March, 2025
30th - First visit to Baradine class found a very laid back environment, but with a number of dancers with great technique foundations and able to pick up dances well. I thoroughly enjoyed the change of scenery and look forward to my next visit planned on 6 July...
27th - Newcomer courses finished with 4 from Gentle & 3 from Radio progressing to the Starter courses. 2 others volunteered to re-enrol for next term due to having missed to many classes ;-)
18th - Seniors group visit from Warrumbungle Community Care had about 10 extras attending & a nice smoko provided. Yes Sir was the tryout dance, though several also had a go at Flobie Slide ;-)
16th - Facebook group created to transition away from website, eventually replacing it... Not only is it free, the time taken to create and update is far less using that method. I've noted that by putting all the same main pages in featured section, you can actually navigate back to where you were much more easily! The drawbacks is all our details will not be publicly available (closed group, need to join), meaning only lists from main linedance sites will come up in searches + I can't control the posts members will get in their newsfeed ;-)
9th - Tania attended the social for Line Dance with KT @ Uralla. Our normal travellers were missed by lots!
6th - Write up for Tania and Musta Dance on page 6 of today's Coonabarabran Times as part of the Women in Business extra...
1st - The "Muster" Weekend @ Curlewis (via Gunnedah) culminated in the Black & White Ball, which even featured a visit from the new Mayor of the region to see what it was all about ;-) While heat knocked us for Friday night's classic social and the Saturday workshop prudent use of air con, coolers and fans + a big supply of bottled water helped everyone get through it safely.
3 of our dancers joined Tania for their first full-on event. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves & made heaps of acquaintances! I also got lots of comments on how well they were doing too ;-) From their requests + ones liked from the workshop, 4 dances being fit into the teaching program quickly + another 4 early next term...
February, 2025
22nd - One dancer joined Tania at LDF Sydney, thoroughly enjoying the workshop and staying for part of the social. Tania met several more instructors as well as the international celebrities that attended + rekindled friendships with many. Over $11,000 was raised on the night for the Line Dance Foundation with about 150 people in attendance!
19th - The newcomer courses for Term 1 saw lots of late interest, with 7 starting the Gentle one & 7 starting the Radio one. It's always great to see some getting it straight away whilst others are willing to persevere and gradually get there... We also had 1 graduate from T4 2025 starting the Radio class & it was gratifying to see she still had the basic terminology understanding & was getting both the beginner and high beginner dances!
17th - Intermediate short courses for Term 1 started, with the 2 new attendees doing very well for their first time!
11th - CWA meeting and talk saw lots of appreciation and interest in the upcoming newcomer course. Gifted with one of their tea towels put a smile on my dial...
9th - Love theme open social only saw club attendees + some prospective newcomers. The latter were very enthusiastic about both attending the upcoming course and line dancing in general once they experienced what it's really like ;-) I'm still getting a big smile each time I look at the 2 Valentine's gifts my dancers gave me too!
6th - First choreography released...
January, 2025
29th & 31st - An extra dancer started the Intermediate classes to learn more dances for travelling & was so enthused they also booked into the Muster Weekend by DanceWithTravis @ Curlewis
25th - Day Date club social was enjoyed by all in attendance! Particularly noticeable was the longer stay than usual by some dancers, indicating growing interest and stamina...
19th - Travel to Tamworth Country Music Festival linedancing events. 1 dancer joined Tania for the first daytime social getting more than 20 dances done plus a couple of pickups. Enjoyed time sightseeing in between. An extra dancer joined for the nighttime social with all getting lots of dancing done! 1 more program pickup request arising was added into the upcoming short course program ;-)
17th - Dusty Boots on Parade, Imperial Hotel was a washout with the bands performing having insufficient beat to dance to. But the 3 dancers got an extra attendance added to their tally & enjoyed some cocktails lol...
15th - Even a power outage & storm didn't stop us dancing tonight. The combination of candles and emergency lighting proved sufficient, with battery power being used for both computer and speakers ;-)
11th - Summer Party @ Curlewis by DanceWithTravis saw our third traveller join Tania. Lots of pickup dances done ana few informal workshop dances taught. A huge 5 requests arising have been worked into the teaching program before the next one that venue...
8th - An unusual visitor enhanced our first week back - a pigeon flew into the hall on Thursday night, staying hidden amongst the folded tables until late in the night. We got him out fairly easily then...
4th - Website updates completed for the new year and flyers printed ready...
1st - 2 dancers plus myself booked into the Muster Weekend by DanceWithTravis @ Curlewis
December, 2024
15th - Dancers were given an opportunity over the last 2 weeks to lodge their 2025 Keeper choices. The result was 15 dances culled from our program for next year.
