Banner Stealing Guidelines

 1.) In order to steal or retrieve a banner, the visiting club must attend the club dance with at least one full square of dancers signing in for their club. Clubs may ask no more than one non-member couple to sign in for their club. Anniversary and Special club dances will not be considered differently from other club dances.

2.) A banner stealing and retrieving sign-in sheet must be available at all dances for those participating. This sheet would be picked up by the end of the first tip.

3.) To qualify, one full square from each visiting club must be present for both the first and last tips of the evening. In cases where two or more clubs come to steal the banner, the host club will select, by the visiting participating clubs drawing lots, the club to which the banner will be awarded.

4.) Banners are not to be reserved for any visiting club.

5.) Clubs may not call ahead to find out if the banner is available.

6.) A couple who belongs to two or more clubs cannot represent one club and steal or retrieve from another club to which they belong.

7.) A club shall not steal from another club which dances on the same night. A club shall not steal a banner unless it may be retrieved within a month. Every effort should be made to retrieve the banner as soon as possible.

8.) Plus clubs should steal only from plus clubs and mainstream clubs should steal only from mainstream clubs.

9.) All clubs should have a banner for Denver Area Square and Round Dance Council Members to steal.

10.) In all cases where a club outside the Denver Area Square and Round Dance Council comes to steal a banner, a traveling banner may be given.

11.) A Club can steal a banner or retrieve a banner on a visit to a club, but not both at the same time. It takes a visit to steal and a visit to retrieve.

12.) When you are representing the Council as an Orbiting Square member, you can sign in as an Orbiting Square member and at the same dance, sign in as a member of your own club to steal or retrieve.

13.)A. The Council banner per se cannot be stolen, but a “replica” of the Council banner may be obtained by the presence of three full squares at monthly Council meetings and/or dances. The three full squares can be accumulated at one, two, or three Council meetings and/or dances.

13.)B. The club stealing the Council banner must check in prior to the start of the evening’s activities and remain throughout the entire agenda.

13.)C. The Council banner may be stolen only once by each Council club during the Council calendar year (Between September of the current year and May of the following year.) The Council banner cannot be stolen in June. Orbiting Squares cannot officially make a retrieval during the summer months. They can make courtesy calls throughout the year.

13.)D. A banner stealing certificate will be awarded to the stealing club when the Orbiting Squares retrieve the "Replica" banner.

(Revised April 5, 2009)