Foggy City Dancers

Fall Club Night Schedule

Paul Brown — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:24:02 +0000

All Position Dancing on Monday Nights!

For those of you unfamiliar with the term, APD refers to dancing the boy or girl part in square dancing. It’s the close cousin to DBD, or Dance by Definition, which means dancing your part of a call no matter where in a formation you are.

Foggy City Dancers will be spending the fall doing APD Plus dancing, as well as having Advanced star tips every week. Each week we’ll be dancing at the full club level, and having a great time!

Starting 6 September – that’s Labor Day – at 7:30pm to 9:30pm, and every Monday until the end of the year.

WHAT: Club Nights – Plus and Advanced Dancing
WHERE: Forest Hill Christian Church, 250 Laguna Honda Blvd.
WHEN: Mondays, starting 6 September, from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
HOW MUCH: $5
WHO: Harlan Kerr calling, along with the occassional special guest caller
WHY: dancing is what we do

Link to Google Map

NEXT DANCE: Promendade ‘Round the Harvest Moon

Paul Brown — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:36:35 +0000

The Return of Andy Shore

That’s right! Andy Shore, who was the club caller for Foggy City Dancers for many years, returns to call our Promenade ‘Round the Harvest Moon!

Andy will be calling Plus, Advanced, and a C1 Star Tip.

As always, we’ll be having a Potluck, so bring a covered dish, finger food, or dessert! We’ll have beverages on sale for $1 per can/bottle.

WHAT: Promenade ‘Round the Harvest Moon

WHEN: 18 September 2010, 7:30pm to 10:30pm

WHO: Andy Shore Calling

WHERE: Forest Hill Christian Church
250 Laguna Honda Blvd.

FREE PARKING, and two blocks from Forest Hill MUNI Station.

Membership Meeting Report

Paul Brown — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:23:28 +0000

We had a General Membership Meeting on 12 August at the Castro Community Meeting Room, which was fairly well attended. Good representation of club members, as well as observers from Western Star Dancers and Midnight Squares, for which I was grateful. We discussed the current financial and membership state of the club, both of which are not horrible, but not good, neither, and then got down to business. What do we want to be as a club?

From the discussion of the members present, there is no desire to disband the club. Members want to continue to dance. Several members expressed the opinion that we should hold a Plus and Advanced workshops for the fall season, and possibly a Zero-to-Plus class if we can get enough interest. A committee of Paul Brown, Joe Iser, Harlan Kerr, and Steve Huggins has been formed to explore locations and our club’s program moving forward.

As an aside, Steve Huggins has found out that Monday nights at Forest Hill Christian Church is available, and I have directed him to hold on to it temporarily until we explore Castro locations. Since Western Star Dancers was forced to move to Thursday nights, we are looking at either Mondays or Tuesdays for our dance nights. Tuesday, though, would mean that we would lose Harlan as our regular caller, as he has a commitment calling with Diablo Dancers in Martinez.

We want to hear from you! Feedback from members is vital to ensure survival, health, and growth of Foggy City Dancers.

Chi-Town Shakedown!

Steve Huggins — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:08:42 +0000

Foggy City Dancers at the 27th Annual Convention of the IAGSDC in Chicago

FCD Picnic – CANCELLED

Paul Brown — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:45:38 +0000

The RSVP deadline has past and we did not receive enough RSVPs to hold the picnic this year, so, unfortunately, we have decided to CANCEL the event.

SF Pride Booth!

Paul Brown — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:08:28 +0000

Yes, we’re going to be having our booth at SF Pride this year – this year with a twist: we have secured two adjacent booth spaces in order to have a covered information booth as well as a dance space!

We are going to have demonstration tips on both days at 1pm and 3pm, as well as intro tips at 1:30 and 3:30 (depending on interest). So, if you are volunteering for a shift in the booth, thanks! But we also need extra dancers to show up in your Think Square t-shirts or other clubwear to demonstrate how fun Square Dancing can be!

You can volunteer here.

Hawaiian Shirt Night!

Paul Brown — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:31:46 +0000

Yes, we’re at it again – it’s our last Hootenanny Tuesday for the Winter/Spring 2010 season, and this time we’ve got the incredible Michael Levy calling for us!

Wear your loudest Hawaiian Shirt – we have leis and grass skirts if you want to wear one, too.

WHAT: Hootenanny Tuesday – Hawaiian Shirt Night
WHEN: 16 March 2010 – 7:30pm to 9:30pm
WHERE: Sanchez School, 325 Sanchez Street, between 16th and 17th
WHO: Michael Levy calling MS, Plus, Advanced
HOW MUCH: $5 donation
WHY: because dancing is what we do

Congratulations Graduates!

Paul Brown — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:36:49 +0000

We had a great time tonight celebrating the graduation of our Zero-to-Plus Class! We had delicious cake from Noe Bakery, lots of dancers and dancing, and fun, frolic, friendship! Congratulations to Mark Allen, Jason Schupp, and David Wallace for all their hard work and dancing! Also, thanks to Harlan for his wonderful instruction. Thanks to all the angels and non-dancers who kept showing up week after week to make sure that our newest Foggy Citizens had a lots of support and encouragement!

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Happy March Birthdays!

Paul Brown — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:59:49 +0000

Happy Birthday to the following Foggy Citizens:

3/9 Michael Levy
3/26 Frank Biafore

Graduation Party!

Paul Brown — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:37:53 +0000

Howdy, Foggy Citizens,

They did it!

Our fabulous new dancers have successfully completed our Zero-to-Plus class, and it’s time to celebrate!

Join our newest club members, David, Mark, Jason, and all of our Angels, Dancers, friends, and others this Thursday, 11 March 2010, at 7:30pm, as we dance and celebrate their wonderful accomplishment!

We will have cake and beverages available, and our ritual “first dance” (don’t tell them what that entails), so you’ll be sure to want to be there for this!