Hi Country Friends,
It feels a lot like last year with every three days another snow storm or a blast of cold weather. We hope you have been staying warm and finding places to dance, although even that has been a challenge with so many events needing to be canceled because of weather. Our next dance is March 14th – so get out your green for St. Patrick’s and come on down and dance to the tunes from “Tied to the Trax” and learn a new dance with DJ/teacher Frankie K and Lynn.
Have you checked out our updated Dance Instruction page on the licma.org web site? This is a perfect time to sign up for a dance class or just get out of the house and burn some of those winter calories. There is literally dance instruction here on the Island every night of the week so be sure to check our updated page for current listings.
Our annual general meeting this year will take place on Thursday March 12th (7:30pm – 9:00pm) at the Paradise Dinner in Hauppauge – please call the hotline or see the web site for more details. I would like to encourage members to attend the meeting to meet the board members, share ideas, and explore ways you can help support our organization. I’m extremely pleased to announce we have three new members who have been appointed to the board – Terry Barrett, Mat- thew Skiba, and Eddie McGay. These new members and the following board members will be elected to the board for a two year term during the general meeting - Jim Teeple, Kathy Burke, Donna Eidinger, Maria Gaiewski, Marge Tuthill, Jim Nash Vafeas, Tom Masone, and Rene Masone. Please express your appreciation when you see these board members for their continued support and years of service to the association.
Be sure you have the May 16th LICMA dance on your calendars and plan on helping us celebrate our 30th year anniversary as the Long Island Country Music Association. Six Gun will be the band and lots of old friends are planning to attend.
Do we have your current e-mail address? Because of the increasing cost of mailing material, we will be expanding our use of e-mail to share information with members so we can include more pictures, hot links and current information. If you change your e-mail address or would like to provide additional addresses, please send us a message at membership@licma.org and our membership chairperson will update the records.
I would like to again say Thank You to everyone who is part of the Long Island country dance community for working together, donating their time to make events work, and continuing to support our love of country music and dance. Check our web site (licma.org) and Dance Instruction page for the most current information and continue to follow us on Facebook. Stay warm, and we look forward to seeing you at the next dance.
“LICMA is FUN Country”
Jim Teeple
