SQUARE DANCE CLUBS GATHER TO CELEBRATE, NOT COMPETE.Byline: Joanne Crawford Education LANCASTER - Square dancers from as far as Nevada showed up at the three-day High Desert Roundup last weekend at the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. . The purpose of the festival was to celebrate the love of the dance, not competition, said Doris Foster, president of Aces and Deuces, a local club. ``We don't have contests. We dance for fun,'' said Foster. The roundup was sponsored primarily by the Antelope Valley Square Dancers, an umbrella organization
An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or of area clubs, which include the Palmdale Wheelers, the Renegade Eight, Crossfire A multi-GPU interface from ATI for connecting two ATI display adapters together for faster graphics rendering on one monitor. CrossFire machines require PCI Express slots, a CrossFire-enabled motherboard and, depending on which models are used, either a pair of ATI Radeon adapters or one Squares, and Aces and Deuces. Aces and Deuces, which last year celebrated its 30th anniversary, hosts classes for people interested in learning to square dance. A 17-week session of classes starts June 22. Classes are held at 7 p.m. Thursdays, the first two classes at the Cedar Center, 44857 Cedar Ave., Lancaster, and the remainder at Sunnydale Elementary School. It is important for dancers to attend regularly and progress through square dancing's stages, learning the different calls, terminology and moves, Foster said. After dancers complete the 17-week course, they can become full-fledged Aces and Deuces members. ``They have to start at the beginning,'' vice president Theresa Pfleugrath said. ``You progress along and you are learning new calls every week and adding them to repertoire. You may start out with 10 basic calls and then the next week there may be another five or six and you keep adding. By the time you are done with the course you're probably learning 40 different kinds of movements.'' Aces and Deuces dances, open to the public, are held at 7 p.m. on the second Saturday of every month at the Palmdale Senior Center, 1002 E. Ave. Q-12. Admission is $4 a person. For more information, call Foster at (661) 947-9687. LANCASTER - Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. Theatre for Young Audiences will present ``Little Shop of Horrors'' July 21-23 and July 28-30 at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. . Tickets are $18 for adults, $16 for seniors age 62 and older and $10 for youth age 17 and younger for the rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. spoof of 1950s horror movies. For more information, call (661) 722-6394. |
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