10 year - Les Whyte, Elaine Bungey, Bill Carson and 20 year (gold) - David Robb
Not all new life members were able to make it to the 25th Birthday so we’re catching up with them as they come to the club.
On Oct 18th we presented 10 year (life) membership to Les Whyte, Elaine Bungey and Bill Carson. Also a 20 year (gold) membership to David Robb. Congratulations to you all!! We appreciate you aupport over the years.
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We were thrilled to have a great crowd join us for our Silver anniversary dance. Thanks to you all for coming and thanks to our helpers who set up the hall and ran the catering.
We were presented with the Square Dance Society plaque to commemorate 25 years (thanks Don and Jan). Eddie Lee, our president, made a very nice presentation to Graham in the form of a hand made Silver Microphone Award. This echoes the formal badge award from the Australian Callers Federation and the Quarter Century Club Award from Callerlab in the USA. (Special thanks to Aubrey Barrot for the carving and handywork in making this). Graham finsished off this sectionwith a tribute to Dawn – the heart and soul of our club.
Great to have fellow callers Les Tulloch, Jeff Seidel and Trevor Hunt on the program and also Thelma McCue for the Rounds. Also nice to see Ray and Maya from Victoria.
Here’s to many more years!!
Adelaide Outlaws Dressed Set 2010 State Convention
At the end of August, the SA State Convention was held at Wayville. Our clubs were represented in the State Convention dressed set parade this year and thanks to Robert, Sue, Mary, Ross, Pamela, Frank, Dawn and Graham for taking part. You looked great!
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On the weekend of July 30 – Aug 1st, we were proud to present US caller Jerry Jestin for our celebration of 25 years of the Adelaide Outlaws clubs.
The hall looked fantastic with silver adornments and dancing coloured lights on stage. The committee and helpers did a great job with catering and above all, the atmosphere was electric. Many SA and visiting dancers enjoyed three sessions of Mainstream, Plus and Round dancing. Jerry and Janice Jestin made themselves at home and Jerry provided a great program with his variety of choreography and music. Jerry has a great personality which comes through in his calling and we enjoyed his cueing as well. Again a nice variety of routines and music.
We hope all who came enjoyed the festival and thanks for helping us celebrate our Silver Jubilee. We sent Jerry and Janice off to Buderim in Queensland for their 25 year celebration of the Sunshine Coast Square Dance centre. The Jestins then jet on to Melbourne then Perth for weekends in those cities.
Thanks Jerry and Janice, thanks dancers and we’re looking forward to our Birthday celebration on September 25th.
At the 51st National Convention, Graham’s 25 years of club calling was recognised by the Australian Callers Federation (ACF) in the form of a “Silver Microphone Award”. A certificate and lapel pin mark 25 years of service to the “trade” and this was presented on the Saturday night of the Convention by the ACF Chairman at the time – Jeff van Sambeek.
In this same year, Callerlab, the international association of square dance callers awarded Graham the “Quarter Century Club” award for those 25 years of service.
Makes one feel a little old don’t it?
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Our club was represented at the 51st National Square Dance Convention in Wodonga Victoria by this fine group of members.
Big thanks to Eddie and Rosalie, Pat and Dennis, Karen and Murray and Barry and Margaret for taking part in the Dressed Sets Parade. You did us proud!
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We were thrilled to welcome a lovely couple from Nagoya in Japan – Kiichi and Ryoko Hayashi. They joined us at the Plus and Mainstream clubs and endeared themselves to everyone. We took the opportunity to show them around some of our native fauna on a weekend with a visit to Cleland National Park. We followed that with a dinner at Ned Kelly’s Retreat restaurant. For some reason, Ryoko was quite reluctant to eat something she had only just patted earlier in the day! Steaks were a must though and a welcome change from the fish and rice dishes they are used to. They had a wonderful time and were very charming. When we found out Kiichi also called, Graham put him on stage and he delivered a stirring hoedown. It’s always a great reminder of how universal square dancing is and borders just disappear. We wish them well on their remaining travels around Australia.
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What an entertaining night it was! Eight brave souls put some time and all their inhibitions aside to perform for us on this Mother’s Day Adelaide Idol night. From singers to dancers and poets they gave us their best between brackets. Why even young Barry Kemp gave us a call.
Thankyou so much to our performers. You were great!
We also welcomed four visitors from WA and Doona from Victoria. It was a full on night topped off with the chocolate themed supper. A big thanks to those volunteers who helped set up the hall for us too!
Anita and Barry
Sadly we have lost one of our dedicated club members and a good friend to many. Anita passed away on April 7th and we pay tribute to a lovely lady, mother and wife. We will miss you Anita and all those things you did for us at the club. She never wanted any recognition or thankyous for what she did – she just enjoyed helping out. A great asset to our committee and one who endeared herself to all who met her.
The funeral was lovely and was a “standing room only” event – a testament to her far reaching influence. You can read a little more in the tribute in the on-line Square Dancing magazine here.
Rest in peace Anita – you will always be with us.
