History

Intro

From time to time we receive questions regarding the history of the Triangle Squares, which sometimes are difficult to answer. Therefore we decided to write down a short history here, so that interesting details won't get lost.

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The Triangle Squares

23 January 1995

The founding assembly decides on the first statutes. The club has 27 founding members, the seat of the club is Haan. Joachim Rühenbeck and Thorsten Hubmann are elected as club callers.

30 January 1995

The first club night takes place, A1 is danced.

March 1995

The Triangle Squares become a member of the EAASDC.

Der EAASDC gratuliert den Triangle Squares zur 25-jährigen Mitgliedschaft.

22 January 2000

The General Assembly of Members decides to transfer the seat of the club from Haan to Solingen. Edith Heitger is elected as a further club caller.

25 – 27 February 2005

At this year's club weekend in Olpe the Triangle Squares celebrate their 10th anniversary. Paul Bristow and Dave Wilson are invited as guest callers.

16 February 2008

Ute Hanke resigns from the position of president at her own request after a term of 13 years and is appointed the first honorary member of the Triangle Squares by the general meeting.

14 February 2009

The general meeting elects Anders Blom as a further club caller.

6 April 2009

Thorsten Hubmann is organizing for the last time a club night as a club caller of the Triangles. For professional and family reasons, he resigns from his position as a club caller.

30 January – 1 February 2015

At this year's club weekend, which is also the first dance weekend in Siegen, the Triangle Squares celebrate their 20th anniversary. Michael Kellogg is invited as a guest caller.

Club weekend 2018 in Siegen with Jürgen Löder, Edith Heitger & Joachim Rühenbeck
Photo by Horst Honig

The "Olpe Weekends"

Quite often we were asked: "When was the first Olpe weekend?" or "How many Olpe weekends have been there?"

These questions are not easily to answer. On the one hand, because the first two dance weekends which were held in the style of the later Olpe dance weekends, did not actually take place in Olpe, but in Schloss Eringerfeld. And on the other hand, also the first dance weekend in Olpe had a little catch: The Triangle Squares did not yet exist at that time, and the weekend was "Hosted by Crossing Swords".

The first "real" weekend, that means held by Triangle Squares e.V. which acutally took place in Olpe, was the A2 dance weekend on November 10 - 12, 1995 with Christer Bern und Joachim Rühenbeck.

And how many weekends took place already?

I have no idea at the moment, bets are still accepted ...

A2 weekend in Olpe in September 2012 with James Wyatt & Edith Heitger
Photo by Wilfried Schwarzhoff