A great time was had by all at the Hawaiian S.H.I.R.T. dance. People began arriving as early as 11:30 AM to get a good seat next to the dance floor and the dance didn't even start until 1:00 PM. There were plenty of exhausted dancers 6 hours later when the event closed. Many of the women this year decided to place flowers in their hair in addition to donning colorful clothing, and our photographer tried to capture as many of them as possible. Hope you enjoy our colorful look. In case you were wondering why S.H.I.R.T. - it's an acronym for Selling's Hard for Individual Raffle Tickets. We discontinued our free room night raffle ticket sales for our festival and replaced it with this dance. It's certainly more fun and less work.
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| Barb and Mike Bergmire share an
intimate moment. Barb is currently the Director of Constitution
for our club and Mike formerly served as Corresponding Secretary for
many years.. |
Manuel Lopez, Maxine and Albert
Czerniejewski and Gerry Lopez chat on the dance floor. Gerry
insists - no rumors about her and Al. as a result of this photo with
his hand on her shoulder. |
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| Alex Daus dances with many, he's
here with Josephine Paskiewicz. |
Rosemary Debevc hugs Charlie
Jurkowski in a rare brake from her duties as kitchen helper. |
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| Don and Enedina Clark in
matching outfits. |
Ray Baniak and Eva Wojcicki with
matching leis. |
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| Evelyn Digman, Rosemary
Daus, Josephine Paskiewicz and Irene Lawrence, their smiles tell
it all - they love to have fun. |
Joyce, Alvin and Mike Frost
found these great matching shirts - just one of many in their
collection of Hawaiian attire. |
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| Frank Langenhorst dances with
Marcella Jurkowski.. Frank is a former club officer and
both he and Marcella are great dancers. |
Irene and Gene Lawrence.
Gene is the club's corresponding secretary and is doing a great job
with the quarterly newsletter. |
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| Anna Meyer and Joe Seper on the
dance floor. This is Joe's first time on the web site. |
Mary Reeve, Shirley Singer and
Darlene Bush are all decked out with flowers. The last time many
saw these 3 together they were dressed in "fanny costumes" in the
Ozarks. Welcome back! |
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| Ron Andracsek (current club
President), Ralph Oelke and Wayne Heinemeyer are good buddies and party
pals. |
Vera and Clarence Schaeffer are
both past officers and can really dance well to all types of music. |
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| Ellie Willbrand and Jim
Wroblewski dancing again, and again, and again. |
First timers to the Hawaiian
S.H.I.R.T. dance, Bob Surtin and Betty Beckett take to the dance
floor. |
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| Wes Kaetzel and Lorraine Sisson
always come to our theme dances decked out in fabulous attire. |
Jack and Wanda
Titterington. Wanda's sporting her "Jagermeister hat" with some
additional flowered leis on the brim in the Hawaiian spirit. |
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| Steve and Amy Wroblewski with their 4 month old Alex in his Hawaiian pants. The proud parents are making sure Alex gets exposed to polka music early and are keeping Grandpa Jim happy. | Helen O'Guin and Charlie
Kujawski look like they're ready to hula. Charlie looks like
he's sweating a bit while Helen looks cool and comfortable.. |
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