Co-General Chairman

Mike and Michelle Seurer
Wolf River Area

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  Mike and Michelle Seurer
  Co-General Chairman

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  Mike graduated from the Mountain Mixers in Los Alamos, NM in 1979, he started calling 1986. Michelle graduated from Kettle Moraine Squares in 1982. Mike took round dance lessons from the Dream Arounds in 1989, and starting cueing a year later. She took round dance lessons in 1991 from Mary Ann Ziemann and started cueing 1992. He taught his first round dance class in 1990. He started his first round dance club, “The Round Tuits” in 1991 He wrote his first round dance in 1992, since then he has written over 475 round dances, including “Af en Af”. He currently calls and cues around the state of Wisconsin. Michelle had cued around the state, but has since retired from cueing. Mike taught his first line dance class in the spring of 1990. He has choreographed over 275 Line dances.
  
  Mike has called and cued at several National Square Dance Conventions and many state square dance conventions. Michelle has also cued at one state convention. They have taught round dancing at many state conventions. Mike and Michelle were married in 2004 and have two daughters Hannah and Ashleigh, who also square dance. Mike currently teaches two line dance classes in Fond du lac. They have also served as round dance programmers in the past as well as on Education, Housing and Camping. They have also served as General Chairmen for the 2020 WI State Square and Round Dance Convention but was cancelled due to Co-VID. Mike currently calls for the Fox Valley Squares and teaches lessons for the Kettle Squares. Mike also cues once a month for “Evening of Rounds” in Plymouth. Mike is currently a substitute teacher for the Fond du Lac School district. Michelle worked in day care for over 20 years, but wanting a change she now works for Chartwells
  
  To contact:
     Mike and Michelle Seurer: E-mail
  

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Co-General Chairman

Karen and Ellery Gulbrand
Wolf River Area

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  Karen and Ellery Gulbrand
  Co-General Chairman

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  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.
  
  To contact:
     Karen and Ellery Gulbrand: E-mail
  

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Secretary

Ron Mueller
Wolf River Area

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  Ron Mueller
  Secretary

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  To contact:
     Ron Mueller: E-mail
  

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Treasurer

Tony Pickar
Wolf River Area

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  Tony Pickar
  Treasurer

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  Tony was born in Reedsburg, WI and has also lived in Manitowoc, Wausau, and Appleton. He has been a mathematics educator for 33 years. He enjoyed square dancing when he first did it in 8th grade and when he taught in Reedsburg, he danced with Dave Shultz at the faculty Christmas party. It wasn’t until right before Covid in 2020 that he started taking lessons at Square ‘Em Up in Merrill, graduating from mainstream lessons in the Summer of 2021. He learned to dance Plus from Butch Danielski at Twin Cities Square Dance Club in Peshtigo. He has attended the WI State Convention since 2021, the Iowa state convention in 2023, and the 2024 national convention in Milwaukee. He is the current Treasurer for the 65th State Square & Round Dance Convention.
  
  To contact:
     Tony PickarE-mail
  

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Registration Chairman

Steve and Cheryl Thomas
Wolf River Area

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  Steve and Cheryl Thomas
  Registration Chairman

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  To contact:
     Steve and Cheryl Thomas: E-mail
  

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Publicity Chairman

Mike Short
Wolf River Area

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  Mike Short
  Publicity Chairman

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  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.
  
  To contact:
     Mike Short: E-mail
  

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Programming-Squares

Bob Asp
Southwest Area

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  Bob Asp
  Programming-Squares

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  Bob learned to square dance at age 8. He danced with his parents and began calling in 1978. He calls throughout the Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, and Wisconsin), Texas and Florida. He also has a winter program in Tucson, AZ. He calls SSD through A-2 and particularly enjoys calling DBD at all levels.
  
  Bob partners with Tom Manning in Solid Gold Sound to provide sound equipment and expertise at both national and state conventions and regional events. This includes nine national conventions, as well as conventions and festivals in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Minnesota, and Arizona.
  
