Batavia Silver Stars

We dance Mainstream, Plus and Rounds in a 2x2 format on Monday evenings in Batavia, at the VA Medical Center, 222 Richmond Avenue, Building #4 (upstairs), Batavia, NY, starting at 7:00pm.

Our Callers are Gary and Alice Bubel, and Denny Frey

Information: Lucy Pietrzykowski (luciapietrzykowski@gmail.com)

Reported by: Lucy Pietrzykowski (luciapietrzykowski@gmail.com)

Boo Bull Rounds

We began our round dancing on Wednesday, May 15. We dance Phases 2 & 3 at the Henrietta Fire Hall from 3:30 to 5:00 on Wednesday afternoons. We are always open to reviewing and showing steps that you might be having trouble with. Please join us some afternoon.

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

Reported by: Gary and Alice Bubel

Boo Bull Squares

Our Tuesday night workshop returned on May 14. We dance 7:00–9:00 and review all basic and mainstream calls as needed and teach plus movements. This is a perfect night for our new graduates to continue dancing throughout the summer. It is also a great time for anyone who wants to brush up on their dancing. We are willing to review any call that you want, just ask! We have a lot of fun reviewing calls and dancing. Again, we welcome anyone who wants to review and brush up on their dancing and have a fun time doing it!!

We are now teaching Advance dancing on Wednesday nights 6:30–8:30. If you are not sure if you are ready to dance this level, just come and give it a try, you might be surprised! Please feel free to come and angel for the teach, or to brush up on your dancing. Our new dancers to this level appreciate your help and encouragement!

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

Reported by: Gary and Alice Bubel

Boo Bull Squares & Rounds

Our club dances on Friday afternoon 1:00–3:00. We dance both mainstream and plus with rounds between tips. We would love to have you come and dance with our club. We are a friendly, fun loving and welcoming club. Please join us some Friday afternoon—you won’t be disappointed!! As an added bonus, some of the group goes out for an early dinner, often at the LeRoy No Finer Diner and the good times continue!!

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

Reported by: Gary and Alice Bubel

Cayuga Cut-Ups

We can’t wait for Summer Dancing, lots of choices with the Cut-Ups! June, July, September and August we move to our outdoor Bailiwick’s Gazebo. Bailiwick’s Market & Cafe on Route 5 in Elbridge is a great location to enjoy the summer weather, dinner, dancing & homemade ice cream for dessert! Gotta love that combo! We dance Thursday nights from 6:00–8:30. This year we are advertising our dance to the public starting at 7:30. We want to encourage folks to come and experience Square Dancing with us. We will offer Mainstream and Plus dancing from 6:00–7:30 and if we have public dancers we will move to demo/instruction for the rest of the evening. We want to increase our visibility in the area and welcome singles and families to give us a try!

Our 63rd Anniversary Party & Steak Roast is August 18 at Vince’s Park, Seneca Falls, Route 318. Pre-orders for Steak dinners can be sent to Linda English, 3524 Clinton Rd, Jordan, NY 13080 (Checks to Cayuga Cut-Ups). Steak dinner starts at Noon, dancing starts at 1:00 until 4:00 with the Hip Boot Boys calling and entertaining. We are excited to offer a Luau Themed event, Hawaiian shirts, leis, pineapple punch and lots of photo opportunities with great friends. Please plan to attend, this is our only fundraiser for the club, cost is $25/dancer for Steak & Dance, walk-ins $10.00/dancer for the dance only.

PS-we will start Banner Stealing soon, look out, here we come! Keep dancing.

Information: Linda English (315-689-1679)

Reported by: Linda English, Club Secretary

Champagne Whirl-A-Ways

We traditionally dance at 7:00 on Saturday evenings at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 122 Liberty Street, Bath, NY.

Look for us on Facebook as “Champagne Whirl-A-Ways Square Dance Club.”

We are currently on an indefinite pause while we regroup following the COVID interruption and the passing of our traditional caller, the late Mike Herne.

Information: Diane Camp (607-776-4528)

Reported by: Art Diefenbach

Cloverleaf Squares

We were delighted to have six dancers finish our Mainstream class and join the club. Many took the opportunity to dance at other locations, strengthening their skills and enjoyment of square dancing. View our Facebook page for pictures of their graduation.

Another round dance class has begun at the Henrietta Fire Hall. The waltz rhythm is a very popular dance. It has many of the figures found in the foxtrot rhythm, which is found at the phase III level. Mark Thone started us off, and Alice Bubel will continue through the rest of the summer.

We have guest caller and cuer, Betsy and Roy Gotta, coming to us on August 4, from New Jersey. No one should miss dances where they are calling and cueing. Both are very experienced and enjoyable. When we return to Chili next fall on September 8, we will have our Ice Cream Social (leave room for dancing).

But our most important event will be our Open House on September 15 in Chili. Bring your friends, relatives, neighbors, co-workers, or the guy down the block. Show them a good time, and watch their faces beam.

We will not be dancing on Father’s Day, June 16, or Labor Day, September 1.

