Lee Kopman  
Square Dance Man

The SQUARE DANCE MAN
The Life & Times of Lee & Lilith Kopman

This unique book is filled with anecdotes, written by square dancers from all over the world, depicting the life and times of Lee and Lilith Kopman and their influence on our Square Dance World. ”The Book”, as Lee as often described it, was compiled and edited by Dave and Becky Knapp (DSL Promotions) and released for publication in June of 2011. Perhaps the best way to portray the book is to ask you to read the Epilogue of the book (written by Becky Knapp). To wit:

Epilogue

When Dave agreed to tackle this project, my response was, ”sure, whatever, if that’s what you want to do”. He put in many hours of compiling and editing all the email contributions, coordinating with Lee and Lilith and others before he could even begin to write. Then there were all emails and phone conversations with Lee and Lilith. And questions!!! Questions to verify, questions to clarify, questions asking ”what about . . . , and don’t you have . . .”I didn’t get involved until it was time to ”format it into book form”. But once I started adding the photos and reading all of the wonderful things that people had to say about these fantastic people, this became my book, too! Then I began asking questions!! ”Can you find me a picture of . . ., I know this is an OLD picture but what if I scan it again. . . Don’t you have any pictures of . . .”.And ”Hey Dave, look what I found in this frame behind the picture of Phyllis and Don, I’ll bet Lilith has no idea these are here.”I may not have gotten involved in this book until the final stages but I can honestly say that I was just as committed to the final product as Dave, Lee and Lilith.I’ll say for Dave and me, this book has truly been created with love for two very wonderful friends. Additionally, we take this opportunity to thank everyone who so generously sent their private memories and personal photos to share with all of us.We hope you have enjoyed reading it as much as we enjoyed creating it.