Cane Country Squares

Cane Country Squares next Come and Try Square Dancing sessions Rum City Band Hall, 89 Targo Street 6pm - 8:30pm Tuesday 12th of August Tuesday 19th of August Tuesday 26th of August Your first night is free! A Square Dance starts and ends with four couples forming a square. You listen to a Caller for directions and walk to the beat of the music while moving in patterns with arm turns or passing other dancers to make new formations.  In modern Square Dancing you don't learn complete dances you learn movements. Get your step count up. Engage your mind and body as you walk to the beat of the music, listening and reacting as the Square Dance Caller calls out each movement, to complete the dance pattern as a team of eight dancers. Open from ages 8 to active 80s. Sessions cost $8 per person if you would like to continue with the 12 week dance program. Meet new people. Get your step count up.  Engage your mind and body.

With the new alternating program of learners and the completed level on Tuesday nights, we wanted to make sure they didn't miss out on our fun theme nights that previously only happened on Fridays.  This year we had a Pyjama Theme Night for the Tuesday group on the 29th of July and the Friday group on the 1st of August.  On Friday night we had visiting dancers from Adelaide, surprised by our theme night. It was great to have them on the night, giving us two squares. Two theme nights for each group that happened this year, specifically for each group was Pancake Tuesday and Black Friday. Our next theme nights will be a Mad Hatters Tea Party, Friday the 5th and Tuesday the 9th of September. You can find more photos of all our theme nights in our 2025 Photo Gallery and links to videos from our 2025 Video Library  or go direct to our YouTube channel . To bring all our dance levels together we are planning on holding a Saturday afternoon social dance each month. Finalising th...

Fourteen members of Cane Country Squares attended the 65th National Convention at Morayfield Qld, from July 7th - 11th 2025. Eleven of those where registered dancers with three attending a National for the first time. It was a fantastic turn out with over 600 registered for the event. Plenty of fun and challenging dancing was on offer. The evening sessions included Rounds and Mainstream. Wednesday and Thursday morning and afternoon sessions covered Clogging, Round Dancing, Plus and Advanced level Square Dancing with different level workshops and intros. The Mainstream Styling Workshop on Wednesday was very well received with requests for this to be included in future events. This year, first timers met up to be welcomed to the Convention and receive a blue button badge to indicate this was their first National.  The new dancers I spoke to had a wonderful time and were welcomed into many squares of experienced dancers they had never met. The Round Ups were a new experience for many ...

This years annual Dance For Heart fund raiser was held on Friday 2nd of May 2025. Funds were raised on the night from the door takings and a raffle for a huge fruit tray. There was also a door and lucky spot prise. This year the fruit tray was won by Dot. We had a number of apologies from dancers with other commitments and a few illnesses on the night. Dancing was still fun with one square on the floor all night with different dancers swapping in and out. The Tuesday learners were invited to join in on the night so brackets alternated between SSD to suit the half way mark they had reached, Mainstream and Plus. Most dressed in red or with a heart theme and we got to see Matt in his fancy heart pants with matching tie. The funds raised will go towards supporting the Heart Start Cornish Walking Track Program in Bundaberg. With Jo L away, Sandy ran supper with the additions of Kingston biscuits and apple slices. Go to our 2025 photo gallery or video...

Enjoy your Easter break. There is no dancing tonight for Good Friday but we will be back dancing on Tuesday 22nd and next Friday evening the 25th, on ANZAC Day. In the lead up to Easter we had our Easter Bonnet / Hat nights on Friday 11th and Tuesday 22nd of April. Friday night included some visitors staying in the area for a holiday and a surprise visit from Nev and Bev McLachlan. We also had a dancer return to square dancing after 20 years, who picked up Mainstream and Plus like riding a bike.  Nev helped Matt rest his voice and treated us to a singing call that you will see in our videos of the night. Ginna had the most impressive hand made Easter hat with a rabbit wrapped around a huge carrot. Friday night supper included some cupcakes, a caramel slice and easter eggs and Sandy read out a couple of poems. On Tuesday night the hats came out again, with some extras on the table for anyone to wear if they wished and didn't bring their own. The night also included two lucky spot pr...

February saw our return to dancing for 2025 and our now regular stand at the Bundaberg Move It Expo on the 16th. This year was our first time at performing a demo at the Expo. A high energy team showed off the basics of square dancing and the exercise potential for the mind and body.  Matt started with the 126 beats per minute, Move It, hoedown and explained while calling, that he was running the routine while the dancers had learned each of the movements, not the routine. This has been cut into a short promo ad which you can see below.  Next Matt ran a significantly faster hoedown followed by a signing call,  Troublemaker. To see the full demonstration you can go to our You Tube channel playlist . Thanks go to Matt, the dancers and others who helped at the stand for making it a great club promotion. The following Tuesday was the first of our three Come and Try nights. We have had eleven people come and try square dancing over that time. The final night included a surpris...