[ABC] Square Dance Revival

[JERRYSTORY at aol.com]

Hooray!  
Please see below the article which came out in the Fairfield Ledger just  
today!!
Square Dancing is on fire in my little home town of  Fairfield, Iowa.  This 
is all due to the dedication of the leadership  and keeping a venue going 
(like ABC) for people who are not sure they want  to move on.  Several new 
dancers have watched others move on while  they are very content dancing the 
ABC program.  Whether it be the exact ABC  program or something similar, the 
secret is offering some place for these  new people to dance until such time 
as THEY THEMSELVES decide to move  on.  Fairfield has figured it out!  It's 
all about nurturing the new  dancers and providing a place for them to 
enjoy Square Dancing unencumbered by  the force of levels. 
 
Fairfield, Iowa,,, we all applaud your effort!



Square  dancing seeing revival
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Square  dance fever has hit Fairfield. 
Since  January dozens of people have enrolled in square dancing taught by 
Robin Ragen,  the club caller for the Dudes ’n’ Dolls in Ottumwa. 
“Square  dancing is an experience, not an event – a lifelong hobby, 
something you can do  at any age,” said Ragen. 
The  activity is a perfect complement to Fairfield’s Blue Zones Project, 
according to  Sarvani Viger-Edson and Mary Gagnon. Square dancing offers 
low-impact exercise  that boosts mental skills and provides a setting to make new 
social  connections. 
“For  exercise, mind-body coordination, teamwork, fellowship, and fun, 
square dancing  offers an unexpected bounty of benefits,” added Elaine Reding. 
Ragen  will offer another 10-week series for novice dancers on Monday 
evenings  beginning next week and continuing through Nov. 11 in the Pence 
Elementary  School gym. Sessions will run from 8-9:30 p.m. New dancers should  
arrive 15 minutes early to register for the first session. Lessons are open to  
all ages from 12 years and up, and both couples and singles are welcome,  
although children should be accompanied by an adult. 
The  cost for the entire series is $35. 
After  a handful of sessions, Fairfield students have been able to 
participate in  dances organized by square dance clubs throughout Iowa. Admission 
for the events  are typically around $6 per dancer. Square dancing offers a 
low-cost evening of  fun, exercise and socializing. A crew of Fairfield 
dancers who learned this year  has been so captivated by the activity they’ve gone 
to both the Iowa and  Illinois state square dance conventions. 
“Everyone  is family, everyone becomes your next door neighbor, when you 
square dance,”  said Ron Blair. 
“I  must say that square dancing is nothing that ever crossed my mind. I 
would never  have thought of it in a million years. Yet here I am loving it. 
Go figure,” said  Susan Jatkowski. 
Michele  Weber, long-time square dancer and former Pence school teacher, is 
one of  several experienced dancers who come to help out at lessons. Ragen 
refers to  them as “angels.” 
“We  enjoy being angels because it is fun to meet new people and see them 
learning  and having a good time,” said Weber. 
For  more information, visit the Fairfield Square Dance website at 
_www.FairfieldSquareDance.com_ (http://www.fairfieldsquaredance.com/)  or call 
Viger-Edson at 472-6434  or Gagnon at 472-6096. 








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_www.FairfieldSquareDance.com_ (http://www.fairfieldsquaredance.com/) 






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