President: Cass Allen 0402 447 687 Dance Bookings: 0432 503 997

V. President: Janet Butcher 0414 394 691 Newsletter: janetbutcher66@gmail.com

Secretary: Paul Shadbolt 0419 657 417 Committee Members: Glenda 0411 146 763

Yvonne 0447 653 039

Treasurer: Warren Butcher 0432 656 650 Lea 0410 561 952

PO Box 2046, Geelong Vic 3220

White Eagle House/ Fellmongers Road, Breakwater, Geelong

AIA A00336901H

Social Night:

7:30pm. Mondays

Lessons: 7:00 p.m. Thursdays

Dance: Monthly - 1st Saturday of the month

MEMBERSHIP DRAW

There is a $50 cash prize to be won at every one of our club dances. Every member who buys a ticket to the dance will be automatically entered into the draw.

President’s Report…

Hi everyone what a great night’s entertainment we had at our August dance, thanks to the fabulous Fender Benders. It wasn’t a big crowd - 120 rockers came to dance the night away and they didn’t stop. There were two dance floors going which gave everyone room to strut their moves. Thank you to all our members, friends and visitors for your continuing support. We have had some issues with the dance floor being very slippery for some time now, so we have had to put some bollards and chains up to prevent anyone slipping over. I have been assured that our Dinner Dance will see a newly stripped and polished surface for us to dance on, so fingers crossed. GJRs Members only Dinner Dance will be a blast with The Vincents to entertain you. It’s a 6pm arrival for a sit down 3 course dinner served from 6.30 onwards. John and Marty’s Bistro will be catering for this event. I hope you have booked your seats on the club phone with Glenda. Please make sure you advise her of any special dietary needs. Payment must be received in the clubs Bendigo Bank account by Friday the 25th of August. This event must be paid for in advance so we can establish catering numbers. Thank you all. It’s also a formal night so dress your best and see you there. The Festival committee is working very hard getting things ready for our Summer Rock n Roll Festival. There are lots of new and exciting changes for your enjoyment. Larry will be in touch with all our volunteers soon to arrange the roster for helping on that weekend. If anyone wants to help you can let Larry or any of our committee know and we’ll put you on the roster. Keep the 5th, 6th and 7th of January free for a great weekend of dancing. This event will also be pre booked and paid into a Ticketing Agent, more about that later. Demo bookings are starting to roll in again. I hope to see a few old faces again now most of our members are back from their winter escape. Please let me know if you want to be a part of our Demo team. GJR’s 2017 AGM is on Monday the 11th of September at 7pm at White Eagle House. If you think you can help be a part of this great Rock n Roll club PLEASE come forward as we will be needing some good kind hearted people with great skills and forward thinking to keep this great club running. " I can’t do it on my own”! It is with great sadness that we are losing some amazing people off our committee. Their workload has been enormous, and they have contributed with some very innovative changes that have made this very small committee run a lot smoother. I thank you Janet and Warren and Paul and Glenda as well as Lea Gilliland for the pleasure of working with you all, from the bottom of my heart. Keep on Rockin and spread the Love Cass

During the winter months Geelong Animal Welfare Society runs short of

blankets and towels. If you can help Lyn Johnson will be collecting old blankets

and towels on Monday and Thursday nights.

Previously we advised that there would be no Monday night social on the 3rd of September due

to a booking by the Polish Club. Please note that they have cancelled their arrangements and the

Monday night social WILL GO AHEAD as usual.

Curly and Rhonda catching up with Kevin, Barry, Carol and Nicki from Four Most Dance Company in

Coolangatta. They were one of Geelong’s first dance teachers and Curly and Rhonda remember having great

times with them at the dances. Awesome dancers, awesome people!

