Milford chronicle., 1959-10-30
Square Dance
Time

Diamond State Twirlers-don'
forget your regular Club Record
Session on Saturday, October 81,
at the Milford Bowling Lanes
time $3.50 to 11:30 p. m. For those
who wish some extra" practice,
there will be a workshop of rec
ords also on Thursday night, Oct.
29. Anyone in the club who has
the desire to try out for square
dance calling" will be given an
opportunity to do so at the Thurs
day together. In addition, any
of the club members who care to
attend the classes being conducted
by Lee Billow on Friday nights
may obtain review instruction
at the regular price of an even
ing's dancing. Plenty of oppor-
tunity is being provided locally
for those folks who need and want
additional practice and instruc-
tion.
Caller Night, and Lee will be on
hand to render up a full evening
of entertainment. Let's have all
members on hand to participate
fully in the Clubs activities. Re-
member the club will now
dance at the bowling lanes at
$3.50 p. m.
Last Friday evening a group
from Milford went to visit the Y
Knots square dance club at the
Y.M.C.A. in Chester, Pa. To re-
turn the favor, some of those folks
came down on Saturday to dance
to Ben Baldwin when he called
at the Milford Bowling Lanes.
Baldwin has been visiting in town
with the Edgar Burlingames on
Old Shawnee Road.
On the outside scene, 400 en-
thusiasts attended the Fourth
Richmond Square Dance Festival
and Workshop held October 1924
at the John Marshall Hotel in
Richmond, Va. Light-footed and
fancy-free square dancers took
over the hotel for their Festival
in which 25 callers participated.
The leaders came from Virginia,
Maryland, North Carolina and
California to help make the week
end one to be remembered. DAN
GERS came from everywhere. AS one
dancer in Western-style dress said,
Its sweeping the nation. And it
may well be, at the rate things are
going, that there will be more
square dancers in the cities than
in the country in few years.
Square dancing has been cleaned
up from the old drunken brawls
and made respectable. "This type
of dancing is accepted by most
churches, said Mrs. Martin, a
folk dance instructor for the Rich
mond Recreation Department. "Our
department approves of it 100 per
cent. The square dancers at the
festival, for the most part, were
married couples ranging in age
from about 80 to about so. 1t is
a recreation in which husband and
wife can participate as a couple
one reason for the continuing in
terest by majority of people.
Attending the Festival from Mil
ford were Ethel and Ken Lambert,
and they can vOuch for a wonder
full weekend of dancing and visit
ing with the many folks with whom
they have become acquainted in
that area. Leaving Richmond, they
stopped by Bethesda, Maryland, to
be with the Hot Pots at their
monthly pot-luck supper. Bev Zir-
kle, one of the callers for this
little group, did terrific job; and
the evening finished off a perfect
weekend. For good wholesome
fellowship and square dance fun,
it left nothing to be desired.
There are those, naturally, who
do not care to travel to get their
dancing-and that is the whole
purpose behind the organization of
the local club-to give those folks
the opportunity to have their own
group at home. Interested partici-
patton and sincere cooperation
with the leaders of the Diamond
State Twirlers club can make Mil
ford's square dancing group one to
be proud of. Join in the fun!