{"id":26715,"date":"2020-01-28T11:28:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T17:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/?p=26715"},"modified":"2020-01-28T12:15:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T18:15:55","slug":"sdm-winter-festival-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/?p=26715","title":{"rendered":"SDM Winter Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 26, 2020 &#8211; SDM Winter Festival Square Dance, St Cloud, Callers Tom Allen, Andy Flint, Monte Guenzler, Charley Huhtala, Larry Johansen, Rick Larson, Abe Maier, Roger McNeil, Dick Severson, and John Welton; Cuers Sarah Klaphake, Ken LaBau, and Bernadette McNeil.\u00a0 Dancers from Afternoon Squares, Ar-Dale Dancers, Beaux &amp; Belles, Cambridge Corners, County Line Squares, ETTA Square &amp; Rounds, Friendly Squares, Gospel Plus, Jolly Twirlers, Kaleidoscope Squares, Koronis Nite Owls, L &amp; M Squares, Rays Promenaders, Rockin&#8217; Country Dancers, Saturday Fun Nite, South Metro Stars, Spares &amp; Pairs, Wadena Whirlaways, and Westonka Whirlers were present.\u00a0 Ten <span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.7142; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">callers and three cuers kept the dance lively (see photo above).\u00a0 Awards were presented by SDM Chair Barry Downs (see photos below).<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26697\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26697\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26697\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-02-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-02-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-02.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Live-Lively &#8220;Octogenarian&#8221; Award &#8211; Tony Klingelhoets.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26701\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26701\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26701\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-06-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-06-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-06-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-06.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Live-Lively &#8220;Octogenarian&#8221; Award &#8211; Don Lundell.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26709\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26709\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26709\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-14-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-14-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-14-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-14.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Graduate First Award &#8211; Ella Klaphake.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26707\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26707\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-12-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-12-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-12.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Graduate First Award &#8211; Anna Mohs.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26704\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26704\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-09-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-09-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-09-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-09.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Graduate First and Second Awards &#8211; Maggie Bloomquist.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26705\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26705\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-10-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-10-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-10-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-10.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Graduate First and Second Awards &#8211; Bill and Char VanBergen.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26696\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26696\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-01-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-01-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-01.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Graduate Second and Third Awards &#8211; Brad and Michelle Neutz.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Eighth Most-Active Dancer &#8211; Debbie Quant (50 events) (not present).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26700\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26700\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-05-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-05-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-05.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seventh Most-Active Dancer &#8211; Audrey Boyd (63 events).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26710\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26710\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-15-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-15-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-15-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-15.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seventh Most-Active Dancer &#8211; Kathy Achermann (63 events).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sixth Most-Active Dancer &#8211; David Wilde (85 events) (not present).<\/p>\n<p>Fifth Most-Active Dancer &#8211; Doug Zachman (95 events) (not present).<\/p>\n<p>Fourth Most-Active Dancer &#8211; Gael Zachman (98 events) (not present).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26711\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26711\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-16-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-16-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-16.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Third Most-Active Dancer &#8211; Jennifer Downs (112 events).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26702\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26702\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-07-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-07-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-07-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-07.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Second Most-Active Dancers &#8211; Don Lundell and Mavis Johnson (125 events).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26699\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26699\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-04-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-04-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-04.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most-Active Dancer (Jul-Dec 2019) &#8211; Carmen Fesenmaier (126 events).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26712\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26712\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-17-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-17-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2020-01-26-SDM-17.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most-Active Dancer banner.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 26, 2020 &#8211; SDM Winter Festival Square Dance, St Cloud, Callers Tom Allen, Andy Flint, Monte Guenzler, Charley Huhtala, Larry Johansen, Rick Larson, Abe Maier, Roger McNeil, Dick Severson, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26715","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\/26715","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=26715"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26723,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26715\/revisions\/26723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}