Batavia Silver Stars

We are saddened by the recent death of our long time cuer, Nancy Fincher. She and her husband Dean started square dancing in 1963. Our condolences to her daughter Joy and the Fincher family.

Hip, Hip, Hooray, can Spring be on its way? Come join the Batavia Silver Stars Monday evenings 7:00–9:30 for an evening of fun, laughter, exercise and, of course, goodies.

MARCH 11 will be our annual St. Patrick’s Day Dance. Tonight is the night for the Wearing of the Green. Food donations this evening will be for the Corfu Food Pantry.

APRIL 22 we will be celebrating Dyngus Day as our special monthly dance. Eileen Webster will be our guest cuer. Lamb cakes will adorn our snack table. Food donations will be collected for the Corfu Food Pantry. April 29 will be graduation. Come welcome our newest graduates.

MAY 13 is Tee-Shirt Night. Come wearing your wackiest, silliest, prettiest or just plain drab Tee Shirt! Everyone always enjoys the variety and laughs these shirts produce. Contributions this evening of money will be for Crossroads House, a comfort care home for those who have a terminal illness and have been medically determined to be in the last three months of life.

JUNE 3 Ice Cream Social.

SAVE THE DATE—August 19—NAME TAG DANCE

Information: Caller/Cuer Bill Ryan (716-517-6012)

Reported by: Jan Bencic (585-762-8591), Carol Brown

Belles 'N' Beaus

We are all looking forward to spring and our end of the year activities. On March 11 we will be having a Shamrock night so wear your “green” and we will have green snacks to celebrate.

On April 8 we will have a DESSERT AUCTION and Luau night so everyone is encouraged to wear their favorite Hawaiian outfit and bid on your favorite dessert.

Fiesta Night will be the following week on April 15 with Ron Brown as our caller.

Our Ice Cream Social on April 29 is always an event everyone enjoys with all varieties of ice cream toppings.

Our last event of the year will be on Friday May 10 when we will be enjoying our Spring Fling to end the dance year. Gary Bubel will be back from Florida to call for us.

Information: Bob & Alice Hager (585-227-1894)

Reported by: Ronni & Tom Camiolo

Boo Bull DBD

Our DBD (dancing by definition) club begins May 10, 2019. This year we are having two open houses the first two weeks as an introduction to DBD. These are free dances for anyone new to the DBD way of dancing. We hope you will come and give it a try. The movements use mainsteam and plus calls from different positions that you may not have experienced before. WE hope you will come and give it a try. We have a lot of fun and laugh a lot!!

We dance at the Henrietta Fire Hall 7:00–9:00.

Information: Alice & Gary Bubel (585-538-9887)

Reported by: Alice & Gary Bubel

Boo Bull Rounds

Our Tuesday afternoon dancing went very well last year and we will continue the Tuesday afternoon Phase 3 & 4 dancing this year. We begin on Tuesday May 7, 2019 at 3:30–5:00 at the Fire Hall.

Our Wednesday club will continue dancing Phase 2 & 3. We have had a great time last year learning new dances, some challenging and some just easy level.

This club will restart May 8th.

We look forward to seeing all our regular dancers and hopefully some new round dancers this year. We have a lot of fun. Come and join us. Our club runs May–December. See you on May 8th.

Information: Alice & Gary Bubel (585-538-9887)

Reported by: Gary and Alice Bubel

Boo Bull Squares

Hi to everyone from sunny Florida. WE are sorry your weather has been so bad this year, but we surely don’t miss it. We do miss all of our dancing friends and look forward to returning home in May to begin our club dances.

We will start dancing on May 7, 2019 at the Henrietta Fire Hall. We dance 7:00 to 9;00. Remember we do not require square dance clothes just come casually dressed. The first month, we will be welcoming back our snowbirds and reviewing whatever you need to look at. We look forward to all the new graduates coming to work on plus calls this summer. We had a lot of fun last year and know we will this year also.

Come and join us. Our club runs May–December. See you on May 7th.

Information: Gary & Alice Bubel (585-538-9887)

Reported by: Gary and Alice Bubel

Cayuga Cut-Ups

Welcome spring—March, April & May, it may still be chilly outside but warm inside square dancing with your friends and family! We will be graduating dancers on May 2 and sharing Cinco de Mayo Mexican foods as our snacks!

