Seven Hills Promenaders

Ducharme Center
10 Dupont Street
Worcester, MA 01604

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A Modern Western Square Dancing Club

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Established June, 2007

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ADA Compliant Hearing Assist System

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Hardwood Floor

Schedule

Wednesday Workshops:

We will not meet on the following Wednesdays:

• November 26, 2008 (Thanksgiving Eve)
• December 24, 2008 (Christmas Eve)
• December 31, 2008 (New Year's Eve)

We meet on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 10:00. For the first half, we review Mainstream and Plus calls with a view towards All Position Dancing (APD) and Dancing By Definition (DBD). Starting at 8:30, we teach calls from higher programs (currently reviewing A-1 and A-2, with half an hour of C-1 instruction at the end). For further details, see our flyer.

Saturday Dances:

Our full schedule of Saturday dances for 2009, including callers and dates, is now available.

• November 29: Squares with Bob Butler, no rounds this month. Note the change of date! Early A-1 tips from 7:00 to 8:00. For details, see the flyer.
• December 27: Rounds with Peg Millar, Squares with Ken Ritucci. Early A-1 tips from 7:00 to 8:00. For details, see the flyer.

The fourth Saturday evening of every month (with occasional exceptions, such as November 29) the Seven Hills Promenaders host a dance with guest cuer and caller. We start with early A-1 tips. From 8:00 to 10:30, the program is

• DBD Plus Tip
• Two Rounds
• repeat ...

Dress up if you want, but casual is fine, too.
Refreshments, door prizes, 50/50 drawing.

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Directions and Parking

Maps:

The Seven Hills Promenaders meet at the Ducharme Center, 10 Dupont Street, in Worcester, MA, not far from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the U Mass Medical School, and the College of the Holy Cross. For maps, try Mapquest or Google. (If you plan to use Route 290, Mapquest gives better directions than Google.)

From the North:

Route I-495 South to I-290 West toward Worcester. Take exit 14 (Posner Sq./Grafton) and take first right onto Water Street. Proceed to the traffic lights and take a right onto Grafton Street. Stay on Grafton Street for approx. 1 1/2 miles until you come to a rotary. Go half way around the rotary and pick up Hamilton Street (St. Stephens Church will be on your right and you'll see St. Joseph's Church on your left up ahead). Take your first left onto Dupont Street.

From the North (Leominster area):

Route 190 South to I-290 West and then follow directions above.

From the Mass Pike:

Take exit 10 (Worcester) and merge onto I-290 East after passing thru the tolls. Take exit 14 (Posner Sq./Grafton) exit. At end of ramp take a right onto Grafton Street. Stay on Grafton Street for approx. 1 1/2 miles until you come to a rotary. Go half way around the rotary and pick up Hamilton Street (St. Stephens Church will be on your right and you'll see St. Joseph's Church on your left up ahead). Take your first left onto Dupont Street.

From the Grafton, MA area:

Take Grafton Street west into Worcester. Stay on Grafton Street past the south Plaza Shopping Center on the right, past the Fire Station on the left, past the CVS Plaza on the left to a set of traffic lights at the intersection of Plantation and Grafton Streets (approx. 4 miles). Turn right onto Plantation St. and proceed to next traffic light. At the lights, take a left onto Hamilton St., drive past St. Joseph Church on the right and take your first right onto Dupont St.

Parking:

Parking allowed on either side of Dupont St., in the parking lot that runs between the church and the Ducharme Center, or on Hamilton, Plantation and Orient Streets (all neighboring streets).

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Philosophy

In New England, and anyplace else for that matter, the number of truly competent Plus level dancers involved in Modern Western Square Dancing is really unknown. We could ask each Plus club to report how many of their dancers have completed a Plus class, and/or who go out to Plus dances, but that won't really indicate how many dancers can handle Plus level choreography competently. If you include the tiering of Standard Position Dancing (SPD), All Position Dancing (APD), and Dancing By Definition (DBD) in your analysis of the Plus level square dance community, it becomes even more difficult to get reliable information from the clubs. The anecdotal answer is that every club seems to have at least a few dancers who can handle APD Plus, and fewer who can dance DBD Plus choreography.

The Seven Hills Promenaders is a new square dance group which is intended to fill a niche in New England square dancing. They offer classes and workshops designed to bring more dancers up to the DBD skill level. The Wednesday night workshops include drills designed to force dancers to think about the call definitions—applying them to the many choreographic variations that go beyond the standard applications of the definitions.

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Contact Us

We love to hear from fellow square dancers! If you have any questions about our club, send a note to our Caller and Workshop Instructor, Caller@alrouff.com.

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