ASGRA at the GLBT Expo

April 2006

Volume XVI, Issue 4

Page Article 1 ·         ASGRA at the GLBT Expo 2 ·         Capital Country Dance Club News 3 ·         Happy Trails to You! ·         ASGRA Calendar of Events ·         ASGRA Birthdays ·         ASGRA General Membership Meeting ·         EDITORIAL OOPS!!! 4 ·         ASGRA News You Can Use ·         Royalty RoundUp

 

“The good thing about going the extra mile is that there is very little traffic.”

·          Jim Larranaga

Submissions for the May newsletter are due April 24

The 13th Annual GBLT Expo was a great time for ASGRA folks and attendees.  Brutus, our manual bucking bull, was there to provide some instruction and entertainment for the crowd.  We had over 65 riders on Brutus with 59 on Saturday and 15 on Sunday.  Guess folks were a little weary after Saturday night; it was the black party in town that evening, you know!  Among those in attendance to represent ASGRA were Gaither Pennington, Patrick Hunter, Mary Lynn Logsdon, Jackie Thompson, Karl Klingener, Sonny Koerner, Oscar Mocelo and Lance Haverly. CGRA’s Larry Lindstrom flew in all the way from Colorado to lend us a hand. We handed out a lot of promotional material about gay rodeo and Atlantic Stampede in general, which will be happening on September 8, 9 and 10.  (Look for the poster for 2006 to start appearing on the website, the next newsletter, in locations around the city and at other ASGRA events).

We are sure that we will be seeing some new faces at Stampede.  With this being the year of Brokeback Mountain, we had more than a few folks say "I didn't even know that there was gay rodeo." and others who were surprised that we were not part of some movie promotion. It was great to give folks some education about gay rodeo and showing them how we cowboys and cowgirls ride with pride.

·          Patrick Hunter

Capital Country Dance Club News

(1) Next Monthly Dance, this Saturday, April 1st:

The pre-dance lesson (8:00 until 9:00 p.m.) will be a 2-Step taught by guest instructor Sandy Garrish.

Open dancing begins at 9:00 and lasts until 11:30 with music provided by DJ Sandy Garrish. Admission is $10. The dance takes place at de Lounge in Wheaton, Maryland.

(2) Also on Saturday, April 1st  -- Mary Anne's Dance Day:

Mary Anne will teach three dance lessons prior to our April dance and pre-dance lesson. Although her "Dance Day" program is not sponsored by Capital Country, many of our members and friends may wish to attend both events. The cost is $5.00 per session.

4:00 - 5:30: West Coast Swing  -- Basic and Beyond.
5:30 - 6:30: Two-Step  -- Basic and Beyond.
6:30 - 7:00:  Line Dance (to be announced).

7:00 - 8:00: Take a break for a bite to eat before Sandy Garrish's Two-Step lesson. Or just hang out. The dance floor will be available for practice dancing.

(3) Tuesday evenings in April:  Nite-Club 2-Step lessons with Lee Jenkins.

On Tuesday evenings in April guest instructor Lee Jenkins returns to de Lounge with a series of Nite-Club 2-Step lessons, both beginner and intermediate levels. Lee did a great job for us earlier in the year and the club is very excited to have him return.

7:30 - 8:00: Warm-up dancing and/or one-on-one help from the instructor.
8:00 - 9:00: Nite Club 2-Step Lesson
9:00 - 10:30: Open Dancing. 

For additional details, please click on our web site at www.capitalcountry.org/news.

Happy Trails To You!

ASGRA trail rides are the first Sunday of the month at 11:00am!

Regardless of the weather, ASGRA’s monthly trail rides are held at Piscataway Ranch in Clinton, MD at 11:00 am on the following days:

April 2^nd: Go looking for the Easter bunny somewhere along the Maryland trails!

May 7^th:  Enjoy the full bloom of spring with a leisurely lope through the Maryland meadows!

For further information, contact Patrick at 202-352-2356 or

ASGRA Calendar of Events

Birthday Congratulations to the following ASGRA members who celebrate in April:

Destiny B. Childs, Ted C., David H., Terry Glenn, Mark Heare, Patrick Hunter,

Karl Klingener, Ray Michener, Eddie Petrozzi, Heather Purvin, Alex Yearley

Come one come all to the General Membership Meeting on April 2, 2006 at 4pm, Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capital Hill. (Stampede host hotel) 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001. Anyone with items for the agenda can submit them to Karl Klingener, Membership Chair, at [an error occurred while processing this directive]. Afterwards, join us at Remington’s for a social event. We look forward to seeing you there!

Even The Editor Sometimes Makes a Mistake…

In the March edition of the newsletter, some important information was mistakenly omitted from the lead article on IGRA University.  Frank Harrell, ASGRA’s Webmaster and Secretary was not only present at University, he was one of the instructors.  His classes on basic web design, HTML, JavaScript, etc spanned the entire weekend.  In addition to these courses being taught live, they were also net-cast over the Internet for everyone that couldn’t be in attendance to pertain in the course.  Frank is also the Webmaster for the IGRA web page and a wonderful asset to both ASGRA and to IGRA as a whole.  Thank you Frank, for your insight and willingness to share your gifts with all of us.  (Editor’s Note: Frank, please forgive me for accidentally deleting your name from the list of attendees while I was editing the article!!)

• Mike S.

News You Can Use

A note from one of our members…

Attention Roughstock Riders!!

Looking for traveling & school partner - Attending Sankey Bullriding school in Wichita (Rose Hill), KS, June 8-11.  Will be driving (want to see the country) from Maine.  I can take the southern route to pick anyone up in the greater DC area and split costs from there (gas, hotel, etc). Planning to leave June 5^th or 6th and return June 13th or 14th.  You can sign up for the bullriding school through the Sankey website (www.sankeyrodeo.com).  If you are interested please contact me. 

E-mail: Cellphone: 207-337-2354, Office: 207-351-2162.

Kind Regards
Ron Lambert

Miss ASGRA 2006, Destiny B. Childs and her partner (and former Mr. ASGRA) Rudy traveled to Ft. Worth for their rodeo in March.  Destiny and Rudy took 1st place in Wild Drag Race and Goat Dressing on Saturday!  And Destiny competed in Steer Riding for the first time and placed 4th on Saturday. We also helped TGRA raise over $3000 for local charities in the Ft. Worth metro area.

Easter Sunday April 16, 2006 At Freddie’s Beach Bar ASGRA & IGRA Royalty Host an Easter Egg Hunt There will be a prize inside every egg that you find. Miss ASGRA 2006, Destiny B. Childs will be wearing a dress made out of Marshmallow Peeps …and anyone can take a bite out of her!  Contact Destiny for details!

Upcoming Events:

Wig Aid 4 at Nations on March 25 to benefit SMYAL (Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League) and Youth Pride.  This is a benefit featuring entertainment from all over the city.

ASGRA & IGRA Royalty present the first ever Rodeo DOG WASH!!!!!  Come and have your dogs washed by ASGRA & IGRA Royalty.  More details to follow!!!

“It’s a Phoneraiser!”

                                                          

ASGRA Royalty is running a fundraiser called PHONERAISER.  Please donate your old and unused cell phones.  You can drop them off at Freddie’s Beach Bar, Remington’s, and Titan.  All phones are given to needy families with medical emergencies.  Contact any ASGRA Royalty for more information.