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2022 club Photos & Videos

5/6/2022 cinco de Mayo dance

Three squares of Promenaders and guests including 2 club students (Nancy and Ed) enjoyed the crooning of club caller Senor Mike McIntyre.  Bonnie Rohr won the 50-50, Bonnie Pollack won a door prize and Trivia Contest #9.  Ron Welke won the other door prize.

5/4/2022 PLUS DANCE CLASS

Eight students learned two more PLUS calls.  They were Spin Chain The Gears and Track 2.  To date the students have learned 19 of the 29 PLUS calls.  Session 2 of the dance class ends on June 29th.

4/13/2022 PLUS Dance Class

Due to the extensive review of the previously taught PLUS calls only 1 new PLUS call was introduced to the students.  The call was Coordinate.

4/6/2022 PLUS DANCE CLASS

The eight students were taught four new PLUS calls. They were Load The Boat, Explode The Wave, Explode and (Anything), and (Anything) and Spread.  Mainstream learning is re-enforced while learning PLUS.

4/1/2022 april fool's dance

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The April Fool's Dance along with the 2nd Hand Rose Sale drew 5 plus squares of members and visitors.  Maybe it also helped that the dance was actually on April Fool's Day.

​To see some additional photos and some videos click on the following link:  
April Fools

3/30/2022 PLUS DANCE CLASS

Eight students were taught three new PLUS calls and introduced to one. The 3 calls were Teacup Chain, Peel Off, and Linear Cycle.  Load The Boat was introduced in preparation for next weeks class.

3/27/22 Four County Squares Visit

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On Sunday afternoon 3/27 a large contingent of Promenaders visited the Four County Squares in Eldersburg Maryland.

March 2022 wasca festival

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Pictured on the left is the Promenaders group that attended the festival.  Who is that good looking man in black on the right side of the group?  Why it is Dan "The Maestro" Grimes.

On the right are the tables with a vast array of club donated baskets each containing different items.  Ticket(s) could be purchased and placed in the basket(s) of your choice.  Baskets were won by the purchasers of tickets that were drawn from the baskets.  A basket of goodies was won by Club Member Debora Pinkney (Pictured to the left of "The Maestro".

3/23/2022 plus DANCE CLASS

One new student (Janis Horn) joined the PLUS segment of the dance class.  On this first night of the segment, Dan "The Maestro" Grimes taught two PLUS calls to the 8 students,  They were Acey Deucey and Ping Pong Circulate.

3/13/2022 St. Patrick DANCE

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All that was missing from the festivities on Sunday 3/13 was a nice pot of Irish Stew and a keg of Guinness Stout.  There was Irish music to the calls of Mike McIntyre, green square dance attire, and even an Irish Jig performed by club members Reid and Donna Lofton.  There was also the largest number of members and guests in quite a while that made up 5 squares plus a few extra.

3/9/2022 dance class

Hallelujah, Hip Hip Hooray, and Will Wonders Ever Cease. These are the appropriate descriptors for the completion of the Mainstream portion of the 2021-2022 Dance Class that was interrupted twice by the Covid-19 Pandemic.  Six students completed this session and now move on to the PLUS portion of the semester that hopefully ends on June 15th.

3/4/2022 Backwards DANCE Party

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Why even on the chairs that the members and guests sit on were turned backwards at the beginning of the event.

3/2/2022 DANCE CLASS

The Covid interrupted Mainstream class continues on.  Five students and 21 angels attended this class.  The club instructor, "The Maestro", Dan Grimes continues to teach the last few Mainstreamcalls.  There are two more classes in semester 1.  The PLUS session begins on March 23rd.

2/23/2022 Dance class

In the second class after a 2 month Covid pause, the students continue to learn the remaining Mainstream calls in preparation for the move to the Plus session of the dance class.

2/18/22 Hawaiian Night dance

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After a 2 month + layoff, the club returned to it's normal Friday night routine.  A one-time proof of vaccination was required as well as the continuing mask mandate.

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