Batavia Silver Stars

Reported by: Carol Brown (585-247-5689)

Belles 'N' Beaus

Information: Dottie & Tom VanValkenburgh (tomvanv2@gmail.com) (585-293-2691)

Reported by: Barb & John Corman (585-225-6393); (totonny@rochester.rr.com)

Boo Bull Rounds

We began dancing rounds on Wednesday August 11, 2021 at the West Henrietta Baptist Church (5660 West Henrietta Road, Henrietta, NY 14586). The usual COVID rules apply. We are dancing Phases 2 & 3. It is great to be back with everyone and we are having a great time. We are glad to review any moves you need to look at. Please come and join us some evening. Please feel free to call us if you have any questions.

Information: Alice & Gary Bubel (585-738-9226)

Reported by: Gary and Alice Bubel

Boo Bull Squares

We are back! We finally reached an agreement with the fire hall and began dancing Tuesday August 17, doing a mainstream/plus workshop. On Friday August 20, we held our first club dance. This night is just dancing with rounds and no workshops. Both nights, Tuesdays and Fridays, are at the Henrietta Fire Hall from 7:00 to 9:00.

Please come and join us some evening. We will be dancing until early December when we go to Florida for a few months. Hope to see you soon on the dance floor. If you have any questions, please call us at 738-8118 or 738-9226.

Information: Alice & Gary Bubel (585-738-9226)

Reported by: Gary and Alice Bubel

Cayuga Cut-Ups

As we enter the Fall Season, the Cut-Ups are planning to begin lessons with our Open Houses on October 14th & 21st, after our 60th Anniversary Dance & Dinner on October 2nd from 2–5pm with the Hip Boot Boys! We are excited to celebrate our anniversary with our dancing community. $15/dancer includes dancing and dinner at the Weedsport United Methodist Church, 2744 E. Brutus St., Weedsport, NY 13166. (Exit 40 off the Thruway) We will be celebrating our callers—Chel Chave, Chip Kellogg, Phil Eno & Ron Brown! Call 315.689.1679 to make reservations, as we want to have an approximate number count for dinner—Lasagna, salad, bread and desserts!

As we will be dancing indoors, beginning in October we will follow the current church protocols, masks for all (vaccinated and unvaccinated) and hand sanitizing after each tip. (This is subject to change if needed.) We are thankful for our new church location in Weedsport, please plan to attend a dance or several, PS Copy Cats, we still have your traveling banner!

Information: Linda English (315-689-1679)

Reported by: Linda English

Champagne Whirl-A-Ways

Information: Diane Camp (607-776-4528)

Reported by: Art Diefenbach

Cloverleaf Squares

Cloverleaf Squares started with a bang with many dancers joining us last July at our first dance since our anniversary dance last year. We started dancing for just a couple of hours every Sunday. This Fall we hope to run full tilt with classes, round dancing, and, of course, square dancing. We were able to get back into our usual Fall and Winter venue at the Chili Baptist Church and our Spring and Summer venue at the air-conditioned Henrietta Fire House.

Our first themed dance, our ice cream social, was just right for a summer evening. Our next themed dance will be on October 10th; it should be different yet apropos for the season. It will be “Fall Veggies Night.”

Jane Avery had us and our square dance friends from around the city join her in her Brockport yard for a bonfire get-together. We appreciated her opening up her home for just plain visiting with each other.

We don’t plan to have our usual “Open House” for the square dance “curious” but we will have classes with the hope that we can attract new dancers anyway and to give folks an opportunity to widen their social life with us. So, please come and bring your friends.

Information: Henry Capron (585-747-0180)

Reported by: Carl Webster, Corresponding Secretary

Copy Cats

As with other clubs, the Copy Cats are looking forward to dancing with some degree of normalcy as fall approaches. This will be the beginning of our 50th year. Our actual celebration will be held in December. Watch for details and plan to join us as we celebrate.

We will resume our regular Saturday dances at the First Baptist Church of Penfield, 1862 Penfield Rd, Penfield, NY 14526, on September 11, 2021. See the full schedule on the Dance Schedules page of the Promenader. We meet twice a month, on alternate Saturdays.

In an effort to get dancers back on the dance floor, the Copy Cats offered refresher classes during the spring and will be offering refresher classes for Mainstream and Plus calls on Tuesday evenings at the First Baptist Church of Penfield(our regular dance location) beginning on September 14, 7–9 p.m. The Copy Cats welcome vaccinated dancers from other clubs. A $5 fee per dancer will be requested.

