www.happy-hoppers.com November 2014

HAPPY HOPPERS NEWSLETTER

It’s time to mark your calendars for an upcoming

special Evergreen Council dance. November 29th is

the date; Hazel Dell Grange is the location; and Dave

Boggs will be the caller for a dance honoring this

year’s Bob Kendall Award recipient. Each year the

Evergreen Council recognizes a couple or individual

who have done an outstanding job of promoting

square dancing and who exemplify the spirit of this

wonderful activity: fun, friendship, and fellowship.

The name(s) of the recipient(s) remain a secret until

they are revealed at the dance. (Who knows? It

could even be someone from our club!!)

The Evergreen Council sponsors only a few dances

each year, and this is one of the most important ones

for it is a way to say, “Thank you,” to individuals or

couples who have put countless hours into making

square and round dancing fun for everyone. So,

mark calendars and plan to attend a dance that’s sure

to be fun. Dave Boggs is a good caller from Ephrata

who is rarely in our area. It’s always fun to dance to

someone new and support our local council at the

same time.

Date: November 29, 2014

Location: Hazel Dell Grange

Time: 7:30 Pre-Rounds, 8:00 Dance

Caller: Dave Boggs

by Jean Tolstrup

Our first clothing sale of this dance season was a

huge success. We made over $750. Because of the

success of our last four sales our supply of good ex-

perienced clothing is dwindling. We will have an-

other sale in the spring so if you happened to be

cleaning your closets and find some skirts, shirts,

blouses or petticoats that you no longer wear, you

might consider donating them. The proceeds from

these sales help sponsor our New Year's Eve and An-

niversary dances, and the picnic.

We would like to thank Leonard and Linda Willey

for storing our stash in their basement. Also a spe-

cial thank you to Jim and Sharon Punteney for bring-

ing their large display rack and setting it up and re-

moving it. Thank you to the many folks who show

up on the morning of the sale to set up the displays,

especially Emily Chase for hanging the wall dis-

plays. Also thanks for the many helping hands who

help pack up the remaining items after the sale. Jean

and Jackie, thank you for furnishing so many of the

necessary supplies needed to make this sale such a

huge success.

by Joanne Oja

We need your help with the kitchen and door at the Saturday night dances. The sign up sheet is in

the kitchen at the dances and at lessons. There are lots of open dates on the sign up sheets.

Thanks!

UPCOMING DANCES & EVENTS

Nov 3 New Set of Hopper Lessons Begin CCSDC

Nov 15 Happy Hopper Dance CCSDC

Pies Galore—Bring Your Favorite Pie

Nov 29 Evergreen Council Dance Hazel Dell Grange

** Bob Kendall Award Dance **

Caller: Dave Boggs, Cuer: Sharon Boggs

Pre-Rounds: 7:30, Dance: 8:00

Dec 1 New Set of Hopper Lessons Begin CCSDC

Dec 6 Happy Hopper Dance CCSDC

Bring Finger Food

Bring Unwrapped Christmas Toy

Dec 20 Happy Hopper Christmas Dance CCSDC

Bring Christmas Goodies

Bring Unwrapped Christmas Toy

Dec 31 New Year’s Eve Dance CCSDC

The Front Porch Trio

Dinner 7:30, Dancing 8:30

Jan 3 Happy Hopper Dance CCSDC

Bring Finger Food

Jan 5 New Set of Hopper Lessons Begin CCSDC

Jan 17 Happy Hopper Dance CCSDC

Bring Finger Food

Jan 24-26 Mid-Winter Festival Albany, OR

“Dance, Dance, Dance”

Square Dance Lessons by Tom and Liza Halpenny

Thanks to your support, we have had excellent lessons participation in October. Treasurer Melody Wilson re-

ported 12 new dancers began lessons, with one at the Plus level and eleven beginners.

The third month of square dance lessons begins November 3. The Basic lesson consists of Basic 1 and Basic

2 periods. The Plus and Mainstream lessons also begin monthly. Dancers will learn the Basic lessons for two

months, Mainstream lessons for two months, and Plus lessons for three months in order to complete each pro-

gram. As always, dancers self-evaluate when they feel comfortable advancing to the next lessons program.

