Alvin Hammer and Lisa Reichenberger
Wolf River Area
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Alvin Hammer and Lisa Reichenberger: E-mail
Mike and Michelle Seurer
Wolf River Area
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Karen and Ellery Gulbrand
Wolf River Area
We are Ellery and Karen Gulbrand from Green Bay Wisconsin. Both of us are lifelong Wisconsinites. Ellery grew up on a dairy farm on the shore of Lake Michigan near Kewaunee
and Karen a little bit south of there in Manitowoc. Ellery worked as a mechanical design draftsman and retired in 2012 after 47 years from Paper Converting Machine Company. Ellery
engages in our local community, serving as President of the Village Tree Board, Commissioner on the Village Plan Committee, and Secretary of the Howard/Suamico Historical Society. He is active at our church and serves as Director of Outreach. Ellery volunteers at “The Cup of Joy” which is a Christian family friendly entertainment venue. Karen worked for many years as a licensed Insurance Agent specializing in Employers Group Life and Medical Benefits. A career change took her to the education field where she worked as a Paraprofessional in Education working with Emotionally Challenged students in the district. She retired in 2012 from the Green Bay Area Public Schools. Karen volunteered for twelve years on the Board of Directors of the Brown County Fair, overseeing all the commercial and food vendors at the fair. Currently she helps Ellery with his secretarial work and serves on the Shepherding Board at our church. We
have been married for 58 years and our family includes three children, eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
We were introduced to the Square Dance World by friends in 1973 and have been involved ever since. Over the years, we have held many offices (numerous times) in our local club, area dancers’ association, state conventions, and the state association. It was our honor to work on the Youth Committee for the 28th National Square Dance Convention held in Milwaukee, WI in 1979. In 2016 we were inducted into the Wisconsin Dancer Hall of Fame. We were one of three couples inducted in the first year of that program. We served as Assistant General Chairman for the Wisconsin Square Dance Convention for two conventions and served as General Chairman in 1995.
Currently we are members of the Romeo and Calicos Square Dance Club in Appleton, WI. Ellery is Vice President of the Romeo & Calicos Square Dance Club. Karen is President of the Wolf River Area Dancers Association and Treasurer of the Square Dance Association of Wisconsin (SDAW). We serve as Delegates from the Wolf River Area Dancers Association to
the SDAW. We serve as Executive Secretary for the Wisconsin Square Dance Convention Corp and are the President for the United Square Dancers of America. It was our honor to work as the Bid Chairman for the 73rd National Square Dance Convention held in Milwaukee in June of 2024. After the bid was accepted, we became the Program Chairman for the 73rd National Square Dance Convention®. We will be serving as Assistant General Chairman for the 65th Wisconsin Square and Round Dance Convention being held in Oshkosh.
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Karen and Ellery Gulbrand: E-mail
Ron Mueller
Wolf River Area
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Tony Pickar
Wolf River Area
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Steve and Cheryl Thomas
Wolf River Area
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Mike Short
Wolf River Area
I started square dancing in the Appleton area in September of 1970, soon after my folks, Frank and Therese Short started dancing. Upon completion of lessons, the Teen Twisters was formed. I got plenty of dancing in during the 7 months before attending my first state convention, in Madison, and then
heading to college in Milwaukee where I danced with the area teen clubs and a church group that evolved into the Swingin’ Singles in 1975.
I attended several National Singles and regular National Conventions, and met my wife Chris when she joined Swingin’ Singles in 1979. Since then we have attended dozens of WI state conventions.
I’ve held various offices with Kettle Squares since joining that club in 1983, and have been rather involved in promotions, both for Kettle Squares and the Concordia Singing Society, a German choir in Sheboygan, where I have been a very active member and singer for the past 45 years.
In 2015, I was souvenir booklet chairperson for the WI state convention.
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Mike Short: E-mail
Bob Asp
Southwest Area
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Peggy Weisensel Chavey
Central Northwest Area
Peggy Weisensel Chavey
Programming-Rounds
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Flash and Mary Ann Gordon
Southeast Area
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Dominic Gruetzmacher
Central Northwest Area
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Alvin Hammer and Lisa Reichenberger
Wolf River Area
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Marilyn Kittle and Stephanie Esser
Southwest Area
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Eldon & Virginia Boehm
Southwest Area
Eldon Boehm started square dancing when he was about 16 - Cross Trails Club in Madison with Vern Weisensel. Eldon belonged to a square dance club called Wings and Swing in Omaha, Nebraska in 1973, while he lived there. Later, he belonged to a singles club in Madison - Mad City Squares, after military service in 1974.
Virginia Boehm first started square dancing in 1977 when she took lessons at Mad City Squares.
We met at Mad City Squares. We married in 1979 and kept dancing for awhile. We joined Grand Squares because we didn't want to belong to a singles club any longer. When we started raising a family in 1987, we stopped dancing.
