We had a ROARING good time at the Scatter 8’s New Year’s Eve square dance. It's always a good time calling for the Scatter 8's!
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So proud of our recent Mainstream graduates, Lois, Jeff, Frank, Sue, Larry & Peggy! We are having a blast dancing in La Porte each week.   Frank & Elisa Berger, General Chairman
2019 marked the 30th Anniversary for the Indiana Square & Round Dance Convention. This was also my 10th year to call at the Indiana Convention! Time sure flies when you’re having fun.
Not only was this a special year for the state and for me, it was also exciting because my parents were the General Chairman – they did an amazing job! Shout-out to the entire Convention Board for a great event! Friday night my family hosted the after party. We had several performances and even a live showing of Dancer Feud (in the style of Family Feud). It was a great time! 
Saturday I hosted 2 Hex workshops. The morning session introduced the idea of dancing with 6 couples in a hexagon formation. During the afternoon, we learned more about how to adapt calls to the hexagon. Everyone had a great time learning and practicing something new!
My home club celebrated our 60th Anniversary! What a special night! Thanks so much to everyone who came out to celebrate. Check out the event album on the Star Righters Facebook Page for more photos from the night. A huge shout-out to the dance leaders who shared their talents to help me with the dance: Chuck Witt, Bobby Poyner, Andrew Berger, Pat Bryant, Wanda Martin & Eddy Martin. Regardless of where I travel, Star Righters Square Dance Club will always be home for me. Here’s to the next 60 years! I had a great weekend calling and dancing at the Michigan State Square Dance Convention in Lansing, MI! Featured callers, Bob Asp, Curt Braffet & Tom Manning did a great job throughout the weekend. I enjoyed seeing many of my friends from Michigan and making new friends too! The 68th National Square Dance Convention did not disappoint! I started the week at the GSI Caller School and had the privilege of learning from some incredibly talented callers. A special thanks to the staff for working so hard to support caller education.  Barry Johnson, Kimberly Curlee, Ted Lizotte, Tony Oxendine, Charlie Robertson, Scott Bennett, Dee Dee Dougherty-Lottie, Walt Burr, Brad Caldwell, Me, Jack & Sherry Pladdys, Lisa Lincoln, Al Hipkins
 Glad everyone got the color memo! Black & White for the win! I hope you enjoy these photos from the Convention. You can click on the photos to view them larger. This is not even close to a complete representation of all of the fun I had! It is always so great seeing old friends and making new ones too! Thanks to everyone who made this week so memorable! ❤
I had a fantastic time at the Indiana Square and Round Dance Convention!
Friday night started out with a great dance by featured caller Tom Miller. The theme was "Back to the 50's" and I love seeing so many people dressed in 50's attire! Saturday was full with square and round dancing at all levels, workshops, competition, education sessions, and more! Finally we ended a packed weekend with the Sunday morning Gospel Finale! The Indiana Convention is one of my favorite times of the year because I get to see so many good friends in one place! Join us next year in French Lick for our 30th Convention - November 8, 9 & 10, 2019!
It's always an honor to get to call with Kristy! Check out the above video of us calling on Friday night in the main hall just before the President's Ball.
The Convention Board put on a fantastic convention! Thanks for all of your hard work.
Great crowd on Sunday morning
 The Bergers: Teresa, Frank, Elisa, Andrew & Jillian
It’s been awhile since the whole gang has been together for a square dance but this weekend we all made it up to Wisconsin for the WIPAC weekend! Andrew and I were both honored to be asked to call! You can hear one of our tips on this Facebook live video. A special thanks to Mom for the video.
It is so nice to have good friends who share such lovely photos! Check out some of the photos from the weekend below! We had a great time!
