Buttercup Goes Walkabout

Hello and Greetings from . . .   Canada
My name is BUTTER-CUP and I am the Travelling Ambassador for the MAVERICKS SQUARE DANCE CLUB located in Victoria, British Columbia, CANADA. Canada’s Oldest Continually Dancing Square Dance Club (founded in February, 1952). I left to begin my travels on October, 2015.

I am the second Travelling Ambassador of this club. The original was BUDDY (my twin brother). Buddy began his travels in 2008. For a period of 6 years he was passed around from club to club and during those years travelled throughout BC, then onto Ontario, Nova Scotia, Japan, Italy, UK, and throughout Europe and spent a considerable time in  Germany.

Buddy was a wonderful ambassador for the Mavericks and Square Dancing internationally, but unfortunately, he went missing-in-action and we have been trying to track him for over a year to no avail.  We hope that he will turn up one day and be returned to his home in Victoria, B.C.

Would you please help me continue my travels and spread the good wishes of the Members of the MAVERICKS SQUARE DANCE CLUB  throughout the world.

How You Can Help

  • Once you have received BUTTER-CUP we ask that you take a photo of her with your club members, or representatives, or city and send the details (date, club name, city, country, photo, and Website) to  clayton@iecccorporate.com

  • Next time you have an out of town guest or caller attend your club dance please give BUTTER-CUP  to your guest to take along with them back to their home club. And, they will continue the process.

  • We thank you for assisting BUTTER-CUP on her travels and we will endeavour to keep everyone in the loop via email.
With Many Thanks
Lorne-Barbara Clayton
Past Caller Couple Mavericks Square Dance Club
Contact Us

IF YOU ARE EVER IN VICTORIA PLEASE CONNECT WITH US !!!
TheMavericks.org

Buttercup Update March 2019

Dear Buttercup's Mom and Dad,

My name is Jennifer Yuki Davis, and I am a square dancer/caller in Tokyo, Japan.
 
I'd like to let you know that Buttercup is with me now in Tokyo.
Attached photo was taken with me at the dance at Big Birds Squares, where I belong to.

Next month, I am planning to go to Richmond, VA for the CALLERLAB convention,
and Buttercup will also be accompanying me.

I hope I will find someone who can take Buttercup on the next journey in Richmond.
 
Warm Regards,
 
Jennifer Y. Davis
Big Birds Squares Caller
Rhythm International Staff Caller 
Click here to learn more about Tokyo, Japan

Buttercup Update February 2019

Buttercup has been pasturing in Thailand, and says she's ready to venture back out into the world.

Buttercup in Lytham August 2016

Note: Most of Buttercup's photos will pop-up a bigger version if you click/tap on them.
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Hi everyone,

Would you like to dance for a week? that's what I did at Lytham, near Blackpool, U.K. in August, 2016. There were 3 callers, 2 cuers and 3 rooms - with a variety of dancing each day, from plus to C2 and rounds. Bronc Wise (USA) was one of the callers. Great fun.

Blackpool is a seaside town, with amusement parks, musical theatres, huge tide on sandy beaches, donkey rides and the famous Blackpool Tower. - all the fun of a seaside holiday.

Happy dancing, everyone

Doona

The Ides of August 2016 Buttercup Update

Hello Lorne and Barbara and dancers,

I am now the proud carrier for Buttercup.

She was handed on at the European convention, in Stratford On Avon, UK, in July 2016 and will have many adventures with me. - sort of like a Canadian or USA National - about 6 rooms  and 850 dancers. from 21 countries - from all over Europe and a few from USA, Canada, Japan, China, Taiwan and Australia. In fact, nearly all the square dance countries of the world.

I am Australian - from Melbourne - and dance with Jaden Frigo and Australiana Dancers. I've been dancing about 8 years.

Each mid year- winter for us and summer for you - I travel to USA and/or Europe to see family and friends and DANCE. I am a passionate square dancer - always looking for new opportunities and places and friends in the dance world.

So I proudly send you news from Buttercup. She is well - and acquiring new badges to decorate and weigh her down.

