Steam and Stomp 2006
February 25 Boulder Hot Springs
Carla and Ronda
Sally checking her camera
Bill - Master of ceremonies
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The following play lists are created from Sally's videotapes, in the approximate order they were danced. She didn't videotape much on Friday night.
Friday night:
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Saturday afternoon:
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Saturday evening party:
Julie, Cecelia
Susan, Julie, Roger
Sharon demonstrating Hula
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Live:
Susan, Julie, Missy
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Back to recorded music:
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Sunday:
(Accolades to Bill Bucher) |
Dances not on my tapes but I remember doing them or seeing them:
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People Present:
Helena:Missoula:Butte:Bozeman:Kalispell/Whitefish/Col Falls/Polson/Eureka/Bigfork – Flathead!Outside Montana, OR I didn't know the town: |
Sally
Sally and Allan
Pictures courtesy of Allen Jenkins. Thank you Allen! |
Pre Steam and Stomp gathering at Scott and Julie's house in Helena. No pictures of us dancing but a few of Piper on the mend:
Scott and Julie's dog Piper
Big hug for Piper
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Adventures in getting to Steam and Stomp from Kalispell
Our trip to Steam and Stomp. We left Jackie’s house at 1:20pm Friday. I was riding in Russ’s Caravan and Jackie was riding shot gun. Missy was riding with Marvin in his Jimmy. I don’t remember now what all we talked about but you can imagine. At Sealy Lake Missy took the drivers seat in the Caravan, Russ shot gun and me in the back seat. Jackie went with Marvin. By the way, the reason we took two vehicles was Connie was going to go. Russ had the sound system in the back of his van, so it would have been a comfortable drive, four in the van and two in the Jimmy. Marvin had been leading, but at the turn to go on Hwy 200 -where the big steer is on the corner of the gas station- Missy took the lead and Marvin followed. Everything was going along just fine until we started to go up MacDonald’s Pass. Just past half way up the van started loosing power. From cruising at 75, within a minute the van was barely going 5 mph. It was a sunny day and dry roads. Russ got out and checked under the hood and did something. He revved the engine, and it sounded good. So he got back in and Missy started up the hill again just like nothing had gone wrong, for about 30 seconds. Same thing happened. Russ speculated it might be a vacuum problem involving the gas tank and the fuel system. This time Russ drove with the same results. We could see the summit about three quarters of a mile away; if only we could get it to the summit we could coast down! It seemed to be getting worse, after stopping a few minutes the van would go but not very far and not very fast. After this starting and stopping a few more times, Marvin pulled up along side the van (well off the Hwy on the shoulder) and we loaded the sound system into the back of the Jimmy and I got in with Marvin and Jackie. We followed Russ and Missy as they slowly got closer and closer to the summit. With the van having less weight Russ got it to go longer distances before it would stop. At last the summit and over the top we went. I figured out later on the way home he coasted (mostly coasted) and drove 23 miles, where he pulled it into a development off Hwy 12. Then Russ drove Marvin’s car, Jackie shotgun, Missy on Marvin’s lap in the seat behind the driver and me in the middle scrunched up next to a huge bag that had all my recording equipment and clothes.
We were on our way to Scott and Julie’s but we weren’t sure exactly what street they lived on. Each of us remembered a little something about were they lived. I remembered a video store was a landmark, Jackie thought the street name began with an “H” like Harrington or Harris. Most of us remembered their house wasn’t far from hwy 12. The group mind got us through and we found their house. Russ and Missy went with Scott –Julie was with a friend and would meet up with Scott at the restaurant. We followed Scott to the Chinese Restaurant; there we met up with Julie and friend. It was Michel Frey’s birthday and we all sang happy birthday to him. The trouble with the car began just before 5pm and we were at the restaurant about 7pm. We finally got to BHS at 9pm. Cecelia and her daughters and Bill and a few others had just gotten there, so it all worked out. We stuck together and helped each other and we all ended up dancing.