A–Listers

Welcome to the first edition of the A–Lister’s club news. Friday night sessions were started as simply the most convenient night to teach A1/A2 to potential Shamrock Square dancers. Since it wasn’t a “club”, the moniker of Happy Squares was reused for Federation membership and insurance purposes. Several of the dancers have requested that Friday nights continue so we’re turning it into a club and the newly adopted club name is A–Listers. The intention is to go year round, but with the Federation summer dances on Friday nights, and with holiday and summer trips, we will not dance several nights during the summer so we’ll keep the schedule page as up to date as we can.

If you believe you are a solid Plus dancer and have interest in some more mental challenge that square dancing offers, see Jim Gotta about getting on the list for A1/A2 lessons.

Batavia Silver Stars

Nice weather is fast approaching. Our round dance class will be held June through November and start at 6:30 PM, 30 minutes before our regular weekly square dance. Cost for the round dance lesson is $2. We will continue with our main stream dance with plus teach all summer. Our very popular free Name Tag Dance will be held August 18, 2025. All levels welcome. It’s a free to those who bring their name tag. We will hold open house in September with classes to follow. We will keep you posted on the details. See you on the floor!

Cayuga Cut-Ups

Welcome summer 2025, moving to Tuesday nights the Cut-Ups are dancing at Bailiwick’s gazebo for June, July & August! We love dancing at Bailiwick's Market & Cafe, Rt 5, Elbridge. We will be dancing (Mainstream/Plus) from 6-7:30PM; then 7:30-8:30pm for Community Dance encouraging folks nearby to dance with us, as a demo with participation! Bailiwick’s has become very popular since we started dancing there during covid, the food is great, a charming barnlike facility run by an amazing local farm family. They also promote local items for sale--soaps, ice cream, quilts, pottery and jewelry. Never pass on the opportunity to eat dinner there with homemade ice cream after the dance!

Saturday, August 9th, please plan to attend our Annual Anniverary Steak Roast & Square Dance, we are celebrating 64 years of dancing in Cayuga County. We will dance at Vince’s Park building, Seneca Falls, it is air-conditioned with plenty of room to spread out. Ron Brown, Gary Bubel and Alice Bubel will be calling and cueing with a Western Theme this year. Grab your boots and hats for a Mainstream/Plus dance! We eat from Noon til 1pm; dancing from 1-4pm. Walkins pay $10/dancer for the dance; reservations for the Steak Roast and dance is $25/dancer. For Reservations send a check to the Cayuga Cut-Ups at Linda English, 3524 Clinton Rd, Jordan, NY 13080. Steak is too expensive to have leftovers! Looking forward to a great summer, keep dancing.

Copy Cats

Copy Cats finished the 2024-25 Season with many good memories. Looking at the past year Copy Cats graduated 22 “kittens” and 19 have already joined for the coming year’s program. The Trail’s End Picnic took place on Saturday, May 17th from 3-8 p.m. with Jim Gotta calling. Our Summer Picnic is scheduled for Tuesday, August 5th from 3-8 pm. with Jim Gotta calling. It will be held at Perinton Park in Fairport NY.

2025-26 Copy Cat club Officers have been elected and were installed into office at the Trails End Picnic. The new officers are:

• Presidents: Lynn and Don Lucas
• Vice President: George Bauerschmidt
• Secretary: Laurie Collins
• Treasurer: Paul Goyette
• Class Coordinators: Debbie and Jeff Blood
• Hospitality: Jim Schaefer
• Federation Rep.: Charlie Smeltzer
• Past Presidents: Bonnie Allen and Dick Wesner

To get our dance season off to a start we begin with the Back on Track dance on Saturday, September 6th, followed by a Disney Night theme dance on Saturday, September 20th.

We look forward to another fantastic year with many new kittens joining our classes. To get things rolling we have two Open Houses scheduled on September 17th and 24th from 7-9 pm at the Penfield Community Center, 1985 Baird Rd. The Open Houses will be followed by two Start-up lessons from 7-9 pm on October 1st and 8th. Then the serious kittens will sign up for the first session of lessons from October 15, 2025 through January 28, 2026. Our last class session will run from February 4th through April 8th of next year. We look forward to another great group of new dancers joining our family.

There are several dance opportunities in the area during the summer to continue having fun and enjoyment. Check them out on the WNYF website. We look forward to seeing you in September!

Penn Yan Friendship Squares

Penn Yan Friendship Squares holds workshops on Wednesdays in the fall and winter at the Penn Yan Grange Hall, 402 Elm Street in Penn Yan, 6:30-9:00. All workshops start with class-level dancing at 6:30 and club-level dancing later. The cost for workshops is $6.00 per dancer. In the Spring of 2025, the Penn Yan Friendship Squares will hold two dances (check flyers for details): Saturday, April12, “Welcoming Spring” and Saturday, May 10, “Warming Up To Summer”.

Shirts 'N' Skirts

As I’m writing this article we are preparing for the annual ALS Dance on Saturday June 7 from 1 - 8 p.m. We hope you will all come out for a day of fun and benefit for ALS Association.

Our class will be graduating in June. They have done a fantastic job learning the fun of square dancing. July 18th is the ice cream social and August 15 will be our Hawaiian theme. Come join us any Friday evening from 7 - 9.