Welcome to Wild Frontier Square

Dance Club

 Adelaide, South Australia

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  Jeff & Susan Seidel & Wild Frontier’s Committee welcomes members and visitors of all levels and experience for fun filled evenings of square dancing.  

 

 Wild Frontier is one of the oldest and most popular square dance clubs in Adelaide, South Australia. and celebrated its 37th birthday in February 2010. Some of the original members still dance each week, Caller, Jeff Seidel has been with the club since its inception.

 

Along with its sister club, Kannella Squares, all popular levels of square dancing are catered for – from basic Learners right through to Adv 1 & 2. 

Keep up to date with what’s happening at Wild Frontier’s and square dance activities coming up (scroll down for the latest news) also see our 2010 Diary (vertical menu on left under CATEGORIES)

SQUARE DANCE TIMES

Wild Frontier Club

Learners Classes (Start Thursday13th May 2010).
Every thursday  7.45 PM – 10.00 PM (contact us for more information)
Hall next to Kensington Gardens Uniting Church,
29 Brigalow Avenue, Kensington Gardens SA 5068.

Plus: Friday 7pm:  Mainstream: Friday 8 PM
Hall Adjacent Morialta Uniting Church, Chapel Street, Magill, SA 5072

Kannella Squares Club

Adv 1 & 2: Tuesday 7:00pm; Plus: Tuesday 8:00pm
Hall Adjacent Morialta Uniting Church, Chapel Street, Magill, SA 5072

 

  Mainstream Graduation Class March 2010 (click on image to enlarge)

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Contact Jeff: phone 08 8263 5023

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Wolston Mavericks Square Dancers

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Whilst ravelling through Warwickshire meeting Roger’s childhood friends, we took the opportunity to catch up with Brian and Josie Welsh who visited Adelaide in 2009 and attended many Wild Frontier dances including our annual trip (at Victor Harbour that year).

The Furniture Van and Brian / Josie’s Caravan

Brian and Josie travelled from Nottingham down to Rugby with their caravan and their club caller Barry Gardener and his wife Irene who also came along with their van.  Helen and Roger travelled up in their hired motor home they affectionately called “the furniture van” (23 feet long, 10 feet high and 7.5 feet wide).  We all met at a caravan park just outside Rugby staying for a couple of days.  We all went to the Wolston Mavericks Square Dance club which meets on Mondays at the Village Hall in the Main Street of Wolston, a small village 20 minutes drive from Rugby. The Maverick dance a mix of Mainstream & Plus to the calling of John Warren.

The Wolston Mavericks Out of Focus - But Nice

Some Maverick Club Members (not so blurred)

We had a wonderful night; the club members were very friendly and gracefully accepted our rusty dancing (perhaps rustic sums up how much we need to brush up).  It really goes to show that you need to regularly attend dances if you wish to retain your skills (if you don’t use them you lose them).  Again as with our dancing at Silver Spurs, we did seem to get into the swing of things by the end of the evening.

Josie & Brian in a Wolston Mavericks Square

One square just couldn’t get the moves right for one of Johns calls (I recollect it was teacup chain from a different to usual starting formation). It was great to see how he enthusiastically straightened out the square.  He went right down into the square and directed traffic with some pointed remarks (which our caller Jeff would have applauded) and did not let up until they got it right.

John Waren the Mavericks Caller

John Directing Traffic - Get it right!  Dancing is by definition!

We were presented with a couple of Wolston Mavericks badges which we will proudly wear on those occasions when we wish to strut our stuff!

All in all, a great night and a great club.  Well done John and the Wolston Mavericks.  Come on down (under) and we will return your hospitality at Wild Frontier.

 Brian Barry Josie & Irene

 

Barry’s  28 Years of Calling at Dixie Derby (does have some side effects)

This is what its all about. FUN & FRIENDSHIP!

TUKWS ? (Travel UK with Square-dancers)

Also it was great to catch up with Josie and Brian.  Josie did a magnificent job hosting us and cooked us all a memorable meal which we washed down with ample quantities of wine ale and spirits.  We all slept like babies that night and it was sad when we had to say our farewells and hit the road.  Who knows what the future may bring, Brain, Josie, Barry and Irene will certainly be most welcome at Wild Frontier if they ever decide to revisit (visit) Oz.

Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by Roger M
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On Friday 30^th July, Helen and I paid a visit to the Silver Spurs Square Dance Club who dance in Goodleigh Village Hall near Barnstaple North Devon.  The club has two callers, Chrissie Bennet who visited Wild Frontier last year and Peter Johnson.  But looking at her club badge her emails etc is it Krissie, Chrissie, Chrissey, Krissy or Chrissy?  Locating the place was a most interesting exercise considering our mobile home was about the size of a furniture removals truck and the roads were about as wide as a cycle path.  We missed the Goodleigh Road turning and drove for miles down twisting lanes before we could find a road junction large enough to allow us to turn around, when we got back to the missed turn we could not get round due to the length of the vehicle so Helen had to direct traffic so I cold go right over on the wrong side of the road and turn (also onto the wrong side).

Krissie, who visited us in 2009

Eventually we arrived (in the rain) and squeezed through a narrow gateway / chicane into the Goodleigh Hall car park, Krissie came out to greet us.  Helen and I made up the initial numbers for two squares and Peter kicked off the evening.  The usual allemande left grand right and left etc then Track Two – wait a minute this is supposed to be mainstream?  Helen who has not danced for a year felt she was a bit rusty on mainstream and was sure she had forgotten her plus.  All Ladies Centre for a Teacup Chain (Helen’s dreaded call) and not the same ALL Ladies?  We only do it Head or Side Ladies!  We found out Fridays were plus nights; Tuesday’s are their mainstream nights. Thank goodness Helen did not know, I am sure she would have piked out at attending a plus dance. Suffice to say we did break up the square a few times having forgotten many of the calls.

Also the UK handholds are different.  Allemande Left and Turn you Partner by the Right and Swing Through employ arm turns with dancers gripping each others forearm at waist height (perhaps we should consider this in Australia, likely it has the potential to reduce the incidence of shoulder injury) also they promenade with both arms in front of the lady (meaning she can’t do any skirt work?).

We never stop learning!!

However, no one really cared when the set broke down, it transpired that we had the plus learners along as well as the regulars and we all had a great laugh when things went askew as it did when we were told to keep promenading and heads were told to zoom.  Chrissey and Peter were very patient regrouping the squares and working through the mistakes we made.  By the end of the evening either the calls got easier or, we improved due to the callers teachings (more likely), because everyone’s dancing improved by the end of the night.

Roger, Chrissie, Peter and Helen

As can be seen, we took a few pictures and gave the dancers our web address so they can look at them on this site.  We did a lot of dancing in the two or so hours we were there and everyone including us went home a little weary.  As a few dancers commented “we don’t get much of a break when both club callers come along on the same night”.

They really are a happyclub over there in North Devon

The Silver Spurs callers Peter, Krissy and the club dancers are a friendly bunch and we had a great night.  Helen and I were presented with a couple of club badges

Posted on August 24th, 2010 by Roger M
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We attended a very moving ceremony on 19^th July, which recognized the gallantry and sacrifice of 250 WW1 diggers and British soldiers found in a mass grave at Fromelles in France.  Helen’s uncle Alfred Victor Momplhait was one of those diggers; two of her cousins and their wives also attended the ceremony.

Helen met Prince Charles, his wife Camilla, the Duke of Kent and our Governor General Quentin Bryce at a special function held after the ceremony for selected relatives.

Helen Chatting with Price Charles wife Camilla.

Helen and her cousin with our Governor General

Uncle Vics War Grave

This now puts closure to the death of Helen’s uncle, killed in action 94 years ago on 19th  July 1916.

On a less sombre note, Helen (by appointment to the duchess of Cornwall) will in future only square dance with selected commoners who meet her high social standards.

Posted on August 12th, 2010 by Roger M
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Our Club was well represented at the National Square Dance convenntion in Wodonga 

Unfortunately I was unable to attend the National  Convention, however my spies have returned with some very interesting evidence of some extrovert indulgence.

I do believe that we need to establish some protocols especially dress sense when members represent Wild Frontier when interstate.

I mean, honestly, I am not trying to be prudish BUT….what on earth do members of other clubs think of our club when they see our members behaving so disgracefully!!!

Perhaps Wild Frontier should adopt the motto of Ulysses Motorcycle Club —-“Die Old Disgracefully”

 I am sorry I missed out (not the dying part).

Posted on July 5th, 2010 by Roger M
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