Hervey Bay Square Dancer Club 35th Birthday

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Bundaberg dancers joined in the fun with Hervey Bay Square Dance Club celebrating their 35th Birthday. Friday 22nd started the event with a group travelling from Bundaberg. 

More dancers from Cane Country Squares joined them on Saturday 23rd. Some stayed for the whole event, including a social gathering for lunch on Sunday 24th after the morning dance.

Saturday Morning was Mainstream and SSD level with Plus dancing after lunch. It is always good to see the callers have an opportunity to dance.


With the SSD level included in the program and it was great to see some of our new SSD dancers joining in. For some it was their first experience of an event with multiple callers and for others, the first dance away from home. We had great fun dancing together with Matt, Anita and brand new SSD dancers, Laura and Adrian.

Callers for the weekend included our own Matthew Mills, James Reid and Elaine Davis. All ran sessions individually and together. I really enjoyed Matt and James harmonising together and all three finishing up the event. 


I attended from Saturday morning but I was told all three calling together on Friday was particularly good.  


Sunday was an anything goes morning. Most dressed down to go straight from the dance to lunch, or the drive home. When Rob volunteered to dance the right hand side the mandatory petticoat came out for him to wear.

Matt workshopped Three Quarter Tags leading up to a bigger movement, Dilemma or Delight. It took some work but I really liked it. Elaine walked us through an old movement I had never done before, Carousel Promenade which I really enjoyed. Pam and I will be asking Matt to workshop this one back in Bundaberg. Another movement Elaine workshopped was a Grand Slide, starting with the ladies facing the mans side. It is an interesting movement with each person working as an individual.

Check out our 2024 photo gallery for more photos and check our 2024 video page for videos of the weekend, uploaded soon.

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