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Square Dancing

“Just for the fun of it”

 

 

Text Box: Come Join the Fun ELMIRA, NY Every Wednesday Evening 7:00 – 9:00 PM Christ United Methodist Church 330 West Church Street. Corner of Church and Columbia Streets Columbia Street Entrance Plenty of Parking . Link to Flyer • NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY (New dancers always welcome) • CASUAL DRESS (comfortable shoes) (square dance attire completely optional) • NO COMMITMENT (Come when you want) • NO LESSONS. Each night is a dance with the new ABC Square Dancing Program • JUST FUN Have you square danced before? In school maybe? Well if it wasn’t fun then, you where probably too young to appreciate holding hands. How about in a barn? I have been to a lot of square dances but I can’t remember ever having danced in a barn. I heard they did it like that in the old days when family and neighbors would get together for a dance after Building a house or a barn. Do you know anyone who square dances now? Chances are they have been doing it a long time and that you would like to be in as good shape as they are when you get to be their age. I told you, square dancing was one of this country’s best kept secrets.” There are many benefits to square dancing in addition to the fun. This makes square dancing a justifiable choice of quality time to spend having fun with family and friends. The busier you are the more you and your family will benefit from square dancing. Visit these sites: “Just for the fun of it!” www.SquareDanceFingerLakes.info www.dosado.com Welcome

 

Thank you for coming to this website.  Please, accept my invitation to visit us in person at a square dance.  The fun of SQUARE DANCING is one of this country’s best kept secrets. 

 

OK, now that you have been invited please consider the friendly invitation carefully.

 

“I have heard all the excuses and they just don’t matter, for instance:”

“I’ve got 2 left feet?”

 

“We will show you how to

  use them both for fun!”

 

 

If it is fun, it is fun and if you try it you may like it.

 

Ah… Getting you to try it, that is the trick.

 

That is what this invitation is all about.  You may bring your family, a friend or friends or a date.  Bring half the people on your block if you want or maybe even bring your wife or husband.

 

What can I expect if I come to a dance?

 

Your first impression -- a room of friendly people, couples, maybe families with children, teenagers, no doubt beginners like yourself.  At the appointed time the caller divides the crowd into squares, eight people in each square.  The music starts.  A commanding rhythm urges your feet to move.  The caller provides direction and before you know it you're an important part of a larger unit.  You’re keeping up with the caller's instructions, working your way through interesting patterns (bow to your partner; bow to your corner; do-sa-do; right and left grand).  The plan begins in the mind of the caller but comes alive with the participation of everyone in your square.

 

The music stops.  The set is over but you are changed.  You're part of a smiling company.  You've successfully danced your way through a progression of interesting formations and arrived back where you started.  You're breathing a little faster.  Unexpected energy is coursing through your body.  You're ready to do it again because a new thought has come into your head.  THAT WAS FUN!

 

Square dancing has many benefits.  It is a great family activity.  The whole family can be together in the same square or children can dance with children and adults can dance with adults.  It is good for the body and the mind. Square dancing is inexpensive entertainment and, did I mention, it is great fun.  For other benefits of square dancing visit the Just for the FUN of it link.

 

        Please allow me to introduce myself.  I’m Andrew DonDero.  My wife is Joanne.  We have enjoyed square dancing since we where teens and now our school aged daughter “Katie” and her friend go dancing with us all the time.  

 

The magic of square dancing enchanted me from the very first night.  The memory of that night persists: the warmth of the girls’ hands, the steady primal beat, the engaged focus necessary to execute the caller’s next command.  The last song of that first night echoed in my head the whole next week.  Each week I found myself looking forward to the next dance.

 

This feeling persists to the present as I sit here and write this today knowing I am going dancing tonight.  I still find it thrilling looking forward to each dance.  Come and have something new to look forward to yourself.

 

This makes this invitation and little more personal.  Come down and let us meet you.  Share the fun and satisfaction of square dancing.