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Check both NEWS and EVENTS for more details. ~ click here for our latest Bulletin ~& here for our 2017 Diary Dates.
ADVANCE NOTICE ~~~ Save the Date ~ next year's
Old Time Tea Dance - with the Gay Charmers
will be held on
Sat. 11th August 2018
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Next Event -
Spring Dance Weekend 10th – 12th November 2017
A whole weekend of dance workshops & evening dances !
“In Remembrance of Times and Traditions past”
PARKS HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE Portarlington, Victoria.
(1.5 hrs drive SW of Melbourne, 20 mins past Geelong. Melways 239 F2)
Click for Info: ~ flyer &/or Full Program & application form
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"TSDAV Dance Workshops"
‘Dances for Dancers, & Dances with a Difference!'
~ Sunday ~ 29th October 2017 ~ 2 - 5 pm
PLEASE NOTE - These sessions will at the Church of Christ Hall, 1 The Avenue, Surrey Hills, 3127
All dancers are welcome Inquiries: Norm 9888 5332 George 9890 5650.
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Our last event ~
" WATTLE DAY "
~ Sat 2nd Sept. 2017 ~
~ celebrate in conjunction with the VFMC's regular 1st Sat. Bush Dance ~
*** click here - for flyer & for full program Trifold - click Page #1 & Page #2
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2017 Dance Comp ~ Congratulations to both winners - Peter Gamble & Kathy Potter. - for details see report in NEWS section, and Full Report in Dance Competition section. Norm presented both winners with their freshly engraved Trophy and medallion, at the recent Bundanoon DanceFest. ~ go to NEWS ~ OR see photos - here (Peter) & here (Kathy)
Recent Events:
The OLD TIME TEA DANCE
Saturday, July 22nd 2017
Dancing 4.30 pm till around 9.30 pm ~ for a copy of the dance program - click here
Music by The Gay Charmers and Friends
St David’s Uniting Church Hall 74 Melville Rd, Brunswick West
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TSDAV Members Day ~ AGM & Hoedown ~ Sat 25th Feb. @ 6:30pm ~ at the Ashburton Uniting Church Hall ~ 3 Ashburn Grove, Ashburton ~ ( Melways 60 D 10 ) ~ followed @ 8pm by the Hoedown !
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Sadie Hawkins Day Hoedown
Taking a trip back in time to DOGPATCH U.S.A.
??? Why Sadie Hawkins ???
# building upon our successful Hoedown theme: recapture the naive innocence of past times, a la "The Beverly Hillbillies" & Al Capp's "Li'l Abner"
'Sadie Hawkins Day' is Capp's masterfully satirical take on our "Leap Year / 29th Feb." traditions.
So, come and join the fun, at our Sadie Hawkins Day Hoedown !
~~~ Sat. 25th Feb. 2017 ~~~
at the Ashburton Uniting Church Hall ~ 3 Ashburn Grove, Ashburton ~ ( Melways 60 D 10 )
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link to some 'Valentines Day' dances - click here
Last year, we Celebrated our 22nd Year of Spring Dance Weekends @ Portarlington.
AND WHAT A "CRACKER" OF A WEEKEND IT WAS !!!
with plenty of dancing "FIREWORKS" !!! (Guy Fawkes Day ~ 5th November !)
* * * read the Report here - a shame if you missed the Celebrations !
Our special thanks to the Presenters, who all did an outstanding job, in helping make it such a most enjoyable weekend,
and to everyone who came along and participated to the fullest! (especially the Adelaide contingent)
Spring Dance Weekend 4th - 6th November 2016
Celebrating 22 Years at Portarlington ~ with a Guy Fawkes theme, especially for 5th Nov ! Evening Dances on Friday and Saturday
Dance Workshops : - for full program download - click here
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You have also missed our ~ " WATTLE DAY CELEBRATIONS " !
Wattle Day ~ "Dances with a Difference" ~ 3rd September 2016
~ for Wattle Day Program 2016 information - click for more info & full program flyer
afternoon dance workshop ~ "Dances with a Difference" / Evening Dance with "Blackberry Jam"
WATTLE DAY - What's it all about ? ~ Wattle Day on "Bush Telegraph"
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and our ~ " Old Time Tea Dance " !
with the Gay Charmers & friends, on 27th August, 4:30 - 9:30pm
for more info go to events - for program click here
for video links to the dances - click here
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REGULAR EVENT ~
TSDAV Dance Workshops
Dancing at the 11th Hour – ‘Dances for Dancers’
NB ~ No longer @ The Eleventh Hour Theatre Hall,
2 - 5 pm at the Church of Christ Hall,
1 The Avenue, Surrey Hills. 3127 ( Melways 46 H11 )
~ remaining 2017 schedule ~
Monthly on the following Sundays –
6th Aug, 1st Oct, *29th Oct*.
NB: none in Sept, due to WATTLE DAY !
All dancers are welcome Inquiries: Norm Ellis 9888 5332.
COME AND TRY THEM OUT !
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~ Diary Dates for 2017 ~ click here to download flyer
Other announcements ~
- news from the 50th National -
### 2016 Dance Comp winners announced at Final NFF Concert ###
We are pleased to report on the continuing support for DANCE at the National Festival, once again allowing TSDAV's George Ansell to announce the winners of our Dance Composers Competition during the final concert.
The Beatrice Klippel Memorial Award (General Social Dance) was won by Norm Ellis, for his dance "On Christmas Day in the Morning",
and the VFMC Perpetual Trophy (for a more challenging dance) was won by Keith Wood, for his dance "The Wide Brown Land".
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It is also of special interest to note in the 50th year of the National Folk Festival, that our TSDAV founding President, and mentor, Shirley Andrews (dec'd), was the chair person of the organising committee for the very first National ! Shirley started research into early Australian dances for the Victorian Folk Music Club (VFMC) in 1959, and in the '70s, published "Take Your Partners - Traditional Dancing in Australia".
We also thank the VFMC for continuing to support Shirley's legacy through the TSDAV, by sponsoring both of our dance awards.
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Our most recently published TSDAV Dance Books
"Australian Contemporary Folk Dances"
Numbers 7, 8 & 9
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Our Founder & Mentor - Shirley Andrews
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Mike Jackson receives Australia Day Honour
- read more - see About Us / Identities
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