A Summer Picnic!		Help Wanted
Manager's Report, May 21, 2003		Calendar of Events
Still Time to 'Join Up'

to Lewisville Park, from I-5 and I-205

Just a reminder to reserve Saturday, July 5th, for our Summer Picnic. This year, we have reserved the Cedar Shelter within the Lewisville State Park, just north of Battle Ground, Wa. You can come anytime, but lunch begins at 1pm. Bring something (anything) to share, and tableware for yourself. Water and lemonade will be provided.

There are paths for hiking or strolling, through the woods or along the Lewis River. Bring your favorite games! And, we will try to do some dancing, too!

See the calendar entry for July 5th (below) for more information, as well as the list from which dances may be selected.

The object of the Vancouver-USA Scottish Country Dancers Association is to preserve and further the practice of Scottish Country Dancing. This association is organized exclusively for educational or charitable purposes.

You will read more about some of the accomplishments of our Association by reading the committee chair reports. Our association performed 23 local demos this year. We have shared our dancing with a diversity of other nationalities, including Japan, Singapore, and Lithuania.

I would like to thank you all for being a part of the Association and for donating your time and energy to putting on the various events of the previous year.

I would like to thank our master teacher and cofounder for organizing the dances and other community events, for teaching us the dances, and for nurturing a new generation of teachers. Thanks to the new teachers for carrying forward a tradition of teaching excellence.

I would like to thank the Publicity chairman and cofounder for finding opportunities for us to bring Scottish Country Dancing into our local community, and for attracting new dancers with various flyers and advertisements.

Thank you to our able secretary/treasurer who has also performed many other roles to support our Association.

Thanks to the committee chairs for coordinating the dances, newsletter and web site, publicity, hospitality, historian, and decorations.

And especially, thanks to all you dancers who have volunteered to put on the dancing events, and who have served the Association and our local community by taking the classes and by dancing in the many demos and performances.

For those of you who are new to Scottish Country Dancing, please consider becoming a member and volunteer to support the Association. Our group will benefit from your energy and new ideas. This past year, we have tried some new ideas; some have worked well and some not so well. It is satisfying to think about the accomplishments that would never have happened without the volunteer who initiated the idea or action.

I have enjoyed socializing with all of you during the past year doing Scottish Country Dancing, and I look forward to sharing more of these experiences with you during the coming year.

Respectfully submitted,
Tom Halpenny

Provide Fall, Winter, and Summer Beginning/Intermediate SCD classes
Class members' birthday celebrations
Improved newsletter and web site features
Publicity, including Columbian and Salmon Creek Sentinel feature articles
Performance team
Japan dancing tour; competition at Tokyo Highland Games
Demo at Lower Columbia Community College
Demo at Morning River Walk
Summer picnic at Battle Ground Lake
Summer dance classes at Creekside Estates
Demo Dancing in Esther Short Park (4 events)
Demo at Clark County Fair (2 performances)
Fall dance; "Phantom of the Dance"
Demo at Pacific Specialty Rehab.
Demo at Vancouver City Council meeting
Holiday Ceilidh
Demo at Robert Burns Supper
Dinner dance; "Once Upon a Winter Night"
Demo at Seafarers Center
Demo at Masonic Lodge
Demo at McKenzie's Restaurant (3 performances)
Demo at Pearson Air Museum
Spring dance with new-teacher class; "Garden Party"
Demo at Cheshire Cat
Demo at Village Ladies Club
Demo at Portland International Airport "Spring Fling" (2 performances)
Demo at Military Officers Association Meeting
Demo at Pomeroy Farm Herb Festival

The membership year for the Vancouver USA Scottish Country Dancers runs from July 1st through June 30th. If you would like to renew your membership in our local branch and haven't done so yet, just send in your dues to:

Vancouver USA SCD
1647 NW 26th Circle
Camas, WA 98607

Note: the deadline for applying for RSCDS membership this year has passed.

There is a vacancy in the office of Historian. Our Historian organizes and maintains a file of our group's newsletters, flyers, photos, and other items, which document the activities and progress of the Vancouver USA Scottish Country Dancers. If you would like to volunteer for this position, or would like more information, contact our manager, Tom Halpenny, at 887-1888.