{"id":3254,"date":"2015-07-24T18:41:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T23:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/?p=3254"},"modified":"2015-07-25T12:17:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T17:17:14","slug":"rum-river-squares-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/?p=3254","title":{"rendered":"National Convention Bus Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-seven\u00a0dancers from North Dakota and Minnesota danced in 20 states in 10 days on their way to and from the\u00a064th National Square Dance Convention in\u00a0Springfield, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>June 20, 2015 &#8211; Bus departed Fargo, North Dakota, with area dancers, stopped in St Joseph, Hasty, Plymouth, and Richfield, Minnesota, and picked up additional dancers.\u00a0 The tour stopped at Plymouth for lunch and afterwards danced in the Perkins parking lot.\u00a0 Group also danced at the Richfield stop before driving to Waupun, Wisconsin, for a dinner\/dance with Prison City Squares.\u00a0 Callers were Dave Schulz and Roger McNeil with Bernadette McNeil cuing Rounds.\u00a0 After the dance the tour continued on to Mundelein, Illinois, where they spent the night.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3301\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3301\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3301\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-19-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dancing at the parking lot in Richfield (or was it Plymouth?)!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-19-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-19-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-19-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-19.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancing at the parking lot in Richfield (or was it Plymouth?)!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3247\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3247\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3247\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-09-300x127.jpg\" alt=\"Tour members at Prison City Squares!\" width=\"300\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-09-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-09-624x265.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-09.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tour members at Prison City Squares!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3300\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-18-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dancing with Prison City Squares!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-18-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-18-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-18-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-18.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancing with Prison City Squares!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>June 21, 2015 &#8211; Before departing the hotel in Mundelein, the tour members danced for the hotel staff in the lobby.\u00a0 Tour arrived in St Joseph, Michigan, where Village Squares reserved the Whitcomb Veranda for a short dance and\u00a0lunch courtesy of the Square and Round Dance Association of Southwest Michigan.\u00a0 The tour then traveled to Millers Merry Manor in New Carlisle, Indiana, where Elisa and Frank Berger had arranged for a short dance\/demo.\u00a0 After departing New Carlisle the tour traveled to Norwalk, Ohio, for dinner and\u00a0a mob dance in the restaurant.\u00a0 The tour spent the night in Erie, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3299\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3299\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3299\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Mob dance in hotel lobby!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-17-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-17-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-17-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-17.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mob dance in hotel lobby!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3298\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3298\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3298\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dancing at the Whitcomb Veranda!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-16-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-16-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-16-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-16.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancing at the Whitcomb Veranda!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3297\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3297\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3297\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-15-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dancers at Millers Merry Manor!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-15-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-15-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-15-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-15.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers at Millers Merry Manor!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3243\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3243\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3243\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-08-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"And what do you do while you wait for your food to be delivered in a restaurant  in Norwalk, Ohio ?  You square up and dance!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-08-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-08-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-08.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And what do you do while you wait for your food to be delivered in a restaurant in Norwalk, Ohio ? You square up and dance!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>June 22, 2015 &#8211; Before leaving the hotel in Erie, there was\u00a0a mob dance in the parking lot.\u00a0 The tour drove on to\u00a0Niagara Falls, New York,\u00a0where there was another mob dance in front of the Visitor Center before dancers were left on their own to tour the falls as they pleased.\u00a0 In the afternoon the tour traveled to Albany, New York.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3242\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3242\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-07-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Niagara Falls, NY, was another highlight of the bus trip!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-07-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-07-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-07.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Niagara Falls, NY, was another highlight of the bus trip!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3265\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3265\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-14-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian Falls taken from Goat Island!\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-14-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-14-1024x776.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-14-624x473.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canadian Falls taken from Goat Island!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>June 23, 2015 &#8211; After departing Albany, the tour traveled to Bennington, Vermont, where there was a mob dance in the square (happened to be across the street from the Bennington Banner).\u00a0 See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benningtonbanner.com\/news\/ci_28369042\/square-dance-on-main-street:-a-bus-full-of-square-dancers-do-impromptu-performance\">Bennington Banner<\/a>\u00a0article.\u00a0 From Bennington the tour traveled to Keene, New Hampshire, where it was met by dancers from Keene, Bradford, Concord, Manchester, Mason, and Nashua\u00a0for a mob dance at Railroad Square.\u00a0 See the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/m.sentinelsource.com\/mobile\/news\/local\/square-dancers-take-over-keene-s-railroad-square-tuesday\/article_0055f748-6342-5364-ac8b-7487718f055f.html\">Keene Sentinel<\/a> article.\u00a0 After lunch the tour traveled to York, Maine, to dance with the Mix &#8216;n Mingle at the Nubble Lighthouse &#8211; Cape Neddick\u00a0parking lot.\u00a0 That evening the tour danced with the Tech Squares at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3303\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3303\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3303\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-20-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Mob dance at Bennington, VT!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-20-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-20-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-20-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-20.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mob dance at Bennington, VT!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3304\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3304\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3304\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-21-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Danced at Railroad Square at Keene, NH!