Plus lesson - 6:30

Basic (beginner) lesson - 7:30

Mainstream lesson - 9:15

Thank you Rex and Jean Tolstrup and Rod and Cindy Lunde for serving as door and kitchen helpers during

October lessons. We can access the sign-up sheet online. Please contact us with your interest in serving dur-

ing future months of lessons. We need volunteers for December.

http://www.happy-hoppers.com/doc/SdLessonsSignup-2014-2015.pdf

We can access the online Happy Hoppers Guidelines for Lessons Angels.

http://www.happy-hoppers.com/doc/HappyHoppersLessonsAngels.pdf

Please invite your friends and family to come for the most fun you'll have all week!

http://www.happy-hoppers.com/doc/SdLessonsFlyer-2014-2015.pdf

Pies Galore Dance

Bring Your Favorite Pie

Hosting: Amundsons and Chases

Regular Dance

Bring Finger Food

Bring Unwrapped Toy

Hosting: Chases and ?

Christmas Dance

All Singing Calls

Bring Christmas Goodies

Bring Unwrapped Toy

Hosting: Warnes and ?

Hosting Opportunities

We need hosts for the kitchen on December 6

and 20. The signup sheet for hosting is in the

kitchen at the dances or call Bev Poland

(360)835-2345.

Ring in the New Year by Fay Kahn

The Hoppers are thrilled to once again bring you The Front

Porch Trio with Jim Hattrick, Craig Abercrombie and Adam

Christman, for our New Year’s Eve Dance and Celebration.

Plan to spend your evening dancing with friends, and enjoying

a fine Italian meal in a wonderfully decorated hall.

Our theme is “A Night in Venice”, and our New Year’s Eve Committee has

been planning a fun evening with all things Italian. Buffet is from 7:30 to 8:30

PM, followed by Plus Squares and Rounds from 8:30 to 12:30 PM. The even-

ing won’t be complete until we’ve had dessert and a toast to the New Year.

Pick up a flyer the next time you’re at the CCSDC, and get your tickets for

just $15.00 per person until Dec. 25th. After that, the cost is $20.00 per per-

son.

We will need some help from our generous Hopper mem-

bers to ensure everyone has an enjoyable time dancing and

dining. Sign-up sheets will be in the kitchen during dances

and lessons, starting with the November 15th dance. Please

stop in and select a time when you can help out. We’re also

hoping that Hopper members can bring some simple food

items to augment our main buffet menu. Sign up sheets for

these items will also be in the kitchen. We truly appreciate

the time and talent that you offer to make this a great even-

ing.

PLUS and a LITTLE MORE

More Dancing Fun with Jim Hattrick

Tuesday Nights at the Hazel Dell Grange

Two Step Round Dance Lessons 6:00 pm

Plus/Workshop Dance 7:00 pm

A-1 Lessons 8:30 pm

Move to the Music by Tom Halpenny

Let’s explore the Fun of "Friendship, Fun, and Fitness" factors that attract people to our dancing activity. I

have tried several folk dance forms, and the common theme that appeals to both the thinking and feeling parts

of the brain is "move to the music".

When we photograph dancing as a promotion method, a main goal is to show dancers having fun while mov-

ing to the music. Still photos are limiting because they communicate neither motion nor music. A new person

might respond differently to a dance photo, compared with an experienced dancer. An experienced dancer can

view the photo and imagine what the dancing motion with music is like, based on their experience, while a

new person might receive a lower-impact message. A video resonates with the feeling part of the brain where

the decision is made to try dancing.

For example, we can improve on this photo of the 2014 RSCDS Spring Fling event of youth Scottish country

dancers, with the video that communicates the high-energy motion and music. https://www.facebook.com/

video.php?v=759594617394759&set=vb.100000326821284

We can observe the room of Contra dancers moving energetically to the music. The caller reminds dancers of

each figure at the beginning while the music plays a background rhythm. The calling gradually diminishes as

dancers remember the pattern, and the musical melody moves to a higher level as dancers enjoy the music

while dancing without the caller. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KevQxr-saFw

A high-energy Square dance video shows the caller singing a popular song in Germany, and the dancers are

singing along. Interesting to listen how the caller mixes calls in English with song lyrics in German. https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqLEkqmdEP8

An English country dance video communicates the graceful choreography to the beautiful waltz music. While

the caller teaches the figures before beginning the dance, the musicians play along with the teaching tempo,

which activates the thinking and feeling parts of the brain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=asHd_CY2ZF8

The final video is a medley of Irish Ceili dances with live Irish music. The caller likes to form sets and begin

the dance with little instruction. He calls the figures during the dance and relies on experienced dancers to

help new dancers learn with fully activated thinking and feeling parts of the brain. https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=Y15mPo8Px_M

Dance groups can attract more people to the Fun of dancing if we focus on moving to the music in all our

processes. Move to the music!

