Oregon Federation of Square and Round Dance Clubs

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Web Name: Oregon Federation of Square and Round Dance Clubs

WebSite: http://www.squaredance.gen.or.us

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Square Dancing is the Official State Dance of OregonCoronavirus updateMost of our square dance organizations have canceled dances, meetings,and special events as a precaution against spreading the COVID-19coronoavirus. We'll try to indicate here when things start openingup again.Second Vice President Tim Keck has gathered together a set of documentsthat outline the State of Oregon requirements for our type of organization,and forms that will be useful to clubs when starting up again.Click here to download them.Modern Square Dancing is dancing and thinking. Moving in rhythm keepsyou physically fit. Your doctor will tell you that aerobic exercises arethe best, and studies have shown that square dancers can walk up to fivemiles in a single night!Square dancers burn up to 400 calories each 30 minutes of dancing. It'saerobic exercise that also helps coordination, balance, endurance, andcardiac function and helps keep muscles toned and healthy. Learning thebasic steps is as easy as walking.It's a New Generation of DancingIt's time to erase the old image you might have of square dancingfrom your school days or TV. Today's dancing is done to great musicfrom the best of modern music, including Country, Rock, Disco, Gospel,Hip-Hop, and Bluegrass! There are new dance steps -exciting new patternsto learn. And you can dance any where in the world you might travel -18 different countries including the Far East and Europe! Best of all,there are new people to meet, friends to make, events to attend. Squaredancing is "Friendship set to music." This is one of the best kept secretsin town. It's time you opened the door and let the great benefits theyoffer enhance your life.A New Song and Dance Routine and a Great New Involvement for All Ages!No prior dancing ability needed!It's an aerobic, weight-bearing, calorie-burning activity!It forms lifelong friendships!It develops teamwork!It increases listening skills! (recommended by doctors to help maintain mental acuity)It's economical! the most fun for the least dollar . . . anywhereIt broadens your social life!It's performed in healthy non-smoking/nondrinking environment!It's multi-generational!The Oregon Federation of Square and Round Dance Clubs wasorganized in March of 1956, and now includes about 64 clubs fromacross the state of Oregon, the northern edge of California, andthe southern edge of Washington. The purpose of the Federation isto promote the encouragement and enjoyment of square dancing andits associated activities.The Federation holds four meetings annually, one each at theMid-Winter and Summer Festivals, and two others rotatingthrough the 10 area councils. All meetings are open, and dancersare encouraged to attend.The Federation is financed through membership dues, andrevenues from the two annual State Festivals. The Federation usesthese funds to cover operational costs and to fund projects thatwill promote square dancing.The Federation was instrumental in having the United StatesCongress designate the square dance as the National Folk Dance,and in having square dancing named as the official dance of theState of Oregon. Oregon hosted more than 22,000 dancers fromaround the world at the 43rd National Square Dance Convention inPortland in June, 1994, still the second largest convention everheld at the Oregon Convention Center. We repeated this privilegein June, 2005, when more than 8,000 dancers showed up for the54th National Square Dance Convention .These accomplishments and the hosting of numerous benefitdances has placed the Oregon Federation of Square and Round DanceClubs as one of the leaders in the community. The dancers ofOregon should be proud of what their Federation has been able toaccomplish.This web page is compiled and managed by Tim Roberts, FederationWebmaster. If you have any corrections or updates, please sendTim an e-mail at timr@probo.com.

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