\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-21-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-21-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-21-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-21.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danced at Railroad Square at Keene, NH!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3241\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3241\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3241\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-06-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"Mix 'n Mingle came to dance with us at the lighthouse parking lot in York, ME. \" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-06-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-06-624x362.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-06.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mix &#8216;n Mingle came to dance with us at the lighthouse parking lot in York, ME.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3251\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3251\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3251\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-13-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dancing with Tech Squares at MIT!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-13-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-13.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancing with Tech Squares at MIT!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>June 24, 2015 &#8211; Traveled to Providence, Rhode Island, for a mob dance in the street.\u00a0 Then on to Putnam, Connecticut, home of the UConn Huskies, where we danced in the common square with area square dancers.\u00a0 From there the tour traveled to Springfield, Massachusetts, for a visit to the Dr. Suess Park for another mob dance and sightseeing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3250\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3250\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-12-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"The bus stopped in Providence, Rhode Island, and all enjoyed dancing on the sidewalk.\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-12-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-12-624x331.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-12.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bus stopped in Providence, Rhode Island, and all enjoyed dancing on the sidewalk.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3249\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3249\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3249\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-11-300x145.jpg\" alt=\"Mob dance in Putnam, CT!\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-11-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-11-624x301.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-11.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mob dance in Putnam, CT!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3236\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3236\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3236\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-01-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Everyone enjoyed a visit to the Dr. Seuss memorial. \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-01-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-01.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Everyone enjoyed a visit to the Dr. Seuss memorial.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3237\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3237\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3237\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-02-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"And who could resist posing with the Cat in the Hat and his creator:  Ted Seuss Geisel?\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-02-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-02.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And who could resist posing with the Cat in the Hat and his creator: Ted Seuss Geisel?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3238\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3238\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3238\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-03-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Travelers at the Dr. Seuss Memorial Sculpture Garden.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-03-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-03.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Travelers at the Dr. Seuss Memorial Sculpture Garden.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3240\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3240\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-05-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"And, of course, we danced at the Seuss Memorial Park!\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-05-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-05.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And, of course, we danced at the Seuss Memorial Park!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>June 24-27, 2015 &#8211; 64th National Square Dance Convention.\u00a0 Dancing for everyone at all levels, including a live band &#8220;The Ghost Riders&#8221; in the evenings with a different caller every tip!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3244\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3244\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-01-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees at the National Convention was over 4,000 dancers!\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-01-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-01-624x428.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-01.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees at the National Convention was over 4,000 dancers!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3245\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3245\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-02-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the folks who attended the National Convention.\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-02-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-02-624x346.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-02.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the folks who attended the National Convention.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3246\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3246\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3246\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-03-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Every Saturday evening at the National Convention begins with the Parade of States.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-03-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27-National-03.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Every Saturday evening at the National Convention begins with the Parade of States.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>June 28, 2015 &#8211;\u00a0 Traveled from Springfield to\u00a0Point Jarvis, New Jersey, for a mob dance (in the rain) in the High Point \u00a0State Park parking lot.\u00a0 Then on to Willmington, Delaware, for another mob dance in a strip mall parking lot.\u00a0\u00a0Six squares (including some folks that we danced with at the convention) met at the Lowe&#8217;s parking lot in Frederick, Maryland, for another mob dance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3248\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3248\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3248\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-10-300x128.jpg\" alt=\"Three squares from the Ballenger Creek, MD, area turned out at the Lowe's parking lot to dance with the tour dancers, who were staying at the hotel adjacent to the parking lot. \" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-10-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-10-624x266.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.squaredancemn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-30-Tour-10.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three squares from the Ballenger Creek, MD, area turned out at the Lowe&#8217;s parking lot to dance with the tour dancers, who were staying at the hotel adjacent to the parking lot.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>June 29, 2015 &#8211; Left Frederick for Harper&#8217;s Ferry, West Virginia.\u00a0 Just before we crossed the state line from Virginia into West Virginia we stopped for a mob dance.\u00a0 From there we traveled to to Brookville, Ohio, where we danced with squares from western Ohio and eastern Indiana and Callers Tom Davis and Roger McNeil.\u00a0 Ten squares danced most of the evening for both Mainstream and Plus dances.\u00a0 Rounds were as popular as the square dances.<\/p>\n<p>June 30, 2015 &#8211; Left Brookville in the morning and traveled\u00a0through Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.\u00a0 Dropped off dancers at the locations where we picked them up and completed the tour in Fargo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-seven\u00a0dancers from North Dakota and Minnesota danced in 20 states in 10 days on their way to and from the\u00a064th National Square Dance Convention in\u00a0Springfield, Massachusetts. 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