Information: (585-987-5972) or (https://www.cloverleafsquares.org)

Reported by: Carl Webster, Corresponding Secretary

Copy Cats

Through the winter, our Copy Kittens continued to lap up all the new calls that our teacher and caller Ron Brown offered. On April 16 our twelve Copy Kittens became the graduating class of 2024. During the graduation ceremony, special ‘Thanks’ were extended to the 15 angels who danced with the Kittens over 10 or more weeks. Eleven of the Kittens have already joined the club for the 2024–25 year.

Through the winter, our Copy Cat members were to be found hosting dances and leaving home turf to dance with other clubs. Copy Cats stole the Cloverleaf banner as well as earned back their banners from both Batavia Silver Stars and Silver Squares.

As spring settles in, our recent graduates and members alike are looking forward to dancing at DOR on May 4; then gathering on May 18 for our club’s Trail’s End Picnic and Dance with Jim Gotta calling. At this event we will be thanking outgoing board members Debbie and Paul VanGraafeiland as well as welcoming new board members Pete Mills and Phyllis and Charlie Smeltzer. Our Presidents Bonnie Allen and Dick Wesner will be announcing special ‘Thanks’ and awards as well.

The club is very grateful to our teacher and caller Ron Brown for donating his calling skills at the Copy Cats Fundraiser Dance (100% Singing Calls) on June 1 from 2:00–4:00 at the First Baptist Church of Penfield. A donation of $7.00 per person is requested. This benefit dance is to offset some of the costs to the club for the Kitten Class of 2023–2024.

Copy Cats are looking for a new den for our Copy Kitten’s class next year. So stay tuned to see where our Copy Kittens will be leaning to dance, having fun and strutting their stuff.

Copy Cats takes a break hosting dances over the summer but will gather for a club picnic and dance on August 13 to begin looking forward to a new season of hosting dances! First dance is the Rusty Hinge Dance, September 7 at 7:00 at the First Baptist Church of Penfield.

Please note a new format for Copy Cat dances: there will be a tip of Mainstream, 1 round dance, a tip of Plus, 1 round dance then repeated with a tip of Mainstream, 1 round dance. We hope this format encourages everyone to attend our dances: new graduates, rusty, and not so rusty experienced dancers as well as round dancers!

Email: copy.cats@live.com

Information: Information: Bonnie Allen and Dick Wesner (bfallen3@aol.com phone 585-633-2044)

Reported by: Lynn and Don Lucas

Dalton Gang

Our club is always welcoming, and having a good time is our nature. We are on our summer break right now but come next fall we’ll be dancing in Castile every Tuesday.

We held a benefit dance for C U R E in August last year, and many of you joined us. Thank you for the support! We plan to do this every year, since it is such a great and worthy cause.

We’re repeating this benefit dance again on August 24, 2024, so please come help us support this oh so worthy cause. See our listing in the schedule pages and take a look at our flyer.

Information: Jamond Billyard (jamondbillyard@yahoo.com)

Reported by: Nancy L. Mirabal

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.

We have not yet settled on a new dance location, so stay tuned for day, time and place.

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

Reported by: Marlene & Mark Thone

Fun Bunch

We’re a fun square dance club in Auburn, NY. Please visit our Facebook page: TheFunBunchSquareDanceClub.

We are currently on an indefinite pause while we regroup following the COVID interruption.

Information: Daniel Dobrovosky (mddobrovosky@verizon.net)

Reported by: Elisa Keating (elisakeating1@gmail.com)

Pairs N Squares

The Pairs N Squares are now dancing all summer! As the only Central Syracuse club, we invite you to dance with us! We dance Mainstream and Plus Learning on Monday nights from 6:30–8:30 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 210 Hazel Street, Liverpool, NY. We can’t wait to see you!

Information: Betty Green (bettygreenjafra82@gmail.com) (315-209-0541)

Reported by: Betty Green

Penn Yan Friendship Squares

Penn Yan Friendship Squares will hold workshops on Wednesdays, June 5 and June 12, at the First Baptist Church of Penn Yan, 224 Main Street in Penn Yan, from 6:30 until 9:00 p.m. All workshops (including July, August and September) start with class level dancing at 6:30 and club level dancing later. The cost for each workshop is $6.00 per dancer.

We will hold workshops on Thursdays July 11, 18, and 25, and August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29 at the First Baptist Church of Penn Yan, 224 Main Street in Penn Yan, from 6:30 until 9:00 p.m.

We will hold workshops on Wednesdays again in September, on the 11th, 18th, and 25th. Starting with these workshops in September, we’ll dance at the Penn Yan Grange at 402 Elm Street in Penn Yan from 6:30 until 9:00 p.m.

We will be hosting the Watkins Glen Weekend from September 20–24, 2024 at Clute Park Community Center in Watkins Glen. Jack Pladdys from Indian Springs, OH will be the caller & Steve and Irene Bradt from Easton, PA will be cuing. See our flyer on this site, and please mark your calendars to come down for the weekend or just an evening or all day on Saturday. For more info contact Sue Irvine at 585-330-9129 or her email at irvinesuej@gmail.com

Stay well, and we hope to see you!

