COMMITTEE CONTACTS PRESIDENT: Lea Gilliland 0410 561 952 [email protected]VICE PRESIDENT Glenda Trainor 0411 146 763 [email protected]SECRETARY Paul Shadbolt 0419 657 417 [email protected]TREASURER Lyn Johnson 0412 241 549 [email protected]NEWS LETTER EDITOR Pauline Silaev 0400 638 592 [email protected]Wanted Volunteer's for the Monday Social Night Music Roster (you don’t need to have you own music, the club has many playlists that you can use) & to be on the door at the Thursday Dance Lessons. Please see Lea Or Glenda Swing Dance Lessons - starting Monday 11th March Starng 11th March, Celia & Richard will be running a 6 week Swing Workshop. The cost for these workshops will be $10 per week which also includes entry to the Monday Night Socials. All workshops will start at 6.30pm, on the dot, to allow the full hour as the social starts at 7.30pm. The first block will includes: 20’s Charleston Charleston - Side by side Charleston - Tandem 6 Beat in between to mix them all together Hope to see you there. Calling for Volunteers From The Committee GEELONG JUKEBOX ROCKERS INC POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 2046 Geelong VIC 3220 0432 503 997 hp://www.geelongjukeboxrockers.com/ hp://www.facebook.com/geelongjukeboxrockers EVENT VENUE White Eagle House 46-48 Fellmongers Rd Breakwater, VIC 3219 Melway Ref 452 F1 Geelong Jukebox Rockers Inc “THE JIVE” [email protected]
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“THE JIVE” - Geelong Jukebox Rockers · 2019. 2. 28. · The band is ‘Jump N Jive’ who always keeps us dancing all night. Our harity this year is ‘Geelong RSL onnect’.
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We are forming the 2020 Summer Rock N Roll Festival Sub Committee & are looking for club members to be part of the organising Subcommittee. This subcommittee is made up of three members from the main committee & three club members. It meets on Tuesday nights and starts off with monthly meetings which get a bit more frequent as we get closer to the festival. Any club members who are interested should drop a note to the Secretary before 11th March.
Based on some feedback from this year’s festival, we are also looking for a member who has experience with car competitions to assist the Sub Committee in organising this part of the Festival & manage the competition on the Sunday. This person would not need to attend the subcommittee meetings very often. Please drop a note to the Secretary by 11th March if you can assist.
20th Summer Rock ’N’ Roll Festival - 2020
Monthly Dances
What a great night was had by all who attended on 2nd February! The band ‘Dance On’ did not disappoint. Great music was played all night. Thank you to the band for including us in their visit down south.
March 2nd sees our “Charity Night” dance. The band is ‘Jump N Jive’ who always keeps us dancing all night. Our Charity this year is ‘Geelong RSL Connect’. So please come along and support this worthy cause for Geelong’s returned service men & women. Bookings on www.trybooking.com As with all our Charity Dances there is one cost $20 for everyone (no free tickets).
Maggie’s Dance - 16th February
A great afternoon was spent dancing with Shake-2 (Cee Jay & Monty). Maggie’s family had organised many donations to help raise some very much needed money to bring Maggie closer to having her operation. All through the day Door Prizes, Raffles and a couple of Auctions were held together with the Club’s $100 board. In all the day raised a bit over $6,000.00 and then we were informed by Rachel (Maggie & Eddy’s daughter) that an anonymous donation was made of $29,000.00. The Club wishes Maggie, Eddy and their family all the very best for their journey ahead and hope for good outcome for the future.
Just a bit of an update - Maggie & Eddy travelled to Sydney on the Monday after Maggie’s Dance to see Dr Charlie Teo. They were given some bad and good news. The bad news being that the tumour had grown considerably, which didn’t give Maggie a lot of time left and the good news was the Dr Charlie Teo would operate on her himself .
Maggie, Eddy and the family all flew up to Sydney on Sunday 24th. Maggie’s operation was scheduled for Monday 25th. I don’t have a lot of details yet but Maggie came through her operation and is currently in ICU. The tumour was “massive”. She has not opened her eyes yet but is responding with a few right hand squeezes and a grunt every now and then. I will keep everyone updated when I hear more.
Thursday Classes
Thursday classes have been really well attended with a lot of new faces and the return of some ‘old’ faces. This block finishes on 14th March. The new Block 2 will start on 28th March (after a week off). Beginners at 7pm - 7.45pm and Intermediate 8.00pm - 8.45pm (there is 15 mins of free practice time at the end of each class). If you know anyone who would love to learn traditional Rock & Roll please let them know (there are pamphlets at the hall, if you would like to grab a couple to hand out).
The classes are run on a rotating basis to allow single people to also be part of the fun. For those who really, real-ly, really want to dance with their own partner, can still do so but I really recommend rotating. There is always someone a bit more experienced there who will always help you with the moves (and it stops arguments!!!).
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President’s Report
Black Hat Daddies February Dance
About 20 Jukebox Rockers made their way to Ballarat for the Black Hat Daddies dance with the fabulous Fender Benders. James, Terry & Frank provided the music which was as usual, excellent. The place was packed out with Georgia having to turn down many requests to attend the dance on the day. This dance is held during the Ballarat Beat and is getting so pop-ular that Georgia & John have already started taking bookings for the 2020 dance and many put their names down on the list already. Now that’s booking ahead so if you missed this one, I suggest you book now!
Larry Devenish
Partner and Line Dance Workshops
Next week see the conclusion of the first block of partner & line dance workshops. We have had a great turn up of people to this workshop. During the 6 weeks we have learnt “Miss Jodie’s Thang”, “Peppy Toe” and the “Hudson Valley Cha Cha”. The next block of Partner/Line dance workshops will commence on Monday 22nd April.
Swing Classes
Starting on Monday March 11th will be our first block of Swing Classes with Celia & Richard. The cost is $10 which also includes entry into the Monday Social night. The classes start promptly at 6.30pm and finish at 7.30pm.
Volunteers’ Thank you Lunch
On Sunday the Club’s Committee held their annual Volunteers’ Thank You Lunch for all the people who have helped out throughout the year for our Roster’s, for the Festival and for many other things that have been held throughout the year. The club could not run without our volunteers. Thank you to you all for your help in keeping our club running.
If we missed anyone please know that it was not intentional. We try to keep an up to date list of all who volunteer but unfortunately there can always be someone who has been missed.
Keep on Dancin’, have fun and remember, respect for each other and a smile can be contagious!
Lea Gilliland
Presidents Report cont’d
Around the ‘Dance Floors’
Around the ‘Dance Floors’
We would love people to share in their experiences at any of the dances or festivals held in and around Geelong and wher-ever you might travel to for Rock & Roll. Please write up a report and either send it to [email protected] or bring it in and leave it with any of the committee members. Please mark it “Attention: Newsletter Editor”.
Rock & Roll Demos
Demo at Alan David Lodge
We are, once again, having a demo at Alan David Lodge, home of our one of our great members; Les Reilly. It will be on Tuesday April 9th at 1.30pm. If you would like to come along and be part of the Demo team to entertain the residents of Alan David Lodge and to support Les please leave your name with any of the committee mem-bers, Suzie Tsen, Jan Pruis or Terri Colliver. Hope you can come along and be part of the fun.
Future Demos
We hope to do more demos in the future. If you would like to add your name down to participate please leave your name with any of the people mention above.