August 2019 Editor Lisa Weiser

Sky Valley Summer Schedule

August 17th Mainstream/ Rounds/ Ray Gallagher/

Karen Neverdowski

WA State Website: www.squaredance-wa.org / Mt. Baker Council Website: www.sqdance.org

~Coming Events~ August 10th ~ …Club Picnic-Potluck!

Hosted by Dennis & Nancy Bass

424 S Lewis St

Monroe, 98272

2pm Info: 360-794-8240

August 17th ~ Saturday…Summer Dance!

Sky Valley Whirlwinds Square Dance

3509 Seattle Hill Rd & 35th Ave SE

Ray Gallagher; Caller ~ Karen Neverdowski; Cuer 7:30pm Pre-Rounds 8:00-10:30pm Mainstream

Echoes of Sky Valley

Upcoming No Experience Dances…FREE! Invite your friends!

Sunday, August 18th 3-5pm

Caller/Teacher Stephen Cole

MOUNT BAKER COUNCIL

PRESENTS…

FREE DANCE

INTRO TO MODERN SQUARE DANCING

NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED

Mill Creek YMCA 13723 Puget Park Drive, Everett 98208

Teacher/Caller Stephen Cole

August 18th 3:00 to 5:00

MOUNT BAKER COUNCIL

PRESENTS …

FREE DANCE

INTRO TO MODERN SQUARE DANCING

NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED

Skagit Valley YMCA 1901 Hoag Road, Mount Vernon 98273

Teacher/Caller Stephen Cole

August 25th 1:30 to 3:30

Dancing around town…Square Crows, July 19th

Lisa, Linda, Merry

Jean and Frank

Mt Vernon Senior Center

Summer Dance w/Dave Harry

Kevan & Paulette at the Mt Baker

Council 1-48 July 27th

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat

1 2 3

TCCA Summertime Dances

Juanita Community Club [Flier]

Stanwood Parade

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Summer MS Dance Mt. Vernon Sr. Center

7 - 9 pm

Happy Rounders

Or-Bets TCCA Summertime

Dances Juanita Community Club

[Flier]

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

RCA-A1

Summer MS Dance Mt. Vernon Sr. Center

7 - 9 pm

Happy Rounders

Or-Bets

TCCA Summertime Dances

Juanita Community Club [Flier]

Square Crows

Square Crows DEMO

Arlington Fly-In 5 - 7 pm

Farm Dance Sky Valley Whirlwinds

DEMO NW Washington Fair

Lynden 4 - 5 pm

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

No Experience Dance

Summer MS Dance Mt. Vernon Sr. Center

7 - 9 pm

Happy Rounders

Or-Bets TCCA Summertime

Dances Juanita Community Club

[Flier]

Mt Baker Council Basic Square

Dance (Movements 1 -

48)

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

No Experience Dance

RCA-A1

DEMO Evergreen Fair 8:30 - 9:45 pm

Summer MS Dance Mt. Vernon Sr. Center

7 - 9 pm

Happy Rounders

Or-Bets TCCA Summertime

Dances Juanita Community Club

[Flier]

2019 - 2020 SKY VALLEY OFFICERS

President: Tammy Comeau Vice President: Lisa Weiser

Treasurer: Carol Coon/Vira Laurence Secretary: Terry Dickerson

Sky Valley Logo Wear available at

SnapDOG Print Shop in Snohomish…

815 Ave D Snohomish 98290

A CHAT WITH OUR CORNER – Gary Price

Lives in: Snohomish

Grew up in: Sultan

Family: 2 kids, 5 grandchildren

Best thing I ate this week: Homemade raspberry jam

My first car was: 1959 Pontiac Catalina

If there were an extra hour today I would: Waste it

Favorite family recipe: Date bars

I’ll do anything to avoid: Going to Seattle

Best book I’ve read lately: Elon Musk: Tesla, Space X and the Quest for a fantastic

Future

Worst habit: Procrastination

Favorite junk food: All of it but especially Triscuits and cheese

I’d watch these movies more than once: Grumpy Old Men/Grumpier Old Men

This makes me mad: Drivers that don’t keep their cars on their own side of the

road.

Good intentions I never get around to: Decluttering house and shop

Best vacation, bar none: Mt St Helens before it blew

I just learned: Life is full of bumps

Still at the top of my bucket list: Actually, I already achieved it. I retired at age 47.

I like to have dinner out at: The Hungry Turtle on Lake Union, but I don’t think it is

there anymore

One chore I actually like: None

My favorite time of year is: Fall

Shows I don’t miss on T.V.: Jeopardy and Nova

Places I still want to visit: Wyoming and Montana for a whole summer

Favorite singers: Roy Orbison and Simon and Garfunkel

Hobbies: Fly fishing

Best job ever: Installing mail sorting equipment at post offices in many western

states including the Hawaiian Islands

You might be surprised that I: Am a certified professional deep sea diver

Songs that never get old: Stardust and The Sounds of Silence

Always on my nightstand: Dust

My favorite in the box of chocolates: Most of ‘em

My favorite square dance callers: Ray Brendzy, Steve Noseck and Kevin Thomaier.

All of them could compete with any national caller.

Roy Johnson

September 11, 1942 –

July 13, 2019

Tribute to Roy forthcoming in

the September Newsletter

~Sky Valley Whirlwinds Dance Schedule 2019-2020

September 21st

Corn Feed Craig Abercrombie/Caller Karen Neverdowski/Cuer October 19th

Frightfully Fun Gary Monday/Caller Karen Neverdowski/Cuer November 16th

Truly Thankful Roger Spiese/Caller Karen Neverdowski/Cuer

December 21st

Santa Claus is

Coming to Town Andy Garboden/Caller Karen Neverdowski/Cuer January 18th

Snowflake Shuffle

Steve Noseck/Caller Karen Neverdowski/Cuer February 15th

Love Square Dancing

Scott Coon/Caller Karen Neverdowski/Cuer

February 23rd

Alzheimer’s Benefit Dance

Scott Coon/Caller Debbie Taylor/Cuer 1-4 pm Juanita Community Center March 21st

Wearing of the Green Roger Spiese/Caller Karen Neverdowski/Cuer April 18th

Hawaiian Bliss Andy Garboden/Caller Karen Neverdowski/Cuer May 16th

42nd Anniversary Dance

50’s Dance

~Scott Coon as Elvis~ Karen Neverdowski/Cuer

All Dances:

Pre-Rounds 7:30

Mainstream 8:00 pm

Tri-Way Grange

3509 Seattle Hill Rd & 35th Ave SE Mill Creek 98012

Finger Food Potluck

and Hearing Enhancement