Last Week, we went to Lytham National Week of Dance, near Blackpool, UK - it was a whole week of square and round dancing. The visiting caller was Bronc Wise (USA) and local callers Terry McCann and Di Green. - picture 1

The round cuers were Teresa and Paul Hart - pic 2

This week, I am visiting friends in Wales, and Buttercup and I danced at Aeron Valley Diamonds - pic 3 &4.

I'm the dancer kneeling up on the floor - with purple top and  green and purple skirt.

I fly back to Melbourne later this week and will find many opportunities for Buttercup to dance and be seen around Australia. In October, she will visit adjacent state, New South Wales. In November, she will visit Japan and California. So she will be a much travelled cow.

Are any of your club members considering - or would they consider- attending the next USA National, in June 2017, in Cincinnati? Buttercup could be re-united with her home family for a day or 2 before travelling on.

With very best wishes - and dancing fun

Doona Young

Buttercup Goes Shakespeare at Stratford-Upon-Avon — July 2016

Wow - I've been to Stratford-Upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace. There are famous theatres and the Avon River, with swans and canal boats and tourists. There were also 850 dancers at the European Convention - from 21 countries.

Evert and Bozena from Sweden handed me onto Doona Young from Australia. Doona loves to dance and travel - so I'm excited to visit new clubs all over the world. Doona is dressed in yellow in the photo.

Hugs from Buttercup and Doona

Back to Sweden Buttercup Goes! — June 2016

Dear friends!

Here are pictures from Buttercups Swedish convention june 2016 in Linköping. So many dancers and lots of fun.

One picture is with one of our swedish caller Gunilla Hammarlund and the other is when we hand over Buttercup to her new friends Evert and Bozena.

They shall now take her to new adventures. On of the trip she`ll be doing is a trip to European Convention-festival in Englnad in the beautiful little village Statford upon Avon. Perhapes she`ll even meet Shakespeare!

So now we say goodbye to Buttercup and wish her a happy travel!

Best regards from

Lesley and Tommy

Buttercup Hits New Mexico — Update: May 7, 2016

Dear Lorne-Barbara Clayton

Here are some travelling news from Buttercup. She`s be travelling with us for some more weeks. We are going to New Mexico Statefestival at Farmington 13-15th of may.

We'll keep you updated!

Greetings from Lesley and Tommy
Dam Dance in Truth or Concequenses  New Mexico, USA. April 30 /2016

This dance was very special! We had to be escorted by the lokal sheriff out on the damwall at the Elephant Butte where 9 squares danced to lokal caller Joe . The wall is usually closed for public,  so this special occation was to let squaredancers celebrait that it was 100 years since they built the dam. After that we went to a big dancehall in the town of TorC to continue to dance with the lokal squaredanceclub.  A great day! Love Buttercup
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Wild West!
Well, well the theme of the dance one night at the Spring Fling was Old Westernstyle. So this is the result:  CowBoygirl Buttercup!  Quite happy with my hat!  
Love Buttercup!
Hello again!
It was a fun dance last night everyone was dressed up as cowboys and there were some indians too.
But I feel more comfortable like this! Just beautiful me! With my dangles and a nice bow.
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35th SPRING FLING – DANCE  with DUKE CITY SINGLES & DUBLES ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO, USA,  April 21-24 /2016

Oh what a trip! We flew from Gothenburg Sweden,  we changed to a Boing 707 in London going to Dallas where we had to wait a very long time to finally get to Albuquerque! But we landed safely so it was not too bad.

Here we are at the Albuquerque dance hall. My friends were dressed in there Swedish ”national” dress and got very admired!  And everyone
(well… some) wanted me to tell the story how I travel!  

We danced for several days in this hall. Many good friends and good callers among them Mike Seestrom! Love that man!

I´m quite a celebrity! Yours cincerly Ms Buttercup                                                      
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The 27th Stefandance at  Western Airport Squaredance club in Mölnlycke/Gotenburg Sweden  April 6 /2016

Hello! Here I am with Lesley , Tommy and the fantastic caller Stefan Sidholm celebrating the 27th year in a row he has been calling at the Western Airport squaredanceclub. Oh all those interesting patterns he called! But I think my friends did good! So I´m in good hands.