The Cut-Ups are planning to revive a tradition from years ago at our 58th Anniversary Dance and Celebration—The Steak Roast. The Annual Cut-Ups Steak Roast will be our party plan this year: grilled steaks, baked potatoes, salads, desserts and dancing! What more do you need? Celebrate with us on May 11, 2019 at our home location, Auburn United Methodist Church, 5:00 eating, 6:30 dancing to the Hip Boot Boys and 9:30 campfire singing with our own Cut-Up members and smores of course! Hope you can come. RSVP to Linda English to reserve your steak, 315.689.1679

Keep Dancing

Information: Linda English (315-689-1679)

Reported by: Linda English

Champagne Whirl-A-Ways

Minors may attend at select dances! And only at Jim Gotta dances (see schedule). There may be a beginner’s tip just for them, if they wish to join the fun. Please call Diane ahead.

Saturday afternoon dances will be our mode through March. April 13 will be the resumption of our evening dance program. The exception being May 11, which will be from 2:30 to 5:00; another good chance to bring a child or youngster.

Spring outdoor aromas are nice for our dance hall. If you have available branches of balsam fir, or concolor fir, or red pine, bring some. I suggest not mixing them. Might be good to check ahead with Diane.

Our Facebook account is out of date presently. (cwasdfacebook@gmail.com) I will not get involved with Facebook. There is no one else capable of handling it at this time.

Outstanding snacks of all kinds are always an important part of Champagne Whirl-A-Ways dances. Take a break and eat! Dinner is close by too. Call Diane for a synopsis.

Dance colors might be nice for St. Patrick’s, followed by Think Spring. Crazy Tie Night is followed by the Daffodil dance; wear yellow. Mothers’ Day (I am open to suggestions). Patriots wear red, white, and blue. The last dance until fall is Hawaiian Night, and that is for the imagination.

Please travel to our various clubs and see new angels in disguise. After all, that is what square dancers are. Smile. You might be on camera.

Information: Diane Camp (607-776-4528), Jeanne Kashorek (607-583-2523); cwasdfacebook@gmail.com

Reported by: Art Diefenbach

Cloverleaf Squares

March will blow in with some great callers and cuers. Jim Gotta will be holding us together during the month but then Keith and Jeanne Harter will be hosting our 49th Anniversary and St. Patrick’s Dance on the 17th (this will be a class club dance). But, wait, hold on, Chuck Meyer will be cueing on the 3rd; Lisa Treichler will be cueing on the 10th; and Mark Thone will be returning for the last two weeks in the month.

We will be joining up with the Copy Cats and Village Squares square dance clubs to host our annual Tri-Club Dance at Archangel School on Chili Avenue. Out-of-town caller and cuer, Howie and Donna Williamson, will spice up one of Rochester area’s favorite dance of the year. It will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2019, so put it on your calendar. The following night, on our regular night, however, we will rest and have no dance. But we will have our class so come out and help us angel (Mike Callahan will be back).

Please check our website at “www.cloverleafsquares.com” for our full schedule, as well as flyers and details of all these upcoming fun events.

Information: Henry Capron (585-747-0180)

Reported by: Carl Webster, Corresponding Secretary

Copy Cats

It may be 20 degrees outside but the Copy Cats are hotter than ever. On December 15, we held our holiday dinner and dance. Our successful catered dinner consisted of chicken french, shaved roast beef, oven roasted potatoes, mixed veggies, salad and dinner rolls. Along with Copy Cats members, we had 63 guests for dinner! And when it came time for dancing, Mike Callahan serenaded 8–9 squares on the dance floor! We would like to thank the square dance community for all their support at this dance; it was truly a good time had by all. On January 5, Mike returned to the Copy Cats accompanied by Chuck Meyer (cuer). Again we had a stellar turnout; there were 7 squares on the floor that night. Our 23 kittens were all ready to show their stuff at the Snowflake ball but mother nature had other plans. A make-up dance is scheduled in July (Christmas in July themed!) with Ron calling. All kittens are welcome as this will be a class friendly dance. As a reminder, if a dance is canceled, we will notify all club presidents, a notice will go up on our website and the Promenader will be notified.

