Hello Dancers,

Happy Fall Yall!

The cooler weather is upon us! Praise the Lord! The cooler weather ushers in the holiday season. Christmas will quickly be upon us. I hope everyone is making preparations for great times with family and friends.

Round 2025 was a great dance. Kay & Tom Pimple did an amazing job coordinating a “Barn Dance”. The Texas Reelers stepped up and worked hard throughout the Round-Up season visiting clubs and selling shirts. Thank you all for your hard work and dedication to make this years event a success.

The Toys for Tots dance after the November 2nd NORTEX Quarterly Meeting was successful as well. $1010.00 in cash was received as well as 4 large Toys for Tots boxes full of toys. NORTEX dancers really showed up in force to support the kids here in the area that will be in need of gifts, etc. on Christmas morning. It is a privilege to be your President.

If you are interested in becoming an officer for NORTEX, please contact me on or before December 31, 2025. The nominating committee has been established to review all of the incoming resume’s for officers. This is a great opportunity to meet dancers from all over Dallas / Fort Worth and serve them. Please prayerfully consider becoming an officer.

I have seen a lot of new dancers out who have either graduated or are going to graduate soon. I am really encouraged to see more and more youth coming out to dance. On November 15, there were some youth out dancing with the Rebel Rousers. One of them was learning from online lessons. Please encourage them to keep dancing. When they make mistakes, let them know that we all make mistakes, no matter how long we have been dancing.

Rookie of the year nomination forms are due at the end of December. This form can now be found on the NORTEX website for your downloading pleasure. Remember, this is for dancers who graduated in the fall of 2024 and the Spring of 2025. Some of the dancers from this class look like they have been dancing for years already. Who will NORTEX choose? Winner will be revealed at the installation dance in June 2026.

Thank you,

Let’s Grow NORTEX,