(Reporter‘s note: due to the rise in Covid 19 cases and returns to mitigation efforts, the plans regarding both the refresher classes and Saturday dances may be changed as required. Check the Promenader for updates and cancellations.)

On August 10 we held our annual picnic where Phil LaRussa and Mary Martin were awarded the Rathke Award for exceptional dedication and service to the Copy Cat Square Dance Club. They will be moving south to be closer to family and their grandchild sometime this fall. They will leave a HUGE hole in our club, but they are welcome to return anytime they can be in the area.

While we have waited to return to dancing, we are sad to report that one of our recent Kittens, Donna Spencer, lost her life. We will miss her sweet smile and warm personality. Her obituary can be found in the "Photos and Features" section of the Promenader.

Information: Phil LaRussa or Mary Martin (585-633-2044)

Reported by: Jackie Rogers

Dalton Gang

Information: Jamond Billyard (jamondbillyard@yahoo.com)

Reported by: Jamond Billyard and Donna Whitmer

Dancing Shadows

We’re back! Our Round Dance Clubs re-started in June.

Dancing Shadows (Phase II–III) Monday nights starting 6/14/21 7:30–9:30 PM. Round Towners (Phase III–IV) Thursday nights starting 6/17/21. Location for both groups is Immanuel Baptist Church at 815 Park Avenue (corner of Brunswick), Rochester.

Dancing Shadows is an Easy Level (Phase II–III) Round Dance Club which meets on Monday evenings from 7:30–9:30. The program consists of Easy Level dancing and includes a teach part way through the evening. In addition, we will stop to address and work on any questions as they occur. Dress is casual/comfortable.

Information: Marlene Thone (585-748-5131 cell) (marlenethone@mindspring.com)

Reported by: Marlene & Mark Thone

Fun Bunch

Information: Jeanne Hering (315-252-3991) (jhering@twcny.rr.com)

Reported by: Jeanne Hering (315-252-3991)

Grand Squares

It has certainly been great to take advantage of the Federation’s free dances and the dance nights offered by other callers and clubs. As was expected, the situation for dancers using a school for their dances is still without confirmation. We have been searching for alternative sites, but obtaining a site that will let us dance without charge has not resulted in any possibilities. We have decided to accept the offer to use West Henrietta Baptist Church, 5660 West Henrietta Road (corner of Erie Station Road) and have scheduled two dances for September: Thursdays September 16 and 30. Mike Callahan will be our caller and we would love to have you join us from 7:00 to 9:00 on those evenings. With the uncertainty of finances and the covid situation, we are only scheduling two dances. We’re still hoping to be back at Roth eventually, so check the Promenader web site for further dance dates and places.

Information: George & Carol Ann Stahl (585-533-9241); stahlsinrush@rochester.rr.com

Reported by: Carol Ann Stahl

Pairs N Squares

Information: Kathleen Harter (Kathleen.i.harter@gmail.com) (315-481-0570)

Reported by: Nancy Curtis (lnmcurtis@gmail.com) (315-532-1117)

Penn Yan Friendship Squares

Penn Yan Friendship Squares has decided to begin dancing again on Wednesday, Sept 22, 2021. We will be having Wednesday workshops, for club members only, through December and no Saturday dances at this point. We’ll take January and February off and plan to begin dancing again in March 2022.

The September 2021 Watkins Weekend is cancelled due to COVID. We tentatively plan to host the Watkins Weekend in September 2022. Those that have signed up for this year can either roll it over to 2022 or we are happy to refund you. Just let us know what you would prefer. We will sure miss seeing you and dancing with you this September. Stay well!

Thanks,

Sue Groom

Information: Lise Rosenfield (585-245-3720)

Reported by: Gary &Sue Groom (585-489-6186)

Round Towners

We’re back! Our Round Dance Clubs re-started in June.

Dancing Shadows (Phase II–III) Monday nights starting 6/14/21 7:30–9:30 PM. Round Towners (Phase III–IV) Thursday nights starting 6/17/21. Location for both groups is Immanuel Baptist Church at 815 Park Avenue (corner of Brunswick), Rochester.

