Rob's 60th Surprise Party

On the 11th April, we had a surprise party for Rob, We had organised the party to be for another friend of ours and Rob willingly helped decorate the hall, he did a great job it looked fantastic, the boys then took Rob up to the pub for a couple of drinks and the girls starting setting up the hall for the big night.

When he arrived he saw lots of people sitting down waiting for him to arrive, he asked me if we were late, because there are a lot of people there, maybe we should have come earlier, this was the time we were told to arrive, when he walked in everyone shouted surprise, he was gobsmacked, lost for words and quite emotional when he saw family & close friends.

Line Dancers

Mark playing ping pong

Family shot

We had Stan the man for our entertainment, he did a brilliant job as MC as well, thanks Stan for a great night of dancing.

Sister in law Ann & daughter Donna

Geoff practicing his guitar work

The Cake, that Karen made, beautiful work

Rob & Leanne

 The line dancer put on a bit of a show for Rob, we did a dance called Tick Tock Two, we had a paper plate over our faces that was supposed to look like a clock, with a big 60 at the top.

Fifo group

Thanks you all for coming along and making Rob's night so special, one he will never forget. We had family & friends travel down from Sydney, and a few work mates from the past to help celebrate his big day.

Easter Parade

Is it me or are the months flying by, here we are in April, Easter has come & gone, unfortunately we had to pull out of the Easter Parade this year due to the bad weather. It was unfortunate as we had some of the children mainly grandkids, that were very excited to be riding on the truck and throwing Easter eggs to everyone.

It would not have been very pleasant trying to decorate the truck in rainy weather also the metal flooring would have been slippery, so the decision was made by Carol to pull out. Good call Carol.

I had my family come down from Brisbane at the end of March. It was lovely having them down for 3 weeks, we went to different parks around the area, to keep the kids occupied.

Needless to say I was not able to learn any new dances for the classes, so I taught a few old dances that I knew well, to keep everyone happy.

Homebush Ball 28th March 2015

We had 2 car loads of people heading to Homebush for a long night of dancing, Geoff McGowan & Myself were the drivers, with Jenny, Gina, Sonja, Kerry, Brenda & Margaret,  we might try for the bus next year if we have more than 8 travelling to the Ball.

Missing Brenda in this photo

What a fabulous night of dancing, we managed to learn a lot of the dances that were on the list, a great selection of hard, easy, new & old dances, when we didn't dance we would catch up with our line dancing friends from Sydney, Canberra and Queensland otherwise there was a bit of shopping to do (shoes, jewellery, clothing etc).

Thanks for coming along this year guys, it wouldn't be fun if you were not there.

Homebush Ball

Dancing is now in full swing, with new dances being taught for the Homebush Ball coming up in a few weeks. Also revising a few golden oldies.

One social so far for this year in February, Huskisson Bootscooters putting on a great social to raise money for Relay for Life. This was well attended with ladies from Milton, Nowra, Sussex Inlet and Braidwood.

Looking forward to the Homebush social this year with 12 attending from Shoalhaven Country Line Dancers. We have hired a bus with Geoff driving this time, thank you Geoff much appreciated.

2015

Another year has come and gone and already the calendar for 2015 is starting to fill up with socials and activities.

December last year had all the Xmas Socials, with my Xmas Social at the end of November,  Milton Xmas Party, Huskisson Xmas Party, SCLD Xmas Party.

Jervis Bay 2 hour Cruise to finish the year was perfect, with perfect weather, plenty of dolphins and a lovely lunch in the park with great friends.

Everyone enjoyed the cruise in December so much, that another one has been organised for the 28th February for a Sunset Cruise from 6pm-8pm.

We started classes on the 11th January 2015, already dances have been taught that will be done at Homebush Ball in March, these can be viewed on the right hand side of the blog site.

Welcome to all the new beginners, I hope you enjoy the fun of learning new dances, with the great benefits that come with the classes, such as gentle exercise, meeting new friends, holidaying with friends or just socialising with new friends and listening to great music from all genres.

Looking forward to another fun filled year with friends and family.

Melbourne Cup Cruise

Start of our Cruise for Melbourne
Saturday the 1st of November, Rhonda, Angela, Lorraine, Judy, Jenny and myself went for a 6 day cruise to the Melbourne Cup. The weather was not kind the first night we sailed, with 60 knot winds and 4-6 metre swells.

Leaving Sydney Harbour Saturday 1st November
Judy, Angela Myself & Rhonda

Jenny was not feeling the best through the night, lucky the bags were on the stairwells, we noticed there were quite a few people looking a bit pale the next day.

