Come on out and dance to the fine calling of Steve Bachhuber (whom we haven't seen in quite a while!) and the music of The Occoneechee Mountaineers. If we're lucky, we'll have a cake walk too.

Anybody want to bring some cider?

Donations help rent the hall and thank the band.



Old-Time Square Dance
Friday, December 2, 2011
Pleasant Green
8 - 11 PM (Doors open at 7:30 PM)
Caller Steve Bachhuber
Music by The Occoneechee Moutaineers.

Old-Time Square Dance
Pleasant Green Community Center

Friday, November 4
8-11 PM
Doors open at 7:30 PM

Caller: Anna Lena Phillips
Music by the Merry Mayhem Minstrels
Bobb Head, Greg Hanson, Megan O'Connell, Terry Burtyk and Alan Julich


Have you ever worn your costume
Four days past Halloween?
This is your chance
Down at the square dance
You can wear it out at Pleasant Green.

Have your ever ripped and snorted
While holding somebody’s hand?
Well, do that and more
Out on the dance floor
I’ll bet you five dollars you can

I’ll see you there
At NC Squares
Where time is a good time for all.
Don’t dare be late
The dance starts at Eight.

Where time is a good time for all.

Have your ever wished you were twirling
Like a leaf that falls through the air?
This is your chance
Down at the square dance
You can float and spin right down there

Have you ever heard Merry Mayhem,
A chaos of sharps and flats?
Well, do that and more
Out on the dance floor
Come see Anna Lena herd cats

Win a tasty treat
By shuffling your feet
And share in a good time for all
Invite all your friends
At Eight we begin.
This Friday’s a good time for all.

Time again to head on out to Pleasant Green for an October old-time square dance.

This month caller Carol Thompson, cracked foot and all, will be leading us through a corn maze of swirls and whirls and traditional figures.

And to add to the thrill of it all, the old-time sounds of Tolly Tollefson, Rich Hartness and Brian Schmiel will take you on a hay ride and have you bobbing for apples in no time.

And be sure to save all your tricks for the cakewalk treat!!

Old-Time Square Dance
Pleasant Green Community Center
Doors at 7:30 PM
Dance 8-11 PM
Caller Carol Thompson
With music by Tolly’s Rigamarollers (Tolly, Rich, & Brian)

Hop high ladies at Hoppin John. Dance from 7-9 PM with Nancy Mamlin and The Happy Valley Pals at Hoppin John on Friday September 16.

Great chance to dance under some starry skies and twinkling lights. Great chance to meet more folks at Hoppin John and get connected with NC Squares

There will be a slew of other dances and good times throughout the weekend. Check out the HJ website for more details.

www.hoppinjohn.org

Come butchers, come bakers, come candlestick makers
Come servers, come searchers, come blue-collar workers

Come teachers, come sweepers, come all you bee keepers
Come farmers, come drivers, come all nine-to-fivers

Come doctors, come nurses, come sellers of purses
Come artists, come writers, come all you all-nighters

Come lawyers, come bankers, come evening news anchors
Come jobless, come fired, come if you’re retired


Come testers, come tasters, come all you time-wasters
Come rest from your labor and dance the night through
This Friday in Carrboro we hope to see you!

With school starting back this month, we decided it was time you freshen up on your Square Dance ABCs and celebrate Tax Free Weekend with NC Squares…

Old Time Square Dance

August 5, 2011

8-11 PM

Doors open at 7:30 PM

Carrboro Century Center

Caller:  Nancy Mamlin

With music by

Randy’s Rowdy Ramblers

Fiddler Randy Johnson

 Square Dance ABCs

All join hands Across the ring

Bow to your partners and give ‘em a swing

Corner meet with a

Do-si-Do

Eight circle with the E-i-o

Four couples

Go back to the right

Hurry Home before daylight

Into the middle with a great big shout

Jump up high ‘for you come out

Kick your heels and

Ladies to the

Middle

Now

Ocean wave

Partners all go Promenade

Quadrille dance

Round the Ring

Shoot and Star and Snort and Swing

Take a little peak

Under where?

Visit a couple

Wave ‘cross the square

X ‘cause it’s never X-actly right

Yet we Yell Yee Haw and

Z all night!

Square dance, dear square dance
Oh where can you be?
Up in the mountains,
Or down by the sea?

    Dancer, dear dancer
    I haven’t gone far.
    I’ll be here all summer
    At the Boro of Carr.

Square dance, dear square dance
What time shall we meet?
I’ve been itching and jumping
To shuffle my feet.

    Dancer, dear dancer
    We’ll meet bye and bye,
    At Eight in the evening,
    The First of July.

Square dance, dear square dance
Who will be our guests,
Besides other dancers
And those we love best?

    Dancer, dear dancer
    We kick off with a bang
    To caller Todd Woerner
    And the Blue Ridge Road Gang.

We're giving you another reason to say "Thank Goodness It's Friday!"

Starting July 1, 2011, NC Squares dances will be every first Friday of the month.  Yes, that includes summer months too.  We'll be having some of the first Friday dances at The Carrboro Century Center and some at the Pleasant Green Community Center.  Directions to both locations are now on our website.

Another change along with this move is that our dances will become funded by donations and not admissions taken at the door.  This makes our dances even more inviting to beginners, new-comers and the general public.

Please remember, we are a community dance and we need everyone's support to thrive and survive.  When you attend a dance, please be kind to the caller and the band by sharing your generosity.  To keep old-time music and dance a part of our community we must be willing to say they have value, and a monetary donation is a great way to do that in a meaningful way.

Anyone can dance
No matter the size
No matter if young or wealthy or wise
No matter the color of hair or of eyes
Anyone can dance
By moving their toes
Their feet, their hands or even their nose
Anyone can dance
So get on the floor
And dance your heart out till you can’t dance no more

Anyone can call
No matter the throat
No matter if never you find the right note
No matter your voice may sound like a goat
Anyone can call
By moving their lips
And moving others to go move their hips
Anyone can call
It’s high time you tried
And call your heart out till your heart’s satisfied

Are you ready for some Saturdee night delight?
Are you tired of playing games with the rain?

Head out to Pleasant Green for a spring fling swing.
You can shimmy and shake to win a baked cake
Or just shuffle, cuddle, and scuffle up the dance floor

We’ll be dancing to caller Pete Laberge up from South Carolina. For those of you who never been, South Carolina is below North Carolina. Pete’s calling, however, is below none as he is a tip top caller. And you’ll be having the tip top time of your life as you move and groove to the lively old-time sound of the Carolina Cutups with fiddler Buz Lloyd.

So what are you waiting for? Hop, skip, jump, and flat out run for Pleasant Green.

Saturday April 9
Dance at 8 PM. Lesson at 7:30 PM
Caller: Pete Laberge
Music by The Carolina Cutups
With Buz Lloyd on fiddle

www.ncsquares.com

See you there!