Tanglefooters Dance Club

Dancing for Over 36 Years in Joplin, Missouri

 

[NOTE: due to tornado damage to the Joplin Senior Center on May 22, 2011,

we will meet until further notice at the Square Dance Center,

2 blocks west of 2nd & Maiden Lane, Joplin, on 2nd street.]

 

Latest News

 

New dance figures to be taught starting in January of 2012: On Monday nights, starting January 2, Jerry will be teaching basic 2-step figures. This is from the ground up, so all students and newer club members who want to learn to dance 2-step choreography should come on out. Also starting January 10 and once a month on 2nd Tuesdays, Paul & Linda Robinson of Tulsa will be making the trek up to Joplin to teach Quickstep figures from the ground up. All club members and students are welcome to come on out to the Joplin Square Dance Center, for lessons that start at 7:30.

 

News [from the December 2011 MRDA Newsletter]

 

Tanglefooters held its annual Holiday Dinner on December 12. We had a great turnout (65) with great food, great dancing, and lots of red.

 

Paul and Linda Robinson held their last foxtrot workshop of the year on December 13. They accomplished their goal of teaching all the phase IV moves in foxtrot rhythm. The next workshop will be held the January 10, 2012. Their plan is to begin teaching quickstep and to review the foxtrot figures.

 

Be making plans to attend our annual spring dance the first weekend in March 2012. We will have it in Carthage instead of in Joplin because of tornado-related issues.

 

Speaking of the tornado, Tanglefooters has recently donated about $1,300 to the Joplin Public Library to help with losses the library suffered as a result of the storm.

 

If you need more information, please visit www.tanglefooters.org or the Tanglefooters page on Facebook. Reporter: Leslie Simpson, lessimpson@yahoo.com.

 

2011-12 Lessons

2011 has been a very difficult year. We began a new series of dance lessons starting Sept. 19, 7:00-8:15 p.m. (Joplin Square Dance Center, 1801 W 2nd). The first lesson is free; $7 per couple thereafter. Lessons began with cha-cha rhythm and then moved on to rumba. In January students will start 2-Step lessons. Anyone who wants to learn 2-step figures should come out. This is for couples of all ages, casual attire.

 

New Members Join the Club

 

On August 1, 2011, Tanglefooters held the annual summer dinner, new member induction, and club meeting. About 50 were in attendance, several club members being gone because of their churches’ VBS. Inducted into the club was the first group of graduates. Since many were gone for that night for one reason or another, the second group was inducted on August 8. New members were  presentedwith official Tanglefooters badges as a token of completion of basic lessons. All told, 16 joined the club, raising the total membership number to 90.

 

At the annual club meeting, the following officers were elected to a one-year term: Mike & Teri Betts, President; Ken & Billie Jenkins, Vice President; Dale Simpson, Secretary/Treasurer; and Leslie Simpson, Reporter to MRDA.

 

Due to the loss of the Senior Center and increased hall rental costs, the nightly dance fee was raised to $3.50 a person, $7.00 a couple, until such time that the Senior Center is repaired and we return to our traditional rental fee.

 

Hope Rocks Joplin!

 

On May 22, 2011, an EF-5 tornado up to a mile wide, packing winds of well over 200 miles an hour, swept through the southern part of Joplin, destroying or severely damaging 30% of the city. Ninety per cent of the structures of the community of Duquesne just east of Joplin were destroyed or severely damaged. The area is reeling but recovering slowly. Tanglefooters held a benefit dance for Joplin area residents on July 17, starting at 7:00 in the evening. Named “Hope Rocks Joplin,” it featured local band This Side Up! playing classic rock, a live auction, a silent auction, and sales of “Hope Rocks Joplin” t-shirts and other items. Admission was free; donations were encouraged. To date (12/27/2011) the club has donated $3717 to the R-VIII district tornado relief fund, and over $1300 to the Joplin Public Library. T-shirts continue to sell well, at $15 apiece.

 

Facebook page created

 

The club now has a Facebook site which can be accessed by all Facebook members. It is being populated with photos, links, and information that will be more current than information on this website, for the time being.  If you are a Facebook member, do a Search for Tanglefooters and join up as a “friend.”

 

Past News [click Here]

 

Our Mission

To teach, promote, and perpetuate choreographed ballroom dancing as a wholesome, enjoyable recreational activity of the highest standard for the whole family. We are a Phase II-IV intermediate-level club (dancing a few easy V’s), committed to teaching beginners and developing competent round dancers. 

Our History

The Tanglefooters Dance Club began in Joplin in 1975, and we have been dancing continuously ever since.   We just celebrated our 36th anniversary in November of 2011.  We are a member-run club, with an elected board of officers.  For more information on the history of the club and photos of some longtime club VIP's, click HERE.

When We Meet

Lessons from 7:00 – 8:15; club dance from 8:20 to 9:30

Tutorials by the Yockeys, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of each month

Lessons by Paul & Linda Robinson of Tulsa, 2nd Tuesdays of each month

 

Where We Meet [See above]

Joplin Square Dance Center,  1811 West 2nd Street, Joplin, MO 64801  [Two blocks west of Maiden Lane]

 

Cuer & Teachers:   Jerry Yockey & Dot Yockey 

 

Officers Through July 2012

President:                               Mike & Teri Betts      417-451-0821   Email:  gatewayfarm@stouffercomm.net
Vice President:                      Ken & Billie Jenkins 417-623-5767   Email:  krbj114@sbcglobal.net
Secretary/ Treasurer:           Dale Simpson              417-782-3733   Email:  d1226simpson@yahoo.com

Reporter:                                          Leslie Simpson            417-782-3733   Email:  lessimpson@yahoo.com

 

 

Links to Round Dance Sites

About Round Dance    The Round Dance Server     Round Dance International Directory  Roundalab

International Choreographed Ballroom Dance Association

Missouri Round Dance Association   St. Louis Area Round Dance Site

Southwest (Missouri) District of Square & Round Dance Clubs

Round Dancing:  An Instruction Manual by Harold & Meredith Sears

ABC's of Round Dancing(Courtesy of Fred Haury)--Terms and Descriptions of Dance Figures

                                                                                                Cue Sheets from All Over--Massive List of Dances and Their Cue Sheets, by Phase & Rhythm

Dance Rounds.info Videos—Large collection of videos of individual dances; great resource

 

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