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LEVELLAND DAILY SUN NEWS SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 9.1971—PAGE )
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South Plains Spinners will start lessons locally
By Ruth Warren have never square
Do you swing an<t danced, or those who
away, tap your feet arid heed to get in the swing
get that rythmic feeling again, will begin at the
when you hear swinging local Youth Center, now
music? Do you enjoy known also as the Senior
being with friendly Citizens meeting place,
people that both a The first session will
husband and wife enjoy? begin Sept. 10 at 8 p.m.
If so, you will probably and continue through ten
like square dancing with to fifteen weeks. Gene
the local South Plains Weldon of Brownfield
Spinners Square Dance will be the instructor.
Group. Both young and old are
Lessons for those who welcome. You will need
topickyour own partner
ifyouare single.
The club would like to
have enough young
people to form their own
square. The local South
Plains Spinners meet the
second and fourth
Thursday nights from 8
to 11 p.m. with 20 active
couples at the present
time. They have a
different caller at each
dance.
Co-Presidents of the
gibup are Bob and Rose Eld ridge Parker,
Taylor, Vice President, Lubbock. _mi
Roy and Frances Reid, One of the best
Secretary-Treasurer, exercises known, square
Donald and Linda Vest, dancing is a great
Reporter, Larry Adair relaxer to help combat
and Host and Hostesses the pressures and
Betty and Roy Henderson tension of the times,
and Freida and Harold Today’s square dancing
Phillips. bears little resemblance
Some of the callers for to the old-time dance,
the Spinners’ Group The music is better, ,the
include Cliff Smith, meeting places are more
Littlefield; Gene spacious and callers are
Weldon, Brownfield; Joe usually very good. In
Greer, Lubbock; Buddy other words, like other
Jones, Clovis; Phil things across The
Nolan, Borger and country, square dancing
>f
Fashion merchandising
offered at SPC
‘DOCIEDOE’ AND PROMENADE-Maxine Carter and Donald Vest, both
members of the south plains Swinger’s Square Dance Club invite residents
to come on out to the Youth Center at909 8thSt. to take part in lessons that
will begin Monday Sept, at 8 p.m. and continue for about 10 weeks.
Instructor will be Gene Weldon of Brownfield. (Photo by Loman Jones)
Bob Keck to speak to
area TSTA members*
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State Teachers consists of bis wife,
South Plains College
now offers a two-year
Associate Degree in
Fashion Merchandising
and in line with this
degree, a course in
Introduction to Fashions
is being offered this Fall
at Reese Air Force Base
on Monday and
Wednesday evenings
from 7:00-8:20.
The program of
Fashion Merchandising
offers many different
career opportunities to
youngs men and women
who ntye the imagination
and ability to create,
develop, select, and
promote new fashion
ideas and products.
Creative and
enthusiastic young
people who have
completed this two year
program are in great
demand for positions in
the area of fashion
buying, merchandising,
coordination, styling and
advertising, sales
promotion, or sales in
retail stores.
The professional
courses in the program
stress an understanding
of fashion products and a
knowledge of • fashion
marketing principles
and procedures. Field
trips to retail stores,
manufactuer’s
showrooms in the Dallas
apparel mart, and fabric
producers, as well as
guest speakers enrich
class studies and expose
students to career
opportunities. Apart of
the students preparation
includes a - work-study
program whereby the
student works in some
area of fashions.
Last day of
registration for the
Reese Air Force Base
course is Monday,
September 10. For
further information,
interested persons
should contact the Office
of Continuing Education
at South Plains College
or the Education Office
at Reese.
has ‘grown out of the
barn.’ With good
electronic equipment
and up to date public
address systems, one
caller is distinctly heard
where the nasal twang of
the old callers was
sometimes indistinct
and hard to follow.
Where once, a squeaky
fiddle and tunes such as
‘Turkey in the Straw’
signified the typical barn
dance, today more than
35 specialized recording
companies turn out
perfect accompaniment
for the modern square
dancer. The old-time
tunes of yesterday, for
the most part, are
replaced by popular
tunes of today. Square
dancers find themselves
moving effortlessly to
the beat of such tunes as
“It’s a Small World,”
“Summer Sounds,”
‘‘Unicorn” and other
popular melodies of a
modern world.
For the male, who may
have grown tired of
conventional office
dress in clothing, it
offers a chance to take on
a bit of ‘Western’
appearance, not only
comfortable but
attractive. The Miss or
Mrs. modern square Dancer’s Federation
dance costume has
square
s just a
which meets in Lubbock
hint of grandmothers’, on the First Saturday
as each club adopts their night of each month. All
own style. local clubs in the area
Who square dances? are invited to attend. The
You’d be surprised! dances usually consist of
Your next door neighbor, about 30 to 40 squares
your grocer, doctor, which amounts to about
professional people, 300 persons in
retired men and women attendance,
and teenagers, who Each club in the
thoroughly enjoy the Federated area has its
great American own banner and one of the
passtime. But mainly, most unique ways has
everyone enjoys the been devised when a club
friendly atmosphere that wishes another club to
allows everyone to have visit their club. They
a good clean wholesome simply visit that
time. There is no alcohol particular club, take
allowed at the local their banner home, and
dances. In fact, few to get it back, the club
people who really enjoy must pay a visit,
square dancing mix it For those interested
with alcohol. “It just in learning to square
isn’t possible, you must dance the lessons are a
have a clear head to fascinating challenge. In
follow the caller.” the first ten weeks they
Between squares, are taught the 50 basic
members enjoy round movements that utilise
dancing, which includes used from that point on.
waltzes and several Folk It is a full-way to leafn
Dances such as “Put whilehaving a very gd
Your Little Foot,” time.
“Cotton Eyed Joe,” As any member of7the
Polkas, and “Four South Plains Spinners
Corners.” i will tell you, “You’re
The South Plains just the right age for
Spinner Club is a square dancing,
member of the Lubbock whatever that age may
Area Square and Round be.”
Nurseries are h the
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Bob Keck, Assistant
Director oiProtmkwtl
Relations or the Texas'
State Teachers
Association, is
scheduled to speak to the
Hockley County Unit of
the Texas State
Teachers Association.
The meeting is set for
September 20, at the
Level land High School at
7:30p.m.
Keck’s subject will be
‘Expanded Programs
and Services of TSTA’
and ‘TSTA-NEA
Relations.’
A former classroom
teacher, coach,
counselor, and college
instructor before
becoming a member of
the staff of Texas
Teachers Association,
Keck has a varied
background of
experiences in the field
of education. He is now
serving as Assistant
Director of Professional
Relations and is a past
state advisor of the
Future Teachers of
America.
■Keck has a bachelor’s
degree from Oklahoma
Baptist University, a
master’s degree from
Texas Christian
University, a bachelor’s
and master’s degree
from Southwestern
Baptist Theological
Seminary, and he has
done graduate work at
the University of
Oklahoma and North
Texas State University.
He has served in
various offices and
committees of the Texas
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Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 239, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 9, 1973, newspaper, September 9, 1973; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1147278/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.