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Mr. and Mrs. Don Gard, members of the Huron -Bruce Swingers square dancing club, per-
form a popular' dance called "Round Dancing” during one of the club's weekly dance ses-
sions at Brookside Public School. A total of '42 people from the area belong to the club
which was formed in 1969. (Alan Rivett photo)
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Square dancing interests young and old.
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have beep enjoying square dancing. Ac-
cording to Murray McGill of Goderich, the
.current president of the 42 -member club,
the. club was started in 1969 after four or
five couple who had been driving to
Hanover to square dance decided to start a
club in this area. The club started in
Lucknow at the public school and has since
switched to Brookside school where it has
grew to its present size.
"It just grew from there. Certainly there
has been some turnover with some of the
members moving away. But, there has
been lots of new interest and young and old
can do it," said Mr. McGill.
He said the members come from all over
Huron and Bruce Counties, with most of
the 42 members situated in West
Wawanosh and Ashfield Townships, with
some members from Goderich and also
from Huron Township in Bruce County.
Still popular
Why is square dancing still as popular
today as it was in the 1800's? Mr. McGill
explains it's a form of recreation couples
can do together, and it's offers good exer-
cise. But, mainly, it's just plain fun.
"It's fun, it's good exercise, and it's also
a great social activity. You meet all kinds
of people. You're also so busy having a
good time, you forget all your problems,"
says Mrs. Lois McGill, also a member of
the club.
With the large number of calls which can
be incorporated into a square dance, 69
basic calls to be exact, you would think it
would be difficult to learn the art of square
dancing? Not so, says Mr. Lockrey.
"If you can walk, you can square
dance," he claims. "All you have to learn
is how to move left or right. Some people
says they
can'tsquarea dance because they
have two left feet. In fact, they're the
easiest ones to teach".
Square dancing is something you "learn
.by doing", says Mr. Lockrey. To start, the
caner win work with two to three basic
square dancing calls and continue to build
from there.
"It may only take about 40 nights of dan-
cing before you can learn the 69 basics.
The average couple will start to feel com-
fortable with square dancing in about 20
minutes. It starts basic and progresses
from there.
"They feel a sense of accomplishment
once they learn they can square dance. It's
the fear of the unknown which keeps peo-
ple from square dancing," he said.
While square dancing has a long history,
it has changed over the year, says Mr.
Lockrey. In the past, one couple in the
square would do one pattern while the
other three couples would do the same
move and there was also a limited number
of calls. In the modern version of square
dancing, there is far lessrepetition with all
four couples doing a different pattern than
the rest of the couples in the square.
However, Mr." Lockrey says there is a
certain stigma attached to square danc-
ing. "It's not jumping around to fiddle
tunes." In fact, many of the top country
and western songs and pop songs now can
be adapted for use in square dancing.
"We've got to get away from that image.
If I had known what square dancing was
really all about, I would have started 20
years ago," said Mr. Lockrey who has
been calling square dances since 1978.
The Huron -Bruce Swingers also have an
hour of "Round Dancing" before the start
of their Thursday night square dancing
session. The round dances are called by
Cecille Lockrey. She explained that for
round dancing the couples form one big
circle and dance as partners. The couples
are cued as ,to movement as they move in
the circle.
The Huron -Bruce SWingers start their
square dancing program in October and go
until November. There is square dancing
during the summer, two weeks per month
during May, June July and August.
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