{"id":25090,"date":"2019-11-30T16:53:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T22:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/?p=25090"},"modified":"2019-11-30T17:01:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T23:01:26","slug":"square-dance-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/?p=25090","title":{"rendered":"SDM Fall Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 2, 2019 &#8211; Square Dance Minnesota Fall Festival, St Cloud, Callers Tom Allen, John Bittner, Vic Diller, Andy Flint, Monte Guenzler, Charley Huhtala, Larry Johansen, Rick Larson, Abe Maier, Roger McNeil, Dick Severson, and John Weldon, Cuers Sarah Klaphake, Ken LaBau, Bernadette McNeil, and Jane Simpson.\u00a0 Dancers from Ar-Dale Dancers, Beaux &amp; Belles, Cambridge Corners, Country Twirlers, County Line Squares, Dakota Squares, ETTA Square &amp; Rounds, Hot Foot Stompers, Jolly Twirlers, Kaleidoscope Squares, Koronis Nite Owls, L &amp; M Squares, North Country Plus, Rays Promenaders, Rockin&#8217; Country Dancers, Saturday Fun Nite, Single Circles, South Metro Stars, Spares &amp; Pairs, Wadena Whirlaways, and Westonka Whirlers were present.\u00a0 Twelve callers and four cuers kept the dance lively (see photo above).\u00a0 Awards were presented (see below) by SDM Chair Barry Downs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25079\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25079\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25079\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-08-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-08-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-08-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-08.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preparing to square dance.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25077\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25077\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25077\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-06-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-06-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-06-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-06.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Westonka Whirlers.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25072\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25072\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25072\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-01-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-01-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-01.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orlin Myrlie received an Octogenarian Live Lively Award.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25073\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25073\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25073\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-02-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-02-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-02.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carmen Fesenmaier received the &#8220;Seventh Most Active Dancer&#8221; award for January-June 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25074\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25074\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25074\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-03-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-03-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-03-624x320.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-03.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary and LeRoy Elfmann received their &#8220;Tenth Traveler Award.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25075\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25075\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25075\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-04-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-04-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-04.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Dropkin received the letter designating Dakota Squares a 501(c)(3).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25076\" style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25076\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25076\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-05-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-05-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-02-SDM-05.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Dropkin received the &#8220;70th Anniversary&#8221; certificate for Dakota Squares.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 2, 2019 &#8211; Square Dance Minnesota Fall Festival, St Cloud, Callers Tom Allen, John Bittner, Vic Diller, Andy Flint, Monte Guenzler, Charley Huhtala, Larry Johansen, Rick Larson, Abe Maier, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25090","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\/25090","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=25090"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25095,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25090\/revisions\/25095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}