DECEMBER
NEWSLETTER
Pi-R Squares
66 Years of Square Dance of Fun and More to Come
Guest caller
Brett and his
daughter.
November Dances
Thank you to all who attended our dances in November! On
November 12th, we collected food for the food bank. Thank
you to everyone who brought something! We donated 64
pounds of food as well as twenty dollars to the Maple Valley
Food Bank.
WHERE’S ANDY?
IMPORTANT DATES
New Years Eve Dance at
the Sumner Valley Dance
Hall 9:00 pm
December 15th Lesson #14
New Years Day at the
Puddletown Squares
December 29th Lesson #15
1:00-3:00
Andy, Tricia and
Theodore.
NEWSLETTER ARTICLES
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December 18th Caravan to
Jacks and Jills
December 31st Andy calling
New Years Eve Dance at
Sumner Valley Dance Hall
Thank you to all who
contributed articles and
pictures this month!
St. Andrews, Seattle
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Our Cougar got a
little doctoring at
our dance, thanks to
Santa. Remember,
there is always next
year.
PI-R NEWSLETTER
DECEMBER
New Years Eve Dance
Caravan News
December 3rd, we joined the Wagon Wheels
at Meridian Grange for a great night of dancing.
Saturday 12-31 Mainstream New Years Eve
party at Sumner Valley Dance Hall with
Andy and Greg Weber with Sue Weber and
Lorraine Rouse cueing. $15 per person from
9 Pm to ?. Midnight to 1 AM is breakfast.
Dancing thru the Decades is the theme.
Highlights of the evening were dancing with
Wayne Easton and Andy Garboden and the
"Pick you Prize raffle. Some of us carried terrific
prizes away at the end of the evening. Lucky
Jean Huffman won "Split the Pot". This is the
third straight win for Jean. The evening was
completed with an enjoyable after party and
white elephant exchange at Tricia's and Andy's
home. We had good snacks and many laughs.
Thank you, Garbodens.
Celebrate!!
December Birthdays
10th Joyce Dunbar
30th Jim Knight
30th Dave Schatzer
December 18th we'll caravan to Meridian
Grange for mainstream dancing with the Jack's
and Jill's from 6 to 9 PM. Participate in an
"Ugly Sweater" contest or just enjoy the
sweaters. Winner will be announced. December Anniversaries
28th John and Catherine Jaquish
Quinnetts are hosting a potluck dinner before
the dance at their house. 4:30 for dinner. RSVP to Marilyn at 425 432-0138.
Thanks, Grace
Baby Theodore made a guest appearance at
our dance on November 26th! He was right at
home on stage with our caller and his grandpa,
Andy. He was as sweet as can be when we all
wanted a chance to hold him.
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party in Susanne Jones one of our students
came from a student level dance with the
Swingnuts and came to the party. Welcome
Susanne. Prez Says . . .
November was a good month. On
November 12th at our dance with Brett &
Kyle, we collected 64 pounds of canned and
dried goods and $20 in cash for the Food
Bank. They were donated to the Maple
Valley Food Bank the following week.
Thanks PI-R's and guests. Our caravan to
the Spinners in Buckley was great except for
the hanging wire in the hall that we tried to
put back up but Dave from the Spinners
thought we were trying to open the door
and he opened the door and broke our wire
fix. Hopefully they closed the door after we
left. Hope everyone remembers to come to
our Christmas Dance on Saturday 12-10 for
lesson # 13 at 6 PM and followed by our
student level dance.
Caravan to the Jacks and Jills at
Meridian Grange on Sunday 12-18 to dance
with Brett and Kyle. It is their Christmas
Dance. Before the dance there is a potluck
dinner at the Quinnetts 22458 - 244th Ave
SE, Maple Valley, WA 98038. Dinner at 4:30
PM but come early and visit with all. Hope all had a good Thanksgiving and
got together with family and friends. The
second dance of the month went over well
and we were able to work off some of the
Thanksgiving turkey. Thanks Andy and Kyle.
Reminder that there is a caravan to the
Boots and Laces on Friday 1-6-17 so please
put that on your calendar. Catherine is always looking for articles
for the newsletter so think of some
happening in your life that you could put in
the newsletter. We all would like to read
about your life.
Our December caravan to the Wagon
Wheels with Wayne Easton and Lorraine
Rouse was a fun evening. It was their raffle
dance and Marilyn did not win anything but
some of the group did very well. Jean
Huffman won her third in a row split the
pot and can now pay any fines the sheriffs
deem to reward her with. The after party at
Andy and Tricia's house was a lot of fun. We
were able to see their new house and peek
into their kids apartment in the house and
not get caught. We had a white elephant gift
exchange but some of the gifts were not
white elephants. The Seahawk wrapping
paper and the fancy towels got stolen a few
times. Had a surprise guest at the after
Thanks, Terry & Marilyn
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of our potential members work at Boeing and
maybe the name should be mathematical. Bert
Glazier, the first designated caller from the club
said he was a brick mason and the name should
be sturdy and strong. Al DeWinter who later
became the caller said that maybe “The Boeing
Jet Steppers” would be a great name. It was
decided the name was too long and they work at
Boeing and did not need the name in what they
wanted to do for recreation.
“Wagon Wheels” was a name brought up but
someone said this was the Jet age and did not
want to be associated with anything being pulled
by a horse. “Boots & Laces” one person said but
again someone said no as he had worn too many
old boots in his life to be named after them.
Another suggested he did not want anything to
do with Laces and the only ones he had seen of
them was in places he was not supposed to be.
Finally one-person maybe Jim Knight who
was not in the group at the time said how about
“Hoot n Hollers”. This suggestion was also turned
down as someone said they did not want to be
known as the club that just makes a lot of
noise. Much later after Jim did join the club he
was fined many times for bring up that name
again and again. Jim does not give up easily.
Something mathematical, round or square,
catchy, that would last and that could be
remembered was what they needed. Area of a
circle is PI-r squared. This is good but pies are
round. Squares are square but if looked from the
sky a square of dancers look round. Round would
be good but who wants to be called round and
round dancing had not been invented yet I
believe. The only name that made sense was PIR Squares. This would be a name they all could
be proud of and most of them could spell. The
name would most likely be changed some time in
the future. And that my friend is “What is in a
NAME by one man’s theory”??? Any other ideas
on how the name was decided on would be
appreciated and might get published.
Sunshine News
Writing this from Estes Park, CO, high in
the Rockies and snowing; sure looks like
many Christmas cards!
Prayers to all those who are ailing
this joyous season; may you be blest with
healing.
Best wishes to all for a happy holiday
season, filled with merriment, and with the
love of family and friends. To a wonderful New Year filled with fun
dances. Cheers to all,
Sunshine Lady, Patricia
What is in a NAME by one man’s
theory???
The PI-R Squares were started in 1950 by some
group of people that started something bigger
than they thought at the time. Here is one man’s
theory on how the club got its NAME.
In the 50’s there were no little boxes that were
hitched to the end of their arms that one could
ask questions and get an answer. No Sire was
available so they HAD to have a meeting to come
up with a name. This is what might have
happened at the meeting.
Joe Rantz, the first caller was in charge of the
meeting. Joe said the name should mean
something to all of the members. Joe had a lot of
experience being abandoned by his parent
figures two times and working hard and not
getting much except a gold metal in the Olympics
that he could not sell for anything. Joe said many
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