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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Thanks Rick! I'll definitely keep the group posted as to how this goes. <br><br>As I understand it, there was a very active, and fairly young, Club there for years, until October 2008, when their Caller, Alan Carpenter, had a stroke and moved away. I've been in touch with him and he's guiding and advising me as I go.<br><br>Do to the distance involved and the travel time and expense I'll be going there a couple weekends a month. The "core group" who is already motivated and eager to learn definitely want to "go all the way," learning Mainstream and perhaps Plus, form a Club, visit other Clubs, the whole 9 yards.<br><br>My plan is to use A-B-C to get the community involved, and help grow the Club. I figure every time I go up there we'll advertise and hold an A-B-C Dance for anyone who is interested, followed by lessons for those who want to go the distance. "Blast Master" Scot Byars has been advising me on teaching "non-traditional" lessons, since we can't really hold the "once a week for a thousand weeks" sort of lessons that many Clubs offer.<br><br>We don't want to leave anyone behind, yet we do not want the core group to be held back. This way, "casual" dancers can have fun once or twice a month, and the "hardcore" dancers can become full-fledged Mainstream/Plus dancers fairly quickly.<br><br>I'm quite new to Square Dancing, and one of the things that I love the most is the willingness of "established" Callers to help, guide, advise, and mentor us new Callers! I truly appreciate each and every one who has been guiding me along the way!<br><br>Best Regards,<br>Mike...<br><br><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: RJHAMPTON@aol.com<br>Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 20:32:20 -0400<br>To: abc@all8.com<br>Subject: Re: [ABC] New to A-B-C<br><br>
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<div>Mike an ABC approach is perfect- Holding a series of square dances on an
ongoing basis-perfect</div>
<div>Fight the urge to go to far past ABC (maybe make a D after a while) as a
MWSD approach didn't work and that was 5 years ago</div>
<div>Good Luck</div>
<div>Rick Hampton</div>
<div>Middle of Nowhere Ca.</div>
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<div>In a message dated 9/2/2013 4:22:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
rebelcaller@hotmail.com writes:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">My name is Mike Smithers, and I'm a new Caller in southern
Arizona. I've been eagerly awaiting the return of the A-B-C website, and just
want to make sure I'm on the discussion group mailing list.<br><br>This is the
perfect time for me to start learning A-B-C, since I was recently asked to
help some non-dancers learn to Square Dance and form a Square Dance Club in a
fairly remote Arizona town where there has been no Square Dancing for the past
5 years. What an opportunity for a new Caller, though I must admit, it is a
bit intimidating! :-)<br><br>Thanks in advance for all the advice and guidance
and support I can get from this group!<br><br>Best Regards,<br>Mike
Smithers...<br></div>=<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>ABC
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