San Antonio College - El Alamo Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Folk Dancers forget their routines and improvise at a noon-day benefit dance given in the Ballroom for the United Fund. Trying to rest between numbers, Jimmy Saldana, Sylvia Kerckhoff, and Patricia Woodward pause at the National Folk Dance Festival in Kentucky where they presented Spanish and iVlexican dances. Frances Ferrell President Sylvia Kerckhoff Patricia Woodward Vice-President Secretary Folk Dancers Travel To National Festival A busy schedule of 29 appearances through- out the San Antonio area has kept the FOLK DANCE CLUB members on the go. Although, the Club was chartered only last October, it was invited to participate in the National Folk Dance Festival in Covington, Kentucky, June 5, 6, and 7. Sylvia Kerckhoff, Frances Ferrell, Patricia Woodward, Yolanda Gonzales, Jimmy Saldana, Roy Villagran, Rene Martinez, and Jim Morris journeyed to the Festival which portrayed the folk heritage of the country. At the same conven- tion Mrs. Nelda Drury, sponsor, received the Burl Ives award for outstanding work in this field. 158 Dancing the Jarabe Tapatio, a Mexican Dance, three club members entertain their associates on the patio of the Spanish Governor ' s Palace in downtown San Antonio.

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Steven Baum, who was elected Edmund Burke, searches for background data for the poHt- ical speech which won him the title. Strumming his guitar and sing- ing a folk ballad, Bill Collins won the title of Dr. Charles Burney at the Christmas music meeting. Cbeshyre Cheese Club Visits Sail Marcos Donald X ' alden Mike Settles Bill Johnson Student Council Chaplain Membership Representative Chairman An annual session ib held in conjunction with the Southwest Texas State College Cheshyre Cheese Club. This year the SAC group journeyed to San Marcos where each club presented a skit depicting the first London club. During the summer a Hawaiian luau was held at the home of Vice-President and Mrs. Clyde R. Nail. Students are recommended for election to the Club after meeting the requirement of having a high average in English. Miss Bessie Pearce and Mr. Herbert Stappen- beck sponsor the monthly dinner meetings to which each member contributes a dish of food or gives a performance. Living up to the Club name, Cheshyre Cheese members give broad cheese smiles while the photographer snaps their picture. 157

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Anticipating their arrival in Covington, Kentucky, the eight SAC dancers huddle with Airs. Irma Dee Everts, chaperone, during their long bus trip. Hemisfai r Bug age ni eu t Oil 1963 Chth Agenda Last fall the club performed before a com- mittee of the HemisFair at Oak Hills Country Club. After their presentations they were booked to appear in the Fair in 1963. Other activities included appearances in the Physical Education Department film for SAC Presents, before the Friendship Club at the Jewish Community Center, and in activities at the Texas Folk Dancers ' Camp at Bastrop State Park. At SAC the Club sponsored the Internation- al Folk Dance Festival, participated in the Foreign Language Assembly, held a Noon-Day dance to benefit the United Fund, and had a Hootenanny and Folk Dance session. Wearing costumes representative of different regions of Mexico are Jeanette Castro, Thelraa Short, Sylvia Kerckhoff, and Stella Palacios who performed before many local groups. Thelma Short Parliamentarian Albert De Barros Mrs. Nelda Drury Reporter Sponsor Club members learn about the world through the dances and costumes of different countries. Here dancers pose in costumes worn in Denmark, Italy, and Russia. 159