Clinton News-Record, 1984-05-09, Page 72The Wheel 'N Dealers were swirling their skirts and kicking up their heels on
April 25, for a special Sadie Hawkins dance. The square dancing group will be
performing during Clinton's Klompen Feest. (Wendy Somerville photo)
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Wheel'N Dealers
kick up their heels
By Wendy Somerville
At this year's Klompen Feest,
visitors and residents of Clinton will be
able to catch a.glimpse of Clinton's very
own Wheel'N Dealers.
According to Beatrice and Ron Flem-
ing, the square dancing club's
presidents, the group originated about
20 years ago at the RCAF station in
Clinton.
For those of us who are unfamiliar
with the North American folk dance;
square dancing is arranged in sets to
form a square, (hence the name).
These sets can also be arranged in two
lines facing each other or in a circle. It
is different from round dancing which
includes waltzes for individual couples.
Square . dancing consists of figures
whose descriptive words are called by a
non -dancing caller. The Wheel 'N
Dealers will be losing their caller who •
has called the familiar dance steps and
moves for 15 years. He will leave in the
fall and a -new taller will take the
familiar .position . near a stand-up _
"mike" to command the movements.
The Wheel 'N Dealers are what
seasoned square dancers call a Modern
Square Dancing Club. This style has no
standard calls like old time dancing
where dancing is done.to fiddle music,
and steps like birdie in �e centre, or .
dip and dive are perforc ed. The old
time form requires two cdouples work-
ing at the same time. The modern style
has a long list of movements and each
movement is used depending on the
level of the dancers.
"Wehave to master 70 different •
movements," commented Ron Flem-
ing.
Generally square sets are danced in
groups of three, followed by a longwise
or a round dance. Footwork is less im
portant when square dancing. It is
more important to stress the floor pat-
tern and make the style appear lively
and free.
The Wheel 'N Dealers !meet every
Wednesday night at the Chnton Public
School and generally enough members
turn out to form five or six squares.
Each square includes four couples.
When Ron Fleming began square
dancing he was a member of the local
Junior Farmers. He was able to keep
his interest in folk dance alive when he
attended the University of Guelph.
Beatrice, however, had no real ex-
perience before the Wheel 'N Dealers,
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