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UPCOMING & RECENT SQUARE DANCE NEWS AND EVENTS

!!! NEXT REGULAR CLUB SQUARE DANCE !!!
   7:30pm Saturday March 23rd - Gospel/Bluegrass Dance
   Caller is Guest Caller Mike McIntyre
NEW STUDENTS ARE INVITED

  !!! HUNTER KELLER WEEKEND !!!
Set your calendars and plan in advance for the regional appearance of National Guest Caller Hunter Keller on Saturday April 27th in Hagerstown MD and Sunday April 28th in Waynesboro PA. See the two event items at the bottom of this page for more information.

TO VIEW AND PRINT THE REGISTRATION FORM FOR THE SUNDAY APRIL 28TH EVENT, CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK TO GO TO THE FLYERS PAGE: FLYERS

!!! MAY 25 GETTYSBURG SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE FESTIVAL !!!
See the event item at the bottom this page for information on this event.

To see a list of the remaining 2018-2019 dance schedule click on the SCHEDULE link in the navigation section at the top of any page or click on the following link: SCHEDULE

3/23 gospel/bluegrass dance

Come and enjoy the "Blue Moon of Kentucky" and shout "Hallelujah" at the dual themed Gospel and Bluegrass music dance on Saturday March 23rd. New Students Are Invited! Calling is Guest Caller Mike McIntyre. The dance is from 7:30pm to 10:00pm with Early Rounds at 7:00pm at the Wacohu Grange Hall located at 16412 National Pike (Route 40 West & Route MD 63) in Hagerstown MD. For more information send us an email using the CONTACT US link at the top of any page.

3/30 spring colors dance

Put the 2019 Winter to rest, get out your Spring Colors, and usher in Spring in grand style at the Spring Colors dance on Saturday March 30th. The caller is Guest Caller Buddy Weaver. The dance is from 7:30pm to 10:00pm with Early Rounds at 7:00pm at the Wacohu Grange Hall located at 16412 National Pike (Route 40 West & Route MD 63) in Hagerstown MD. For more information send us an email using the CONTACT US link at the top of any page.

4/13 Rock'N roll night dance

Jitterbug, Twist, and Do The Hand Jive at the Rock'n Roll Night dance on Saturday April 13th. New Students Are Invited! Doing his best ever Elvis Impersonation is Club Caller Art LaVigne. The dance is from 7:30pm to 10:00pm with Early Rounds at 7:00pm at the Wacohu Grange Hall located at 16412 National Pike (Route 40 West & Route MD 63) in Hagerstown MD. For more information send us an email using the CONTACT US link at the top of any page.

4/27 Hawaiian NIGHT DANCE

Wear your Hawaiian best, grab your ukulele, and dream of warm Hawaiian sunsets at the Hawaiian Night dance on Saturday April 27th. The Guest Caller is Hunter Keller. The dance is from 7:30pm to 10:00pm with Early Rounds at 7:00pm at the Wacohu Grange Hall located at 16412 National Pike (Route 40 West & Route MD 63) in Hagerstown MD. For more information send us an email using the CONTACT US link at the top of any page.

4/28 SVSRDA Presidents' ball Dinner & DANCE

Can't get enough of Hunter Keller. Well, get an encore performance of Hunter at the Gad-Abouts hosted SVSRDA Presidents' Ball Dinner Dance on Sunday April 28th. The dance is from 2:00pm to 5:30pm with Early Rounds from 2:00pm - 3:00pm at the Old Quincy Gym at 7888 Anthony Highway in Waynesboro PA. Buffet Dinner to follow at 6:00pm in the Savoy Banquet Room at 11655 Anthony Highway. SVS & RDA business meeting will follow dinner. The fee (pre-registration is required) for the Dinner and Dance is $25. The fee for the dance only is $10 payable in advance or $12 at the door.

TO DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FORM CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK TO GO TO THE FLYERS PAGE: FLYERS

5/11 graduation DANCE

It has been a long road from class beginning to graduation for our students. Come and celebrate the accomplishment of the students at the Graduation Dance on Saturday May 11th. There will be no Early Rounds at this dance. Other students are also invited. The dance is from 7:30pm to 10:00pm the Wacohu Grange Hall located at 16412 National Pike (Route 40 West & Route MD 63) in Hagerstown MD. For more information send us an email using the CONTACT US link at the top of any page.

5/25 Gettysburg one day square and round DANCE Festival

Since there will be no regular Gad-Abouts dance on Saturday May 25th, make plans to attend the Gettysburg One Day Square And Round Dance Festival from 10:00am to 10:30pm at the air conditioned Fairfield Community Center in Fairfield, PA. There will be something for everyone at this event including PLUS, Scheduled Plus DBD, Scheduled Advance, and New Student Mainstream. The featured callers for this event are: Art LaVigne, Bill Harrison, Clay Goss, and Linda & Dan Prosser. The fee for this event is $18 per person in advance and $20 per person at the door. For more information send us an email using the CONTACT US link at the top of any page.

square dancing tidbits

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

where'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

Health benefits of square dancing!

Square Dancing may be the Perfect Exercise

Square dancing is walking at a steady pace (about 120 steps per minute) to a called pattern with musical accompaniment. The patterns involve 8 dancers turning and interacting with hands and arms in response to changing choreography that is called using a common vocabulary of action names.

Square dancing combines mental concentration with many aspects of good physical exercise including sustained activity, flexibility, balance and coordination.

Square dancers walk between 2 1/2 and 5 miles in a typical evening of dancing burning calories with every step.

Dancing continuously for 10 to 15 minutes at a time improves cardiovascular conditioning.

Five-minute breaks allow dancers to socialize with others from diverse backgrounds who share a common joy.

The energy put into dancing has an effect on heart beat rate, blood pressure, rate of calorie burn, and cholesterol profile.

All this beneficial activity is further enhanced by a variety of popular music in a positive setting, often with your favorite partner.

It has been suggested that regular sessions of square dancing can add several years - enjoyable years - to your life.

To read this entire article click on the following link: Health Benefits