This is the home for the new Modern Western Square Dance club, Noho Squares.

NoHo Squares started dancing January 10th, 2006, on Tuesdays from 7pm - 9pm in the Life Center next to the Sacred Heart Church at 101 King Street in Northampton, MA. We now dance on Sundays from 6:30 - 8:30, starting September 23rd, 2007.

A new class will be starting up again in the fall on September 23rd, 2007

Club Details:
We are a gender role free club - all are welcome! No partner necessary and no special attire required, though you might want to wear comfortable shoes. The club dances up thru plus level and will be starting a class on September 23rd.

Caller:
Our club caller is Ken Ritucci

Classes:
As this is a no-walk thru activity, will have a class to teach all the moves. Class will start on September 23rd, 2007 and run through sometime in December (running about 15 weeks). This is subject to change based some on how the class is going.

To give some insight, most clubs teach plus level over maybe 40 weeks, which is really hard to commit to. Tech Squares teaches plus in 14 weeks and we thought we'd try modeling our club after theirs, in that regard.

Each class builds on the figures taught the previous week, with plenty of opportunity to dance the calls you know and have fun with square dancing to a live caller. After completeing the class you will be able to dance at any plus level dance across the country, and even around the world!

Do you need to know how to dance to do this? No! We will teach you everything to know in order to do this - if you can walk and listen at the same time, you can square dance.

If you can't make it in the first few weeks, write to to see if there's something that can be worked out.

Yes, but what is Modern Western Square Dancing?
Modern Western Square Dancing is a fast moving form of square dancing. We all learn the moves together in a weekly, fun-filled class, then dance the moves in whatever order the caller tells us to. Every dance is different and you never know what's coming up. It's exercise for the brain as well as the muscles!

• Wikipedia's Definition
• Levels of Modern Western Square Dancing and definitions
• Western Square Dancing - DOSADO.com - a great resource

For more information, write to

Mailing lists

• Announcements - This is a low volume mailing list for announcements about weekly dances, classes, and upcoming events. (Only the administrator can post to this list. If you have something you would like posted here, please write to )
• Discussion - This is a discussion list. It's the place to talk about the club or square dancing.
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