Buckaroos celebrate 50 years of dancing

The Norman Buckaroo Square Dance Club will host its 50th Anniversary Dance 8 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Goodrich Memorial United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 200 W. Hayes St.

There will be door prizes and refreshments. All square dancers or those interested in square dancing are invited, with a special invitation to former Norman Buckaroo members.

For more information, call club president Mavis Grayson at 321-6009 or Ted and Carolyn Thompson at 321-2134.

Cotillions to establish local program

The National League of Junior Cotillions, a program of etiquette, character education, and social dance training for middle and junior high school students, has announced plans to establish its national program in Cleveland County.

"We will be selecting a director for a local chapter who will receive complete training and an exclusive territory for expansion," said Anne Colvin Winters, NLJC National Director.

The organization has directors operating hundreds of chapters in 37 states.

The purpose of the NLJC program is to give students instruction and practice in the courtesies that make life more pleasant for them and those around them. Students actively learn courtesies through a creative method employing role playing, skits, and games. Standard ballroom and line dancing is taught using nationally-approved top 40 music.

Applications or nominations for cotillion director are being taken. For more information, call 1-800-633-7947, go online www.nljc.com, or e-mail cotillions@nljc.com.

Novelist to speak to Galaxy of Writers

Anna Myers, a children's and young adult novelist, will speak to the Norman Galaxy of Writers at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Lowry Room of the Norman Public Library.

Myers is a winner of numerous awards, including the Oklahoma Book Award and the Parents' Choice Award for "Fire in the Hills," and the Gamma State Author's Award and Honor Book Award from the Society of School Librarians International, both for "Ethan Between Us."