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Web Site last updated on Tuesday October 28 at 4:30pm by Club Webmaster Donald Barber

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veterans dance 11/08/25

thanksgiving dance 11/22/25

Gad-abouts 2025-2026 club Dance schedules

recent club events

september 13, 2025 welcome back dance
A packed house of 6-plus squares "Welcomed Back" Guest Caller Mike Sikorsky at the Gad-Abouts Welcome Back Dance on Saturday September 13th.

August 30, 2025 hawaiian dance
Aloha, three squares attended the Hawaiian Dance on August 30, 2025. This was the last dance of the 2024-2025 club schedule.  The caller was Club Caller Art "Don Ho" La Vigne.  The cuers as usual were Butch Bloxom and Roberta Harris.

august 9, 2025 texas night dance
"The Eyes of Texas" were upon the Gad-About club members and Guest Visitors at the Texas Night Dance on August 9th.

They all enjoyed the calls from Club Caller Art LaVigne with the "Texas Drawl".

may 24, 2025 memorial day dance
Three plus squares celebrated a part of their Memorial Day weekend at the Gad-Abouts Memorial Day Dance on Saturday May 24th.  They all enjoyed the patriotic calls of Club Caller Art LaVigne and Club Cuers Butch Bloxom and Roberta Harris.  The photo includes several members of the Frederick County Promenaders Square Dance Club.

April 27, 2025 presidents ball dance

Fifteen squares enjoyed the calls of Jeremy Butler and Art Lavigne and the Cueing of Butch Bloxom at the annual Presidents Ball Dance on April 27th.

April 12, 2025 all singing calls dance
Five squares of Gad-Abouts and Guest Visitors danced to the crooning calls of Club Caller Art Lavigne.

january 11,  2025 - flannel shirt night dance
Five squares of flannel shirted Gad-Abouts, Guest Visitors, and 8 Promenaders belatedly welcomed in the new year at the Flannel Shirt Night Dance on January 11th, 2025.

SQUARE DANCING TIDBITS

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:  WheresTheDance