Date What Where Band Contact

24th – 27th Aug Festival Barham Rock by the River

Slap Back Jack & The Magic 8 Balls The Rousers The Decibels Rockin Daddies Wrecked on Sunday Mystic Rhythm

03 5453 2159 www.clubarham.com.au

25th Aug Social Dance

Alley Catz West - Sunshine

Fender Benders

Jon 0419 507 626

Saturday 2nd Sept

Members Dinner Dance

Geelong Jukebox Rockers White Eagle House

The Vincents

Glenda 0432 503 997 Bookings essential

Saturday 9th Sept

American Diner Dance

Seaview Rockers

Cadillac Drifters

Sandy 0418 337 215

Saturday 21st Oct

Social Dance

Top Katz Rockers

Fender Benders

Joyce 0438 830 707

28/29th October Festival Tallangatta Fifties Festival

Dean Vegas Rockin Daddies

Kev 0419 614 019 Manny 0427 712 561

We can do it!

Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and

shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women

sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who were in the military. Rosie the Riveter is

used as a symbol of feminism and women's economic power. Similar images of women war workers

appeared in other countries such as Britain and Australia. Images of women workers were widespread in the

media as government posters, and commercial advertising was heavily used by the government to

encourage women to volunteer for wartime service in factories. Rosie the Riveter became the subject and

title of a song and a Hollywood movie during WWII. Wikipedia

I think the Rosie the Riveter bandana look is absolutely one of my favorites and it can be super cute! It does

take a bit of practice though to get the bandana sitting just right. Here are a few tips I picked up along the

way.

Open Rosie: This is where the bandana is wrapped around the head but is open on top. This can be worn

with a Cinderella bun, pony tail, bee hive or a pile of curls – whatever takes your fancy. Fold your bandana

corner to corner and then fold the centre corner in towards the first fold. You can turn the corner under again

to reduce the size if it seems too wide but try it first – you don’t want it too narrow as this spoils the look. Keep

the straight edge (the first fold) to the bottom and tie the corners on top of your head. I like to tie the knot

slightly to one side but in the middle is fine too. Don’t tie it so tight that it wants to squirt off the back of your

head and also it should just cover the top of your ears. You may need to pin it in place with bobby pins and if

you keep them near the knot it will help to hide them. Neaten the top edge, add a flower if you like and voila!

Ready to rivet! And this works just as well with a square chiffon scarf.

Closed Rosie: This one’s a bit trickier but worth the effort. As the name suggests this style has a closed top

and is great for windy days or when your hair just isn’t behaving. Style your fringe or bangs, as you will be

able to see it. A front/side roll looks nice or just tease it and brush it back into a pomp and pin the ends. Take

your bandana and fold it like before only don’t take the corner right to the opposite side – leave about 2

inches. Place the fold at the nape of your neck and bring the middle corner up over your head to where your

fringe/bangs start. Tie the two outer corners over the top just once. Turn the middle corner backwards over

the tie and tuck the end under (don’t pull this section over the top of your head too tight), then finish tying the

knot. At this point it probably looks more like…remember when the old guys used to tie knots in the corner of

their hankies and stick it on their head!? Yeah, a bit like that. Don’t despair – we’re not quite finished. Now

you need to shape the bandana. Flatten the top with your hand and pull/fold the top to form a “rim” around the

crown. This is where you’ll need a little bit of play in the fabric, if you pulled it too tight over the top of your

head before you tied the knot this bit will not sit right. It’s hard to describe but you want your bandana to have

a triangular shape when viewed from the side rather than a semi-circular shape. This style is only suitable for

cotton bandanas – chiffon scarves won’t work.

For both styles make sure you open out the “rabbit ears” of the knot to make them look cuter. If you are using

a chiffon scarf you can tie a bow and either leave it like it is or I like to unravel the scarf from inside the loops

of the bow and then tuck the ends of the scarf underneath the knot, securing with bobby pins. This makes a

kind of flower which I think is really pretty. If you find that the scarf wants to creep up the back of your head

you can secure it down with two bobby pins crossed over at the nape of your neck but try to keep pins to a

minimum.

