{"id":17308,"date":"2018-06-27T22:55:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T03:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/?p=17308"},"modified":"2018-07-08T11:15:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T16:15:08","slug":"national-convention-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/?p=17308","title":{"rendered":"National Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 67th National Square and Round Dance Convention was held in Kansas City, MO, June 27-30, 2018.\u00a0 Ninety-four Minnesotans out of approximately 3,150 dancers were present. The photo above was taken at the evening Mainstream dance on June 30 with national callers and the Ghost Riders Band.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17346\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-01_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17346\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-01_1-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-01_1-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-01_1-768x353.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-01_1-624x287.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-01_1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 29, 2018 &#8211; Mainstream dance with the Ghost Riders Band.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17341\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17341\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17341\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-03-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-03-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-03-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-03.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8220;Last Square Standing&#8221; competition, the first place square included two people from Minnesota. The top three squares all had at least one person from Minnesota.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17342\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17342\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17342\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-04-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-04-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-04-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-04.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8220;Last Square Standing&#8221; competition, the second place square included five people from Minnesota.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17340\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17340\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-02-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-02-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-02-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-06-29-Convention-02.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Several Minnesota youth joined other youth from across the country at the National Square Dance Convention.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17309\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/National-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17309\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/National-01-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/National-01-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/National-01-768x283.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/National-01-1024x377.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/National-01-624x230.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">June 27, 2018 &#8211; Trail End Square Dance with Ghost Riders Band, Callers Tony Oxendine and friends. Photo was taken during the first tip &#8211; later tips covered nearly the whole dance floor.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 67th National Square and Round Dance Convention was held in Kansas City, MO, June 27-30, 2018.\u00a0 Ninety-four Minnesotans out of approximately 3,150 dancers were present. 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