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, 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 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 2:00–4:00 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 (585-406-8797)

Reported by: Mike Callahan

Shirts 'N' Skirts

Warmer weather has arrived. The Shirts ‘N‘ Skirts will be dancing in air-conditioned comfort throughout the summer. We look forward to guests joining us!

On June 8, we will be hosting the ALS benefit dance from 1:00–8:00. During the dinner break there will be A2 and C1 dancing. Please come join for a good dance and help raise money for the ALS foundation.

June 21, will be our class graduation and strawberry social. July 19, will be the ice cream social.

Hope to see many of you on the dance floor!

Caller: Dave Eno

Information: Jerri Saintey (jsaintey@verizon.net) (315-546-3651)

Reported by: Jerri Saintey

Silver Squares

If you are looking for something to do on a Monday afternoon, come over and dance at Silver Squares! We dance almost every Monday (Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall) from 1:00–3:00; and dance Mainstream, Plus, and Rounds. We are located in the Greece United Methodist Church at 1924 Maiden Lane in Rochester, NY 14626. The cost is $5.00 per person. We welcome anyone who would like to join us. There is no better place to be on a Monday afternoon for dancing, fun, laughter, and friendship.

Our theme parties continue to be extremely successful. We continue to have four squares weekly and sometimes even five squares. Looking back at our dances, we had a lot of fun. Valentine’s Day is always a very special dance at Silver Squares. Groups of friends gathered under out huge heart and had their pictures taken. Denny Frey came to our rescue when we were in need of a caller on short notice. He came with his vinyl records and vintage songs, and he was a hit!! Joann Baxter was dressed in her patriotic best for President’s day and on St. Patrick’s Day we combined five squares of dancers, a pie party and Copy Cats came to steal their banner back!

Banner stealing is getting to be a “thing” between Copy Cats and Silver Squares. Silver Squares has stolen the Copy Cats banner three times and they have taken it back twice! The Copy Cats banner is now residing at Silver Squares until its return to Copy Cats. We are having lots of fun!!

We look forward to the rest of our dance schedule for Spring and Summer:

June 10: Flag Day Dance

June 24: Annual Picnic at NOON, Dance at 1:00PM

July 1: Chocolate Day Dance

July 15: Ice Cream Social

July 29: Pie Party Dance

August 5: Apron Day Dance

August 19: Root Beer Floats

September 16: Fall Festival—FREE Fun, FREE Dance, and FREE Pizza

Our committee has worked hard to put together a calendar full of fun, laughter, and lots of dancing! Make sure you check out the Promenader for any upcoming event details or any changes. Please look under Ads and Flyers and you will find the 2024–2025 calendar with individual flyers for each special dance. We have two theme parties a month along with our regular fun dances, so there is a lot of opportunity to dance. Just remember that we dance weekly so dust off your dancing shoes and come over to Silver Squares. Come join us anytime! Dance in a Square and Make a Circle of Friends

Information: Don Naulin (naulin@netzero.net) (585-200-0464)/ Anne Granger

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

Southern Tier Wheelers

We dance once a month May thru October at the CampBell Campground, 8700 State Route 415, Campbell, NY. Most dancers camp for the weekend, but walk-ins are welcome at our dances. We dance at the Mainstream/Plus level with rounds in between each tip. However, our callers are very good at calling to the floor.

Our posted Schedule Flyer gives details. Note that we now have our dances in the afternoon to better accommodate dancers who are willing to travel. Please call 607-857-1553 (Pat) or 607-739-3299 (Bill) to verify that we are dancing on that date.

See our posted dance flyers (in season) for dance details, and see the CampBell website (https://campbellcampground.com) for campground information and local area attractions.

Don’t have a camper???? Not a problem. Give Ed a call at CampBell Campground (607-527-3301). They have campers and cabins available to rent. Be sure to mention that you are coming to join us and they will give you a special rate. If you just want to come for an evening dance, consider staying for a while after dancing and join us at the campfire. There is always lots of laughter shared while keeping warm. There are also several nice hotels in the area if that is the style of “camping” that you prefer.

We now welcome all dancers to join our club—campers or not! So, please consider becoming a member and save on the cost of the weekend.

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

Reported by: Bill & Pat Mosher

Village Squares

The Village Squares are hibernating for now, having been decimated over the past few years by COVID and attrition. A few of us are gathering Wednesday evenings on Zoom, to stay in touch while we wait for lightning to strike—bringing the spark of life into the club and making a return to dancing possible.

Information: Peter Emmel (585-732-1004)

Reported by: Peter Emmel (p.emmel47@gmail.com)

Waterwheel Squares

Waterwheels dance 2 by 2’s on Monday nights (see schedule section for location) from 6:30–8:30. Our hall has an elevator to whisk you to our second floor that has a great wooden dance floor. Please come and join the fun!

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

Reported by: Gary Etherton