As many of you would know I have been growing my hair for the last little while from a pixie cut

and I am now having to learn how to manage my shoulder length, fine-but-thick, slightly curly hair and I

have made a few discoveries along the way that some of you may find useful.

Happy birthday to all our members who are having a birthday September!

Stewart Auger Kevin Borg Shirley Causon Gaye Collis

Brendan Gleeson Chris Gray Robert Lyons Christine Maultby

John McMillan Joyce Mearns Lawrence Norris Debbie Stabek

When Where Time

Monday 11th September White Eagle House 7.00pm

AGM - All members welcome

We would like to welcome the following new members to the club:

Braiden Clardey Henry Wroblewski Dana Rogers Paula Hayes Stewart Auger

Jude Auger Sally Pearson Jake Wallis Nicola Reid Marlene Lovell

Tony Carmelli Brendan Gleeson

Membership: Just a reminder that as our membership year is the same as the financial year

memberships so memberships are now overdue. Don’t forget you can pay by EFT: Bendigo

Bank BSB 633 108 Acc: 107909723

Members Dinner Dance: The Members Only Dinner Dance will be held on Saturday the 2nd of

September (see the notice in this newsletter) with the fabulous Vincents. There will be a three

course sit-down dinner beforehand at White Eagle which will be heavily subsidised by the

club. This dance is only be open to financial members . This will be a formal dance so it should

be a wonderful evening and a great excuse to wear your best dress ladies!

AGM: A reminder that the AGM will be held on Monday the 11th of September at 7pm at

White Eagle House. Nominations will be accepted for the positions of Vice President and

Secretary which will become vacant. Warren has also submitted his intention to resign as club

treasurer at the AGM so the position of Treasurer will also be vacant.The club is also in need

of several ordinary committee members to help alleviate the work load on the executive

committee. If you feel you could help out with any of the following tasks please give some

thought to being on the committee:

Web hosting and maintenance of the club Facebook page

Newsletter editor

Maintenance of the club music database, computer and ipod

Creation, design and printing of dance flyers

Maintenance of the club membership database

Don’t forget that you can’t be on the committee and you can’t vote at the AGM unless you are

a financial member.

Paul has emailed all appropriate forms to all financial members. If for some reason you did not

receive the email all forms are available on the website.

$20pp including diner supper 8pm to Midnight

Enquiries: Sandra 0418 337 215

Must be pre-booked and pre-paid by 1st of September

Bendigo Bank BSB 633 000 A/c S Virgona A/c # 108625922 Ref: your name & which dance

Thank you everyone who has been supporting the line dance lessons. Lea and I are both thrilled at the

numbers we have attending the Monday night classes.

This month I will be teaching the ever popular Midnight Waltz and Lea will be teaching a brand new

dance called The Walk which was choreographed by Tara Snelling who is a rock and roll dancer from

Alley Catz in Melbourne. It’s a great fun dance and the music is very catchy so I’m sure you will be

seeing it around the clubs very soon.

Line dance lessons are held between 7.00 – 7.30pm every Monday and are free to attend.

Date Dance Lesson Teacher

28/08/2017 Midnight Waltz New Janet

04/09/2017 Midnight Waltz Revision Janet

11/09/2017 AGM – no line dance

18/09/2017 The Walk New Lea

25/09/2017 The Walk Revision Lea

Pan Pacific Rock and Roll and Swing Dance Championships

Rockabilly Rock n Roll Lindy Hop Harlem Liftwork

Are being held at:

Castle Hill Bowling Club

79 Castle St, Castle Hill, NSW

Saturday 23rd of September

Entries close 5.00pm Friday 22nd August

www.panpacificrocknrollnswing.com.au

Geelong Jukebox Rockers

Proudly presents our

Members Dinner Dance With

The Vincents

Including 3 Course dinner (Drinks at bar)

Theme: Formal Rock and Roll Saturday 2nd of September

Time 6.00pm for 6.30 start

$20 per head Please note this is a members only function

Bookings essential. Must book and pay by

Friday 25th of August