Sunset Twirlers Dance Club Incorporated

Hi everybody , we are sorry for missing quite a few editions of the Round Up, things just got hectic. We have just realised it was April was our last news so a lot has happened. Firstly our 29th Birthday in May was well attended. We had most of our learners there who all danced very well. We had good numbers for the rest of the afternoon followed by dinner once again very well catered by Anthony, thank you to all who attended and made it a great afternoon.

Our learners class are still going strong with very few drop puts. They have managed to complete SSD program and are now well into learning mainstream.

We have had several special nights being July our American Night with a visit once again from Superman & the Statue of Liberty. September we had Fathers Day with complimentary Irish Cream to drink. Thank you to those who brought supper to share on both nights.

Illnesses and injuries have taken their toll on our numbers recently especially Plus, but we manage to continue. Unfortunately Anne had a fall and broke a bone in her shoulder and was out of action for several weeks. She is on the mend and has commenced dancing again. Alison spent some time in hospital and it is good to see her back.

We were all saddened to hear of the passing of long standing club member & friend Brian Visser. Condolences go to Judy and her family.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

Hi welcome to our club news, we hope you are all enjoying your dancing.

Things are now pretty much back to normal after Anne & Les had to travel to Melbourne in September for 3 weeks to go to the Victorian Round Dance festival and clean out Les’s Mum’s house ready for Settlement. We have had two special nights being Seaside Capers & Melbourne Cup. Thank you to all who dressed the part or brought supper to share.

Congratulations to Paddlesteamer Squares on your 15th Birthday. It was great to catch up with old friends at Pine City Twirler's 40th Birthday. Fortunately Anne & Les managed to avoid getting COVID.

We are planning our Christmas break up (see advertisement for details). Things will be different this year we are going to Christies Beach hotel for dinner first followed by a dance at the club hall from 8:00pm

We are also planning a new learners class commencing 16 January 2024 (see advertisement for more details). We are hoping for a good response.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

Hi welcome to our club news and we trust everybody is enjoying their dancing.

Thank you to all those who dressed the theme for our American Night. We had a live statue of liberty and a visit from the man of steel Superman who could also call, who would of guessed (see pictures).

We welcomed back Gordon who went into hospital just prior to graduation and was unfortunately not able to graduate. He went back to hospital for open heart surgery on Tuesday 11 July, and news is the operation was successful, so we wish him a speedy recovery.

Due to personal reasons (Anne & Les) we are delaying the start of our learner’s class until October. For the same reason we are also delaying the Fathers Day dance will let you know when we have settled on dates and we will also be closed for 3 weeks see advertisement below. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. We look forward to seeing you all back on Tuesday 26 September 2023.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

Hi welcome to our club news and we trust everybody is enjoying their dancing. Sorry for missing last month.

Thank you all who attended our 28th Birthday Dance on May 13. This was the first time we have had an afternoon birthday dance and we were very pleased with the result. We had several couples round dancing, 3 sets dancing plus and 5 sets dancing mainstream (with others sitting out). Thank you to Graham, Ian & Ros for calling and Terry, Shirley & Anne for cueing and keeping us entertained. Thank you to Iain and Margraret D for helping set up.

Congratulations to Heather, Charlotte & Sue who completed their learners last week and graduated receiving their certificates, badges and society welcome package at the birthday (See picture below). It was unfortunate we lost Charisse, Geoff and Gordon within weeks of graduation, however all have indicated a return in the future.

Once again the meal was fantastic and the cake as well. We received quite a few comments on the cake which was made by Anthony and was gluten and sugar free so everyone could enjoy. Thanks go to Anthony who we all agree does an excellent job of keeping us fed.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

Hi everyone and welcome to our club news. Sorry we have missed a number of editions of the Round Up. Well where do we start because following Les’s stroke we did not dance at all in September. Unfortunately we have missed all our special nights including Seaside Capers in November due to Les’s kidney operation. We will keep you posted about when we can resume dancing again. Having said that plans are still underway for our Christmas break up. It will be the usual format with roast chicken dinner followed by dancing. With all the interruptions we have not yet been able to lock in the final arrangements such as price. On the few nights we have danced the numbers have been good with 3+ sets. Thank you to John Casey for coming up and helping with the calling for a few weeks during Les’s recovery. Now John is recovering himself following a stay in Mt Gambier hospital, let's hope it is a speedy recovery. Anne, Les, Brian, Judy and Liz all travelled to Mt Gambier to help celebrate their 39th birthday. It was yet another great weekend of dancing, friendship, food and calling, congratulations to Pine City Twirlers. Congratulations also to Kannella Squares on your birthday.

