===== ACME Membership =====
ACME membership renewal time is here and so we included a membership form on the last ACME newsletter/postcard. Check the expiration date on the top line of your mailing label. Even if your renewal month falls later in the year, we can still extend your membership by 12 months if you choose to renew now. The nominal $10/year annual membership helps us cover costs not covered by the dance admission, such as a web site, postal bulk mailing permit, newsletters, fliers, postage and sound equipment that we've purchased in recent years. Please renew your membership or consider joining if you are not yet a member. Just send a check for $10 to ACME, 5274 Paramont Drive, Birmingham, AL 35210. You can also bring your membership form to a dance class or ACME dance. Your membership has helped bring this wonderful music to Birmingham for over 17 years!
Many thanks to these people who have renewed or joined within the last 3 weeks:
Joy Aldridge, Willard & Teresa Alvis, Bob
Apol, Karen & Bill Barger (Tuscaloosa), Wanda & Jeff Bodtke, Cheryl
& Richard Brewer, Trish Cannon, Sandy Captain, Pat Chumbley, Mike & Glynda Cosky, Marsha Crowder, Susan Davis, Judy Dial (Blountsville), Bill
Duffey, Judy & Bob Eberhart, Joan Faulkner (Sterrett), Pam & Sammy
Freeman, Allen & Betty Fulton (Montevallo), Les Goins, David Gray, Wendell
Harless, Debbie & Ollie Harrell, Kurt & Lisbeth Herbst, Roger &
Linda James, Johnny Johnson (Cottondale), Dewaine Jones (Chelsea), Joan Karr
(Decatur, Ga.), Jane Kelly, Karl
Kuyrkendall (Hayden), Dave Lamon (Decatur, Ala.), Connie LaMonte, Joe Leamon, Beverly LeBoeuf, Sun
Lee, Ruthan Massey, Bill & Colleen Maxwell, Beth McCulley, Natalie McGee,
Delores McGill, Victoria & Bob Miller, Bill Morrow, Mike Mullen
(Montgomery), Bill Munch, Brenda Music, Tim Phillips & Stacey Haire (Marietta, Ga.),
Robert & Darien Roche, Sue Ann Scarborough, Linda Sears, Dominick &
Josi Silla (Sylacauga), Jerri Simmons, Bob Simpson, Joe & Daphne Sprigg,
Baynard & Sandra Starr, Laura Strubel, Edward Thomas, Charlie Thompson & Mariann Schmitz, Harold Thompson, Louise Ayer Tommie, John Weaver, Martha Weber, Bill Whitmire (Leeds), and Kat Wilson (Montgomery).
===== ACME Photos =====
Photos by John Krupsky from the last ACME dance with Curley Taylor are online for viewing. That was the bitter cold night following a day of snow flurries. Check out all the people who braved the cold to stay warm with Curley Taylor. Great dance! Go to www.acmedance.org and click on photos, then John Krupsky, and finally look for "ACME Dance Events."
===== Vestavia Hills 2010 Cajun/Zydeco Dance Classes =====
Mamou II - Feb. 1, 3 (Prerequisite: Mamou I; $10/$7 to repeat this class)
Whiskey River Jitterbug - Feb. 8, 10, 15 (Prerequisite: Mamou II; $15/$10 to repeat this class)
Intro to Zydeco - Feb. 22, 24 (Prerequisite: none; $10/$7 to repeat this class)
Zydeco II - Mar. 1, 3 (Prerequisite: Intro to Zydeco; $10/$7 to repeat this class)
Zydeco 2.5 - Mar. 10 (Prerequisite: Zydeco II, $5)
Beginning Cajun Dance - Mar. 17, 22, 24 (Prerequisite: none; $15/$10 to repeat this class)
Intermediate Cajun Waltz & Two-step - Mar. 29, 31 (Prerequisite: Beginning Cajun Dance; $10/$7 to repeat this class)
Class location: Vestavia Hills Civic Center, 1973 Merryvale Rd., Dogwood Room from 7:00-8:30 p.m. each night. Instructors: Dolores Hydock and David Doggett. Simply arrive 10-15 minutes early to register before the initial class of each session. You may attend classes with or without a dance partner. Check web site
www.acmedance.org for full class descriptions. Call if you have questions (David Doggett, 951-3463).
===== ACME's 2010 Dance Schedule =====
Two new dances to announce!
Friday, Jan. 29 - T-Sale' Cajun Band (Kelly Ingram VFW)
Friday, Mar. 12 - Joe Hall & the Louisiana Cane Cutters (zydeco, Concordia Club)
Friday, April 9 - Basin Brothers Cajun Band (Kelly Ingram VFW, ACME 18th anniversary dance)
Friday, May 7 - Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys (Concordia Club)
Friday, June 4 - Bonsoir, Catin (Cajun "all girl" band, Concordia Club)
Friday, July 9 - Leon Chavis & the Zydeco Flames (Concordia Club)
Dances are at either the Kelly Ingram VFW, 1801 11th Ave. North or at the Concordia Club, 3400 1st Ave. North in downtown B'ham. Dances are from 8-11 p.m. Admission is $13/person. No coolers, please at the VFW. BYOB permitted at Concordia Club.
===== Kelly Ingram VFW Info =====
Directions: Kelly Ingram VFW, 1801 11th Avenue North, Birmingham,
35234.
From I-59/I-20: Take the 22nd Street exit and head south for half
a block on 22nd Street
(a one-way street). At the light, turn right onto 8th Avenue North. Drive four blocks and
turn right onto 18th Street
(a on e-way street). Drive three blocks and turn right onto 11th Avenue North. The Kelly Ingram VFW
Post is on the right. Drive past the building and turn right into the lot.
There is parking for about 100 cars inside their fenced lot and overflow
parking on both sides of 18th
Street (a 1-way street). Enter the hall through
the back door off the parking lot.
The VFW maintains a bar, so please don't bring
coolers or any alcohol. Purchase any beer or wine from the VFW. ACME will
provide free soft drinks, ice water, cups, and ice. Smoking is not permitted in
the dance hall, but is permitted in the bar area. Our guard will be on duty in the
parking lot starting at 6 p.m.