free milk

¼ cup maple syrup

1 tsp. cinnamon

2 egg whites

1cup fresh or frozen blueberries

1. Preheat oven to 400EF.

2. Fill muffin tins with paper liners.

3. Combine oat bran, baking powder and

cinnamon.

4. Blend bananas, milk, maple syrup and egg

whites in a blender until smooth and

frothy.

5. Pour liquid contents into oat bran mixture.

6. Blend until dry ingredients are moist.

7. Stir in berries.

8. Fill muffin wells about 2/3 full.

9. Bake for 20 minutes or until tops are

brown.

Serves 12

Nutrition facts per serving

Calories - 74;

Total fat - 0.6 g

Cholesterol - 0.5 mg;

Total carbohydrates - 8 g;

Dietary fiber - 2 g;

Protein - 3 g.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TO HULDA MEMBERS

BORN IN

JULY, AUGUST AND

SEPTEMBER.

Please remember to keep the

sick and shut-in, as well as

those in bereavement in your

prayers and daily activities.

Reach out to those in need.

The HULDA Communications/Publicity

Committee is always on the lookout for input

for the quarterly newsletter. Do you have a

good recipe, quote or article that you would

like to share? Give your submission to any of

the committee members or e-mail it to:

HULDA2@yahoo.com.

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HULDA members & Friends, you really ought to be in pictures . . .

Whether “Dancing Across the Generations” . . .

Or supporting the “Y” at their Line Dance Marathon . . .

HULDA News 6-2 page -4-

Or line dancing on the high seas . . .

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