Let’s hope things are more stable in 2023 and thank you to everyone who has helped out over the past 2 months, it is great to have such loyal and dedicated dancers.

Seasons greetings from Anne & Les

Hi everyone and welcome to our club news. Well we now are moving into very interesting and challenging times. At times our numbers have been down and we have not had full attendance since we resumed in March. We do know some of it is due to COVID restrictions and being close contacts. Hopefully things will get easier as time goes by.

We managed to squeeze in a special night in March which was our back to school dance. Thank you for those who dressed the part and some interesting photographs reminding us of our younger days. Thanks to Anne for organising the supper which was pies, sausage rolls and fairy bread.

Learners class numbers have been varied for the same reasons as above but we are still making progress.Looking forward to our 27th Birthday please see our ad- vertisement in this issue. Hope you can come and help us celebrate.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

Hi everyone, well not much to report because at the time of writing we have not yet resumed square dancing. Rounds are back but squares are due to resume 1 March (Learners & Mainstream) and 3 March (Plus).

The committee have adopted a policy that you must be Up To Date Vaccinated against COVID to attend club dances and events. This means we need you to bring your certificate when you first attend You will of course only need to show us once unless there are further boosters recommended. This decision has been made in the interests of our Dancers well being and so far consultation has not indicated any objections.

We are looking forward to dancing again and in particular for your continued support of the club during these difficult times. Thank you all for your patience and cooperation.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

Hi and welcome to our club news, we hope you are all enjoying your dancing.

Our learners class is going very well with two more new dancers joining us bringing the total number of learners to eleven. They must be enjoying themselves as everyone has now joined the Club as members.

Our new Plus dancers have done really well since joining the Plus group on Thursdays. We have now covered all the movements from standard applications, so now it is just a matter of consolidation.

We held our AGM on 16 November. Congratulations to the following on being elected Iain Neillson (Treasurer), Margaret Dunstone, Wayne Avion & Beryl Bishop as committee members. We are looking forward to you working with Anne & Les in managing the club. Rose Wood did not seek re-election as President so we thank Rose for her work as President for the past 2 years. Unfortunately no one was elected as President, Vice President or Secretary however if there are any volunteers please let us know.

We wish all our members a joyous festive season.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les 

Hi welcome to our club news. Things have settled back in nicely following the COVID lockdown. People are getting used to having to wear masks in between dances. Unfortunately we did have a minor loss of numbers due to the requirement to wear masks.

Planning is all but complete now for our learners class which at the time of writing we are yet to commence. We are looking forward to welcoming new dancers into our wonderful activity.

With the commencement of our learners class we are reverting back to our normal Tuesday night program with learners 7 pm followed by Mainstream at 8pm. This means the dancers who were learning Plus will now be joining us on Thursday nights from 23 September. It was a quick fire class however we needed to find a balance between the need to maintain numbers both nights. We also welcomed Mark, Ros, Penny & Gail from Paddlesteamer Squares to our Plus dance on 16 September

Our special night for September was Fathers Day. Complimentary refreshments with chocolates were enjoyed by all. Les did some dad songs (unfortunately there are a limited number of them)

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

Hi welcome to our club news.

Well what a month to remember. Les Travelled to Darwin to call at the fun dance. We had one night dancing and then Darwin was plunged into lockdown with very little notice. Then SA closed the border immediately and there were a few anxious moments wondering if a return would be possible. The result was a 14 day quarantine with three COVID Tests and no club dancing. The results have all been negative so by the time you all read this we will have resumed dancing. Thanks to all our dancers for your patience.

With all the confusion and disruption and being the first night back we had no time to organise our Winter Wonderland Dance instead it was a normal club night. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Our Plus class is continuing well and we are hoping that those dancers will move onto Thursday Nights as well. We are also commencing a new learners class on Tuesday 21 September (see advertisement for details).
Looking forward to things getting back to normal.

Happy Dancing from Les & Anne