On Saturday September 22nd, we’ll be celebrating our 22nd Birthday. We invite square dancers everywhere to come and join us for our party.

This year we’re holding it at the William Light School Hall, Errington St, Plympton. It’ll be a Country & Western theme so there’s plenty of scope to dress for the occasion. We’re pleased to feature one of Australia’s more popular callers, Nev McLachlan from Buderim in Queensland. Nev does a great job and you will enjoy his calling.

Our sessions this year will be:

Plus: 6:00 – 7:20pm

Rounds: 7:30 – 8:00pm

Square Dancing (MS with some Plus): 8:00 – late.

When you come, bring a basket supper and an enthusiasm for a great night’s entertainment. We look forward to seeing you there.

On Monday August 13th we will be holding our PANCAKE NIGHT. The Pancake King will set up his throne and Royal servery in out hall and endeavour to keep up with the insatiable appetites of square dancers.

Come along and join in the festivities and the feasting. Pancakes will be served continuously during the dance and a range of toppings will be available. All we ask is that you book with us beforehand so we may know how many gallons of mix his Highness will need. A booking involves payment please.  $6 members, &8 non-members and this cost includes pancakes and the dance. Enjoy!!

Come and dance in a theme of USA! Our hall will be decorated in the red, white and blue and a supper including donuts, mini hot dogs and apple pie will be demolished. Please bring a basket supper to help us out.

Our night’s square dance program will be a musical journey around the cities and states of America. New York New York, Georgia, Mississippi to Seattle. Wear red, white and blue colours and y’all enjoy yourselves!

The atmosphere was electric – the crowd was buzzing – a night to remember!

The hall was filled to capacity with dancers from all over Australia and we had a ball. Graham Elliott and James Reid called the entire program as their two clubs, the Adelaide Outlaws and JR Squares, combined to put on a pre Convention show. Not only was there a feast of dancing and entertainment but we also had clothing and shoe stalls at the back of the hall – albeit a bit squeezy down there.

A special highlight of the night for us was the presence of a film crew from the ABC television show “Stateline”. They filmed the dancers and callers and conducted interviews. The final segment was shown on their show the following Friday. See the Blog item for details.

A big thanks to the two club committees who arrived early to decorate the hall and clean up afterwards. A special thankyou to all the dancers who, despite facing five more days of Convention dancing, came along in droves to join our party. A party that consisted of great dancing and even guest appearances from the Motown boys, the Grease boys and those two Village People who closed with the finale. Big thankls to Les Tulloch who kept people dancing during a  costume change.

If you’re coming to Adelaide for the National in June, arrange your trip to be here for the Wednesday evening Trail In Dance – it’ll be worth it!

Callers – James Reid and Graham Elliott

Venue – William Light High School Hall, Errington St Plympton.

Time: 8:00 – 10:30pm.

Level Mainstream with serious fun!!

If you have any queries on this – drop us an email or call. We’d love to see you there.

Hosted by Adelaide Outlaws and JR Squares Square Dance Clubs.

April 19th – Adelaide Idol

Don’t panic! There will be no judging! Do you play an instrument, read poetry, sing, juggle or in fact any talent or interest you’d like to share with us? Would you like to try your hand at a square dance call?

Our Adelaide Idol night has always been a great night of entertainment and we are constantly amazed at the “hidden” talents amongst us. If you’d like your 3 minutes (or so) of fame, if you’d like to come up on stage and share something with us, let Graham or Dawn know and we’ll book you in. Don’t be shy now – we’re all friends here.

If you’d like to try a square dance call and would like the music and words, let Graham know early so we can arrange a CD for you. (No charge). It’s a great night of fun and discovery and, if we get time, we’ll even fit in some square dancing :-).

March 19th – our St Patrick’s spud feast.

Join with us to celebrate St Patrick’s day by dining on a spud feast. The spud van will be set up and you can skip tea at home and have a tasty, satisfying and - dare I say – healthy spud dinner with us. Please book if you want a spud. The meal will be at 7pm with dancing at 8pm. Being St Patrick’s, it’d be grand if ye could be wearin’ green.