Cane Country Squares

Our weekend dance continued at Coronation Hall from 3 - 5pm with the Plus and A sessions.  It was so good to see multiple squares on the floor with the opportunity to dance with different people for each set. It was a full on day of dancing so some of the A level dances skipped the first SSD, Mainstream session to get the most out of the Plus and A dancing, ahead of the evenings main event. This was the first Plus level dance of this size for some of our members. Others that had not yet reached a competent Plus level stayed to watch the whole session. Our feature callers made the Plus and A dancing fun and challenging. With three callers to share the time on stage, they also got a chance again to dance at this level. The next post will cover our evening dance from 7 to 10pm with SSD, Mainstream and Rounds.

Cane Country Squares 40th Birthday Weekend continued on Saturday the 11th at Coronation Hall, 71 High St. Walkervale, Bundaberg.  This is a much larger hall with air-conditioning, making the rest of the weekend dancing very comfortable. 1pm to 3pm included brackets for SSD and Mainstream with workshops. It was fantastic to see up to six squares on the floor during this session with up to 80 dancers attending over the weekend. Matt, Nev and Steve were in fine form and the stage looked great. The committee and other Cane Country members went all out to decorate this hall with balloons, masses of plants, new printed table cloths and the addition of a computer with our website, along side the TV with the digital photo history.  Later, a huge spread of sandwiches with home made biscuits and slices was laid out on individual plates with tea and coffee was available all afternoon. Once again we enjoyed dancing with those from out of town, with some familiar faces, from the Gold Coast through

Our callers for the weekend was Steve Turner from WA, Nev McLachlan from the Sunshine Coast and our own caller, Matthew Mills. It was great to see many of our new club dancers experiencing a dance of this size for the first time.  We all enjoyed the fun and challenge of different calling voices and styles and sharing the floor with so many others from out of town, many travelling from Brisbane. A good sized group came from Hervey Bay and a small bus load travelled from the Sunshine Coast. New dancers commented, how much they learnt from the feature callers and the experienced dancers from beyond Bundaberg. After the cancellation of so many events all over Australia during the pandemic and missing the chance to run our own dance in 2020, this was a very special weekend for our club. To be able to celebrate 40 years for Cane Country Squares as an event gave us the opportunity to bring out memorabilia and create new items for future events.  Fran made our new banner as a stage back drop,