Batavia Silver Stars

The Batavia Silver Stars are saddened with the passing of our long-time caller, Bill Ryan, September 28, 2020, from health complications. Bill and Nancy Fincher started the Batavia Silver Stars in the mid 1980s and we have been an active square dancing club since that time. Although Bill took a hiatus for a while, he has been our caller for many years. He and Nancy started the Leprechaun Twirl, a special St. Patrick’s Dance, at a local Batavia church. One such dance an uninvited guest appeared—a bat few around in the church hall making quite a stir! Bill always provided us with a special blessing before partaking of our annual Christmas Dinner Dance. We all will miss our Monday nights with Bill. Rest in Peace, dear Bill. With the current COVID virus raging, our club is not currently dancing.

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Reported by: Carol Brown

Belles 'N' Beaus

Dancing is still suspended until further notice. The situation will be reviewed again in January. Please watch for announcements in the “Breaking News” section on the home page. See the article on our Christmas Fund Raiser in the Photos & Features section.

Belles N Beaus are holding Monday evening joint Zoom gatherings with Silver Squares—a great way to keep connected!

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

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

Boo Bull Squares

Boo Bull Advanced Dancing

Boo Bull DBD

Boo Bull Rounds

Boo Bull Squares

Hi Everyone. We are combining the news of our three clubs into one. As with most clubs, we are not dancing. The halls we use are still not open to us. We are hopeful that we will be able to resume our dancing in May with our usual programs.

We miss all of our square and round dance friends and hope everyone is staying safe. We have not had any get-togethers with our dancers but we do stay in touch by phone, text and email.

We will be going to Florida sometime in December as we have a new grandbaby coming in January.

Have a wonderful holiday season this year and pray we will all be back together again in the New Year.

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

Reported by: Alice & Gary Bubel

Cayuga Cut-Ups

The Cayuga Cut-Ups are dancing Sundays, 2–4:30pm, at Weedsport United Methodist Church, 2477 East Brutus St, Weedsport, NY 13166. However, due to COVID-19, we are only dancing with current membership. Mostly one set of Mainstream level and then a set of Plus level, so everyone can dance! We are careful to keep masks on and use hand sanitizer after each set.

Everything is tentative and we do not have concrete plans for the future; it seems we are thinking week to week. Normally, we would have a year’s schedule set before now. Hope all is well with our Federation friends and hope to get back to regular dancing soon, God bless.

Information: Linda English (315-689-1679)

Reported by: Linda English

Cloverleaf Squares

We are still not dancing but we are keeping our eyes and ears open and are ready to begin when it is safe. We are also participating with the Rochester Federation online meetings including the “Return to Dance” taskforce. Some of us have been online to watch or dance with virtual callers. We are looking forward to the Rochester Area Federation’s Virtual Fun Square Dance, Friday, December 4, 2020 at 7 pm.

Happy holidays to all.

Information: Henry Capron (585-747-0180)

Reported by: Carl Webster, Corresponding Secretary

Dancing Shadows

Dancing Shadows is an Easy Level (Phase II–III) Round Dance Club which meets on Monday evenings from 8:00 – 10:00. 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.

Dancing Shadows is not dancing currently. We will resume once dancing is deemed safe.

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

Reported by: Marlene & Mark Thone

Grand Squares

A masked greeting to all in the Square Dance community. Some of Grand Squares’ members got together for an impromptu outdoor visit at the end of September. Those who were unable to attend in person relayed that they were well and dealing with the pandemic as best they could. Since then, I am assuming no news is good news. We are all looking forward to the day when we can get together to dance with increased safety. And we are still hoping we can gather to celebrate Grand Squares’ 60th Anniversary in late spring.

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

Reported by: Carol Ann Stahl

Penn Yan Friendship Squares

Penn Yan Friendship Squares gathered for a socially distant picnic on August 2 and voted to cancel our dances and workshops through December of 2020 and also our dances in January and February of 2021. Our club will meet again in December to revisit when to start holding dances and workshops in Penn Yan. We will sure miss seeing and dancing with everyone this fall.

We are planning to hold our Watkins Weekend on September 17 to 19, 2021 so mark your calendar! Sam Dunn will be our caller and Lisa Treichler will be cueing. Those that signed up for this year and chose to roll it over to 2021 are all set. Mark your calendars and come down for the weekend, or just for an evening, or all day on Saturday. For more information contact Sue Irvine at 585-330-9129 or email irvinesuej@gmail.com. Meanwhile, stay well!

Information: LiseRosenfield (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, on Thursday evenings from 8:00 – 10:00. 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 Towners is not dancing currently. We will resume once dancing is deemed safe.

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 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.

Shamrock Squares is not dancing currently. We will resume once dancing is deemed safe. For more information, please call.

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

Reported by: Mike Callahan

Silver Squares

Winter 2020 Club News from Silver Squares

The COVID 19 virus continues to change our lives in so many different ways. We all know the negative impact on our lives, but there are a few positives. We get to talk more with each other through our weekly walks and zoom calls. We get to know about each other’s families, about children and grandchildren and the people that mean the most to us. Making this weekly connection has been fun and a source of normalcy.

Silver Squares and Belles and Beaus continues to offer an option for a weekly zoom call. We invite any member from any club to join us. If you are interested, please call or text Anne Granger at 585-317-6442 or email me at sunnyweather7@rochester.rr.com so I can add you to the zoom call.

We meet every Monday at 6:30. If you need help setting up the zoom call, please call me (Anne Granger) and I will be happy to help you.

We also continue to have a weekly walk. Sue Eddy schedules and organizes a walk for each Tuesday at approximately 1:00pm. Call Sue at 585-227-6908 to see where each walk will be!

We continue to work hard at putting things in place for when we can dance again. Many steps have been put in place for when we can start but until the Covid-19 cases start to decline, they are on hold.

We wish everyone a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving, a Wonderful Christmas, and a New Year where we can all dance together. Blessings to all!

Information: Sue Sepkowski (esepkowski@rochester.rr.com) (585-225-7122)

Reported by: Anne Granger

Village Squares

It’s December and two things are pretty clear as we head in to 2021: one, Covid is still around; and two, square dancing is not. Never mind the dilemma of social distancing while squaring thru or promenading, most schools and churches are not yet allowing outside activities at their venue.

We’re starting to look wistfully back to the choreomania or uncontrolled dancing of the middle ages. This dance disorder involved groups of people dancing erratically, sometimes thousands at a time. At the time it was attributed to evil spirits or explained by mass hysteria, but dancing is innately contagious and I sure wish we could be infected with a bit of dancing right now.

Village Squares have been Zooming together Wednesday evenings to connect while we’re forced to be apart. We’re going to miss seeing everyone on New Year’s Eve when we traditionally welcomed in the New Year with the Hip Boot Boyz at St. Thomas Episcopal Church.

This year especially, the Village Squares can’t wait to write off 2020 and welcome 2021.

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

Reported by: Sally Emmel