Staff for 2010 Dance For The Pets Benefit
It is impossible to be successful without have a team of great people!
Richard & Leslye Lane, Co-Chairs
Both are lovers of animals and they have 6 cats and one dog who reside with them. Leslye is an Achievement Coach and Part-time Instructor for Central New Mexico Community College. She has volunteered for many animal adoption events, primarily in Utah and is thrilled to be helping with this event! Richard repairs phone lines for Qwest and is a Square Dance caller for Richard's Rowdies. He has been calling for 29 years and is happy to be part of this event. Both have hopes to make this a statewide event.
Gloria Nemeth, Drink Manager and Potluck Organizer. Realizing a need for sodas and recognizing another way to make money, Gloria volunteered to help with the 2011 event. You can take your 6-pack soda or bottled water donations to her on Wednesdays at ASDC. Gloria is also heading up the Pot Luck dinner. This is always a well attended event and gloria could use some volunteer help.
Gale Askren & JoeAnn Mack, Raffle Coordinators. These two are appropriately referred to as the "Basket Queens" of Albuquerque. If you haven't seen the themed baskets they put together, you are truly missing a treat. Their baskets raised over $800 last year. Contact them to see what items they need to fill their baskets. Then come out and bid on them!
Diane Quick (DQ), Advertising and Bake Sale Head Honcho. Diane is playing the role of dual-organizer. Her love of baking will be put to good use at the bake sale. However, she could use lots of donations (home made brownies, fudge, chocolate chip cookies, etc). Should be a tasty deal! If you ideas of where we could advertise our dance, contact her with all pertinent info.
Other important members of the committee:
Kris Jensen, is the President of Albuquerque Square Dance Club, a square dance caller and contra cuer was instrumental in helping us secure the hall and a live band for the contra workshop. This year Hands Five will be again playing for the workshop and the dance. She is a dog person.
Scott Amspoker, a square dance caller and country western and line dance teacher taught the line dance session and will be calling this year. He is a cat person.
Susan Kellog, a country western teacher and president of the Albuquereque Dance Club, did a Swing workshop and was instrumental in securing DJ Frank for the evening country western dance. She has a large membership and we were grateful they came out and supported the event last year.
Alvin Thrasher will be our photographer/historian. Watch out for Alvin...be sure to smile when you see him! His pictures will part of our web site and advertising for next year.