  Bob has served as President of the Illinois Callers Association and the Wisconsin Southwest Dance Leaders Association. He records on Solid Gold Records and has served on CALLERLAB’s ARC Committee, Sustainable Square Dance Committee and Board of Governors.
  
  Bob has programmed squares at several festivals, state conventions, and the 73 rd National. In addition, he has provided caller education at several conventions.
  
  To contact:
     Bob Asp: E-mail
  

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Programming-Rounds

Peggy Weisensel Chavey
Central Northwest Area

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  Peggy Weisensel Chavey
  Programming-Rounds

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  Peggy Weisensel Chavey was the ‘silent’ half of the Darrah & Peggy Chavey teaching partnership. Together they taught Social Ballroom Dance and Round Dance for more than 40 years. During that time, they individually pursued ballroom instructor certification through the American International Dancers Association (formerly the US branch of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance). Although Darrah was the cuer, Peggy taught all the private lessons. They were not competitive ballroom dancers, but they loved how round dance and social ballroom dance complemented and enhanced each other.
  
  After Darrah’s passing last year, Peggy picked up the mic and began cueing. Her first solo taught Round Dance class started in January. She plans to restart their round dance club “Friendship Rounds” as a Phase 2-3-4 club on its 40th anniversary in September 2025. She continues to teach social ballroom dance lessons.
  
  Peggy is a member of the American International Dancers Association (AIDA), the International Choreographed Ballroom Dance Association (ICBDA), Roundalab, and the Wisconsin Round Dance Leaders Council (WRDLC). She was the Director of Showcases and Clinics for the 73rd National Square Dance Convention held in Milwaukee in 2024. She serves on three Roundalab committees and is the WRDLC President.
  
  Outside of dancing, Peggy is a retired Database Administrator. She spends much of her time sorting through and indexing Darrah’s many collections in preparation for finding new homes for them. In her spare moments, she enjoys reading speculative fiction and mystery books, working on various creative projects, and being the Dungeon Master for a weekly Dungeons & Dragons game. Both of her children are grown, married, and dancing. And the grand-twins joined the family dance tradition a couple years ago.
  
  -- Dancing is good for your body and your brain. What better way to live a joyful life. --
  
  To contact:
     Peggy Weisensel Chavey E-mail
  

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Education Chairman

Flash and Mary Ann Gordon
Southeast Area

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  Flash and Mary Ann Gordon
  Education Chairman

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  To contact:
     Flash and Mary Ann Gordon: E-mail
  

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Youth Chairman

Dominic Gruetzmacher
Central Northwest Area

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  Dominic Gruetzmacher
  Youth Chairman

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  To contact:
     Dominic Gruetzmacher: E-mail
  

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Housing/Camping Chairman

TBD
Wolf River Area

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  TBD
  Housing/Camping Chairman

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  To contact:
     TBD: E-mail
  

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Retail Sales

Marilyn Kittle and Stephanie Esser
Southwest Area

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  Marilyn Kittle and Stephanie Esser
  Retail Sales

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  To contact:
     Marilyn Kittle and Stephanie Esser: E-mail
  

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Services

Eldon & Virginia Boehm
Southwest Area

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  Eldon & Virginia Boehm
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  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.
  
  To contact:
     Eldon & Virginia Boehm: E-mail
  

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Showcase of Ideas

Wayne and Lucy Mattson
Southeast Area

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  Wayne and Lucy Mattson
  Showcase of Ideas

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  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
  

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Fashion Show

Sharon Albright and Bob Tjensvold
Central Northwest Area

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  Sharon Albright and Bob Tjensvold
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  Sharon was introduced to square dancing in the early 70’s and danced for 4 years. Then her life took a different path and she did not get back to square dancing until 1999 when she took Mainstream classes again. She graduated as a Mainstream dancer in 2000 and a Plus dancer in 2021. In 2004 she helped workshop a new class of dancers and got hooked on the idea of teaching and calling. In 2006 Sharon became a full caller. She is a member of the Northwoods Levis & Lace Square Dance Club in Woodruff, WI. She has held several different offices with Northwoods Levis & Lace. Sharon has held offices in the CNW Square Dance Assoc, Central Wis. Callers Assoc, SDAW, and WSDLCC. Sharon has been chairman for several different committees for previous Wisconsin conventions and was General Chairman of the Wisconsin Square & Round Dance Convention in 2014 and again in 2022.
  
