Dear Abby: Thank you for the kind words about square dancing. Abby, members of square dance clubs do more than just dance. We have picnics, barbecues, potluck dinners, parties ñ seasonal and otherwise ñ and attend special events together. We take bus trips and get together to play cards or dine at nice restaurants. We also go on square dance cruises. There are opportunities for as much involvement as anyone cares to enjoy.
     My husband, Don, and I have been square dancing since 1981 and consider it the best activity we have ever been engaged in. Don and I have held office in the club at least once and are past presidents of the Associated Square Dancers of California (an organization of 70 square dance clubs in Southern California.). We are currently chairing the 50th National Square Dance Convention, to be held in Anaheim, Calif., in June 2001.
     Abby, our slogan for this year is "Square Dancing Is Fun and Friendship Set to Music."