Berry Demo

On the 15th April, a group of our ladies from Sanctuary Point, Bomaderry and Sussex Inlet classes went to Berry Sports & Recreation Centre to do a line dance demo for Canteen (Kids with Cancer). The teenagers were on a five day camp to have a change from the life they have with family or hospitals that deal with cancer.

Happy People

The teenagers also took part in learning a few line dances, that they did very well. The theme as you can see was "Wild West", we were also asked to do Nutbush City Limits which was a bit of fun, some like to do their own style of dancing but that was ok because they were having fun.

All the teenagers that took part in learning a few dances.

Thank you to all the ladies that gave up their time to come along & make it an extra special night with all the kids.

The girls gave up their time for this demo.

Homebush 2014

Once again we are off to Homebush Social, always a great time and raising money for Ronald McDonald House for a special fund raiser.

Rose & Gina enjoying the break 

 The program was a good mix of old and new dances, with split floors for majority of the dances. So no one sits down unless the old legs say enough is enough (but we don't listen to them do we) We rest the next day.

Lola & Maureen relaxing while they can.

Few of our beginners have come along for the first time and were blown away by the amount of line dancers, 800 in total all in one place. They challenged themselves by trying out new dances they had never seen before. Well done guys not many people will try that, I'm impressed.

Geoff, Brenda, Geoff, Kathy at the Homebush Social for the first time
except for Brenda who goes every year.

We all had such a good time, with myself winning a prize in the raffle. We will look forward to next year's social

Waiting for the bus, Brenda, Laurel, Sonja, Collette

Coastal Waters Nursing Home Demo

The Shoalhaven Country Line Dancers did a demo at Coastal Waters Nursing Home

We had all the ladies & men clapping and singing along to some old favourite songs

I'm sure this gives a lot of pleasure to these people, they usually come to us at the end and tell us how much they enjoyed it. 

Thanks girls for volunteering your time for that Saturday morning.

March

Just before our climb

I was given a lovely present from my family for the Harbour Bridge Climb, we had the perfect day not too hot and not too cold.

My son Mark came with me as Leanne had her to look after her children and Rob my husband
(Big woose) wouldn't do the climb. But he was happy taking the photos.

great view of the Opera House

Madison & Leanne and that's Mark & I heading towards the
 middle of the bridge, we look like ants.

Our line dancers had another social this month, this was at Batemans Bay, this was well attended and we had a ball. Jenny & Maureen from Sussex Inlet and Carol from Sanctuary Point came along with me for another fund raiser again Relay for Life, it is great to see so many groups raising money for charity.

We also enjoyed more retail therapy, it's so good for the soul.

Glad to see you Jo & Dave Lake from Batemans Bay Line Dancers, hopefully we will get more of our line dancers to come down next time.

The Homebush Ball is coming up this weekend, there will be 17 of us going along dressed in national colours or costume of our ancesters, should be interesting one of our girls is dutch, windmills, clogs (the mind is ticking over) my mother is Scottish so I'm going to wear some tartan leggings, it was too hard to find a kilt. All the others will probably come in Red,White and Blue or Yellow & Green. (Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie Oy Oy Oy)

February

Well where did February go, I had the grandchildren down for a month and I'm only just getting back into the swing of things. It was wonderful having them with me, Madison has such a cute personality and little Jesse always has a smile to give to his Nanna. They are so precious, not sure when we will see them again but Skype comes in handy.

Our group had 1 social to go to in February at Huskisson to raise money for Relay for Life, this was well attended with a great mix of dances.

Me, Madison & Rob

I had my 60th birthday with my family and friends, Jenny and the girls from Sussex help to decorate the cake and also stuck balloons all over the hall. It was a lovely night with a bit of dancing after we had our meals

Karen with little Jesse, he looks comfy

Action shot of my friends

Thanks to everyone that came along to make it a fantastic night and all the lovely gifts I received I will cherish this time forever.

We also managed to take a bus trip to Shellharbour with Shoalhaven Country Line Dancers and their friends or families, that came along to have a bit of retail therapy. Always works a treat.

February Dancing has begun

Welcome to you all, it's great to catch up with everyone after such a long break.

Hope you all had a great xmas & New Year.

Well we are back into the swing of things and we have a few new beginners. Hope you enjoy the classes and friendship that comes with line dancing.

The first week has been revision only, but starting Sunday we will be learning 3 new dances "Kick Up Your Heels"(Intermediate) and revising "Mack the Knife"(Easy Intermediate) and "Nobody's Fool" (Beginner Dance).

Don't forget to put into your diary Saturday 12th April, 2-6pm
Theme will be Black & White with "Bling"

More Socials in the Diary section of this blog site on the right hand side of the page.

Beginners Classes

The classes start back on the 2nd February, all classes will have a new beginners class, so if you know anyone who would like to start, now is the time. Good way to get rid of that Xmas cheer and have some fun.

See you all soon.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone,

I can't believe we are half way through January, where has the time gone.

We kicked off the year with the first social at Jenny's at Sussex Inlet early in January, it was great to catch up with you all and to get the dances back into my head, as I haven't danced since the end of November.

We did a few old dances with a quick run through to jog the memory, this was a good start to the year with a relaxed social and good friends.

I have updated the diary for the socials so far this year that I know about, If I have missed any socials please let me know. More information about the socials are in the Diary section, this is the list so far.

Milton Social 18th Jan
Braidwood 1st February
Homebush 29th March
Bomaderry Laurel's Social 12th April
Milton Xmas in July 26th
SCLD 12th & 13th Sept.

SCLD Xmas Party December 7th

On Friday the 7th December, 31 of the Shoalhaven Country Line Dancers went on the 2 hour Shoalhaven River Cruise.  I wish I was there, but I had Nanna Duties in Queensland for the whole of December. 

The gang looked liked they had a fantastic time, lots of smiles and trivia questions about linedancing 

The girls having a few drinks

The Girls always have fun

This is after the cruise a few in the front looked a bit wobbly 

Soaking up the sun on the top deck of the cruise boat














After the cruise the gang all set off for St Georges Basin to the restaurant at the boat ramp to have their xmas dinner, there were plenty more for dinner that didn't go on the cruise

They all like to have a drink or two!!!!!

Awards for the good ones!!!!!!!!

Collette & Muriel

Dancing at Dinner for this lot 

Melbourne Cup Day

How did you go!!!!!! any winners out there. There was a group of Line Dancers & Rock & Rollers turn up at the St Georges Basin Country Club starting at 10.30.

They had a duet called "Jive House" playing some great songs to dance to.

3 Generations - Rhonda,Pauline,Kaysan

The Girls having fun at Country Club

Few of us won prizes for Best Dancing, Best Hat & Best Outfit, all of us there for a bit of fun.

Muriel & Sister Bernie kicking up their heels

We were also lucky with our pick of the day. Kaysan won $3, Collette won $16 & I won $12 in the $1 sweep, I did spend $14 at the betting station so I lost $2 which wasn't too bad.