Web Site last updated on July 21st at 2:20p.m. by Club Webmaster Donald Barber
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UPCOMING NEWS AND EVENTS
save the date - Saturday sept 11th
Make plans to attend the Gad-Abouts square dance on Saturday September 11th. The dance is from 7:30pm - 10:00pm 2 X 2's with early rounds at 7:00pm. The Guest Caller is Mike Sikorsky. Rounds are with Butch Bloxom.
The cost is $10.00 P.S. The dance date marks the 20 year anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center towers in New York City. 
NEXT CLUB SQUARE DANCE EVENT
7:30 pm - 10 pm Saturday July 24th See item below for detailed information See the latest club events photos and videos by clicking on the following link: Latest Club Photos and Videos
JULY 21st pen mar demonstration
On Wednesday July 21st, Club Co-President Bob Lawn and Caller Dan Grimes led a contingent of Gad-Abouts up to beautiful Pen Mar Park on the border between MD and PA. The square dance demonstration was for members of the Hagerstown Senior Center who were there on an outing. Several of the senior center members participated in the demonstration. The picture above the video is the majestic view from MD down to the PA side of the mountain. Of course "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever".
JULY 24TH CLUB SQUARE DANCE 7:30 pm - 10 pm Saturday July 24th
Caller is Art LaVigne Attire is Square Dance OR Casual Maryland Covid Guidelines Will Be Followed The Summer of Dance continues. There will be Early Rounds at 7:00pm with Butch and Roberta Bloxom. !!! BE THERE AND BE SQUARE !!! The dance is at the WACOHU GRANGE HALL, 16412 National Pike, Hagerstown, Maryland (Near the intersection of Route 40 West & MD 63). August 14TH CLUB SQUARE DANCE 7:30 pm - 10 pm Saturday August 14th
Caller is Art Lavigne Attire is Square Dance OR Casual Maryland Covid Guidelines Will Be Followed The Summer of Dance continues. There will be Early Rounds at 7:00pm with Butch and Roberta Bloxom. !!! BE THERE AND BE SQUARE !!! The dance is at the WACOHU GRANGE HALL, 16412 National Pike, Hagerstown, Maryland (Near the intersection of Route 40 West & MD 63). AUGUST 28TH CLUB SQUARE DANCE 7:30 pm - 10 pm Saturday August 28th
Caller is Art Lavigne Attire is Square Dance OR Casual Maryland Covid Guidelines Will Be Followed Close out the Summer of Dance. There will be Early Rounds at 7:00pm with Butch and Roberta Bloxom. !!! BE THERE AND BE SQUARE !!! The dance is at the WACOHU GRANGE HALL, 16412 National Pike, Hagerstown, Maryland (Near the intersection of Route 40 West & MD 63). |
square dancing tidbitsDANCER ETIQUETTE BROCHURERecently 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 videosDo 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 
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