Nearly There! Yey, FunDancers! (from Fay, club president)

We have so enjoyed your Beginners' Group!  You have almost made it through the Beginners' Dances and learned all those moves!  We are thrilled, and we congratulate you!  That's a great achievement and investment!

We hope you've enjoyed dancing with us, and hope you will keep on dancing for as long as you can walk!  It's certainly the most fun exercise and social activity that Ken and I have ever experienced.

You are warmly invited and encouraged to become fully-fledged members of FunDancers!  Our dues are paid every quarter and are $40 a person.  That is about the same amount as the Beginners' Group.  (Visitors pay $5 at the door each week).  Dues for students who are still in full time education, are half price.  Badges are $9-10 dollars each, dependent on whether you would like a magnet or pin closure.  This is a 'hard badge' and is internationally recognized.  It shows you have graduated from a recognized series of Beginner lessons.  Donna Wiley will have membership forms next week, or she can send you a form to complete online.  We would like to have paperwork completed and badges ready for you on June 12.

Here's how our calendar is looking as we count down!
- May 15:  Dance at 5:00
- May 22:  Dance at 5:00   Square dance clothes will be available at bargain prices. (Nothing more than $10)
- May 29:  Dark for Memorial Day
- June 5:  Last time at 5:00!!!!!  Square dance clothes will be available at bargain prices.
- June 12:  Free Graduation Celebration Dance to welcome you as fully-fledged dancers!  7-9:00 pm

Nasser Shukayr is an outstanding caller of international renown.  As you dance more and more, I know you will appreciate more and more the skill and energy that he puts into his teaching and calling every single week.

The countdown is on!  See you next week!

Fay (and Ken!)
 
Please read notes below!

PS:  For those who have missed quite a few weeks:

If you have missed more than 3-4 Beginners' Dances, you are probably struggling, and probably need to take another round of Beginner Dances.  We have your attendance record.  Talk to us about how you feel you are coping!  We are not having another Beginners group until next January, but can advise you about a class to go to in September.  Don't give up!  You have put so much time and effort in already!  The pay-off is great!  Talk to us!  We have all been at the stage you are now, and we REALLY want you to be successful!  You will not be the first to be in this position!

For the sake of other dancers, you should not be wearing a 'hard badge' until you have learned all the moves.  But remember, that applies to those who have missed more than about 3-4 weeks and therefore not been taught those moves.

We do all make mistakes even if we have been to all the Beginner Dances, but that gets better with practice!!