{"id":11375,"date":"2017-06-21T22:29:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T03:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/?p=11375"},"modified":"2017-06-28T15:28:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T20:28:37","slug":"national-convention-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/?p=11375","title":{"rendered":"National Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 21-24, 2017 &#8211; 66th National Square and Round Dance Convention, Cincinnati.\u00a0 Attendance 3,627, with 46 dancers from Minnesota.\u00a0 Cincinnati is submitting an entry to Guinness World Records for the largest square dance with 1,632 participants.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11352\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-09_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11352\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11352\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-09_1-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-09_1-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-09_1-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-09_1-1024x459.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-09_1-624x280.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 21 &#8211; Mainstream dancing with Ghost Riders Band.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11351\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-08_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11351\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11351\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-08_1-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-08_1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-08_1-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-08_1-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-08_1-624x393.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 21 &#8211; Mainstream dancing with Ghost Riders Band.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11350\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-07_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11350\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-07_1-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-07_1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-07_1-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-07_1-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-21-National-07_1-624x374.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 21 &#8211; Mainstream dancing with Ghost Riders Band.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11380\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-22-National-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11380\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-22-National-01-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-22-National-01-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-22-National-01-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-22-National-01-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-22-National-01-624x391.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 22 &#8211; Mainstream dancing with Ghost Riders Band.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11381\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-22-National-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11381\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11381\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-22-National-03-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-22-National-03-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-22-National-03-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-22-National-03-624x502.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-22-National-03.jpg 862w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 22 &#8211; Tri-State Spinners Exhibition.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11388\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-01_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11388\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11388\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-01_1-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-01_1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-01_1-624x375.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-01_1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 23 &#8211; Mainstream dancing with Ghost Riders Band.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11384\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11384\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11384\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-02-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-02-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-02-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-02-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-02-624x405.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 23 &#8211; Plus dancing.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11385\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11385\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-03-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-03-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-03-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-03-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-03-624x394.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 23 &#8211; Plus dancing.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11386\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11386\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11386\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-04-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-04-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-04-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-04-624x349.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-04.jpg 973w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 23 &#8211; Heritage Dancers Exhibition.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11387\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11387\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11387\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-05-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-05-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-05-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-05-624x330.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-23-National-05.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 23 &#8211; River City Riders Exhibition.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11393\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11393\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11393\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-01-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-01-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-01-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-01-1024x378.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-01-624x230.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-01.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 24 &#8211; Heritage Dancers Exhibition.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11394\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11394\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11394\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-02-300x93.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-02-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-02-768x239.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-02-1024x319.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-02-624x194.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 24 &#8211; River City Riders Exhibition.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11395\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11395\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11395\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-03-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-03-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-03-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-03-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-National-03-624x354.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 24 &#8211; Tri-State Dancers.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11499\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-Natiional-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11499\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-Natiional-10-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-Natiional-10-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-Natiional-10-624x254.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-Natiional-10.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the 46 Minnesotans present.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11500\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-Natiional-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-Natiional-11-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-Natiional-11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-24-Natiional-11.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The winners of the &#8220;Last Square Standing&#8221; competition. This is the \u00a0square with the least mistakes in some very tough calling by Tony Oxidine and Randy Dougherty.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 21-24, 2017 &#8211; 66th National Square and Round Dance Convention, Cincinnati.\u00a0 Attendance 3,627, with 46 dancers from Minnesota.\u00a0 Cincinnati is submitting an entry to Guinness World Records for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11375"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11501,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11375\/revisions\/11501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}