ASRDA August News
Presidents’ Message
The 2025-26 Board installed July 19, 2025 includes: Presidents - Chuck & Cheryl Sherman; Vice-Presidents - Mike Goggin and Patti Brown; Treasurer - Tom and Helen Bohmfalk. The motto for this year is “Keep on doing your best!”
We are in need of someone to take the position of Board Secretary. Other open positions are: Education, Historian, Photographer and Texas Star Reporter.
Check the Upcoming Events on the website for ASRDA Dances. There will be a Texas Flood Relief Dance on August 24, 2025, at the VFW Hall 1701 Hunter Rd., San Marcos, Texas, 6:00 to 9:30 PM. The ASRDA will have its Teen Scholarship Dance September 6, 2025, at the Hyde Park Christian Church, 610 E. 45th Street, Austin Texas.
We are also hosting the TSFSRD Nominating Meeting January 9-10, 2026, Georgetown, Texas. All activities are at Christ Lutheran Church, Luther Drive, Georgetown, Texas 78628.
Beginner lessons are beginning soon in both squares and rounds. Wheel-N-Deals are offering Beginning Square Dance Lessons starting July 22, 2025. Waterloo Squares begin mainstream lessons on August 14, 2025, while Canyon Lake Square Dancers are offering Beginning and intermediate Round Dance Lessons starting August 17, 2025. Shirt’s ‘n’ Skirt’s start their beginning square dance lessons on September 3, 2025. and Step ‘N Style Rounds begin Waltz Round Dance lessons on September 14, 2025.
All the Upcoming Events are posted on this website - Under “Events” and then “Upcoming Events”. So much information is found on the website. Check it out asrda.org
Klothes Kloset
We, Committee members of the Klothes Kloset, have about 200 or more gently used square dance outfits, blouses, skirts, and dresses along with 40 petticoats of all colors. Our mission is to bring these items to the Installation and Teen Scholarship Dances. The clothes are donated by members and past members. These are to help new club members, experienced dancers who want a new look, as well as recent square dance graduates to purchase an outfit or two with minimum cost.
Also, ASRDA Clubs can make arrangements with Shirley O’Neal to take the clothes to their clubs to sell. Hours of work goes into transporting, arranging and hanging these outfits and then packing them up and returning them to the storage area. . We hope you will take the time to look through and purchase. Many are one of a kind outfits.
Please continue to support the mission of those on the committee. Bring new members to purchase new clothes at our upcoming dance September 6, 2025 at the Teen Scholarship Dance. Proceeds will benefit the TSFSRD Teen Scholarship Fund.
Insurance Information
We have 250 people that have paid dues from each club. There are 17 ASRDA members that will be paid by ASRDA. I am waiting for La Grange Roadrunners to send me their list and money.
I have not sent any money yet, but I am giving Tom Bohmfalk, ASRDA Treasurer the checks and money that I have already collected. Some money will be returned to several clubs because of either double paid or those whose insurance is to be paid by ASRDA.
I have let Betty Shelton know that I will be sending her the information soon. I have to have it to her before July 31, 2025.
I have sent several COL’s for clubs yearly insurance to present to their facility where they dance. Clubs include CENTEX, WHEEL N DEALS, STEP N STYLE, COUNTRY CUZZINS AND LONE STAR LAMBDAS. If you need to have proof of insurance for the facility where you dance, please send it to me. If you don’t know how to fill it out then call me at 210-219-2956 and I will help you.
Those clubs who host Special Dances need to send a COL to Shirley O’Neal first, who will send the information to Betty Shelton, the Federation Membership person.
