Web Site last updated on December 1st at 7:00am by Club Webmaster Donald Barber
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​UPCOMING NEWS AND EVENTS
The 2021-2022 club dance schedule is on the schedule page.  To view it, click on the following link: SCHEDULE
                NEXT CLUB SQUARE DANCE EVENT
​       7:30 pm - 10 pm Saturday December 11th
​                          Christmas Dance
        See item below for detailed information ​

2021-2022 Square Dance Lessons

Interested in taking square dance lessons and having fun, exercise and making new friends?  Classes are underway now.  Click on the following link for more information: LESSONS
See the latest club events photos and videos by clicking on the following link:  Latest Club Photos and Videos

12/11/21 christmas dance

Join the Gad-Abouts for the last dance of 2021 at the Christmas Dance on Saturday December 11th, 2021. The dance is from 7:30pm - 10:00pm 2 X 2's with early rounds at 7:00pm. The caller is Art LaVigne.  Rounds are with Butch Bloxom.  New dancers are invited.

The dance is at the Wacohu Grange, 16412 National Pike (Route 40 West), next to the Sheetz in Hagerstown, MD.

The guest fee is $10.00
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​                        !!! BE THERE AND BE A MERRY SQUARE !!!

1/8/22 Flannel Shirt night dance

Celebrate a belated New Year's 2022 at the Gad-Abouts Flannel Shirt Night Dance on Saturday January 8th, 2022. The dance is from 7:30pm - 10:00pm 2 X 2's with early rounds at 7:00pm. The attire is casual and your best flannel shirts are optional. The caller is Art LaVigne. Rounds are with Butch Bloxom.  New dancers are invited.

The dance is at the Wacohu Grange, 16412 National Pike (Route 40 West), next to the Sheetz in Hagerstown, MD.
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The guest fee is $10.00
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​                !!! BE THERE AND BE A HAPPY FLANNEL SQUARE !!!

1/22/22 WASCA Theme Dance

Celebrate the return of WASCA at the Gad-Abouts WASCA Theme Dance on Saturday January 22, 2022. The dance is from 7:30pm - 10:00pm 2 X 2's with early rounds at 7:00pm. The attire is square dance.  The caller is Art LaVigne. Rounds are with Butch Bloxom.  New dancers are invited.

The dance is at the Wacohu Grange, 16412 National Pike (Route 40 West), next to the Sheetz in Hagerstown, MD.

The guest fee is $10.00
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​                              !!! BE THERE AND BE SQUARE !!!

​To get in the mood for the WASCA Theme Dance click on the right arrow button on the audio link below.

1/29/22 flashlight DANCE

Get out that old reliable flashlight with fresh batteries and get on down to the Gad-Abouts Flashlight Dance on Saturday January 29, 2022. The dance is from 7:30pm - 10:00pm 2 X 2's with early rounds at 7:00pm. The attire is square dance.  The caller is Art LaVigne. Rounds are with Butch Bloxom.  New dancers are invited.

The dance is at the Wacohu Grange, 16412 National Pike (Route 40 West), next to the Sheetz in Hagerstown, MD.

The guest fee is $10.00
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​                              !!! BE THERE AND BE SQUARE !!!

​To get in the mood for the Flashlight Dance click on the right arrow button on the audio link below.

square dancing tidbits

save the date - wasca 2022
​March 17 - 19

For detailed information about this event click on the following link: WASCA

DANCER ETIQUETTE BROCHURE

Recently added to the ABOUT page is the Dancer Etiquette brochure.  This brochure provides the basic Code of Ethics and Codes of Conduct expected from dancers at the various square dancing functions and events.  To go to the brochure click on the following link:  BROCHURE

square dance lesson videos

Do you need to refresh your Mainstream and Plus calls?  Do you need to reinforce your recently learned calls? Then the following link is for you. Click on it to see excellent training videos for the calls.
                       SquareDanceLessonVideos

w​here's the dance?

If your upcoming plans include travel or you just want to visit other dance clubs near your home club, then the "Where's The Dance" web site is for you.  This web site shows all of the Square Dances within a specific radius of where you are.  There are many other options to even further narrow down or expand the dance selections for you.  To visit this valuable square dance web site click on the following link: Where's The Dance?

Ode To square Dancing!

Summer is nigh and the dancing is great
Grab your spouse or your friend and even your date
Then head to the floor with your squaring mate
To dance to the cadence that the callers dictate
 
The squares stand ready for your dancing crave
You can relay the deucy after a step to a wave
Then you chain down the line if you dare to be brave
Square dancing in Hagerstown is the latest rave
 
Seamless moves are in sync with the callers refrain
Head ladies go center with a teacup chain
It's friendship set to music while using your brain
Just remember to listen and stay in your lane
 
Mainstream and Plus are two levels to learn
Then DBD and Advanced get your legs to churn
The steps and the calls are easy to discern
So promenade in style whenever your turn
 
Spread the word around town so more people know
And invite them to your local square dancing show
We would like our classes to continually grow
When eager new students join the dancing flow
 
Let the resurgence begin on the square dancing floor
With the mixing of the new and the current core
Let's breakdown the barriers and open the door
As we celebrate the tradition with all of its lore

By: Donald Barber
Gad-Abouts Square Dance Club
Web Site Master, Ode Writer

square dancing: a swinging history!

​NOVEMBER 29, 2011 By History.com Staff

Swing your partner and do-si-do — November 29th is Square Dance Day in the United States. Didn’t know this folksy form of entertainment had a holiday all its own? Then it’s probably time you learned a few things about square dancing, a tradition that blossomed in the United States but has roots that stretch back to 15th-century Europe.

Square dance aficionados trace the activity back to several European ancestors. In England around 1600, teams of six trained performers—all male, for propriety’s sake, and wearing bells for extra oomph—began presenting choreographed sequences known as the morris dance. This fad is thought to have inspired English country dance, in which couples lined up on village greens to practice weaving, circling and swinging moves reminiscent of modern-day square dancing.

To read this entire article click on the following link:   History of Square Dancing