Scotty Mack at the V.F.W.

It’s never too early to start planning for BOP In The Rock 2013. After the success of last year’s party, we are expecting a huge crowd% a sellout possibly? The new flyer posted on pages 2 & 3 inside promises a truly good time! There will be championship dance instructors teaching workshops that are free with your admission bracelet, vendors, event shirts, hospitalities galore and more. Reserved tables for 10 are available, as well as general seating. As chief dance floor lackey, I can assure you that we have plans for the floor that will put it on a par with any you have seen or danced on. Make your plans now to be there on September 26, 27 & 28. You’ll be sorry if you miss it!

January-February 2005

Pass the word% more men needed to learn to DANCE!!

While we wait for some men to take the dance challenge, we ladies will soon have the have the opportunity to learn several line dances. We can practice our rhythm and get to dance. To make all this work, we need to follow dance floor etiquette. The dance floor should be seen as a circle going in a counter clock wise rotation. The stationary dancers should stay in the middle of the floor while dancers that travel use the outside of the circle. If the traveling dancers do a move that stops the flow, then that move is taken toward the inside of the circle. Now to add line dancers, the room should be divided so the front half of the floor is used for line dancing and the back half of the floor used for couple dancing. To navigate the dance floor while not

Let’s Dance!!!

dancing, one should walk on the outside of the dance floor. Do not take food or drink across the dance floor! Dance shoes can be expensive and stepping on food or liquid can ruin them. Also, we are fined if the room is not kept clean. We have enjoyed the Barn Dance that Nancy Morgan taught and we have plans to learn several more. We want to create as much opportunity as possible for everyone to dance. This includes music also. If you have a specific music request, please bring the title and artist. If the D.J. has the song he will try his best to play it. Don’t forget the Chili Cook Off on March 13th. If you want to bring chili please let Gina or I know. Everyone consider bringing your muffin tins. It is a great way to taste the full variety of chili recipes. See you on the Dance Floor; Kay Ford, President

Official Newsletter of the Little Rock Bop Club www.littlerockbopclub.com March-April, 2013

Kay Ford, President

Inside:

Page 2- Information

Page 3 & 4 BITR Registration Form

Page 5 – Bopping Wednesdays

Page 6 - Calendar

Page 7 - Birthdays, New Members & Need to Renew Listings

Page 8- Registration Form

BOP In The Rock is coming!!!

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and this will open a window on your computer and go there. Clicking any email address will open an email too.

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Little Rock Bop Club 2012 Board of Directors

President%%.%%Kay Ford%%..%..%.%.501-413-9224 Vice President%....Duck Rabon%%%%....501-680-7713 Secretary%%.%...Nancy Morgan.%%.%...501-982-0204 Treasurer%%%%Jennifer Hughes%......%501-690-0583 Parliamentarian%..Kermit Gray%..%%.%..501-847-9441 Admissions%%.....Dana Julian%...%%%..501-690-1090 Communications%Richard Davis%%%.....501-690-0864 Membership%...%LeAnn Horton%%....%..501-690-1090 Telephone%%.%.Candace Stroud%.%.%501-467-6486 A & E%%%%...%Gina Santamaria %%%501-226-9915 At-Large%%%%..Arthur Hughes%%.%%501-350-4712 At-Large%%%%..David Carter%%%%%.501-707-4891 P.O. Box 1057

North Little Rock AR 72115 Little Rock Bop Club meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Bess Chisum Stephens Community Center, 12th & Cleveland in Little Rock, Ark. Admission is $4 for members, $7 for non-members, and includes a group dance lesson. In addition to the $4.00 admission, membership gets you the electronic newsletter

and loads of fun. Dues are only $25 per year.

