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2018 June 11th – Charity Dance



As a precursor to our next intake of learners AND to raise funds for the Cancer Council of SA, we hosted a Charity Dance.
A wonderful crowd from the public and square dancers alike enjoyed a couple of hours of being shown what fun this great activity is and how different it is to their memories of many years ago.
Big thanks to the club members who provided a huge spread of supper – a real treat after all that exercise!
Now onto 6 weeks of open nights to launch our new learners’ intake.

2016 February 14th – Valentine’s Charity Dance


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Using Valentine’s as a theme we again host our annual Charity dance. All proceeds from door admission, raffle and sale of pre-loved clothing going to a charity voted by the members. This year it will be to the aid organisations that supported the Pinery fires response and support.
Thanks to everyone for your donations and a special thanks to Nigel and Sheila who looked after the clothing store.

2015 February 16th – Valentine’s Charity Dance


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Another St Valentine’s Dance and a lovely turn out. Our charity this year was selected to be the Alzeimers Association.
All proceeds from pre-loved clothing sale, raffle and door will go to them.

2014 February 17th – Valentine’s Charity Night


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February sees our annual Valentine’s Charity Dance and Pre-loved clothing sale. A big night and this year our chosen charity was the Parkinson’s Association of South Australia. This was in tribute to one of most long standing members and club president for many years, Ron New who we lost recently.
It was a colourful night as we all dressed in red and whites and danced to love songs. At the back of the hall we held our pre-loved square dance clothing sale, all adding to the fundraising for our cause. Thanks to all who came and supported the function and the charity.

2013 September 30th – Charity Night


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What a great crowd! We opened our doors to the public as a fund raising dance in support of the Cancer Care Centre. We ran a night of alternating teaching and Mainstream and threw in some mixer dances as well.
A great atmosphere and by all reports, everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The President of the Cance Care Centre was there dancing the night away and said few words to welcome everyone and share an amazement at what square dancing really is – a whole lotta fun.
All proceeds from the night will be tallied up and presented to the Centre shortly and we thank all of you who came along and supported the night.

2013 March 18th – St Patricks


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St Patrick’s Day was celebrated with a hearty spud meal before the dance. O’Laughlins Catering brought their famous spud van along and served an extraordinary number of spud meals to a happy group of dancers.
Before we launched into the dancing we were pleased to be able to present the fundraising cheque from our Charity night to two representatives of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Rod and Sandy James (square dancers themselves!) received the cheque and thanked everyone for their donations. After hearing what it cost to keep a RFDS plane flying, we may have to run a few more charity dances!!
The rest of the night was a lot of fun with alternating brackets of learners and mainstream and everyone looked great in green dancing in the well decorated hall. Thanks to our committee and helpers for setting it up and packing away.

2013 February 11th – Valentine’s Charity Dance

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The fundraising result – click to enlarge



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As February comes around we hold our annual Valentine’s Charity Dance. The scene is set with hearts and cupids decorations, the mood is set by dancing to love songs and the dancers are set in their reds and pinks to complement the theme.
As is custom we also operate a pre-loved square dance clothing sale during the night and this proved quite timely for our current group of dancers learning with us.
All proceeds from the night go to a charity we vote upon and this year it was the Royal Flying Doctor Service – a valuable asset to our rural communities.
Thanks to our helpers who set up the hall, to Nigel and Sheila who operated the the clothing stalls and to Alistair who provided his coffee machine as a welcome distraction.

2012 August 13th – Charity Social Dance

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Our doors were open to the public for our Charity dance and we welcomed new friends along to learn some square dancing and raise funds for a worthwhile charity. We selected the Cancer Care Centre as our benefactor and all proceeds from the door, raffle and donations were presented to them at the end of the night.

What a crowd! The atmosphere was infectious as our new friends learned some square dancing and a few mixer dancers thrown in. In a matter of minutes the whole floor was dancing – not bad for just walking in off the street. It is really heart warming to see people enjoying themselves so much without television or electronic gadgets – just dancing with each other and meeting new friends.

Kevin Turner, the manager from the the Cancer Care Centre, was there to tell us about the organisation and was the pleased recipient of the money raised at the end of the night. We also welcomed two of his staff on the night – Fran and Jocelyn. Your boss dobbed you in!

We’re holding our doors open to the public until September 17th if you’d like to come along and take part in this wonderful activity. No prior dance experience needed, no need to have already been to this Charity Dance either. Just come, bring friends, family, colleagues and we’ll guarantee a fun night.

Thanks to everyone for your support of the Cancer Care Centre and our club. what a night!!

For information about what the Cancer Care Centre offers, check their website – CANCER CARE CENTRE

2012 March 19th – St Patricks Spud Feast

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As is our custom we held a Spud night for our St Patricks theme thsi year. Dancers enjoyed a catered spud tea before the dance courtesy of the spud van. Great to see everyone dress to the green theme too.

We had a special guest – Kathryn from the Guide Dogs brought in one of the beautiful dogs to accept the cheque donation from our St Valentine’s Charity night. She was thrilled and gave us a run down on what it takes to train these lovely animals. Both dog and caller behaved themselves on stage and we were proud to present them with the donation.

2012 Februaury 20th – Valentines Charity Dance

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This year our voted charity was the Guide Dogs For the Blind. Our door takings, raffle and proceeds form the clothing sale all bundled up and will be presented to this charity in the next few weeks.

A great turn up for thsi event and lovely to see everyone dressed in the Valentines Reds. This clothing sale seems to be growing and if it keeps up we’ll have to open a shop!

Thanks to all who supported this evening and we hope you enjoyed dancing to love songs and gorging on one of our largest suppers yet. All boosted by two hefty cakes supplied by our Birthday Boys Bill and David. Big thanks to Sheila and Nigel Shaw for looking after the clothing sale during the evening – great job!