Looking forward to next trip!

Love from Buttercup in Sweden
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EASTER FESTIVAL IN ÖREBRO SWEDEN : Mars 25 – 27/2016

Here are my friends Hans and Ingela who brought me all the way from Hawaii to Sweden when they handed  me over to my new friends Lesley and Tommy at the Easter festival in Örebro. We had a good time dancing with many good friends and callers too.  Jack Borgström, Thomas Hedberg and Thomas Berhed to mention some of them.  So now my new friends are ready to take me to new interesting places and dances. Looking forward to that!

Love from Buttercup

Buttercup In Sweden — Update: March 28, 2016

Hi again!

We are now at a big  festival and I have got new friends- Lesley and Tommy.

They will take me to new places. In April they will go to New Mexico to dance!

Ingela and Hans now say good-bye to everyone.

Ingela Lenkert

Buttercup In Sweden — Update: March 6, 2016

Hi, here I am together with a Swedish caller, Lasse Jagdahl.
Ingela and Hans are trying to learn C1 so they  go to a lesson every Monday evening.
I will soon go to a dance and then I will follow some new  persons.
Ingela Lenkert

Challenge square dancing emphasizes the puzzle-solving aspects of square dancing, as typified by the extensive use of square dance concepts and phantom dancers in addition to the use of complex square dance calls.

Buttercup In Sweden — Update: February 25, 2016

Guess where I am! In Sweden!

I have been travelling through Tahiti, Rarotonga, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Australia and Hawaii. And finally I came to Stockholm. Now there will be square dancing so I can meet a lot of new  dancers who will take me to New places. This is Sweden wintertime.
Ingela Lenkert
Sweden is a Scandinavian nation of thousands of coastal islands, inland lakes, forests and mountains. Its principal cities, eastern capital Stockholm and southwestern Gothenburg and Malmö, are all on the sea. Stockholm is home to royal palaces, parkland and museums such as open-air Skansen. Its 13th-century old town, Gamla Stan, is set on islands joined by bridges and ferries.
Capital: Stockholm
Population: 9.593 million (2013)
Currency: Swedish krona
King: Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Buttercup In Rarotonga — Update: January 9, 2016

Now I am in Rarotonga.

An amazing island. 32 km of white beaches!

I got a lei when I arrived!

White beaches!

A cultural evening! But no square dance!

Butter-Cup
Ingela Lenkert
Rarotonga is the largest of the Cook Islands, a nation of 15 islands in the central South Pacific. Volcanic peaks, ridges and rainforest dominate its interior. A 32km, round-the-island road links the beaches, coastal lagoon and reefs that make scuba diving and snorkeling popular. The Cross-Island Track is a rugged hiking trail that passes 650m Te Rua Manga peak, or "The Needle."
Area: 67.19 km²
Max length: 11 km
Archipelago: Cook Islands
Population: 13,095 (2011)

Buttercup In Hawaii (again?), Off to Tahiti — Update: January 9, 2016

Hi, This is when I am leaving Hawaii together with Hans and Ingela.

We went to Tahiti. That is a volcanic island so the beach was black.

But we went to Moorea, beautiful. There I visited a cultural wedding. The priest is dressed in red.

Every morning we woke up to the sound of this animal!

I have a great time and will write you soon!

Butter-Cup
Ingela Lenkert
Hawaii, a U.S. state, is an isolated volcanic archipelago in the Central Pacific. Its islands are renowned for their rugged landscapes of cliffs, waterfalls, tropical foliage and beaches with gold, red, black and even green sands. Of the 6 main islands, Oahu has Hawaii’s only big city, Honolulu, home to crescent Waikiki Beach and the Pearl Harbor memorials.
Capital: Honolulu
Statehood granted: August 21, 1959
Population: 1.42 million (2014)
State fish: Reef triggerfish
State flower: Yellow hibiscus

Buttercup In Hawaii, Off to Sweden — November 29, 2015

Butter Cup leaves Hawaii on World Tour

Buddy 2015

Buddy has wandered off somewhere in Europe, so off his sister, Buttercup, goes to see if she can find him.

