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Show WEEKLX ?EFLX PAVIS NEWS JOURNAL. DECEMBER 22. 1977 O MK 0 jfSfUSI igjil n KJ sssc QiHr& j Ad Effective Dec. 22, 23, 24, We will Y ABOUT 0jbV - j - be Closed Monday Dec . 26, 1977 99 MERRY (MOSTGMS mm Bowman's IF grocery Kraft 7 oz. Marshmallow Creme 3 lb. can Crisco 9 u)Jil C S-jj5- Shortening 18.96 Case Campbells Cream of PJV Mushroom Soup niti 10.68 Case A basic course in round dancing will be taught this winter, sponsored by the Golden Spike Square Dance Maty Club in cooperation with the Davis County Adult course will begin Jan. 7 Education Program. The View Vae 7 at at p.m. Elementary School in Layton. Cost is $2.50 per couple per lesson which includes dancing after each class. Getting instructions from dance instructor Sam Young are Becky and Lace Wakefield. Public is invited and dancers do not have to have previous dance experience. Potato Chips 12-we- SQUARE DANCING By ROSELYN KIRK Square dance calls are complicated and the beginning square dancer must spend about a year learning at least the basic 50 calls before he is ready to join a regular square dance group, say Eli and Dixie Mitchell, 46 North 1100 West, West Bountiful. Theres dancing group called Levies and Laces. This group meets on Monday. SOMETIMES when the Mitchells travel as far away as California to attend a special square dance, they take their children with them THE MITCHELLS joined the Moonlighter Square Dance Group in Bountiful in 1972, and after a year of learning calls and how to maneuver, they joined the regular group the following year. Since that time they have traveled In their trailer to all parts of the country to participate in square dances called by a variety of callers. Just because you begin with 50 basic calls doesnt mean you know it all, Eli said. group, many of them children of the square dancing parents have formed their own square and park near the square dancing area in their trailer. for a Its a fine isactivity also and family couple oriented, Dixie said. According to Eli, Square Dancing is a community all its own. He pointed out that four years ago 30,000 people attended the National Square Dance convention at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. 'There were square dancers in every room and hall and they also danced outside and in Arrow Press Square. always something new to learn. You have to scratch to keep up. New calls multiply as they continue to be improvised by many callers nationwide. Eli said the square dame organizations choose a call of the month, based on the originality of the call. THE Moonlighter group in Bountiful has a special caller, who comes from Ogden each Friday to call the square dance held at the Community Church in Bountiful known as the man in green, he has taken his name from Green River, Wyo., his place of origin. The caller, Clarence Eskridge, arranges each year for square dance clubs from Green River, Wyo. and Vernal to meet with the Moonlighter Club and square dance at the top of the Flaming Gorge Dam near Green River and Vernal. Although the Moonlighters usually dance every Friday SOME OF the square dancers were bedded down at the University facilities and filled motel rooms from Ogden to Provo, Dixie said. The Mitchells have traveled to the Silver State Festival in Reno, Nev., an average gathering in terms square dancing, You night at the Community square dancing groups to participate with them. That 200 to 300 Eli said. cant think what youre doing and drink at the same time. PRIOR TO learning to square dance, the Mitchells participated in ballroom dancing and went almost every Tuesday night to the Terrace ballroom in Salt Lake City where they danced to the music of Max Engman. Eli said, "We danced a lot before we were married. 1 guess I've danced ever since I could walk. Although the men usually wear western clothes and cowboy boots to square dance in, the women have elaborate people. DIXIE SAID, the two of them like square dancing because it is a family activity and spans several Dixies generations. parents, Les and Mae Brewerton, as well as the Mitchells children square dance. A spin-of- f teenage is not a seamstress, her mother or sisters make her square dance costume, all from the same basic pattern, but come up with different modifications to change the costumes. Some specialty shops sell square dancing costumes, she said, but in most cases the women make their own. Dixie said square dancing is strenuous. But Eli added Exercise costumes with big skirts and petticoats. "In some cases all the women in one square dance club have costumes alike. In the past the women in the Moonlighters Club have worn green costumes since their caller is the man in doesnt hurjL You dont really work that hard." Although anybody. the square dance usually begins at 7:30 and lasts until 10:30 or 11:00, there is a 30 minute break in the middle. There the caller demonstrates his skill by calling a tip, a pattern call or a singing call. ELI SAID he has attempted to call some squares, but is an amateur. Callers go to school to learn. Some are famous on a national basis and fly around the country to call square dances. Dixie said traveling to square dances can become a whole way of life. Sometimes the family travels to square dancers, where about 7,000 people attended. The Mitchells say, although it takes a lot of energy to square dance from three to four hours an evening, there is a lot of resting in between. in "Drinking is a no-n- o Church, sometimes they rent a larger hall and invite other number could reach of DIXIE SAYS, although she LESS SI THAN Calif. If you can look happy when you arent, youll get along all paDuring the trol, his ship conducted surveillance operations to enforce international treaties and U.S. laws, including the e fisheries conversation zone. His cutter participated in five search and rescue and medical evacuation missions during the patrol. Additionally, he and his shipmates crossed the Arctic Circle and initiated new members into the realm of the Polar Bear. two-mon- th 200-mil- THE Rush is a 378-foo- t lone. CHRISTMAS WREATHS KAYSVILLF FLOWER & GIFT -- Current, Carlsbad, N.M. 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Although the Mitchells say that square dancing is more of a summer activity, the state convention for square dancers was held at Logan, Utah in the stadium in late September or early October. HE IS serving as a crewmember aboard the Coast BOUQUET COO trailer park. Dixie said many retired people are taking up square dancing. a PAY ONE REG. Mom Apple Cider known square dance is held in Ocean. green." n Gallon Golden Valley West Yellowstone, where they high endurance cutter and carries a crew of 155 officers and enlisted men. She is equipped with guns and torpedo launchers and is outfitted with a landing platform for a search and rescue helicopter. & Brown Sugar Alan Moss Returns From Alaska Patrol SEASONS GREETER J 2 lb. bag C&H Powdered vacation and where a well Coast Guard Boatswains Mate First Class Alan P. Moss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Moss of 1877 West 300 N., West Point, recently returned from an Alaskan fisheries patrol in the North Pacific Bsll oz. lb. pkg. 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