Cream City Squares is a member of the
International
Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs (IAGSDC®).
Cream City Squares Club Dances
Mainstream
& Plus level tips
$3.00 per person
collected at door to cover dance costs.
Sundays
1:00
PM until
4:30 PM
[ 3:00 until
4:30 PM when new dancer lessons are in progress (see club dance
calendar) ]
Unless another
location is mentioned, we dance at:
Lake Park Lutheran Church
2647
N. Stowell
[ SW
corner of Park & Stowell ]
Enter on north side
of building by taking stairs down from Park Street to the lower hall.
Metro Map of
dance location marked by the red star.
More detailed map right below.
LPLC (Lake Park Lutheran Church)
Street parking or use parking lots, shown in
green marked P.
Annual Conventions
(see links for more info on these conventions)
Academy for Advanced
and Challenge Enthusiasts
(AACE)
Convention
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
June 15-18, 2011
60th
National Square Dance Convention
Detroit, MI
June 22-25, 2011
28th Annual
IAGSDC®
Convention
"Gone
with the Windmill" - Atlanta, GA
July 1-4, 2011
52nd WI
Square &
Round Dance Convention
"Dance
Among The Stars in DeForest" - DeForest,
WI
August 5-7, 2011
Special Club Events
"Open
Dance" for New
Square
Dancers
September 12, Sunday
1:00 until 3:00 PM
Try a free square dance before we start a new round of 11
lessons,
on Sundays this Autumn. (See "New
Dancer Square Dances")
New Mainstream Square Dance Class
for
those new to square dancing
"Swing
into Autumn" - Mainstream lessons
Join
the
new group of square dancers.
Learn new steps each week, while
you dance!
Use what you have
learned and add several new dance moves each week.
1
PM until 3 PM
We start promptly
at 1 PM.
Lake
Park Lutheran Church
2647
N. Stowell
[
corner of Park & Stowell ]
(link
to map of location)
Enter on north side
of building by taking stairs down from Park Street to the lower hall.
We will
hold a graduation ceremony for the new dancers,
when they have completed learning the 68 Mainstream calls.
Another new dancer group will start February 2011.
You will learn best
from a
live caller, and dancing with others.
People may find these web
sites helpful, to better understand the calls.
They do not show or
explain calls from all formations,
arrangements, and styling
variations.
Callerlab
definitions of the calls.
Visual Aid
Site to help understand the movements to the calls.
11 weekly progressive instructions
Use
what you know and add several new dance calls each week,
while
having fun
square dancing.
TBA
Come
early and warm up with our Mainstream Dance at 1 PM.
Lake
Park Lutheran Church
2647
N. Stowell
[
corner of Park & Stowell ]
(link
to map of location)
Enter on north side
of building by taking stairs down from Park Street to the lower hall.
Cream City Squares History
Bob Moore tried to
get a Milwaukee gay & lesbian square dance group started in the
Fall of 1990. It failed, but
the idea survived.
Joe Frazier, formerly
of Foggy City Squares in San Francisco CA, contacted Bob in the summer
of 1991. Joe agreed to teach a class in Fall, when he learned
there was no group. Joe donated his time, even though he lived an
hour away from Milwaukee.
We started our first
class in October of 1991, and our club was born.
Cream City Squares was
chosen as our name, because Milwaukee's old nickname was Cream City
(the color of the local clay bricks used here in so many historic
buildings).
We joined the
IAGSDC® (International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs) in
1992. Many of us have enjoyed the annual IAGSDC® square dance
conventions and member clubs' fly-ins around the country.
Joe began to train Don
Dilges as a substitute teacher for Cream City Squares class in the
Winter of 1993, because snow would sometime delay Joe's arrival.
Don Dilges attended the
GCA (Gay Callers Association) Caller School in Chicago, in conjunction
with the 1995 IAGSDC® convention, and became our regular club
caller.
Cream City Squares
originally danced in local Lesbian/Gay bars, but it was always a
struggle with noise & other conflicting events.
We found dance space at
Lake Park Lutheran Church in July of 1998. The majority of our members
liked the alcohol & smoke free environment. The Church
provided a nice large space, and just the type of healthy atmosphere we
wanted.
We consider ourselves a
Mainstream Club, but every third tip is a Plus tip. Many of the
club members are bidansual (dance both girl & boy roles).
E-mail Contact: Don
Links to other square dance pages:
One can call ahead to verify when & where we will be dancing.President James Tate: (414) 461-5359
Vice President Shari Strongheart: (414) 526-5055
Club Caller Don Dilges: (414) 445-8080
IAGSDC® International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs (Cream City Squares is a member)
28th IAGSDC® Convention Our International Convention
52nd Annual Wisconsin Square & Round Dance Convention
60th National Square Dance Convention USA Annual Convention
Academy for Advanced and Challenge Enthusiasts (AACE) Convention (A2 through C4 Level)
GCA a Caller Association
CallerLab a Caller Association
American Caller's Association a Caller Association
Square Dance Wisconsin blog information on Wisconsin clubs
Dance by Day dance listings of Wisconsin clubs
Links to other's pages - not square dance related:
Lake Park Lutheran Church the church we have dance space in
LGBT Community Center Milwaukee's center for our LGBT community
LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin Racine & Kenosha's center for our LGBT community
PrideFest Milwaukee's Pride Celebration
IAGLCWDC International Association of Gay/Lesbian Country Western Dance Clubs (other than square dance)
Shoreline Milwaukee Line Dance
Dairyland Cowboys & Cowgirls Madison Country Dance
Your Gay Neighbors Coming Out Day Campaign
Page last updated by
Don Dilges
August 29, 2010
