Join us this summer for one (or more) of our square dance open houses. If you’re curious about square dancing, but have zero experience, then these are for you!
Open House Details
- Date: Tuesday, September 17
- Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Location: 2111 Sansom St. Philadelphia, PA (back entrance to the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion)
- Cost: $5.00
Note: The open house previously scheduled for September 10 has been moved to September 17.
These sessions will walk you through the basics of square dancing, and, we hope, leave you wanting more. Some highlights of dancing with an LGBTQ+ club like ours include:
- No need for a partner: We have plenty of singles and couples. If you come alone, you’ll always have someone to dance with.
- No rigid gender roles: If the caller says “Ladies trade”, the two people trading are dancing the woman’s part, but might or might not be women. And they might not be dancing the woman’s part next time they form a square.
- Straight-friendly: You can dance with us regardless of where you fall on the sexual orientation or gender spectrums, including if you’re straight.
- No dress code: We mostly dance in jeans and t-shirts, so you can wear what you like. We do know how to throw a great costume party though.
- All sorts of music: We dance to rock, country, show tunes, jazz and R&B. It all depends on what the caller might spring on us next. So if you’d like to be able to say that you’ve square danced to “Born to Run”, “Born this Way” or “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”, come check us out. Who knows what music might play next?
We’re sure this will be the most fun you’ve had on a Tuesday night. See you in a square! And if you decide you want to take our square dance class this fall, it starts on September 24, 2024. See our Classes & Workshops page for details.
Any questions, you can email independencesquares@hotmail.com