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 Christmas Party on 2004 |
| Live CD in 32nd Anniversary |
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The Live CD in 32nd Anniversary is completed on Dec.22nd’04.
Contents are 15 calls by Larry Letson who is a guest caller in this Annversary.
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| 30 members of our club participated in 12th Anniversary ”Yukemuri” |
30 members of our club participated in 12th Anniversary ‘Yukemuri(meaning
is the steam of a hot spring) Party’ of Gunma Thunders Club, that was held
in Ikaho Hot Springs in Gunma prefecture about 70 miles north of Tokyo.
We enjoyed this party very much by guest callers, Mr. Jerry Story and Mr.
Mac Ojima.
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| 32nd Anniversary of our club, |
| Amateur Entertainment Festival sponsored Chiyoda Ward, |
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Amateur Entertainment Festival was held at Chiyoda Convention Hall on Oct.3rd
‘04.
Square Dance was demonstrated by Chiyoda Square Dance Club 24 members of
2 to 4 Square Dance experience years.
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| Joint Hoedown with Red Carnations Square Dance Club |
| To Participate in Canada National Convention |
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The 14th Canada National Convention was held at Calgary in Alberta, Canada
from July 29th to 31st 2004.
2750 from many countries participated in this convention. 74 from Japan,
containing 25 from Chiyoda S.D. Club. They enjoyed not only square dancing
but also sightseeing very much.
After the convention our Chiyoda members had our own party in a restaurant
with Mr. Jerry Jestin and Mr. & Mrs. Ray Blendzy who had participated
our anniversary as guest callers. We enjoyed very much.
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| Do Sa Do party for beginners in 2004 |
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Do Sa Do party was held for beginners, sponsored by Tokyo Metropolitan
Square Dance Federation at Tokyo gymnasium Sub-Arena on Aug. in 2004. About
120 dancers containing 29 beginners from Chiyoda S.D. Clubs participated.
761 participants danced so well.
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| Beginners Commencement Ceremony, |
| Plus Party |
Plus level party with Chiyoda SD club’s callers was held on July 6th in
Kanda Sakurakan. About 240 dancers gathered from 50 clubs to enjoy plus
square dance. Participants were so satisfied as to request us to hold this
kind of party several times a year.
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| A Visitor from Boston, |
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Dr. Christopher J. Wiggins visited our Sunday class (Plus Level) and extra
mainstream class on May 23rd. He belongs to Massachusetts General Hospital
and visited us after he attended the conference in Kyoto. His sister lives
in Nagano Prefectures (far about 130 miles from Tokyo) and stay there and
come here by Nagano Shinkansen(It means new railway line).
He said he is enjoys not only square dance but also folk dance such as
Scotland dance and contra dance.
He is a member of Tech Squares whose members are mostly from M.I.T. He
said M.I.T student can get a credit if he dances SD in the club. He also
said Mr. Clark Baker have calls once a month.
To our surprise, hearing ‘Right’ of Rhythm Record, which our caller Mr.
Okumura was using for call, he said it was his brother who played the music.
He said his brother is a musician and was also staying in Tokyo then for
the sake of teaching an Australian musical instrument called Didgeridoo.
After the class he enjoyed Japanese sake and raw fish so on with about
30 members.
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| The record by Mr. Okumura, one of our club’s callers, is now on sale, |
 
Congratulations!
Mr. Okumura’s singing record is now on sale from Crown Record in U.S.A..
He has a marvelous singing ability and his singing call always captivates
the dancers. The song title of this record is ‘Night Train to Memphis’.
Record Number CRC-159
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| Guest from Germany. |
 
Mr. Torsten Schnoor visited our club and participated in weekly class on
April 21 in 2004. He is a member of BEMBEL SWINGERS in Germany.
The chairman of our club introduced him. All the club members were delighted
to hear that he stopped at Japan for 3days with the express purpose of
participating in the weekly class of our club on his way to Thailand and
Taiwan tour. We all together said 'Oh, that's great!' with cheering and
clapping for him.
We enjoyed not only dancing with him but conversation at table with him
after the class very much. We had a good time.
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| Enjoyed "cherry blossoms" in the park |
On Mar. 31, we went to see cherry blossoms in "Chidorigafuchi Park"
Park after the weekly class. Every cherry blossoms season, we go to see
them after the class at night.
Chidorigaguchi(it means, 'the moat bank that plovers sail') is the moat
bank of imperial palace and one of the most famous cherry blossoms spots.
We were satisfied with beautiful cherry blossoms lit up by light. More
than 100 participants toasted loudly to SD with beer, admiring the scenery
of reflected cherry blossoms and boats on the water surface.
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| Ms. Anne Uebelacker called in Chiyoda SDC |
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Ms. Anne Uebelacker was invited on Mar. 24, after she called as a guest
caller in the party of 'Saturday Nights SDC' at Kyoto.
She called AD(Star Chip C1) from 13:00 to 16:00, Plus/Ms (16:00-18:00)
for our club members and joined to call some chips in our weekly class
after that.
Though 24th was a weekday, we had 9 sets at 13:00 and 23sets in the weekly
class at night. Thanks to Anne, we had a very good time.
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| Training Camp in 2004 |
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Our training camp was held on Feb.28&29. It was held unusually in a
very cold season.
More than 100 club members participated at "Hotel Heritage",
in Saitama Prefecture. We danced all through the daytime. After dinner
we enjoyed the entertainments of a square dance(photo).
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| 2004 beginner square dance class starts |
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The beginners' class started in Feb. as usual.
New comers can experience the session free in Feb., when they can try several
dances to understand what Square Dance is. This class is taken place on
every Wednesday.
More than 30 new comers tried this session on 4th. About 15sets were settled
including 2 new comers on average, occasionally 4 in one set. Star Thru
was already taught. . The new comers of this year are younger than those
of the past, so we are looking forward to their great progress.
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| Joint Hoedown with Tokyo Square Dance Club |
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