President: Roslyn Burrett, 14 Mahni Close, Budgewoi, NSW 2262
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The formation of the NSW Society
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The formation of the NSW Society By Jim White In December 1954 I was approached by club members and friend Harry Jackson who felt that we should organise a square dance organization to replace the rapidly fading public interest in square dancing due to the new rock and roll craze and promoters leaving square dancing. I said it couldn’t be done due to the difficulties between callers largely because of their previous distrust caused by the Para dance activities. In February 1956 I had further conversation with Harry advising that I had changed my mind but we needed to carefully plan the move. So we held a series of meetings inviting a select group of dancers who were followers of all major callers to explain the idea and explain it to the callers. On a Sunday in July 1956 we held a meeting of the Square dancers Society at the Homebush RSL club. We planned it that there was a representative of every major caller on the committee so that they would not criticise the Society. I was the first President but resigned to go overseas in late 1957. In my opinion square dancing would not have survived in NSW without the society. As things settled down over the next few years and caller suspicion subsided the format was changed to include callers. In those first few years we resurrected the Haymakers club at Randwick and encouraged dancers to join a square dance group organised by Allan Blackwell to teach dancers to call. we organised square dance balls at major locations and ran a square dance demonstration in Hyde Park at the first Waratah Festival.
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33rd NSW State Square Dance Convention Cessnock Basketball Stadium, NSW 25 to 27 March 2011 Under the auspices of the NSW Square Dance Society Inc A.B.N 49 650 751 702
We wish to advise that the 33rd NSW State Square Dance Convention will be held in MARCH 2011 in Cesnock
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It is only 6 months between this years state convention and next years so mark it in your diary NOW
Convenor: Don Craine robynanddon@e-access.com
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