Overview

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The ASSDF has a yearly fall festival dance in a different Arkansas city each October. There is a Trail-In Dance on Thursday night...then the Friday night dance features a National Caller for the Square Dancing...and Arkansas Cuers for the Round Dancing. Saturday activities feature workshops, a Fashion Show, the ASSDF Delegates Meeting, plus the evening dancing to Arkansas Callers and Cuers.

Proper Square Dance Attire is REQUIRED at the evening dances (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday)... although casual attire is OK for the Friday and Saturday daytime dances, and dance level workshops. Visitors may observe the events associated with the weekend at no charge.

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2013 Festival Dance Overview

The 2013 Dance will be at DeGray State Park Lodge, near Bismarck, Arkansas (north of Arkadelphia).

A Trail-In Dance will be held on Thursday night, October 10, 2013, at the Gym at Henderson State University, 1100 Henderson Street, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, with Pat Kotal as the caller. Further details on the Trail-In Dance will be posted as they become available.

The Friday and Saturday activities will be at the lodge. Mike Bramlett of the Rebel Rousers club of Dallas, Texas, as the National Caller on Friday night, October 11, 2013, with round dancing done by Arkansas Cuers. As a side note, I've danced with the Rebel Rousers in the past... it's a club of both singles and married couples, and they make square dancing FUN!!.

Dancing on Saturday and Saturday night, October 12, 2013, features Arkansas Callers And Cuers.

The Levis And Lace club is the host club...and Curtis and Betty Hopkins are chairpersons for the dance. For a printable registration form, click here. For a list of available hotels, click here. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view/print the files. For your convenience, the information on the hotels for the 2013 ASSDF Fall Festival is also listed here, with website links for the available hotels shown.

Also, T-shirts advertising the festival are available...thanks to 2013 ASSDF 1st Vice President Curtis and Betty Hopkins in this. For details, click here, and scroll down the page for the information.

During the weekend, there will be vendors, workshops, a Teacup Auction, Door Prizes, a Silent Auction, and fun dances. For weather information in Bismarck, which is north of Interstate 30 at Exit 78, a few miles north of Arkadelphia, click here.

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2013 Festival Dance Lodging/Camping Info

Here is information on lodging for the 2013 ASSDF Fall Festival. Note that a credit card is required to guarantee the room with a deposit of one nights lodging. Prices noted on this page were rounded up to the nearest dollar, and likely do not include sales tax.

While DeGray State Park Lodge is where the dance will be held, other lodging locations listed below are just 5 miles away from the lodge...at Exit 78 off of Interstate 30 in southwest Arkansas. Mention that you are with the Arkansas State Square Dance Federation Fall Festival when you make your reservations. Website links with more information have been provided for your convenience.

Also, while Amtrak does serve Arkadelphia via The Texas Eagle, the station itself is UNSTAFFED...meaning no ticket agent or checked baggage service. Plus, the station is a ''flag stop''; meaning the train (which arrives at 4:20am southbound from Little Rock and points northeast, and 10:02pm northbound from Texarkana and points southwest, if the train is on time), does NOT stop at the station, unless there are passengers with confirmed reservations to detrain, or entrain at Arkadelphia. Plus, the depot is several miles from Interstate 30, Exit 78, where the hotels are...and an additional 5 miles to DeGray Lodge, where the dancing will be held. So, getting taxi service at train time is another consideration.

DeGray State Park Lodge, 2027 State Park Entrance Road, Bismarck, AR 71929
Rate: $90 per night
Phone: (501) 865-5850
Comments: For more details, click here.

Holiday Inn Express, 7 Frost Road, Caddo Valley, AR 71923
Rate: $91 per night
Phone: (870) 403-0880
Comments: For more details, click here.

Comfort Inn
100 Crystal Palace Drive, Arkadelphia, AR 71923
Rate: $60 per night (King), or $63 per night (Queen)
Phone: (870) 246-3800
Comments: For more details, click here.

Hampton Inn
108 Malvern Road, Arkadelphia, AR 71923
Rate: $89 per night (Queen), or $109 per night (2 Queens)
Phone: (870) 403-0800
Comments: For more details, click here.

Quality Inn
150 Valley Street, Arkadelphia, AR 71923
Rate: $50 per night (King), or $46 per night (Queen)
Phone: (870) 230-1506
Comments: For more details, click here.

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2013 Festival Fashion Show

One of the highlights of many a state or national square dance festival is the Fashion Show, where dancers, callers, and cuers, model various outfits. The 2013 ASSDF Fall Festival Fashion Show will be on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013; further details will be posted as they become available.

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2014 NSDC

The Arkansas Square Dance Convention, Incorporated (ASDCI), bid for, and RECEIVED the bid for Arkansas to host the 2014 National Square Dance Convention. Since Arkansas now does have the bid, we need all the workers we can get, as it will take a LARGE AMOUNT OF WORKERS to make the event a success. Please STRONGLY CONSIDER HELPING showcase Arkansas Square And Round Dancing, to not only dancers around the U.S., but those from outside the U.S., who will attend. A full listing of events and other information for the 2014 National Square Dance Convention, to be held in Little Rock, is located here.

While the 2007 Single Square Dancers USA Labor Day Dance-A-Rama was held in North Little Rock...Arkansas itself has NEVER HOSTED a National Square Dance Convention; at least not until the 2014 National Square Dance Convention.

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