The Happy Hopper Website

The Hopper Website, www.Happy-Hoppers.com, has been on the web for about 5 years. Its purpose is to

provide information about square dancing with the Happy Hoppers. One page has specific information about

our square dance lessons for people interested in joining our Monday night lessons. There is a Google map

that people can use to input their address and find a map and directions to the Clark County Square Dance

Center. The page with the Google calendar is a complete list of Happy Hopper dances, lessons, visitations,

and other events that is updated several times a month. Special events like the Mid-Winter Festival and the

National Square Dance Convention are listed on another page. All our recent Newsletters can be read on the

last page of the site. There are also pages devoted to Jim Hattrick, round dancing, club photos, and dancing

for health. Under Happy Hopper links, all Board members can be contacted by email. Also there are links to

the Evergreen Council, the Oregon and Washington Federations and links to other sites for calendars and

square dance and round dance information. Feedback and ideas for our website would be wel-

comed. Hopefully the new online OFN will link to our website and that they will develop an interesting and

useful website.

When Dances or Lessons are cancelled for weather or other reasons, the opening page on the website will no-

tify dancers.

Recently, Tom Halpenny has compiled most Happy Hoppers documents under the “documents” section of the

website. They all can be read there and printed if necessary. Extensive member, board and Lesson infor-

mation and guidelines can be found there. More can be added, changed or deleted as necessary.

Ours is a simple site that combines visuals with print information but it is static. It is not interactive like Fa-

cebook. I think we need to develop an active Facebook presence to do a better job of recruiting new square

dancers with an active and responsive online presence. We need volunteers from the Hoppers to help us do a

better job.

Jerome Fulton

jeromef14@comcast.net

Seaside Sashay by Randy Amundson

Are we having fun or what? Melody Wilson & Darrell Mitchell displaying Melody's passport winnings at the

Seaside Sashay. This is what can happen when you ignore the downpour and find all those places to have your

"passport" stamped. In addition it was a great dance with Jim and Craig calling. Maybe the sun didn't shine

outside but it was bright and sunny inside.

Happy Hopper Dine-Out

A great time was had by all at the Hopper dine-out at Elmers. Great food and great conversation!

GETTING TO KNOW by Walt Eby

I've known Jack since 1998 when Pauline and I started square dancing. Jack was and has been and still is

committed to square dancing since the late 1960's as his Bio indicates. He has been a share holder in the

CCSDC for many years. My interest in suggesting there be an article about Jack comes from two approaches:

1- How much do we know about those we dance with? And 2- Jack's health is limiting his dancing now and it

might be of interest to those in our club to learn of his vast and varied background he has had over his 94

years. Jack has many stories of his many travels he can share. You might ask him to share his latest travel

publication, Columbia River, End to End.

Jack’s Bio from his latest book:

Jack Grauer was born John Foerste Grauer at Sheridan, Oregon, August 26, 1920, to William Henry and

Laura Olive Grauer. His paternal grandparents were Jacob Grauer and Rosa Gutbrod Grauer, both born in

Germany. Maternal grandparents were John Augustus Foerste, born in Germany, and Maude Alice Kennedy

Foerste, a native of Illinois.

Jack attended grade school at Ballston, Forest Grove, Silverton, Salem, McMinnville, Sheridan, and Beaver-

ton and graduated from Beaverton High School. He attended Oregon State College at Corvallis (now Oregon

State University). Enrollment in the School of Journalism there presented experience in writing and editing

under the instruction of Professor Fred Shideler. Other teachers vital in his educational pattern were Mrs.

Claude Ingalls, Dr. Sigurd Peterson, and Dr. John Kierzek. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.

In later years, he continued education at Portland State U, Marylhurst College, Clark College, Mount Hood

Community College, Portland Community College, and Washington State University.

After two years of work at Boeing Aircraft Company at Seattle, he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps and

spent about 18 months in training as a radio operator and technician in the United States. That was followed

by 18 months of service in the Solomon Islands, Philippine Islands, and Japan. After World War II he worked

for the firm, Grauer and Ackerman in the heating and appliance business in Beaverton until 1952. In 1953, he

joined his father in operating Gresham Hardware Company. In 1956 he established Gresham Linoleum and

operated stores in Gresham, Oregon City, and at 36th and Hawthorne in Portland. In 1973 he sold the busi-

ness and began writing and publishing.

While working for Boeing in Seattle, he became aware of the allure of alpine peaks, and made his first Moun-

tain climb on Pinnacle Peak in the Tatoosh Range at the south base of Mount Rainier. On return from the Ar-

my he was badly bitten by the “ski bug”. For several years, beginning in 1946, he spent most winter Sundays

on ski runs at Mount Hood. In 1947, he made a free-lance climb on the South Side Route on Mount Hood

with two friends and joined the Mazamas that year. Skiing remained a main interest until 1954, when he de-

veloped a raging case of “climbing fever” that never did subside. As an aftermath of breaking a on a ski slope

in 1957, ankle problems ended his climbing career in 1994, after 227 climbs.

