Dancing Opportunities
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PAWS & TAWS
SQUARE DANCE CLUB
Paws and Taws members and friends –
Join Paws and Taws this Friday, January 24 for our 4th Friday dance with Tony Simmons calling and Kristine Nelson cueing rounds. Early rounds 7:00pm, Mainstream with announced Plus and rounds between tips 7:30 to 9:30pm.
Upcoming Paws and Taws dances:
- Friday, January 24 – 4th Friday dance with Tony Simmons calling and Kristine Nelson cueing.
- Friday, February 14 – Valentine Dance with Tony Simmons calling and Kristine Nelson cueing.
- Friday, February 21 – 3rd Friday dance with Joe Arnold calling. No lines or rounds.
- Friday, February 28 – Mis-Match Dance with Joe Arnold calling and Kristine Nelson cueing. Mix and match your outfit – different shoes, plaids and stripes, anything and everything goes!
- Friday, March 14 - Pie Dance with Tony Simmons calling and Kristine Nelson cueing.
- Friday, March 21 – 3rd Friday dance with Patty Greene calling. No lines or rounds.
- Friday, March 28 – 4th Friday dance with Joe Arnold calling and Kristine Nelson cueing.
- Friday, April 11 – Special Dance with Tony Oxendine calling. No rounds.
- Friday, April 18 - no 3rd Friday dance (Good Friday).
- Friday, April 25 – no 4th Friday dance, see you at the South Carolina Convention in Rock Hill!
For 3rd Friday dances, there will be a Mainstream workshop 7:00 to 7:25pm with no break, Mainstream tips from 7:30 to 8:30, and Plus tips 8:30 to 9:30. The format of these dances will be a focus on providing floor time for both new Mainstream and Plus dancers.
Like us on Facebook! Check out Paws and Taws page for details of our upcoming dances, other dances of note in the area, pictures, and other content.
Go to https://sites.google.com/site/pawsandtaws/Home/dancing-opportunities for three separate online Google Calendars for Upstate South Carolina, Northeast Georgia, and Western North Carolina. As always, updates and corrections are appreciated; and with the new year, calendars of club dances in any format (online, e-mail attachment, etc.) are needed.
Hope to see you on the floor with us in Seneca!
Visit us on the Web at
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Alan Thomson,
Paws and Taws Secretary
Subject: Circle 8's new info
New location (started January 2025)
Grant Center, 285 Livingston St, Asheville, NC 28801
Schedule updates
No more Thursday Advanced dances. Those have been combined with Tuesday dancing.
Weekly Tuesday dances still 7-8:45pm. Dancing is usually PLUS with some Advanced thrown in for either teaching or dancing, depending on who is there.
No dances on two upcoming Tuesdays (January 21 and 28), as Marty & Shannon are traveling.
Georgia State Square Dance Association Winter Dance: Saturday, January 25 at North Henry Baptist Church, 1093 Flat Rock Rd, Stockbridge, GA with Dave Veira calling, Michele Vieira cueing. Flyer in the details on the Northeast Georgia Google calendar.
Landmark Hall 5th Friday Spectacular – Three Guys and a Mic National Backwards Day Dance: Friday, January 31 at Landmark Hall, Taylors, SC, with Danny Thomas, Tony Simmons, and Joe Arnold calling. Flyer in the event details on the Upstate South Carolina Google calendar
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Lakeshore Squares Ladies and Gents, Start Your Engines Dance: Saturday, February 1 at First Presbyterian Church, Gainesville, GA, with Jack Pladdys (from Ohio) calling.
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4 Plus Regular Dance: Sunday, February 2 at Landmark Hall, Taylors, SC, with Joe Arnold calling.
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Pacesetters Sadie Hawkins Dance: Monday, February 10 at Central Presbyterian Church, Anderson, SC, with Charlie Petrea calling and Mike McDonald cueing. Flyer in the event details on the Upstate South Carolina Google calendar.
4 Plus Regular Dance: Sunday, February 16 at Landmark Hall, Taylors, SC, with Patty Greene calling.
High Mountain Squares Heart to Heart Benefit Dance: Sunday, February 16 at the Robert C. Carpenter Community Building, 441-S, Franklin, NC to benefit Helene flood victims and club members Doug and Jerie Stoddard. Mike Cox, Randy Ramsey, and Richard Smith calling, Mike Cox cueing. Flyer in the event details of the Western North Carolina calendar.
(note to those coming from South Carolina using US 76 from Westminster to Clayton, GA – the bridge over the Chauga River is closed. There is an unmarked local detour on Cobb Bridge Road, easy to follow once you are on it since the entire route was repaved to accommodate the increased traffic. The posted detour is much longer, taking you all the way to the Geogia line before turning north.)
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Spartan Spinners Hobo Benefit Dance: Saturday, March 1 at Holy Communion Lutheran Church, Spartanburg, SC, with Tom Pustinger calling and Dean Kinion cueing. Flyer in the details on the Upstate South Carolina Google calendar. Bring a can of any vegetable to add to the Hobo Stew that will be served. Cash donations or packaged individual food items (see back of flyer for suggestions) accepted for weekend lunch program.
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4 Plus Regular Dance: Sunday, March 2 at Landmark Hall, Taylors, SC, with Tony Oxendine calling.
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Pacesetters We Love to Dance Benefit: Monday, March 3 at Central Presbyterian Church, Anderson, SC, with Mike Cox calling and Mike McDonald cueing, benefiting Central Presbyterian Church.
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4 Plus Regular Dance: Sunday, March 16 at Landmark Hall, Taylors, SC, with Mike Cox calling.
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South Carolina Federation Meeting and Dance: Saturday, March 29 at The Barn, Springdale (West Columbia) SC. Flyer in the event details on the Upstate South Carolina Google calendar.
