Ideal Club Atmosphere
Ideal Club Atmosphere
Janet & Lysle Shields' NASRDS Page
How does a club obtain an ideal atmosphere?
Here are a few ideas that may help:
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1.Have dance facility open and set up 30 minutes prior to dance. Start the dance on time. |
| 2.Club Banner and attractive bulletin board (or display table) should be set up prior to dance. |
| 3.Club officers should greet members and visitors at the door as they arrive. |
| 4.Club Officers and members should set an example of the "ideal" square dancer as to dress, promptness, |
| badge, enthusiasm and knowledge of the square dance community activities. |
| 5.Recognize the special efforts of individual club members. |
| 6.Recognize visiting dancers, VIPS, area and state officers. |
| 7.Club members should dance with caller's taw, singles, new members and with as many guests as possible. |
| 8.Club members make special effort to dance, converse and mingle with new members and visitors. |
| 9.Club activities and functions involve all club members an not just a selected group. |
| 10.Club activities are made to be fun and not work. |
| 11.Publicize club, area and state functions and dance activities. |
| 12.Assure club support of all club, area and state association functions. |
| 13.Club is responsive to needs of dancers, caller and officers. |
| 14.Avoid secrecy in any club function or activity. Avoid cliques. |
| 15.Conduct leadership sessions for club members periodically. |
| 16.Sponsor a special club party or activity periodically. |
| 17.Sponsor visitations, charity work, promotions, exhibitions, etc. |
| 18.Coordinate club activities and gimmicks with club caller. |
| 19.Make every dance a "SPECIAL" dance and a "HAPPY MEMORY" for club
dancers and visitors.
It is rather easy to develop an "Ideal Club Atmosphere" with just a little thought and a little action. GOD gave us two ends. One to think with and one to sit on. It is a case of "heads" you win, "tails" you loose! Make your Club an "Ideal" Club. |
Non-Ideal Club Atmosphere
1. Don't attend meetings. |
| 2. If you do attend, come late. |
| 3. When you attend, sit in the back and talk to the members next to you about the weather or fishing. |
| 4. Never accept an office. It's much easier to criticize than to do something. |
| 5. If the president asks for your opinion on a subject, just tell him/her you have nothing to say - and then |
| after the meetings, while leaving, tell everyone how things should have been done. |
| 6. Hold back your dues as long as you possibly can, so as to give the treasurer and/or secretary |
| a bit of unnecessary work. |
| 7. Start a whispering campaign about anything. |
| 8. Never listen to announcements. This bucks up the speaker and enables them to make constant improvements. |
| 9. Don't bother about getting new class/club members - let someone else do it. After all, there |
| are plenty of others who have time for that sort of thing. |
| 10. In short, do nothing more than is absolutely necessary - but when other members roll up their sleeves |
| and do what needs doing, howl like mad about how the club is being run by the clique. |
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