Heart Dance 2026

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This years Heart Health Fund Raiser was held on Tuesday 19th of May 2026. It was originally scheduled for Sunday 10th of May until we realised it was Mothers Day. $400 was raised to help fund the Heart Support Walking Track.

We had more than enough attending to have two squares dance most of the night and even got in one set for the Plus level dancers.

The hall was decorated and everyone dressed in red or with a heart theme and it goes without saying, Matt was wearing his heart suit. The jacket hung behind him for most of the night but he put it on for a extra few photos.

Dancers bought along small plates to share for supper. Jo L requested the supper contributions, keeping a heart theme, could be treats to make your heart happy, not necessarily heart healthy snacks. The raffle for the night was a huge fruit tray, won by Karen, Ella drew the lucky door prize to go home to Ginna and Jo R was sitting under the white board to pick up the lucky spot prize. As part of our event night, Sandy also read us a humous poem.

You may have noticed a second camera set up on the night with a practice run on the previous Friday. The hope is to make our YouTube videos of theme nights and training more interesting with cuts between different camera angles. It will take a little while to get the hang of new editing software so tonight's videos are not online yet. The Gallery Photos are ready to view at https://canecountrysquares.blogspot.com/p/photo-gallery-2026.html

Our next event is our AGM and Sunday Social Dance on 7th of June at 42 Totten St. Kepnock Hall. The AGM starts at 9am and the Social Dance starts at 10am.

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