Leading Mazama climbs began in 1954 with Mount Constance in the Olympic Peninsula, and The Hermit in

the Sierra Nevada Range of California. In 1955, he made his first lead of Mount Hood with a Mazama party.

Since that time he led 131 climbs for The Mazamas, and was the assistant leader on 25 more. Summits in-

clude: All the major peaks of the Oregon Cascades. Mount Rainier, Mount Shuksan, Mount Olympus, Mount

Stuart, Glacier Peak, Mount Constance, Mount Anderson, and many other peaks in Washington. Grand Teton,

and Mount Owen in the Tetons and several peaks in the Wyoming Wind River Range. Peaks in Alberta, Brit-

ish Columbia, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah.

He was active in Mazama club affairs and began three-year terms on the Executive Council beginning in

1956, 1961, 1970, 1987, 1994. He was president in 1962-1963. He served on the Climbing Committee and the

Mazama Climbing School.

He led many Mazama outings: F 1960 -- Maligne Lake, Canadian Rockies 1961 -- The Minarets at Lake Edi-

za in the Sierra Nevada 1966 -- Mount Olympus Traverse 1982 -- Glacier Park, Selkirk Range, Canada 1990 -

- Mount Rainier 1991 -- Sierra Nevada Range, California 1992 -- Wind River Range, Wyoming 1994 -- Tim-

berline Trail, Mount Hood 1994 -- Southern Sierra Nevada Range, Onion Valley 1995 -- National Parks in

Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Nevada.

Mazama Lodge near Government Camp burned in 1958. In 1960, he became chairman of the Building Com-

mittee that erected a new Mazama Lodge. That same year The Mazamas awarded him the Parker Cup for out-

standing service.

Travel has also been an avid activity, with trips to Hawaii, Mexico, and London in the 1960s. In 1976, he and

Bob Williams of Gresham drove to Honduras to join a group of gold dredgers for two months on the Rio

Jalan.

In 1975, he wrote and published Mount Hood, A Complete History. In 1988, he published Fifty State Sum-

mits, Guide With Maps To State Highpoints, for author Paul Zumwalt.

In 1994, he traveled around the world with a backpack, riding the railroad through Siberia from Vladivostok

on the Asian coast to Amsterdam. He visited 18 countries on this 7-week trip and had the pleasure of flying

directly over the glaciers of Iceland and Greenland. He drove to Alaska in 1993, 1999, and 2000. In 1997, he

made a 14,000-mile drive in seven weeks that took him to Washington D.C., New England, Nova Scotia, and

the Gaspé Peninsula along the St. Lawrence River. In 2003, he again reached the Gaspé Peninsula and Nova

Scotia, via North Dakota and Manitoba. In 2004, he made his 24th trip to Banff and Jasper in the Canadian

Rockies.

He also began the hobby of square dancing in the late 1960s and was still pursuing that active entertainment

vigorously in 2012. Square dancing led to many trips to Eugene, Reno, Denver, Seattle, Bend, and northwest

cities. In 1948, he joined a public speaking group, the Gavel Club of Portland Junior Chamber of Commerce.

In the 1970s, he joined Servetus East Toastmasters and enjoyed further training in public speaking. In 2012,

he belonged to Evergreen Toastmasters in Vancouver

Square Dance Lesson for Lou by Tom Halpenny

I am constantly looking for imaginative methods to inspire friends to try folk dancing for friendship, fun, and

fitness. Happy Hoppers might be familiar with The Columbian editor Lou Brancaccio's Saturday Press Talk

column. Readers can visit the website and comment on an article. The comments are frequently adversarial, so

it can be fun to inject some humor.

Lou's topics are mostly political, but they occasionally prompt me to comment and invite Lou to try square

dancing. His latest story covers the recurring M&M Boys theme with Lou's recommendation for Clark County

voters to adopt the Home Rule Charter. Since I have read the text of the proposed Charter, I was able to post

the following comment in the Charter style.

I am voting for the Home Rule Charter after reading the following section.

ARTICLE 10 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

...

Section 10.10 A happy and more healthy life

On January 5, 2015, the Columbian editor shall try one square dance lesson at the Happy Hoppers club and

report the happy results in his Press Talk column on January 10, 2015.

The comment has been "liked" by several readers, however Lou has yet to respond. Perhaps we will have the

pleasure of Lou's company at a future Happy Hoppers square dance lesson.

Newsletter Editor: Cindy Lunde—Send submissions by mid-month to rlunde@q.com