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THE ROTARY CLUB of Goderich PAPER
DRIVE is Saturday, June 7th. Dates for the
rest of the year are August 16th and October
18th, Please have your papers securely
bundled and at the curb before 10 a.m. If you
will save your papers for the Rotary, your
contribution to cottununity projects' will be
much greater. Please place books for the
,,Rotary Book Sale I in separate boxes.
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THE HURON COUNTY HEALTH UNIT in-
vites you to attend the Adult Health
Guidance Centre, held at Sunset View
Apartments, 85 West St., Goderich on
Wednesday, June 11, 1986 from' 1:30 - 3:30
p.m. for: 1. Health Surveillance, 2. Foot
Care, 3. Anaemia Screening, 4. Urine
Testing, 5. Blood Pressure.-23ar
THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL
ASSOCIATION will be holding their annual
yard sale at the Grandstand in Goderich on
Saturday, June 14 from 8 am. -1 pm. -23,24x
PIANO TUNING
C • REPAIRS • REBUILDING
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BRUCE
PULSIFER
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VOLUNTEER. USHERS, adults and
teenagers needed for the Blyth Festival
summer season mid June to mid Sept.
Ushers see performances free. Call 523-4345
between 9 am. and 5 pm. and leave your
name, age and phone number.-23ar
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS are cordial-
ly invited to a community shower for Joanne
Crawford, held on June 10th, 1986, 8 pm. at
Port Albert Anglican Church. -23x
BINGO: Vanastra Rec Centre. Tuesdays, 8
p.m. First reg. card $1, fifteen reg. $20.00
games. three share -the -wealth. Jackpot
$200.00 must go. Luck Ball $420.011 (if not
won) Lucky Ball increases $20.00 per week.
Admission restricted to 16 years and'
over.-03tfx
HOLMF SVII.LE UCW dressed pork, salad
supper, homemade pies, will be held on
Thursday June 5th, 1986, 5:00 p.m. at the
Holmesville United Church. Adults - $7.00
per plate, Children - 10 yrs. and under
$2.50.-22,23
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BY BRUCE TWAMLEY
Why do some people find dancing a most
enjoyable pastime while others never set
foot in a dance hall from one year's end to
the next? There is no reasonable answer.
Non -dancers say they can't dance, their
spouses don't dance, they have no partner,
their health doesn't permit strenuous exer-
cise, or they have other duties or obligations
that prevent them from attending dances.
At MacKay Centre, only a relatively small
number, fewer than 75, attend the dances
held thereat weekly or at monthly intervals.
This number seems regrettably small. '
For those who like to dance, MacKay Cen-
tre offers entertainment on the average of
five times a month. One of these five is the
regular monthly evening dance open to all
seniors from any part of the county. For this
dance the music - and it is good music - is
provided by a 'quartet made up of Gordy
Harrison at the piano, Francis Schram on
the base violin and Hugh Hodges on the
guitar.
The music is mainly for fox-trots and
waltzes with a fair mixture of older tunes.
They also play square dance tunes and the
caller is usually Fordyce Clark or Hugh
Hodges.
Dances like these have been going on at.
MacKay Centre for many, many years,
even prior to the Second World War. For this
year, the charge is $2 per person and the
ladies bring lunch.
Quite often, visitors from other towns,
Wingham, Ripley, Kincardine, Clinton,
Blyth, and Lucknow, drop in. Because these
out-of•town guests quite often display a type
of dance with which we are unfamiliar, but
with which we might like to become ac-
quainted, they are doubly welcome.
Dancing is also held Wednesday after-
noons throughout each month. For each par-
ticipant the charge is 250, plus an exti~a
quarter if you wish it for soft drinks or a hot
beverage. These sessions started with a few
square dances and reel records and nothing
much else but hope. The late Edith Argyle
brought with her a profound knowledge of
all kinds of music ranging from the Bird -
Dance to intricate square dance ar-
rangements, as well as teaching experience.
The Argyle-Twamley duo also initiated the
making of tapes for providing dance music
for this group.
When this group, now known as the Happy
Gang Dancers (following along on Reta
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1984, the objective was to revive and
reanimate the fine old-time melodies and
dances of 50 years ago.
Though time and experience have
modified this objective to some degree, the
Happy Gang has generally adhered to this
plan to the extent that if a dancer of 50 years
ago happened to drop in on us on a Wednes-
day afternoon, that dancer would feel quite
at home.
In the dance selections which we use to-
day, the number of individuals participating
in any one unit may vary from one to twelve
or even fourteen. The ones in which no part-
ner is needed are the Alley Cat and the Bird
Dance. One might presume that at least
part of the reason for the existence and
popularity of these two dances is that they
provide exercise as well as entertainment.
The twosomes include the ever popular
fox-trot, the smooth and delightful waltzes,
and the lively polkas. Allied to these, in-
asmuch as the dancers dance in pairs, are
less well-known numbers such as the
French Minuet, the Heel and Toe Polka, the
Rye Waltz, the Schottische, and the Gay
Gordons. Some of these are very obviously
of European origin. It is this group of five
dances that makes the Happy Gang Dancers
rather unique.
Two other dances also contribute to this'
uniqueness, a precious commodity in our
group. These are the Country Waltz which
we are just now learning and the Sicilian
Circle.:These two dances are done in fours.
The Sicilian Circle is not only a lively dance,"
but an excellent crowd -mixer because each
couple moves around the circle and meets
most of the other couples in turn.
Following the single dances, the
twosomes and the foursomes, we come next
to the dances in which four couples or eight
participants are involved. These, are the
Square Dances. Of these, there seems to be
a very wide variety both of tunes and of
calls. Strangely enough, it is with the square
dances that we, in the Happy Gang en-
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The explanation lies in the caller situa-
tion. In .times past, the caller, if he noticed
that the dancers were having difficulties,
would pause and let them catch up. Today,
the caller speaks into a microphone and
makes a tape recording of his calls. In these
circumstances, there are no pauses for ex-
planations or for catch -ups.
So, at MacKay Centre on Wednesday
afternoons, we must practise the dance and
learn to do it correctly and speedily before
the music is ever turned on. One result is
that square dances are faster -moving than
they used to be and are continuous in
motion.
The most popular of all dances is the
Virginia Reel, which many decades ago was
danced in England under the name of Sir
Roger de Coverley. It is rhythmical, free
flowing, and graceful, and a delight to dance
or to watch.
When we were young, we leajpned'how to
do the Charleston and the Bunny Hop.
Neither of these is on our program today.
The reason? Such dances represent merely
a passing fancy and contain in them little
that will be passed on to future generations.
Today, Rock and Roll attract the young
people. This type of dance suffers from a dif-
ferent malady. At the moment it has not yet
been tested in time.
If 20 or 40 years hence, people are still en-
joying Rock and Roll, then I would interpret
this as meaning that in this type of dance
there must be something good, something
that attracts people of all ages.
In that case, the Happy Gang dancers of
the future will be rocking and rolling as well
as dancing the French Minuet and the Gay
Gordons.
Bingo, movies, and bridge are regular
events now, and we have evenings devoted
to card games and variety entertainment.
In April the winners in 500 were Bill
Caesar and Olive Kennedy, and in euchre,
they were Myrtle Sterling and Bill McTag-
gart. The door -prize winner was Margaret
McMillan.
On our Variety Night, we were treated to
slides showing the floral and some of the ar-
chitectural beauties of Holland. The
photographer and, commentator was Al
Lawson.
We also had some fine ideas presented to
us on Health Care in Huron County by Linda
Reid. And sandwiched in between was a
sing -song led by Lorraine Madge and Tony
Hyde.
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