[Squaredancing] What is a Singles Club

[Dave]

I don't know if there is really an official, or operational, definition of a
single's square dance club.  I've danced at a lot of clubs that are
considered "single's" clubs.  Some of them permit married members, but the
majority of the members are single.  Some of them permit married members but
their officers must be single.  

One thing all of them have in common is that they are clubs where a dancer
can visit without a partner.  

To answer the original question, I'm not sure about the Orange County area.
There are a few California single's clubs listed on http://www.dosido.com/
and http://www.ssdusa.org/ .  You can also drop Single Square Dancers USA an
email at info at ssdusa.org.  

Dave Hinde
 


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At 10:44 AM -0800 1/15/05, Bill wrote:
>Have not found any web presence of any singles clubs in Orange County.  
>Does anyone have any info if they still exist or when/were they dance?

To split a topic:

What is a singles club ?

The national association says it is one composed of members who are not
married. But I was interested more in the operational definition used by the
average dancer, such as in the question above.

In Eastern Massachusetts the two clubs I would classify as singles clubs
don't have that as a basis at all.  One sees people dance with a different
partner each tip (by custom rather than by regulation), and the other is not
even that definite, even though "Single" is in their name.

I exclude the local gay club.  Under Massachusetts law that could be
composed entirely of gay married couples, but it does not work that way
because:

	a) Not all members of the gay square dance club are gay
	b) Close to none of the gay members are in a situation
	   where their life partner (married or not) is also
	   a square dancer.

The club where I learned is certainly not a "singles club" but has a
reasonable fraction of the members who come without partners.

A neighboring club has a strict rule that you cannot become a member unless
you are a married couple.
-- 
Larry Kilgallen

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