Recently we instigated the idea of using the 2nd Wednesday in each month for a club dinner outing. This is the night our Plus club is normally closed (due to hall availability). Each month someone will suggest a local restaurant and we make a group booking. A nice way to socialise away from the business of a dance night.
These photos were taken at Lim’s Chinese restaurant in Glenelg in June
Our annual Pancake night came around and again we enjoyed the cooking and antics of The Pancake King (Scott and Kay). It’s as much fun catching the pancakes as eating them! Great to have our learners and experienced dancers join in all the fun!
In May 2019, our club enjoyed a weekend away in Kapunda, a small historic mining town about 1-1/2 hours drive north of Adelaide.
The weekend consisted of walking tours, drive along tour, a walk thru the mine area, an aviation museum and a tour of a magnificent homestead kept in the 1800’s style. Of course as you’ll see in the video there was a lot of eating in hotels, a BBQ, breakfast at a dancer’s home, more hotels (one even haunted!). And it wouldn’t be a club function without square dancing and we held a Fri night casual dress dance and a Saturday night square dance dress night all in the Kapunda Institute – Soldiers Memorial Hall.
Celebrating Mothers’ Day in May. Dancers dressed in pinks & floral decorations in the hall. Good to have Jaden Frigo form Victoria drop in and dance and call for us.
A number of our club members and other fellow South Australians attended and enjoyed the 60th National Square Dance Convention in Deloraine in Tasmania. This includes our sharp looking dressed set shown above in lavender. Thanks for being in our set at representing the club.
Our annual Easter Dance was enhanced with the Graduation of our Intermediate dancers into Mainstream. Congratulations to Rosie, Clayton & Tianna – look forward to seeing more of you on the dance floor.
As March rolls around, it’s time for our annual St Patrick’s Spud night. Thanks to O’Laughlins for providing the spud van and serving the hungry group. Great to see everyone dressed in greens and we enjoyed dancing to some Irish music – jigs and some songs.
We had the pleasure of hosting a dance for Canadian caller Jerry Jestin. Jerry was on a world tour marking his retirement from calling and was catching up with all the people he has known over his 50+ years in the business. We were thrilled with the response and a wonderful crowd enjoyed Jerry’s night of Plus, Rounds and Mainstream dancing. Thanks to all who attended and for the very extensive supper spread!
Our annual St Valentine’s Dance is always popular. We combine a Valentine’s theme, a pre-loved clothing sale, dancer requests and we donate all proceeds to a voted charity. Enjoy the video – it has snippets of the evening including Learner and Mainstream brackets and all the music you hear was requested by our dancers.
Congratulations to our latest group who completed the Plus Program! A very dedicated bunch and big thanks to Yvonne (on the right) who made the certificates and even presented a novel trophy to the teacher!! (Beats an apple :-))