And wow just like that we are almost done with winter! But the dancing is nowhere near finished for the Copy Cats. We have three dances in March this year, two of which are themed. On March 16, we will be having a St Patrick’s day dance and potluck. Betsy Gotta will be calling and Roy Gotta will be cueing so be sure to come dressed in green with your favorite dish to pass. Dinner begins at 5:30 and dancing will follow from 7:00– 10:00. Maybe you will have some luck and win the 50/50 raffle. On March 30, we will be having our annual April Fool’s Day dance. Early rounds with Mark Thone begin at 7:00 and 2x2s with Gil Porter begin at 7:30. This dance will be class friendly with announced plus tips. And don’t worry, there are no pranks planned … or are there??

April will be a light month for the Copy Cats. We will have one dance on April 13; Eileen Webster will be cueing and Mike Callahan will be calling. Our light schedule was necessary due to scheduling around the Tri-Club Dance (April 6th) and Easter. All flyers for our dances can be found on the Copy cats website (https://copycatsdancing.wordpress.com/dance-schedule/) as well as on the Promenader website. We look forward to seeing you all at our upcoming dances and events.

Information: Donna or Rick LaDonna (585-633-2044)

Reported by: Kaitlyn Shirley

Dalton Gang

Hello, fellow square dancers; I hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday. Our club is slowly growing with new members and we’ve occasionally been having two squares, which we have not had in a long time. We are still looking for some new people and we are making plans for a Demo Dance in October out near Arkport. We are still working out the details. On June first, we are planning on doing an All-American Picnic dance with dinner from 3:00–6:00 at the Dalton Elementary School. We are hoping for good attendance. The next thing in our list of events is our ever-popular Pancake Dinner Dance on the 26th of March at the Cartwright’s Maple Tree inn in Angelica at 5:00. Our dance will be at the Dalton school following the dinner. For more info contact Jamond Billyard at 585-330-1128 or Donna Witman at 716-697-3005. We hope to see you there.

Information: Jamond Billyard (585-330-1128)

Reported by: Jamond Billyard and Donna Whitmer

Dancing Shadows

Dancing Shadows is a Square Dance Level Round Dance Club which will be meeting on Monday evenings from 8:00–10:00 starting on Monday March 25.

The first dance (3/25) will be a FREE Open House, so we hope you will come out and enjoy the evening with us. We will be dancing at the First United Methodist Church of Webster, 570 Ridge Road, West Webster. The program will consist of square-dance-level dancing and will include a teach part way through the evening that will help us work on all of our dance skills.

Dress is casual/comfortable.

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

Reported by: Mark & Marlene Thone

Grand Squares

It’s March! Can Spring be far behind? But don’t sit home waiting for Spring’s arrival. Come join us for a fun evening of dancing. We dance Thursdays March 7 with Jim Gotta and March 21 with Gil Porter. Mike is back for our final dances of the 2018–2019 season: April 11 and 25 and May 2.

We are grateful for the club members and guests that have filled our squares during the winter months and hope you will continue to join us.

We dance at Roth Junior High, 4000 East Henrietta Road, from 7:00–9:00.

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

Reported by: Carol Ann Stahl

Penn Yan Friendship Squares

Penn Yan Friendship Squares will host an afternoon plus level dance from 2:00–5:00 on Saturday March 2 with no early rounds. We will host plus level evening dances on Saturdays March 16 and April 20 and a Class/Club level dance on Saturday April 6. Evening dances feature early rounds from 7:00–7:30 and 2X2 from 7:30–10:00. See our schedule on this website for each dance’s theme and join us in Penn Yan. We’d love to see you!

Save the Date: Jack Pladdys will be our caller and Lisa and George Treichler will be cueing at our 2019 annual Watkins Weekend September 20, 21 and 22, 2019. Come down for the weekend, just for an evening or all day on Saturday. For more info contact Sue Irvine at 585-330-9129.

Information: Lise Rosenfield (585-245-3720)

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

Round Towners

Round Towners is an easy intermediate Round Dance Club, dancing a Phase III–IV level program. 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.

