About the Club
Cactus Corners Board
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |
| President | Gary Clayton | Gary Clayton | Gary Clayton |
| Vice President | Charley Hartje | Phil Ehrhorn | Phil Ehrhorn |
| Secretary | Penny Harrison | Penny Harrison | Penny Harrison |
| Treasurer | Steve W. | Barbara McGinty | Barbara McGinty |
| Music Coordinator | Charyle Hartje | Charyle Hartje | Charyle Hartje |
| Photographer | Sallie W. | Bonnie Ehrhorn | Bonnie Ehrhorn |
| Sheriff | Bob Harrison | - | - |
| Webmaster | Sallie W. | Sallie W. | John Epler/Sallie W. | Decorations Coor. | - | Bonnie Ehrhorn | Bonnie Ehrhorn |
| Newsletter Editor | - | Janet Clayton | Janet Clayton |
| Member at Large | - | Charley Hartje | Charley Hartje |
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History Nora Wilt, founder of Cactus Corners Dance Club, did so with the right hand support of two of her close friends, Barbara Bell and Gladys Johnson. Nora attended our All Club Dance in 2004 and Barbara has attended many times, bringing Gladys before Gladys passed away in 2006 at the age of 98 yrs. We all loved her; she was a sweetheart. Nora actually started the club in 1990 and before that, she taught country western dance through Livermore Recreation from 1980 to 2000. At one time Nora also taught instructor classes at Swiss Park and a couple of her students included the likes of Charlotte Skeeters and Neil Hale. She told the story that at one time the “Tush Push” was taught at Swiss Park and the people DID NOT like it at all. They said it was “TOO WIGGLY”. Imagine that…… we’ve come a long way. The club started out dancing at the Camp Parks Pavilion, located in Dublin, which was a huge dance floor and there were approximately 200 members. At that time there were no “phrased” dances and most dances were taught so that you could do them to any piece of music. Nora elected to bring in live bands instead of playing records/tapes and if we had to play tapes, she was the one who did it with her boombox. |
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Cactus Corners Dance Club held it’s first election in November of 1990.
Bill Stimmerman 1991-1994. |
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The talented Cactus Corners Demo Team performed at many functions and retirement homes from 1993 until its illustrious career came to a close in 2004.
Our club continues to host dances approximately two times a month, usually on the 1st Friday and the 3rd Saturday. On New Year’s Eve, a special dance is held at the Grange to welcome in the New Year. The club has had many “homes” throughout the years since Camp Parks. Today the dances are held primarily at the Danville Grange Hall. |