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The ASSDF has a yearly fall festival dance in a different Arkansas city, usually the second weekend of October, which is on the Columbus Day Weekend. The main dancing is on Friday afternoon and evening, and Saturday dances...both with Arkansas' Callers And Cuers. National Callers who may be passing through the region are welcome to attend, but they are volunteering their calling time, as are all the Arkansas Callers And Cuers. On Saturday morning, there is the ASSDF Delegates Meeting at 9am Saturday morning, plus the afternoon and evening dancing to Arkansas' Callers And Cuers. There's also line dancing, door prizes, a Teacup Auction, and Split The Pot, at the weekend. There may also be a Fashion Show on Saturday afternoon.
All clubs are requested to provide Gift Baskets for the dance, which will be auctioned off, with a minimum bid that they place on it. There may be used square dance items for sale
at the festival...confirmation will be posted as soon as possible. If so, dancers receive 75% of the proceeds, with 25% going to the ASSDF.
It's also worth noting that ''While visitors can watch the dance at no charge, the moment they step on the dance floor to dance, they become dancers...and are expected to pay the at door registration fee (for Friday and Saturday), and, if there's a Thursday Night Trail-In Dance, a separate fee, payable at the door. If not, they will be asked to leave the dance floor, and the premises''...because of liability and insurance issues.
There were door prizes, a teacup auction, split the pot, and a horse race...which gave a whole new meaning to WIN, PLACE, and SHOW -- the races were on Thursday and Friday night. As a side note, this would be a great idea for Graduation Dance.
Several items were discussed at the Delegates Meeting on Saturday...including the future of The Modern Square, future festivals (noted below), and the new slate of ASSDF Officers.
Special thanks to the Heber Springers and the Blue Belles And Beaus for co-hosting the weekend...Danny and Theresa Holley for all the work that they did...to all the callers, cuers, and line dancers who attended...and of course, to all the dancers who attended.