We meet on Thursday evenings from 8:00 to 10:00 at the First United Methodist Church of West Webster, which is located at 570 Ridge Road in West Webster.

We will resume dancing on Thursday, March 28, 2019. Looking forward to seeing you there.

NOTE: You may have noticed that we are bringing back our Easy Level/Phase II club, Dancing Shadows, starting on Monday night, March 25 from 8:00–10:00. That first dance will be a FREE Open House for everyone interested. Same West Webster address. Please consider joining us at the Open House—and tell all of your friends who are interested in dancing easy rounds to come and check it out as well!!

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

Reported by: Mark & Marlene Thone

Shamrock Squares

Shamrock Squares dances the Callerlab Advanced A-2 program on Tuesday evenings 6:45 to 8:30 at the Pieters Family Life Center, 1025 Commons Way, Rochester. We welcome all A-2 dancers to join us. For more information, please call.

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

Reported by: Dick & Irma Halstead

Shirts 'N' Skirts

Baby, it sure has been cold outside, but after one square dance set everyone is toasty warm & having a great time. We’re all looking forward to our St. Patrick’s Dance on March 15. We have an array of green snacks, and everyone wears green, even if you’re not Irish. Join us if you’re in the area.

Hopefully, by April, Spring is in the air, and we welcome back our “snow birds” with Pizza Night on the 12th. All are welcome.

During May, the warm nights return, and we celebrate with the first cookout of the season. Everyone brings a dish to pass & the club provides the meat and rolls. Come by and enjoy some good food & dancing.

We will all be busy getting ready for our big ALS Benefit Dance on June 1 with several guest callers & cuers, all day dancing squares & rounds, refreshments, basket raffles, 50/50 drawing—all for a good cause in memory of two of our own. Please, plan on joining us. We look forward to seeing everyone.

Caller: Dave Eno

Information: Paula Schumacher (315-635-0930)

Reported by: Patricia Whaley

Silver Squares

February

February 11 is our Valentine Dance. Come dressed in your favorite valentine outfit and enjoy dancing with new friends, old friends and loved ones. Come to Silver Squares and have a wonderful afternoon!!

February 18 is our President’s Day Dance! We invite all our friends from different clubs to join us. This dance is free to all Club Presidents!!

March

March 11 is our St. Patrick’s Day Dance. On this special occasion, we have a soup and salad luncheon at noon. Come at noon, bring a dish to pass if you like and enjoy the “wearing of the green!”

April

April 8 is the date of our Silent Auction!! Bring baked goods, like new gifts, special treasures, or service gift cards for silent bidding!! This is great fun for everyone to enjoy while we dance the afternoon away.

May

Our traditional Lilac Dance is May 13. We invite all to come and enjoy the food, decorations, and festivities!!

May 27 is Memorial Day. Remember there is No Dance Today!

Enjoy the day with you family and friends.

June

June 24 is our End of year Picnic. Lunch starts at noon and you are welcome to bring a dish to pass. Come and enjoy visiting with our dancing friends and looking at all the pictures from the past year. This is a special event that should not be missed!! We hope that many of our friends from other clubs will join us.

Information: Jean St. John (585-720-0777)

Reported by: Anne Granger

Southern Tier Wheelers

We are getting ready to kick off the camping season for 2019. Starting with our June weekend, we will be offering a special day rate of $10.00 per person for each Saturday that we camp. There will be a square dance workshop in the afternoon from 2:30–4:00 followed by a social hour. Dinner will be served at 5:00 with early rounds starting at 6:30. From 7:00–9:00 will be 2 x 2 squares/rounds. We offer an evening campfire for anyone who wants to stay a bit longer. All of the day’s activities are included in the $10.00 price—dancing, dinner and fellowship for a very reasonable fee. The dinners for June and September will be spaghetti and meatballs and for August we will be having a chicken BarBQ. Please be sure to check in the “Flyer” Section of the Promenader for information necessary to make reservations. RESERVATIONS FOR DINNERS ARE A MUST!