The weekend was held at the beautiful Washington County Fairgrounds Exposition Center. There was plenty of space to dance in the Plus hall. Photo credit: Andrew Berger
More than 3,100 dancers attended the 67th National Square Dance Convention in Kansas City, MO. I was one of those lucky dancers! The Convention offers a variety of programming for attendees including squares, rounds, lines, contra, education panels, seminars, sewing clinics, and plenty of opportunities for networking with attendees from around the world! We danced from 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM Thursday through Saturday and had an absolute blast! I had so much fun seeing old friends and making new ones too! I've posted a short slideshow below. Super thanks to Eric Henerlau for taking the video! ☺
 
In September, I attended my first KY State Square Dance Convention! |
| I had a blast calling and dancing at the Wisconsin State Square & Round Dance Convention. This was my first time calling and dancing in Wisconsin and I felt very welcome! So glad Mom and Dad let me tag along on their trip! This weekend was especially memorable as this was my first time calling with a live band! Shout out to the Siegmann family for providing outstanding live music for the Inspiration hour and during the last hour of dancing! Check out the video of my song with the band and some pictures from the weekend below! ~Teresa |  |
The Siegmann family band did a fantastic job on the live music Sunday afternoon!
We had a great time calling at Scatter 8's in Bluffton, IN for their New Year's Eve Dance. The night was filled with great food, dancing, games, and people! Thanks to Scatter 8's for having us and to all the dancers who made the night so much fun!
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Happy New Year!
We just got back from another fun-filled weekend at the Indiana State Square Dance Convention in French Lick, IN. Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to put together a great event! We had a great time dancing, visiting the vendors, catching up with old friends and calling! Check out a video and some photos below.
Special thanks to John for sharing this video!
The Berger Family on Saturday
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Star Wrongers place 2nd in the competition - Congratulations!
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Sewing Seminar with Elisa - Sew Simple Bandana Skirts and More!
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2016 Convention Board Members
A great turnout on Saturday night!
Our family had a lot to celebrate in the past 6 months! |  To celebrate all of our achievements, we threw a party! We were honored to have so many family and friends come out to celebrate with us. And what party would be complete without a square dance? Thanks to Tom Davis for the squares (Teresa and Andrew wanted to dance too!) and Pat Bryant for the rounds. And a special thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate & dance with us! We had a great time! |
We tried something new this fall and hosted 2 sets of lessons on Sunday afternoons. We had a new Mainstream class as well as a Plus class for a total of 14 graduates! We are very proud of our new Mainstream and Plus dancers! Thanks to our angels who came out each week to fill our squares and help us out!
See you in a square soon!
The Bergers
See you in a square soon!
The Bergers
Our new Plus dancers! Barb, Earl, Olivia, Agnes, Hollie, Pete, MaryRose, Aidan and Louis
Our new Mainstream dancers! Jillian, Robert and Colleen
We are so proud of our new Mainstream Graduates!
A special thanks to all of our angels who came out and helped.
We had a great group and a lot of fun. Looking forward to plus lessons!
We had a great group and a lot of fun. Looking forward to plus lessons!
We had a great time at the 2014 Indiana State Square Dance Convention! We placed first in the competition and had a great time.
Chris and Dave Ward, Elisa and Frank Berger, Pam Frazee, Andrew Berger, Dick Bruner and Teresa Berger
The Youth After Party sponsored by IDA was a lot of fun!
We are looking forward to the 2015 Indiana State Square Dance Convention at French Lick!
Andrew Berger, Samuel Mestel, Tom Davis, Bonnie Lawrence, Samuel Atherton, Teresa Berger Well it has been a busy fall for us! Both of us are studying at Indiana University South Bend but are continuing to call almost every weekend and loving it!
We were honored to be asked to call at the Indiana State Museum Dance with Samuel Atherton and Samuel Mestel in September. A Special Thank you to Tom Davis. We had a great crowd and so much fun!
We were honored to be asked to call at the Indiana State Museum Dance with Samuel Atherton and Samuel Mestel in September. A Special Thank you to Tom Davis. We had a great crowd and so much fun!
Samuel Atherton, Teresa, Andrew and Samuel Mestel
The Indiana State Square Dance Convention in October was also so much fun. We enjoyed both dancing and calling all weekend long.
We have also been busy calling area club dances including Star Righters in Michigan City, IN, Call & Caper in Chicago, IL, and Tanglefoots in Paw Paw, MI. Thank you so much to all the dancers that support our calling and this awesome activity!
See you in a square soon!
We have also been busy calling area club dances including Star Righters in Michigan City, IN, Call & Caper in Chicago, IL, and Tanglefoots in Paw Paw, MI. Thank you so much to all the dancers that support our calling and this awesome activity!
See you in a square soon!
