Topper's Dance Club Remembers Memorial Day

You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart. ~Author Unknown

Meet And Greet (Page One)

(May 22nd 2015) Last Updated: 09/11/2019 10:38:AM

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015

Remember: Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.
  - Robin Hayes

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
We have arrived

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
The band sets up

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Checking the room prior to arrival of members

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015

The Board Handles Business Efficiently...

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Serious work!

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Business conducted in 16 minutes flat! Excellent!

Back To The Ball Room

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
The tables are decked out in the prettiest of colors.... Red, White and Blue

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Members and guests arrive at the greeters table!

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Mike Anderson joined us this evening

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Gigi is still smiling from Catalina!

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
We will drink to that!

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
They survived Catalina's Avalon Ball

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Thank you for your service to the club... Our Secretary and Vice President!

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Howard Clauson will brighten up the band

Remember: The brave die never, though they sleep in dust:
Their courage nerves a thousand living men. ~ Minot J. Savage

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Vicky tells Wally the secret word for this evening...

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Whoever says the magic word will see the duck fall from the ceiling with $100

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Dapper gents await the music to start

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Whirl and twirl to great music

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
The first sight our members see... Makes us all feel welcome!

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Bernie and Sue in red, white and blue!

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Meeting and greeting is well under way!

Remember: And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
~Lee Greenwood

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
The dance floor is busy... A good thing!

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Smiles are wonderful expressions! Tells all...

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Irene and Mike hit the floor...

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Visiting is underway on the sidelines

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
"We better get to the dance floor or we will be in trouble"

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Freda and Richard join the party

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Howard made the Time Machine come alive! Excellent vocals this evening

Remember: The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree. ~Thomas Campbell

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
The gents in their tuxedos look fantastic!

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Nita is re-greeting!

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Toppers love to dance.... and talk!

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Dinner is getting near...

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015
Lookout... Tracy's pet moth just escaped!

Toppers Memorial Day dance May 22nd 2015

Background Music: America The Beautiful

Did You Know? - "America the Beautiful" is an American patriotic song. The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates, and the music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward.

Bates originally wrote the words as a poem, "Pikes Peak", first published in the Fourth of July edition of the church periodical The Congregationalist in 1895. At that time, the poem was titled "America" for publication.

Ward had originally written the music, "Materna", for the hymn "O Mother dear, Jerusalem" in 1882, though it was not first published until 1892. Ward's music combined with the Bates poem was first published in 1910 and titled America the Beautiful.

The song is one of the most popular of the many American patriotic songs.

America The Beautiful