Cane Country Squares

Friday April 7th was Good Friday and as is our practice, there was no dance held that night.  The following Friday on the 14th we had something a little different with an Easter Egg Hunt. We had no special dress up but Jo K and her daughter wore Easter theme hair accessories at the front table and the hall was decorated. The kids where given little baskets while adults got small Easter bags, to collect tiny chocolate eggs placed around the hall on chairs and window sills. Mia won the closest guess for the number of Easter eggs in the jar. Jo L was away but sent along some hand made Easter egg decorated biscuits and Sandy volunteered in the kitchen. The next Friday, 21st April coincided with the National Square Dance Convention in Adelaide, SA. While Matt and family were enjoying the Convention, Rob ran recordings of Matt so we could still dance. Matt had recorded live from a few previous Fridays.  We had a really fun night. This was the second time we have danced to recordings...

Our final post for our 40th Birthday Weekend is for our last session held on Sunday morning 12th of March.  This was a huge weekend of dancing and while it took a lot of time and effort to put together, it was well worth it and enjoyed by all.  Our callers, Matthew Mills, Steve Turner and Nev McLachlan changed from their weekend theme of wearing red, white and blue shirts to 'The Bundy Boys' shirts, complete with a polar bear with a microphone. As is the custom, dress on the Sunday is causal for those heading home directly after the dance. Many ladies still wore skirts, some with more casual design square dance skirts and low volume petticoats. Even though some had a long drive ahead of them, the Sunday morning was very well attended. Dancing started at 9:30am with SSD, Mainstream and Rounds.  Steve Turner called some fun workshops with couples passing between facing lines of three. The callers again got a chance to dance with us while they took turns on stage. It is alwa...

The main event dance for Cane Country Squares 40th Birthday was the Saturday evening, March 11th at Coronation Hall.  SSD and Mainstream was again called by our three great feature callers, Steve Turner, Nev McLachlan and our own club caller, Matthew Mills. The whole weekend it was great to see people dressing up, with a few of our ladies rarely seen in skirts at any other time. Lots of couples came in lovely matching outfits all weekend. Saturday night saw some extra fancy outfits and very full petticoats.  The callers again took turns calling and had opportunities to dance with the rest of us. This session was the largest turn out for the weekend. During the night we also had Bev McLachlan cue Round Dancing. A lot of us really enjoy watching this even if we can't Round Dance ourselves. A small stall of square dance clothing was set up in the corner of the hall, with a few other second hand items changing hands during the night. In the opposite corner by the front door, the s...