Hello Everyone,
It's a long time since I've written anything as with Covid-19 the club has been out of action for quite a while just like many other clubs and organisations.
So we were last recruiting in Sept-2019 and then came the first lockdown in March-2020 and we didn't get back to restarting until Sept- 2021. A whole 18 months and some Square Dance Clubs were still cautious and didn't start until Nov. 2021
We had some new dancers in Sept 2019 so we really had to recap on everything they had been taught but soon got going again. Unfortunately some dancers didn't return and ill-health and a certain amount of not wanting to mix too freely has affected others. One of our new dancers died during lockdown(not Covid related) and another who returned died at Christmas. I also started a weekly blog during the lockdown, just by e-mail, to ensure we all kept contact.
Like most clubs not all of the members can be there every week so having had numbers reduced, this Summer has seen us cancel 2 or 3 evenings because of having too few dancers. So we are really needing to have some new blood and will be advertising as usual to start in September. Would you think about joining us?
We are now 33yrs old (if only), we missed our 31st Birthday Dance but after starting back last September held a combined 31st and 32nd Birthday dance and so we have now had our Birthday Dance this year to make us 33yrs.
A little story - Back in the late 80's a couple who were dancing with us moved to America to work and so in 1991 they invited to come and holiday with them and go and dance at the U.S. National Square Dance Convention. They lived in the Palm Desert (of which the well known Palm Springs is part of) and we drove (I didn't) all the way to Salt Lake City, home of the Mormons, where the Convention we being held. For the event a lady Square dancer in Cambridgeshire made a Western shirt for me, white, edged with a Union Jack pattern on the yokes, cuffs and pocket flaps. Betty made herself a skirt from the Union Jack pattern. They are not worn very often, we've been to Canada and Australian National Convention and taken them and worn them at Conventions in this country but this year with the Queens Jubilee, Age U.K. held a series of parties around the area and one of them was at Steventon Village Hall (where we dance of course) so we made sure we went and as all decorations during this period seem to have been Union Jacks we decided to wear our outfits which attracted some attention. For a start it's not often that you see anyone wearing a western shirt. We had our pictures taken and during August we are expecting a lady from Age U.K. to interview us to find the background of it all and I suspect we may be appearing in the Age U.K. magazine.
So that's it for now, if we can grab your interest come and try one of our
OPEN Evenings any Tuesday in September starting at 7.30pm,
at Steventon Village Hall.
A friendly welcome is assured, we finish at 10pm with a break for drinks and biscuits.
Signing off,
Eric the Caller
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last updated - 19th August 2022
