Author: Paul Morin

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Starlighters Gazette
A Bi-Monthly Newsletter

Volume 3, Issue 5

January, 2010

Yorba Linda Country Club
to Host New Year Semi-Formal

Special points of interest:
New Starlighter Board Elected
On-Time Reservations
Winter Formal a stupendous success!
Happy Seating
Two New Member Couples

New Starlighter Board Elected

The new Starlighter Board will take office on February 1, 2010
The Starlighter Members attending the November Winter Formal voted to elect a new board for the 2010 dance year. The slate was presented and unanimously elected by those in attendance.
The new board members are as follows:
President: Bob & Adrienne Meehan
1st VP Arrangements Marilyn & Don Bailey
2nd VP Bands Devi & David Bellows
Secretary: Paul & Sue Liles
Treasurer: Leon & Marcia Brander
Membership: Guy & Janet Talbott
Hospitality: Ed & Mikelle Watson
Friendship: Millie & Bob Kegel
Parliamentarian: Paul & Jan Morin

On January 16, 2010 Starlighters returns to one of our favorite venues. Yorba Linda Country Club has over the years provided a rich setting for our seasonal dances. The ambiance is elegant and their chef does not disappoint with excellent hors d’oeuvres and a fine dinner.
We will dance to the music and rhythms of Nick Peper’s MPG quartet. Nick played for us at the spring formal this past year at the Yorba Linda Country Club and received very good reviews. Dinner features a choice of roast tri-tip of beef or a filet of sole with a buerre blanc sauce. A green salad with feta cheese and pine nuts, and a raspberry vinaigrette dressing precedes the main entrée. Dessert will be ref-

reshing chocolate mousse topped with a raspberry coulis sauce.
Doors open at 6:30 PM. You may bring your own select wine for a minor $10 corkage fee, The cost will be $100.00 per couple. Please, please make your reservations as early as you can after receiving your invitation. The Board appreciates it, as will the YLCC when you reserve not later than the Saturday preceding the dance-by January 9. Last minute reservations will not be turned away, but they do drive our 1st VP, Arrangements, Marilyn Bailey, nuts. To avoid her wrath, get your resers in ASAP!!! Let’s exceed the great turnout at the Winter Formal!!

Bob Meehan: Writer/Editor. Final Approval: Adrienne Meehan

Secrets of Happy Seating
Get to the dance on time
Try sitting with couples you don’t know just to get to know them
Avoid saving seats
Know that there are always enough seats to accommodate you

At a future dance we would d like to random draw for seating, a little twist from the past that has been successful and fun.

Please support your new board in their endeavors to make 2010 a banner year for the Starlighters Dance Club.

Mark your calendar now to reserve these 2010 Saturday nights for the Starlighters dances!!

Date	Theme	Venue	Band
January 16, 2010	New Year / Semi-Formal	Yorba Country Club	MPG
March 20, 2010	Winter Casual	Phoenix Club	Jon Destry
May 15, 2010	Spring Formal	Foxfire	Street Corner Symphony
July 17, 2010	Summer Casual	Phoenix Club	Phil Anthony
September 18, 2010	Fall Semi-Formal	Mile Square	Don Peterson Trio
November 20, 2010	Winter Formal	Foxfire	Street Corner Symphony

Starlighters Near Record Attendance at Gala Winter Formal at The Foxfire, Anaheim Hills

On behalf of the Starlighter Board, Adrienne and I wish one and all a very

Starlighters held its annual Winter Formal dance at the Foxfire, Anaheim Hills on November 21, 2010. A gala affair it was with 41 member couples and 7 guest couples all dressed to the nines to ring in and dance in the Christmas season. An attentive Foxfire staff circulated among the guests with platters of wonderful hors d’oeuvres including Asian spring rolls, smoked chicken in pastry, and Greek Spnakopitas (filo dough triangles stuffed with tasty cheese and spinach), yum! Entrée choices of Chilean Sea Bass and Filet of Beef Tenderloin were outstanding. Delicious tiramisu supplied the after dinner sweets to everyone’s approval.
Table decorations, provided by Marilyn Bailey, and Devi Bellows captured the spirit of the season. Surveys received reflected the enthusiasm of the members with over 99% excellent to good for the room, and 94% excellent to good for the dinner. Couples danced into the night to the music of Street Corner Symphony who, based on the surveys received, were rated as excellent to good by 97% of the dancers.
Celebration of special events for Starlighters has become a specialty of the Foxfire, a wonderfully festive venue with a decided flair for quality and good people, and we return to Foxfire for our Spring Formal with the Street Corner Symphony Band..

And a healthy, and
incredibly

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Club info, photos and lots more! Not only tell, but also show your friends what a great time we have at our events. Use this as a tool to invite them to attend with you as your guest!

Please welcome our newest members recognized at the December Board meeting: Dean and Lori Fronk, sponsored by Paul & Sue Liles; and Bill Holmes and Gloria Powell, sponsored by Bob & Doris Muschek.

"I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!" - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Dean and Lori

Bill and Gloria

“You don’t stop dancing from growing old, you grow old from stopping to dance.”