“Harvest Ball” – Dancers Found Bounty

Much dancing happened at SSD’s Harvest Ball.  Well, isn’t that what we came for?  It is fun to get a bit dressed up for an occasion.  Combine that with what we like to do most and it spells a great evening.   The first item on the agenda was a Salsa lesson by Richard Horblit, ably assisted by Karen. As always, Richard did a great job of presenting a complex amalgamation and everybody was doing it.  We did see a few “interesting” variations of the “vamp”, but no one was injured in the process.  DJ Tom Osterland churned out some megabytes off his disk drive for the remainder of the evening as a quorum was sustained on the dance floor until the end. 

We want to thank the folks who contributed generously to the food table.  The table was both attractive and delicious – what a variety!.  While we’re at it, thanks to our dance hosts, Ed Crowley, Jean Philogene and Roger Vaka as well as Kathy, Christa and Claire for sharing.

Holiday Dance – December 12^th

‘Tis the season to be jolly… OK, let’s dance.  Let’s forget about a lot of this year’s depressing news and party hearty.  It has been a good year for dancing and we plan to keep it so for the remainder.

At 7:30, Marie and Tom Osterland will share a Swing combination with us.  Then, at 8:00, dance to some more music by DJ Jack Gilmore.  Jack has a great mix of holiday dance music to play along with your regular favorites.  Suggested attire is “holiday fancy”.  That could be anything from a tiny accessory for token participation on up.

While there are plenty of tickets now, you will want to make a reservation.  Call Tom at 781-659-4703 or email us at tickets@SouthShoreDancers.org.

New Year’s Celebration (Jan. 2) Tickets Going Fast

At this writing, there are 20 tickets left for this party.  Our tickets are $45.00. For those of you who have reservations, but have not purchased your tickets, please plan to do so at or before the December dance.  If you will not be attending the dance, you can mail a check to SSD, P.O. Box 276, Norwell, MA 02061.

The menu will include a cheese & fruit table, punch, and a variety of passed hors d’oeuvres for starters.  The entrée will include Caesar salad, chef-carved top of round, chicken marsala, oven-roasted red bliss potatoes and green beans almandine followed with assorted miniature pastries.

If you have never been to this event before, it is a treat:  300 Balloons, Grand March, and 5 hours of dancing!

SSD to Match Your Patriot Ledger Lend-a-Hand Contributions

It has been a tradition of South Shore Dancers to give to others at holiday time.  The Patriot Ledger Lend-a-Hand drive was considered by the Directors to be a good match.  The “footprint” of the Ledger is very similar to that of SSD.  Also, we can read in the daily articles about where our contributions are making a difference.  This year, your Directors voted to match your contributions up to $1000.  We hope you will be able to join us with a contribution.  Please make checks out to South Shore Dancers so we can aggregate for maximum impact.  If you don’t plan to attend the December dance, please mail contributions to SSD at P.O. Box 276, Norwell, MA 02061.  Thank you.

Friday Night Dance Update

We’re taking Christmas off; no dance on December 25 or January 1.

But we’ll be there all of the other Fridays through the winter months.  Speaking of winter, if it should happen to strike on a Friday with severity enough to cause cancellation, we will post the status on our website by 3:00 p.m. (www.SouthShoreDancers.org)

 “Dancing With the Stars”

Tom bombed on predictions this year.  Donnie won but we think the shows producers had their collective thumbs on the scale.  Ratings were down so they did some things in an attempt to shore them up.  Oh, well!  We did get treated to some pretty good dancing over the course of the season.

 “So You Think You Can Dance”

This one is down to 10 dancers as we write this.  Supposedly, this contest is to pick the best all-around dancer as each week they have to dance a different style, sometimes way outside their comfort zones.  The 100% audience voting begins this week.  Survivors so far:

Ashleigh Di Lello, Orem, Utah – Ballroom Latin                       Legacy Perez, Los Angeles, CA – Break Dancer

Ellenore Scott, New York – Ballet, Locking, Jazz                     Jakob Karr, Orlando, FL – Contemporary

Kathryn McCormick, Burbank, CA – Contemporary/Lyrical      Russell Ferguson, Boston, MA – Krump

Mollee Gray, Upland, CA – Jazz                                             Nathan Trasoras, Downey, CA – Contemporary

Noelle Marsh, Sanford, NC – Contemporary                            Ryan Di Lello, Orem, Utah – Ballroom Latin

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