FIND OUT WHAT YOURDANCE FRIENDS &CALLERS ARE UP TO...

GOOD NEWS FROM THE PROGRESS & PRESERVATION FRONT

Send your photos to Randy@GSIInternational.org. Include caption if you like!

FOLLOW SQUARE DANCING AROUND the WORLD

MEET FACEBOOK

us on

If you haven’t joined your friends and neighbors by setting up a FREEFacebook account—where you create a PROFILE for yourself or your squaredance club—you should do it right away. You will immediately enjoy the bene-fits of a web presence where dancers can find you—on the world’s largest“Social Media” networking site; Facebook. It’s safe, free, simple and FUN.

Grand Square International has set-up a Facebook Profile that you’resure to find informative. We named our Profile HIP TO BE SQUARE. TheProfile has page-after-page of information about GSI, the many dances wehost—and attend—as well as historical information about our favorite pastimeand many, many graphics and photos. We’d like to suggest you create a Profileof your own, and become our Friend on Facebook. Together we can strength-en the foundation of square dancing and reach others in ways previouslyunimagined.

To get started, go to: www.Facebook.com and search for HIP TO BESQUARE. Then join Facebook and suggest your friends and other clubs dothe same. If you have items you would like to share with dancers from aroundthe world on our Facebook Profile—email them to us atRandy@GSIInternational.org. We’ll post them within our profile. Enjoy!

Our Handle is HIP TO BE SQUAREWhat is Twitter? It is an online commu-nity, like MySpace or Facebook, but witha twist. Once you sign-up for a FreeAccount with Twitter, you instantly havea way of notifying friends or “fans” ofevents concerning your club around-the-clock.

Anything you enter will be emailedor texted to anyone who signs up to “fol-low” you. Think of the possibilities! Yourclub can now notify members of a newmember! You can notify everyone ofadded entertainment, a change of date oranything that might be of interest—immediately, for free.

We invite you to visit Twitter.comand look us up. We go by GSI. Follow usfor wonderful square dance stories fromaround the world. We’ll follow you also!

Follow Us To EveryDance! Join Us On

Why not look us up right now? It’s FREE!

TWITTER.com

PHOTOCONTEST

Lots can happen at a square dance. That’s what makes the pastime so dear to us all.We’d like to share the best moments caught-on-camera with newcomers and friends, and so we’reasking that you submit your best photos from square dances or related events for consideration ofinclusion in future editions of Square Dancing Today NEWS. Winners will receive a personal andclub (if noted) byline, plus a GSI shirt. Mail them or send by email!

Grand Square International is a Charlotte, North Carolina based 501 (c) 3 non-profit company, which began with the charge of“Preserving and Protecting, the Great American Heritage of SquareDancing” a decade ago. We’ve accomplished a lot in those tenshort years. Here’s a short list of some of the initiatives:

• Organizers of hundreds of International, National, Regional and Local Square Dances

• Organizers of Dozens of Free Caller Schools• Publishers of Square Dancing Today magazine• Publishers of Square Dance News e-newsletter• Raised substantial donations for square dance

fundraisers and square dance eventsFor more information visit www.GSIInternational.org

Who we are... Grand Square International

19 SONGS ON ONE CD

Tell A Friend AboutSQUARE DANCING TODAY

NEWSGood news travels fast.

are best for your school or clinic! CLICK NOW!

CLICK NOW!

The World’s Largest Square Dance Organization

See Our ProgramsToday! Click Now!

Join Us!Click for more info...

ClassifiedsGet your message out to square dancers worldwidefor a minimal contribution! Contact us today!

GO L D SQ U A R E PA RT N E R

LifetimeM E M B E R

TH

AN

KY

OU

LIF

ET

IME

ME

MB

ER

SF

OR

HE

LP

ING

TO

PR

ES

ER

VE

AN

DP

RO

TE

CT

OU

RG

RE

AT

AM

ER

ICA

NH

ER

ITA

GE

TH

AN

KY

OU

LIF

ET

IME

ME

MB

ER

SF

OR

HE

LP

ING

TO

PR

ES

ER

VE

AN

DP

RO

TE

CT

OU

RG

RE

AT

AM

ER

ICA

NH

ER

ITA

GE

Ron & Carol Arnold Arden, NCJim & Peggy Begley Orange Park, FLBarbara Bibb & Robert HeuerChapel Hill, NCBrian & Marcia BoardmanLawrenceville, GAJohn & Pamela Boaze Whittier, NCWayne & Janice Bowman Matthews , NCDavid Causey Jacksonville, FLRon & Phyllis Chapman Charlotte, NCDonna and Bob Clark Fort Myers, FLBuckshot & Margie ClementsOrange, FLRay Cothrane/Carolyn Thomason Double Springs, ALWayne & Micky Daniels San Antonio, TXHoward & Charlene DapperRaleigh, NCPaul & Shirley Dean Palm Coast, FLLynn & Helen Deniston Briny Breezes, FLRodger & Inez Eckard Clemmons, NCJean Fugate St, Augustine, FLClinton Green Statesville, NCLesley & Debbie Green Durham, NCPatty & Steve Greene Monroe, NC

Robert Heuer & Barbara Bibb Chapel Hill, NCSusan Horvath Palm Coast, FLDavid & Esther Jones Lexington, NCDick & Sandy Jones Ocala, FLJohn Keel & Ethel GustinJacksonville, FLBill & Linda Kindon Centre, ALWhit & Jeanne LoflinWilkesboro, NCBilly & Faye McCafferty Springville, ALDon & Iris McGee Ocean Isle Beach, NCJack & Kathy McKinney Jacksonville Beach, FLBill & Lynn Moon Stuart, FLJohn & Thelma Nelson Raleigh, NCHarry & Gladys Newton Blackstone , VAJohn & Bonnie Palantini Palm Coast, FLLogan & RoseAnne Peek Charlotte, NCAilene Picheco Merritt Island, FLRay & Sue Pierce Hendersonville, NCAilene Picheco Merritt Island, FLPaul & Linda Place and the TravelingHoedowners Clermont, FLCliff & Lynn Potter Shawnee, KSDewey & Bertha Ramsey Asheville, NCJim & Nancy Rogers Knoxville, TN

Rudy & Robin Rowell Holly Springs , NCMary Rozzano Jacksonville, FLCharlie & Sherry Rumbough Charlotte,NCCarlo & Bonnie Sciscente Palm City, FLPaul & Marilyn Scott Orange Park, FLDale & Judy Sheets Waynesboro , VARobert & Nancy Sloan St. Augustine, FLDon & Ann Slocum Bartow, FLJames & Gayle Stansell Lindale, GASam & Mary Starling Jacksonville, FLWT & Esther Stidham Jacksonville, FLWalt & Dianne Syphard Jacksonville, FLRalph & Viv TaylorBessemer, ALGene & Connie Triplett Matthews , NCEd & Grace Van Frachen Jacksonville, FLBob & Virginia Walker Franklin, NCJohn & Lisa Wall Jacksonville, FLSteve & Debbie White Willow Spring, NCGene Williams & Kerry EckhardtWinston-Salem, NCDoug & Becky Wood Raleigh - NCJerry & Faye Wright Green Cove Springs, FL

See these and new members atwww.GSIInternational.org

Thank You TO OUR

LIFETIME MEMBERS

YOUR MEMBERSHIP LEADS THE WAY IN SUPPORT OF ESSENTIAL PRESERVATION PROGRAMS