| Kilowatt Eights CLUB HISTORY starts Friday Night in the Summer of 1939 | |
 Club with original banner in 1956 |
In October of 1939 Joe Lang started the Square Dance Club by backing out all the Public Service trucks from the garage, steam cleaning the floor, setting up a flatbed truck for a stage for the band who were Colorado Public Service employees and Kilowatt Eights began its long history. Remember that Kilowatt Eights has been dancing non stop since 1939. Those are from the remembrances of an original Kilowatt Eights member Wilbur Harr who was there that first night of dancing starting in the Summer of 1939. World War II was to begin shortly after. |
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Square Dancing was one of the favored choices for dancing and fun by the couples who made up THE GREATEST GENERATION who had fought in their most very recent conflict of their times, World War II. |
Joe Lang with the mic and the 6 Colorado Public Service employees who made up the band.
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| Kilowatt Eights original Caller Joe Lang as he looked in 1946.  |
1976 Kilowatt Eights honoring Joe and Alma Lang  |
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 In 1938 Lloyd Shaw (right) who got our present day Western style square dancing going down in the Cheyenne Mountain area of Colorado Springs held Caller classes. Joe Lang participated in those classes and when finished he founded our still existing Square Dance Club at Public Service Company of Colorado. |
 The Band playing and Joe Lang calling in the photo above, Wilbur Harr in his youth in 1939 front foreground, far left. Wilbur has reached into his 90s and he cannot dance as much as he used to do in his younger dancing years when he was 19. |
Joe Lang in 1950 turned the running of the Square Dance Club over to Wilbur and Irma Harr (above, center front row). Joe and Alma Lang to their right. Wilbur became the first club president then. |
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 Above: 1946 dance Joe Lang calling at Public Service S. Alcott St. hallRight: 1951 Christmas dance at the PS of C Wight Building. |
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Kilowatt Eights LESSONS ARE GOING NOW. let us know if you're interested in our next session of lessons. The current lessons will end in March.| Square Dancing offers an enjoyable, healthy, family and community activity ideal for ANY AND EVERY AGE. Kilowatt Eights accepts all young & flowering to mature & in full bloom. | ||
| YOUNG AND READY TO DANCE KEEPING HEALTHY LONGER, ENERGETIC LONGER AND ALL WITH LIFETIME FULL OF ENDURING FRIENDSHIPS | DANCING HELPS COUPLES ENJOY BEING PARTNERS AND FRIENDS TOGETHER AND HELPS GAIN MANY NEW LONG LASTING FRIENDSHIPS |
SQUARE DANCING HAS THAT WINNING FORMULA THAT KEEPS YOU HEALTHY LONGER, ACTIVE LONGER, ALERT LONGER BY BEING ACTIVE WITH FRIENDS AND HAVING A GOOD TIME |
| JUST CALL KAREN OR RON AT 303-759-4862 OR E-MAIL |
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WELCOME to the Kilowatt Eights Square Dance Club!
Come and Enjoy! Square Dancing offers an enjoyable, healthy, family and community activity ideal for ANY AND EVERY AGE. Kilowatt Eights accepts all young, flowering to mature and in full bloom. We dance on every 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of every month. The amenities are wonderful. Our dances are all held at the Englewood Malley Center with its very comfortable dance floor and friendly accomodations.
Kilowatt Eights: Contact Info
Karen and Ron Invite You to Come and join Kilowatt Eights, the oldest continuously active square dance club in the world, since the Summer of 1939.
Call 303-759-4862 or 
