AUGUST 2011

Phone 5445 1238

Nev 0417 729 263 or Bev 0427 135 442

It’s good to see everyone having so much fun on Tuesday nights. We don’t want this to change. It’s now time to organise our program to try to complete as many of the basics as quickly as we can so that everyone will be able to dance together on Tuesday nights without the need to dance 2 different levels.

To do this you’ve made the decision to start at 6.00 pm and dance just one level for an early finish at 8.00 pm. leaving the remainder of the evening for those who are trying to complete their mainstream. We should only need to do this for a few months but we won’t set an exact completion date because we don’t know how fast we can progress. We know that some of us will sometimes have other commitments or even illness that might prevent attendance every week. We’ll take this into account and make sure we help everyone to keep up. It’s still important to enjoy the dancing and not make it a chore.

Getting partners for everyone will still present some difficulty. So far we have had a lot of help from other club members but can’t expect that to be a permanent arrangement. Some of those members have regular partners with whom they like to dance most times. The most favourable solution is to get as many ladies as possible to dance both “left” and “right” (or man and lady) positions. It is not as difficult as it seems and it means that those who can manage it are assured of as many dances as you want when you go to other square dance events. Again we’ll give you as much help as possible if you try this and it’s important that you realise you are not stuck with dancing the “man’s part” all the time. Most of our ladies who dance both parts seem to be in demand by both men and ladies for partners.

One thing we never thought about when we had our discussion last week was “supper”. It’s a very enjoyable part of the night and we’d like to see it continue so we might just make time for refreshments before the end of your part of the night. We provide the tea and coffee for everyone but those who wish to have food as well just bring along a contribution for the table.

New schedule as of TUESDAY 6^TH SEPTEMBER

6 pm – 8 pm Basics

7.30 pm – 9.30 pm Mainstream revision and workshop (overlap of 30 minutes)

OTHER CLASSES IN PROGRESS

Monday 5.45 – 7.15 Round Dance – learning Jive and Two Step (commencing 5^th September)

Wednesday 12.30 pm – Clogging for beginners

We’d also like you to know you are most welcome to come along and watch any other dance sessions at no cost. It’s a good way to meet lots of other members and get to know how the club operates. We have tea and coffee at all other sessions while you watch.

On the back of this note you will find the 2 lists of moves. 1. Basic & 2 Mainstream. You might like to use it to follow our progress and it really helps to learn the moves when you are familiar with their names.