When Eldon retired in 2010 we took lessons again at Westport Squares for a refresher. We got back to Round Dancing also. We belong to Dancing Shadows Round Dance Club. We also have taken Plus lessons several times and refresher courses to get more practice. We have had a good time with Square Dancing.
Virginia is still working for a Financial Planner - Admin Assistant.
We have a son, Matt, 32 and a daughter, Kim, 36 and her husband Raf.
We belong to Westport Squares Sq Dance Club and Badger Rovers Sq Dance Club and Dancing Shadows Round Dance Club.
Eldon has gone to a National Convention in California in 1975. Both of us went to the National in Iowa in 2016. We were in charge of Services at the State of WI Sq & Round Dance Convention in Baraboo in 2016 and in Middleton in 2019.
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Wayne and Lucy Mattson
Southeast Area
Wayne & Lucy are members of Spring City Squares in Waukesha, Four Corners Plus club in Milwaukee, and Foxy Squares in Wind Lake (town of Norway). We
have served in various capacities in Wisconsin conventions and in State and
Southeast Area organizations over many years – notably being General
Chairman of the 2013 Convention in Oconomowoc and the (approved but
canceled) 2021 Convention in Brookfield. We are currently board members of
the Wisconsin Convention Corporation, which oversees the annual Wisconsin
convention. We bring a great deal of experience to serving as 2025 Chairman
of the Special Events Committee and the Showcase of Ideas Committee.
The Special Events committee plans the opening and closing ceremonies of
the convention. Our goal is to make these events entertaining as well as
informative. Closing ceremonies include presentation of Hall of Fame Awards
and a preview of the following year’s convention.
The Showcase of Ideas at the convention is intended to provide examples of
ideas that have been used by Wisconsin clubs to promote the activity in each
area. There are also educational displays from organizations such as the
United Square Dancers of America (USDA), and the Square Dance Association
of Wisconsin (SDAW), as well as square dance historical displays and books
of remembrances of square dancers who have passed away.
We invite all convention goers to attend the Special Events and to look over
and learn from the many display tables at the Showcase of Ideas.
To contact:
Wayne and Lucy Mattson: E-mail
Sharon Albright
Central Northwest Area
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Sharon Albright: E-mail
Wayne and Lucy Mattson
Southeast Area
Wayne & Lucy are members of Spring City Squares in Waukesha, Four Corners Plus club in Milwaukee, and Foxy Squares in Wind Lake (town of Norway). We
have served in various capacities in Wisconsin conventions and in State and
Southeast Area organizations over many years – notably being General
Chairman of the 2013 Convention in Oconomowoc and the (approved but
canceled) 2021 Convention in Brookfield. We are currently board members of
the Wisconsin Convention Corporation, which oversees the annual Wisconsin
convention. We bring a great deal of experience to serving as 2025 Chairman
of the Special Events Committee and the Showcase of Ideas Committee.
The Special Events committee plans the opening and closing ceremonies of
the convention. Our goal is to make these events entertaining as well as
informative. Closing ceremonies include presentation of Hall of Fame Awards
and a preview of the following year’s convention.
The Showcase of Ideas at the convention is intended to provide examples of
ideas that have been used by Wisconsin clubs to promote the activity in each
area. There are also educational displays from organizations such as the
United Square Dancers of America (USDA), and the Square Dance Association
of Wisconsin (SDAW), as well as square dance historical displays and books
of remembrances of square dancers who have passed away.
We invite all convention goers to attend the Special Events and to look over
and learn from the many display tables at the Showcase of Ideas.
To contact:
Wayne and Lucy Mattson: E-mail
Tracy Hollatz
Central Northwest Area
I first started square dancing back when I was in the 7th grade. I loved to dance, and line dancing was my favorite part. I danced until college and then took time off to raise my family. In 2016, not having a partner for
square dancing, I took clogging lessons and danced on the local clogging
exhibition team. In 2017 I was able to talk my daughter into taking square
dance lessons and I finally returned to my favorite activity. In 2023, I married Myron Hollatz, a caller/cuer for square dancing from Minnesota. We met at an Iowa State Square Dance Convention the previous year.
My second favorite activity is web design. I have worked on a number of websites in the past but I am currently the web designer for the Swingin' Beavers square dance club, the Square Dance Association of WI (SDAW), SW-SDAW, Badger Rovers square dance camping group, the Wisconsin State Convention, and the MN Federation website.
I served one year as Vice President for the Swingin' Beavers club, two years as Publicity Chairman for the WI State Convention, and three years as the Webmaster for the Convention. I hope to see you at convention and look forward to meeting you in a square!
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Tracy Hollatz: E-mail
Flash & Mary Ann Gordon
Southeast Area
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Scott and Brenda Deal
Southwest Area
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Scott and Brenda Deal: E-mail
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