El Camino Reelers: Square Dancing in Silicon Valley for the LGBTQ Community and friends

The Reel Deal: Meet the Peninsula's longtime LGBTQ Square Dance Club

Photos by Magali Gauthier

Palo Alto Weekly just published an article on El Camino Reelers, with interviews and photos taken at our January 12 potluck. You can read it here: https://www.paloaltoonline.com/ae/2024/03/21/the-reel-deal-meet-the-peninsulas-longtime-lgbtq-suqare-dance-club/

Palo Alto Weekly waited until now to publish the article to coincide with our Free Open House for new dancers on Friday April 5. Got some friends you'd like to introduce to square dancing? Send them the article and bring them out to ECR!

Pamela Reed

Photo by Scott Farrar
       

We recently learned that longtime El Camino Reelers member Pamela Reed passed away from a heart attack in March 2021. An out and proud trans woman, Pamela was a software engineer at IBM and an ECR regular until she retired in 2010 and left the area. She is survived by her two sons.

"So I've been a boy and I've been a girl and, trust me, being a girl is better".

Our thanks to Lyn Juckniess for letting us know of Pamela's passing. An IAGSDC History Wiki page for her is being developed.

February 24: The Black & White (and Pink!) Ball

Pretty in pink! Reelers and friends dressed for the occasion and danced to Bill Eyer at ECR's 2024 winter dance. And yes, Bill played "Pink Cadillac", and called hexagons too.

Photos by Hank Winkenwerder and Bennet Marks

General Meeting and Board Elections

ECR held its annual General Meeting on Tuesday, February 6. The Board gave an update on the club's status and issues, followed by a Q & A session. The slide presentation from the meeting can be downloaded from our General Information page.

Also, February is Board Elections month. We have three upcoming openings on the Board and four candidates (yes, it's a real election!). As in recent years, the election will be conducted by online balloting. Ballots were sent out to all paid-up members on Wednesday, February 6, with results announced at the last club night of the month (February 27). All members are strongly encouraged to vote. If you didn't receive a ballot and think you should have, please contact information@reelers.org as soon as possible.


Real dancing.
Real people.
Real fun.

EL CAMINO REELERS is a modern Western Square Dance club, formed by lesbians and gay men in order to meet people, have fun, and learn to square dance. We dance to live callers using the Callerlab SSD-50, Mainstream, Plus, and Advanced programs.

LEARN TO SQUARE DANCE! It's a great way to meet active, open-minded, intelligent, and sometimes very silly people. We would love to welcome you to our club. Come to one of our no experience required Open House Nights, or send a note to information@reelers.org and let us know you're interested.