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"Modern Square Dancing - A New American Tradition"

Billings Montana is home of the Yellowstone Square Dance Council. Currently, 7 area clubs offer various levels of square and round dancing. Many of the clubs dance at Cedar Hall at the Metra Park fairgrounds. All clubs are open and we welcome vistors to attend any of the club dances which are normally held on a weekly basis from September through May. Most of the clubs dance Mainstream and Plus with a few clubs dancing A-1 and A-2. One club is devoted to Round Dancing. See the Club Information Page for more details.

The Council also provides a Beginner Session starting in January for those people who want to enjoy the benefits of square dancing. Any single or couple are encourged to attend a session. See Beginner Sessions for more details.

The Council also sponsors the New Years Eve Dance, and the Magic City Hoedown every year. The Callers and Cuers Association sponsors the Grapevine Halloween Dance. Each club also sponsors special dances and visting national callers will call and cue dances during the summer. See Special Dances for a complete list and flyers for these dances and other area dances in Montana and surrounding states.

What is Modern Square Dancing
Perhaps you think you know what square dancing is from your school days. Well, think again, because this is not your father's dance routine. You will hardly recognize modern square dancing.

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Plus Dance Club

Plus dances are scheduled through the dance season on some Fridays and some Saturdays with either Lynn Strobel or Hunter Keller calling.

The schedule is based on caller availability and is sponsored by Silhouettes Dance Club.

The dances will be 7 pm to 10 pm.

From 7-8 pm will be workshop of plus movements. This hour is geared to dancers who want to learn plus or review plus movements. Anyone currently dancing Mainstream level & up is welcome.

From 8:00 to 8:30 pm will be plus dancing using the plus material from the first hour.

From 8:30 to10 pm will be plus dancing utilizing all of the calls on the plus list. Some nights will have rounds and some nights will not, depending on cuer availability.

Cost is $7 per person for any portion of or all of the evening.

Schedule for Plus Dance Nights & other Special Parties this season is:
Sat Oct 20, 2012 Lynn Plus
Fri Nov 2, 2012 Hunter Plus
Fri Nov 23, 2012 Hunter Plus
Sat Dec 1, 2012 Mainstream Xmas Party Hunter, Lynn, Bob H. (Special Dance)
Sat Dec 22, 2012 Hunter Plus
Mon Dec 31, 2012 Mainstream & Plus New Year's Eve Party Lynn (Special Dance
Fri Jan 11, 2013 Hunter Plus
Sat Jan 26, 2013 Lynn Plus
Fri Feb 15, 2013 Hunter Plus
Sat Feb 23, 2013 Lynn Plus
Fri Mar 1, 2013 Hunter Plus
*Sat Mar 16, 2013 59'r open dance Mainstream & Plus
Fri April 5, 2013 Hunter Plus
*Sat April 13, 2013 Spaghetti Dinner Dance Mainstream & Plus
Fri April 19, 2013 Hunter Plus

Challengers Dance Club

Thank you all for your past support of the club! The dance season will start on Oct 27, 2011. Dance time will be 7 - 9 p m with 2 extra tips. We are eliminating the 6:30 review and adding 2 extra tips at the end of the evening. They will be dedicated to A-2 level that used to exist Monday nights. For those who danced regularly on Monday nights A-2 with Hunter, this session is for you.

We have scheduled 12 dances this season.

Oct 27
Nov 10, 17
Dec 8, 15
Jan 5, 19
Feb 2, 9
Mar 9, 23
April 13 Spaghetti Dinner Dance

The 59'ers Dance Club

Welcome back all 59'er dancers. Hope you had a great summer. The dance schedule for the 2012 - 2013 season will have Hunter Keller calling and Bob Hogemark will be filling in when Hunter is out of town.

Right now, the first dance will be Tuesday, October 2 at Cedar Hall starting at 7:00 pm. We should be dancing every Tuesday through April 2013. A calander will be published in the near future with all dance club dates.

March 16, 2013           Spring Dance
                                        Lynn Strobe and Larry/Susan Sperry

May 3 & 4, 2013             Magic City Hoedown
                                        Roger Schappell and Larry/Susan Sperry