Sunset Twirlers Dance Club Incorporated

Our current Learners are nearing the end of their class. Having started in January 2024 they will be graduating mainstream on 3 December 2024.

Progress during this class has been very pleasing. Congratulations and welcome to our graduates who are Terri, Veronica, Karen, Iris, Lynda, Ian. We also had some existing mainstream dancers learning the left hand dancer role who were Linda, Alison & Liz.

On 29 October we had our Halloween Night. Might be more than a coincidence but we finally had a theme which dancers warmed to. The amount of dancers in theme dress was by far the most we have had in recent times. Thank you to those who did dress to the theme (see picture below). All singing calls performed by Les (the Executioner) were themed. We were also very pleased to welcome some international visitors that night as well, Pat & Brian (second from right) from Queens and Jacks Square Dance Club, Calgary, Alberta Canada.

Congratulations to Les Tulloch who was elected as President of the SA Square Dance Society. Anne was also appointed as Secretary for a further 12 months.

Anne & Les travelled to Mt Gambier to help Pine City Twirlers celebrate their 41st birthday. Congratulations on an outstanding achievement and what a great weekend of dancing to the calling of Graham Elliott, Les Tulloch & Peter Humphries (Vic). Although it was not so great for Anne who ended up with a bug and had to spend the whole weekend in bed.

Then on the first night back after Mt Gambier (5 November) a nice surprise we had a visit from Stephen from Kerrly Q’s club in Canberra ACT. Turned out that Stephen comes from Adelaide, grew up in Christies Beach so knew exactly where to come.

The Club resumes dancing Tuesday 7 January 2025 for Mainstream, Thursday 9 January 2025 for Plus, Sunday 12 January for Rounds, see you then.

We would like to wish all of our dancers a joyous festive season and happy new year.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les Tulloch

Hi everybody, we are sorry for missing the March edition of the Round Up, things just got hectic with Anne & Les having to travel to Melbourne to finalise Les’s mums house for settlement. The good news is settlement has gone through and life can return to normal. Thank you everybody for your patience during the sudden club closures.

We have had a terrific start to our Learners class. We currently have 12 learners and it is a welcome boost to our numbers. We are sticking initially to the SSD plan but the goal is ultimately to reach Mainstream. With several free nights on offer we have now made it to week 4 of the plan and looking forward to moving on.

With Les’s & Anne’s sudden trip to Melbourne we delayed our Valentines Dance by a week Thank you for those who brought Supper supplemented by Pikelets Jam & Cream. Sorry for any inconvenience to those who turned up on the original night we did not have time to publish the change in the Round Up. We also had a visit from Murray & Scotty that week for plus. Thank you to Scotty for getting up & having a go at calling.

Plans are well under way for our 29th Birthday usual venue, usual program (except Learners Squares instead of Rounds) concluding with catered dinner. Dinner will be as usual order and pay at the time, see our advertisement for details. Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

Hi everybody, we are sorry for missing the last edition. Things are just so hectic with the sale of Les’s Mum’s house in Melbourne requiring vacant possession . So we are currently in a short 3 week recess whilst Les & Anne travel to Melbourne to clear out the house and also attend the Round Dance Festival. This has also been complicated by the passing of Les’s mother in August. Our condolences go to Les & Anne and their family.

Consequently we have postponed the start of our learners class which is now expected to commence early in 2024.

Les & Anne headed north to Elizabeth to attend Scoot Back Squares birthday. It was good to dance again to Trevor Hunt’s calling

Some of us travelled to Naracoorte to join in their birthday celebrations. Yet another great weekend of friendship, dancing and entertainment from Graham & Les.

Some of us also attended the state convention. Once again another a great weekend of fun, friendship & dancing. And what great job of calling from Matthew Mills very interesting & entertaining.

We are looking forward to getting back to normal by end of September.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

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

The big news for us at the moment is that we have relocated from Port Noarlunga to Christies Beach both Tuesdays (Mainstream) & Thursdays (Plus). It was an unfortunate but necessary decision. Dancer numbers post National Convention had dropped to levels we could no longer sustain ourselves at Port Noarlunga Arts Centre. After a two week trial we decided to stay at Noarlunga District Senior Citizens Club Christies Beach. Diary details have been updated. Thank you to all the dancers who helped with suggestions and enquiries with finding new venues.

With our birthday & the relocation behind us our focus now turns to organising our next learners class. We are planning to start in August more details to follow.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

Hi everybody, we are sorry for missing the February edition of the Round Up, things just got too hectic.

Firstly congratulations to Jeff Seidel and Wild Frontier on 50 years of club calling & dancing. Anne & Les attended what was a wonderful and historic occasion.

