Ontario Square and Round Dance Federation Newsletter – Fall 2017 Greetings to all! September will see most clubs starting dancing for the 2017-18 season. Some of you have been dancing during the summer at different places and making new square dance friends. This is one of the joys of square dancing – meeting like-minded people […]
Author: Dan Roy
Can The Federation Help YOU ?
Ontario Square and Round Dance Federation How the Federation can help You The aims and objectives of the Federation are outlined fully on the website: http://squaredance.on.ca. Highlighted here are some of the more tangible ways in which the Federation can offer support to clubs, leaders and dancers within Ontario. Various bursaries are available to help […]
Rounds and Squares at a Dance
Squares and Rounds at a Dance: It’s All in the Timing… Did you know that a typical square dance has the same number of tips, regardless of whether or not round dancing is offered? According to our callers, they need about seven or eight minutes to rest their voices between tips. Whether dancers use those […]
Squares vs Contras
Traditional contra dancing and modern western square dancing are both dynamite dance activities to get involved in. They each have their own flavor and cultural norms. Let’s look at similarities: Both dance forms have a caller who teaches and calls the dances. Both are community dances where you dance with many folks rather than with […]
2018 Fund Raiser Dance
The committee representing the 2018 Canadian Square and Round Dance convention, wish to thank all those that attended the 2018 Convention fund raiser in St. Agatha on October 2nd. It was truly inspiring and exciting to see all the support shown by the dancers and we know you are behind us all the way to […]