Author: Bob Meehan

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Starlighters Gazette
A Bi-Monthly Newsletter

Volume 5, Issue 1

January, 2011

Phoenix Club
to Host New Year Winter Casual

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

Starlighter Board Elected for 2011-2012

The new Starlighter Board will take office on February 1, 2011
The Starlighter Members attending the November Winter Formal voted to elect their board for the new dance year. The slate was presented and unanimously elected by those in attendance.
The Starlighter Board members for 2011-2012 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 15, 2011 Starlighters returns to one of our favorite venues. The Phoenix Club has over the years provided a generous setting for our seasonal dances. The ambiance is festive, dance floor the largest, and the chef does not disappoint with plentiful hors d’oeuvres and a good dinner.
We will dance to the music and rhythms of Jon Destry. Jon always pleases with his great-fun personality and willingness to accept all requests. Dinner starts with a fresh baby spinach salad with dried cranberries, crumbled feta cheese, and glazed walnuts with a raspberry vinaigrette dressing. For the entrée you have a choice of top sirloin steak or sword fish filet, both

served with au gratin potatoes and fresh steamed veggies. Chocolate lovers rejoice! Dessert is Black Forest cake!!
Doors open at 6:30 PM. You may bring your own select wine for a minor $7 corkage fee, The cost will be $85.00 per couple. Please, please make your reservations as early as you can after receiving your invitation. The Board appreciates it, as will the Phoenix Club when you reserve not later than the Saturday preceding the dance-by January 8. 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 reservations 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 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 2011 a banner year for the Starlighters Dance Club.

Mark your calendar now to reserve these 2011 Saturday nights for the Starlighters dances!!

Date	Theme	Venue	Band
January 15, 2011	New Year / Winter Casual	Phoenix Club	Jon Destry
March 19, 2011	Semi-Formal	Yorba Linda Country Club	Nick Pepper
May 21, 2011	Spring Formal	Foxfire	Street Corner Symphony
July 16, 2011	Summer Casual	TBD	To Be Announced
September 17, 2011	Fall Semi-Formal	Foxfire	Nick Pepper
November 19, 2011	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 20, 2010. A gala affair it was with 36 member couples and 6 guest couples all dressed to the nines to ring in and dance in the Christmas season. It was wonderful to see so many guest couples. Three of our guest couples, attending for the second time, were approved for membership at the December Board meeting. Our new members are: Larry and Sandee Collier, sponsored by Darwin and Marjorie Bolsinger; Bob and Janine Margulies, sponsored by Ivan and Barbara Bishop; and Ed and Kathy Roberts, sponsored by Paul and Sue Liles. We’ll have pictures for all our newest members in the next issue of the Starlighter Gazette.
Table decorations, provided by Marilyn Bailey and Devi Bellows captured the spirit of the season. Surveys received reflected great enthusiasm 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.
Let’s make it the greatest year for Starlighters and equal or better the attendance we had at our winter formal for all the dances of 2011.

And a healthy, and
incredibly

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"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

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

New Feature
Millie Kegel, Starlighter Friendship Chairperson, will report events and experiences of interest from any member who wishes to share. Contact Millie at 714-838-7336.
The Gaudette’s, David and Mimi, recently cruised with the National Geographic Explorer ship in arctic waters. In spite of much rocking and rolling they saw whales up close, lots of exotic birds and busy penguins stealing rocks for their nests. A highlight of the trip was a BBQ held on an ice floe, BRRRRRRR!!

Grilled Top Sirloin Steak

or

Swordfish Filet

Au Gratin Potatoes

Fresh Steamed Vegetables

Dessert

Black Forest Cake