Web Site last updated on September 26th at 9:00am 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 October 23rd Fall Festival Dance See item below for detailed information 2021-2022 Square Dance LessonsInterested 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
9/25 team jersey DANCE
Sports was the theme and sports jerseys were the conveyance at the Gad-Abouts Team Jersey Dance on Saturday September 25th. I was hoping to see a few Yankee jerseys in the mix.
10/23 fall festival DANCE
Wear Fall colors and celebrate the changing of the seasons at the Gad-Abouts Fall Festival dance on Saturday October 23, 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.
The cost is $10.00 !!! BE THERE AND BE SQUARE !!! 10/30 halloween DANCE
Celebrate Halloween Eve at the Gad-Abouts Halloween dance on Saturday October 30, 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.
The cost is $10.00 !!! BE THERE AND BE SQUARE !!! To get in the mood for the Halloween dance click on the arrow button on the left side of any audio link below. 11/13 Salute to veterans DANCE
Pay deserving tribute to veterans at the Gad-Abouts Salute to Veterans dance on Saturday November 13, 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.
The cost is $10.00 !!! BE THERE AND BE SQUARE !!! To get in the mood for the Salute To Veterans dance click on the arrow button on the left side of the audio link below. |
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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