Our big bop family

770-919-2886 Atlanta Swing Dancers Club(Ga) 317-881-3750 Brickyard Boogie Dancers(Indianapolis,In) 614-865-0764 Buckeye Bop Club(Columbus,Ohio) 708-597-5597 Chicago Jitterbug Club 773-792-8842 Chicago's Windy City Jitterbug Club 270-576-5659 Choo Choo Shag Club(Chattanooga,Tenn) 513-697-6351 Cincinnati Bop Club 270-991-4040 Corvette City Bop Club(Bowling Green,Ky) 502-543-4341 Derby City Bop Assoc(Louisville,Ky) 810-743-6234 Great Lakes Swing Dance Club(Flint,Mich) 904-739-1113 Jacksonville Beach Bop Assoc(Fla) 573-230-8206 Jefferson City Swing Dance Club(St.Louis) 314-296-9705 Jefferson County Swing Dance Club(St.Louis) 636-456-7315 Lake of The Ozarks(Warrenton,Mo) 205-425-1773 Magic City Boppers(Birmingham,Ala) 901-757-8785 Memphis Bop Club(Tenn) 614-939-1844 Mid-Ohio Boogie Club(Columbus,Ohio) 618-523-4350 Midwestern Us Imperial Club(St.Louis) 615-851-0958 Music City Bop Club(Nashville,Tenn) 615-824-0911 Nashville Dance Club(Tenn) 570-383-1321 Northeast Social Dance Club(Scranton,Pa) 330-328-5463 Ohio's North Coast Jitterbug Connection (Akron-Cleveland,Ohio) 864-578-9097 R&B Shag Club(Spartanburg,South Carolina) 662-536-2077 River City Boppers(Memphis,Tenn) 206-463-9935 Seattle Swing Dance Club(Washington) 314-991-6199 South Side Imperial Dance Club (Saint Louis,Mo) 501-760-7554 Spa City Bop And Swing Club(Hot Springs,Ar) 636-441-6876 St.Charles Imperial Dance Club(St.Louis) 636-441-6876 St.Louis Imperial Dance Club(Bridgeton,Mo) 724-538-3127 Steel City Boogie Club(Pittsburgh) 727-385-1751 Tampa Bay Beach Boppers(Fla) 636-305-9278 West County Swing Dance Club(St.Louis) Associate Members 502-895-7050 National Assoc of R&B Djs(Louisville,Ky) Non ABA 281-480-6502 Bay Area Whip Dance Club(Houston) 501-362-7844 Jitterboppers(Heber Springs,Ar) 405-410-6979 Ok City Swing Club(Oklahoma City,Ok)

MONTHLY DANCE CLASS CALENDAR FOR 2013

March

March 6 - Basic EC 1- Jay Scott & Deborah Young

March 13 - Basic EC 2- Arthur & Jenifer Hughes

March 20 - Intermediate EC- Nancy Morgan

March 27 - River Waltz—Jay and Deborah

April

Reisa Alexander will be teaching West Coast Swing each Wednesday in April (April 3, 10, 17 & 24).

She will be teaching technique, styling and

A few fun/challenging patterns.

Heavy emphasis will be placed on techniques useful in all types of swing dancine.

This is quite an opportunity to come learn

from a truly skilled dancer.

All Members Are Invited To Attend:

Little Rock Bop Club Board Meetings March 4 & April 1 at 7:00 PM.

Arkansas Flag and Banner

800 West 9th Street Little Rock, AR

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Don’t forget *** BOP CLUB Shirt Night First Wednesday of the Month!!!

Winner gets $25

2013

Call before you go ... BLS (Ballroom Latin & Swing Dance), Vickie Wingfield ....................................... (501) 690-9986 Heber Springs Jitterboppers, Joyce Shaw........................................................... (501) 362-7844 Spa City Bop & Swing Club, Hot Springs, Brenda Ferguson............................ %(501) 760-7375 ABDA Ballroom Company Gloria Wright%%%%%%%%%%%%..%%%%....(501) 663-2669 Little Rock Country Dancers %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%..%%%%.(501) 954-9238

March Ryan Bowles David Carter Tish Clark Barbara Cooley Glenda Harrison Lynn Hartwick Grover Irving Ginger Johnson James Johnson Sharon Maestri Barbara Penney

Happy Birthday, boppers!

March 1 Lynn Hartwick 1 Ron Pritchett 2 Randy Harkins 7 Richard Davis 13 Jennie Stewart 16 Sarajane Pierce 16 Bill Sims

20 Marjorie Lacy 22 Jane Shaw 23 Kay Ford 24 Chuck Holiman 28 Brent Newsom 28 Katherine Scholl 31 Vikki Moore

April 5 Viki Payne 6 Glenda Harrison 7 Herschel Cleveland 8 Sharon Maestri 10 Roger Nesuda 13 Lewis Gibson 14 Bobbie Jackson

14 Kay Pepper 15 C J McKay 18 Tish Clark 20 Mark Eley 21 Carolyn Kapp 22 David Smith

The first dance of each month we celebrate

Bopper Birthdays, and honor all whose

birthday falls during the month. If that’s

you, better be there!

Welcome, new members! We’re glad you’ve joined us

Mark Eley*****Little Rock Rick Wortham*****Roland

Lynn Rice-Bean*****Greenbrier

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Is your name on the list? It means your membership will expire before the next newsletter. Please use the form on the back page to renew your membership, either by mail or by dropping it off with your check at the next Wednesday dance.

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Butch Penney Sarajane Pierce Ruth Puckett Emily Roberts Tommy Roberts Gwen Rowell Heidi Sohl Jennie Stewart Candace Stroud Jack Wilks Bruce Wilson

April Shannon Ayers Thea Baker Russell Black Brittney Cooper Lorien Foote Vicki Guthrie Randy Harkins Rocky Havens Erika Jasso Ruth Kilstrom