Betsy and Roy Gotta will be our caller and cuer in May with Howard and Donna Williamson the rest of the season. We certainly hope you will be able to join us this year. We have tried to arrange our schedule to make it more “Traveler-Friendly.” If you are coming from any distance and leave after the evening dance, you should still be home well before the witching hour. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will be happy to help.

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

Reported by: Bill & Pat Mosher

Village Squares

To catch the flavor of our dances, think of a dancer bouncing on a trampoline. Some dances (like bounces) simply affirm a tried and true balance. Some dances get a little fancy; a rare few have somersault, heels overhead.

Village Squares is normally a Wednesday evening club—that is to say, the club dances on Wednesday evenings more often than not. Our usual dance location is the United Church of Pittsford, 123 S. Main Street, Pittsford. Usually Gil Porter is our caller. Members provide snacks. Apparel is recommended for special dances, but never absolutely required. Finally, a new dance time from 7:00–9:30 has been adopted. When all the usual features of a dance are present, we call the dance a regular dance. In the special dances listed below, the regular dance features noted above are assumed unless otherwise noted.

Special dances in one way or another break the rules for regular dances. To get a summary of special dances, you should consult our SPECIAL DANCES FOR 2018–2019 flyer. Also, each of the special dances mentioned below has its own flyer.

We are not dancing the first Wednesday in March, March 6, Ash Wednesday.

The second Wednesday in March, March 13, is Pi(e) night, celebrating the calendar approximation of pi (3.1416 ad nauseam). Greg Marling will call this dance.

There is no dance Wednesday, March 20. This dance has been skidded over to Friday, March 22, which you may recognize as the Vernal Equinox. Black (signifying night) or White (signifying day) dance apparel is suggested. Note the dance time: from 7:30–10:00.

On Saturday, March 30, we plan to steal Copy Cats’ banner. An optional appendage to the banner steal is dinner at a nearby restaurant with Village Squares cohorts. To help with the head count required for a banner steal, speak to or phone one of the numbers at the end of this document.

Village Squares is joining Copy Cats and Cloverleaf Squares in the Tri-Club dance on Saturday, April 6. Early Rounds are offered from 7:00–7:30. Announced Mainstream and Plus tips and II–III Rounds are offered from 7:30 to 10:00. Howard Williamson is calling and Donna Williamson is cueing. The dance location is at the Archangel School, 2400 Chili Ave.

Wednesdays April 3 and April 10 are regular dances.

Wednesday April 17 is our Hobo Dance. Come and dance away the 1040 blues. Wear whatever you have left after taxes. Bill Ryan will call and cue.

There is no dance on Wednesday April 24. This dance has been skidded over to Friday April 26 and will have an International Night theme. We will have a live cuer—Lisa Treichler. Gil Porter is calling. Dancers are requested to bring their best foreign costume.

Wednesdays May 1 and 8 are regular dances, described above.

Wednesday May 15, 7:00–10:00 is a major event—Amateur Caller Talent Night. It isn’t every year that you get a chance to win a dangle or maybe even a frog! Furthermore, just let it be known in your club that you’ve thrown your hat into the ring and you will have a cheering section supporting your effort.

Wednesday May 22 is a regular dance.

Wednesday May 29, 7:00–9:30 is our annual Red, White, and Blue Dance. Your suggested apparel colors are red, white and/or blue. Admission is free for Mainstream Class of 2019 graduates. This is a class/club dance.

Wednesday June 5, 7:00–9:30 is our Trail’s End Ice Cream Social and our last dance (excluding the summer picnic) until Fall. This dance will alternate between Plus and Mainstream Squares, with Gil Porter calling.

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

Reported by: Carl & Susan Thomas (585-385-2155)

Waterwheel Squares

With our Fall class progressing nicely, Waterwheels has begun planning our first ever “spring class” open houses in an effort to recruit a second class of new dancers during the 2018–2019 dance year. These open houses are scheduled to be held on April 16 and 23. This will be a “first time ever” program for Waterwheels but we have high hopes of success. If any readers have suggestions please feel free to email me. Gary Etherton, at ge14094@gmail.com.

Also, please note that, from June through August we will be dancing every Tuesday night. We would love to have you stop by and join us!

Information: Kim Mansfield (716-228-2465); bigwigkim@aol.com

Reported by: Kim Mansfield