13th - Freaky themed club breakup social was better attended and came close to breaking even. I was impressed by the numbers having a go at picking up dances on the floor too! The spooky cobwebs got reactions from a few lol, as did the other themed decorations ;-)
8th - Only 1 club attendee at the open social saw a culling of social dates (both open and club) next year to just 4 of each, 8 total...
1st - Two travellers to DanceWithTravis Christmas Social at Curlewis with me. More friends made. A big number of floor pickups done plus lots from our program...
November, 2024
23rd - Two travellers to the Dubbo Christmas/Break-Up Social with me. Lots of fun and laughter, acquaintences reignited and new friends made... 20 dances from our program were danced + 7 floor pickups!
20th - Our first Newcomers course completed with 1 attendee in the final week + 2 others granted a pass to weekly classes.
9th - Club Day Date Social was a big success according to those that attended, loving the cross-teaches, demonstration of harder dances being done by the advanced dancers + getting over 60 dances done in the 5 hours for the first time!
6th - Demo and Stall at the Community Expo at Town Hall was low key for us, but did see our first day class attendee joining the perrformance ;-)
October, 2024
29th - Inaugural Move class on Tuesday with most Gentle dancers choosing to stay back & recapture some of the harder & faster ones we hadn't been covering regularly!
26th - Rescheduling Tuesday class times to reorganise dances to aide memory difficulties being experienced in the Gentle class...
24th - 2 more dancers achieved their first milestone in attendance, whilst another achieved the second milestone. Due to prep for our Freaky theme social breakup, these requests are mostly scheduled for the Summer term next year ;-)
20th - Footloose social at Gunnedah, with 1 traveller joining Tania. Lots of dances done from our program plus pickups, getting to recognise and socialise more dancers from other clubs attending made it a thoroughly enjoyable day! 2 request picks - Who Wants To Know going into the Radio Beginners (already Gentle) + I Showed You The Door going into the Mixed Intermediate Short Course.
16th - The inaugarul Newcomers Course saw 5 attendees, all thoroughly enjoying the music mix and appreciating the camaradarie of starting together. Mixed Intermediate course held afterwards saw outstanding results from our conscientious dancer...
7th - Our first traveller joined Tania at the Dare2Dance social in Tamworth. The request pick was Everybody Wants To Party, scheduled for teach in the first week of Term 4.
2nd - First week of the Spring Holiday Fun Class-shops saw about 12 youngsters enjoying themselves. The favourite of the first hour was definitely Katchi, whilst the second hour saw a toss up between Cotton Eyed Joe & The Addams Family <3
September, 2024
26th - A great write up and ad in the Wellness 2024 insert for the North-West Magazine, attached to all the local papers throughout the region...
21st - Our demos & workshops at the Bloomin'' Birds Spring Fest went over very well, both for entertainment & generating interest in upcoming short courses. Fun was had by all our dancers that participated too ;-)
14th -
a) The Day Date club social was a big success with regulars, some day dancers joining us & a few spectactors having a go.
b) Some great feedback on prizes and gifts given out + balance of teaches vs music on ;-)
c) Our second dancer also reached 20 attendances. The requested music pick is listed for early Term 4...
12th - Our first newcomer tourists (from Woolongong) attended. Having danced other styles before they were greatly impressed by the music & step variety offered in our dances + were quite successful at picking them up. The details & links offered on the website were greatly appreciated!
August, 2024
15th - Our first dancer reached 20 attendances. The requested music pick is being done 19 Sep.
11th - An infomal demonstration held at the 2357 Development Group's "Welcome to the Community" event saw 4 volunteers & 1 join in with lots of laughs. . Positive comments and expressions of interest followed.
4th - Our first dancer travel occurred for Tamworth's Destined to Dance social. The request pick was K Is For Kicks done in the next week's class.
July, 2024
29th - Rotary Meeting talk & small demonstration/teach went over well
May, 2024
8th - Coona Times advertising items
April, 2024
27th - Dance lists finished being filled in
24th - Demo bookings added tentatively for 3-4 Aug & 21 Sep
13th - Music lists now available
March, 2024
20th - flyers for other clubs workshops & socials added
1. Dubbo May event
2. Nelson Bay June long weekend
10th - general Holiday Class-Shops flyer now available
10th - advertising materials now available
1. Open social dates
2. Save the Date for the Clock Marathon Annual Fundraiser
10th - club social dates flyers now avaiilable
1. Day Dates
2. Dance Nights
8th - Weekly Class Flyer now available