Buddy, the Travelling Maverick

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Buddy is still dancing his way around Europe.

Mostly in Germany, but with detours to Britain and Italy.

You can read of his travels below [the most recent adventures at the top].

Fall 2013 Update

Hey Lorne,
 
it's my pleasure to inform you, that Buddy is on tour again. Although he DID like to be with us in Munich, he was unpatient enough to pick up the opportunity going on to Trier. Trier is the oldest city in Germany - 2000 years old - situated in the western part near Luxembourg. The host club is named Porta Nigra Zoomers. Probably they did write you meanwhile about Buddy's change to Trier.

Greetings to Canada. Perhaps we meet in March 14 in Munich :-)

Gabi
Howdy Maverick’s Square Dance Club,

from the SDC Porta-Nigra-Zoomers Trier from Germany.

Maverick has now a new home: We, the Porta-Nigra-Zommers from Trier, have got Maverick from the DIP-N-DINERS from Munich.

The way of the travelling Maverick is a fantastic idea, so I ask myself if it’s possible to look somewhere the trip of him up!?

On the pictures you can see how Gaby handed us Maverick:

On the pictures one and two you can see Gaby (DIP-N-DINERS), Edgar (President of the Porta-Nigra-Zoomers) and Josefa (Vice-President of the Porta-Nigra-Zommers).

On picture three you can see all the dancers of the Porta-Nigra-Zommers.

Greetings from Trier

See you (maybe) in a square.

Edgar

Summer 2013 Update #2

Hey Lorne and all Maverick's,

finally Buddy's arrived in Munich. Yesterday I introduced him to our club. He said, he likes our folks and want to stay some time. And I would be very pleased to take care of him a bit longer.

In Munich, the square dance club DIP-N-DIVERS is the eldest too (around 50 years, I guess). We have about 180 members, but only 70-80 actives.

I send some fotos as proof, that Buddy enjoys his visit. I'm the one  in the yellow shirt holding Buddy. Later I'll send some more fotos showing Buddy travelling through Scotland last week. I asure you - he saw a lot!!

By the way: What about about a visit of yourclub in Munich next year? We are host of the Spring Jamboree in 7th to 9th March 2014. Think about it earnestly. You are very, very welcome! If you like, I'll send you the invitation in my next mail.

Squarely greetings to Canada from Germany,

Gabi and all the (great) rest of us

Summer 2013 Update

Hello there

Maverick has been given to the CRAZY COWS on June 15. 2013.

My name is Theres Frick our club are the CRAZY COW DANCERS we are in 9475 Sevelen, Switzerland

next Friady we will have some visitors at our club night and it looks like that MAVERICK will leave us...:-(

Happy dancing

Urs Frick
President Crazy Cow Dancers
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Photo of the Crazy Cows handing Buddy our Traveling Maverick to the Dip'n Divers from Munich.

March 2013 Update

Hi Lorne,

Here are more pics of Buddy at some of our local clubs.

The pics where people are wearing "Scrambled 8's" badges were taken at a club in Munich.

The pics with "Square Sharks" badge are from our Plus club in Landshut.

Buddy is now with the President of the Tic Tac Toer's in Ansbach Germany. About 3 hours up the road from us

Her name is Traudel Scheller.

We've enjoyed having Buddy,  please give our regards to the club.

Take care,
Walt & Juli

 

2013

Feb 8  Transferred from Walt-Juli Burr to Trudel Scheller - Pres. Tic Tac Toer's - Ansbach, Germany

Jan 1   South Tirol Dance Week, Italy

2012

Dec 26  Just 4 Fun, Ansbach, Germany

Dec 19  England Square Sharkes Christmas Dance, Landshut, Germany

Dec 1    Isen Vallen Swingers Christmas Dance, Wald Kraiburg, Germany

Oct 15   Walt- Juli  Burr Caller from England travelling to Landshut, Germany

May 12  Hosted by Walt- Juli  Burr Caller from England UK