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ASRDA is hosting a Teen Scholarship dance in support of TSFSRD's Teen Scholarship Program on October 22nd, 2022.  Each year multiple scholarships are awarded to teens who have been square dancing at least two years and need money for college or trade school.  Our callers, Chet Miles and Brad Caldwell, and cuers Jerry & Lucy Pate, donate their time to help raise money for this program.

Pre-Rounds begin at 7:00 pm with the first square dance tip at 7:30 pm.  Square dancing will be mainstream with announced plus.  Format will be 2 and 2.

The location this year will be at Christ Lutheran Church, 510 Luther Drive, Georgetown, TX.  Since this is a fundraiser, we ask that your donation at the door be as generous as possible.  The more money we raise, the more square dancing teens will get scholarships.

We look forward to seeing everyone there! 

Hi Everyone – 

In light of Austin just moving to Stage 4 COVID restrictions, some of the current ASRDA Board members are concerned about the risk of spreading the COVID delta variant at the upcoming Installation dance.  Basically Stage 4 Guidelines say that when in a public or private gathering, vaccinated people should wear masks and unvaccinated and partially vaccinated individuals not attend these gatherings. 

We are aware that people are tired of having dances cancelled or being told they have to wear a mask.  We are pretty sure that the longer we don’t dance, the more dancers we will give up on square dancing.  But we are also aware that the delta variant is more contagious than previous strains and there are even questions as to whether or not vaccinated people can carry the virus in their noses and spread it to unvaccinated people.  There are also breakthrough cases in vaccinated people.  We don’t want more people getting COVID.

At the time of this writing, Hyde Park Christian Church is open so we will be having the Installation Dance.  Masks will be highly encouraged but not mandatory. There will be hand sanitizer and “No Hugs” badges.  Each of you has your own risk tolerance so you must decide for yourself whether or not you are comfortable attending the dance.

If you decide to come, we’ll see you at the Installation Dance on 31 July @ 7:30.

New Square Dance Club Taylor Promenader’s

Starting Thursday, July 8, 2021 Every Thursday 7:30 – 9:30 PM

Christ Fellowship Church, Tripp Center
1517 McLain St. Taylor, TX 76574

This is a NEW Club and we need your help to get this off the ground. If Thursday night dancing fits your schedule we would love to see you there. Donation:

$6.00 per Person

Contact: Al Frazier @ 512-632-1932
email tsca@alfraziertx.com 

The flyer for the 2021 Mid-Tex festival has been published!  See the Friday event here to view it.

This list changes frequently.  Please contact any club that appears open before travelling to it.

Special Dances Cancelled
La Grange's Independence Day Dance scheduled for 21 March 2020
Waterloo's Anniversary Dance scheduled for 21 March 2020
Hill Country Squares Graduation on 22 March 2020
Lone Star Lambda's Graduation on 16 March 2020
Country Cuzzins Marble Falls Wildflower Dance 28 March 2020 

Clubs Temporarily Closed
Hill Country Squares (Leander) until further notice
Sun Dancers (Georgetown) until 18 April 2020
Lone Star Lambdas (Austin) until further notice
Shirts 'N Skirts (Georgetown) until 15 April 2020
FunDancers (Schertz) until at least early May 2020
Come 'n Take It (Gonzales) until 13 April 2020
Country Cuzzins Marble Falls until further notice
Waterloo Squares South Austin until further notice
Buckles and Bows Cedar Park until 29 April 2020
La Grange Roadrunners until further notice
Wheel-N-Deals San Marcos thru April 2020

Canyon Lake Mainstream and Plus until further notice

New Braunfels Plus Club until further notice
 
Clubs Possibly Still Holding Weekly Dances as of 21 March
Carousel Club (Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

All the clubs holding weekly dances ask anyone who believes they MIGHT be ill to stay home.  
Those with risk factors or who do not want to take any chances of being exposed to illness should stay home.  
While at the dance wash your hands before and after the dance and use hand sanitizer between tips.
Try not  to touch your face.  

The 2020 Texas State Square Dance Festival  has been CANCELLED!

Special Dances Cancelled

2020 MID-TEX FESTIVAL 
Hill Country Squares Graduation on 22 March 2020
La Grange's Independence Day Dance scheduled for 21 March 2020
Lone Star Lambda's Graduation on 16 March 2020
Waterloo's Anniversary Dance scheduled for 21 March 2020

Wild Flower Dance in Marble Falls scheduled for 28 March 2020

Wheel-N-Deals Anniversary Dance scheduled for 25 April 2020

Clubs Temporarily Closed
Buckles and Bows
Come 'n Take It (Gonzales) until 13 April 2020
FunDancers (Schertz) until at least 5 April 2020
Hill Country Squares (Leander) until further notice
Lone Star Lambdas (Austin) until further notice
New Braunfels Plus Club (Mondays) thru March 23rd
Shirts 'N Skirts (Georgetown) until 1 April 2020
Sun Dancers (Georgetown) until 18 April 2020
Waterloo Squares South Austin  until further notice
Canyon Lake Mainstream  until end of March
Canyon Lake Plus  Until end of March
Country Cuzzins Marble Falls will reevaluate at end of March
La Grange (Tuesdays) until further notice
Wheel-N-Deals San Marcos until the end of March

Clubs Still Dancing

Carousel Club (Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

All the clubs holding weekly dances ask anyone who believes they MIGHT be ill to stay home.  
Those with risk factors or who do not want to take any chances of being exposed to illness should stay home.  
While at the dance wash your hands before and after the dance and use hand sanitizer between tips.
Try not  to touch your face.  

Fraudulent emails are being circulated again.

Both Chet M. and Dan C. received an "email" supposedly from me asking for folks to buy gift cards. It is not even my email address.

Would you be able to send out a quick email to everyone in ASRDA and tell them to ignore and delete it?

Thanks!

Brooke

Here is an excerpt:

How are you today? I need your Assistance, are you available? I'm out of town. Can you please handle this for me on behalf of the association. Austin Square and Round Dance Association .needs Gift cards for donation to Veterans Hospice care unit across the community. Kindly confirm if you can help out?
 
Brooke Peters,
President.

If you received an email like this claiming to be from me, ignore and delete it.Thanks!

At the close of December, each club should send me a list of any new members and students. This is used for the ASRDA membership list as well as to update the State insurance coverage. This is a no-charge, mid-year benefit.

For updates, any format is ok. Send to pdxtdbear@gmail.com

The next ASRDA delegate meeting will be on 9 November 2019 1- 3 pm.  From 3 - 4 the Mid-Tex and Conclave meetings will take place.  The Teen Scholarship dance starts at 5 pm.  The meeting will be at our usual location, Hyde Park Christian Church, 610 East 45th Street, Austin, TX.

There is NO delegate meeting this coming Saturday 5 October.  I am encouraging all dancers to support Come-N-Take-It and go dance in the square in Gonzales at 6 pm.  There is a potluck following the dance at 7 pm.  Call Ruby Buesing for more details at 830-857-6633.

If you are closer to San Antonio, you can participate in "Night in Old Converse" where there will be a demo dance and audience participation from 4:30 - 5:30 pm on 5 October..  Wear your square dance badge and you can get into the festival for free.  If you have more questions about this event, call Brooke at 210-392-5433.

I hope to see you all at the delegate meeting on 9 November!

Brooke
President, ASRDA