  Bob was introduced to square dancing in 2010 when he met Sharon in her shop. She asked him if he would be interested in learning to square dance. She invited him to watch a square dance and then invited him to join the new class. Since she had invited him to class she decided to be his dance partner. Bob graduated as a Mainstream dancer in 2011 and as a Plus dancer in 2012. He and Sharon continued to dance as partners at Northwoods Levis & Lace, and other area clubs. As their friendship grew, Bob asked Sharon to marry him. They were married on May 11, 2013. Now he is Sharon’s official “Caller Hauler”. Bob is a member of the Northwoods Levis & Lace Square Dance Club in Woodruff, WI. He has held offices in Northwoods Levis & Lace Square Dance Club and CNW Square Dance Assoc. Bob has been a committee chairman, along with Sharon for previous Wisconsin Conventions and he and Sharon were the General Chairmen for the Wisconsin Square & Round Dance Convention in 2022.
  
  To contact:
     Sharon Albright: E-mail
  

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Special Events

Wayne and Lucy Mattson
Southeast Area

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  Wayne and Lucy Mattson
  Special Events

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  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
  

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Webmaster

Tracy Hollatz
Central Northwest Area

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  Tracy Hollatz
  Webmaster

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  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, Westport Squares, 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!
  
  To contact:
     Tracy Hollatz: E-mail
  

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Medical Services

Flash & Mary Ann Gordon
Southeast Area

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  Flash & Mary Ann Gordon
  Medical Services

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  To contact:
     Flash & Mary Ann Gordon: E-mail
  

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Computer Services

Scott and Brenda Deal
Southwest Area

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  Scott and Brenda Deal
  Computer Services

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  Scott graduated from Oklahoma State University, with an associate degree in drafting and worked within the Aerospace Industry and later in computer technology, which eventually brought us to Wisconsin in 2009. Brenda graduated from the California College of Paramedical and Technical College, as a Respiratory Therapist and has worked in health care for over 34 years. We met and married in Southern California in 2008.
  
  Scott has danced for over 40 years in Oklahoma, Washington, and California. Brenda loved to dance but “No one square dances in California”. It took a relocation to Wisconsin in 2009 for Brenda to find out what Modern Western Square Dancing is all about. As a couple, we took lessons with Tom Nickel and the Swingin’ Beavers Square Dance Club and have never looked back.
  
  We have two married daughters and 3 grandchildren. Scott’s daughter, Dana, danced with the Mavericks and participated in the Pacific Northwest Teen Square Dance Festival (PNTSDF). Scott was a Junior square coach for the Mavericks and a Buckskin advisor.
  
  As a couple, we currently serve on the United Square Dancers of America as Social Media Chairmen for our 6th year and have also served as Secretary for 3 years. Within our State, we were Publicity Chairmen for the Square Dance Association of Wisconsin (SDAW). We were the General Chairmen for the 60th Wisconsin Square and Round Dance Convention in 2019 with 667 dancers in attendance from all over the US and Canada. In our Southwest Area of the Square Dance Association of Wisconsin (SW-SDAW), we have held offices as President, Vice President, and Secretary. We have held multiple offices within our local club as well. We are members of 3 clubs (Swingin’ Beavers Square Dance Club, Diamond Squares Plus Club, and Badger Rovers Campers). Scott has served as webmaster for 5 square dance websites in Wisconsin.
  
  It is our love for square dancing along with our talent and experience in publicity and social media that has driven us to promote Square Dancing as a wonderful way to exercise and develop lifelong friendships. We look forward to bringing the 73rd National Square Dance Convention® to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2024.
  
  To contact:
     Scott and Brenda Deal: E-mail
  

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