Hello Dancers,

Happy New Year! I pray that everyone has had a GREAT Holiday Season. It seems like the holidays come and go faster every year. The dances throughout the season have been amazing. I hope you all took the opportunity to travel and experience the season with your square dance family.

I have seen new dancers who recently graduated already hitting the dance floor. Please look out for these dancers and welcome them into your square. They are working on the transition from the speed of lessons to the speed of dancing with us. Please encourage them and let them know that we all make mistakes. I know I do.

I have looked through the names of those going on the cruise in February. There is a HUGE NORTEX representation. It would be great to get a picture of our traveling dancers while we are out. Listen for a time and location once we are onboard. The ship will have approximately 700 square dancers from across the world. NORTEX will have approximately 30 dancers cruising. That is 4%. I have heard that Ray Savell and Bobby Willis are already making plans for the next cruise. If you are not able to make it this time around, please look for information coming soon for the next cruise.

After the NORTEX meeting on February 1, there will be a Chocolate Hugs and Kisses dance from 4 – 6pm at Swingtime. Please make plans to attend!

Keep Dancing and Stay Warm,

Let’s Grow NORTEX,