Yellow-Haired Laddie

EB, Lynne, and Carol practicing the ladies step dance “Yellow-Haired Laddie” for our Ashland Oregon Shakespeare Festival performance.

Stretching

Demonstration team members getting ready for practice Saturday July 11, 2009.

AGM

At the AGM Friday July 10, 2009, Peggy Hamilton and John Hamilton were reelected to the board. We also discussed this year’s ball and plans for next year’s. After the meeting we danced.

From YLI

We had another practice for the Ashland Oregon Shakespeare Festival demonstration today at YLI. There will not be class on Friday July 3rd, and no practice for Ashland on Saturday July 4th.

Report from the Board

At the board meeting this evening (June 13, 2009) it was decided to hold the AGM on Friday July 10, 2009 at 7:00 o’clock PM. Official announcements and ballets will be mailed out next week.

Be sure to be here…

…on Saturday June 13th for the last monthly party until fall. Bring some food, an act or two to perform between the dances and your dancing shoes. It all happens of course at the YLI 27th and N streets in Sacramento.

The Ball

We had forty-four people registered for the workshop and ball May 16. Dispite the twenty degree higher than normal for the season temperature everyone danced and had a good time. Carol La Russa and John Hamilton did the Grand Marshall duties. We raffled off another hiking staff, and an afghan crocheted for the branch by Karen Hamilton who also helped in the kitchen.

We can now start practicing dances for the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland Oregon. We will be dancing there on Saturday August 1st.

Friday Class Update

We had half the usual number of dancers at the Friday class this week, but still a large enough group to dance. Next Friday (April 10, 2009), being Good Friday, we will not have the usual Friday class. There will, however, be a party on Saturday April 11, 2009. This will be our ‘mock’ ball where everyone will get a chance to practice all of the dances on our upcoming ball program and have a nice potluck dinner afterward (and let’s not forget to wish Peggy a happy birthday that night).

The picture is our demo team practicing for the three upcoming performances. We have, one following close on the other, performances at the Woodland Games, the Sacramento Zoo, and the newly formed games in Rippon California.

Friday class

With thirteen students we had either enough for two three couple sets, or a coven. We chose the sets.

More practice…

…for the demo dancers getting ready for the Camelia Festival.