Paul Place Memorial Dance
May 27, 2009
[caption id="attachment_294" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Callers and Cuers at the Paul Place Memorial Dance"][/caption] More than 11 squares attended a Paul Place Memorial Dance on May 2, 2009 hosted by the Dixie Squares in Daytona Beach, Florida. Host caller John Swindle opened the dance with “God Bless the USA” and the pledge of a... read more
TAWS National Coordinators’ ANNUAL REPORT 2008/09
May 8, 2009
INTRODUCTION . Welcome to those members attending the 2009 AGM of Travelling Australia With Squaredancers, otherwise referred to as TAWS. . This year we celebrate two years since the official formation of TAWS, at the 48th National Convention In Adelaide. MEMBERSHIP . At the t... read more
Square Dance for Camp Quality Kids
April 25, 2009
On Wednesday evening 22nd April, Wild Frontier Square Dance Club caller Jeff Seidel and two club members were privileged to be part of a Camp Quality fun week at Mylor. Jeff had been approached by Louanne, one of Camp Quality's volunteers to put on a square dance at their camp. Camp quality caters for children with... read more
Square Dancing Is Back at Cooinda SA!
April 18, 2009
A new square dance club IC Squares has emerged in Adelaide, South Australia and is looking for new dancers. Don Newberry (treasurer) has been associated with the Cooinda Neighbourhood Centre for many years and commenced square dancing there in 1988 when Colin Dandridge called there. Since that time a few callers have operated out of... read more
Traveling Hoedowners Release Square Dance Party DVD
February 15, 2009
The Traveling Hoedowners have released their Square Dance Party Pack with caller Paul Place and guest caller Gene McCullough. There are 16 Mainstream dances and 14 Plus dances, both patter and singing calls, on 2 DVDs and 2 CDs. Paul Place and the Traveling Hoedowners had planned this project for quite some time but when Paul was diagnosed with ca... read more
Vale Adrian Brown & Family
February 10, 2009
It is with deep sorrow that we learn of the heartbreaking deaths of Adrian & Mirribelle Brown, and their Children; Eric, Matthew and Brielle in the Kinglake bushfires The thoughts, prayers and condolences of the Australian square dance community especially go out to Gary, Robyn, and ... read more
Come and Try Square Dancing
January 19, 2009
The Wild Frontier Square Dance Club is offering non square dancers the chance to come and try on sunday 22nd March 2:00PM to 6:00 PM See the advertisement below or go to http://wildfrontiersquaredanceclubinc.com/learn/ for additional information. ... read more
The Traveling Hoedowners Offer Free Websites
January 3, 2009
Today a web presence is a practical necessity. A website gives you a central place to keep the key information about your club. This enables visitors to your area to find you and dance at your club. The author is part of a group dedicated to the promotion of square dancing, The Traveling Hoedowners, and we can support a free basic webpage for yo... read more
Dancing Alone
January 3, 2009
The steady erosion in Square Dance membership is of concern to us all. In doing research into ways to fight the trend, I discovered that Robert D. Putnam, a political scientist at Harvard University, has studied a more general form of the problem and has produced several books on the topic. His “Bowling Alone” was published in 2000 and offers... read more
The Goolwa Paddle Steamer Squares
December 17, 2008
Here I sit inside my caravan annex writing this article whilst the welcome rain continues to pour down, it's been raining steadily for about 4 hours now. I say the rain is welcome because Adelaide is experiencing its worst drought in 30 years; the grass is brown our gardens are barren and many of the trees in our parks and streets have died. ... read more