That week at the club we welcomed Stuart, Bernadette and Ronnie from Mt Gambier and thanks to Bernadette for calling as well. We also welcomed Ivan & Janine Cooke that night although certainly not unexpected as they are club regulars for Sunday night Rounds now.

Our learners are now well into mainstream movements and we are preparing for their graduation which is expected to be just prior to our birthday dance.

Speaking of birthday we are planning an afternoon event, plenty of dancing followed by a catered dinner at Marion RSL. Dinner will be as usual order and pay at the time, see our advertisement for details.

At the time of writing we have had 2 special nights this year. January was our Down Under Ball, Thanks to those who dressed the theme or brought supper to share. February was of course Valentines night and we had a delicious pancake supper.

Looking forward to the National and to seeing you all at our birthday.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

Hi everyone and welcome to our club news. Sorry we have missed the last two editions of the Round Up. We thank you all for your patience and understanding as things may still be a bit uncertain over the next few months. We have missed a couple of special nights such as the Italian/Pizza and Winter Wonderland/Waffles. We intend to reschedule (especially the food) when things have settled down. Les will also need to travel to Melbourne at times, so we will let you know of any more interruptions to the schedule

Anne and Les travelled to Melbourne in June to attend the Victorian Round Dance Festival which we thoroughly enjoyed.

Times have also been difficult with the reduction in numbers recently due to COVID and holidays. We are pleased that numbers have increased closer to normal re- cently. Increased numbers have also helped the learners and we encourage the mainstream dancers to continue to come at 7pm and help.

In May we celebrated our 27th birthday. Like all other functions of late, numbers were lower than we had hoped. However the meal was good and those who attended seemed to enjoy themselves. Thank you dancers and Callers who attended.

Looking forward to Acey Squares birthday and the State Convention. Hope to see you all there.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

Hi everyone at the time of writing we have had two weeks of dancing and no special nights to report on.

So far the dances have been well attended with only a few absences which were mainly not due to COVID. Our policy of being up to date vaccinated has been well accepted, however we did lose one couple from squares and one round dancer because of it. Thank you all for your cooperation especially the first night back when we were checking certificates.

Even more pleasing is all of our learners have returned including Geoff & Charisse who were not able to attend for several weeks at the end of last year. We now have ten learners and despite the long break have are making good progress since resuming.

Looking forward to our 27th Birthday please see our advertisement in this issue. Hope you can come and help us celebrate.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

Hi everybody Happy New Year to all our dancers we hope you enjoyed your festive season. Whilst we have not been able to return to dancing as planned we certainly had a good end to 2021. Our final night last year was on 12 December being our Christmas Dinner and Break Up.

What a fantastic night of fun and friendship. We once again had our traditional Roast Chicken and Vegetables (37 meals ordered) We also welcomed Stuart, Bernadette and Ronnie from Mt Gambier. Thanks to Bernadette for calling as well. Les performed Christmas songs and we all left happy and certainly not expecting what was about to happen.

We also held our AGM, Whilst unable to elect a President, Vice President or Secretary, the following people were elected Iain as Treasurer with Wayne, Beryl & Margaret elected as committee who will now join Anne & Les in helping to manage the club.

We have decided in the interest of dancer safety that it will be mandatory to have had your Booster (or 3rd) COVID shot to attend the Club . So everyone will have time to get their booster we have delayed the return to dancing until 1 March (Mainstream) & 3 March (Plus). We will advise later on first night entry requirements. Tea, coffee and water will be supplied but you will need to bring your own mug and water bottle. We look forward to your continued support when we resume dancing.

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

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

Our Plus class has concluded and we are pleased to welcome four new dancers to Thursday nights. They are now consolidating with the help of our experienced plus dancers.

We have now started a learners class and pleased to say the response has been good. So far we have welcomed nine new dancers and we know of more yet to come and still two weeks left to take in new people.

A number of us travelled to Victor Harbor to help Paddlesteamer Squares celebrate their 13th birthday. What a great afternoon of dancing thanks and congratulations for a wonderful time.

No special nights during October and we are planning for our AGM to be held in November. We are always looking for committee members to help. As always looking forward to our Christmas dance (see advertisement below for details).

Happy Dancing from Anne & Les

Hi welcome to our club news. Just when we had got back to normal one weeks dancing and we were once again plunged into lockdown. We have since resumed dancing but one casualty was the Winter Wonderland dance which has now been abandoned.

We were pleased to welcome back Alison who has now danced a couple of nights with the last one being a full night including the Plus session at the end of the night.

Some of us travelled to Naracoorte to help celebrate Acey Squares 15th Birthday. Congratulations to Alan, Chris and your dancers for a wonderful weekend of dancing and to Graham & Les for keeping us entertained. Anne represented the Square Dance Society and presented their plaque.