Special Events
Special Events
Spring Festival Dance
The Rainier Council's annual Spring Festival dance will be Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Sumner Valley Dance Hall, hosted by Swingnuts, 8-10:30pm. Pre-rounds at 7:30pm. All clubs and dancers are encouraged to join in. It is held annually in March or April, whichever month has a fifth Saturday in the year.The theme this year is "Let's Go to the Movies," so movie-theme costumes are encouraged (but not required). Click on the flyer to download a PDF copy of it.
Eve of New Year's Eve 2011
The Rainier Council's New Year's Eve dance was actually the evening before New Year's eve, on December 30, 2011. Callers were "Jokers Wild" (Steve Haslett and Greg Weber); cueing was by Sue Weber and Tom Tomlinson.The dance was well-attended, with six or seven squares on the floor much of the evening with many more dancers socializing around and about. We had a great ham dinner at 10:30 pm, and danced 'til midnight, celebrating an Aussie new year!
Anita Miller was taking photos. Click on a photo to enlarge it, then click the right or left side of an enlarged photo to view others.
12-31-2010 New Year's Eve Dance
2010 Daffodil Parade Float
April 10, 2010 started out cold and windy, but spirits were high and smiles were warm as dancers waited for the Daffodil Parade to begin. It was the coldest start in memory, but as the day progressed it warmed up and we were grateful that it didn’t rain. This was the 11th year for the Rainier Council Parade Float to participate in the Daffodil, and the 32nd parade that the float has been in since the Council took ownership in 2000. This year, the float received first place in its category. “Thank you!” to all who arrived early in the morning to dance onboard during judging. As the Float Manager, Steve MacKay often says, “The float is nothing without the people that are willing to help promote dancing.”
The day starts in Tacoma, continues in Puyallup, races onward to Sumner and then finally ends in Orting.
This year, callers Kenny Freeman and Leo Catt warmed up the dancers in Tacoma, Greg Weber kept them moving through Puyallup, Andy Garboden called in Sumner, and energetic Brett Kappenman livened up the last leg of the parade in Orting. The crowds gave the float and dancers a warm reception, lots of smiles and friendly applause. Thank you, Rainier Council Dancers and the greater Tacoma community for your support!
Footnotes Dance, Sun. Feb. 26, 1:30pm
South Sound Singles Club will be hosting the Rainier Council's annual Footnotes Dance on Sunday, February 26, 2012, from 1:30-3:30 pm at Collins Grange, 3404 120th Ave. E., Tacoma, WA. This dance is to promote dancers renewing (or starting) their annual subscriptions to the state square dance federation's monthly magazine named Footnotes. The dance is free for Rainier Council club dancers who subscribe (as individuals or couples) to Footnotes for the discounted price of $13 (since the Council's treasury will pay $2 of every subscription received at the dance). Click on the Footnotes logo, below, to go to the state federation's Footnotes page.Kenny Freeman is the MC/caller and Lorraine Rouse the MC/cuer. This will be a cookie potluck so if each club can bring cookies and we will have them out for all of the dance. To get a PDF of the flyer, click on it.
We hope that all members of Rainier Council will subscribe to Footnotes to keep informed of all our square dance community's activities.
Community Service Opportunity
All dancers--students as well as experienced angels--are invited to the Enumclaw Expo Center (formerly Pete's Pool) at 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays to help with country dance lessons. The students are special-needs young adults from the Auburn/Enumclaw area. Tom Tomlinson and Steve Haslett teach the enthusiastic students square dancing, Virginia Reel, and other forms of country dance. The number of angels has been declining, and more volunteers are needed to keep this fun and rewarding activity going. The Enumclaw Expo Center is at 45224 284th Ave SE (on Hwy 410 at the edge of the King Co. Fairgrounds).
