Zoom North a Success
September 24, 2020
The Ottawa Date Squares hosted their first (and hopefully last) Zoom North to the Capital virtual fly-in and it was a smashing success! Check it out.
“The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry” – Robert Burns.
Yes indeed, our carefully planned weekend of fantastic dancing in September, 2020 has been derailed by a nasty pandemic but fear not for we are hard at work planning an even more stunning event in 2021!
At this time we can confirm that our two callers will be Tim Crawford and Darren Gallina and the new dates are September 16-19, 2021.
We have booked the Montgomery Legion which promises to be an amazing dance space for us.
We have also secured a special rate of $139 per night at the Alt Hotel Ottawa which is a short walk to the dance venue and is close to almost anything you might want to check out in Ottawa.
Check out our Ottawa page to begin planning your adventure in Canada’s capital city.
We can’t wait to see you again!
– the Veer North team.
We are pleased to welcome two very talented callers to headline our fly-in and we can’t wait to see what they have in store for us on the dance floor.
Darren began square dancing at the age of thirteen. He was immediately drawn to the music and the calling of square dancing. The instructor, Darryl Hamilton, gave Darren his first square dance record, “Something About You Baby I Like,” and taught him to call. He called his first full dance for the Valley Whirlers Square Dance Club in Santa Maria at age 15. His parents, also square dancers, had to take him to that first dance. It wasn’t long after that dance that Darren became the club caller for the Valley Whirlers.
For the past 30 years, calling has taken him to clubs and festivals all over the state of California, and various cities in Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and British Columbia, Canada. He has recorded numerous square dance records on several square dance labels. Currently, he keeps busy calling for many clubs throughout Southern California. He calls and teaches for Cuesta Squares in San Luis Obispo, California.
Tim started Square Dancing at the age of 8, and started calling 50 years ago. He started dancing in a teen club of over 10 squares, and at an “amateur” night, he stood up and called “Summer Sounds”, with John Davidson, his mentor, firmly planted behind him. Needless to say, he continued with some encouragement from his parents, and local callers and is very fortunate to have opportunities to call all over the world.
He presently calls through the level of C1 and has had the good fortune to have been a featured caller at festivals coast to coast in Canada, most States, Europe and Japan.
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The Ottawa Date Squares hosted their first (and hopefully last) Zoom North to the Capital virtual fly-in and it was a smashing success! Check it out.
More details, including the theme, have been announced for Zoom North virtual fly-in on September 19.
Yes indeed, it was in 1995 that the Ottawa Date Squares first started dancing and it’s been a long and interesting journey from our humble beginnings to today. The club’s history includes some pretty amazing events including being the only square dance club to ever dance on the floor of
The early-bird pricing will be ending on March 1 so you only have a few short weeks to register for Veer North 2020 for the really low price of $95. This price includes a sumptuous buffet brunch at the famous Tucker’s Marketplace, a home-cooked (by our very own club members) potluck supper
The Ottawa Date Squares recently benefited from two dancers that moved here from Toronto Triangle Squares and one of them, Pat, is a graphic designer. He agreed to design a logo for our fly-in and the product of his endeavours is an outstanding logo. We think you’ll all agree so
Well here we are at the end of a successful fly-in with all sorts of fond memories and new friendships to cherish. We would like to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make this event a success including the callers (Gary, Barry, Mark and Marge), the Cornwall