Classes
Square dance and round dance classes for the 2023-2024 dance season – September 2023 to May 2024 – are now underway. This page will be updated if any new classes are offered this dance season. Check out this page in August 2024 for opportunities to learn square dancing and round dancing during the 2024-2025 dance season beginning in September 2024. Please leave us a message on our CONTACT page if you have any questions or require more information.
Square Dance
Link: What is Square Dance?
Classes begin in September and run until April or May depending upon the class. At the Mainstream square dance lessons 69 square dance calls are taught. Once you graduate from the class you are able to dance at any of the Mainstream clubs in Victoria or around the world!
Beyond Mainstream there are also Plus, Advanced, and Challenge levels that a dancer may progress to starting after at least one dance season as a graduate Mainstream dancer.
If you wish to join a class after the initial lessons please click on the “More Info:” link for the instructor’s or the club’s contact information.
Mainstream (Beginner)
Sunday, September 10 & 17, 2023
(then weekly)
7:00-9:00 pm
Royal Oak Women’s Institute Hall
Instructor: Lorne Clayton
More Info: Saanich Squares Website
Mainstream (Beginner)
Sunday, September 17 & 24, 2023
(then weekly)
7:30-9:30 pm
Instructor: Garry Dodds
More Info: Frontier Twirlers Website
Mainstream Teach
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
(then weekly)
2:00-4:00 pm
Sooke Legion (R.C.L. Branch 54)
Instructor: Richard Sharman
More Info: Sooke Squares Website
Plus (Review/Workshop)
Monday, September 25, 2023
(then weekly except holidays)
8:00-10:00 pm
Instructor: Garry Dodds
More Info: Star Twirlers Website
Advanced A1/A2 (Class/Dance)
Thursday, October 5, 2023
(then 1st, 3rd, & 5th Thursdays)
7:30-9:30 pm
(upstairs – enter at rear)
Instructor: Garry Dodds
More Info: Star Twirlers Website
Round Dance
Link: What is Round Dance?
Classes begin in September and run until December or April/May depending upon the class. Generally dancers will learn the Phase I & II two step and waltz rhythms first. These rhythms are also danced between tips at Mainstream square dances.
Other rhythms, including cha, foxtrot, rumba, jive, tango, and quickstep, and higher phases (up to VI) may be learned depending on a dancer’s interest and on what is taught and danced in their Region.
If you wish to join a class after it has started please phone the instructor for that class.
Phase I & II – Two Step & Waltz
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
(then weekly)
8:00-10:00 pm
Instructor: Kirk Rockerbie
Contact: Kirk Rockerbie 236-464-0509
Phase III – Rumba & Cha Cha
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
(then weekly)
2:00-3:30 pm
Instructor: Connie Ritchie
Contact: Connie Ritchie 250-208-9945
Phase III & IV – Waltz & Fox Trot
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
(then weekly)
7:00-8:00 pm
Instructor: Connie Ritchie
Contact: Connie Ritchie 250-208-9945
Phase III & IV Rhythms
Thursday, October 12, 2023
(then 2nd & 4th Thursdays)
1:00-3:00 pm
Royal Oak Women’s Institute Hall
Instructor: Stu Hemmings
Contact: Stu Hemmings 250-656-3639