Bob & Jill live in Burlington Wisconsin with their three dogs. Bob retired from the U.S. Navy in 1986 and returned to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he met Jill at a Square Dance. Bob learned to Square Dance in Portugal while stationed there and Jill took lessons with The Swinging Single Squares in Milwaukee. Jill works for FISERV in Brookfield Wisconsin where she is a computer programer. After retiring Bob tried a number of jobs before starting his own company in 1989. Bob Yoerin Company sells, installs and repairs Handicap equipment in homes and places of business.
They took beginner Round Dance lessons from Lyle and Faye Long in 1987 and started to cue in 1988. Their first contract was with the Menomonee Falls Promenaders. They taught their first lessons in the basement of a dancers home to 4 couples and the following year graduated to basement of a bank. They now teach Phase II through IV at a number of locations in South East Wisconsin. They have Phase 3 & 4 dances both in Milwaukee and in Port Washington Wisconsin, and also cue regularly for several clubs in Southeastern Wisconsin.
They are members of the Wisconsin Round Dance Leaders Council where they have served as Vice President & President. They have also served as Round Dance Chairman for the Wisconsin Square and Round Dance Convention, as well as Chairman of Accent On Rounds. As members of ROUNDALAB they have served on the Phase II and Phase III Round Of The Quarter committee. They have attended 3 ROUNDALAB conventions and 2 National Square Dance Conventions and are on staff at the Minnesota Arrow Tippers Festival in Grand Marias MN each June.
Some of the dances They have written include Margie's Waltz - Phase 4, Sunshine - Phase 4 Foxtrot, Slow Blue - Phase 4 Slow Two-Step, De Ja Blue, Phase 4 Cha, and Lolita Again - Phase 4 Waltz., Whisper To Me - Phase 2+1 Waltz, Longneck Bottle - Phase 4 Two Step & Single Swing.
Jill and Bob enjoy camping, travel, fishing and dance. Jill enjoys cross stitch and can spend hours working on a pattern. They both enjoy the training and showing of dogs including obedience, agility and field work. They are active in the Greater Milwaukee Brittany Club where Bob hs served as 4th Vice President for Hunt Tests and Training and President.