We currently have 16 clubs in the Federation: Batavia Silver Stars,
Boo Bull Squares and Rounds, Cayuga Cut-Ups, Cloverleaf Squares, Copy
Cats, Dalton Gang, Fun Bunch, Happy Squares, Pairs N Squares, Penn Yan
Friendship Squares, Shirts N Skirts (Fulton), Shamrock Squares, Silver
Squares, Southern Tier Wheelers, Village Squares and Waterwheel
Squares. We hope you take the opportunity to dance with our member
clubs this summer; there are many dancing opportunities.
We want to highlight some special dances coming up this summer:
Copy Cats Class Fund Raiser—All Singing Calls Dance with caller Ron
Brown on Saturday, June 1st, 2–4 pm in Penfield.
Fulton Shirts N Skirts are sponsoring the Elaine Eno Memorial Dance on
Saturday, June 8, from 1–8 pm in Fulton, NY. All proceeds will be
donated to the ALS Association.
Federation’s Free Friday Night Dance—Friday, June 21,
from 6:30–9:30 pm at Perinton Memorial VFW in Fairport.
The Cut-Ups 63rd Anniversary Steak Roast & Dance—Sunday,
August 18, from 12 noon to 4 pm in Vince’s Park Pavilion in
Seneca Falls. The Hip Boot Boys will be calling.
The Dalton Gang’s Second Annual CURE Dance for Childhood Cancer Awareness will be on
Saturday, August 24 from 1–5pm in Bliss, NY. All proceeds go
directly to CURE.
If you can’t attend the ALS or CURE Dance, please consider
donating to them. Our callers and cuers are volunteering their time to
these events. Please check the Promenader for more details on these
dances.
The Federation’s 64th Dance-O-Rama (DOR) was held on Saturday,
May 4, 2024, at the Perinton Rec Center. It was very successful, with
130 + in attendance. We all enjoyed dancing to callers Mike Callahan,
Jonathon Weiner, and cuer Alice Bubel. We were happy to recognize
20 of our 2024 graduates who attended DOR. This year our clubs’
classes have added 26 new dancers to our dancing community. The Daphne
-Norma Leadership Award, the highest honor awarded in our square dance
community, was presented to Linda and Glynn English, long-time members
of Cayuga Cut-Ups.
This year during the DOR 2024 program, the Federation recognized many
of our “behind the scenes” volunteers. This includes work
behind the scenes on the Promenader, the WNYF website, our insurance
coverage, our contracts and the DOR committee. Each volunteer was
given a “WNYF Thanks You” dangle. Again, we thank each of
our volunteers, whether you have been volunteering for many years or
this is your first year. Without the dedication and support of our
volunteers, we would not have the wonderful dancing opportunities we
enjoy in western New York. This year, the DOR basket raffle and 50/50
were very successful. We appreciate all the beautiful baskets the
member clubs donated to DOR 2024. Special thank you to everyone who
participated in DOR as volunteers, dancers, callers, cuers,
etc. Without everyone’s efforts, DOR would not happen.
Upcoming Summer Demo—more details coming, please save the date:
We hope to see you on the dance floor this summer!