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

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Mainstream (Beginner)

Sunday, September 17 & 24, 2023

(then weekly)

7:30-9:30 pm

Colwood Community Hall

Instructor: Garry Dodds

More Info: Frontier Twirlers Website

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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

Colwood Community Hall

Instructor: Garry Dodds

More Info: Star Twirlers Website

Advanced A1/A2 (Class/Dance)

Thursday, October 5, 2023

(then 1^st, 3^rd, & 5^thThursdays)

7:30-9:30 pm

Old Colwood Fire Hall

(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.