Lakeshore Square Dancers believe in having fun! We enjoy our times together dancing and exercising to music. Square Dancing is a lighter form of exercise yet still benefitting the body. In addition to its health improvements, we create a family of friends. The First Presbyterian Church is gracious to allow us the opportunity to use their gym. We are very grateful. Square dancing involves four couples that listen to a call and dance patterns learned. It is fun and invigorating. The four couples make a square and dance one tip, consists of a patter call and a singing call. Square dancing has been around since the 17th century. It is first known from England but is very popular in France and Europe. It contains many similarities to the Scottish Country Dancing. There are two types of square dancing: Traditional and Modern Western. The Traditional form is danced to country dance music such as Irish jigs and reels and generally performed live with instruments of fiddle, banjo, guitar and double bass. Modern Western is danced to a variety of music ranging from pop to contemporary to traditional to broadway musical to country. It is often recorded music and the beat faster. Lakeshore Squares dance with modern western music, a blend of various hits over the years. We encourage all ages to join and learn square dance routines. It is a great social and physical avenue to have fun and exercise. We have classes that begin once a year in the fall. There are three classes that our club focuses on to get you started into square dancing – basic, mainstream and plus. Come take dance lessons with us and join in on the fun!

Fall Class Registration

You can now register to receive email contacts for our upcoming fall basic/mainstream square dance class. Go to our Lesson Registration Page to sign-up.

We have our open house in August. Please register if you are interested in joining us to get started in the fun of square dancing. You will enjoy every minute of it and it encourages memory retention and an active lifestyle.