Round Towners is an Easy—Intermediate Round Dance Club, dancing a Phase III & IV level program, on Thursday evenings from 7:30–9:30. A teach or a review, at the Phase III+ or Phase IV level, is included most evenings. We work on Phase III+ and Phase IV figures in all rhythms and welcome anyone to join us who is interested in dancing at this level. Dress is casual/comfortable.

Round Dance Leaders/Instructors: Mark and Marlene Thone

Information: Mark & Marlene Thone (585-226-8984 home); (585-748-5131 Marlene’s cell); (585-748-8568 Mark’s cell)

Reported by: Mark & Marlene Thone (marlenethone@mindspring.com)

Shamrock Squares

Shamrock Squares dances the Callerlab Advanced A-2 program on Tuesday afternoons from 2:30 to 4:30 at the Pieters Family Life Center, 1025 Commons Way, Rochester. We welcome all A-2 dancers to join us. For more information, please call.Starting in September, we will be dancing on the east side of the gym. We want to thank you for joining us on Tuesdays and hope we will continue to see everyone’s smiling faces for the remainder of 2021 and beyond.

Mike & Wanda

Information: Caller Mike & Wanda Callahan(585-352-7877)

Reported by: Mike Callahan

Shirts 'N' Skirts

The Shirts and Skirts have been working toward getting back to dancing with many obstacles to overcome. Our schedule is going week to week as far as scheduling dates and places to dance. Our dancers who have come back to dancing are surprising themselves with how much they are remembering as we start out slow to get those skills of square dancing back!

Caller: Dave Eno

Information: Debra Allen (banddallen@gmail.com) (315-598-3535)

Reported by: Debra Allen

Silver Squares

Dear Friends,

Silver Squares is dancing again!! We want to thank Sue Sepkowski for her three years of leadership as club president. As our club president, she cared for our club and its members and was always professional and dependable. Thank you, Sue! As we step into the President’s position at Silver Squares as Co-Presidents, we will strive to continue to have an atmosphere where people feel welcome and can have FUN! We feel that square dancing is a special treasure. Our lives have been blessed by the Rochester Square Dance Community and we hope to share our enthusiasm with all of you!

We welcome anyone to join us on Monday afternoons from 1:00pm–3:00pm at the Greece United Methodist Church at 1924 Maiden Lane.

Presently, we still follow all COVID precautions. If you have not been vaccinated, you will be asked to wear a mask.

If you have any questions, please call Don Naulin at 585-200-0464 or Anne Granger at 585-317-6442.

Happy Dancing!

Anne and Don

Silver Squares Co-Presidents

Information: Don Naulin / Anne Granger (585-317-6442)

Reported by: Anne Granger (ssunnyweather7@gmail.com) (585-317-6442)

Southern Tier Wheelers

Information: Bill and Pat Mosher (607-739-3299)

Reported by: Bill & Pat Mosher

Village Squares

It’s been a loooong time since our last dance together, though many members have been getting around to find whatever dancing has been available—in garages, gazebos, pavilions, etc. Some of us even danced in our homes via Zoom, led by our adventurous caller, Gil Porter and others.

However, the Village Squares’ return to in-person dancing will remain on hold until the COVID-19 situation stabilizes at a much lower community transmission level.

Our leadership board has held lengthy discussions around COVID-19 risks and protocols. Even with vaccinations and masking required, the Board does not believe the Village Squares should begin dancing until the Community Transmission Rate (CTR) is down at least to Moderate (Yellow). Some would prefer to wait until it is Low (Blue).

Since the current Monroe County CTR is High (Red—which is two steps above Moderate), and since our venue has not yet relaxed their requirement for 6-foot distancing, we have decided to postpone our re-start until further notice.

When the CTR drops to Moderate (Yellow), we plan to reopen the discussion and resolve our range of views. At that point, we will set a protocol (including CTR considerations) that we can all be comfortable with.

Meanwhile, we encourage those of our members who have a higher COVID risk tolerance to support other clubs, especially clubs with beginner classes.

We urge all dancers to keep in mind not only their own risk of infection, but also the risk to public health that may be posed by any indoor gathering when the community transmission rate is high. Please take transmission-suppressing measures like masking and distancing seriously. They are the only measures that the virus is unable to evade by mutating into new variants.

Information: Peter & Sally Emmel (585-381-5049)

Reported by: Peter and Sally Emmel

Waterwheel Squares

Information: Gary Etherton (ge14094@gmail.com) (716-796-9265)

Reported by: Gary Etherton