It was so windy, no one was able to go up on the top deck, furniture was tied down and the wind was icy cold, felt like we were going to the South Pole.

Reaching Melbourne on Monday morning the seas were calm and everyone was feeling better, a good day out shopping was on the agenda. Heaps of shops we went through much better than shopping in Nowra. So much to choose from. A great day was had by all. Back onto the ship for our meal & more dancing yippeee

Melbourne Cup day,
P&O cruises organised buses to transport everyone from the cruise ships to the Melbourne Cup, so no worries about trying to find our way through the busy streets of Melbourne

Me & Judy having a great day out with the other girls
, we look pretty cute with our head gear

Winners are grinners, Rhonda, Lorraine, Angela or was it the wine!!!!!!

The day was coming to an end 

What a fantastic day, will definately have to make it again to the Melbourne Cup, not a winner this year   but I now know how to put the bets on, so I might get lucky next year.
Might have to do a week with girls, shopping and checking out the Melbourne Sites in a few years. Another holiday for the calender, that's why the time is going so fast, we are filling it up with different outings. Hawaii next (2016)

On our way back up the east coast was quite a contrast to the trip down, smooth sailing all the way,  that's the way I like it.

Rhonda, Jenny & Judy arriving back in Sydney 

This was a fantastic trip, I would definately recommend this cruise. P&O certainly know how to look after their guests, great food, fabulous entertainment and great friends made this a special trip. A special trip for Jenny as we all helped to celebrate her birthday, Happy Birthday to a good friend. xx

Ulladulla Spotty Social

The girls had a great time at the Ulladulla Milton Bootscooters Spotty social,  learning heaps of new dances as well as carving up the dance floor with the dances they knew.

You all look fabulous in your spotty outfits.

Robyn, Carol, Muriel, Collette & Sister, Ann, Cheryl & Marianne

September Annual Spring Ball

The weekend started off with a meet & greet social on Friday Night, a good roll up with requests, heaps of old dances with a few new dances as well, but the old favourites never seem to die.

Linda Burgess was host for our Saturday afternoon Workshop, teaching 6 dances, with a good mix for different levels of dancing

After every one had left the hall, the committee and helpers went to work to transform the auditorium into a bright and colourful scene to put everyone in the mood for some great dancing

The Saturday night social started at 6.30 with everyone looking bright and cheery in florals and bright colours. This year Dance Instructors were asked to take a bracket of 5 dances each, this gave me the opportunity to socialise with visitors from Lithgow, Sydney, Canberra, Crookwell, Candelo, Townsville, Milton and also our locals.

The entertainment this year was The Shoalhaven Shufflers performing two dances with fancy costumes and looking pretty in those charlston dresses and Simon Pavitt with his fantastic voice singing a medley of Frank Sinatra songs.

This annual event is a fund raising night with a few of our ladies selling raffle tickets through out the year to raise money for our local hospital and also local charities.

Congratulations to Muriel Jones who took out the raffle prize for two nights in Darling Harbour plus $300 spending money, a few of us might be able to gate crash your fun Muriel and join you for this weekend.

I would like to thank everyone for coming along for this special night and hope to see you again next year on the 11th & 12th September 2015

Visit from the Sussex Inlet Girls

Today we had an unexpected surpirse with the girls from Sussex Inlet Line Dancers coming along to our class at Bomaderry to get their fix of line dancing.

Jenny Landsberry their teacher is warming herself in the tropics of far north Queensland while we shiver down here, thank goodness the rain has stopped today we have had enough over the last 4 days.

After class we headed off to Nowra Stocklands to have a cuppa and lunch and we bumped into Roz and Stan all the way from Canberra (maybe they came to our warmer climate) who are celebrating their 51st wedding anniversary.

Good to see you both have a great time at all the other line dance classes that you are attending over the next couple of days see you in a few weeks.

Milton Xmas In July

At the end of July, a group of us went to Ulladulla for another great fund raising social with the Milton Bootscooters, always a great program and plenty of easy dances done to some of the harder dance music with split floor.

Thanks to all that came along to make it a fun day, with lots of laughs and beautiful Raffle prizes, the first prize went to Mercia who won a beautiful hand made quilt and Penny also winning a prize.

As usual the Milton group always put on a great supper, lucky we get to dance more to get rid of some of the calories.

Helen Reeson from Milton is running another social this time at Milton Masonic Hall on Saturday 25th October at 1pm-5pm, cost is $15
Wish I could be there but I have somewhere else to go that weekend, but I am sure some of our ladies and gents will go this social.